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Petrov, Vitalij
🇱🇹FIDE 12845663· Male· Lithuania· Born in 1952
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Vitalij Petrov, a 74-year-old Lithuanian player, is rated 1594 — just 1 short of his peak of 1595 (Apr 2026, age 74). He is progressing steadily with +40 Elo over the past 12 months. 23 rated games in the past year (≈6/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include LCL 2026 First Division- West round 1-6, Klaipedos Superfinalas 2025 round 8-11, and Klaipedos Superfinalas 2025 round 1-7. Also played 10 rapid (including S.Birziskis memorial Rapid Chess Tournament 2025) and 9 blitz events (including Sea festival 2025 In memoriam of ICCF Grandmaster Boris Rumiancev BLITZ) recently.
Current rating
1594
Standard
Rpd1650·Blz1542
All-time high
1595
−1 pts below
Apr 2026 · age 74
Apr 2026 · age 74
Activity
12
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
19 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#149,277
#149,277 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
8 entries2026
All-time peak 1595
at age 74 · −1 from today
Apr 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 74
Mar 2026
2024
9th Lithuanian 70-75 player
at age 72 · rated 1541
Nov 2024
Best 12-month gain (+436 Elo)
1105 → 1541
May 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 72
May 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 72
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+39
1555 → 1594
Tournaments
4
22 games
Score
10.5/ 2247.7%
10W1D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Feb 2026 | 4/4 | #8 | 2392 | +22.4 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 1/4 | #6 | 1740 | +13.6 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 1.5/7 | #11 | 1621 | -4.8 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/4 | #7 | 2398 | +8.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMatvej Pidluznij
🇱🇹LTU·1811
+9 −19 =2
30 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsDonata Januseviciute
🇱🇹LTU·1547
+17 −9 =4
30 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsEmilijus Zobernis
🇱🇹LTU·1649
+11 −12 =4
27 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsSergej Drozdov
🇱🇹LTU·2104
+3 −23 =0
26 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsOleg Burdin
🇱🇹LTU·1823
+8 −15 =1
24 games·last met Jun 2026
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Rankings
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Lithuania
#350
out of 1,239 players
Europe
#99,510
in continent
World
#149,264
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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