Plunge City Chess Championship 2026 round 6-7
Open SwissStandard
14 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 07 Jun 2026 to 21 Jun 2026 in Plunge, Lithuania. Top 10 Elo average was 1656, and top seed was Matas Praspaliauskas (🇱🇹 LTU, 1873).
The biggest upset came in round 7: Rimvydas Skalisius (1584) beat Rimandas Sakinis (1804), a +220-point gap.
Location
🇱🇹Plunge, Lithuania
Dates
07 Jun 2026 → 21 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇱🇹Lithuania×13
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 7 roundsTight race until R7; 2 players tied at 2.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 15 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.
Co-leaders
15
15
15
15
15
6
2
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 2.0/7. takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (2.0).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Matas Praspaliauskas | * | — | — | — |
| 2FIDE 12877824 | — | * | — | — |
| 3Rimvydas Skalisius | — | — | * | ½ |
| 4Barbora Gedvilaite | — | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIDE 12877824 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | F | +7N | +5B | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 1527 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Praspaliauskas, Matas | 1873 | LTU | F | F | F | F | F | +10B | +12N | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 2371 | +5.8 |
| 3 | Skalisius, Rimvydas | 1584 | LTU | F | F | F | F | F | =4B | +6B | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.75 | 1893 | +15.0 |
| 4 | Gedvilaite, Barbora | 1601 | LTU | F | F | F | F | F | =3N | +8B | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.75 | 1793 | +8.8 |
| 5 | Osipenko, Oleksandr | 1526 | LTU | F | F | F | F | F | +9B | −1N | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 2286 | +18.8 |
| 6 | Sakinis, Rimandas | 1804 | LTU | F | F | F | F | F | +11B | −3N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.50 | 1680 | -5.4 |
| 7 | Eitutis, Justas | 0 | LTU | F | F | F | F | F | −1B | +?N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1471 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Radzevicius, Sigitas | 1620 | LTU | F | F | F | F | F | +13B | −4N | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 1647 | +3.0 |
| 9 | Dziaugys, Viktoras | 0 | LTU | F | F | F | F | F | −5N | +14B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 707 | -18.8 |
| 10 | Borisovaite, Ana | 1593 | LTU | F | F | F | F | F | −2N | =11N | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.25 | 1623 | +0.6 |
| 11 | Zutaute, Leja | 1718 | LTU | F | F | F | F | F | −6N | =10B | 0.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.25 | 1501 | -26.4 |
| 12 | Riauka, Simas | 1501 | LTU | F | F | F | F | F | F | −2B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1078 | -4.8 |
| 13 | Butkys, Gediminas | 1736 | LTU | F | F | F | F | F | −8N | F | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 794 | -24.4 |
| 14 | Jarasiunas, Dovydas | 0 | LTU | F | F | F | F | F | −?B | −9N | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 669 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Osipenko, OleksandrLTU+18.81.0 pts · #8
- 2Skalisius, RimvydasLTU+15.01.5 pts · #2
- 3Gedvilaite, BarboraLTU+8.81.5 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Zutaute, LejaLTU-26.40.5 pts · #9
- 2Butkys, GediminasLTU-24.40.0 pts · #12
- 3Dziaugys, ViktorasLTU-18.81.0 pts · #11
Biggest upsets
- R7+220 Elo gap
- R6+116 Elo gap