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ESK itsenaisyyspaivan turnaus 2025, Ryhma A

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14 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 05 Dec 2025 to 07 Dec 2025 in Helsinki, Finland. 3 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2043, and top seed was Herman Hietanen (🇫🇮 FIN, 2097).

Herman Hietanen (🇫🇮 FIN, 2097) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Johanna Paasikangas (3.5) and Radmir Vorobyov (3.5). Hietanen won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Risto Matikainen (1964) beat Eero Salmenkivi (2092), a +128-point gap.

Location
🇫🇮Helsinki, Finland
Dates
05 Dec 2025 → 07 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇫🇮Herman Hietanen2097
Avg top 10
2,043
Participants
14
Titled players · 3
FM×2
WFM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇫🇮Finland×13
🇺🇸United States of America×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Herman Hietanen led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
6
3
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

Herman Hietanen held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Herman Hietanen beat Radmir Vorobyov (White).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Herman Hietanen won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Herman Hietanen*
1
½
—
2Radmir Vorobyov
0
*
½
1
3FMJohanna Paasikangas
½
½
*—
4Harri Laakso—
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Hietanen, Herman2097FIN+11N+3B+4N=2B=6N4.013.014.010.752244+36.0
2Paasikangas, JohannaFM2094FIN+8N+10B=5N=1N=3B3.513.014.59.252166+9.6
3Vorobyov, Radmir1977FIN+7N−1N+13B+8B=2N3.513.013.57.752186+55.2
4Mashhadi Aghajan, Rayan2041FIN+12B+9N−1B=6N=5N3.012.013.06.002101+16.4
5Salmenkivi, Eero2092FIN−9B+12N=2B+10N=4B3.010.011.05.752065-3.2
6Salimaki, JanneFM2065FIN−10N+11B+14N=4B=1B3.09.510.05.002062+0.2
7Laakso, Harri2095FIN−3B−8N+9B+13N+10B3.09.510.04.002030-8.6
8Molander, Joel1975FIN−2B+7B=10N−3N+9B2.512.013.55.752016+10.8
9Matikainen, Risto1964FIN+5N−4B−7N+11B−8N2.011.512.54.001937-9.6
10Moilanen, Teppo1940FIN+6B−2N=8B−5B−7N1.512.515.04.251915-3.2
11Oksanen, Timo1840FIN−1B−6N+12B−9NF1.010.010.01.001820-2.2
12Vieira, Daniel1918USA−4N−5B−11NF+13B1.07.58.00.501781-14.0
13Si, Patrick1922FINF=14B−3N−7B−12N0.58.08.00.251684-21.0
14Belaya, NastasyaWFM2031FINF=13N−6BFF0.54.54.50.251801-12.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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