Latvijas 2026 gada jauniesu cempionata pusfinals-U-12
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41 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 09 Jan 2026 to 11 Jan 2026 in Riga, Latvia. Top 10 Elo average was 1578, and top seed was Vladislavs Grigorenko (🇱🇻 LAT, 1699).
Maksimilians Bodaks (🇱🇻 LAT, 1645) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Makss Gailums (5.5) and Regnars Kirstuks (5.0). Bodaks won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: Augusts Liscovs (1427) beat Vladislavs Grigorenko (1699), a +272-point gap.
Location
🇱🇻Riga, Latvia
Dates
09 Jan 2026 → 11 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇱🇻Latvia×40
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight 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
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R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 5.5/7. Bodaks takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (27.5).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Makss Gailums 3 wins (R4–R6)Zahars Afanasjevs 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Maksimilians Bodaks | * | — | — | ½ |
| 2Makss Gailums | — | * | — | 1 |
| 3Zahars Afanasjevs | — | — | * | ½ |
| 4Regnars Kirstuks | ½ | 0 | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bodaks, Maksimilians | 1645 | LAT | +18B | +20N | =3B | =4N | +15B | =6N | +8B | 5.5 | 27.5 | 31.0 | 23.50 | 1759 | +38.0 |
| 2 | Gailums, Makss | 1601 | LAT | +24B | +23N | −15B | +22N | +17B | +3N | =4B | 5.5 | 24.0 | 27.0 | 20.50 | 1714 | +35.2 |
| 3 | Kirstuks, Regnars | 1513 | LAT | +36N | +7B | =1N | +13B | =5N | −2B | +16N | 5.0 | 29.5 | 31.0 | 20.25 | 1652 | +46.0 |
| 4 | Murinovs, Matvejs | 1561 | LAT | +26N | +11B | =9N | =1B | +21N | =5B | =2N | 5.0 | 28.0 | 31.0 | 20.75 | 1666 | +34.4 |
| 5 | Afanasjevs, Zahars | 1556 | LAT | +32B | +21N | +8B | =15N | =3B | =4N | =6B | 5.0 | 26.5 | 28.5 | 19.00 | 1663 | +35.2 |
| 6 | Grigorenko, Vladislavs | 1699 | LAT | −16N | +25B | +32N | +23B | +11N | =1B | =5N | 5.0 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 17.75 | 1628 | -19.6 |
| 7 | Jazvinskis, Aleksejs | 1450 | LAT | +38B | −3N | +19B | −8N | +29B | +17N | +15B | 5.0 | 24.0 | 25.5 | 16.00 | 1513 | +12.4 |
| 8 | Pavlovs, Jegors | 1510 | LAT | +30N | +16B | −5N | +7B | =9N | +20B | −1N | 4.5 | 27.5 | 30.0 | 17.25 | 1573 | +21.2 |
| 9 | Boleiko, Augusts | 1509 | LAT | +29B | +10N | =4B | −17N | =8B | +22N | =12N | 4.5 | 25.5 | 28.0 | 17.00 | 1587 | +27.6 |
| 10 | Ronzins, Grigorijs | 1639 | LAT | +14N | −9B | +12N | −21B | +24N | +23B | =11N | 4.5 | 24.0 | 27.0 | 17.25 | 1569 | -22.8 |
| 11 | Treiguts, Manu | 1492 | LAT | +33B | −4N | +29B | +24N | −6B | +19N | =10B | 4.5 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 13.75 | 1489 | -2.4 |
| 12 | Suslenkovs, Boriss | 1519 | LAT | +31B | =22N | −10B | =18N | +26B | +21N | =9B | 4.5 | 22.0 | 24.5 | 14.25 | 1487 | -9.6 |
| 13 | Deme, Alekss | 1466 | LAT | +35B | +17N | =22B | −3N | −20B | +25N | +21B | 4.5 | 21.5 | 23.0 | 13.00 | 1532 | +20.4 |
| 14 | Lahs, Olivers | 1417 | LAT | −10B | =19N | −18B | +35N | +34B | +32N | +20N | 4.5 | 20.0 | 21.5 | 11.00 | 1396 | -6.4 |
| 15 | Vaivars, Klavs | 1510 | LAT | +37B | +39N | +2N | =5B | −1N | =16B | −7N | 4.0 | 26.5 | 27.0 | 12.00 | 1465 | -10.0 |
| 16 | Liscovs, Augusts | 1427 | LAT | +6B | −8N | +39B | =20N | +18B | =15N | −3B | 4.0 | 26.0 | 26.5 | 13.25 | 1525 | +28.0 |
| 17 | Birznieks, Toms | 1538 | LAT | +27N | −13B | +31N | +9B | −2N | −7B | +24N | 4.0 | 25.5 | 28.0 | 13.00 | 1417 | -31.2 |
| 18 | Spruga, Roberts | 1423 | LAT | −1N | =30B | +14N | =12B | −16N | +33B | +37N | 4.0 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 11.50 | 1421 | -1.6 |
| 19 | Tarlaps, Andrejs | 0 | LAT | =25N | =14B | −7N | +36B | +31N | −11B | +23N | 4.0 | 22.5 | 24.0 | 10.75 | 1384 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Kokorevics, Krisjanis | 1504 | LAT | +40N | −1B | +36N | =16B | +13N | −8N | −14B | 3.5 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 8.00 | 1350 | -42.0 |
| 21 | Chirkovs, Pavels | 1451 | LAT | +41N | −5B | +38N | +10N | −4B | −12B | −13N | 3.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | 6.00 | 1309 | -33.2 |
| 22 | Spiridovskis, Leonels | 1441 | LAT | +34N | =12B | =13N | −2B | +33N | −9B | −26N | 3.0 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 8.50 | 1333 | -16.8 |
| 23 | Romanivs, Andrejs | 1470 | LAT | +28N | −2B | +33N | −6N | +32B | −10N | −19B | 3.0 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 7.00 | 848 | -31.2 |
| 24 | Tronenkovs, Austris | 1404 | LAT | −2N | +40B | +34N | −11B | −10B | +29N | −17B | 3.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 4.50 | 767 | -46.4 |
| 25 | Martinovs, Luka | 1436 | LAT | =19B | −6N | +30B | −26N | +38B | −13B | =28N | 3.0 | 22.0 | 23.5 | 7.50 | 788 | -25.2 |
| 26 | Reiters, Marks | 0 | LAT | −4B | −29N | F | +25B | −12N | +30N | +22B | 3.0 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 8.50 | 1484 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Babics, Daniils | 0 | LAT | −17B | −33N | =35B | =37N | −30B | +36B | +34N | 3.0 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 5.00 | 731 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Kozlovskis, Marjans | 0 | LAT | −23B | −32N | +37B | −29N | =35B | +39N | =25B | 3.0 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 4.25 | 1257 | 0.0 |
| 29 | Gutmans, Pavels | 0 | LAT | −9N | +26B | −11N | +28B | −7N | −24B | =31N | 2.5 | 23.0 | 25.5 | 7.25 | 665 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Dzilna, Emils | 0 | LAT | −8B | =18N | −25N | =34B | +27N | −26B | =35N | 2.5 | 19.5 | 21.0 | 6.75 | 1183 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Babics, Leons | 0 | LAT | −12N | +41B | −17B | =38N | −19B | =34N | =29B | 2.5 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 3.00 | 727 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Abeltins, Artis | 0 | LAT | −5N | +28B | −6B | F | −23N | −14B | +33N | 2.0 | 22.5 | 22.5 | 5.00 | 737 | 0.0 |
| 33 | FIDE 11648295 | 0 | — | −11N | +27B | −23B | +39N | −22B | −18N | −32B | 2.0 | 19.5 | 20.0 | 3.50 | 649 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Skele, Alberts | 0 | LAT | −22B | +37N | −24B | =30N | −14N | =31B | −27B | 2.0 | 18.5 | 20.0 | 4.00 | 619 | 0.0 |
| 35 | Peisenieks, Haralds | 0 | LAT | −13N | −36B | =27N | −14B | =28N | F | =30B | 1.5 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 4.25 | 654 | 0.0 |
| 36 | Baklanovs, Kirils | 0 | LAT | −3B | +35N | −20B | −19N | =39B | −27N | −38B | 1.5 | 18.5 | 19.0 | 1.75 | 707 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Darzins, Kristaps | 0 | LAT | −15N | −34B | −28N | =27B | F | +38N | −18B | 1.5 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 3.00 | 661 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Shevchuk, Alan | 0 | LAT | −7N | F | −21B | =31B | −25N | −37B | +36N | 1.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 2.75 | 648 | 0.0 |
| 39 | Veinbergs, Nikolajs | 0 | LAT | F | −15B | −16N | −33B | =36N | −28B | F | 0.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 0.75 | 668 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Kosojs, Anrijs | 0 | LAT | −20B | −24N | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 655 | 0.0 |
| 41 | Sergejevs, Arturs | 0 | LAT | −21B | −31N | F | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 650 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Kirstuks, RegnarsLAT+46.05.0 pts · #5
- 2Bodaks, MaksimiliansLAT+38.05.5 pts · #1
- 3Gailums, MakssLAT+35.25.5 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Tronenkovs, AustrisLAT-46.43.0 pts · #27
- 2Kokorevics, KrisjanisLAT-42.03.5 pts · #19
- 3Chirkovs, PavelsLAT-33.23.0 pts · #21
Biggest upsets
- R1+272 Elo gap
- R4+188 Elo gap
- R2+130 Elo gap