Māris Krakops (born April 3, 1978 in Latvia) is a Latvian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Grandmaster (1998).
Māris Krakops started real chess career in 1992 when he participated in Open Junior Championship of USSR in Jūrmala.
[1] In 1994 he placed second in the Junior World Championship under 16 in Szeged, Hungary (after Peter Leko).
In 2001 Māris Krakops won second place at third board in 13th European Team Chess Championship in León.
[4] In March 2022, Māris Krakops resigned as President of the Latvian Chess Federation, where he worked for two and a half years.