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Elsts, Rihards

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FIDEFIDE 11641398· Male· Latvia· Born in 2010

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Rihards Elsts, a 16-year-old Latvian player, is rated 1699 — just 2 short of his peak of 1701 (Oct 2025, age 15). He has held steady between 1650 and 1700 for 7 months. 14 rated games in the past year (≈21/year long-term). Recent appearance: RSF open 1800 Stage-II-2025. Also played 6 rapid (including Coach Aivars Stasans 4th Memorial Rapid Cup) and 1 blitz events (including Chess Thursday-2025-XIX) recently.

At junior level, he reached #15 and #14 nationally in U16 and U14.

Current rating

1699

Standard

Rpd1723·Blz1559

All-time high

1701

−2 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 15

Activity

20

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#110,288

#110,288 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

8 entries
2026
15th Latvian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1693
Jan 2026
2025
All-time peak 1701
at age 15 · −2 from today
Oct 2025
2024
14th Latvian U14 player
at age 14 · rated 1648
Sep 2024
Best 12-month gain (+642 Elo)
1006 → 1648
Sep 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 14
Sep 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 14
Sep 2024

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Evolution
+9
1690 → 1699

Last 12 months — tournaments

0 events

Most-Played Opponents

vsVija Zalcmane
🇱🇻LAT·1572
+2 −5 =0
7 games·last met Jul 2024
View head-to-head →
vsDags Angens
🇱🇻LAT·1430
+3 −2 =0
5 games·last met Jul 2025
View head-to-head →
vsEdvards Goldbergs
🇱🇻LAT·1541
+2 −1 =2
5 games·last met Oct 2024
View head-to-head →

Rankings

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Latvia
#155
out of 965 players
Europe
#77,388
in continent
World
#110,285
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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Europe
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