Latvijas 2026 gada jauniesu cempionata finals-U-16
Round-RobinStandard
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 09 Mar 2026 to 15 Mar 2026 in Riga, Latvia. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1841, and top seed was Reinis Valdats (🇱🇻 LAT, FM, 2226).
Emils Steiners (🇱🇻 LAT, CM, 1978) won with 8.5/9, ahead of Reinis Valdats (8.5) and Martijs Krakops (5.0). Steiners shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 8: Martijs Krakops (1731) beat Maksims Ligotnis (1954), a +223-point gap.
Location
🇱🇻Riga, Latvia
Dates
09 Mar 2026 → 15 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Titled players · 2
FM×1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇱🇻Latvia×10
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsTitle race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
3
1
4
2
2
2
2
2
2
Steiners#1Valdats#2Krakops#4Tolmacevs#3Olshevskis#5Kantans#6Ozolins#7Ligotnis#8Molcanovs#9Petersons#10
R1 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
CM Emils Steiners drew with FM Reinis Valdats (Black).
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers
CM Emils Steiners 8 wins (R2–R9)FM Reinis Valdats 8 wins (R2–R9)Martijs Krakops 3 wins (R6–R8)
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇱🇻CMSteiners, Emils | 1978 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.5 | 31.25 | 35.5 | +100.8 | 2322 |
| 2 | 🇱🇻FMValdats, Reinis | 2226 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.5 | 31.25 | 35.5 | +10.6 | 2335 |
| 4 | 🇱🇻Krakops, Martijs | 1731 | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 13.50 | 39.0 | +62.8 | 1897 |
| 3 | 🇱🇻Tolmacevs, Romans | 2036 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | — | 1 | 4.5 | 14.50 | 39.5 | -41.6 | 1916 |
| 5 | 🇱🇻Olshevskis, Aleksejs Jans | 1849 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 12.00 | 39.5 | -4.8 | 1851 |
| 6 | 🇱🇻Kantans, Ansis | 1838 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4.0 | 12.00 | 40.0 | +1.2 | 1853 |
| 7 | 🇱🇻Ozolins,Kristaps | 1770 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 9.00 | 40.0 | +8.0 | 1810 |
| 8 | 🇱🇻Ligotnis, Maksims | 1954 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 8.00 | 40.5 | -89.2 | 1740 |
| 9 | 🇱🇻Molcanovs, Jevgenijs | 1411 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1.5 | 2.00 | 42.5 | 0.0 | 1620 |
| 10 | 🇱🇻Petersons, Patriks | 1620 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 44.0 | -58.4 | 1095 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Steiners, EmilsCMLAT+100.88.5 pts · #1
- 2Krakops, MartijsLAT+62.85.0 pts · #4
- 3Valdats, ReinisFMLAT+10.68.5 pts · #2
Top rating losers
- 1Ligotnis, MaksimsLAT-89.23.5 pts · #8
- 2Petersons, PatriksLAT-58.40.0 pts · #10
- 3Tolmacevs, RomansLAT-41.64.5 pts · #3
Biggest upsets
- R8+223 Elo gap
- R8+209 Elo gap
- R6+184 Elo gap