Lithuanian Amateur ch Open 2026

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32 players participated in this 8-round tournament, held from 02 May 2026 to 05 May 2026 in Panevezys, Lithuania. 2 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1959, and top seed was Darius Viskelis (🇱🇹 LTU, FM, 2155).

Darius Viskelis (🇱🇹 LTU, FM, 2155) won with 6.0/8, ahead of Sergejs Filipovs (6.0) and Sigitas Kalvaitis (6.0). Viskelis shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Benas Bausys (1781) beat Darius Viskelis (FM, 2155), a +374-point gap.

Location

🇱🇹Panevezys, Lithuania

Dates

02 May 2026 → 05 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 8 rounds

Top seed

🇱🇹FMDarius Viskelis2155

Avg top 10

1,959

Participants

Titled players · 2

FM×2

Federations · 3 represented

🇱🇹Lithuania×28

🇱🇻Latvia×3

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

Top 3

🥇
FMDarius Viskelis
🇱🇹LTU·2155
6.0pts·2092perf-6.0
🥈
Sergejs Filipovs
🇱🇻LAT·2125
6.0pts·2041perf-19.2
🥉
FMSigitas Kalvaitis
🇱🇹LTU·2155
6.0pts·2057perf-12.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 8 rounds

Tight race until R8; 3 players tied at 6.0/8, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Filipovs6Viskelis6Kalvaitis6Pauzolis5Plunge5Bausys5

R8 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 6.0/8. Viskelis takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (34.5).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Sergejs Filipovs drew with FM Darius Viskelis (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Darius Viskelis 3 wins (R1–R3)FM Sigitas Kalvaitis 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Sergejs Filipovs	*	½	—	1
2FMDarius Viskelis	½	*	½	—
3FMSigitas Kalvaitis	—	½	*	1
4Regimantas Pauzolis	0	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Viskelis, DariusFM	2155	LTU	+8B	+17N	+9B	−6N	+12B	=2N	+7B	=3B	6.0	34.5	38.5	27.50	2092	-6.0
2	Filipovs, Sergejs	2125	LAT	+30N	+10B	−6N	+7B	+4N	=1B	=8N	+5B	6.0	34.5	35.5	25.25	2041	-19.2
3	Kalvaitis, SigitasFM	2155	LTU	+25N	=21B	=7N	=11B	+18N	+4B	+6B	=1N	6.0	31.0	33.5	24.75	2057	-12.0
4	Pauzolis, Regimantas	1966	LTU	−14B	+24N	+31B	+22N	−2B	−3N	+13B	+12N	5.0	30.0	31.0	15.00	1880	-21.2
5	Plunge, Gintautas Jurgis	1848	LTU	+22B	=14N	−18B	=8N	+24B	+11N	+9B	−2N	5.0	29.5	32.5	18.75	1850	+1.4
6	Bausys, Benas	1781	LTU	+26B	+11N	+2B	+1B	F	F	−3N	+19N	5.0	27.5	27.5	21.50	2198	+117.6
7	Ribinskas, Gediminas	1792	LTU	=20N	+15B	=3B	−2N	+22B	+27N	−1N	=11B	4.5	32.5	34.5	15.75	1888	+18.4
8	Zaveckis, Mantas	1698	LTU	−1N	+32B	=19N	=5B	+20N	+21B	=2B	−10N	4.5	31.5	32.0	14.25	1856	+60.8
9	Praspaliauskas, Matas	1876	LTU	+16B	+31N	−1N	=10B	=21N	+13B	−5N	=18B	4.5	30.0	31.0	14.50	1831	-8.0
10	Bausys, Nikolas	1792	LTU	+23B	−2N	+16B	=9N	F	F	+11B	+8B	4.5	26.0	26.0	17.75	1959	+52.0
11	Mikolavicius, Julius	1843	LTU	+32N	−6B	+25N	=3N	+19B	−5B	−10N	=7N	4.0	31.0	31.5	11.75	1804	-17.6
12	Rupais,Gustavs	1908	LAT	=15N	+13B	+21N	=18B	−1N	−19N	+14B	−4B	4.0	30.0	33.0	14.75	1794	-43.2
13	Harbuziuk, Matvii	1558	UKR	=27B	−12N	=20B	+16N	+23B	−9N	−4N	+21B	4.0	27.0	29.0	12.75	1747	+67.2
14	Zalimas, Ugnius	1648	LTU	+4N	=5B	−27N	−19B	=15N	+24B	−12N	+26B	4.0	26.5	28.5	14.50	1748	+19.2
15	Gedvilaite, Barbora	1593	LTU	=12B	−7N	−22B	+26N	=14B	+23N	+27B	−17N	4.0	24.5	26.5	11.00	1688	+18.0
16	Rupais,Emils	1585	LAT	−9N	+29B	−10N	−13B	=25N	=26B	+22B	+23N	4.0	23.5	25.0	9.75	1611	+4.4
17	Voroblievas, Arturas	1799	LTU	+29N	−1B	+30N	F	=27B	F	=18N	+15B	4.0	18.0	18.0	9.25	1885	+13.6
18	Kilius, Mindaugas	1776	LTU	F	+20B	+5N	=12N	−3B	F	=17B	=9N	3.5	27.0	27.0	14.75	1898	+20.0
19	Konovalovas, Paulius	1813	LTU	F	F	=8B	+14N	−11N	+12B	+21N	−6B	3.5	24.5	24.5	13.25	1844	+11.6
20	Mackeviciute, Gabija	1462	LTU	=7B	−18N	=13N	+29B	−8B	=22N	−23B	+32N	3.5	24.0	24.5	7.75	1566	+38.0
21	Zutaute, Leja	1841	LTU	+24B	=3N	−12B	+31N	=9B	−8N	−19B	−13N	3.0	29.5	30.5	9.25	1697	-62.8
22	Vazgauskas, Povilas	1555	LTU	−5N	+28B	+15N	−4B	−7N	=20B	−16N	=25B	3.0	28.5	30.5	9.00	1547	-5.4
23	Grybkauskas, Ainis	1470	LTU	−10N	−25B	+32N	+30B	−13N	−15B	+20N	−16B	3.0	23.5	24.0	5.00	1530	+19.6
24	Girdziusas, Kestutis	1518	LTU	−21N	−4B	+28N	+25B	−5N	−14N	F	+29B	3.0	23.0	23.0	6.00	1614	+10.6
25	Berginas, Sigitas	1703	LTU	−3B	+23N	−11B	−24N	=16B	−28N	=32B	=22N	2.5	25.0	25.5	6.75	1559	-29.6
26	Katinaite, Medeine	1460	LTU	−6N	−30B	=29N	−15B	F	=16N	+28B	−14N	2.0	21.5	22.0	4.75	1355	-29.2
27	Baltrunas, Arvydas	1874	LTU	=13N	F	+14B	F	=17N	−7B	−15N	F	2.0	20.5	20.5	8.00	1606	-34.2
28	Janikunas, Matas	0	LTU	−31B	−22N	−24B	+32B	−29N	+25B	−26N	F	2.0	13.5	13.5	3.00	1415	0.0
29	Jonaviciene, Vida	1474	LTU	−17B	−16N	=26B	−20N	+28B	F	F	−24N	1.5	18.5	18.5	3.00	1199	-58.4
30	Kiznis, Rojus	1689	LTU	−2B	+26N	−17B	−23N	F	F	F	F	1.0	15.0	15.0	2.00	1512	-40.0
31	Kerys, Gintaras	1749	LTU	+28N	−9B	−4N	−21B	F	F	F	F	1.0	14.5	14.5	2.00	1094	-36.8
32	Voropajevas, Nikolajus	1550	LTU	−11B	−8N	−23B	−28N	F	F	=25N	−20B	0.5	21.5	21.5	1.25	1269	-29.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Bausys, BenasLTU
+117.6
5.0 pts · #6
2Harbuziuk, MatviiUKR
+67.2
4.0 pts · #13
3Zaveckis, MantasLTU
+60.8
4.5 pts · #10

Top rating losers

1Zutaute, LejaLTU
-62.8
3.0 pts · #22
2Jonaviciene, VidaLTU
-58.4
1.5 pts · #30
3Rupais,GustavsLAT
-43.2
4.0 pts · #16

Biggest upsets

R4+374 Elo gap
Bausys, Benas1781 beat FMViskelis, Darius2155
R3+344 Elo gap
Bausys, Benas1781 beat Filipovs, Sergejs2125
R1+318 Elo gap
Zalimas, Ugnius1648 beat Pauzolis, Regimantas1966