Plunge 2025 A
Open SwissStandard
31 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 15 Jul 2025 to 20 Jul 2025 in Plateliai, Lithuania. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1944, and top seed was Karolis Juksta (🇱🇹 LTU, IM, 2387).
Ignas Milius (🇱🇹 LTU, 1966) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Karolis Juksta (8.0) and Dangis Bagdanskis (6.5). Milius shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Mantas Zaveckis (1542) beat Julius Mikolavicius (1889), a +347-point gap.
Location
🇱🇹Plateliai, Lithuania
Dates
15 Jul 2025 → 20 Jul 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Titled players · 1
IM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇱🇹Lithuania×31
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 9 roundsTight race until R9; 2 players tied at 8.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
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R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 8.0/9. Milius takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (46.5).
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
IM Karolis Juksta drew with Ignas Milius (White).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
IM Karolis Juksta 3 wins (R1–R3)Ignas Milius 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1IMKarolis Juksta | * | ½ | 1 | ½ |
| 2Ignas Milius | ½ | * | ½ | 1 |
| 3Dangis Bagdanskis | 0 | ½ | * | — |
| 4Deividas Ivanauskas | ½ | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milius, Ignas | 1966 | LTU | +18N | +11B | +4N | =2N | +5B | +7B | =3N | +10N | +8B | 8.0 | 46.5 | 50.5 | 43.25 | 2223 | +98.0 |
| 2 | Juksta, KarolisIM | 2387 | LTU | +24N | +6B | +10N | =1B | +3N | +8B | =4N | +14B | +7N | 8.0 | 45.5 | 48.5 | 41.50 | 2338 | -2.8 |
| 3 | Bagdanskis, Dangis | 1986 | LTU | +23B | =15N | +16B | +8N | −2B | +14N | =1B | =5N | +9B | 6.5 | 45.5 | 48.5 | 31.25 | 2018 | +10.2 |
| 4 | Ivanauskas, Deividas | 1771 | LTU | +12N | +7B | −1B | −5N | +13B | +9N | =2B | =8N | +10B | 6.0 | 47.0 | 52.0 | 31.50 | 1973 | +93.2 |
| 5 | Spevak, Dovydas | 1925 | LTU | =14N | +19B | =9N | +4B | −1N | =6B | +11N | =3B | +15N | 6.0 | 45.0 | 48.5 | 29.75 | 1943 | +10.4 |
| 6 | Jacunskas, Marius | 1800 | LTU | +27B | −2N | +20B | −7B | +24N | =5N | +21B | −9N | +14N | 5.5 | 38.5 | 41.5 | 20.50 | 1858 | +27.2 |
| 7 | Narmontas, Raimondas | 1953 | LTU | +22B | −4N | +15B | +6N | +11B | −1N | −10B | +13N | −2B | 5.0 | 47.0 | 50.5 | 23.50 | 1902 | -13.8 |
| 8 | Zaveckis, Mantas | 1542 | LTU | =19N | +24B | +14N | −3B | +9N | −2N | +16B | =4B | −1N | 5.0 | 46.0 | 49.0 | 21.75 | 1861 | +134.4 |
| 9 | Mikolavicius, Julius | 1889 | LTU | =21B | +13N | =5B | +16N | −8B | −4B | +23N | +6B | −3N | 5.0 | 42.0 | 45.0 | 22.75 | 1807 | -35.2 |
| 10 | Raugevicius, Matas | 1875 | LTU | +31N | +28B | −2B | −11N | +21B | +25N | +7N | −1B | −4N | 5.0 | 41.0 | 41.0 | 14.00 | 1810 | -12.6 |
| 11 | Matulaitis, Povilas | 1754 | LTU | +20B | −1N | +25B | +10B | −7N | =23N | −5B | +28N | =12B | 5.0 | 38.5 | 41.0 | 18.00 | 1759 | +5.6 |
| 12 | Strokova, Medeina | 1556 | LTU | −4B | +22N | =13B | −23N | +18B | =19N | =15B | +17B | =11N | 5.0 | 36.0 | 39.0 | 21.00 | 1790 | +108.0 |
| 13 | Budiak, Arina | 1751 | LTU | +25N | −9B | =12N | =28B | −4N | +20B | +19N | −7B | +27N | 5.0 | 34.0 | 36.5 | 16.75 | 1703 | -19.6 |
| 14 | Puzas, Kasparas | 1632 | LTU | =5B | +21N | −8B | +15N | +23B | −3B | +17N | −2N | −6B | 4.5 | 43.5 | 46.5 | 18.50 | 1809 | +76.4 |
| 15 | Tutinas, Romualdas | 1807 | LTU | +26N | =3B | −7N | −14B | =28N | +24B | =12N | +18B | −5B | 4.5 | 37.0 | 39.5 | 17.00 | 1719 | -18.2 |
| 16 | Sakinis, Rokas | 1758 | LTU | +30N | +17B | −3N | −9B | −25N | +27B | −8N | =22B | +29N | 4.5 | 32.5 | 33.0 | 11.75 | 1676 | -38.8 |
| 17 | Auskalnis, Dovydas | 1851 | LTU | +29B | −16N | =18B | −21N | +22B | +26N | −14B | −12N | +20B | 4.5 | 31.5 | 33.5 | 14.00 | 1618 | -51.2 |
| 18 | Cepauskas, Vejas | 1653 | LTU | −1B | +27N | =17N | −19B | −12N | +30B | +25B | −15N | =26B | 4.0 | 34.5 | 35.0 | 10.25 | 1632 | -13.2 |
| 19 | Vaitiekunas, Motiejus | 1762 | LTU | =8B | −5N | =29B | +18N | =26N | =12B | −13B | =20N | F | 3.5 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 13.25 | 1598 | -70.0 |
| 20 | Ziura, Arvydas | 1498 | LTU | −11N | +31B | −6N | −24B | +29B | −13N | +30N | =19B | −17N | 3.5 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 4.25 | 1629 | +52.0 |
| 21 | Bausys, Nikolas | 1617 | LTU | =9N | −14B | +30N | +17B | −10N | +28B | −6N | F | F | 3.5 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 10.00 | 1716 | +33.6 |
| 22 | Radzevicius, Sigitas | 1650 | LTU | −7N | −12B | +31N | −26B | −17N | F | +29B | =16N | +28B | 3.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 6.75 | 1632 | -5.8 |
| 23 | Michailov, Andrej | 1723 | LTU | −3N | +26B | =28N | +12B | −14N | =11B | −9B | F | F | 3.0 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 11.75 | 1644 | -15.6 |
| 24 | Bausys, Benas | 1725 | LTU | −2B | −8N | +27B | +20N | −6B | −15N | +31N | F | F | 3.0 | 29.5 | 29.5 | 6.50 | 1657 | -29.6 |
| 25 | Mackevicius, Darvydas | 1480 | LTU | −13B | F | −11N | +29N | +16B | −10B | −18N | −27B | +30N | 3.0 | 29.0 | 29.0 | 7.00 | 1598 | +39.2 |
| 26 | Barbsys, Skirmantas | 1585 | LTU | −15B | −23N | F | +22N | =19B | −17B | −28N | +30B | =18N | 3.0 | 26.0 | 26.0 | 7.75 | 1590 | -2.4 |
| 27 | Zonyte, Aukse | 1569 | LTU | −6N | −18B | −24N | +30B | +31B | −16N | F | +25N | −13B | 3.0 | 25.5 | 25.5 | 3.50 | 1575 | -1.2 |
| 28 | Juknius, Sarunas | 1464 | LTU | F | −10N | =23B | =13N | =15B | −21N | +26B | −11B | −22N | 2.5 | 32.5 | 32.5 | 9.25 | 1578 | +36.0 |
| 29 | Kuvsinov, Anatolij | 1612 | LTU | −17N | =30B | =19N | −25B | −20N | +31B | −22N | F | −16B | 2.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 2.00 | 1448 | -34.8 |
| 30 | Mackeviciute, Gabija | 1504 | LTU | −16B | =29N | −21B | −27N | F | −18N | −20B | −26N | −25B | 0.5 | 26.5 | 26.5 | 1.00 | 1153 | -100.8 |
| 31 | Zutaute, Leja | 1615 | LTU | −10B | −20N | −22B | F | −27N | −29N | −24B | F | F | 0.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 0.00 | 854 | -108.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Zaveckis, MantasLTU+134.45.0 pts · #13
- 2Strokova, MedeinaLTU+108.05.0 pts · #7
- 3Milius, IgnasLTU+98.08.0 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Zutaute, LejaLTU-108.40.0 pts · #31
- 2Mackeviciute, GabijaLTU-100.80.5 pts · #30
- 3Vaitiekunas, MotiejusLTU-70.03.5 pts · #19
Biggest upsets
- R5+347 Elo gap
- R8+295 Elo gap
- R5+278 Elo gap