Rezeknes novada Open - 1800-2025
19 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 31 Oct 2025 to 02 Nov 2025 in Malta, Latvia. Top 10 Elo average was 1533, and top seed was Kristaps Rudzitis (🇱🇻 LAT, 1649).
Kristaps Rudzitis (🇱🇻 LAT, 1649) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Romans Laskovs (5.5) and Kristine Gruznova (4.5). Rudzitis won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Maksims Sestakovs (1431) beat Herta Mezale (1537), a +106-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsKristaps Rudzitis led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Kristaps Rudzitis held the sole lead from R4 through R7 without losing it.
Kristaps Rudzitis beat Romans Laskovs (Black).
Kristaps Rudzitis 4 wins (R1–R4)Romans Laskovs 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Kristaps Rudzitis | * | 1 | 1 | ½ |
| 2Romans Laskovs | 0 | * | 1 | — |
| 3Kristine Gruznova | 0 | 0 | * | ½ |
| 4Dainis Vilums | ½ | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rudzitis, Kristaps | 1649 | LAT | +4B | +7N | +3B | +2N | =5N | =6B | +9B | 6.0 | 25.5 | 29.0 | 25.00 | 1915 | +53.2 |
| 2 | Laskovs, Romans | 1568 | LAT | +11B | +14N | +13N | −1B | =8N | +3B | +7B | 5.5 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 17.25 | 1703 | +36.0 |
| 3 | Gruznova, Kristine | 1579 | LAT | +10N | +8B | −1N | =5B | +4N | −2N | +13B | 4.5 | 26.5 | 29.0 | 15.50 | 1603 | +8.4 |
| 4 | Sestakovs, Maksims | 1431 | LAT | −1N | =6B | +17N | +7B | −3B | =13N | +8B | 4.0 | 24.0 | 25.5 | 11.75 | 1554 | +32.8 |
| 5 | Vilums, Dainis | 1626 | LAT | F | +16N | +12B | =3N | =1B | F | +6N | 4.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 14.25 | 1734 | +22.0 |
| 6 | Junajevs, Pavels | 0 | LAT | F | =4N | +14B | +16N | +13B | =1N | −5B | 4.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 11.50 | 1557 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Mezale, Herta | 1537 | LAT | +15N | −1B | =9B | −4N | +18B | +12B | −2N | 3.5 | 24.0 | 25.0 | 7.75 | 1324 | -44.8 |
| 8 | Vasilkovs, Aleksandrs | 1534 | LAT | +17B | −3N | +19B | +12N | =2B | F | −4N | 3.5 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 7.25 | 1413 | -13.6 |
| 9 | Spruga, Roberts | 0 | LAT | F | −13B | =7N | +15B | +10N | +11B | −1N | 3.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 10.25 | 1278 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Bartkevics, Glebs | 0 | LAT | −3B | =17N | +18B | −13N | −9B | +14N | +15B | 3.5 | 16.0 | 17.0 | 5.75 | 723 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Rapsa, Markuss | 0 | LAT | −2N | −15B | F | +19N | +14B | −9N | +18B | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 3.00 | 768 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Seiksts, Augusts | 1418 | LAT | F | +18N | −5N | −8B | +19B | −7N | +17B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 2.50 | 766 | -36.4 |
| 13 | Skarbauskas, Valerijs | 1476 | LAT | F | +9N | −2B | +10B | −6N | =4B | −3N | 2.5 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 9.00 | 1254 | -15.0 |
| 14 | FIDE 11649186 | 0 | — | F | −2B | −6N | +17B | −11N | −10B | +19N | 2.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 1.50 | 768 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Akmentins, Ainars | 0 | LAT | −7B | +11N | −16B | −9N | +17B | −18N | −10N | 2.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 4.50 | 727 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Nagle, Miroslava | 1513 | LAT | +19N | −5B | +15N | −6B | F | F | F | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 2.00 | 826 | -14.0 |
| 17 | FIDE 11640499 | 0 | — | −8N | =10B | −4B | −14N | −15N | +19B | −12N | 1.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 1.75 | 661 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 11654414 | 0 | — | F | −12B | −10N | F | −7N | +15B | −11N | 1.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 2.00 | 678 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 11656140 | 0 | — | −16B | F | −8N | −11B | −12N | −17N | −14B | 0.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 0.00 | 689 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Rudzitis, KristapsLAT+53.26.0 pts · #1
- 2Laskovs, RomansLAT+36.05.5 pts · #2
- 3Sestakovs, MaksimsLAT+32.84.0 pts · #6
- 1Mezale, HertaLAT-44.83.5 pts · #8
- 2Seiksts, AugustsLAT-36.43.0 pts · #17
- 3Skarbauskas, ValerijsLAT-15.02.5 pts · #9
- R4+106 Elo gap
- R7+103 Elo gap