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XXXV Keres Memorial "Remembering Paul Keres" - Rapid Tournament

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133 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 17 Jan 2026 to 18 Jan 2026 in Tallinn, Estonia. 40 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2590, and top seed was Ruslan Ponomariov (🇺🇦 UKR, GM, 2639).

Haik M. Martirosyan (🇦🇲 ARM, GM, 2635) won with 8.5/11, ahead of Tomi Nyback (8.5) and Oliver Wartiovaara (8.5). Martirosyan shared the lead from round 7, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Artur Kangur (1425) beat Marko Laigna (1881), a +456-point gap.

Location
🇪🇪Tallinn, Estonia
Dates
17 Jan 2026 → 18 Jan 2026
Time control
Rapid: 15 minutes for game with 5 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 11 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇦GMRuslan Ponomariov2639
Avg top 10
2,590
Participants
133
Titled players · 40
GM×16
IM×6
FM×10
CM×2
WFM×4
WCM×2
Federations · 8 represented
🇪🇪Estonia×79
🇫🇮Finland×20
🇱🇻Latvia×12
🇺🇦Ukraine×6
🇱🇹Lithuania×3
🇪🇸Spain×2
🇵🇱Poland×2
🇳🇱Netherlands×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

Tight race until R11; 4 players tied at 8.5/11, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders
62
28
11
3
4
1
2
5
6
1
4
35.58.511R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11Martirosyan takes lead
Nyback8.5Beliavsky8.5Wartiovaara8.5Martirosyan8.5Kozak8Chigaev8— ex-leaders:Martirosyanled R10, #15
R10 · LEADER CHANGE18 Jan

GM Haik M. Martirosyan takes the sole lead (8.0/10).

R11 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 8.5/11. Martirosyan takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (75.5).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Tomi Nyback 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R9–R11)GM Alexander G Beliavsky 3 wins (R7–R9)FM Oliver Wartiovaara 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMTomi Nyback*
½
2GMAlexander G Beliavsky*
3FMOliver Wartiovaara
½
*
4GMHaik M. Martirosyan*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Martirosyan, Haik M.GM2635ARM+49N+23B+30N+11B=9N=10B+12N=6B=7N+5B=8N8.575.581.562.002678+8.8
2Nyback, TomiGM2562FIN+77N+31B+32N=5B=3N+30B=7N8B+27N+16B+9N8.573.578.558.252606+9.2
3Wartiovaara, OliverFM2382FIN=94N+102B+22N+29B=2B5N+31N+12B=9N+11B+24N8.570.575.056.752482+33.6
4Beliavsky, Alexander GGM2557SLO+60B+41N=27B=28N=45B=34B+35N+20N+19B=6N+10B8.568.073.556.752509-1.6
5Ponomariov, RuslanGM2639UKR+57B+35N+20B=2N=6B+3B=10N+14B=8N1N+19B8.077.083.058.502630+3.5
6Chigaev, MaksimGM2598ESP+48N+79B+12N+18B=5N+9B=8N=1N=10B=4B=7N8.077.082.057.752647+11.5
7Kozak, AdamGM2593HUN+83B+37N+13B=14N=19B+20N=2B=11N=1B+15N=6B8.075.580.557.002583+2.3
8Shirov, AlexeiGM2631ESP+98B=33N+38B=19N+123B+17N=6B+2N=5B=10N=1B8.072.576.053.252594-1.3
9Bok, BenjaminGM2586NED+58B+39N+21B+15N=1B6N+13B=19N=3B+32N2B7.575.581.553.002509-6.4
10Kuzubov, YuriyGM2591UKR+80N=22B+33N+46B+14N=1N=5B+18B=6N=8B4N7.575.580.552.252564+0.6
11Volodin, AleksandrGM2428EST+54B+50N+36B1N=27B+29N+32B=7B=16N3N+21B7.571.577.549.502427+2.7
12Shishkov, AndreiIM2277EST+86B+71N6B+64N+47B+15N1B3N+22B=13N+31B7.570.575.546.752354+25.2
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