Lithuanian chess league (higest division) 2026 round 6-7
Team SwissStandard
58 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 21 Mar 2026 to 22 Mar 2026 in Kaunas, Lithuania. 30 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2391, and top seed was Tomas Laurusas (🇱🇹 LTU, GM, 2508).
Andrius Brazdzionis (🇱🇹 LTU, FM, 2330) won with 2.0/7, ahead of Andranik Kutsanyan (2.0) and Vytautas Vaznonis (2.0). Brazdzionis won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 6: Jokubas Valantiejus (1774) beat Darius Babrauskas (2044), a +270-point gap.
Location
🇱🇹Kaunas, Lithuania
Dates
21 Mar 2026 → 22 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Team · 7 rounds
Titled players · 30
GM×4
IM×6
FM×15
CM×4
WGM×1
Federations · 4 represented
🇱🇹Lithuania×52
🇺🇦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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | FMBrazdzionis, Andrius | 🇱🇹LTU | 2330 | 2.0 | 2155 | 2955 | +11.0 |
| 1 | Kutsanyan, Andranik | 🇺🇦UKR | 2212 | 2.0 | 2329 | 3129 | +26.0 |
| 5 | IMVaznonis, Vytautas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2349 | 2.0 | 2274 | 3074 | +8.0 |
| 2 | Kuznecovas, Kevinas | 🇱🇹LTU | 1978 | 2.0 | 2147 | 2947 | +28.8 |
| 4 | FMVedrickas, Tautvydas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2302 | 2.0 | 2158 | 2958 | +6.1 |
| 7 | Stauskas, Lukas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2398 | 1.5 | 2346 | 2539 | +7.2 |
| 6 | FMViskelis, Darius | 🇱🇹LTU | 2146 | 1.5 | 2129 | 2322 | +9.0 |
| 8 | FMLevitskiy, Andrey | 🇺🇦UKR | 2309 | 1.5 | 2363 | 2556 | +13.0 |
| 13 | Gavenavicius, Karolis | 🇱🇹LTU | 2154 | 1.0 | 2170 | 2170 | +1.6 |
| 21 | FMSalna, Aleksandras | 🇱🇹LTU | 2317 | 1.0 | 2186 | 2186 | -6.2 |
| 31 | IMSakalauskas, Vaidas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2297 | 1.0 | 2155 | 2155 | -3.7 |
| 9 | IMGrabliauskas, Virginijus | 🇱🇹LTU | 2315 | 1.0 | 2333 | 2333 | +0.4 |
| 15 | Armonaitis, Silvestras | 🇱🇹LTU | 2116 | 1.0 | 2280 | 2280 | +8.6 |
| 30 | IMNarmontas, Matas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2407 | 1.0 | 2296 | 2296 | -2.9 |
| 11 | Setkauskas, Vaidas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2271 | 1.0 | 2095 | 2095 | -9.2 |
| 22 | CMJuknis, Paulius | 🇱🇹LTU | 2193 | 1.0 | 2153 | 2153 | -2.2 |
| 27 | Vasylius, Kestutis | 🇱🇹LTU | 2076 | 1.0 | 2073 | 2073 | -0.2 |
| 25 | IMStremavicius, Pijus | 🇱🇹LTU | 2339 | 1.0 | 2346 | 3146 | +5.1 |
| 28 | Agafonov, Yuri Dr | 🇱🇻LAT | 2069 | 1.0 | 2066 | 2066 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Bastys, Robertas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2187 | 1.0 | 1787 | 2587 | +1.6 |
| 18 | FMAsauskas, Henrikas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2240 | 1.0 | 2297 | 3097 | +11.6 |
| 24 | Valantiejus, Jokubas | 🇱🇹LTU | 1774 | 1.0 | 2044 | 2844 | +16.6 |
| 10 | FMMorkunas, Gustas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2342 | 1.0 | 2251 | 3051 | +7.6 |
| 19 | Babrauskas, Darius | 🇱🇹LTU | 2044 | 1.0 | 1884 | 1884 | -8.0 |
| 23 | Navickas, Tadas | 🇱🇹LTU | 1781 | 1.0 | 1924 | 1924 | +10.8 |
| 14 | GMLaurusas, Tomas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2508 | 1.0 | 2135 | 2935 | +1.0 |
| 20 | FMSolys, Laimutis | 🇱🇹LTU | 2235 | 1.0 | 2113 | 2913 | +6.6 |
| 26 | Eigminas, Kipras | 🇱🇹LTU | 2153 | 1.0 | 2081 | 2881 | +8.0 |
| 29 | FMChocenka, Dmitrijus | 🇱🇹LTU | 2346 | 1.0 | 2286 | 3086 | +8.4 |
| 32 | GMSulskis, Sarunas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2463 | 1.0 | 2376 | 3176 | +3.8 |
| 12 | Auskalnis, Dovydas | 🇱🇹LTU | 1859 | 1.0 | 1858 | 2658 | +10.0 |
| 16 | Steponavicius, Stasys | 🇱🇹LTU | 2232 | 1.0 | 2138 | 2938 | +7.4 |
| 41 | FMVardanyan, Aras | 🇱🇹LTU | 2376 | 0.5 | 2431 | 2238 | -7.0 |
| 44 | GMStarostits, Ilmars | 🇱🇻LAT | 2346 | 0.5 | 2324 | 2131 | -5.6 |
| 39 | FMMeskenas, Paulius | 🇩🇰DEN | 2193 | 0.5 | 2217 | 2024 | -8.8 |
| 47 | Prigodin, Ruslan | 🇱🇹LTU | 2085 | 0.5 | 2108 | 1915 | -9.0 |
| 33 | Drozdov, Sergej | 🇱🇹LTU | 2112 | 0.5 | 2253 | 2060 | -2.4 |
| 42 | Posaskov, Nikita | 🇱🇹LTU | 2103 | 0.5 | 2170 | 1977 | -6.4 |
| 35 | FMNainys, Zanas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2286 | 0.5 | 2287 | 2094 | -5.0 |
| 36 | Rimeikis, Andrius | 🇱🇹LTU | 2135 | 0.5 | 2388 | 2195 | +1.6 |
| 37 | CMSer, Daniel | 🇱🇹LTU | 2081 | 0.5 | 1994 | 1801 | -28.4 |
| 40 | GMMalisauskas, Vidmantas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2268 | 0.5 | 2225 | 2032 | -6.1 |
| 43 | Dijokas, Jokubas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2022 | 0.5 | 2231 | 2038 | +0.8 |
| 48 | Jacunskas, Marius | 🇱🇹LTU | 1836 | 0.5 | 2075 | 1882 | +4.0 |
| 38 | CMBieliauskas, Marius | 🇱🇹LTU | 2152 | 0.5 | 2193 | 2193 | +1.2 |
| 46 | Dailidenas, Justas | 🇱🇹LTU | 1875 | 0.5 | 2076 | 2076 | +5.2 |
| 34 | FMTvarijonas, Tomas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2228 | 0.5 | 2286 | 2286 | +1.6 |
| 45 | WGMBaginskaite, Kamile | 🇱🇹LTU | 2144 | 0.5 | 2022 | 2022 | -3.4 |
| 49 | FMLimontas, Martynas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2237 | 0.5 | 2085 | 2085 | -4.0 |
| 53 | Beliajev, Dmitrij | 🇱🇹LTU | 2138 | 0.0 | 2267 | 1467 | -13.0 |
| 55 | Novikov, Vitalij | 🇱🇹LTU | 2251 | 0.0 | 2277 | 1477 | -18.6 |
| 56 | Volotovsky, Kirill | 🇺🇦UKR | 2230 | 0.0 | 2233 | 1433 | -20.0 |
| 57 | IMKlabis, Rokas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2379 | 0.0 | 2358 | 1558 | -10.6 |
| 51 | FMKalvaitis, Sigitas | 🇱🇹LTU | 2177 | 0.0 | 2302 | 1502 | -6.6 |
| 58 | CMVaicekauskas, Gytis | 🇱🇹LTU | 2209 | 0.0 | 1978 | 1178 | -15.8 |
| 50 | Mickus, Vidminas Marius | 🇱🇹LTU | 1669 | 0.0 | 1779 | 979 | -14.0 |
| 52 | Vaskevicius, Augustas | 🇱🇹LTU | 1993 | 0.0 | 2044 | 1244 | -8.6 |
| 54 | Gutauskas, Rojus | 🇱🇹LTU | 1858 | 0.0 | 1859 | 1059 | -20.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Kuznecovas, KevinasLTU+28.82.0 pts · #2
- 2Kutsanyan, AndranikUKR+26.02.0 pts · #1
- 3Valantiejus, JokubasLTU+16.61.0 pts · #24
Top rating losers
- 1Ser, DanielCMLTU-28.40.5 pts · #37
- 2Gutauskas, RojusLTU-20.00.0 pts · #54
- 3Volotovsky, KirillUKR-20.00.0 pts · #56
Biggest upsets
- R6+270 Elo gap
- R7+231 Elo gap
- R7+195 Elo gap