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Ziukas, Saulius
🇱🇹INACTIVE · since September 2024FIDE 12817899· Male· Lithuania· Born in 2007
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Saulius Ziukas, a 19-year-old Lithuanian player, is rated 1706 — his current career high. He plays around 6 rated games per year and had 2 career breaks: 23 months (2016–2018) and 37 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included). Also played 4 rapid (including Druskininkai Rapid Open 2026) and 1 blitz events (including Vilkaviskis blitz chess championship 2025) recently.
At junior level, he reached #13, #21, #34, #14 and #5 nationally in U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
1706
Standard
Rpd1914·Blz1880
All-time high
1706
at best
Sep 2024 · age 17
Sep 2024 · age 17
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
Moderately active
Signature stat
#107,807
#107,807 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2026
2024
13th Lithuanian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1706
Sep 2024
All-time peak 1706
at age 17
Sep 2024
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 1706 → still inactive
Sep 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 17
Jun 2024
Best 12-month gain (+430 Elo)
1149 → 1579
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
1706 → 1706
Tournaments
1
8 games
Score
5/ 862.5%
5W0D3L
Top 2 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jun 2026 | 5/5 | #59 | 2656 | +6.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMatas Norkeliunas
🇱🇹LTU·1921
+6 −8 =3
17 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsMarius Bubnys
🇱🇹LTU·1572
+5 −4 =3
12 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsStasys Kruzinauskas
🇱🇹LTU·1645
+5 −4 =2
11 games·last met May 2025
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vsRytis Salenga
🇱🇹LTU·1860
+4 −3 =3
10 games·last met May 2026
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vsSarunas Norkeliunas
🇱🇹LTU·1604
+7 −2 =1
10 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings
/
Lithuania
#262
out of 1,239 players
Europe
#75,456
in continent
World
#104,031
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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