Finnish championship league 2025-2026 2 Div Group2 8
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26 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held on 14 Mar 2026 in Various, Finland. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2063, and top seed was Aarno Eskelinen (🇫🇮 FIN, 2162).
Radmir Vorobyov (🇫🇮 FIN, 2044) won with 1.0/8, ahead of Timo Kaskinen (1.0) and Risto Lehtivaara (1.0). Vorobyov won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 8: Aleksi Havusela (1903) beat Eetu Prieur (2138), a +235-point gap.
Location
🇫🇮Various, Finland
Dates
14 Mar 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Team · 8 rounds
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇫🇮Finland×23
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vorobyov, Radmir | 🇫🇮FIN | 2044 | 1.0 | 1967 | 2767 | +12.8 |
| 2 | Kaskinen, Timo | 🇫🇮FIN | 1982 | 1.0 | 1957 | 2757 | +17.2 |
| 3 | FMLehtivaara, Risto | 🇫🇮FIN | 2116 | 1.0 | 1966 | 2766 | +6.0 |
| 4 | Havusela, Aleksi | 🇫🇮FIN | 1903 | 1.0 | 2098 | 2898 | +29.6 |
| 5 | Ihalainen, Juho | 🇫🇮FIN | 1894 | 1.0 | 1700 | 2500 | +11.6 |
| 6 | Velagapudi, Vihan | 🇫🇮FIN | 1934 | 1.0 | 1878 | 2678 | +12.8 |
| 7 | Lehtinen, Helja | 🇫🇮FIN | 1949 | 1.0 | 1793 | 2593 | +5.6 |
| 8 | Odner, Aarni | 🇫🇮FIN | 2097 | 0.5 | 2100 | 2100 | +1.2 |
| 10 | Johansson, Jukka | 🇫🇮FIN | 2016 | 0.5 | 1998 | 1998 | -0.6 |
| 11 | Eskelinen, Aarno | 🇫🇮FIN | 2162 | 0.5 | 1865 | 1865 | -6.8 |
| 12 | Schnoor, Ekkehard | 🇩🇪GER | 2114 | 0.5 | 2058 | 2058 | -1.2 |
| 13 | Levanov, Nikolay | 🇫🇮FIN | 1674 | 0.5 | 1701 | 1701 | +0.8 |
| 14 | Moilanen, Teppo | 🇫🇮FIN | 1946 | 0.5 | 2018 | 2018 | +0.6 |
| 16 | Kokkonen, Kristian | 🇫🇮FIN | 1597 | 0.5 | 1687 | 1687 | -0.8 |
| 17 | Siurola, Aapo | 🇫🇮FIN | 1861 | 0.5 | 2155 | 2155 | +13.6 |
| 9 | Pohjakallio, Timo | 🇫🇮FIN | 0 | 0.5 | 1754 | 1754 | 0.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 524867 | — | 0 | 0.5 | 2117 | 2117 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Pihlajamaki, Niklas | 🇫🇮FIN | 1698 | 0.0 | 1961 | 1161 | -11.2 |
| 19 | Haggren, Stig-Olof | 🇫🇮FIN | 1980 | 0.0 | 2007 | 1207 | -8.6 |
| 20 | Heikkinen, Juha | 🇫🇮FIN | 1756 | 0.0 | 1857 | 1057 | -11.6 |
| 21 | Prieur, Eetu | 🇫🇮FIN | 2138 | 0.0 | 1912 | 1112 | -14.8 |
| 22 | Tuovinen, Jukka | 🇫🇮FIN | 1984 | 0.0 | 2113 | 1313 | -6.0 |
| 24 | Sarsa, Erkki | 🇫🇮FIN | 1914 | 0.0 | 2015 | 1215 | -12.8 |
| 25 | Hakulinen, Pauli | 🇫🇮FIN | 1928 | 0.0 | 2102 | 1302 | -12.8 |
| 23 | Karjula,Sami | 🇫🇮FIN | 0 | 0.0 | 1955 | 1155 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 513393 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 2004 | 1204 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Havusela, AleksiFIN+29.61.0 pts · #4
- 2Kaskinen, TimoFIN+17.21.0 pts · #2
- 3Siurola, AapoFIN+13.60.5 pts · #17
Top rating losers
- 1Prieur, EetuFIN-14.80.0 pts · #21
- 2Sarsa, ErkkiFIN-12.80.0 pts · #24
- 3Hakulinen, PauliFIN-12.80.0 pts · #25
Biggest upsets
- R8+235 Elo gap