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LTU ch U16

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22 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 13 Feb 2026 to 17 Feb 2026 in Birstonas, Lithuania. Top 10 Elo average was 1817, and top seed was Jokubas Dijokas (🇱🇹 LTU, 2088).

Rytis Kavalnis (🇱🇹 LTU, 1936) won with 6.0/8, ahead of Motiejus Vaitiekunas (6.0) and Dominykas Kuslikis (5.5). Kavalnis won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 8: Mantas Zaveckis (1647) beat Pijus Grybkauskas (2085), a +438-point gap.

Location
🇱🇹Birstonas, Lithuania
Dates
13 Feb 2026 → 17 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 8 rounds
Top seed
🇱🇹Jokubas Dijokas2088
Avg top 10
1,817
Participants
22
Federations · 1 represented
🇱🇹Lithuania×22
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Tight race until R8; 2 players tied at 6.0/8, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
11
3
1
2
1
1
1
2
2468R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8Kavalnis takes leadKuslikis takes lead
Vaitiekunas6Kavalnis6Dijokas5.5Kuslikis5.5Grybkauskas5Zaveckis5— ex-leaders:Burdinled R3, #8
R5 · LEADER CHANGE15 Feb

Rytis Kavalnis takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R8 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 6.0/8. Kavalnis takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (35.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Motiejus Vaitiekunas lost to Rytis Kavalnis (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Motiejus Vaitiekunas*
0
½
1
2Rytis Kavalnis
1
*
½
½
3Jokubas Dijokas
½
½
*
½
4Dominykas Kuslikis
0
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kavalnis, Rytis1936LTU+15N=3B+2N+6B+13N−5B=4N+8B6.035.038.528.001988+27.2
2Vaitiekunas, Motiejus1733LTU+19B=4N−1B+14N+8B=7N+6B+3B6.034.537.026.001921+75.2
3Kuslikis, Dominykas1711LTU+12B=1N=4B+11N+7B+13N=5B−2N5.535.038.524.251946+92.8
4Dijokas, Jokubas2088LTU+21N=2B=3N+9B−5N+14B=1B+7N5.535.037.023.251924-46.0
5Grybkauskas, Pijus2085LTU+11B=8N−7B+19N+4B+1N=3N−6B5.035.037.523.001876-66.0
6Zaveckis, Mantas1647LTU+22N+21B=13N−1N=11B+10B−2N+5N5.031.031.515.751826+61.6
7Burdin, Oleg1734LTU+16N+10B+5N−13B−3N=2B+14N−4B4.533.537.019.501807+25.2
8Mackevicius, Danielius1726LTU+20N=5B−9N+16B−2N+15B+13B−1N4.532.034.515.501761+15.2
9Cumacenko, Joris1670LTU+18N−13B+8B−4N−14B+11N=10N+12B4.529.532.517.751701+12.0
10Vaitkunas, Pijus1661LTU+17B−7N−14B+12N+18B−6N=9B+15N4.528.531.516.251596-24.0
11Dziuve, Edvinas1602LTU−5N+20B+15N−3B=6N−9B=16N+18B4.030.032.513.251620+4.4
12Grybkauskas, Ainis1437LTU−3N−15B+22N−10B+21N+20B+18N−9N4.025.526.08.001536+32.8
13Navickas, Tadas1822LTU+14B+9N=6B+7N−1B−3B−8NF3.533.533.515.001706-41.2
14Kuklys, Liutauras1517LTU−13N+18B+10N−2B+9N−4N−7B=16B3.532.035.013.751641+44.4
15Baranauskas, Nojus1547LTU−1B+12N−11B=17N+16B−8N+19B−10B3.530.032.511.751552-5.2
16Juknius, Sarunas1500LTU−7B=17N+19B−8N−15N+22B=11B=14N3.526.026.58.501472-13.2
17Semenauskas, Nojus1433LTU−10N=16B−20N=15B+22B−18N+21N=19B3.521.522.07.251425-5.6
18Valaika, Matas1435LTU−9B−14N+21N+20B−10N+17B−12B−11N3.026.528.58.001463+6.8
19Dementjev, Matvij1466LTU−2N+22B−16N−5B−20N+21B−15N=17N2.526.026.54.251364-37.2
20Posaskov, Maksim1450LTU−8B−11N+17B−18N+19B−12N=22N−21B2.523.524.06.251374-30.8
21Riauka, Simas1632LTU−4B−6N−18B+22N−12B−19N−17B+20N2.026.026.53.001248-131.2
22Latakas, Arijus0LTU−6B−19N−12B−21B−17N−16N=20BF0.523.023.01.2510870.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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