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Nuorten SM 2025 U16

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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
Top seed
🇫🇮Niklas Jaakkola2208
Avg top 10
1,732
Participants
16
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇫🇮Finland×16
Top 3
  • 🥇
    🇫🇮FIN·2104
    6.0pts·2241perf+47.2
  • 🥈
    🇫🇮FIN·2208
    5.5pts·2168perf-4.8
  • 🥉
    🇫🇮FIN·2109
    5.5pts·2112perf+4.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

CM Pessi Heino led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
4
2
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Heino takes lead
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
Player1234
1CMPessi Heino*
0
1
1
2Niklas Jaakkola
1
*
½
0
3Eeli Asikainen
0
½
*—
4Jami Valpas
0
1
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Heino, PessiCM2104FIN+12N+6B+3N−2B+7N+5B+4B6.027.530.024.502241+47.2
2Jaakkola, Niklas2208FIN+8B+5N+7B+1N=3B−4N+13B5.527.530.022.752168-4.8
3Asikainen, Eeli2109FIN+14B+13N−1B+10N=2N+6B+7N5.525.027.518.752112+4.8
4Valpas, Jami1975FIN=11B+8N=5B=13N+12B+2B−1N4.524.527.016.252045+21.6
5Sobolev, Maksim S.1660FIN+9N−2B=4N+11B=13B−1N+10B4.025.528.013.001759+8.0
6Pajarinen, Pyry1707FIN+10B−1N+11B−7N+8B−3N+12B4.025.027.512.001881+34.0
7Vesa, Mikke2047FIN+15N+16B−2N+6B−1B+10N−3B4.025.025.08.001839-40.0
8Jarvi, Leo1735FIN−2N−4B+15N+9B−6N=11B+14N3.523.024.08.501139-32.8
9Kanevskiy, Aleksandr0FIN−5B+14N−10B−8N+15B=12N+16N3.516.516.54.7514490.0
10Hakkarainen, Miika0FIN−6N+15B+9N−3B+11N−7B−5N3.024.025.07.5010810.0
11Kolotushkin, Grigorii0FIN=4N+12B−6N−5N−10B=8N+15B3.021.522.57.5016980.0
12Kauppila, Lauri1772FIN−1B−11N+14B+16N−4N=9B−6N2.523.523.54.251129-38.0
13Gorbushin, Egor0FINF−3B+16N=4B=5N=14B−2N2.522.022.05.5017950.0
14Salmio, Samuel0FIN−3N−9B−12N+15B+16B=13N−8B2.518.518.52.2510720.0
15Junkkarinen, Joel0FIN−7B−10N−8B−14N−9N+16B−11N1.019.519.50.0010910.0
16Zhivotova, Aleksandra0FINF−7N−13B−12B−14N−15N−9B0.016.016.00.0011100.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
Nuorten SM 2025 U16 — Valkeakoski, Finland | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats