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Sokolovs, Nikita
🇱🇻FIDE 34212523· Male· Latvia· Born in 2008
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Nikita Sokolovs, a 18-year-old Latvian player, is rated 1669 — just 1 short of his peak of 1670 (Aug 2025, age 17). He is on a steady climb with +47 Elo over the past 12 months. 13 rated games in the past year (≈6/year long-term). Recent appearances: Karelian 2025 cup and Gospodin Velikiy Novgorod 2025 - Open A. Also played 2 rapid (including 3rd Tartu Chess Festival: Alexela Cup; 3rd Toomas Virro memorial in rapid chess) and 4 blitz events (including 3rd Tartu Chess Festival: 3rd Estiko Blitz) recently. He took a 35-month break between Jul 2022 and Jul 2025.
Competes for Latvia since Jan 2026. At junior level, he reached #19, #15, #15 and #15 nationally in U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1669
Standard
Rpd1881·Blz1962
All-time high
1670
−1 pts below
Aug 2025 · age 17
Aug 2025 · age 17
Activity
4
games / yr avg.
13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#121,100
#121,100 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2026
Switched federation: RUS → LAT
at age 18
Jan 2026
2025
19th Latvian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1670
Sep 2025
All-time peak 1670
at age 17 · −1 from today
Aug 2025
2024
Crossed 1600
at age 16
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 16
Mar 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 16
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+59
1610 → 1669
Tournaments
1
7 games
Score
4/ 757.1%
3W2D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/7 | #15 | 1792 | +59.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAndrei Bashkov
🇷🇺RUS·1795
+0 −6 =2
8 games·last met Oct 2023
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vsDmitrij OsetrovFM
🇷🇺RUS·2270
+1 −5 =1
7 games·last met Jun 2023
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vsVadim Simakov
🇷🇺RUS·1690
+3 −1 =2
6 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsLev Shaposhnikov
🇷🇺RUS·1882
+1 −0 =5
6 games·last met Aug 2024
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vsNikolay Markov
🇷🇺RUS·1745
+1 −2 =2
5 games·last met Jun 2025
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Rankings
/
Latvia
#164
out of 965 players
Europe
#83,879
in continent
World
#121,094
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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