Latvijas 2026 gada jauniesu cempionata finals-G-12

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20 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 09 Mar 2026 to 15 Mar 2026 in Riga, Latvia. Top 10 Elo average was 1041, and top seed was Jasmina Mence (🇱🇻 LAT, 1546).

Tifanija Bella Jakabsone (🇱🇻 LAT, 1542) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Liva Mierina (7.5) and Vilhelmine Tronenkova (5.5). Jakabsone shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

Location

🇱🇻Riga, Latvia

Dates

09 Mar 2026 → 15 Mar 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇱🇻Jasmina Mence1546

Avg top 10

1,041

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇱🇻Latvia×19

Top 3

🥇
Tifanija Bella Jakabsone
🇱🇻LAT·1542
7.5pts·1856perf+66.0
🥈
Liva Mierina
🇱🇻LAT·1484
7.5pts·1702perf+40.4
🥉
Vilhelmine Tronenkova
🇱🇻LAT·1503
5.5pts·1411perf-18.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R3; 2 players tied at 7.5/9, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Jakabsone7.5Mierina7.5Lazdina5.5Veidemane5.5Mence5.5Tronenkova5.5

R3–R9 · LEAD HELD

Tifanija Bella Jakabsone held the sole lead from R3 through R9 without losing it.

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.5/9. Jakabsone takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (44.0).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Tifanija Bella Jakabsone drew with Liva Mierina (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Tifanija Bella Jakabsone	*	½	1	0
2Liva Mierina	½	*	1	—
3Adrija Lazdina	0	0	*	0
4Emma Veidemane	1	—	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Jakabsone, Tifanija Bella	1542	LAT	+6B	+12N	+3B	=2N	+5B	+4N	+9B	+10B	−7N	7.5	44.0	48.0	38.75	1856	+66.0
2	Mierina, Liva	1484	LAT	+19B	=9N	+17B	=1B	+10N	+3B	=5N	+4N	+6B	7.5	41.5	43.5	34.75	1702	+40.4
3	Tronenkova, Vilhelmine	1503	LAT	+15N	+8B	−1N	+4B	+7B	−2N	−6B	=11N	+9B	5.5	45.5	49.5	26.75	1411	-18.8
4	Mence, Jasmina	1546	LAT	=14N	+11B	+5B	−3N	+8N	−1B	+15N	−2B	+10N	5.5	44.0	48.0	25.50	1303	-53.2
5	Liepina, Sofija	1465	LAT	+18N	+13B	−4N	+9B	−1N	+7B	=2B	−6N	+14B	5.5	44.0	47.0	24.75	1263	-19.2
6	Lazdina, Adrija	0	LAT	−1N	−7B	+19N	+18B	=12N	+8B	+3N	+5B	−2N	5.5	43.5	45.5	23.00	1487	0.0
7	Veidemane, Emma	0	LAT	−12N	+6N	+13B	+14B	−3N	−5N	+18B	=8B	+1B	5.5	41.0	44.0	26.50	1289	0.0
8	Aile, Paula	0	LAT	+10B	−3N	=9B	+17N	−4B	−6N	+13B	=7N	+16B	5.0	39.0	42.0	20.50	743	0.0
9	Legzdina, Frida	1418	LAT	+16N	=2B	=8N	−5N	+15B	=10B	−1N	+12B	−3N	4.5	43.5	47.5	20.50	1338	0.0
10	Zalite, Viktorija Amina	0	LAT	−8N	+15B	+18N	+12B	−2B	=9N	+11B	−1N	−4B	4.5	42.5	45.5	17.75	1322	0.0
11	Zeigermahere, Liora	0	LAT	=17B	−4N	−14N	+16B	+20N	+12B	−10N	=3B	=13N	4.5	34.5	35.5	15.25	1513	0.0
12	Irikova, Arina	1448	LAT	+7B	−1B	+16N	−10N	=6B	−11N	=17B	−9N	+20N	4.0	39.0	40.0	14.75	743	-15.2
13	Freiberga, Estere	0	LAT	+20B	−5N	−7N	−15B	=14N	+19B	−8N	+17B	=11B	4.0	33.5	34.5	10.25	606	0.0
14	Jentkute, Maija	0	LAT	=4B	−17N	+11B	−7N	=13B	−18N	+19N	+20B	−5N	4.0	33.0	34.0	12.25	1290	0.0
15	Merke, Lineta	0	LAT	−3B	−10N	+20B	+13N	−9N	+16B	−4B	−19N	+18N	4.0	33.0	34.0	12.00	743	0.0
16	Veinberga, Elena	0	LAT	−9B	+19N	−12B	−11N	+17B	−15N	+20N	+18B	−8N	4.0	30.0	31.0	9.00	652	0.0
17	Chirkova, Anna	0	LAT	=11N	+14B	−2N	−8B	−16N	+20B	=12N	−13N	−19B	3.0	35.0	36.0	9.25	1286	0.0
18	Sumeiko, Viktorija	0	LAT	−5B	+20N	−10B	−6N	+19B	+14B	−7N	−16N	−15B	3.0	35.0	36.0	7.00	606	0.0
19	Parhomenko, Polina	0	LAT	−2N	−16B	−6B	−20B	−18N	−13N	−14B	+15B	+17N	2.0	35.0	36.0	7.00	706	0.0
20	FIDE 11647205	0	—	−13N	−18B	−15N	+19N	−11B	−17N	−16B	−14N	−12B	1.0	30.5	32.5	2.00	652	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Jakabsone, Tifanija BellaLAT
+66.0
7.5 pts · #1
2Mierina, LivaLAT
+40.4
7.5 pts · #2
3Lazdina, AdrijaLAT
0.0
5.5 pts · #3

Top rating losers

1Mence, JasminaLAT
-53.2
5.5 pts · #7
2Liepina, SofijaLAT
-19.2
5.5 pts · #11
3Tronenkova, VilhelmineLAT
-18.8
5.5 pts · #9