Klaipedos finalas 2025 (Klaipeda championship)
12 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 10 May 2025 to 28 Jun 2025 in Klaipeda, Lithuania. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1878, and top seed was Andrey Levitskiy (🇺🇦 UKR, FM, 2294).
Andrey Levitskiy (🇺🇦 UKR, FM, 2294) won with 10.5/11, ahead of Sergej Drozdov (10.0) and Rostislav Scekaciov (7.0). Levitskiy won solo starting round 8.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Rostislav Scekaciov (1731) beat Marija Sibajeva (WFM, 2033), a +302-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 12 · 11 roundsFM Andrey Levitskiy led from R8 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R8.
FM Andrey Levitskiy held the sole lead from R8 through R11 without losing it.
FM Andrey Levitskiy drew with Sergej Drozdov (Black).
FM Andrey Levitskiy 10 wins (R2–R11)Sergej Drozdov 6+3 wins (R2–R7, R9–R11)WFM Marija Sibajeva 3 wins (R8–R10)
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇺🇦FMLevitskiy, Andrey | 2294 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10.5 | 49.50 | 54.5 | +12.2 | 2392 |
| 2 | 🇱🇹Drozdov, Sergej | 2067 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10.0 | 47.00 | 55.0 | +29.4 | 2206 |
| 4 | 🇱🇹Scekaciov, Rostislav | 1731 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 28.25 | 58.0 | +53.4 | 1930 |
| 3 | 🇱🇹WFMSibajeva, Marija | 2033 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.0 | 25.75 | 58.0 | -24.0 | 1922 |
| 6 | 🇱🇹Gutauskas, Rojus | 1740 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 25.25 | 59.5 | +40.3 | 1828 |
| 5 | 🇱🇹Zirnovas, Martynas | 1770 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 19.00 | 59.5 | +13.6 | 1828 |
| 7 | 🇱🇹Burdin, Oleg | 1623 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.5 | 14.25 | 60.5 | +59.3 | 1759 |
| 9 | 🇱🇹Buivydas, Skirmantas | 1857 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.0 | 16.50 | 61.0 | -40.6 | 1726 |
| 8 | 🇱🇹Cepauskas, Vejas | 1591 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4.0 | 13.50 | 61.0 | +54.0 | 1716 |
| 10 | 🇱🇹Budiak, Arina | 1762 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | — | 1 | 3.5 | 13.00 | 61.5 | -31.2 | 1719 |
| 11 | 🇱🇹Pidluznij, Matvej | 1822 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | — | * | 1 | 3.5 | 10.50 | 61.5 | -59.6 | 1725 |
| 12 | 🇱🇹Skalisius, Rimvydas | 1702 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 65.0 | -157.2 | 1028 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Burdin, OlegLTU+59.34.5 pts · #7
- 2Cepauskas, VejasLTU+54.04.0 pts · #8
- 3Scekaciov, RostislavLTU+53.47.0 pts · #4
- 1Skalisius, RimvydasLTU-157.20.0 pts · #12
- 2Pidluznij, MatvejLTU-59.63.5 pts · #11
- 3Buivydas, SkirmantasLTU-40.64.0 pts · #9
- R2+302 Elo gap
- R7+234 Elo gap
- R9+171 Elo gap