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Estonian U16 Championship 2026

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29 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 09 Apr 2026 to 12 Apr 2026 in Tallinn, Estonia. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1826, and top seed was Kirill Gorkov (🇪🇪 EST, 2072).

Kirill Gorkov (🇪🇪 EST, 2072) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Karl Samuel Leht (5.5) and Aaron Rajandu (5.0). Gorkov won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Peeter Liivamagi (1479) beat Risto Lebedev (1707), a +228-point gap.

Location
🇪🇪Tallinn, Estonia
Dates
09 Apr 2026 → 12 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇪🇪Kirill Gorkov2072
Avg top 10
1,826
Participants
29
Federations · 2 represented
🇪🇪Estonia×24
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
13
5
1
2
3
1
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Rajandu takes lead
Gorkov5.5Leht5.5Rajandu5Magi4.5Liivamagi4.5Pechonkin4.5— ex-leaders:Sildled R3, #8
R6 · LEADER CHANGE11 Apr

Aaron Rajandu takes the sole lead (5.0/6).

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/7. Gorkov takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (25.0).

R1–R7 · UNBEATEN

Kirill Gorkov went unbeaten across 7 games (R1–R7).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Kirill Gorkov*—
1
½
2Karl Samuel Leht—*——
3Aaron Rajandu
0
—*
½
4Ramon Magi
½
—
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Gorkov, Kirill2072EST+11B+8N=12B=7N+13B=4N+3N5.525.028.522.502033-6.0
2Leht, Karl Samuel1795EST+17B−12N+5B+20N=8B+13N+7B5.522.525.520.001879+30.0
3Rajandu, Aaron1941EST+5B+19N=13B+12N=4B+7N−1B5.025.528.519.001948+11.6
4Magi, Ramon1838EST+22N−9B+16N+19B=3N=1B=6N4.525.528.517.001804-4.4
5Liivamagi, Peeter1479EST−3N+27B−2N+23B+17N=10B+15N4.523.024.011.501728+52.0
6Pechonkin, Andrii1568EST+21B−7N+18B=8N=14B+12N=4B4.522.525.515.501703+34.4
7Voropaiev, Illia1785UKR=26N+6B+10N=1B+9N−3B−2N4.028.530.016.001793+6.4
8Anderson, Markkus1710EST+23N−1B+17N=6B=2N=9B=10N4.026.528.514.001722+1.2
9Sild, Aron1664EST+18B+4N+14B−13N−7B=8N=12B4.023.026.014.751753+25.2
10Reinholm, Karl Kristjan1743EST+20B=14N−7B+21N=12B=5N=8B4.022.525.513.751565-48.4
11Ehandi, Rasmus1550EST−1N+23B+28B−14N−18B+24B+17N4.019.020.08.001542-6.0
12Punning, Andero1620EST+25N+2B=1N−3B=10N−6B=9N3.528.530.514.251731+26.8
13Merivee, Romet-Renee1998EST+16N+15B=3N+9B−1N−2BF3.527.030.013.501853-35.6
14Tuul, Tristan Tormi1560EST+24N=10B−9N+11B=6N−19B=16N3.523.025.012.001565-0.4
15Lebedev, Risto1707EST+29B−13N−20B=26N+21B+18N−5B3.518.519.07.251369-50.4
16Maidessoo, Marten1540EST−13B+29N−4B−18N+27N+25B=14B3.517.518.05.251504-7.2
17Laur, Mark1448EST−2N+25B−8B+28N−5B+20N−11B3.023.024.06.00839-50.8
18Kaldoja, Frederik0EST−9N+22B−6N+16B+11N−15BF3.022.522.510.5015820.0
19Kornilov, Adrian1671EST+27N−3BF−4N+20B+14NF3.021.022.07.501655-4.0
20Avaste, Artur Aare0EST−10N+24B+15N−2B−19N−17B+27N3.021.022.06.5014410.0
21Pigul, Simo0EST−6NF+22B−10B−15N+23B+24N3.019.019.07.0014300.0
22Pavlov, Jan1466EST−4B−18N−21N+29B−25N+28B+23N3.015.516.03.501039-4.0
23Ehastu, Hannes0EST−8B−11N+27B−5N+28B−21N−22B2.019.520.52.007590.0
24FIDE 45353910—−14B−20NF+25B+26B−11N−21B2.017.017.03.5013850.0
25FIDE 45199650—−12B−17N+29B−24N+22B−16NF2.015.515.53.5013340.0
26Panin, Jelisei1419EST=7B=28NF=15B−24NFF1.513.513.54.251748+29.6
27FIDE 45367110—−19B−5N−23NF−16B+29N−20B1.016.516.50.507700.0
28FIDE 45271780—F=26B−11N−17B−23N−22N=29B1.014.014.01.0011600.0
29Gilden, Lukas0EST−15N−16B−25N−22NF−27B=28N0.514.014.00.507690.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets