GM Nikita Meshkovs Photo: Maria Emelianova/Chess.com. Full name Nikita Meshkovs Born 1994 (age 31) Place of birth Federation Latvia Profiles #389 World Ranking 2539 Classical 2544 Rapid 2540 Blitz Rating Bio Nikita Meshkovs is a Latvian chess grandmaster who qualified for the 2021 FIDE World Cup. Most Played Openings White Pieces King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (36 games) English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (17 games) Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (17 games) King's Indian Attack: Yugoslav Variation (15 games) English Opening: Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto Line (12 games) Black Pieces Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (28 games) Alapin Sicilian Defense (21 games) Sicilian Defense: Kan, Modern Variation (20 games) Sicilian Defense: Kan, Knight Variation (12 games) Queen's Pawn Opening: Chigorin Variation (9 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Nikita Meshkovs (2880) Carter Peatman (2502) 1-0 23 2025 Nikita Meshkovs (2885) Igor Musial (2625) 1-0 35 2025 Nikita Meshkovs (2928) Ivan Uraev (2608) 1-0 56 2025 Nikita Meshkovs (2923) Mateo Boci (2725) 1-0 51 2025 Nikita Meshkovs (2950) Mohamed Haddouche (2725) 1-0 35 2025 Nikita Meshkovs (2958) Jaan Ehlvest (2711) 1-0 51 2025 Nikita Meshkovs (2953) Alex Villa Tornero (2600) 1-0 36 2025 Nikita Meshkovs (2952) Dmitry Goltsev (2833) 1-0 94 2025 Nikita Meshkovs (2524) Renato R Quintiliano Pinto (2504) 1-0 69 2025 Nikita Meshkovs (2540) Natalia Zhukova (2295) 1-0 40 2025 Show All Games