Nikita Meshkovs
| Ņikita Meškovs | |
|---|---|
| Country | Latvia |
| Born | 30 June 1994 Riga, Latvia |
| Title | Grandmaster (2017) |
| FIDE rating | 2540 (May 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2546 (January 2018) |
Nikita Meshkovs (Latvian: Ņikita Meškovs, Russian: Никита Евгеньевич Мешков; born 30 June 1994), is a Latvian Russian chess grandmaster (2017). He won the Latvian Chess Championship in 2018.[1].
Biography
Meškovs started playing chess at the age of four. At the age of six, he became a schoolboy at the Riga Chess School. His first coach was Leonīds Borisovs.[2] 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.[3][4] In 2008, in Mureck he won the European Union U14 chess championship.[5] Since 2011, he has regularly participated in the Latvian Chess Championships, placing third in 2015,[6] second in 2016,[7] and winning the competition in 2018.[8] In June 2018, in Palanga he won Baltic Zonal Tournament second stage[9].
Ņikita Meškovs played for Latvia:
- in Chess Olympiads (2016, 2018)[10][11];
- in 2013 Summer Universiade chess tournament[12].
In 2014, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title[13] and received the FIDE International Grandmaster (GM) title three years later.[14]
References
- ^ "Nikita Meshkovs and Elizabete Limanovska are the winners at Latvian Championship 2018 - Chessdom". www.chessdom.com.
- ^ "«Игра, ставшая жизнью»". chessnews.lv.
- ^ "Interview with Nikita Meskovs". chessnews.lv.
- ^ "Latvijas Šaha Federācija". www.sahafederacija.lv.
- ^ http://chess-results.com, Dipl.Ing. Heinz Herzog -. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - U14 6. European Union Youth Championship". chess-results.com.
{{cite web}}: External link in|last= - ^ http://chess-results.com, Dipl.Ing. Heinz Herzog -. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Latvian championship final-2015". chess-results.com.
{{cite web}}: External link in|last= - ^ http://chess-results.com, Dipl.Ing. Heinz Herzog -. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Latvian championship final-2016". chess-results.com.
{{cite web}}: External link in|last= - ^ http://chess-results.com, Dipl.Ing. Heinz Herzog -. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Latvian Championship final-2018". chess-results.com.
{{cite web}}: External link in|last= - ^ http://chess-results.com, Dipl.Ing. Heinz Herzog -. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 2018 Baltic Zonal Tournament II Stage". chess-results.com.
{{cite web}}: External link in|last= - ^ http://chess-results.com, Dipl.Ing. Heinz Herzog -. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Open". www.chess-results.com.
{{cite web}}: External link in|last= - ^ 43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open
- ^ http://chess-results.com, Dipl.Ing. Heinz Herzog -. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - 27 World Summer Universiade M". chess-results.com.
{{cite web}}: External link in|last= - ^ Administrator. "FIDE Title Applications (GM, IM, WGM, WIM, IA, FA, IO)". ratings.fide.com.
- ^ Administrator. "FIDE Title Applications (GM, IM, WGM, WIM, IA, FA, IO)". ratings.fide.com.
External links
- Nikita Meshkovs rating card at FIDE
- Nikita Meshkovs player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Nikita Meshkovs chess games at 365Chess.com
