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Ligotnis, Maksims
🇱🇻FIDE 11636785· Male· Latvia· Born in 2011
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Maksims Ligotnis, a 15-year-old Latvian player, is rated 1864. He is progressing steadily with +51 Elo over the past 12 months. 54 rated games in the past year (≈52/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Latvijas 2026. gada pusfinals, Latvijas 2026 gada jauniesu cempionata finals-U-16, and Iesildisanas Cesim 2026 Clasic. Also played 22 rapid (including 3rd Tartu Chess Festival: Alexela Cup; 3rd Toomas Virro memorial in rapid chess) and 12 blitz events (including 3rd Tartu Chess Festival: 3rd Estiko Blitz) recently. His peak of 1969 was reached at age 14 (Sep 2025); he also reached Latvian #71 in Dec 2025.
At junior level, he reached #6, #5 and #34 nationally in U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1864
Standard
Rpd2101·Blz2021
All-time high
1969
−105 pts below
Sep 2025 · age 14
Sep 2025 · age 14
Activity
51
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
46 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#57,495
#57,495 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2026
6th Latvian U16 player
at age 15 · rated 1969
Jan 2026
2025
Peak Latvian rank: #71
at age 14 · rated 1969
Dec 2025
5th Latvian U14 player
at age 14 · rated 1969
Sep 2025
All-time peak 1969
at age 14 · −105 from today
Sep 2025
100 career games
at age 14
Jun 2025
Crossed 1800
at age 14
May 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+34
1830 → 1864
Tournaments
7
47 games
Score
25/ 4753.2%
17W16D14L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 4/4 | #4 | 2356 | -16.0 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/9 | #25 | 1903 | +14.8 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 3.5/8 | #8 | 1785 | -89.2 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1.5/5 | #14 | 1922 | -14.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMaksims Otrohovs
🇱🇻LAT·1841
+8 −14 =2
24 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsDaniel BeniosevCM
🇱🇻LAT·2005
+3 −11 =5
19 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsAivars Laizans
🇱🇻LAT·1934
+1 −12 =5
18 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsUldis Melderis
🇱🇻LAT·1892
+4 −8 =6
18 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsReinis PaikensFM
🇱🇻LAT·2296
+2 −15 =0
17 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
/
Latvia
#101
out of 965 players
Europe
#42,149
in continent
World
#57,494
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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