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Klaipedos Superfinalas 2025 round 8-11

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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.

Location
🇱🇹Klaipeda, Lithuania
Dates
28 Jan 2026 → 14 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 11 rounds
Top seed
🇺🇦FMAndrey Levitskiy2303
Avg top 10
1,914
Participants
12
Titled players · 2
FM×1
WFM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇱🇹Lithuania×11
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 12 · 11 rounds

Sergej Drozdov led from R11 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 12 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R11.

Co-leaders
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
6
3
2
1
#1#2#6#12R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11
R11–R11 · LEAD HELD

Sergej Drozdov never relinquished the lead after R11; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Sergej Drozdov 4 wins (R8–R11)Silvestras Armonaitis 3 wins (R8–R11)FM Andrey Levitskiy 3 wins (R8–R10)

Cross-table

#PlayerElo123456789101112PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇱🇹Drozdov, Sergej2112*11114.04.504.5+24.42738
3🇺🇦FMLevitskiy, Andrey23030*1113.03.507.5-10.22148
2🇱🇹Armonaitis, Silvestras2114*1113.02.503.0+8.22589
4🇱🇹Gutauskas, Rojus17560*1½12.54.007.5+14.41841
5🇱🇹Pakalniskis, Romas15130*1½12.51.754.5+32.41832
9🇱🇹Stasius, Vidmantas189300*11.01.009.0-6.41802
8🇱🇹Burdin, Oleg17590½0*½1.01.508.5-38.51565
6🇱🇹Petrov, Vitalij1555000*11.00.006.5+13.61652
7🇱🇹WFMSibajeva, Marija2002*11.00.502.0+2.22449
10🇱🇹Zirnovas, Martynas17830½*0.51.2510.5-9.21620
11🇱🇹Zobernis, Emilijus164700½0*0.50.507.5-14.41509
12🇱🇹Buivydas, Skirmantas1773000*0.00.009.0-19.61147

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets