Kaunas 2026
Open SwissStandard
18 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 29 Dec 2025 to 31 Dec 2025 in Kaunas, Lithuania. Top 10 Elo average was 1498, and top seed was Paulius Konovalovas (🇱🇹 LTU, 1844).
Motiejus Vaitiekunas (🇱🇹 LTU, 1692) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Vytis Varpulis (5.0) and Marius Jacunskas (4.5). Vaitiekunas won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Vytis Varpulis (1478) beat Marius Jacunskas (1828), a +350-point gap.
Location
🇱🇹Kaunas, Lithuania
Dates
29 Dec 2025 → 31 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇱🇹Lithuania×17
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
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R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 5.0/6. Vaitiekunas takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (18.5).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Vytis Varpulis 4 wins (R3–R6)Marius Jacunskas 4 wins (R1–R4)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Vytis Varpulis | * | — | 1 | 0 |
| 2Motiejus Vaitiekunas | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3Marius Jacunskas | 0 | ½ | * | 1 |
| 4Kasparas Puzas | 1 | — | 0 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vaitiekunas, Motiejus | 1692 | LTU | +17B | +9N | =5B | +7N | =3N | +6B | 5.0 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 15.25 | 1893 | +42.0 |
| 2 | Varpulis, Vytis | 1478 | LTU | +16B | −4N | +13B | +9N | +10B | +3B | 5.0 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 14.50 | 1881 | +79.2 |
| 3 | Jacunskas, Marius | 1828 | LTU | +12B | +8N | +4B | +5N | =1B | −2N | 4.5 | 21.5 | 24.0 | 16.50 | 1817 | +1.2 |
| 4 | Puzas, Kasparas | 1776 | LTU | +14N | +2B | −3N | =6B | +9N | =5N | 4.0 | 20.0 | 22.0 | 13.75 | 1728 | -7.2 |
| 5 | Konovalovas, Paulius | 1844 | LTU | +18N | +6B | =1N | −3B | +11N | =4B | 4.0 | 19.5 | 20.5 | 11.50 | 1742 | -22.0 |
| 6 | Zaveckis, Mantas | 1671 | LTU | +13B | −5N | +17B | =4N | +7B | −1N | 3.5 | 19.0 | 20.0 | 9.00 | 1497 | -24.0 |
| 7 | Naucius, Patrikas | 0 | LTU | +10B | =12N | +8B | −1B | −6N | +11B | 3.5 | 17.5 | 20.0 | 10.25 | 1651 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Drapas, Vakaris | 1549 | LTU | +11N | −3B | −7N | +13B | +12N | =10B | 3.5 | 16.0 | 18.5 | 9.00 | 1567 | +1.2 |
| 9 | Garbus, Rytis | 1453 | LTU | +15N | −1B | +14N | −2B | −4B | +16N | 3.0 | 18.0 | 19.5 | 5.50 | 849 | -32.0 |
| 10 | Zdanys, Vytenis | 1690 | LTU | −7N | =11B | +18N | +14B | −2N | =8N | 3.0 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 6.00 | 1322 | -38.4 |
| 11 | Surdokas, Martynas | 0 | LTU | −8B | =10N | +12B | +17N | −5B | −7N | 2.5 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 5.00 | 1422 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Luksys, Domantas | 0 | LTU | −3N | =7B | −11N | +16N | −8B | +18B | 2.5 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 4.25 | 889 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Palevicius, Adomas | 0 | LTU | −6N | +18B | −2N | −8N | =16B | +15B | 2.5 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 3.75 | 767 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Luksys, Grazvydas | 0 | LTU | −4B | +16N | −9B | −10N | −15B | +17N | 2.0 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 2.50 | 841 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Vaitiekunas, Algirdas | 0 | LTU | −9B | −17N | −16B | +18B | +14N | −13N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 3.00 | 657 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Tauciute, Paula | 0 | LTU | −2N | −14B | +15N | −12B | =13N | −9B | 1.5 | 15.0 | 17.0 | 3.25 | 669 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Marcinkevicius, Majus | 0 | LTU | −1N | +15B | −6N | −11B | −18N | −14B | 1.0 | 15.0 | 16.0 | 2.00 | 882 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 12867969 | 0 | — | −5B | −13N | −10B | −15N | +17B | −12N | 1.0 | 14.0 | 15.0 | 1.00 | 968 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Varpulis, VytisLTU+79.25.0 pts · #2
- 2Vaitiekunas, MotiejusLTU+42.05.0 pts · #3
- 3Jacunskas, MariusLTU+1.24.5 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Zdanys, VytenisLTU-38.43.0 pts · #8
- 2Garbus, RytisLTU-32.03.0 pts · #18
- 3Zaveckis, MantasLTU-24.03.5 pts · #10
Biggest upsets
- R6+350 Elo gap
- R5+212 Elo gap