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XLV Jyvaskylan Talven turnaus, Ryhma-B

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22 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 30 Jan 2026 to 01 Feb 2026 in Jyvaskyla, Finland. Top 10 Elo average was 1755, and top seed was Markku Raitanen (🇫🇮 FIN, 1807).

Sami Vainikka (🇫🇮 FIN, 1753) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Vesa Taavitsainen (3.5) and Marko Korjus (3.5). Vainikka clinched sole first place in the final round.

Location
🇫🇮Jyvaskyla, Finland
Dates
30 Jan 2026 → 01 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇫🇮Markku Raitanen1807
Avg top 10
1,755
Participants
22
Federations · 1 represented
🇫🇮Finland×20
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Sami Vainikka led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
10
4
4
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Vainikka takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE01 Feb

Sami Vainikka takes the sole lead (4.0/5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Sami Vainikka drew with Marko Korjus (White).

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

Sami Vainikka went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Sami Vainikka*
½
½
2Marko Korjus
½
*
0
3Jori Maenpaa
1
*
4Vesa Taavitsainen
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Vainikka, Sami1753FIN+9B+5N=3B=2N+8B4.013.516.513.001947+40.8
2Taavitsainen, Vesa1764FIN+17N+4B=10N=1B=7N3.513.014.09.251740-3.6
3Korjus, Marko1764FIN+12N+14B=1N+10B6N3.512.514.59.001875+15.4
4Tolvanen, Jaakko0FIN+11B2N=8B+12N+14B3.511.513.58.5017360.0
5Marten, Marwan1714FIN+18N1B+16N=7B+10N3.511.012.06.501671-3.0
6Maenpaa, Jori1774FINF+15B=7N+11N+3B3.510.510.59.001902+18.4
7Varfolomeev, Maksim1485FIN+21N=8N=6B=5N=2B3.013.513.56.751791+77.6
8Ollikainen, Esko1774FIN+22N=7B=4N+9B1N3.013.513.56.251667-15.2
9Jaakkola, Leevi0FIN1N+18B+13N8N+15B3.011.012.05.001597-20.4
10Seilonen, Mikko1774FIN+16B+13N=2B3N5B2.513.014.55.751474-22.6
11Laihinen, Ilja0FIN4N+17B+14N6B=13N2.511.512.54.2517360.0
12Lamminmaki, Oiva1524FIN3B=20N+17B4B+16N2.59.510.02.751666+14.8
13Suominen, Venla0FIN+15N10B9B+21N=11B2.59.59.52.7516810.0
14Raitanen, Markku1807FIN+20B3N11B+18N4N2.010.511.01.50964-11.2
15Kaunonen, Jouni1639FIN13B6N+21B=16B9N1.510.510.50.751671+1.6
16Zuikov, Andrei0FIN10N+21B5B=15N12B1.510.010.00.7514950.0
17Nyberg, Max1570FIN2B11N12NF+18B1.09.510.01.00842-32.8
18FIDE 51671605B9N+20B14B17N1.09.510.00.508960.0
19Salmelin, Petri1660FINFFFF+21B1.00.00.00.002368+14.8
20FIDE 525278014N=12B18NFF0.56.56.51.2514710.0
21Kiviaho, Pauli1569FIN7B16N15N13B19N0.08.59.50.00794-27.8
22Riihimaki, Vesa1764FIN8BFFFF0.03.03.00.00973-19.6

Key insights

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