Iesildisanas Cesim 2026 Clasic
19 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 13 Jan 2026 to 10 Feb 2026 in Riga, Latvia. 4 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2073, and top seed was Reinis Paikens (🇱🇻 LAT, FM, 2261).
Renars Muzis (🇱🇻 LAT, 2130) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Aleksejs Adamovics (4.5) and Linda Krumina (4.0). Muzis shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Linda Krumina (WFM, 2055) beat Reinis Paikens (FM, 2261), a +206-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
2 players finish on 4.5/5. Muzis takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).
Renars Muzis drew with Aleksejs Adamovics (White).
WFM Linda Krumina won 3 in a row (R1–R3).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Renars Muzis | * | ½ | 1 | — |
| 2Aleksejs Adamovics | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3WFMLinda Krumina | 0 | — | * | 1 |
| 4Karlis Gobleja | — | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muzis, Renars | 2130 | LAT | +4N | +13B | =2B | +3N | +8B | 4.5 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 12.75 | 2476 | +75.2 |
| 2 | Adamovics, Aleksejs | 2104 | LAT | +8N | +15B | =1N | +13B | +9N | 4.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 8.75 | 2443 | +36.4 |
| 3 | Krumina, LindaWFM | 2055 | LAT | +19B | +8B | +6N | −1B | +5B | 4.0 | 12.5 | 13.0 | 8.50 | 2258 | +24.8 |
| 4 | Platonovs, NikolajsCM | 2165 | LAT | −1B | +16N | −13N | +12B | +10B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 5.00 | 2007 | -33.6 |
| 5 | Gobleja, Karlis | 1881 | LAT | +10B | −17N | +19B | +11B | −3N | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.5 | 4.50 | 2056 | +24.0 |
| 6 | Lisovskis, Dmitrijs | 1940 | LAT | +13B | +9N | −3B | F | +15N | 3.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 4.50 | 2205 | +28.0 |
| 7 | Jefimovs, Akims | 1730 | LAT | =14N | +12B | −10N | −18B | +16N | 2.5 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 3.75 | 1730 | -2.0 |
| 8 | Paikens, ReinisFM | 2261 | LAT | −2B | −3N | +9B | +15B | −1N | 2.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 3.00 | 1991 | -70.4 |
| 9 | Golsta, Madara | 1986 | LAT | +11N | −6B | −8N | +14B | −2B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 3.50 | 1916 | -8.6 |
| 10 | Filipovs, Sergejs | 1981 | LAT | −5N | F | +7B | +19N | −4N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 3.00 | 1915 | -14.0 |
| 11 | Beniosev, DanielCM | 2005 | LAT | −9B | =19N | +14B | −5N | =13N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 2.50 | 1797 | -52.8 |
| 12 | Mucenieks, Marks | 1830 | LAT | F | −7N | +16B | −4N | +18N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.00 | 1776 | -6.4 |
| 13 | Ligotnis, Maksims | 1969 | LAT | −6N | −1N | +4B | −2N | =11B | 1.5 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 4.00 | 1920 | -14.0 |
| 14 | Eglitis, Roberts | 1626 | LAT | =7B | +18B | −11N | −9N | F | 1.5 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 2.25 | 1746 | +8.0 |
| 15 | Pavlovs, Nikita | 2041 | LAT | F | −2N | +17B | −8N | −6B | 1.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 1.00 | 1882 | -16.6 |
| 16 | Zvaunis, Maris | 1596 | LAT | +18N | −4B | −12N | F | −7B | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.00 | 1599 | -1.8 |
| 17 | Alainis, Artis | 1997 | LAT | F | +5B | −15N | F | F | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.00 | 1960 | -2.0 |
| 18 | Elsbergs, Andrejs | 1578 | LAT | −16B | −14N | F | +7N | −12B | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.50 | 1504 | -21.6 |
| 19 | Orlovskis, Jaroslavs | 1880 | LAT | −3N | =11B | −5N | −10B | F | 0.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 1.00 | 1658 | -38.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Muzis, RenarsLAT+75.24.5 pts · #1
- 2Adamovics, AleksejsLAT+36.44.5 pts · #2
- 3Lisovskis, DmitrijsLAT+28.03.0 pts · #6
- 1Paikens, ReinisFMLAT-70.42.0 pts · #10
- 2Beniosev, DanielCMLAT-52.82.0 pts · #12
- 3Orlovskis, JaroslavsLAT-38.40.5 pts · #19
- R2+206 Elo gap
- R3+196 Elo gap
- R1+157 Elo gap