Klaipedos Superfinalas 2025 round 8-11
12 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 28 Jan 2026 to 14 Feb 2026 in Klaipeda, Lithuania. 2 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1914, and top seed was Andrey Levitskiy (🇺🇦 UKR, FM, 2303).
Sergej Drozdov (🇱🇹 LTU, 2112) won with 4.0/11, ahead of Andrey Levitskiy (3.0) and Silvestras Armonaitis (3.0). Drozdov broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 9: Romas Pakalniskis (1513) beat Oleg Burdin (1759), a +246-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 12 · 11 roundsSergej Drozdov led from R11 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 12 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R11.
Sergej Drozdov never relinquished the lead after R11; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Sergej Drozdov 4 wins (R8–R11)Silvestras Armonaitis 3 wins (R8–R11)FM Andrey Levitskiy 3 wins (R8–R10)
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇱🇹Drozdov, Sergej | 2112 | * | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 4.0 | 4.50 | 4.5 | +24.4 | 2738 |
| 3 | 🇺🇦FMLevitskiy, Andrey | 2303 | 0 | * | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 3.0 | 3.50 | 7.5 | -10.2 | 2148 |
| 2 | 🇱🇹Armonaitis, Silvestras | 2114 | — | — | * | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3.0 | 2.50 | 3.0 | +8.2 | 2589 |
| 4 | 🇱🇹Gutauskas, Rojus | 1756 | — | 0 | — | * | 1 | — | ½ | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2.5 | 4.00 | 7.5 | +14.4 | 1841 |
| 5 | 🇱🇹Pakalniskis, Romas | 1513 | — | — | — | 0 | * | — | 1 | — | — | ½ | 1 | — | 2.5 | 1.75 | 4.5 | +32.4 | 1832 |
| 9 | 🇱🇹Stasius, Vidmantas | 1893 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — | * | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 1.00 | 9.0 | -6.4 | 1802 |
| 8 | 🇱🇹Burdin, Oleg | 1759 | — | — | 0 | ½ | 0 | — | * | — | — | — | ½ | — | 1.0 | 1.50 | 8.5 | -38.5 | 1565 |
| 6 | 🇱🇹Petrov, Vitalij | 1555 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | * | — | — | — | 1 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 6.5 | +13.6 | 1652 |
| 7 | 🇱🇹WFMSibajeva, Marija | 2002 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | * | — | 1 | — | 1.0 | 0.50 | 2.0 | +2.2 | 2449 |
| 10 | 🇱🇹Zirnovas, Martynas | 1783 | 0 | — | — | — | ½ | — | — | — | — | * | — | — | 0.5 | 1.25 | 10.5 | -9.2 | 1620 |
| 11 | 🇱🇹Zobernis, Emilijus | 1647 | — | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | ½ | — | 0 | — | * | — | 0.5 | 0.50 | 7.5 | -14.4 | 1509 |
| 12 | 🇱🇹Buivydas, Skirmantas | 1773 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 9.0 | -19.6 | 1147 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Pakalniskis, RomasLTU+32.42.5 pts · #5
- 2Drozdov, SergejLTU+24.44.0 pts · #1
- 3Gutauskas, RojusLTU+14.42.5 pts · #4
- 1Burdin, OlegLTU-38.51.0 pts · #8
- 2Buivydas, SkirmantasLTU-19.60.0 pts · #12
- 3Zobernis, EmilijusLTU-14.40.5 pts · #11
- R9+246 Elo gap
- R9+218 Elo gap
- R11+191 Elo gap