Nuorten SM 2025 U16
Open SwissStandard
16 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 05 Jun 2025 to 08 Jun 2025 in Valkeakoski, Finland. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1732, and top seed was Niklas Jaakkola (🇫🇮 FIN, 2208).
Pessi Heino (🇫🇮 FIN, CM, 2104) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Niklas Jaakkola (5.5) and Eeli Asikainen (5.5). Heino took the lead from round 6.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Jami Valpas (1975) beat Niklas Jaakkola (2208), a +233-point gap.
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
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇫🇮Finland×16
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsCM Pessi Heino led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R6 · LEADER CHANGE07 Jun
CM Pessi Heino takes the sole lead (5.0/6).
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
CM Pessi Heino lost to Niklas Jaakkola (White).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
CM Pessi Heino 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R5–R7)Niklas Jaakkola 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMPessi Heino | * | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2Niklas Jaakkola | 1 | * | ½ | 0 |
| 3Eeli Asikainen | 0 | ½ | * | — |
| 4Jami Valpas | 0 | 1 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heino, PessiCM | 2104 | FIN | +12N | +6B | +3N | −2B | +7N | +5B | +4B | 6.0 | 27.5 | 30.0 | 24.50 | 2241 | +47.2 |
| 2 | Jaakkola, Niklas | 2208 | FIN | +8B | +5N | +7B | +1N | =3B | −4N | +13B | 5.5 | 27.5 | 30.0 | 22.75 | 2168 | -4.8 |
| 3 | Asikainen, Eeli | 2109 | FIN | +14B | +13N | −1B | +10N | =2N | +6B | +7N | 5.5 | 25.0 | 27.5 | 18.75 | 2112 | +4.8 |
| 4 | Valpas, Jami | 1975 | FIN | =11B | +8N | =5B | =13N | +12B | +2B | −1N | 4.5 | 24.5 | 27.0 | 16.25 | 2045 | +21.6 |
| 5 | Sobolev, Maksim S. | 1660 | FIN | +9N | −2B | =4N | +11B | =13B | −1N | +10B | 4.0 | 25.5 | 28.0 | 13.00 | 1759 | +8.0 |
| 6 | Pajarinen, Pyry | 1707 | FIN | +10B | −1N | +11B | −7N | +8B | −3N | +12B | 4.0 | 25.0 | 27.5 | 12.00 | 1881 | +34.0 |
| 7 | Vesa, Mikke | 2047 | FIN | +15N | +16B | −2N | +6B | −1B | +10N | −3B | 4.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 8.00 | 1839 | -40.0 |
| 8 | Jarvi, Leo | 1735 | FIN | −2N | −4B | +15N | +9B | −6N | =11B | +14N | 3.5 | 23.0 | 24.0 | 8.50 | 1139 | -32.8 |
| 9 | Kanevskiy, Aleksandr | 0 | FIN | −5B | +14N | −10B | −8N | +15B | =12N | +16N | 3.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 4.75 | 1449 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Hakkarainen, Miika | 0 | FIN | −6N | +15B | +9N | −3B | +11N | −7B | −5N | 3.0 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 7.50 | 1081 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Kolotushkin, Grigorii | 0 | FIN | =4N | +12B | −6N | −5N | −10B | =8N | +15B | 3.0 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 7.50 | 1698 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Kauppila, Lauri | 1772 | FIN | −1B | −11N | +14B | +16N | −4N | =9B | −6N | 2.5 | 23.5 | 23.5 | 4.25 | 1129 | -38.0 |
| 13 | Gorbushin, Egor | 0 | FIN | F | −3B | +16N | =4B | =5N | =14B | −2N | 2.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 5.50 | 1795 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Salmio, Samuel | 0 | FIN | −3N | −9B | −12N | +15B | +16B | =13N | −8B | 2.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 2.25 | 1072 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Junkkarinen, Joel | 0 | FIN | −7B | −10N | −8B | −14N | −9N | +16B | −11N | 1.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 0.00 | 1091 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Zhivotova, Aleksandra | 0 | FIN | F | −7N | −13B | −12B | −14N | −15N | −9B | 0.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 0.00 | 1110 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Heino, PessiCMFIN+47.26.0 pts · #1
- 2Pajarinen, PyryFIN+34.04.0 pts · #5
- 3Valpas, JamiFIN+21.64.5 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Vesa, MikkeFIN-40.04.0 pts · #7
- 2Kauppila, LauriFIN-38.02.5 pts · #14
- 3Jarvi, LeoFIN-32.83.5 pts · #11
Biggest upsets
- R6+233 Elo gap