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Lithuanian chess league (higest division) 2026 round 1-2

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52 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held from 31 Jan 2026 to 01 Feb 2026 in Rietavas, Lithuania. 28 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2432, and top seed was Valery Kazakouski (🇱🇹 LTU, GM, 2590).

Paulius Juknis (🇱🇹 LTU, CM, 2176) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Ruslan Prigodin (2.0) and Paulius Pultinevicius (2.0).

The biggest upset came in round 1: Jokubas Valantiejus (1750) beat Roman Burstein (FM, 2277), a +527-point gap.

Location
🇱🇹Rietavas, Lithuania
Dates
31 Jan 2026 → 01 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Team · 2 rounds
Top seed
🇱🇹GMValery Kazakouski2590
Avg top 10
2,432
Participants
52
Titled players · 28
GM×6
IM×4
FM×14
CM×3
WGM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇱🇹Lithuania×47
🇺🇦Ukraine×3
🇱🇻Latvia×2
Top 3

Standings

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#PlayerFedEloPtsAvg opp.PerfΔ Elo
3CMJuknis, Paulius🇱🇹LTU21762.021182918+17.6
4Prigodin, Ruslan🇱🇹LTU20572.020392839+19.2
5GMPultinevicius, Paulius🇱🇹LTU25452.023533153+5.1
7FMViskelis, Darius🇱🇹LTU21362.021522952+20.8
2FMVedrickas, Tautvydas🇱🇹LTU22872.023183118+10.8
1CMVaicekauskas, Gytis🇱🇹LTU22062.020982898+14.0
6GMSulskis, Sarunas🇱🇹LTU24682.023603160+7.0
17FMLevitskiy, Andrey🇺🇦UKR23031.521962389+4.6
18CMSer, Daniel🇱🇹LTU20651.520142207+16.0
10Auskalnis, Dovydas🇱🇹LTU18711.518382031+8.2
11Valantiejus, Jokubas🇱🇹LTU17501.519792172+20.0
15GMStarostits, Ilmars🇱🇻LAT23461.523022495+3.8
16GMKazakouski, Valery🇱🇹LTU25901.524042597+0.2
8Agafonov, Yuri Dr🇱🇻LAT20961.521242317+11.6
9Steponavicius, Stasys🇱🇹LTU22241.521662359+6.8
12FMKalvaitis, Sigitas🇱🇹LTU22011.521892382+9.4
13GMLaurusas, Tomas🇱🇹LTU24991.522972490-0.2
14Posaskov, Nikita🇱🇹LTU20921.522082401+15.6
21FMVardanyan, Aras🇱🇹LTU23661.023652365-0.2
22FMAsauskas, Henrikas🇱🇹LTU22501.020612061-9.8
25FMNainys, Zanas🇱🇹LTU23031.022282228-2.0
26FMBrazdzionis, Andrius🇱🇹LTU23311.022302230-5.6
28Volotovsky, Kirill🇺🇦UKR22231.022102210-0.8
19Navickas, Tadas🇱🇹LTU18111.018111811+0.4
20GMMalisauskas, Vidmantas🇱🇹LTU22771.023572357+2.1
23Setkauskas, Vaidas🇱🇹LTU22701.021832183-4.4
24Rimeikis, Andrius🇱🇹LTU21151.023122312+10.2
27Gutauskas, Rojus🇱🇹LTU17561.019671967+20.4
29Kutsanyan, Andranik🇺🇦UKR21841.022402240+2.8
38FMMorkunas, Gustas🇱🇹LTU23400.524462253-4.6
40Vasylius, Kestutis🇱🇹LTU20800.521161923-8.0
41Stauskas, Lukas🇱🇹LTU23970.525292336-3.0
42Dijokas, Jokubas🇱🇹LTU20830.522152022-5.6
31Dailidenas, Justas🇱🇹LTU19040.519751782-7.0
37Jacunskas, Marius🇱🇹LTU18240.521011908+6.4
33Novikov, Vitalij🇱🇹LTU22630.522742081-9.6
30IMPidluznij, Gleb🇱🇹LTU24110.524342241-4.5
35IMVaznonis, Vytautas🇱🇹LTU23510.520922092-3.2
39IMStremavicius, Pijus🇱🇹LTU23450.524992499+2.1
34FMMickevicius, Juras🇱🇹LTU23010.522702270-0.8
32Eigminas, Kipras🇱🇹LTU21440.518281828-7.4
36Buivydas, Skirmantas🇱🇹LTU17730.519041904+3.6
47IMGrabliauskas, Virginijus🇱🇹LTU23220.022921492-10.7
43FMChocenka, Dmitrijus🇱🇹LTU23330.022871487-11.2
46Drozdov, Sergej🇱🇹LTU21120.022061406-7.4
45FMBazilius, Augustinas🇱🇹LTU22490.023621562-14.4
44Pidluznij, Matvej🇱🇹LTU18660.018141014-46.0
48Armonaitis, Silvestras🇱🇹LTU21140.021931393-15.6
49WGMBaginskaite, Kamile🇱🇹LTU21680.022001400-18.4
51Babrauskas, Darius🇱🇹LTU20650.021711371-14.4
52FMBurstein, Roman🇱🇹LTU22770.018771077-18.4
50FMSalna, Aleksandras🇱🇹LTU22830.022771477-20.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets