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Kaunas 2026

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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
Top seed
Avg top 10
1,498
Participants
18
Federations · 1 represented
🇱🇹Lithuania×17
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
9
4
1
1
1
2
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
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

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Vaitiekunas, Motiejus1692LTU+17B+9N=5B+7N=3N+6B5.018.519.515.251893+42.0
2Varpulis, Vytis1478LTU+16B4N+13B+9N+10B+3B5.017.018.514.501881+79.2
3Jacunskas, Marius1828LTU+12B+8N+4B+5N=1B2N4.521.524.016.501817+1.2
4Puzas, Kasparas1776LTU+14N+2B3N=6B+9N=5N4.020.022.013.751728-7.2
5Konovalovas, Paulius1844LTU+18N+6B=1N3B+11N=4B4.019.520.511.501742-22.0
6Zaveckis, Mantas1671LTU+13B5N+17B=4N+7B1N3.519.020.09.001497-24.0
7Naucius, Patrikas0LTU+10B=12N+8B1B6N+11B3.517.520.010.2516510.0
8Drapas, Vakaris1549LTU+11N3B7N+13B+12N=10B3.516.018.59.001567+1.2
9Garbus, Rytis1453LTU+15N1B+14N2B4B+16N3.018.019.55.50849-32.0
10Zdanys, Vytenis1690LTU7N=11B+18N+14B2N=8N3.016.517.56.001322-38.4
11Surdokas, Martynas0LTU8B=10N+12B+17N5B7N2.516.517.55.0014220.0
12Luksys, Domantas0LTU3N=7B11N+16N8B+18B2.515.516.54.258890.0
13Palevicius, Adomas0LTU6N+18B2N8N=16B+15B2.515.516.53.757670.0
14Luksys, Grazvydas0LTU4B+16N9B10N15B+17N2.013.514.52.508410.0
15Vaitiekunas, Algirdas0LTU9B17N16B+18B+14N13N2.010.011.03.006570.0
16Tauciute, Paula0LTU2N14B+15N12B=13N9B1.515.017.03.256690.0
17Marcinkevicius, Majus0LTU1N+15B6N11B18N14B1.015.016.02.008820.0
18FIDE 1286796905B13N10B15N+17B12N1.014.015.01.009680.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets