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Michael Lembidakis muistoturnaus Group B

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23 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 08 Aug 2025 to 10 Aug 2025 in Helsinki, Finland. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1751, and top seed was Timo Oksanen (🇫🇮 FIN, 1832).

Niko Malaska (🇫🇮 FIN, 1725) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Anna Matiusenko (4.0) and Francesco DAmato (4.0). Malaska won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Neev Yadav (1380) beat Jouko Miikkulainen (1743), a +363-point gap.

Location
🇫🇮Helsinki, Finland
Dates
08 Aug 2025 → 10 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇫🇮Timo Oksanen1832
Avg top 10
1,751
Participants
23
Federations · 2 represented
🇫🇮Finland×21
🇳🇵Nepal×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Niko Malaska
    🇫🇮FIN·1725
    4.0pts·1912perf+46.8
  • 🥈
    Anna Matiusenko
    🇫🇮FIN·1675
    4.0pts·1928perf+59.6
  • 🥉
    Francesco DAmato
    🇫🇮FIN·1771
    4.0pts·1820perf+10.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
7
3
1
3
3
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Malaska4Matiusenko4DAmato4Levanov3.5Kovanen3.5DAmato3
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.0/5. Malaska takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Niko Malaska drew with Anna Matiusenko (Black).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Anna Matiusenko won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Niko Malaska*
½
½
—
2Anna Matiusenko
½
*
½
1
3Francesco DAmato
½
½
*—
4Nikolay Levanov—
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Malaska, Niko1725FIN+8N+15B=3B=2N+4B4.014.516.512.501912+46.8
2Matiusenko, Anna1675FIN+23N+6B+5N=1B=3B4.014.514.510.501928+59.6
3DAmato, Francesco1771FIN+16N+18B=1N+14B=2N4.012.013.59.501820+10.4
4Kovanen, Pyry1716FIN=19N+11B+6N+7B−1N3.512.514.09.251889+36.4
5Levanov, Nikolay1674FIN=22B+9N−2B+12N+13B3.512.012.58.251816+38.4
6Toppinen, Neo1768FIN+10B−2N−4B+15N+17B3.012.514.57.001674-20.0
7DAmato, Raffaele1771FIN=9B+14N+12B−4N=10B3.012.014.07.501716-13.2
8Zhu, Stella1500FIN−1B+17N+20B=13N=9B3.011.512.55.751643+28.8
9Bhaumik, Mehr1633FIN=7N−5B+19N+18B=8N3.011.012.56.001523-17.2
10Gemenetzis, Iris1607FIN−6N+23B=18N+11B=7N3.010.010.04.751687+12.4
11Nyberg, Max1521FIN=12B−4N+16B−10N+21B2.511.012.04.251668+38.4
12Heikkinen, Juha1756FIN=11N+21B−7N−5B+14N2.511.012.04.251622-34.4
13DAmato, Carolina1473FIN−18N+16B+21N=8B−5N2.510.011.04.501704+48.8
14Sinitsyna, Julia1510FIN+20N−7B+15N−3N−12B2.011.512.53.001682+40.8
15Gatzios, Konstantinos1709FIN+17B−1N−14B−6B+18N2.011.012.53.50868-34.8
16Tiensuu, Seppo1629FIN−3B−13N−11N+23B+20N2.010.010.01.001434-20.2
17Yadav, Neev1380FIN−15N−8B+23N+20B−6N2.09.09.01.0014920.0
18Saaskilahti, Jaakko1718FIN+13B−3N=10B−9N−15B1.512.514.54.0014930.0
19Varfolomeev, Maksim1409FIN=4B−20N−9B−21N+23B1.58.58.51.7513590.0
20Miikkulainen, Jouko1743FIN−14B+19B−8N−17N−16B1.09.010.51.50746-45.0
21Bhandari, Sushil1634NEPF−12N−13B+19B−11N1.09.09.01.50783-67.6
22Oksanen, Timo1832FIN=5NFFFF0.53.53.51.751674-4.2
23FIDE 5245491300—−2B−10N−17B−16N−19N0.011.012.50.008260.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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Michael Lembidakis muistoturnaus Group B (2025) — Helsinki, Finland | Chess Tournament Results | ChessStats