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9 GM A. Shirov cup U-14

Open SwissStandard

22 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 17 Feb 2026 to 20 Feb 2026 in Jurmala, Latvia. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1584, and top seed was Arturs Liepins (🇱🇻 LAT, 1716).

Olivers Smilga (🇱🇻 LAT, 1489) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Maksimilians Bodaks (5.5) and Arturs Liepins (5.0). Smilga won solo starting round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Olivers Smilga (1489) beat Maksimilians Bodaks (1682), a +193-point gap.

Location
🇱🇻Jurmala, Latvia
Dates
17 Feb 2026 → 20 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 45 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1 Fast Standard
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇱🇻Arturs Liepins1716
Avg top 10
1,584
Participants
22
Federations · 4 represented
🇱🇻Latvia×13
🇱🇹Lithuania×4
🇪🇪Estonia×3
🇨🇿Czech Republic×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Olivers Smilga led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
10
4
2
2
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Smilga6Bodaks5.5Liepins5Kiricun5Bodaks4.5Istratova4.5
R5–R7 · LEAD HELD

Olivers Smilga held the sole lead from R5 through R7 without losing it.

R2 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Olivers Smilga beat Maksimilians Bodaks (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Olivers Smilga 3 wins (R1–R3)Maksimilians Bodaks 5 wins (R3–R7)Arturs Liepins 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Olivers Smilga*
1
½
½
2Maksimilians Bodaks
0
*
1
—
3Arturs Liepins
½
0
*
½
4Maksim Kiricun
½
—
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Smilga, Olivers1489LAT+22B+2N+13N=3B+8N+9B=4B6.026.026.021.001890+121.2
2Bodaks, Maksimilians1682LAT=7N−1B+17N+16B+5N+3B+13B5.525.528.520.501695+5.6
3Liepins, Arturs1716LAT+12B+18N+15B=1N=4B−2N+7B5.027.029.518.501690-4.8
4Kiricun, Maksim1576LTU+11N=8B+7N=13B=3N+14B=1N5.025.528.519.501658+26.4
5Istratova, Nika1501EST+19N−13B+14N=10N−2B+16B+9N4.521.523.513.251524+3.2
6Bodaks, Leonards1442LAT−9N+21B+22N=7B=13N=8B+17N4.518.518.59.501459-2.4
7Vaivars, Klavs1457LAT=2B+12N−4B=6N+19B+10N−3N4.027.029.014.001581+40.0
8Jakabsone, Tifanija Bella1557LAT+20B=4N=9B+15N−1B=6N=11B4.025.526.512.251509-16.0
9Sjadrovs, Marks1601LAT+6BF=8N+18N+10B−1N−5B3.525.025.012.501581-4.4
10Elsbergs, Andrejs1564LAT+17N−15B+11N=5B−9N−7B+14N3.521.524.511.751348-64.4
11Lazdina, Adrija1431LAT−4B+20N−10B+22N−15B+19N=8N3.518.518.55.001238-29.2
12Jazvinskis, Aleksejs1464LAT−3N−7B+21N−14B=16N+20B+19N3.518.019.05.50783-28.8
13Bobrakov-Timoskin, Denis1572CZE+16B+5N−1B=4N=6BF−2N3.028.531.512.251470-29.2
14Kosteckas, Lukas0LTU−15N+17B−5B+12N+18B−4N−10B3.022.525.09.0014080.0
15Petrovskis, Normunds1519LAT+14B+10N−3N−8B+11NFF3.022.022.010.001569+11.2
16Jurzdickis, Levi Mose0LAT−13N+19B=18B−2N=12B−5N+22B3.021.021.05.0013140.0
17Kanger, Saskia Lee0EST−10B−14N−2B+20N+22B+18N−6B3.020.020.03.5013770.0
18Strekalovs, Rinalds1550LAT+21N−3B=16N−9B−14N−17B+20N2.518.519.53.50857-28.4
19Surin, Artur0LTU−5B−16N+20B+21N−7N−11B−12B2.019.520.52.006590.0
20Karba, Rasmus0EST−8N−11B−19N−17B+21B−12N−18B1.018.519.51.006970.0
21Kochankaite, Kotryna0LTU−18B−6N−12B−19B−20N+22NF1.013.513.50.006930.0
22FIDE 45270030—−1NF−6B−11B−17N−21B−16N0.021.021.00.006550.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets