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Arturs Neiksans
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Arturs Neiksans

LatviaBorn 1983 (age 43)FIDE ID 11601388

Luft classical

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Monthly Luft ratings, now 2544
FIDE

FIDE classical

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Monthly FIDE ratings, now 2557
Luft

Flair

Arturs Neiksans's classical flairs

0 of 19 earned over the last 12 months

  • TitanLuft classical rating averaging 2800+ over the last 4 years
  • Serial WinnerWon 2+ elite events in the last 12 months
  • UnderdogRegularly beats players rated 50+ higher
  • Fortress25+ games in a row without a loss
  • Black BeltDoes better with black than with white
  • IronmanPlayed 50+ games over the last 12 months
  • RisingAged 18 or under, Luft rating up 40+ over the last 12 months
  • Endgame SpecialistEndgame 90+: converting, saving and not throwing endgames
  • TacticianTactics 90+: sharp, tactical games they made sharp
  • LightningTop 20 at speed chess (mostly blitz, some rapid)
  • Hot StreakAt least 6 points from 7 straight games against strong opposition
  • SignatureSticks to one defence with black far more than most
  • ChameleonPlays a wide range of defences with black
  • WildcardBrilliant one event, off the next: hard to predict
  • ReliableConsistent across all top events
  • FighterRarely draws, and wins far more than they lose
  • AdaptableTactics and Positional both 90+
  • PositionalPositional 90+: slow, quiet games they steered
  • PodiumTop 3 in at least half of their elite events

No classical flair in the last year yet.

Trophy cabinet

Arturs Neiksans's classical titles

5 classical titles, newest first

  • Latvian Championship 20251st
  • Latvian Championship 20191st
  • Latvian Championship 20151st
  • Latvian Championship 20111st
  • Latvian Championship 19991st
  • Latvian Championship×5

Attributes

Tactics 73Positional 81Endgame 74Openings 77Composure 68Defence 80Speed 72Consistency 76

Luft classical rating

2544No. 196

From 14 classical games in top events over the last year, playing at a 2491 level.

ResultsPlayed at a 2491 level, blended with their FIDE rating−10
Tournament winsNone in the last year0
FormThe last 3 months against the whole year+10
ConsistencyHow steady they are from event to event−8
Activity14 classical games in top events−5

Openings

Their most-played, from 20 classical games in top events over the last 4 years

OpeningGamesScore
English Opening463%
King's Indian Attack250%
Four Knights Game150%
Neo-Grünfeld Defense150%
Zukertort Opening150%

English Opening

With White: 4 games, won 1, drew 3, lost 0 · 63%

VariationGamesScore
Agincourt Defense250%
King's English Variation1100%
Symmetrical Variation150%

King's Indian Attack

With White: 2 games, won 1, drew 0, lost 1 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Main line250%

Four Knights Game

With White: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Scotch Variation Accepted150%

Neo-Grünfeld Defense

With White: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Classical Variation150%

Zukertort Opening

With White: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Reversed Grünfeld150%

Sicilian Defense

With Black: 3 games, won 0, drew 0, lost 3 · 0%

VariationGamesScore
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack20%
Lasker-Pelikan Variation10%

Caro-Kann Defense

With Black: 2 games, won 1, drew 0, lost 1 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Tartakower Variation1100%
Advance Variation10%

Dutch Defense

With Black: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Leningrad Variation150%

Queen's Gambit Declined

With Black: 1 game, won 0, drew 1, lost 0 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Semi-Tarrasch Defense150%

Queen's Indian Defense

With Black: 1 game, won 0, drew 0, lost 1 · 0%

VariationGamesScore
Classical Variation10%

Recent events

See all
EventPlace+/−+/−
Allsvenskan 26/27 (Swedish Team Championship)7 Nov 20262/2+7+7
German Bundesliga 2026/2711 Oct 20262/3+4+4
German Bundesliga 2025/2626 Apr 20262½/9−19−19
FIDE World Cup 20252 Nov 20251/2−3−3
First League of Serbia 202528 Sep 20256/11+1+3

Best wins

OpponentRating
GME. Amar7 Dec 2025 · German Bundesliga 2025/262592
GMJ. Gdanski7 Nov 2026 · Allsvenskan 26/27 (Swedish Team Championship)2478
GMA. Orlov11 Oct 2026 · German Bundesliga 2026/272471
IMC. Murphy21 Sep 2024 · 45th Chess Olympiad Budapest 20242453
IMR. Panjwani28 Sep 2025 · First League of Serbia 20252431

Most played

OpponentGamesWDL
GMA. SuleymenovLast 2 Nov 2025 · FIDE World Cup 20252020
GMA. TariLast 21 Oct 2022 · Bundesliga 20221010
GMG. PappLast 26 Feb 2023 · Bundesliga 20221010
GMG. GajewskiLast 29 Apr 2023 · Bundesliga 20221010
GMM. KraemerLast 30 Apr 2023 · Bundesliga 20221001

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How attributes are calculated

From their games in top events over the last 12 months, each judged against the opponent's rating

  • TacticsHow well they score in sharp games they chose to make sharp.
  • PositionalHow well they score in quiet, manoeuvring games they steered.
  • EndgameHow they do in endgames against what the position promised when it began: converting a winning one earns a little, saving a losing one earns a lot, and throwing a winning one costs a lot.
  • OpeningsThe engine's verdict on their position around moves 15 to 20, against what's normal for that colour, as the score it points to. Over the last 4 years, with older games counting less.
  • ComposureHow well they score under pressure: the game straight after a loss, and the last 3 games of an event while they can still win it. Over the last 4 years.
  • DefenceHow they do in games where they were 0.8 pawns or more worse after move 18, against what that position usually scores: holding the draw earns, turning it around earns more, and losing costs a little.
  • SpeedTheir Luft rapid and blitz ratings. With neither, an estimate a little below their classical level.
  • ConsistencyTheir Luft rating, less their off days: tournaments (5+ games each) over the last 4 years where they played 50+ below it. Anything better never counts against them.

  • "How well they score" is a performance rating: the opponent's rating, plus 400 for a win and minus 400 for a loss, averaged. So it's always judged against who they played.

    The score out of 100: 80 is a 2600 level, and each 13 rating points adds one, so 2860 and up is 100.

    Fair to everyone: with only a few games of a kind, the result leans towards their overall Luft rating. Strengths and weaknesses are measured against their overall level and compared with the top 100, so a specialist's best side stands out. A little recent form is added to all but Speed.