Nuorten SM 2026 U12
25 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 03 Jan 2026 to 06 Jan 2026 in Jyvaskyla, Finland. Top 10 Elo average was 1707, and top seed was Yiming Zhang (🇫🇮 FIN, 2100).
Rayan Mashhadi Aghajan (🇫🇮 FIN, 2057) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Yiming Zhang (6.0) and Niklas Pihlajamaki (4.5). Mashhadi Aghajan won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Mehr Bhaumik (1636) beat Raffaele DAmato (1759), a +123-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsRayan Mashhadi Aghajan led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Rayan Mashhadi Aghajan held the sole lead from R4 through R7 without losing it.
Rayan Mashhadi Aghajan drew with Yiming Zhang (Black).
Rayan Mashhadi Aghajan 4 wins (R1–R4)Yiming Zhang 3 wins (R1–R3)Mehr Bhaumik 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rayan Mashhadi Aghajan | * | ½ | 1 | 1 |
| 2Yiming Zhang | ½ | * | 1 | 1 |
| 3Mehr Bhaumik | 0 | 0 | * | — |
| 4Yixuan Zhao | 0 | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mashhadi Aghajan, Rayan | 2057 | FIN | +5N | +7B | +6N | +4B | =2N | +3B | +12N | 6.5 | 28.5 | 32.0 | 29.00 | 2154 | +22.0 |
| 2 | Zhang, Yiming | 2100 | FIN | +18B | +8N | +9B | =3N | =1B | +4N | +5B | 6.0 | 28.0 | 30.5 | 25.00 | 2047 | -4.0 |
| 3 | Pihlajamaki, Niklas | 1788 | FIN | +22B | =11N | +8B | =2B | +7N | −1N | =4B | 4.5 | 29.5 | 31.0 | 17.25 | 1820 | +5.2 |
| 4 | Bhaumik, Mehr | 1636 | FIN | +19B | +13N | +10B | −1N | +9B | −2B | =3N | 4.5 | 28.5 | 31.0 | 16.25 | 1842 | +68.4 |
| 5 | Zhao, Yixuan | 1473 | FIN | −1B | +15N | +14B | +6B | =10N | +12B | −2N | 4.5 | 28.0 | 31.0 | 16.50 | 1708 | +58.0 |
| 6 | Korneev, Mark | 1569 | FIN | +14B | +18N | −1B | −5N | +19B | +9N | =8B | 4.5 | 25.0 | 27.5 | 14.50 | 1575 | +11.6 |
| 7 | Zaretckii, Roman | 0 | FIN | +15B | −1N | +19B | +13N | −3B | =11N | +16B | 4.5 | 24.5 | 27.0 | 14.00 | 1704 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Varfolomeev, Maksim | 1485 | FIN | +20N | −2B | −3N | +17B | +13N | =10B | =6N | 4.0 | 25.5 | 27.5 | 12.75 | 1620 | +28.0 |
| 9 | Sinitsyna, Julia | 1579 | FIN | +17N | +25B | −2N | +12B | −4N | −6B | +15N | 4.0 | 24.5 | 25.0 | 10.00 | 1482 | -24.4 |
| 10 | DAmato, Raffaele | 1759 | FIN | +16N | =12B | −4N | +20B | =5B | =8N | =11B | 4.0 | 23.5 | 25.5 | 13.00 | 1448 | -64.0 |
| 11 | Krok, Niklas | 0 | FIN | +21N | =3B | −12N | =16B | +18N | =7B | =10N | 4.0 | 22.0 | 24.0 | 12.50 | 1580 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Nyberg, Max | 1570 | FIN | +23B | =10N | +11B | −9N | +16B | −5N | −1B | 3.5 | 26.0 | 27.5 | 10.50 | 1367 | -38.8 |
| 13 | DAmato, Carolina | 1522 | FIN | +24N | −4B | +25N | −7B | −8B | =17N | +19B | 3.5 | 19.5 | 20.0 | 5.50 | 1399 | -19.6 |
| 14 | FIDE 523496 | 0 | — | −6N | +17B | −5N | +23B | −15N | =18B | +22N | 3.5 | 19.0 | 20.5 | 7.25 | 681 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Bisht, Sinhyana | 0 | FIN | −7N | −5B | =20N | +22N | +14B | =16N | −9B | 3.0 | 21.5 | 23.0 | 7.50 | 715 | 0.0 |
| 16 | FIDE 525146 | 0 | — | −10B | +23N | +24B | =11N | −12N | =15B | −7N | 3.0 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 6.00 | 863 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Gavryukov, Daniel | 0 | FIN | −9B | −14N | +22B | −8N | +24N | =13B | =20N | 3.0 | 18.5 | 19.5 | 5.25 | 1255 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 524638 | 0 | — | −2N | −6B | +21N | +24B | −11B | =14N | F | 2.5 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 4.75 | 1006 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Jarvela, Helmi | 1424 | FIN | −4N | +21B | −7N | +25B | −6N | =23B | −13N | 2.5 | 20.5 | 21.0 | 3.25 | 758 | -42.4 |
| 20 | FIDE 524425 | 0 | — | −8B | =22N | =15B | −10N | =25N | F | =17B | 2.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 4.00 | 821 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Rantanen, Aapo | 0 | FIN | −11B | −19N | −18B | F | −23N | +24B | +25B | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 1.50 | 650 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Polkhovski, Jan | 0 | FIN | −3N | =20B | −17N | −15B | F | +25N | −14B | 1.5 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 1.50 | 988 | 0.0 |
| 23 | Reunanen, Ida | 0 | FIN | −12N | −16B | F | −14N | +21B | =19N | −24N | 1.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 3.25 | 1316 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 525162 | 0 | — | −13B | F | −16N | −18N | −17B | −21N | +23B | 1.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 1.50 | 721 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 525189 | 0 | — | F | −9N | −13B | −19N | =20B | −22B | −21N | 0.5 | 15.5 | 15.5 | 1.00 | 717 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Bhaumik, MehrFIN+68.44.5 pts · #3
- 2Zhao, YixuanFIN+58.04.5 pts · #4
- 3Varfolomeev, MaksimFIN+28.04.0 pts · #6
- 1DAmato, RaffaeleFIN-64.04.0 pts · #9
- 2Jarvela, HelmiFIN-42.42.5 pts · #18
- 3Nyberg, MaxFIN-38.83.5 pts · #13
- R3+123 Elo gap