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VJ
Valantiejus, Jokubas
🇱🇹FIDE 12847739· Male· Lithuania· Born in 2005
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Jokubas Valantiejus, a 21-year-old Lithuanian player, is rated 1791 — his current career high. He is on a breakout run, having gained +83 Elo over the past 12 months. 13 rated games in the past year (≈15/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Lithuanian chess league (higest division) 2026 round 6-7, Lithuanian Chess League 2025 Highest Division round 3-5, and Lithuanian chess league (higest division) 2026 round 1-2. Also played 7 rapid (including 2026 Lithuanian Trade Union Sandrauga International Labour Day Chess Tournament) and 6 blitz events (including Lithuanian Open Blitz Chess Championship 2025) recently.
At junior level, he reached #16 and #18 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1791
Standard
Rpd2009·Blz2016
All-time high
1791
at best
Apr 2026 · age 21
Apr 2026 · age 21
Activity
13
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#79,201
#79,201 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2026
59th Lithuanian 20-35 player
at age 21 · rated 1791
Jun 2026
All-time peak 1791
at age 21
Apr 2026
2025
16th Lithuanian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1750
Sep 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+323 Elo)
1335 → 1658
Apr 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 19
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 19
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
Sea festival 2025 In memoriam of ICCF Grandmaster Boris Rumiancev Aperf 2037 (+287) · 4.5/7 · #3
Top opponent
Best comeback
Sea festival 2025 In memoriam of ICCF Grandmaster Boris Rumiancev Afinished #3 (seeded #14 of 60)
Evolution
+83
1708 → 1791
Tournaments
4
13 games
Score
7.5/ 1357.7%
6W3D4L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsRytis Kavalnis1,912·Sea festival 2025 In memoriam of ICCF Grandmaster Boris Rumiancev A·R6·+14.4
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsKarolis JukstaIM2,387·Sea festival 2025 In memoriam of ICCF Grandmaster Boris Rumiancev A·R7·-0.5
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #24 | 2844 | +16.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/3 | #47 | 1896 | +3.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1.5/2 | #11 | 2235 | +20.0 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4.5/7 | #3 | 2037 | +41.6 |
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsAlvydas Kurauskas
🇱🇹LTU
+21 −6 =1
28 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsMarius Jacunskas
🇱🇹LTU·1893
+12 −2 =8
22 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsDanas Domanaitis
🇱🇹LTU·1767
+6 −5 =4
15 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsMotiejus Vaitiekunas
🇱🇹LTU·1899
+12 −0 =3
15 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsStasys Steponavicius
🇱🇹LTU·2239
+2 −9 =2
13 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings
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Lithuania
#221
out of 1,239 players
Europe
#57,208
in continent
World
#79,199
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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