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The Lithuanian Open Rapid Chess Championship 2015 took place from December 12-13, in Panevezys, the fifth largest city in Lithuania.

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 (top 20):

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

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