Nikita Meshkovs

Nikita Evgenievich Meshkovs (Latvian: Ņikita Meškovs, Russian: Никита Евгеньевич Мешков; born 30 June 1994) is a Latvian chess grandmaster (2017). He won the Latvian Chess Championship in 2018.[1]

Nikita Meshkovs
Meshkovs in 2017
CountryLatvia
Born (1994-06-30) 30 June 1994
Riga, Latvia
TitleGrandmaster (2017)
FIDE rating2526 (October 2023)
Peak rating2586 (March 2023)

Biography

Meshkovs started playing chess at the age of four. At the age of six, he became a student at the Riga Chess School. His first coach was Leonīds Borisovs.[2][3] He won six Latvian Junior Chess Championships in different age groups, and regularly participated in the European Youth and World Youth Chess Championships in different age groups.[4][5] In 2008, in Mureck he won the European Union U14 chess championship.[6] Since 2011, he has regularly participated in the Latvian Chess Championships, placing third in 2015,[7] second in 2016,[8] and winning the competition in 2018.[9] In June 2018, in Palanga he won Baltic Zonal Tournament second stage.[10] In 2019, he won the A-Group Northwest Cup Final on tie-break from Vadim Moiseenko.[11] In 2020, he won the Panevezys International Chess Festival.[12]

In July 2021, in Sochi he participated in Chess World Cup 2021 and lost in 1st round to Paraguayan grandmaster Guillermo Vázquez.[13]

In October 2022, he drew against world champion Magnus Carlsen in the first round of the European Chess Club Cup, which was Carlsen's first classical match after the Carlsen-Niemann controversy.

Nikita Meshkovs played for Latvia:

In 2014, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title[17] and received the FIDE International Grandmaster (GM) title three years later.[18]

References
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  2. "«Игра, ставшая жизнью»". chessnews.lv.
  3. "Interview With Nikita Meshkovs - Latvian Chess News". chessnews.lv.
  4. "Interview with Nikita Meskovs". chessnews.lv.
  5. "Latvijas Šaha Federācija". sahafederacija.lv.
  6. Herzog, Heinz. "U14 6. European Union Youth Championship". Chess-Results.com.
  7. Herzog, Heinz. "Latvian championship final-2015". Chess-Results.com.
  8. Herzog, Heinz. "Latvian championship final-2016". Chess-Results.com.
  9. Herzog, Heinz. "Latvian Championship final-2018". Chess-Results.com.
  10. Herzog, Heinz. "2018 Baltic Zonal Tournament II Stage". Chess-Results.com.
  11. "The Week in Chess 1311". TheWeekInChess.com. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  12. "The Week in Chess 1339". TheWeekInChess.com. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  13. FIDE World Cup 2021. worldcup.fide.com.
  14. Herzog, Heinz. "42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open". Chess-Results.com.
  15. 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open. Chess-Results.com.
  16. Herzog, Heinz. "27 World Summer Universiade M". Chess-Results.com.
  17. "FIDE Title Applications - International Master (IM) - Meskovs, Nikita". ratings.fide.com.
  18. "FIDE Title Applications - Grandmaster (GM) - Meskovs, Nikita". ratings.fide.com.
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