The 2013 Lithuanian Championships for men and women are taking place on 20th-28th April at the conference room in the third floor of the hotel “Grata” in Vilnius.

The open tournament is a single round-robin event with 12 players. Three Grandmasters and three International Masters are participating. The rating average is 2328.

After 5 rounds, GM Vidmantas Malisauskas is the leader with 4 points. He is half a point behind him are GM Darius Zagorskis and Tomas Laurusas.

The women’s event counts with 10 participants. WIM Salomeja Zaksaite and WGM Deimante Daulyte lead with 4.5/5 points.

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Standings after 5 rounds – Open tournament (leaders):


1 GM Malisauskas Vidmantas 2459 4.0
2 GM Zagorskis Darius 2482 3.5
3 Laurusas Tomas 2384 3.5
4 IM Beinoras Mindaugas 2359 3.0
5 IM Labeckas Kestutis 2354 2.5
6 GM Kveinys Aloyzas 2528 2.5

Standings after 5 rounds – Women’s tournament (leaders):

1 WIM Zaksaite Salomeja 2152 4.5
2 WGM Daulyte Deimante 2317 4.5
3 WFM Kaspute Vesta 2100 3.0
4 Urbonaviciute Zivile 1782 3.0
5 Paulauskaite Gintare 2065 2.5
6 Apanaviciute Kristina 1950 2.5

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