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Porin turnaus Group A

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14 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 18 Oct 2025 to 19 Oct 2025 in Pori, Finland. Top 10 Elo average was 1964, and top seed was Joni Seppala (🇫🇮 FIN, 2070).

Simo Granat (🇫🇮 FIN, 1963) won with 3.0/4, ahead of Joni Seppala (3.0) and Seppo Pihlajamaki (3.0). Granat took the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Simo Granat (1963) beat Joni Seppala (2070), a +107-point gap.

Location
🇫🇮Pori, Finland
Dates
18 Oct 2025 → 19 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 4 rounds
Top seed
🇫🇮Joni Seppala2070
Avg top 10
1,964
Participants
14
Federations · 1 represented
🇫🇮Finland×14
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

Tight race until R2; 3 players tied at 3.0/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
4
1
1
3
1234R1R2R3R4Granat takes lead
R3 · LEADER CHANGE18 Oct

Simo Granat takes the sole lead (2.5/3).

R4 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 3.0/4. Granat takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (8.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Joni Seppala lost to Simo Granat (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Joni Seppala*
0
2Simo Granat
1
*
½
3Seppo Pihlajamaki*
0
4Ilari Pohjala
½
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Granat, Simo1963FIN+11B=4N+2B=5N3.08.09.06.502140+18.2
2Seppala, Joni2070FIN+7N+12B1N+6B3.07.08.05.002157+8.4
3Pihlajamaki, Seppo1940FIN4B+11N+13B+9N3.05.56.54.002095+15.8
4Pohjala, Ilari1847FIN+3N=1B=5B=8N2.58.510.56.752084+19.2
5Tiiva, Eetu1973FIN=8N+14B=4N=1B2.57.58.54.752002+2.4
6Odner, Aarni2052FIN=13B=9N+7B2N2.07.08.03.501957-20.4
7Sissala, Jesse1895FIN2B+10N6N+12B2.07.08.03.002001+11.2
8Uusitalo, Kari0FIN=5B=13N=14B=4B2.06.07.03.5018880.0
9Uusitalo, Martti1952FIN=14N=6B+12N3B2.06.07.02.501940-2.8
10Si, Patrick1933FIN12N7B+11N+13B2.04.05.02.001912-2.2
11Helmisola, Matti1897FIN1N3B10B+14N1.08.09.01.001721-18.0
12Leino, Pauli1947FIN+10B2N9B7N1.07.09.02.001770-18.2
13Nieminen, Oliver1910FIN=6N=8B3N10N1.07.09.02.001702-29.6
14Salmi, Marko1821FIN=9B5N=8N11B1.06.57.52.001668-10.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets