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Estonian U18 Championship 2026

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22 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 25 Feb 2026 to 28 Feb 2026 in Narva, Estonia. Top 10 Elo average was 1883, and top seed was Kirill Gorkov (🇪🇪 EST, 2161).

Aaron Rajandu (🇪🇪 EST, 1960) won with 6.0/7, ahead of Romet-Renee Merivee (5.5) and Kirill Gorkov (5.0). Rajandu broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Romet-Renee Merivee (1828) beat Kirill Gorkov (2161), a +333-point gap.

Location
🇪🇪Narva, Estonia
Dates
25 Feb 2026 → 28 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇪🇪Kirill Gorkov2161
Avg top 10
1,883
Participants
22
Federations · 1 represented
🇪🇪Estonia×21
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Aaron Rajandu led from R7; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders
10
4
5
3
2
2
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Rajandu6Merivee5.5Gorkov5Magi5Koosel4.5Cherentsov4.5
R7–R7 · LEAD HELD

Aaron Rajandu held the sole lead from R7 through R7 without losing it.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Aaron Rajandu drew with Romet-Renee Merivee (White).

R1–R7 · UNBEATEN

Aaron Rajandu went unbeaten across 7 games (R1–R7).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Aaron Rajandu*
½
1
½
2Romet-Renee Merivee
½
*
1
0
3Kirill Gorkov
0
0
*
1
4Ramon Magi
½
1
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Rajandu, Aaron1960EST+8B+9N=2B+5N+3B=4N+6B6.028.532.527.252168+58.0
2Merivee, Romet-Renee1828EST+11N+3B=1N+6B−4N+5N+7B5.529.032.524.502149+98.4
3Gorkov, Kirill2161EST+10B−2N+7B+15N−1N+14B+4B5.027.030.018.501980-41.0
4Magi, Ramon1824EST+18B=7N+16B+12N+2B=1B−3N5.026.529.019.002002+46.0
5Koosel, Hans-Georg1927EST+19N+12B=6N−1B+8N−2B+15B4.526.528.514.751842-22.4
6Cherentsov, Mikhail1866EST+20B+14N=5B−2N+10B+15N−1N4.525.527.513.751808-12.4
7Oim, Mikk Kaarel1996EST+17N=4B−3N=8B+12B+10N−2N4.026.529.014.001811-53.2
8Anderson, Markkus1582EST−1N+21B+9B=7N−5B+11N=12B4.025.527.513.251805+41.6
9Lain, Sander1793EST+21N−1B−8N−10N+22B+13B+14N4.022.022.08.501546-51.6
10Punning, Andero1606EST−3N+11B=14N+9B−6N−7B+16N3.524.026.511.501722+16.4
11Glase, Markus0EST−2B−10N+13N+19B=14N−8B+17N3.522.024.09.5016580.0
12Reinholm, Karl Kristjan1698EST+22N−5N+20B−4B−7N+19B=8N3.521.521.56.001675-13.2
13Vassiljev, Saveli1781EST=16B−15N−11B+18N+20B−9N+21B3.517.519.57.751533-38.0
14Vatsing, Mattias0EST+15N−6B=10B+16N=11B−3N−9B3.023.526.09.0016710.0
15Lebedev, Risto1676EST−14B+13B+19N−3B+17N−6B−5N3.023.025.08.001797+32.8
16Otto, Siim0EST=13N+17B−4N−14B−19N+22N−10B2.519.519.54.2515180.0
17Tuul, Tristan Tormi1592EST−7B−16N+21B=20N−15B+18N−11B2.517.519.55.501452-23.6
18Levtsenko, Igor0EST−4N−19B+22N−13B+21N−17B=20N2.517.017.03.0012810.0
19Liivamagi, Peeter1531EST−5B+18N−15B−11N+16B−12NF2.019.519.55.00970-26.4
20Torkin, Edward1506EST−6N+22B−12N=17B−13N−21B=18B2.018.518.52.501415-15.6
21Muur, Andero0EST−9B−8N−17N+22B−18B+20N−13N2.018.518.52.0014160.0
22FIDE 45353910—−12B−20N−18B−21N−9N−16BF0.016.516.50.008680.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets