RSF open 1800- 2026 I posms

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39 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 02 Jan 2026 to 04 Jan 2026 in Riga, Latvia. Top 10 Elo average was 1710, and top seed was Kristaps Ozolins (🇱🇻 LAT, 1788).

Maxim Andryushin (🇱🇻 LAT, 1733) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Makss Gailums (5.5) and Valerijs Rizihs (5.0). Andryushin shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Toms Birznieks (1538) beat Arturs Liepins (1755), a +217-point gap.

Location

🇱🇻Riga, Latvia

Dates

02 Jan 2026 → 04 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇱🇻Kristaps Ozolins1788

Avg top 10

1,710

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇱🇻Latvia×38

Top 3

🥇
Maxim Andryushin
🇱🇻LAT·1733
5.5pts·1831perf+15.6
🥈
Makss Gailums
🇱🇻LAT·1601
5.5pts·1847perf+86.4
🥉
Valerijs Rizihs
🇱🇻LAT·1724
5.0pts·1798perf+15.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Gailums5.5Andryushin5.5Lusts5Birznieks5Rizihs5Ozolins5

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/7. Andryushin takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (28.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Makss Gailums beat Maxim Andryushin (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Makss Gailums 3 wins (R1–R3)Maxim Andryushin 3 wins (R4–R6)Ricards Martins Lusts 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Makss Gailums	*	1	½	—
2Maxim Andryushin	0	*	1	—
3Ricards Martins Lusts	½	0	*	—
4Toms Birznieks	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Andryushin, Maxim	1733	LAT	+34N	+8B	−2N	+9B	+12N	+4N	=3B	5.5	28.0	29.5	21.50	1831	+15.6
2	Gailums, Makss	1601	LAT	+33B	+36N	+1B	=4N	+11B	=3N	=7B	5.5	26.5	27.5	20.00	1847	+86.4
3	Rizihs, Valerijs	1724	LAT	+30N	−9B	+5N	+18B	+14N	=2B	=1N	5.0	28.0	30.5	21.00	1798	+15.0
4	Lusts, Ricards Martins	1634	LAT	+37N	+20B	+9N	=2B	+10N	−1B	=8N	5.0	27.0	28.0	17.50	1754	+44.8
5	Ozolins,Kristaps	1788	LAT	=28B	+19N	−3B	+20N	+6B	=11N	+9B	5.0	25.5	28.0	19.75	1721	-18.0
6	Birznieks, Toms	1538	LAT	=14N	=16B	+26N	+15B	−5N	+10B	+13B	5.0	25.0	28.0	19.00	1813	+104.8
7	Visnevskis, Valdis	1666	LAT	−9N	+37B	+25N	=13B	+29N	+16B	=2N	5.0	23.0	24.0	15.25	1703	+7.2
8	Sjadrovs, Marks	1578	LAT	+38B	−1N	=20B	=28N	+25B	+21N	=4B	4.5	23.0	23.5	12.50	1644	+23.6
9	Ignatenko, Rolands	1514	LAT	+7B	+3N	−4B	−1N	+15N	+18B	−5N	4.0	29.5	33.5	18.00	1739	+84.4
10	Liepins, Arturs	1755	LAT	+13N	+18B	=21N	=12B	−4B	−6N	+27B	4.0	25.5	28.5	14.75	1642	-39.2
11	Jansons, Hugo	1600	LAT	+26N	+15B	=12N	+21B	−2N	=5B	F	4.0	25.0	25.0	15.00	1754	+48.8
12	Melihovs, Stanislavs	1624	LAT	+24B	+23N	=11B	=10N	−1B	=17N	=19N	4.0	24.5	27.5	14.00	1643	+4.0
13	Leonovics, Eduards	1544	LAT	−10B	+24N	+31B	=7N	=21B	+14B	−6N	4.0	24.5	27.0	13.75	1658	+23.6
14	Strekalovs, Ernests	1727	LAT	=6B	+29N	=28B	+17N	−3B	−13N	+23B	4.0	23.5	26.0	13.25	1604	-43.2
15	Azarkevics, Aleksejs	1680	LAT	+17B	−11N	+23B	−6N	−9B	+24N	+25B	4.0	23.0	26.0	13.00	1574	-19.2
16	Aispurs, Gabriels	1643	LAT	−23B	=6N	+33B	+37N	+28B	−7N	=17B	4.0	21.5	22.5	10.00	1586	-21.2
17	Strekalovs, Rinalds	1517	LAT	−15N	+22B	+38N	−14B	+32N	=12B	=16N	4.0	21.5	22.0	10.00	1620	+32.8
18	Sokolovs, Maksimilians	1595	LAT	+31B	−10N	+36B	−3N	+24B	−9N	+28B	4.0	21.0	22.0	9.00	1619	+9.6
19	Surums, Edmunds	1540	LAT	=39N	−5B	+32N	−29B	+34N	+20N	=12B	4.0	18.5	19.0	9.25	1642	+38.0
20	Mende, Alise	1485	LAT	+27B	−4N	=8N	−5B	+26N	−19B	+31N	3.5	24.5	27.0	10.75	1579	+33.2
21	Bitenieks, Dominiks	1622	LAT	+25N	+32B	=10B	−11N	=13N	−8B	=29N	3.5	22.0	24.0	10.25	1559	-23.2
22	Surunova, Gabriela	1618	LAT	−36B	−17N	−24B	=35N	+33B	+30N	+34B	3.5	14.5	15.5	6.75	1517	-30.0
23	Petrovskis, Normunds	1513	LAT	+16N	−12B	−15N	−32B	+30N	+26B	−14N	3.0	21.5	23.5	9.50	1535	+8.8
24	Boleiko, Augusts	1509	LAT	−12N	−13B	+22N	+38B	−18N	−15B	+32N	3.0	21.5	22.0	6.00	1453	-16.8
25	Yanovskiy, Maxim	1499	LAT	−21B	+27N	−7B	+36N	−8N	+37B	−15N	3.0	21.0	22.0	5.00	1543	+16.0
26	Aronovics, Boriss	1456	LAT	−11B	+35N	−6B	+27N	−20B	−23N	+37N	3.0	20.0	21.0	5.50	1496	+14.0
27	Birjukovs, Anatolijs	1612	LAT	−20N	−25B	+34N	−26B	+36N	+32B	−10N	3.0	17.0	18.0	4.50	1472	-25.8
28	Afanasjevs, Zahars	1556	LAT	=5N	+39B	=14N	=8B	−16N	−29B	−18N	2.5	24.0	24.5	7.25	1556	-1.2
29	Kromans, Rinalds	1520	LAT	F	−14B	F	+19N	−7B	+28N	=21B	2.5	19.5	19.5	8.25	1621	+27.2
30	Kalve, Andris	1518	LAT	−3B	−31N	=35B	+33N	−23B	−22B	+36N	2.5	17.5	18.5	3.75	1443	-30.4
31	Calais, Killian	1447	LAT	−18N	+30B	−13N	−34B	=35B	+38N	−20B	2.5	17.0	17.5	3.75	1348	-29.2
32	Lapurins, Ricards	1442	LAT	+35B	−21N	−19B	+23N	−17B	−27N	−24B	2.0	20.5	22.0	4.50	1396	-8.8
33	Deme, Alekss	1466	LAT	−2N	=34B	−16N	−30B	−22N	+36B	=38B	2.0	18.0	18.5	2.00	1372	-30.8
34	Klesnins, Daniils	1538	LAT	−1B	=33N	−27B	+31N	−19B	F	−22N	1.5	20.5	22.0	3.50	1373	-50.0
35	Simanovs, Aleksejs	1588	LAT	−32N	−26B	=30N	=22B	=31N	F	F	1.5	15.0	15.0	4.25	1343	-64.4
36	Klesnins, Artemijs	1491	LAT	+22N	−2B	−18N	−25B	−27B	−33N	−30B	1.0	21.5	23.5	3.50	1246	-75.2
37	Pavlovs, Jegors	1510	LAT	−4B	−7N	F	−16B	+38N	−25N	−26B	1.0	20.5	20.5	0.50	780	-81.6
38	FIDE 11643064	0	—	−8N	F	−17B	−24N	−37B	−31B	=33N	0.5	17.0	17.0	1.00	1104	0.0
39	Hops, Roberts	1750	LAT	=19B	−28N	F	F	F	F	F	0.5	9.0	9.0	2.00	1352	-41.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Birznieks, TomsLAT
+104.8
5.0 pts · #4
2Gailums, MakssLAT
+86.4
5.5 pts · #1
3Ignatenko, RolandsLAT
+84.4
4.0 pts · #10

Top rating losers

1Pavlovs, JegorsLAT
-81.6
1.0 pts · #39
2Klesnins, ArtemijsLAT
-75.2
1.0 pts · #36
3Simanovs, AleksejsLAT
-64.4
1.5 pts · #32

Biggest upsets

R6+217 Elo gap
Birznieks, Toms1538 beat Liepins, Arturs1755
R2+210 Elo gap
Ignatenko, Rolands1514 beat Rizihs, Valerijs1724
R2+194 Elo gap
Afanasjevs, Zahars1556 beat Hops, Roberts1750