The Lithuanian Chess Federation has issued a statement condemning the decision of the FIDE Ethics Appeals Committee.

“The Lithuanian Chess Federation condemns the decision of the Ethics Commission of the International Chess Federation (FIDE) to cancel the suspension of the membership of the Russian Chess Federation. FIDE, which suspended the membership of the Russian Chess Federation for two years only in June of this year, canceled this decision three months later, replacing it with a symbolic fine of 45000 euros.“

More: Peter Heine Nielsen planning to appeal to CAS / Theodoros Tsorbatzoglou personal statement on the FIDE Ethics Appeal’s Committee decision

More to come from the FIDE Congress

Another case, coming FIDE Congress during the Chess Olympiad 2024, is the resolution by the Kyrgyzstan Chess Federation to restore the full membership rights of the Russian Chess Federation. Here is a comprehensive timeline on the subject:

Aug 21 Kyrgyzstan Chess Federation submits resolution to restore the full membership rights of RCF

Aug 22 David Llada talks about systematically to reward submission

Sept 1 Alexander Kamyshin is the new President of Ukrainian Chess Federation

Sept 7 Babur Tolbaev is among the candidates for FIDE Ethics Commission chairman

Sept 9 Russia most probably has the votes to pass the Kyrgyz resolution

Sept 9 Kamyshin: I will personally attend the FIDE General Assembly

Sept 12 Garry Kasparov supports Alexander Kamyshin

Sept 12 Malcolm Pein for BBC, “Russia’s control of FIDE is absolute”

The event was an 11-round Swiss FIDE rapid chess competition, organized by the Lithuanian Chess Federation. The tempo of play was 15′ + 10″.

IM Roland Berzinsh from Latvia took the trophy after scoring 9/11 points.

He finished half a point ahead of the nearest followers: GM Kirill Stupak from Belarus, GM Vidmantas Malisauskas from Lithuania, IM Tigran Petrosyan from Armenia, Matiss Mustaps from Latvia and GM Aloyzas Kveinys from Lithuania.

You can see the full standings below.

Official website

Final standings:

1 IM Berzinsh Roland LAT 2468 9
2 GM Stupak Kirill BLR 2637 8.5
3 GM Mališauskas Vidmantas LTU 2443 8.5
4 IM Petrosyan Tigran S. ARM 2413 8.5
5 Mustaps Matiss LAT 2372 8.5
6 GM Kveinys Aloyzas LTU 2515 8.5
7 IM Kantans Toms LAT 2542 8
8 FM Kalvaitis Sigitas LTU 2324 8
9 FM Genutis Mindaugas LTU 2274 8
10 WIM Kantane Anna POL 2132 8
11 IM Sakalauskas Vaidas LTU 2399 7.5
12 IM Pileckis Emilis LTU 2402 7.5
13 GM Azarov Sergei BLR 2599 7.5
14 IM Hambleton Aman CAN 2448 7.5
15 Vaičekauskas Gytis LTU 2244 7.5
16 IM Dambrauskas Virginijus LTU 2320 7.5
17 IM Laurušas Tomas LTU 2499 7.5
18 Kocheev Aleksandr BLR 2353 7
19 IM Meškovs Nikita LAT 2499 7
20 IM Stremavičius Titas LTU 2497 7
21 Putka Verners LAT 2357 7
22 Bernotas Arturs LAT 2383 7
23 Šetkauskas Vaidas LTU 2324 7
24 FM Vedrickas Tautvydas LTU 2313 7
25 Klabis Rokas LTU 2254 7
26 WIM Zaksaitė Salomėja LTU 2217 7
27 FM Jegorovas Aleksandras LTU 2332 7
28 WFM Vanagaitė Giedrė LTU 1996 7
29 Baliasnyj Timur LTU 2178 7
30 Čeponis Tadas LTU 2059 7
31 Narmontas Raimondas LTU 2109 6.5
32 Bučinskas Lukas LTU 1830 6.5
33 Žvirblis Andrius LTU 2123 6.5
34 Žiogas Modestas LTU 2040 6.5
35 Vanagas Tadas LTU 2220 6.5
36 Jukšta Karolis LTU 1825 6.5
37 Bagdanskis Dangis LTU 1609 6.5
38 Stauskas Lukas LTU 2112 6
39 Isakovs Janis LAT 1909 6
40 Beinoraitė Viktorija LTU 1997 6
41 IM Vaznonis Vytautas LTU 2353 6
42 Viškelis Darius LTU 2210 6
43 Vaitkevičius Paulius LTU 1987 6
44 Velioniškis Robertas LTU 1932 6
45 Feldmanis Arturs LAT 1692 6
46 Šakinis Robertas LTU 2018 6
47 Eigminas Kipras LTU 1914 6
48 Jablokov Dmitrij LTU 1924 6
49 Žukauskas Arnas Povilas LTU 2058 6
50 Šalna Aleksandras LTU 1896 6
51 Bisigirskas Paulius LTU 1817 6
52 Žebelis Rimantas LTU 1755 6
53 Vaitonis Vytautas LTU 1953 6
54 Semonavičiūtė Miglė LTU 1644 6
55 Rutkus Marius LTU 1822 6
56 Janulaitis Albertas LTU 1815 6
57 Urbonavičiūtė Živilė LTU 1847 6
58 Jankūnas Tomas LTU 2064 6
Žalimaitė Ieva LTU 1851 6
60 Feofanov Boris LTU 1789 6
61 Jankūnas Valentinas LTU 1862 6
62 Rukšėnas Romas LTU 2000 6
63 Dičiūnas Valdas LTU 1767 6
64 Vedrickienė Jovita LTU 1998 5.5
65 Krivičius Donatas LTU 1753 5.5
66 Ketlėrius Arijus LTU 1864 5.5
67 Šimkūnas Kęstutis LTU 1829 5.5
68 Misiuk Ernest LTU 1767 5.5
69 Grybas Gintaras LTU 1880 5.5
70 Pidlužnij Gleb LTU 1554 5.5
71 Vasiliauskas Nerijus LTU 1725 5.5
72 Muralis Aloyzas LTU 1815 5.5
73 Bubnys Robertas LTU 0 5.5
74 Kadonas Kęstutis LTU 1751 5.5
75 Semonavičiūtė Agnė LTU 1793 5.5
76 Jankus Giedrius LTU 1842 5.5
77 Navickaitė Sandra LTU 1734 5.5
78 Maklakova Nellija LAT 1967 5.5
79 Vaškevičius Augustas LTU 1811 5.5
80 Aleksandravičius Darius LTU 1786 5
81 Meškenaitė Rugilė LTU 1683 5
82 Maziukas Kasparas LTU 1537 5
83 Povilaitis Tomas LTU 1740 5
84 Ščiupokas Arūnas LTU 1932 5
85 Dapkuvienė Lina LTU 1602 5
86 Voroblievas Artūras LTU 1728 5
87 Samuolis Mantas LTU 1677 5
88 Vasiliauskas Domas LTU 1780 5
89 Kerpė Mantas LTU 1639 5
90 Makackas Povilas LTU 1799 5
91 Griciūtė Rosita LTU 1589 5
92 Gurevičius Arūnas LTU 1791 5
93 Šlikas Deividas LTU 1465 5
94 Mačiuitis Ignas LTU 1690 4.5
95 Liutvinas Laurynas LTU 1631 4.5
96 Venckevičius Justas LTU 1574 4.5
97 Pluta Paulius LTU 1570 4.5
98 Mačiuitytė Meda LTU 1613 4.5
99 Koliasnikovas Aironas LTU 1647 4.5
100 Michailov Andrej LTU 1692 4.5
101 Misiuk Karolina LTU 1571 4.5
102 Paliulis Aivaras LTU 1718 4.5
103 Šimkūnaitė Gabija LTU 1627 4.5
104 Vaičiulėnas Lukas LTU 1441 4.5
105 Barščiauskas Gintautas LTU 1733 4.5
106 Klepeckaitė Radvilė LTU 1682 4.5
107 Matulaitis Vidmantas LTU 1665 4.5
108 Bieliauskas Marius LTU 2265 4
109 Mickus Benas LTU 1668 4
110 Bagvilas Lukas LTU 1715 4
111 Višomirskis Algirdas LTU 1629 4
112 Boyajyan David LTU 1445 4
113 Burkevica Ilze LAT 1716 4
114 Dailidėnas Justas LTU 1304 4
115 Voronov Vadim LTU 1879 4
116 Liutvinas Rokas LTU 1590 4
117 Skripkiūnas Benas LTU 1653 3.5
118 Pilipuitis Mantas LTU 1599 3.5
119 Meškėnas Paulius LTU 1718 3.5
120 Likatavičius Rapolas LTU 1401 3.5
121 Fokaitė Gabrielė LTU 1577 3.5
122 Jankus Aurelijus LTU 0 3.5
123 Plutaitė Aušra LTU 1253 3.5
124 Ulevičius Paulius LTU 1431 3.5
125 Zakarevičius Tomas LTU 1561 3.5
126 Maziukaitė Kristina LTU 1318 3.5
127 Staškevičiūtė Darija LTU 1288 3.5
128 Kružinauskas Stasys LTU 1562 3.5
129 Misiuk Emilija LTU 1550 3.5
130 Sidabras Jonas LTU 1806 3
131 Skietrys Eugenijus LTU 1474 3
132 Dudnikas Motiejus LTU 1210 3
133 Sidabras Ignas LTU 1715 2.5
134 Jablokov Vladimir LTU 1293 2.5
135 Grinius Viktoras LTU 1611 2
136 Mecelica Erikas LTU 1244 2
137 Adomaitis Kęstutis LTU 1437 2
138 Misiuk Monika LTU 1365 0

The Championship is open to all players representing Chess Federations in FIDE zones 1.1 to 1.10, who have no FIDE title and no FIDE rating above 2000 at the start of the tournament (9 August 2015), nor have had such a rating for at least two years prior to the start of the event (that is 9 August 2013 and on).

The winner of the championship receives the title “European Amateur Chess Champion 2015″ and the winner of the women’s championship receives the title “European Women Amateur Chess Champion 2015″.

Kaunas

The tournament will be played according to the Swiss system in 9 rounds,with the rate of play 90 minutes for 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one.

The players taking the first three places in each championship will be awarded with cups and medals. The total prize fund of the Championship is 4 000 EUR.

Participants, Open:

1. Sciupokas Arunas LTU 1965
2. Velioniskis Robertas LTU 1964
3. Dainauskas Juozas LTU 1947
4. Zygmanta Eugenijus LTU 1947
5. Tumosa Algis LTU 1939
6. Masanauskas Antanas LTU 1932
7. Poska Karolis LTU 1916
8. Ivanov Nikolay A. RUS 1911
9. Belokopyt Boris RUS 1904
10. Petraitis Gintautas LTU 1902
11. Fanha Paulo POR 1890
12. Lukovski Lev GER 1887
13. Slusnys Evaldas LTU 1874
14. Kraujunas Vladas LTU 1869
15. Galuscak Viktoras LTU 1864
16. Voronov Vadim LTU 1857
17. Bakurov Viacheslav RUS 1856
18. Jonkus Lukas LTU 1853
19. Mulevicius Andrius LTU 1845
20. Hasinski Krystian POL 1829
21. Novikovas Anatolijus LTU 1816
22. Bisigirskas Paulius LTU 1803
23. Cerniauskas Markas LTU 1801
24. Lakavicius Gediminas LTU 1785
25. Gucaga Augustas LTU 1781
26. Misiuk Ernest LTU 1780
27. Zebelis Rimantas LTU 1761
28. Gailiunas Vytautas LTU 1760
29. Barsciauskas Gintautas LTU 1745
30. Kutkaitis Romualdas LTU 1743
31. Kirmeir Andreas GER 1738
32. Lupolov Boris RUS 1738
33. Grabarczyk Sylwester CZE 1725
34. Korcz Daniel POL 1709
35. Marcinkevicius Alfonsas LTU 1698
36. Vasiliauskas Domas LTU 1687
37. Indriunas Matas LTU 1660
38. Jakutis Paulius LTU 1650
39. Butvilas Aistis LTU 1623
40. Samodelkin Artiom LTU 1621
41. Makackas Povilas LTU 1597
42. Mickus Benas LTU 1591
43. Pazarcioglu Ilker TUR 1584
44. Skripkiunas Benas LTU 1578
45. Abubakirov Khumid BEL 1564
46. Pluta Paulius LTU 1554
47. Stremavicius Pijus LTU 1538
48. Rudzkis Mazvydas LTU 1510
49. Meskenas Paulius LTU 1509
50. Jeriominas Jurijus LTU 1490
51. Silkaitis Laimis LTU 1464
52. Aleknavicius Andrius LTU 1458
53. Skietrys Eugenijus LTU 1422
54. Karpiejus Edvardas LTU 1420
55. Siugzdinis Tautvydas LTU 1328
56. Januskevicius Mantas LTU 1282
57. Nasyrov Anton RUS 1280
58. Motuza Nedas LTU 1204
59. Daudaravicius Adomas LTU 1163
60. Mecelica Erikas LTU 1066
61. Agasaryan Vladimir LTU 0
62. Antanaitis Martynas LTU 0
63. Barak Tslil ISR 0
64. Biveynis Alexander LTU 0
65. Budahs Lukas LTU 0
66. Butkus Bronius LTU 0
67. Edelman Jefim ISR 0
68. Germanas Vejas LTU 0
69. Glinskas Marius LTU 0
70. Gluoksnis Jonas LTU 0
71. Grigaliunas Viktoras LTU 0
72. Houba Gerben NED 0
73. Jeremicius Sarunas LTU 0
74. Kalvaitis Gintautas LTU 0
75. Kavaliauskas Tomas LTU 0
76. Kruzinauskas Stasys LTU 0
77. Makulavicius Danielius LTU 0
78. Markelis Aleksandras LTU 0
79. Moshenberg David ISR 0
80. Ostreika Mironas LTU 0
81. Paskauskas Vaidotas LTU 0
82. Paskauskas Zenonas LTU 0
83. Pucius Benas LTU 0
84. Reem Meir ISR 0
85. Reem Rami ISR 0
86. Rinkevicius Mantas LTU 0
87. Rudaitis Jokubas LTU 0
88. Vaiciulionis Eugenijus LTU 0
89. Visomirskis Algirdas LTU 0
90. Vizinis Jonas LTU 0
91. Weiler Abie ISR 0
92. Zygas Arunas LTU 0

Participants, Women:

1. Malisauskiene Marina LTU 1964
2. Sulikiene Kristina LTU 1926
3. Zykiene Rita LTU 1912
4. WCM Mirza Diana IRL 1856
5. Baliuniene Margarita DEN 1851
6. Kartanaite Marija LTU 1793
7. Markova Alina RUS 1786
8. Gailiunaite Saule LTU 1785
9. Perminaite Guoda LTU 1687
10. WCM Zvereva Margarita RUS 1671
11. Marcinkeviciene Egle LTU 1665
12. Strukova Ksenia RUS 1665
13. Loginova Tatiana RUS 1655
14. Jaskunaite Areta LTU 1569
15. Sidaraviciute Ruta LTU 1502
16. Ravlusevic Evelina LTU 1429
17. Adomaviciute Migle LTU 1420
18. Ivaskeviciute Agne LTU 1320
19. Plutaite Ausra LTU 1319
20. Maciulaityte Barbora LTU 1314
21. Griksaite Ieva LTU 1308
22. Versekenaite Gabija LTU 1278
23. Jaskunaite Auguste LTU 1055
24. Griksaite Egle LTU 0
25. Makackiene Irena LTU 0
26. Motuzaite Emile LTU 0
27. Radzvilaviciene Daiva LTU 0
28. Urbanaviciute Danute LTU 0
29. Zeigyte Eime LTU 0

The tournament will be held in the Palace of Army Officers (Mickeviciaus str. 19, Kaunas, Lithuania). The official accommodating hotels will be Daniela Hotel (4*) and Kaunas Hotel (4*).

The Championship is open to all players representing Chess Federations, which comprise the European Chess Union (FIDE zones 1.1 to 1.10), who have no FIDE title and no FIDE rating above 2000 at the start of the tournament (9 August 2015), nor have had such a rating for at least two years prior to the start of the event (that is 9 August 2013 and on).

There is no limit of the number of participants per federation. A separate championship for women shall be organized if there are at least nine entries for this championship.

Kaunas

The tournament will be played according to the Swiss system in 9 rounds,with the rate of play 90 minutes for 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one.

The winner of the championship receives the title “European Amateur Chess Champion 2015″. If a separate championship for women is held, the winner of this championship receives the title “European Women Amateur Chess Champion 2015″.

The players taking the first three places in each championship will be awarded with cups and medals. The total prize fund of the Championship is 4 000 EUR.

The registration deadline is 8 July 2015.

Participants can get all necessary information regarding registration and payments (in English, Russian, Lithuanian):
E-mail: info@kaunaschess.org
Tel: + 370 620 68487

The official website of the championship is http://www.kaunas2015.com

The Official Regulations can be downloaded from ECU website

The event is a 10-player round-robin tournament with an average Elo rating of 2366.

The participants are : GM Sulskis Sarunas 2537, GM Kveinys Aloyzas 2496, Stremavicius Titas (2435), IM Laurusas Tomas (2408), IM Sakalauskas Vaidas (2388), IM Beinoras Mindaugas (2368), FM Vedrickas Tautvydas (2345), Setkauskas Vaidas (2291), Vaicekauskas Gytis (2212) and Pultinevicius Paulius (2178).

The tempo of play is 90’/ 40 + 30′ + 30″.

Tournament website

The event is a 7-round Swiss Team event with tempo of play 90’/ 40 + 30′ + 30″.

The team of “Gigant Chess” (Panevezys), with top seeds GM Igor Kovalenko (2653), GM Arturs Neiksans (2567), GM Aloyzas Kveinys (2522), GM Andrei Kovalev (2483) and GM Darius Zagorskis (2476), heads the field of 18 teams.

Tournament website

The Championship consisted of two sections:
– Section 1 with 18 teams: Open tournament for teams with players 50+, including women’s teams with players 50+ which have separate ranking and prizes
– Section 2 with 10 teams: Open tournament for teams with players 65+

The tournament format was 9-round Swiss system and each team consisted of 5 players (4 boards + 1 optional reserve).

In the Section 1 (50+) Lithuania took the gold medal in convincing fashion by winning eight matches and allowing only one tie. England is silver with 15 points, while Rositsan ir Maccabi Lithuania won the bronze.

Russia Women finished third in overall standings, on tie-break ahead of Rositsan ir Maccabi Lithuania, to win the gold medal among women’s teams. Georgia Women are silver, while Latvia Women took the bronze.

In the Section 2 (65+) Saint Petersburg-Russia are the champions with 17 points, after leaving the main Russia team one point behind. Latvia took the bronze with 12 match points.

All teams were listed here / Replay games with analysis / Official website

World Senior Team Chess Championship 2014, S65+

Final standings with match points (game points):
1. Saint Petersburg-Russia – 17 (28.5)
2. Russia – 16 (29)
3. Latvia – 12 (18.5)
4. Austria – 11 (19.5)
5. Switzerland – 8 (18.5)
6. Denmark – 8 (14.5)
7. Milsa-Lithuania – 8 (14.5)
8. England II – 5 (13.5)
9. Oranje-Netherlands – 4 (12.5)
10. England – 1 (11)

World Senior Team Chess Championship 2014, S50+

Final standings with match points (tie-break):
1. Lithuania 1 – 17 (272.5)
2. England 1 – 15 (228.5)
3. Russia Women – 12 (196)
4. Rositsan ir Maccabi Lithuania – 12 (150)
5. Logika Lithuania – 11 (179.5)
6. Moldova – 10 (156.5)
7. Georgia Women – 9 (173)
8. Finland – 9 (97)
9. Latvia Women – 9 (95)
10. Latvia – 8 (134.5)
11. Marijampole Lithuania – 8 (124.5)
12. Scotland – 8 (107.5)
13. New Zealand – 8 (100)
14. England 2 – 8 (96.5)
15. Norway – 8 (96)
16. Denmark – 5 (80)
17. Lithuania Women – 3 (72.5)
18. Lithuania 3 – 2 (65.5)

Tie Break: Olympiad-Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break without lowest result (Khanty-Mansiysk)

The Championship consists of two sections:
– Section 1 with 18 teams: Open tournament for teams with players 50+, including women’s teams with players 50+ which will have separate ranking and prizes
– Section 2 with 10 teams: Open tournament for teams with players 65+

The tournament format is 9-round Swiss system with the time control 90 min/40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game + 30 seconds for each move from the first move.

Each team consists of 5 players (4 boards + 1 optional reserve). Players are eligible provided they are aged 50 (65) by 31 December. All members of the team have to be from the same national federation. All teams are listed below.

Live games with analysis

Official website

FIDE World Senior Team Chess Championship S65

1. England
1 Richardson Keith B 2058 ENG
2 CM Wheeler John F 2121 ENG
3 CM Reuben Stewart 2052 ENG
4 Farrand Julian T 2026 ENG

2. Denmark
1 FM Sorensen Bent 2262 DEN
2 Grabow Pouelsten Holm 2170 DEN
3 Sorensen Preben 0 DEN
4 Jorgensen Arne Bjorn 2000 DEN
5 Mortensen Steen Juul 1983 DEN

3. Latvia
1 FM Levchenkov Vitaly 2220 LAT
2 FM Sakovich Igor 2181 LAT
3 Visockis Janis 2158 LAT
4 Batakovs Olegs 2090 LAT

4. Oranje-Netherlands
1 Ghijsen Pim 2160 NED
2 Dickhoff Ronald 2114 NED
3 Lindner Jan-Joost 2140 NED
4 Van Dongen Rob 1977 NED

5. Saint Petersburg-Russia
1 IM Faibisovich Vadim Z 2337 RUS
2 IM Karasev Vladimir I 2367 RUS
3 IM Mishuchkov Nikolai M. 2318 RUS
4 FM Turikov Viktor 2259 RUS

6. Russia
1 GM Vasiukov Evgeni 2451 RUS
2 IM Zhelnin Vladimir V 2469 RUS
3 GM Pushkov Nikolai 2334 RUS
4 IM Zakharov Alexander 2341 RUS
5 IM Kremenietsky Anatoly M. 2333 RUS

7. Lithuania
1 IM Kaunas Kestutis 2187 LTU
2 Ridzvanavicius Jonas 0 LTU
3 Petraitis Gintautas 1898 LTU
4 Gailiunas Vytautas 0 LTU
5 Makulavicius Danielius 0 LTU

8. Austria
1 FM Opl Klaus 2263 AUT
2 FM Titz Heimo 2157 AUT
3 Ager Josef 2150 AUT
4 FM Singer Hans 2174 AUT

9. Switzerland
1 FM Vucenovic Dragomir 2276 SUI
2 IM Bhend Edwin 2189 SUI
3 FM Hohler Peter 2184 SUI
4 Huss Benjamin 2122 SUI
5 Illi Hans-Joerg 2106 SUI

10. England II
1 Fegan Chris 2066 ENG
2 Bullock Charles 0 ENG
3 Stokes Michael 0 ENG
4 Scowen Roger S 1930 ENG
5 Cross Ian K 1657 ENG

FIDE World Senior Team Chess Championship S50

1. Lithuania 1
1 GM Rozentalis Eduardas 2603 LTU
2 GM Kveinys Aloyzas 2527 LTU
3 GM Malisauskas Vidmantas 2409 LTU
4 IM Dambrauskas Virginijus 2277 LTU
5 FM Solys Laimutis 2310 LTU

2. England 1
1 GM Arkell Keith C 2433 ENG
2 GM Plaskett H James 2477 ENG
3 IM Cox John J 2392 ENG
4 IM Pein Malcolm 2357 ENG
5 FM Chapman Terry P D 2291 ENG

3. Logika Lithuania
1 IM Bandza Algirdas 2376 LTU
2 Novikov Vitalij 2302 LTU
3 Rastenis Gediminas 2333 LTU
4 Gefenas Vladas 2280 LTU
5 Mikenas Alius 2162 LTU

4. Russia Women
1 WGM Strutinskaia Galina 2306 RUS
2 WGM Saunina Ludmila 2186 RUS
3 WGM Fatalibekova Elena 2243 RUS
4 WGM Kozlovskaya Valentina 2161 RUS
5 WIM Titorenko Natalia I 2129 RUS

5. Moldova
1 IM Nevednichy Boris M 2192 MDA
2 FM Zhadko Vladimir 2157 MDA
3 IM Romcovici Victor 2106 MDA
4 Chirpii Alexandru 1880 MDA
5 IM Gyrlea Viktor 2417 MDA

6. Rositsan ir Maccabi Lithuania
1 FM Rositsan Boris 2101 LTU
2 IM Zapolskis Antanas 2297 LTU
3 Pavlovicius Vladimir 2191 LTU
4 Petrauskas Rimvydas 2196 LTU
5 Cirtautas Saulius 0 LTU

7. Georgia Women
1 GM Gaprindashvili Nona 2300 GEO
2 WGM Khmiadashvili Tamar 2076 GEO
3 WIM Kasoshvili Tsiala 2144 GEO
4 WIM Melashvili Nino 2127 GEO

8. Latvia
1 Stasans Aivars 2135 LAT
2 Skuja Aivars 2145 LAT
3 Matvieks Nikolajs 2066 LAT
4 Priednieks Eriks 2124 LAT

9. England 2
1 Quinn John M 2148 ENG
2 Thurstan Tim M 2159 ENG
3 Fraser-Mitchell Jeremy N 2060 ENG
4 Majer Chris E 1982 ENG

10. Latvia Women
1 WIM Voronova Tatiana 2176 LAT
2 WGM Vilerte Tamara 2085 LAT
3 WFM Ungure Liga 1997 LAT
4 Rozlapa Vija 2012 LAT

11. Finland
1 Laine Panu 2168 FIN
2 Peltola Leo 2014 FIN
3 Pietinen Pekka 1987 FIN
4 Auvinen Esa 1975 FIN
5 Puroila Sippo 1837 FIN

12. Norway
1 Johnsen Oystein 2046 NOR
2 Melkeraaen Terje 2043 NOR
3 Sollid Stein 2028 NOR
4 Taksrud Vidar 2024 NOR
5 Henrichsen Erland 1980 NOR

13. Scotland
1 Findlay David John 2187 SCO
2 White Alastair F 2033 SCO
3 Dawson Alastair 1911 SCO
4 Hilton Stephen H 1921 SCO

14. Marijampole Lithuania
1 Valiunas Rimantas 2038 LTU
2 Zygmanta Eugenijus 1877 LTU
3 Arulis Algimantas 2040 LTU
4 Buzas Narvydas Antanas 1789 LTU
5 Usakovas Jevgenijus 2084 LTU

15. Denmark
1 Mortensen John 2091 DEN
2 Bauner Jan 1974 DEN
3 Baliuniene Margarita 1966 DEN
4 Boye Niels Mollmann 1950 DEN
5 Andersson Finn 1796 DEN

16. New Zealand
1 Stuart Peter 2032 NZL
2 CM Milligan Helen 1919 NZL
3 CM Bennett Hilton 2009 NZL
4 Gibbons Robert 1951 NZL

17. Lithuania Women
1 Kartanaite Marija 1865 LTU
2 Setikiene Grazina 1838 LTU
3 Saumaniene Jurate 1697 LTU
4 Gabrilaviciene Salvinija 0 LTU
5 Dapkuviene Lina 1709 LTU

18. Lithuania 3
1 Zukauskas Petras 1796 LTU
2 Barsciauskas Gintautas 1733 LTU
3 Kraujunas Vladas 1691 LTU
4 Muzas Kestutis 1477 LTU

Open team:
GM Šarūnas Šulskis (2550), GM Eduardas Rozentalis (2618), IM Tomas Laurušas (2426), IM Mindaugas Beinoras (2402) and IM Emilis Pileckis (2447).

Women team:
WGM Deimantė Daulytė (2406), WIM Salomėja Zaksaitė (2192), WFM Laima Domarkaitė (2161), Dominyka Batkovskytė (2117) and Giedrė Vanagaitė (2044).

Source: Delfi.lt

Sarunas Sulskis

The Individual Chess Championship of Lithuania took place from 24th April to 1st May, 2014 in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania.

It was a 10 player round robin with an average ELO rating of 2388.

GM Sarunas Sulskis is a deserved winner with 7,5/9 points, leaving the runner-up 1,5 point behind.

GM Aloyzas Kveinys took clear second with 6/9 points, while IM Tomas Laurusas remained third with 5,5/9 points.

For more information, visit the official website.

Replay the games with triple engine analysis here

Final standings:

1 GM Sulskis Sarunas LTU (2533) 7,5
2 GM Kveinys Aloyzas LTU (2543) 6
3 IM Laurusas Tomas LTU (2418) 5,5
4 IM Beinoras Mindaugas LTU (2404) 4,5
5 IM Pileckis Emilis LTU (2461) 4
6 Stremavicius Titas LTU (2284) 4
7 Setkauskas Vaidas LTU (2208) 4
8 FM Vedrickas Tautvydas LTU (2330) 3,5
9 GM Malisauskas Vidmantas LTU (2436) 3
10 FM Kalvaitis Sigitas LTU (2263) 3