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Kavalnis, Rytis
🇱🇹FIDE 12841870· Male· Lithuania· Born in 2011
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Rytis Kavalnis, a 15-year-old Lithuanian player, is rated 2148 — his current career high and sitting in the top 2% of players worldwide under 16, and in the top 5% worldwide. He is on a breakout run, having gained +235 Elo over the past 12 months. 76 rated games in the past year (≈39/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include LCL 2026 First Division- East Final, LTU ch 2026, and Lithuanian Chess League 2025 Highest Division round 3-5. Also played 16 rapid (including IV Chess Festival Cesis 2025 - Rapid) and 15 blitz events (including 6th Paul Keres Memorial Festival 2025 - Blitz Tournament) recently. He reached Lithuanian #56 in May 2026.
At junior level, he reached #1, #2, #2 and #2 nationally in U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2148
Standard
Rpd2119·Blz2035
All-time high
2148
at best
Jun 2026 · age 15
Jun 2026 · age 15
Activity
53
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
69 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#462 · players worldwide under 16 · of 20,363
Career timeline
11 entries2026
All-time peak 2148
at age 15
Jun 2026
Peak Lithuanian rank: #56
at age 15 · rated 2138
May 2026
1st Lithuanian U16 player
at age 15 · rated 2138
May 2026
Crossed 2100
at age 15
May 2026
Crossed 2000
at age 15
May 2026
2025
2nd Lithuanian U14 player
at age 14 · rated 1949
Aug 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+236
1912 → 2148
Tournaments
12
70 games
Score
41/ 7058.6%
30W22D18L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsJokubas Valantiejus1,708·Sea festival 2025 In memoriam of ICCF Grandmaster Boris Rumiancev A·R6·-30.6
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 1/1 | #4 | 2736 | +9.6 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1.5/2 | #5 | 2156 | +16.8 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5.5/9 | #11 | 2197 | +123.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/2 | #59 | 1204 | -33.2 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 6/8 | #2 | 1986 | +27.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 4.5/5 | #1 | 2267 | +67.6 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/4 | #3 | 2016 | +22.8 |
Worst Elo result: Lithuanian Chess League 2025 Highest Division round 3-5 (-33.2 Elo, finished #59).
Most-Played Opponents
vsJokubas Dijokas
🇱🇹LTU·2077
+6 −21 =22
49 games·last met May 2026
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vsZanas NainysFM
🇱🇹LTU·2321
+2 −16 =4
22 games·last met May 2026
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vsAleksandras SalnaFM
🇱🇹LTU·2297
+2 −10 =2
14 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsJulius Mikolavicius
🇱🇹LTU·1816
+7 −6 =1
14 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsRokas Sakinis
🇱🇹LTU·1631
+8 −5 =1
14 games·last met Jun 2025
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Rankings
/
Lithuania
#52
out of 1,239 players
Europe
#8,151
in continent
World
#11,372
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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