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Tallinn Chess Festival - III TalTech Blitz

SwissBlitz

103 players participated in this 15-round tournament, held on 07 Sept 2025 in Tallinn, Estonia. 41 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2530, and top seed was Christian Bauer (🇫🇷 FRA, GM, 2674).

Karen H. Grigoryan (🇦🇲 ARM, GM, 2644) won with 13.0/15, ahead of Valery Kazakouski (12.0) and Daniel Fridman (10.5). Grigoryan took the lead from round 10.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Yuri Dr Agafonov (1969) beat Arturs Neiksans (GM, 2544), a +575-point gap.

Location
🇪🇪Tallinn, Estonia
Dates
07 Sept 2025
Time control
Blitz: 3 minutes for game with 2 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 15 rounds
Top seed
🇫🇷GMChristian Bauer2674
Avg top 10
2,530
Participants
103
Titled players · 41
GM×16
IM×5
FM×7
CM×2
WGM×1
WIM×3
WFM×5
WCM×2
Federations · 8 represented
🇪🇪Estonia×60
🇱🇻Latvia×13
🇫🇮Finland×5
🇱🇹Lithuania×4
🇫🇷France×4
🇵🇱Poland×3
🇺🇦Ukraine×3
🇩🇪Germany×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 15 rounds

GM Karen H. Grigoryan led from R7; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders
48
20
10
3
2
3
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
47.511.515R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11R12R13R14R15Volodin takes leadGrigoryan takes lead
R9 · LEADER CHANGE07 Sept

GM Aleksandr Volodin takes the sole lead (8.0/9).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Karen H. Grigoryan beat GM Valery Kazakouski (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Karen H. Grigoryan 5+3 wins (R1–R5, R13–R15)GM Valery Kazakouski 4+4 wins (R1–R4, R9–R12)GM Arturs Neiksans 4 wins (R2–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMKaren H. Grigoryan*
1
1
½
2GMValery Kazakouski
0
*
½
½
3GMArturs Neiksans
0
½
*
1
4GMDaniel Fridman
½
½
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11R12R13R14R15PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Grigoryan, Karen H.GM2644ARM+56N+31B+48N+11B+2N=3B+18N+9B4N+19B+5N=6N+12B+10B+15N13.0135.0142.5121.752754+17.0
2Kazakouski, ValeryGM2525LTU+52B+24N+37B+9N1B+48N=3N=19B+10N+4B+18N+7B=6N=5B+20N12.0135.0142.5109.502625+20.1
3Fridman, DanielGM2503GER+53N+39B+40N+10B+12N=1N=2B4B19N+9B+13N5B+7N+6B=11N10.5138.5146.098.752559+13.8
4Volodin, AleksandrGM2404EST+79B=49N+32B+33N+8B=5N+7B+3N+1B2N6B=19N=10B=18N+9B10.5137.5143.598.752525+26.6
5Neiksans, ArtursGM2544LAT62N+77B+53N+28B+29N=4B+20N18B+48N+12B1B+3N+19B=2N=6B10.5131.5138.092.752525+1.5
6Keinanen, ToivoIM2619FIN+67B28N+52B+24N19N+43B+30B+13N=18N+29B+4N=1B=2B3N=5N10.0134.0141.090.752462-20.0
7Shishkov, AndreiIM2283EST73N+81B+62N+22B+51N+10B4N+11B=9N=18B+8B2N3B+36N+21B10.0127.5133.584.752394+24.8
8Bogdanov, EgorGM2396UKR+72N+22B+50N=18B4N23B+27N+16B=28N+11B7N+31B=21N=20B+19N10.0127.0133.586.252375-3.9
9Bacrot, Alexandre2418FRA+65N+51B+41N2B+31N+11B+23N1N=7B3N=25B+30N=15B+13B4N9.5135.0142.081.752391-1.2
10Larkin, VladyslavIM2423UKR+45B+17N+28B3N+47B7N+39B+23N2B=25N+36B+18B=4N1N=14B9.5134.5142.582.502378-4.4
11Nasuta, GrzegorzGM2449POL+60B+42N+34B1N+26B9N+25B7N+23B8N+24N13B+39N+29N=3B9.5131.5139.081.752376-10.1
12Bauer, ChristianGM2674FRA+54B=32N+49B+20N3B+17N19B+37N+33B5N+29B+14N1N15B+28N9.5130.0137.580.752443-33.1
13Miezis, NormundsGM2346LAT64B+83N+67B=17N=49B+32N+46B6B+31N+21N3B+11N=14B9N+18B9.5123.0129.078.752347+5.3
14Korneev, OlegGM2451ESP+63N+43B+23N=19B18N=38B+34N=48B29N+33B+20N12B=13N+22B=10N9.5122.5129.580.752364-12.0
15Krasenkow, MichalGM2348POL+71N41B+82N51B=54N53B+89N+63B=42N+62B+28N+22B=9N+12N1B9.5114.5119.571.002226-15.8
16Rogule, LauraWGM2231LAT+68B38N+79B47N+52B=49N+17B8N36B+54N+51B+24N29B+55N+34B9.5114.0120.073.752177-7.3
17Keinanen, AnastasiaWIM2084FIN+94N10B+73N=13B+40N12B16N+72B20N63B+66N+59B+50N+30N+29B9.5114.0119.069.752191+44.4
18Kulaots, KaidoGM2458EST+44B+27N+30B=8N+14B+19N1B+5N=6B=7N2B10N+32N=4B13N9.0139.5147.583.252445+0.3
19Hellers, FerdinandGM2354SWE+80B+46N+38B=14N+6B18B+12N=2N+3B1N+30B=4B5N=21N8B9.0138.0144.081.002463+23.7
20Pedoson, Georg Aleksander2319EST+66N=35B+36N12B+71N+50B5B33N+17B+32N14B+25N+55B=8N2B9.0125.5132.072.752296-3.0
21Ehlvest, JaanGM2428USA+59N=36B=58N+39B23N+51B28N+24N+34B13B+27N+37N=8B=19B7N9.0121.5129.074.752273-25.7
22Gudovskis, Konstantins2069LAT+98B8N+68B7N+64B30N+60B+44N=26B=37N+34B15N+23B14N+39B9.0119.5123.567.502194+49.2
23Rychagov, NikitaCM2204EST+76B+57N14B+54N+21B+8N9B10B11N=49N=38B+62B22N+53B+40N9.0119.0125.570.752237+18.2
24Ivanov, Igor2183LAT+85N2B+65N6B=63N+72B+71N21B+50N+26N11B16B+41N+48B=25N9.0118.0124.066.002221+18.4
25Krivenko, DionFM2185EST70N+97B59N+66B+62N+35B11N+38B+40N=10B=9N20B+37B=34N=24B9.0116.0120.569.252187+7.8
26Kanep, MeelisGM2244EST+78N50B+63N+56B11N=36B+42N=28B=22N24B+35N32B+51N=27B+43N9.0115.5121.569.752171-12.0
27Loy, Konstantin2143UKR+89N18B=72N=35B+59N=71B8B+54N=49B+52N21B+57N=30B=26N+38B9.0112.5117.566.252132+0.8
28Dubrovin, Robert2185EST+75B+6B10N5N+44B+47N+21B=26N=8B30N15B=38N+35B+32N12B8.5126.5133.072.002301+35.9
29Paikens, ReinisFM2257LAT57B+76N+60B+41N5B=42N+55B+32N+14B6N12N+50B+16N11B17N8.5122.5129.068.502259+1.9
30Bazilius, AugustinasFM2206LTU+97N+73B18N+59B48N+22B6N+41B+39N+28B19N9B=27N17B+36N8.5119.0123.564.502213+10.0
31Gorkov, Kirill2195EST+74B1N+80B+69N9B46N+62B+64N13B+67N+44B8N36B=38N+55B8.5116.0122.060.002130-40.4
32Nainys, ZanasFM2196LTU+90N=12B4N+78B+72N13B+50N29B+71N20B+63N+26N18B28B+56N8.5114.5119.559.752181+1.2
33Tolmacevs,ArtjomsFM2201LAT=82N+70B+35N4B50N+63B+53N+20B12N14N+49B55N38B+54B+58N8.5114.0120.064.502153-31.6
34Lumiste, Rene2196EST+86B+100N11N71B+56N+41B14B+67N21N+64B22N+45B+40N=25B16N8.5113.0115.558.002127-20.2
35Adrian, ClaudeIM2021FRA+95B=20N33B=27N+69B25N+79B=49N37B+71N26B+74B28N+73B+48N8.5108.5113.057.252089+25.0
36Andrijashkin, Deniss2111EST+61B=21N20B=45N+79B=26N37B+65N+16N+48B10N=40B+31N7B30B8.0119.0125.063.002183+31.6
37Maier, ChristianIM2230GER+81N+62B2N=50B38N+54B+36N12B+35N=22B+39N21B25N=58B=42N8.0118.5124.561.002166-11.8
38Puusepp, KaimarCM2020EST+84N+16B19N=40B+37B=14N48B25N=68B+79N=23N=28B+33N=31B27N8.0117.0123.063.252176+54.0
39Adrian, Leopold2163FRA+102B3N+64B21N+60B+80B10N+52N30B+46N37B+44N11B+62B22N8.0115.0117.553.502124-11.2
40Ter-Avetisjana, Agnesa StepaniaWIM2213LAT+83B+64N3B=38N17B+76N=49B+46N25B=51N+41B=36N34B+67N23B8.0114.0120.058.002087-85.2
41Kolesnikovs, Ivans2044LAT+99B+15N9B29B+78N34N+45B30N=79B+59B40N+52N24B=63B+49N8.0111.0115.056.502087+9.2
42Obolonin, Filipp2129EST+92N11B71N+73B+65N=29B26B+53N=15B44N=52B54N+57B+50N=37B8.0110.0115.057.752046-22.9
43Sirp, Karl Aleksander2136EST+93B14N69B+57N+45B6N52B68N+74B78N+83B+71N+65B+44N26B8.0105.5110.554.501959-57.0
44Dzjuba, Jegor1931EST18N=89B=94N+85B28N+78B+51N22B+58N+42B31N39B+80N43B+62N8.0104.0109.053.002010+32.0
45Leht, Karl Samuel1902EST10N=94B+77N=36B43N+81B41N+82B46B+91N+47B34N58B+69N+67B8.0103.0108.052.001951+42.0
46Blokhin, SofiaWFM2045EST+103N19B78N+81B+70N+31B13N40B+45N39B50N80B+83N+74B+66N8.0103.0105.051.001963-24.4
47Galvan Cipriani, VivianaWFM2031ESP+96N48B+70N+16B10N28B=65N=66B64N+81B45N78B+84N+80B+63N8.0102.0106.553.001934-33.0
48Novik, MaximGM2284LTU+69B+47N1B+58N+30B2B+38N=14N5B36N55B+64N+49B24N35B7.5124.5131.558.252184-18.0
49Arikov, ArtemFM2077EST+87N=4B12N+82B=13N=16B=40N=35B=27N=23B33N+63B48N+71B41B7.5117.0122.557.002113+14.8
50Hansson, Markus2014EST+101B+26N8B=37N+33B20N32B+75N24B+68N+46B29N17B42B+74N7.5116.0118.552.002073+21.4
51Tolmacevs, Romans2091LAT+88B9N+57B+15N7B21N44B+69N+60B=40B16N+79N26B56B+73N7.5114.5120.053.502062-15.4
52Merivee, Romet-Renee1962EST2N+85B6N+90B16N+73B+43N39B+84N27B=42N41B74N+78B+71N7.5110.0115.048.001972+3.8
53Hakkinen, Aleksandr1942FIN3B+75N5B=83N+93B+15N33B42B+95N55B=68N+69N+64B23N=57B7.5109.5114.049.751962+5.2
54Raag, Ardi1992EST12N+86B+101N23B=15B37N+90B27B+72N16B+73N+42B62N33N+64B7.5108.5111.045.752023+9.8
55Narva, TriinWFM2110EST=77N58B+89N72B+82N+66B29N71B+65B+53N+48N+33B20N16B31N7.5106.0111.051.752000-29.4
56Jogi, Henry1989EST1B+74N+100B26N34B+69N64B91N+83B57N=76B+61N+79B+51N32B7.5105.5108.046.251874-70.0
57Magi, Ramon1781EST+29N23B51N43B+94N62B84N+87N+70B+56B+58N27B42N+65B=53N7.5105.0110.051.751997+137.6
58Sinitsyn, Anton2083FIN=91B+55N=21B48B80N64N+70B+76N44B+69N57B+66B+45N=37N33B7.5104.5109.554.001949-45.0
59Krasenkowa, ElenaWIM1905POL21B+93N+25B30N27B=74N75B+61N+90B41N+86B17N71B+85N+72B7.5103.0108.047.751886-8.6
60Skladtshikov, Andrei1907EST11N+92B29N+94B39N+68B22N+78B51N=84B74N+75B73N+89B+88N7.596.5101.543.001860-15.3
61Puusepp, Richard1618EST36N65B=86N+97B66N+88B72N59B+92N73B+95N56B+96N+75B+80N7.587.592.039.251744+74.0
62Agafonov, Yuri Dr1969LAT+5B37N7B+68N25B+57N31N+80B+91B15N+78B23N+54B39N44B7.0114.5119.549.502022+14.8
63Rychagov, Anton1914EST14B+102N26B+74N=24B33N+86B15N+75B+17N32B49N+72B=41N47B7.0112.0114.545.501995+48.8
64Kais, Kristofer1817EST+13N40B39N+101B22N+58B+56N31B+47B34N+67B48B53N+81B54N7.0110.0112.548.002025+124.8
65Tolmaceva, AlonaWFM1887LAT9B+61N24B+75N42B+85N=47B36B55N=90N+70B+81B43N57N+83B7.0104.5109.545.501885-8.7
66Kiritshenko, Platon1810EST20B=99N+91B25N+61B55N+74B=47N67B+76N17B58N+82B+70N46B7.0104.0108.044.501881+40.8
67Mierins, Eriks1979LAT6N+90B13N70B+92N+89B+80N34B+66N31B64N+68B+78N40B45N7.0102.5107.541.001893-29.2
68Reinholm, Karl Kristjan1762EST16N+84B22N62B+98N60N+96B+43B=38N50B=53B67N70B+91N+82B7.099.5103.541.251810+20.4
69Koosel, Hans-Georg1806EST48N+96B+43N31B35N56B+83N51B+82N58B+88N53B+93N45B+81N7.099.0103.541.001879+36.8
70Ispanov, Natig1687EST+25B33N47B+67N46B79N58N+98B57N+92B65N+91B+68N66B+78N7.098.5102.543.001837+48.2
71Bondarenko, Dmitry1819EST15B+98N+42B+34N20B=27N24B+55N32B35B+84N43B+59N49N52B6.5114.0118.046.001990+35.3
72Haapsal, Maria IoannaWCM1841EST8B+88N=27B+55N32B24N+61B17N54B75N+82N+77B63N+84B59N6.5108.0113.543.501847-8.0
73Narva, ReginaWFM1792EST+7B30N17B42N+102B52N=91B74N+87B+61N54B+86N+60B35N51B6.5104.5107.041.001841+10.4
74Velagapudi, Vihan1698FIN31N56B+103N63B+84N=59B66N+73B43N+95B+60B35N+52B46N50B6.5101.5103.537.751813+56.8
75Shadrina, EvaWCM1676EST28N53B+96N65B+101N=83B+59N50B63N+72B79B60N+87B61N+86B6.594.096.535.001733+24.4
76Verhni, Vladimir1720EST23N29B=87N+100B+77N40B=82N58B+80N66B=56N84B81N+103B+95N6.590.592.531.001759+2.2
77Klimovich, Hanna1604FID=55B5N45B+86N76B90N87B96N+103B+97N+102B72N85B+99N+92B6.581.583.527.251675+19.2
78Rebane, Raul1779EST26B+95N+46B32N41B44N+85B60N+96B+43B62N+47N67B52N70B6.0104.0108.539.001835+9.8
79Narva, JaanFM1861EST4N+87B16N+95B36N+70B35N+81B=41N38B+75N51B56N88B=89N6.0103.0107.536.001804-24.1
80Adetunji, Adeyimika1839ENG19N+103B31N+84B+58B39N67B62N76B+85N+90B+46N44B47N61B6.0102.0104.034.501810-16.0
81Kornilov, Adrian1753EST37B7N+99B46N+96B45N+94B79N+85B47N+91B65N+76B64N69B6.096.0100.031.001719-38.0
82Anderson, Markkus1713EST=33B+91N15B49N55B+93N=76B45N69B+96N72B+92N66N+90B68N6.095.099.532.001740-1.3
83Chyrva, Yurii1738EST40N13B+92N=53B89N=75N69B+88B56N+101B43N+87N46B+93B65N6.095.097.530.501741-18.8
84Puura, Erik0EST38B68N+102B80N74B+98N+57B+86N52B=60N71B+76N47B72N=85B6.093.095.532.7517180.0
85Kais, Kaarel1645EST24B52N+98B44N+100N65B78N+101B81N80B+94N=96B+77N59B=84N6.085.588.025.751622-10.6
86Reren, Alexis Miriam1701EST34N54N=61B77B+103N+95B63N84B+99N+89B59N73B88N+97B75N5.587.089.023.751593-73.6
87Toomast, Nora1559EST49B79N=76B93N91B+99N+77N57B73N+100B+89N83B75N95B+102B5.579.081.523.751559-6.0
88Chyrva, Artur1597EST51N72B90N96BF61N+100B83N+98N=93B69B+97N+86B+79N60B5.579.079.025.001664+29.6
89Pechonkin, Andrii1632EST27B=44N55B+99N+83B67N15B90N+97B86N87BF+95N60N=79B5.089.589.526.001657-0.4
90Uurits, Karel1701EST32B67N+88B52N=95N+77B54N+89B59N=65B80N93N+92B82N94B5.089.093.527.751656-22.4
91Gilan, Daniel1577EST=58N82B66N92B+87N+97B=73N+56B62N45B81N70NF68B+100N5.087.087.027.001648+30.0
92Rudiger, Maria Helena1626EST42B60N83B+91N67B96N+103B+94N61B70N+101N82B90N+100B77N5.080.082.017.001522-72.4
93Kruusiauk, Kaupo1630USA43N59B=97N+87B53N82B95N99BF=88N+100N+90B69B83N+98B5.077.577.522.0016440.0
94Kalevik, Kaur1579EST17B=45N=44B60N57B+100N81N92B101NF85B98B+103N+102B+90N5.076.076.020.001608+2.8
95Nikonov, Andrei0EST35N78BF79N=90B86N+93B+97N53B74N61B+102N89B+87N76B4.581.581.520.0015980.0
96Lumi, Daniel0EST47B69N75B+88N81N+92B68N+77B78N82B+98N=85N61BFF4.581.081.024.0015890.0
97Kruusiauk, Heda1731EST30B25N=93B61N+99B91N+101N95B89N77BF88B+102N86N+103B4.573.073.013.501489-73.2
98Joeorg, Marius1482EST22N71B85NF68B84B+102N70N88B+103N96B+94N99B+101B93N4.072.572.512.001520+10.4
99Kornitskyi, Ihor0EST41N=66B81N89B97N87BF+93N86B102N103B+100N+98N77B=101N4.066.566.516.2514390.0
100Vilgats, Triin0ESTF34B56N76N85B94B88N+103N=102B87N93B99B+101N92N91B2.570.570.55.7513620.0
101Tsoi, Yee Chun0HKG50NF54B64N75B+102N97B85N+94B83N92B103N100B98N=99B2.570.070.09.5014260.0
102Golubenkov, Janis1639EST39N63B84N+103B73N101B98BF=100N+99B77N95B97B94N87N2.568.568.57.251332-62.4
103Lepik, Ava1448EST46B80N74B102N86BF92N100B77N98B+99N+101B94B76N97N2.069.069.06.50879-49.2

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