Lithuanian Chess League 2025 Highest Division round 3-5
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63 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 21 Feb 2026 to 22 Feb 2026 in Vilnius, Lithuania. 31 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2417, and top seed was Paulius Pultinevicius (🇱🇹 LTU, GM, 2552).
Tomas Laurusas (🇱🇹 LTU, GM, 2504) won with 3.0/5, ahead of Paulius Pultinevicius (3.0) and Vaidas Setkauskas (3.0). Laurusas shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Andrius Rimeikis (2115) beat Gustas Morkunas (FM, 2340), a +225-point gap.
Location
🇱🇹Vilnius, Lithuania
Dates
21 Feb 2026 → 22 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Team · 5 rounds
Titled players · 31
GM×4
IM×8
FM×16
CM×2
WGM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇱🇹Lithuania×57
🇺🇦Ukraine×3
🇱🇻Latvia×2
🇩🇰Denmark×1
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | GMLaurusas, Tomas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2504 | 3.0 | 2169 | 2969 | +3.7 |
| 3 | GMPultinevicius, Paulius | 🇱🇹LTU | 2552 | 3.0 | 2294 | 3094 | +6.1 |
| 1 | Setkauskas, Vaidas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2270 | 3.0 | 1875 | 2675 | +5.0 |
| 4 | FMVedrickas, Tautvydas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2287 | 3.0 | 1955 | 2755 | +4.1 |
| 6 | IMVaznonis, Vytautas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2351 | 2.5 | 2129 | 2402 | +1.7 |
| 5 | FMVardanyan, Aras | 🇱🇹LTU | 2366 | 2.5 | 2241 | 2514 | +10.4 |
| 16 | IMBeinoras, Mindaugas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2347 | 2.0 | 2280 | 2405 | +2.3 |
| 7 | IMPidluznij, Gleb | 🇱🇹LTU | 2404 | 2.0 | 2246 | 2371 | -0.9 |
| 8 | CMJuknis, Paulius | 🇱🇹LTU | 2176 | 2.0 | 2013 | 2138 | -0.8 |
| 10 | Eigminas, Kipras | 🇱🇹LTU | 2144 | 2.0 | 2071 | 2871 | +16.4 |
| 12 | FMMickevicius, Juras | 🇱🇹LTU | 2301 | 2.0 | 2135 | 2935 | +11.4 |
| 14 | FMMorkunas, Gustas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2340 | 2.0 | 2135 | 2260 | -5.6 |
| 9 | FMChocenka, Dmitrijus | 🇱🇹LTU | 2342 | 2.0 | 2293 | 3093 | +17.4 |
| 15 | Mikolavicius, Julius | 🇱🇹LTU | 1862 | 2.0 | 1843 | 1968 | +18.4 |
| 11 | FMBrazdzionis, Andrius | 🇱🇹LTU | 2331 | 2.0 | 1983 | 2783 | +4.6 |
| 13 | Povilaitis, Tomas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2170 | 2.0 | 1797 | 2597 | +3.8 |
| 22 | CMVaicekauskas, Gytis | 🇱🇹LTU | 2206 | 1.5 | 2044 | 2044 | -11.0 |
| 18 | FMLevitskiy, Andrey | 🇺🇦UKR | 2302 | 1.5 | 2385 | 2385 | +6.8 |
| 19 | FMBazilius, Augustinas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2249 | 1.5 | 2205 | 2398 | +7.8 |
| 26 | FMViskelis, Darius | 🇱🇹LTU | 2117 | 1.5 | 2062 | 2255 | +8.2 |
| 27 | Volotovsky, Kirill | 🇺🇦UKR | 2223 | 1.5 | 2324 | 2324 | +7.8 |
| 20 | Prigodin, Ruslan | 🇱🇹LTU | 2057 | 1.5 | 2035 | 2228 | +8.8 |
| 23 | IMGrabliauskas, Virginijus | 🇱🇹LTU | 2322 | 1.5 | 2258 | 2451 | +3.4 |
| 21 | FMNainys, Zanas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2289 | 1.5 | 2189 | 2189 | -3.8 |
| 25 | FMSalna, Aleksandras | 🇱🇹LTU | 2338 | 1.5 | 2127 | 2320 | -0.8 |
| 17 | Stauskas, Lukas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2397 | 1.5 | 2290 | 2483 | +4.2 |
| 24 | Povilaitis, Matas | 🇱🇹LTU | 1864 | 1.5 | 2100 | 2293 | +20.4 |
| 31 | Rimeikis, Andrius | 🇱🇹LTU | 2115 | 1.0 | 2399 | 2274 | +10.0 |
| 38 | IMNarmontas, Matas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2417 | 1.0 | 2285 | 2160 | -10.2 |
| 30 | FMMeskenas, Paulius | 🇩🇰DEN | 2205 | 1.0 | 2152 | 2027 | -11.8 |
| 32 | Steponavicius, Stasys | 🇱🇹LTU | 2224 | 1.0 | 2376 | 2251 | +1.6 |
| 37 | GMSulskis, Sarunas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2452 | 1.0 | 2334 | 2334 | -2.4 |
| 36 | Novikov, Vitalij | 🇱🇹LTU | 2263 | 1.0 | 2214 | 2214 | -2.4 |
| 33 | FMKalvaitis, Sigitas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2161 | 1.0 | 2290 | 2290 | +6.8 |
| 35 | Vasylius, Kestutis | 🇱🇹LTU | 2080 | 1.0 | 1861 | 2661 | +4.4 |
| 28 | IMKlabis, Rokas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2376 | 1.0 | 2223 | 3023 | +3.0 |
| 39 | FMSolys, Laimutis | 🇱🇹LTU | 2241 | 1.0 | 2127 | 2127 | -6.2 |
| 29 | FMBucinskas, Valdas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2253 | 1.0 | 1853 | 2653 | +1.6 |
| 34 | Paulauskas, Andrius | 🇱🇹LTU | 1926 | 1.0 | 1893 | 2693 | +9.0 |
| 40 | FMBurstein, Roman | 🇱🇹LTU | 2277 | 1.0 | 1877 | 2677 | +1.6 |
| 41 | Kutsanyan, Andranik | 🇺🇦UKR | 2178 | 0.5 | 2356 | 2083 | -7.2 |
| 48 | Posaskov, Nikita | 🇱🇹LTU | 2092 | 0.5 | 2289 | 2016 | -4.8 |
| 43 | Rackauskas, Karolis | 🇱🇹LTU | 1811 | 0.5 | 2101 | 1828 | -1.2 |
| 45 | Dijokas, Jokubas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2088 | 0.5 | 2281 | 2008 | -14.0 |
| 46 | Babrauskas, Darius | 🇱🇹LTU | 2065 | 0.5 | 2247 | 1974 | -6.6 |
| 47 | Valantiejus, Jokubas | 🇱🇹LTU | 1750 | 0.5 | 2112 | 1839 | +3.6 |
| 49 | Agafonov, Yuri Dr | 🇱🇻LAT | 2062 | 0.5 | 2267 | 1994 | -4.2 |
| 51 | Dailidenas, Justas | 🇱🇹LTU | 1886 | 0.5 | 2041 | 1848 | -3.8 |
| 44 | Likatavicius, Rapolas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2035 | 0.5 | 2041 | 1848 | -9.8 |
| 42 | IMReimanis, Ritvars | 🇱🇻LAT | 2355 | 0.5 | 2302 | 2302 | -0.7 |
| 50 | IMSakalauskas, Vaidas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2301 | 0.5 | 1901 | 1901 | -4.2 |
| 63 | Drozdov, Sergej | 🇱🇹LTU | 2112 | 0.0 | 2343 | 1543 | -12.6 |
| 55 | GMMalisauskas, Vidmantas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2277 | 0.0 | 2391 | 1591 | -10.8 |
| 52 | Buivydas, Skirmantas | 🇱🇹LTU | 1773 | 0.0 | 2154 | 1354 | -5.6 |
| 61 | Stasius, Vidmantas | 🇱🇹LTU | 1893 | 0.0 | 1948 | 1148 | -25.4 |
| 62 | Kersys, Zygimantas | 🇱🇹LTU | 1557 | 0.0 | 1909 | 1109 | -8.8 |
| 59 | Kavalnis, Rytis | 🇱🇹LTU | 1936 | 0.0 | 2004 | 1204 | -33.2 |
| 53 | Bausys, Nikolas | 🇱🇹LTU | 1642 | 0.0 | 2042 | 1242 | -3.2 |
| 56 | Gutauskas, Rojus | 🇱🇹LTU | 1822 | 0.0 | 2197 | 1397 | -7.6 |
| 57 | Rudys, Augustas | 🇱🇹LTU | 1666 | 0.0 | 2067 | 1267 | -3.2 |
| 58 | Vansevicius, Dominykas | 🇱🇹LTU | 1535 | 0.0 | 1935 | 1135 | -3.2 |
| 54 | Vasilevskis, Mantas | 🇱🇹LTU | 1475 | 0.0 | 1875 | 1075 | -3.2 |
| 60 | WGMBaginskaite, Kamile | 🇱🇹LTU | 2168 | 0.0 | 2342 | 1542 | -5.4 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Povilaitis, MatasLTU+20.41.5 pts · #24
- 2Mikolavicius, JuliusLTU+18.42.0 pts · #15
- 3Chocenka, DmitrijusFMLTU+17.42.0 pts · #9
Top rating losers
- 1Kavalnis, RytisLTU-33.20.0 pts · #59
- 2Stasius, VidmantasLTU-25.40.0 pts · #61
- 3Dijokas, JokubasLTU-14.00.5 pts · #45
Biggest upsets
- R4+225 Elo gap
- R5+194 Elo gap