The Latvian Chess Championships for men and women took part from 29th April to 5th May, 2014 in Riga, the capital city of Latvia.

The 9 round Swiss Open for men was convincingly won by the last-year champion GM Igor Kovalenko, who collected 7/9 points, leaving the runner-up half a point behind.

GM Arturs Neiksans finished second with 6.5/9 points, while IM Toms Kantans took the bronze with 6/9 points.

WIM Katrine Skinke emerged clear first in the Women Section with 6/7 points, half a point ahead of the top seed WGM Laura Rogule.

The latter took the silver with 5.5/7 points, while WGM Ilze Berzinaremained third with 4.5/7 points.

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Final ranking for men:

1 GM Kovalenko Igor LAT 2611 7
2 GM Neiksans Arturs LAT 2568 6,5
3 IM Kantans Toms LAT 2437 6
4 GM Sveshnikov Evgeny LAT 2523 5,5
5 GM Miezis Normunds LAT 2551 5,5
6 FM Meskovs Nikita LAT 2440 5,5
7 GM Starostits Ilmars LAT 2463 5,5
8 NM Jankovskis Guntis LAT 2302 5,5
9 NM Putka Verners LAT 2323 5,5
10 MK Bernotas Arturs LAT 2266 5

Final ranking for women:

1 WIM Skinke Katrina LAT 2219 6
2 WGM Rogule Laura LAT 2326 5,5
3 WGM Berzina Ilze LAT 2265 4,5
4 MK Otikova Elina LAT 1939 4
5 WFM Ungure Liga LAT 2019 4

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