Nuorten SM 2025 U12
Open SwissStandard
19 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 05 Jun 2025 to 08 Jun 2025 in Valkeakoski, Finland. Top 10 Elo average was 1168, and top seed was Yiming Zhang (🇫🇮 FIN, 1967).
Yiming Zhang (🇫🇮 FIN, 1967) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Nikolay Levanov (5.0) and Raffaele DAmato (5.0). Zhang won solo starting round 3.
Location
🇫🇮Valkeakoski, Finland
Dates
05 Jun 2025 → 08 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇫🇮Finland×16
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsYiming Zhang led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R3–R7 · LEAD HELD
Yiming Zhang never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Yiming Zhang beat Raffaele DAmato (White).
R1–R5 · WIN STREAK
Yiming Zhang won 5 in a row (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Yiming Zhang | * | 1 | ½ | 1 |
| 2Raffaele DAmato | 0 | * | ½ | — |
| 3Nikolay Levanov | ½ | ½ | * | 1 |
| 4Zakhar Zyuzin | 0 | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zhang, Yiming | 1967 | FIN | +8B | +4N | +3B | +7N | +12B | =2N | +6B | 6.5 | 27.5 | 30.5 | 28.00 | 2012 | +7.6 |
| 2 | Levanov, Nikolay | 1654 | FIN | +10B | +11N | =7B | =3N | +4B | =1B | =5N | 5.0 | 28.5 | 32.0 | 22.00 | 1756 | +19.6 |
| 3 | DAmato, Raffaele | 1690 | FIN | +9N | +18B | −1N | =2B | =5N | +8B | +7B | 5.0 | 28.0 | 29.0 | 17.75 | 1751 | +16.8 |
| 4 | Zyuzin, Zakhar | 0 | FIN | +19N | −1B | +13N | +?B | −2N | +14B | +10N | 5.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 10.50 | 1010 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Bhaumik, Mehr | 1646 | FIN | +13B | −7N | +10B | =11N | =3B | +12N | =2B | 4.5 | 24.0 | 27.0 | 16.25 | 1564 | -13.2 |
| 6 | Archishman Das | 1598 | FIN | =14B | +17N | =12B | +15N | +11B | =7N | −1N | 4.5 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 12.50 | 1651 | +2.8 |
| 7 | Pihlajamaki, Niklas | 1722 | FIN | +16N | +5B | =2N | −1B | +15N | =6B | −3N | 4.0 | 28.0 | 30.0 | 13.75 | 1639 | -24.0 |
| 8 | Prokofieva, Alexandra | 1406 | FIN | −1N | −9B | +16N | +19B | +13N | −3N | +12B | 4.0 | 23.5 | 24.5 | 9.00 | 948 | -9.6 |
| 9 | Sobolev, Mark | 0 | FIN | −3B | +8N | −15B | −12N | +?B | +18N | +?N | 4.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 5.00 | 1548 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Saari, Anton | 0 | FIN | −2N | +19B | −5N | +17B | =?N | +11B | −4B | 3.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 6.00 | 850 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Varfolomeev, Maksim | 0 | FIN | +?N | −2B | +18N | =5B | −6N | −10N | +17B | 3.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 4.75 | 1360 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Koskensilta, Ohto | 0 | FIN | =15B | +14N | =6N | +9B | −1N | −5B | −8N | 3.0 | 26.5 | 29.0 | 10.50 | 1332 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Bisht, Sinhyana | 0 | FIN | −5N | +16B | −4B | +?N | −8B | F | +14N | 3.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 5.00 | 726 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Heiskanen, Jesse | 0 | FIN | =6N | −12B | =17N | +18B | +19N | −4N | −13B | 3.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 5.00 | 1598 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Krok, Niklas | 0 | FIN | =12N | =?B | +9N | −6B | −7B | =17N | F | 2.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 6.25 | 860 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Nyberg, Max | 0 | FIN | −7B | −13N | −8B | F | +18N | −?B | +19N | 2.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 2.00 | 764 | 0.0 |
| 17 | FIDE 520209 | 0 | — | =?N | −6B | =14B | −10N | F | =15B | −11N | 1.5 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 2.75 | 798 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 524387 | 0 | — | F | −3N | −11B | −14N | −16B | −9B | +?N | 1.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 0.00 | 890 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 524158 | 0 | — | −4B | −10N | F | −8N | −14B | +?N | −16B | 1.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 0.00 | 605 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Levanov, NikolayFIN+19.65.0 pts · #4
- 2DAmato, RaffaeleFIN+16.85.0 pts · #2
- 3Zhang, YimingFIN+7.66.5 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Pihlajamaki, NiklasFIN-24.04.0 pts · #3
- 2Bhaumik, MehrFIN-13.24.5 pts · #6
- 3Prokofieva, AlexandraFIN-9.64.0 pts · #17