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RSF open 1800- IV posms-2026

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16 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 19 Jun 2026 to 21 Jun 2026 in Riga, Latvia. Top 10 Elo average was 1674, and top seed was Maxim Andryushin (🇱🇻 LAT, 1782).

Aleksejs Azarkevics (🇱🇻 LAT, 1678) won with 5.0/7, ahead of Ernests Strekalovs (5.0) and Dominiks Bitenieks (5.0). Azarkevics won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Dominiks Bitenieks (1598) beat Maxim Andryushin (1782), a +184-point gap.

Location
🇱🇻Riga, Latvia
Dates
19 Jun 2026 → 21 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 30 minutes for game with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇱🇻Maxim Andryushin1782
Avg top 10
1,674
Participants
16
Federations · 1 represented
🇱🇻Latvia×13
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 4 players tied at 5.0/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders
7
2
3
2
2
2
4
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Rizihs5Bitenieks5Azarkevics5Strekalovs5Nilovs4.5Andryushin4.5
R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 5.0/7. Azarkevics takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (27.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Valerijs Rizihs lost to Dominiks Bitenieks (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Valerijs Rizihs*
0
½
½
2Dominiks Bitenieks
1
*
0
½
3Aleksejs Azarkevics
½
1
*
0
4Ernests Strekalovs
½
½
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Azarkevics, Aleksejs1678LAT+16N−2B+6N=5N=4B+9B+3N5.027.528.018.251799+20.2
2Strekalovs, Ernests1777LAT+8B+1N=4B+13N=3B+7B−6N5.026.529.019.501780+1.2
3Bitenieks, Dominiks1598LAT+5B=11N+7B+4N=2N+10B−1B5.026.029.020.001838+45.0
4Rizihs, Valerijs1750LAT+10N+12B=2N−3B=1N+8B+7N5.025.028.018.001789+8.0
5Andryushin, Maxim1782LAT−3N+9B+11N=1B−7N+13B+10N4.523.025.514.501609-22.4
6Nilovs, Artemijs1729LAT+14B=7N−1B−8N+11B+15N+2B4.522.523.513.251686-12.0
7Stankevics, Kristians1610LAT+15N=6B−3N+9B+5B−2N−4B3.527.528.511.251578-8.8
8Scerbakovs, Aleksejs1562LAT−2N+16B=12N+6B−10B−4N+14B3.523.023.59.001626+23.2
9FIDE 116578710—=11B−5N+14B−7N+15B−1N+16N3.519.520.05.5015470.0
10Lusis, Kristers1547LAT−4B−13N+16B+12B+8N−3N−5B3.023.524.07.001624+23.2
11Eglitis,Kristaps1614LAT=9N=3B−5B=14N−6N+12B=13N3.023.025.59.751584-8.8
12Smalijs, Vladimirs1643LAT+13B−4N=8B−10N=14B−11N+15B3.019.520.56.501361-71.2
13FIDE 116427850—−12N+10B+15N−2BF−5N=11B2.519.519.55.5015240.0
14Strekalovs, Rinalds1530LAT−6N=15B−9N=11B=12N+16B−8N2.518.519.04.001519-3.6
15FIDE 116608300—−7B=14N−13B=16N−9N−6B−12N1.019.520.01.5013440.0
16Spruga, Roberts1409LAT−1B−8N−10N=15BF−14N−9B0.518.518.50.50779-44.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets