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Madsa Youth Tournament

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33 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 11 Aug 2025 to 14 Aug 2025 in Madsa, Estonia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1616, and top seed was Sander Lain (🇪🇪 EST, 1774).

Sander Lain (🇪🇪 EST, 1774) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Fredi Karis (4.5) and Peeter Liivamagi (4.0). Lain shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Ernests Abols (1542) beat Vilhelmine Tronenkova (1658), a +116-point gap.

Location
🇪🇪Madsa, Estonia
Dates
11 Aug 2025 → 14 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇪🇪Sander Lain1774
Avg top 10
1,616
Participants
33
Federations · 2 represented
🇪🇪Estonia×22
🇱🇻Latvia×6
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
17
5
1
4
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Lain4.5Karis4.5Liivamagi4Alas3.5Lebedev3.5Sild3.5— ex-leaders:Abolsled R3, #7
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Lain takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Fredi Karis 3 wins (R3–R5)Peeter Liivamagi 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Sander Lain*—
1
—
2Fredi Karis—*——
3Peeter Liivamagi
0
—*—
4Mart Mattias Alas———*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Lain, Sander1774EST+19N+3B=11N+9B+5N4.513.516.014.501913+19.2
2Karis, Fredi1719EST+23B=16N+12B+10N+4B4.512.014.012.751773+6.8
3Liivamagi, Peeter1530EST+21B−1N+14B+13N+9N4.013.516.011.501701+23.2
4Lebedev, Risto0EST+15B+23N=5B+6B−2N3.514.516.510.2516490.0
5Sild, Aron1609EST+33N+7B=4N+11B−1B3.514.514.58.251726+18.8
6Alas, Mart Mattias1614EST+14B=12N+16B−4N+17B3.512.014.59.501810+27.2
7Raudsepp, Marie1425EST+24B−5N+22B+18N=10B3.511.013.08.001518+14.4
8Punning, Andero1496EST+26B=17N−10B+27N+16B3.59.511.06.751571+11.6
9Abols, Ernests1542LAT+22B+13N+17B−1N−3B3.014.016.07.501595+10.0
10Maklakova, Dafne1537LAT+30N=18B+8N−2B=7N3.014.015.58.001513-5.2
11Karba, Kertu1605EST+32B+27N=1B−5N=12B3.012.513.56.251481-19.2
12Fogele, Estere1435LAT+31N=6B−2N+28B=11N3.012.513.55.751521+12.0
13Karba, Karoliina1414EST+28N−9B+24N−3B+25N3.011.012.55.50748-24.8
14Kala, Carlos0EST−6N+31B−3N+24B+26N3.011.012.04.507830.0
15Timoshina, Marta1571EST−4N+29B=18N=20B+22N3.010.512.06.001408-8.8
16Roht, Kaarel1528EST+29N=2B−6N+26B−8N2.513.014.55.251338-26.8
17Tronenkova, Vilhelmine1658LAT+20N=8B−9N+19B−6N2.512.515.06.751280-55.2
18Tronenkovs, Austris1408LAT+25B=10N=15B−7B=20N2.512.014.06.251386-3.2
19Feldmanis, Andris0LAT−1B=21N+25B−17N+27B2.511.513.04.759110.0
20Habarov, Daniel0EST−17B=26N+21B=15N=18B2.510.512.06.0014170.0
21Parvelo, Artur0EST−3N=19B−20N+29B+28N2.510.512.04.257500.0
22Leevald, Ellinor0EST−9N+?B−7N+30B−15B2.011.011.01.507150.0
23Gilden, Lukas0EST−2N−4B=29N=?N+31B2.010.510.51.759210.0
24FIDE 45224940—−7N+33B−13B−14N+32B2.010.510.51.006170.0
25Timoshin, Pavel0EST−18N+30B−19N+32N−13B2.09.510.52.506080.0
26FIDE 45337980—−8N=20B+33N−16N−14B1.511.511.51.257130.0
27Demjanov, Mark0EST+?N−11B=28N−8B−19N1.510.510.50.757500.0
28Tiisler, Raldo0EST−13B+32N=27B−12N−21B1.510.011.01.756220.0
29Priivits, Dario0EST−16B−15N=23B−21N+?B1.510.010.01.007510.0
30FIDE 116534500—−10B−25N=?B−22N+33B1.57.07.00.007360.0
31Sokk, Kristjan0EST−12B−14N−32B+33B−23N1.09.09.00.006350.0
32FIDE 116366610—−11N−28B+31N−25B−24N1.08.59.51.008030.0
33FIDE 45276230—−5B−24N−26B−31N−30N0.08.59.50.008090.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets