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Matisons, Janis Mihaels
🇱🇻FIDE 11628545· Male· Latvia· Born in 2008
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Janis Mihaels Matisons, a 18-year-old Latvian player, is rated 1936 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +72 Elo over the past 12 months. 30 rated games in the past year (≈26/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Latvijas 2026. gada pusfinals, Jurmala Chess open-2026, and 2025. gada Rigas jauniesu atklatas meistarsacikstes saha. Also played 5 rapid (including Latvian 2025 Team Rapid Chess Championship) and 2 blitz events (including Latvian 2025 Team Blitz Chess Championship) recently. He reached Latvian #82 in Jun 2026.
At junior level, he reached #10, #9 and #19 nationally in U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1936
Standard
Rpd1833·Blz1963
All-time high
1936
at best
May 2026 · age 18
May 2026 · age 18
Activity
43
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
30 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#39,667
#39,667 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2026
Peak Latvian rank: #82
at age 18 · rated 1936
Jun 2026
10th Latvian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 1936
May 2026
All-time peak 1936
at age 18
May 2026
2024
9th Latvian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1826
Apr 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 16
Apr 2024
100 career games
at age 16
Apr 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+73
1863 → 1936
Tournaments
5
32 games
Score
16.5/ 3251.6%
11W11D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/9 | #28 | 2006 | +54.0 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/6 | #16 | 1935 | -27.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 6/8 | #12 | 1978 | +19.2 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 0.5/2 | #29 | 1731 | -14.0 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3/5 | #4 | 2014 | +42.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMaksims Otrohovs
🇱🇻LAT·1841
+3 −7 =1
11 games·last met May 2026
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vsArtjoms Zajakins
🇱🇻LAT·2090
+1 −7 =2
10 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsDmitrijs Lisovskis
🇱🇻LAT·1984
+4 −2 =1
7 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsGustavs Rupais
🇱🇻LAT·1863
+4 −0 =3
7 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsJaroslavs Orlovskis
🇱🇻LAT·1893
+1 −3 =2
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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Rankings
/
Latvia
#82
out of 965 players
Europe
#29,297
in continent
World
#39,666
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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