LTU ch U16
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.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 8 roundsTight 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.
Rytis Kavalnis takes the sole lead (4.5/5).
2 players finish on 6.0/8. Kavalnis takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (35.0).
Motiejus Vaitiekunas lost to Rytis Kavalnis (White).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Motiejus Vaitiekunas | * | 0 | ½ | 1 |
| 2Rytis Kavalnis | 1 | * | ½ | ½ |
| 3Jokubas Dijokas | ½ | ½ | * | ½ |
| 4Dominykas Kuslikis | 0 | ½ | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kavalnis, Rytis | 1936 | LTU | +15N | =3B | +2N | +6B | +13N | −5B | =4N | +8B | 6.0 | 35.0 | 38.5 | 28.00 | 1988 | +27.2 |
| 2 | Vaitiekunas, Motiejus | 1733 | LTU | +19B | =4N | −1B | +14N | +8B | =7N | +6B | +3B | 6.0 | 34.5 | 37.0 | 26.00 | 1921 | +75.2 |
| 3 | Kuslikis, Dominykas | 1711 | LTU | +12B | =1N | =4B | +11N | +7B | +13N | =5B | −2N | 5.5 | 35.0 | 38.5 | 24.25 | 1946 | +92.8 |
| 4 | Dijokas, Jokubas | 2088 | LTU | +21N | =2B | =3N | +9B | −5N | +14B | =1B | +7N | 5.5 | 35.0 | 37.0 | 23.25 | 1924 | -46.0 |
| 5 | Grybkauskas, Pijus | 2085 | LTU | +11B | =8N | −7B | +19N | +4B | +1N | =3N | −6B | 5.0 | 35.0 | 37.5 | 23.00 | 1876 | -66.0 |
| 6 | Zaveckis, Mantas | 1647 | LTU | +22N | +21B | =13N | −1N | =11B | +10B | −2N | +5N | 5.0 | 31.0 | 31.5 | 15.75 | 1826 | +61.6 |
| 7 | Burdin, Oleg | 1734 | LTU | +16N | +10B | +5N | −13B | −3N | =2B | +14N | −4B | 4.5 | 33.5 | 37.0 | 19.50 | 1807 | +25.2 |
| 8 | Mackevicius, Danielius | 1726 | LTU | +20N | =5B | −9N | +16B | −2N | +15B | +13B | −1N | 4.5 | 32.0 | 34.5 | 15.50 | 1761 | +15.2 |
| 9 | Cumacenko, Joris | 1670 | LTU | +18N | −13B | +8B | −4N | −14B | +11N | =10N | +12B | 4.5 | 29.5 | 32.5 | 17.75 | 1701 | +12.0 |
| 10 | Vaitkunas, Pijus | 1661 | LTU | +17B | −7N | −14B | +12N | +18B | −6N | =9B | +15N | 4.5 | 28.5 | 31.5 | 16.25 | 1596 | -24.0 |
| 11 | Dziuve, Edvinas | 1602 | LTU | −5N | +20B | +15N | −3B | =6N | −9B | =16N | +18B | 4.0 | 30.0 | 32.5 | 13.25 | 1620 | +4.4 |
| 12 | Grybkauskas, Ainis | 1437 | LTU | −3N | −15B | +22N | −10B | +21N | +20B | +18N | −9N | 4.0 | 25.5 | 26.0 | 8.00 | 1536 | +32.8 |
| 13 | Navickas, Tadas | 1822 | LTU | +14B | +9N | =6B | +7N | −1B | −3B | −8N | F | 3.5 | 33.5 | 33.5 | 15.00 | 1706 | -41.2 |
| 14 | Kuklys, Liutauras | 1517 | LTU | −13N | +18B | +10N | −2B | +9N | −4N | −7B | =16B | 3.5 | 32.0 | 35.0 | 13.75 | 1641 | +44.4 |
| 15 | Baranauskas, Nojus | 1547 | LTU | −1B | +12N | −11B | =17N | +16B | −8N | +19B | −10B | 3.5 | 30.0 | 32.5 | 11.75 | 1552 | -5.2 |
| 16 | Juknius, Sarunas | 1500 | LTU | −7B | =17N | +19B | −8N | −15N | +22B | =11B | =14N | 3.5 | 26.0 | 26.5 | 8.50 | 1472 | -13.2 |
| 17 | Semenauskas, Nojus | 1433 | LTU | −10N | =16B | −20N | =15B | +22B | −18N | +21N | =19B | 3.5 | 21.5 | 22.0 | 7.25 | 1425 | -5.6 |
| 18 | Valaika, Matas | 1435 | LTU | −9B | −14N | +21N | +20B | −10N | +17B | −12B | −11N | 3.0 | 26.5 | 28.5 | 8.00 | 1463 | +6.8 |
| 19 | Dementjev, Matvij | 1466 | LTU | −2N | +22B | −16N | −5B | −20N | +21B | −15N | =17N | 2.5 | 26.0 | 26.5 | 4.25 | 1364 | -37.2 |
| 20 | Posaskov, Maksim | 1450 | LTU | −8B | −11N | +17B | −18N | +19B | −12N | =22N | −21B | 2.5 | 23.5 | 24.0 | 6.25 | 1374 | -30.8 |
| 21 | Riauka, Simas | 1632 | LTU | −4B | −6N | −18B | +22N | −12B | −19N | −17B | +20N | 2.0 | 26.0 | 26.5 | 3.00 | 1248 | -131.2 |
| 22 | Latakas, Arijus | 0 | LTU | −6B | −19N | −12B | −21B | −17N | −16N | =20B | F | 0.5 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 1.25 | 1087 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Kuslikis, DominykasLTU+92.85.5 pts · #4
- 2Vaitiekunas, MotiejusLTU+75.26.0 pts · #1
- 3Zaveckis, MantasLTU+61.65.0 pts · #11
- 1Riauka, SimasLTU-131.22.0 pts · #21
- 2Grybkauskas, PijusLTU-66.05.0 pts · #5
- 3Dijokas, JokubasLTU-46.05.5 pts · #3
- R8+438 Elo gap
- R3+351 Elo gap
- R7+199 Elo gap