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

Top seed

🇱🇻Vladislavs Grigorenko1699

Avg top 10

1,578

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇱🇻Latvia×40

Top 3

🥇
Maksimilians Bodaks
🇱🇻LAT·1645
5.5pts·1759perf+38.0
🥈
Makss Gailums
🇱🇻LAT·1601
5.5pts·1714perf+35.2
🥉
Regnars Kirstuks
🇱🇻LAT·1513
5.0pts·1652perf+46.0

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

Bodaks5.5Gailums5.5Afanasjevs5Kirstuks5Murinovs5Grigorenko5

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
+46.0
5.0 pts · #5
2Bodaks, MaksimiliansLAT
+38.0
5.5 pts · #1
3Gailums, MakssLAT
+35.2
5.5 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Tronenkovs, AustrisLAT
-46.4
3.0 pts · #27
2Kokorevics, KrisjanisLAT
-42.0
3.5 pts · #19
3Chirkovs, PavelsLAT
-33.2
3.0 pts · #21

Biggest upsets

R1+272 Elo gap
Liscovs, Augusts1427 beat Grigorenko, Vladislavs1699
R4+188 Elo gap
Chirkovs, Pavels1451 beat Ronzins, Grigorijs1639
R2+130 Elo gap
Boleiko, Augusts1509 beat Ronzins, Grigorijs1639