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Gavenavicius, Karolis
🇱🇹FIDE 12838373· Male· Lithuania· Born in 2008
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Karolis Gavenavicius, a 18-year-old Lithuanian player, is rated 2172 — his current career high and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide under 18, and in the top 4% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +78 Elo over the past 12 months. 33 rated games in the past year (≈25/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Lithuanian chess league (higest division) 2026 round 6-7, LCL 2026 First Division- East A, and World Youth Chess Championship 2025 - U18. Also played 4 rapid (including International chess tournament in memoriam Narvydas Antanas Buzas) and 5 blitz events (including Lithuanian Open Blitz Chess Championship 2025) recently. He reached Lithuanian #46 in Feb 2026.
At junior level, he reached #4, #4, #3 and #19 nationally in U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2172
Standard
Rpd2138·Blz2098
All-time high
2172
at best
Apr 2026 · age 18
Apr 2026 · age 18
Activity
30
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
33 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#584 · players worldwide under 18 · of 15,441
Career timeline
12 entries2026
4th Lithuanian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2172
Apr 2026
All-time peak 2172
at age 18
Apr 2026
Peak Lithuanian rank: #46
at age 18 · rated 2154
Feb 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 17
Nov 2025
Crossed 2100
at age 17
Apr 2025
2024
4th Lithuanian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2063
Aug 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+78
2094 → 2172
Tournaments
5
33 games
Score
18/ 3354.5%
13W10D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #13 | 2170 | +1.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1.5/2 | #12 | 2310 | +16.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5.5/11 | #65 | 2198 | +80.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/9 | #22 | 2126 | +25.6 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4.5/9 | #15 | 1988 | -46.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsZanas NainysFM
🇱🇹LTU·2321
+3 −4 =10
17 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsAleksandras SalnaFM
🇱🇹LTU·2297
+4 −8 =5
17 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsDaniel SerCM
🇱🇹LTU·2043
+3 −7 =5
15 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsGustas MorkunasFM
🇱🇹LTU·2353
+3 −8 =4
15 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsUgnius Michailovas
🇱🇹LTU·1812
+9 −3 =2
14 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings
/
Lithuania
#48
out of 1,239 players
Europe
#6,947
in continent
World
#9,796
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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