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6th Paul Keres Memorial Festival 2025 - Rapid Tournament

SwissRapid

143 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held on 17 Aug 2025 in Parnu, Estonia. 40 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2490, and top seed was Tomas Laurusas (🇱🇹 LTU, GM, 2576).

Nikita Meshkovs (🇱🇻 LAT, GM, 2552) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Tomas Laurusas (6.0) and Daniel Fridman (6.0). Meshkovs won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Niilo Man Nissinen (FM, 1941) beat Toivo Keinanen (IM, 2526), a +585-point gap.

Location
🇪🇪Parnu, Estonia
Dates
17 Aug 2025
Time control
Rapid: 15 minutes for game with 3 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇱🇹GMTomas Laurusas2576
Avg top 10
2,490
Participants
143
Titled players · 40
GM×9
IM×8
FM×10
CM×3
WGM×2
WFM×5
WCM×3
Federations · 8 represented
🇪🇪Estonia×73
🇱🇻Latvia×27
🇱🇹Lithuania×11
🇩🇪Germany×5
🇺🇦Ukraine×4
🇮🇳India×3
🇫🇮Finland×3
🇪🇸Spain×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

GM Nikita Meshkovs led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
68
31
13
2
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

GM Nikita Meshkovs held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Nikita Meshkovs beat GM Daniel Fridman (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Nikita Meshkovs 6 wins (R1–R6)GM Daniel Fridman 4 wins (R1–R4)GM Valery Kazakouski 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMNikita Meshkovs*
1
½
2GMDaniel Fridman
0
*
3GMValery Kazakouski*
4GMTomas Laurusas
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Meshkovs, NikitaGM2552LAT+75B+105N+14B+31N+3B+7N=2B6.530.533.530.502774+14.7
2Laurusas, TomasGM2576LTU+57B+39N+36B=28N+13B+9N=1N6.030.034.028.502625+4.4
3Fridman, DanielGM2561GER+91N+64B+38N+15B1N+8B+11N6.029.532.526.002590+3.5
4Mayorau, MikitaGM2433POL+61N+35B+21N=29B=11N+38B+20N6.028.032.027.252414-0.8
5Wartiovaara, OliverFM2341FIN+89B+23N30B+65N+22B+19N+12B6.028.031.026.502408+9.8
6Kazakouski, ValeryGM2523LTU+85B+43N+32B=13N+28B=12N+14B6.028.031.026.002522+0.7
7Neiksans, ArtursGM2514LAT+70N+25B=18N+34B+16N1B+33N5.530.534.025.0024900.0
8Glek, IgorGM2439BEL+88B+42N+22B=12N+10B3N+32B5.530.033.024.502439+1.8
9Lapshun, YuryIM2416USA=37B+50N+52N+41B+29N2B+35N5.527.531.523.252363-1.3
10Pidluznij, GlebIM2317LTU+74N=41B+81N+18B8N+64B+28N5.526.029.021.502358+10.6
11Nissinen, Niilo ManFM1941HKG+95N+20B=34N+24B=4B+40N3B5.030.533.522.252344+68.4
12Sharan, RaoIM2250IND+94N+78B+45N=8B+31N=6B5N5.029.532.520.752357+24.0
13Jakubowski, KrzysztofGM2339POL+76N+65B+66N=6B2N=18B+29N5.028.532.020.502358+4.1
14Vingris,MikelisFM2160LAT+98N+116B1N+52B+47N+15B6N5.028.530.518.002306+54.4
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17Puusepp, KaimarCM2034EST+120N=16B=33N+46B+21N20B+38N5.027.529.519.752226+38.8
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25Luong Phuong HanhWGM2063VIE+102B7N+89B+83N19B+71N+51B5.024.027.016.502131+15.8
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42Mironov, Ruslan2038EST+132N8B=76N+74B+72N16B=49B4.025.026.512.252034+1.2
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45Bondarenko, Dmitry1940EST+131B+19N12B36N+92B51N+87B4.024.526.513.002016+15.0
46Rudiger, Maria Helena1555EST+59N66B+57B17N+68B47N+85B4.024.027.014.501969+130.8
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48Tolmaceva, AlonaWFM1861LAT+135N44B+121N+66B+26N28B21N4.024.025.011.502063+56.0
49Shalamberidze, AkakiIM2224GEO=81N+72B41N+76B+62N35B=42N4.023.526.514.501995-34.6
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142Lumiste, Sade Marie0EST60B124N119BF121N102N139B0.014.014.00.008100.0
143Narva, Els Marie1596EST105B85N125B122N130B137NF0.013.013.00.00954-40.0

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