IV White Lady of Haapsalu & KIA Rapid

SwissRapid

32 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 09 Aug 2025 to 10 Aug 2025 in Haapsalu, Estonia. 20 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2460, and top seed was Tomi Nyback (🇫🇮 FIN, GM, 2581).

Daniel Fridman (🇩🇪 GER, GM, 2561) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Toivo Keinanen (7.0) and Jan Smeets (6.0). Fridman shared the lead from round 7 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Henri Lahdelma (FM, 2194) beat Tomi Nyback (GM, 2581), a +387-point gap.

Location

🇪🇪Haapsalu, Estonia

Dates

09 Aug 2025 → 10 Aug 2025

Time control

Rapid: 15 minutes for game with 3 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇫🇮GMTomi Nyback2581

Avg top 10

2,460

Participants

Titled players · 20

GM×8

IM×3

FM×2

CM×2

WIM×2

WFM×3

Federations · 8 represented

🇪🇪Estonia×18

🇫🇮Finland×3

🇱🇻Latvia×3

🇩🇪Germany×2

🇺🇸United States of America×2

🇳🇱Netherlands×1

🇧🇭Bahrain×1

🇮🇱Israel×1

Top 3

🥇
GMDaniel Fridman
🇩🇪GER·2561
7.5pts·2636perf+8.9
🥈
IMToivo Keinanen
🇫🇮FIN·2526
7.0pts·2558perf+6.4
🥉
GMJan Smeets
🇳🇱NED·2523
6.0pts·2475perf-3.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

GM Daniel Fridman led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Fridman7.5Keinanen7Kogan6Zatonskih6Smeets6Lanka5.5

R9 · LEADER CHANGE10 Aug

GM Daniel Fridman takes the sole lead (7.5/9).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Daniel Fridman lost to IM Toivo Keinanen (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Daniel Fridman 5 wins (R5–R9)IM Toivo Keinanen 5 wins (R1–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMDaniel Fridman	*	0	—	1
2IMToivo Keinanen	1	*	—	1
3GMArthur Kogan	—	—	*	—
4IMAnna Zatonskih	0	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Fridman, DanielGM	2561	GER	+13B	+17N	=6B	−2N	+14B	+8N	+4B	+3N	+9N	7.5	45.0	49.5	39.75	2636	+8.9
2	Keinanen, ToivoIM	2526	FIN	+18N	+4B	+15N	+1B	+21N	−3B	=7N	+10B	=6N	7.0	45.0	49.0	37.50	2558	+6.4
3	Smeets, JanGM	2523	NED	+24B	=21N	+12B	=6N	=8B	+2N	=5B	−1B	+10N	6.0	45.5	49.5	31.50	2475	-3.2
4	Zatonskih, AnnaIM	2252	USA	+28B	−2N	+24B	+9N	=6B	+12N	−1N	=7B	+11N	6.0	44.5	48.0	28.00	2476	+26.4
5	Kogan, ArthurGM	2449	ISR	=19B	=7N	=9B	+23N	+17B	=10N	=3N	=6B	+16N	6.0	41.0	45.0	29.25	2424	+0.1
6	Kulaots, KaidoGM	2482	EST	+23N	+10B	=1N	=3B	=4N	=21B	=9N	=5N	=2B	5.5	46.5	50.5	29.75	2438	-2.7
7	Nyback, TomiGM	2581	FIN	=16N	=5B	+18N	−21N	+13B	+11N	=2B	=4N	=8B	5.5	44.0	48.0	29.25	2375	-19.0
8	Lanka, ZigurdsGM	2327	LAT	−20B	+26N	+13B	+15N	=3N	−1B	+17N	=9B	=7N	5.5	43.0	46.5	26.25	2338	+3.8
9	Ehlvest, JaanGM	2438	USA	+29N	=22B	=5N	−4B	+18N	+16N	=6B	=8N	−1B	5.0	44.0	47.0	23.00	2325	-11.1
10	Krivenko, DionFM	2197	EST	+30B	−6N	+19B	+12N	=11B	=5B	+21N	−2N	−3B	5.0	43.0	46.0	22.00	2338	+32.0
11	Rychagov, NikitaCM	2361	EST	−15B	+25N	+16B	=17N	=10N	−7B	+13B	+22N	−4B	5.0	40.0	43.5	22.25	2227	-28.4
12	Kanep, MeelisGM	2288	EST	+26N	+20B	−3N	−10B	+19N	−4B	=18N	=14B	+17B	5.0	40.0	43.5	21.75	2214	-7.3
13	Blokhin, SofiaWFM	2122	EST	−1N	+27B	−8N	+25B	−7N	+26B	−11N	+18B	+22B	5.0	39.0	42.5	19.00	2229	+22.0
14	Narva, MaiIM	2350	EST	+25N	−15B	=23N	+22B	−1N	−17B	+20B	=12N	+24B	5.0	38.5	42.0	20.50	2187	-16.3
15	Rauk, Tonu	2018	EST	+11N	+14N	−2B	−8B	−22N	−18B	+30N	+26B	+21B	5.0	38.5	41.5	20.50	2217	+42.2
16	Obolonin, Filipp	2144	EST	=7B	=19N	−11N	+29B	+26N	−9B	+23B	+21N	−5B	5.0	37.5	40.5	19.50	2271	+26.2
17	Nestor, Kaarel	2205	EST	+27N	−1B	+29N	=11B	−5N	+14N	−8B	+25B	−12N	4.5	41.0	44.0	17.50	2237	+8.4
18	Narva, TriinWFM	2106	EST	−2B	+28N	−7B	+20N	−9B	+15N	=12B	−13N	+25N	4.5	40.5	44.0	19.00	2173	+11.6
19	Hansson, Markus	2034	EST	=5N	=16B	−10N	+27B	−12B	=20N	−25N	+29B	+28B	4.5	36.0	39.0	17.75	2060	+4.6
20	Bondarenko, Dmitry	1941	EST	+8N	−12N	−25B	−18B	+31N	=19B	−14N	+27B	+32N	4.5	32.5	32.5	12.25	2003	+9.0
21	Lahdelma, HenriFM	2194	FIN	+31N	=3B	+22N	+7B	−2B	=6N	−10B	−16B	−15N	4.0	43.0	44.0	16.25	2228	+5.2
22	Valgmae, ToomasCM	2175	EST	+32B	=9N	−21B	−14N	+15B	=23N	+24B	−11B	−13N	4.0	37.0	37.0	13.50	2116	-15.2
23	Agafonov, Yuri Dr	2066	LAT	−6B	+30N	=14B	−5B	+29N	=22B	−16N	−24N	+31B	4.0	35.5	36.5	11.50	2074	+1.0
24	Tuul, Tarmo	2068	EST	−3N	+31B	−4N	−26B	+27N	+30B	−22N	+23B	−14N	4.0	35.0	36.0	11.50	1999	-14.2
25	Tsiganova, MonikaWIM	1961	EST	−14B	−11B	+20N	−13N	=28B	+32N	+19B	−17N	−18B	3.5	36.5	36.5	10.75	1971	-2.8
26	Narva, ReginaWFM	1932	EST	−12B	−8B	+30N	+24N	−16B	−13N	+32B	−15N	=29B	3.5	35.5	35.5	8.50	1947	-0.6
27	Vernuks, Vjaceslavs	1764	LAT	−17B	−13N	+32B	−19N	−24B	=28N	+31B	−20N	+30B	3.5	30.0	30.0	5.75	1767	-4.0
28	Kiritshenko, Platon	1778	EST	−4N	−18B	+31N	−30B	=25N	=27B	=29N	+32B	−19N	3.5	29.0	29.0	6.00	1762	-13.6
29	Plachkinova, TatjanaWIM	2031	ESP	−9B	+32N	−17B	−16N	−23B	+31N	=28B	−19N	=26N	3.0	31.0	31.0	4.50	1835	-40.2
30	Mand, Kalev	1702	EST	−10N	−23B	−26B	+28N	+32B	−24N	−15B	+31N	−27N	3.0	29.5	29.5	4.50	1705	-4.8
31	Fridman, Joshua	1450	GER	−21B	−24N	−28B	+32N	−20B	−29B	−27N	−30B	−23N	1.0	29.5	29.5	0.00	1012	-31.0
32	Danial Mohamed Alkhalidi	0	BRN	−22N	−29B	−27N	−31B	−30N	−25B	−26N	−28N	−20B	0.0	28.5	29.5	0.00	1060	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Rauk, TonuEST
+42.2
5.0 pts · #13
2Krivenko, DionFMEST
+32.0
5.0 pts · #11
3Zatonskih, AnnaIMUSA
+26.4
6.0 pts · #4

Top rating losers

1Plachkinova, TatjanaWIMESP
-40.2
3.0 pts · #29
2Fridman, JoshuaGER
-31.0
1.0 pts · #32
3Rychagov, NikitaCMEST
-28.4
5.0 pts · #15

Biggest upsets

R4+387 Elo gap
FMLahdelma, Henri2194 beat GMNyback, Tomi2581
R1+386 Elo gap
Bondarenko, Dmitry1941 beat GMLanka, Zigurds2327
R1+343 Elo gap
Rauk, Tonu2018 beat CMRychagov, Nikita2361