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Vaitkunas, Pijus
🇱🇹FIDE 12846333· Male· Lithuania· Born in 2010
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Pijus Vaitkunas, a 16-year-old Lithuanian player, is rated 1642 — just 19 short of his peak of 1661 (Oct 2025, age 15). He is on a breakout run, having gained +110 Elo over the past 12 months. 37 rated games in the past year (≈24/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include LTU ch U16, LCL 2026 First Division- East A, and Sea festival 2025 In memoriam of ICCF Grandmaster Boris Rumiancev A. Also played 13 rapid (including In Memoriam Richardas Banaitis A 2026) and 8 blitz events (including Lithuanian Open Blitz Chess Championship 2025) recently.
At junior level, he reached #20, #20 and #36 nationally in U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1642
Standard
Rpd1671·Blz1637
All-time high
1661
−19 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 15
Oct 2025 · age 15
Activity
31
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
31 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#131,199
#131,199 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
20th Lithuanian U16 player
at age 16 · rated 1661
Jan 2026
2025
All-time peak 1661
at age 15 · −19 from today
Oct 2025
Crossed 1600
at age 15
Sep 2025
100 career games
at age 15
Sep 2025
Re-crossed 1500
at age 15
Jun 2025
2024
20th Lithuanian U14 player
at age 14 · rated 1543
May 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+55
1587 → 1642
Tournaments
5
35 games
Score
18/ 3551.4%
15W6D14L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsSkirmantas Buivydas1,816·Sea festival 2025 In memoriam of ICCF Grandmaster Boris Rumiancev A·R3·+28.4
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsDominykas Kuslikis1,656·Sea festival 2025 In memoriam of ICCF Grandmaster Boris Rumiancev B·R2·-20.2
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/8 | #6 | 1597 | -24.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1.5/5 | #11 | 1766 | +6.4 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3/6 | #19 | 1776 | +34.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDonata Januseviciute
🇱🇹LTU·1547
+12 −12 =1
25 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsEmilijus Zobernis
🇱🇹LTU·1649
+9 −6 =4
19 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsRojus Gutauskas
🇱🇹LTU·1829
+2 −17 =0
19 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsMatvej Pidluznij
🇱🇹LTU·1811
+3 −14 =1
18 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsGediminas Ragainis
🇱🇹LTU·1532
+13 −3 =0
16 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
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Lithuania
#315
out of 1,239 players
Europe
#89,670
in continent
World
#131,193
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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