47th Finnish Chess Solving Championship 2026 (Finland, Helsinki 14.02.2026)

Rank	Name	Cat.		Country	Rating	#	Title	Round  1 - 180'													Total - 180		Perf. Rat.	+/-
								#2	#2	#3	#3	#4	#6	+	+	H#2	H#4	S#2	S#4	⏱	Points	⏱
								1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.	7.	8.	9.	10.	11.	12.		60
1	Kari Karhunen	s		FIN	2360.75	48	IM	5	5	5	4.5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	180	59.5	180	2579.45	12.20
2	Jorma Paavilainen	s		FIN	2400.52	40	GM	5	5	5	0	5	5	5	4	5	2.5	5	5	180	51.5	180	2436.02	1.98
3	Martynas Limontas			LTU	2579.45	10	GM	5	5	5	3.5	5	5	5	5	5	-	5	0	180	48.5	180	2382.23	-11.00
4	Henry Tanner	s		FIN	2148.41	125	IM	5	5	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	-	5	3.5	180	38.5	180	2202.94	3.04
5	Terho Marlo	s		FIN	2061.99	165	FM	5	5	5	-	5	5	0	1	5	-	5	-	175	36	175	2158.12	5.36
6-7	Arvydas Mockus			LTU	1992.13	191	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	5	1	1.5	2.5	5	-	180	25	180	1960.89	-1.74
6-7	Janne Syväniemi			FIN	1958.68	212	-	5	5	-	-	-	0	-	-	5	5	5	-	180	25	180	1960.89	0.12
8	Hannu Harkola	s		FIN	1863.63	289	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	5	3	5	-	0	-	180	23	180	1925.04	3.42
9	Ari Möttönen	s		FIN	1757.25	375	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	0	1	2.5	-	5	-	179	18.5	179	1844.36	4.86
10	Petteri Paronen	s		FIN	1891.83	266	-	5	5	0	-	-	-	2	0	5	-	0	-	175	17	175	1817.46	-4.15
11	Jukka Tuovinen	s		FIN	1940.58	223	-	0	0	-	-	-	-	5	1	5	-	5	-	175	16	175	1799.53	-7.87
12	Mikael Grönroos	s		FIN	1785.85	346	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	0	-	2.5	-	0	-	179	12.5	179	1736.78	-2.74
13	Rayan Mashhadi Aghajan	j		FIN	-	-	-	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1.5	-	0	-	180	11.5	180	1718.85	-
14	Matti Rasilainen	s		FIN	1709.77	421	-	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	-	0	-	176	7.5	176	1647.13	-3.49
15	Oliver Wartiovaara	j		FIN	-	-	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	180	0	180	1512.67	-

Main Judge: Neal Turner          Problems Selected by: Neal Turner

Date	14.02.2026
Top Ten Average Rating	2119.80
Category	10

Points

Name	Country	#	Points	Perf. Rat.
					Kari Karhunen	FIN	1	10	2579.45
Jorma Paavilainen	FIN	2	8	2436.02
Martynas Limontas	LTU	3	6	2382.23
Henry Tanner	FIN	4	4	2202.94
Terho Marlo	FIN	5	2	2158.12
Arvydas Mockus	LTU	6	1	1960.89
Janne Syväniemi	FIN	6	1	1960.89

Tournaments

#	Location	Date	Name	Top 10	Cat.	Winners
1	ARM	12.10.2025	2nd Hamlet Amiryan Memorial Tournament 2025	2341.71	7	Danila Pavlov
2	SUI	25.10.2025	40th Open Swiss Solving Championship 2025	2421.78	5	Danila Pavlov
3	BEL	08.11.2025	30th Belgian Championship 2025	2192.92	10	Eddy Van Beers
4	ROU	23.11.2025	Cugir City Championship	1857.09	10	Daniel Dumitrescu
5	POL	11.01.2026	49th International Polish Championship 2026	2568.86	2	Kacper Piorun
6	FIN	14.02.2026	47th Finnish Chess Solving Championship 2026	2119.80	10	Kari Karhunen

Standings

#	Name	Country	Pts.	Perf. Rat. (≤6)	1.		2.		3.		4.		5.		6.
					#	Pts.	#	Pts.	#	Pts.	#	Pts.	#	Pts.	#	Pts.
1	Danila Pavlov	FID	36	2775.91	ARM#1	16	SUI#1	20
2	Martynas Limontas	LTU	30	2546.87	POL#2	24	FIN#3	6
3	Eddy Van Beers	BEL	28	2782.24	SUI#2	18	BEL#1	10
4	Kacper Piorun	POL	26	2871.89	POL#1	26
5	Taras Rudenko	UKR	26	2553.11	SUI#3	16	POL#9	10
6	Kevinas Kuznecovas	LTU	22	2667.75	POL#3	22
7	Piotr Murdzia	POL	20	2624.01	POL#4	20
8	Nikos Sidiropoulos	GRE	18	2594.85	POL#5	18
9	Piotr Górski	POL	16	2565.69	POL#6	16
10	Joost Michielsen	NED	16	2378.40	SUI#6	10	BEL#3	6
11	Aleksandr Bulavka	FID	14	2709.72	ARM#2	14
12	Ronald Schäfer	GER	14	2552.79	SUI#4	14
13	David Hodge	GBR	14	2536.53	POL#7	14
14	Ural Khasanov	FID	12	2681.82	ARM#3	12
15	Jakub Marciniszyn	POL	12	2478.20	POL#8	12
16	Wouter van Rijn	NED	12	2422.10	SUI#5	12
17	Anton Nasyrov	FID	10	2619.05	ARM#4	10
18	Kari Karhunen	FIN	10	2579.45	FIN#1	10
19	Tomáš Peitl	SVK	10	2405.30	POL#9	10
20	Daniel Dumitrescu	ROU	10	2182.56	ROU#1	10
21	Aleksey Popov	FID	8	2584.17	ARM#5	8
22	Dolf Wissmann	NED	8	2522.09	BEL#2	8
23	Jorma Paavilainen	FIN	8	2436.02	FIN#2	8
24	Valery Kopyl	UKR	8	2378.53	SUI#7	8
25	Razvan-Andrei Burja-Udrea	ROU	8	2114.88	ROU#2	8
26	Ekaterina Shestakova	FID	6	2535.34	ARM#6	6
27	Robert Włodarczyk	POL	6	2376.13	POL#11	6
28	Roland Ott	SUI	6	2361.11	SUI#8	6
29	Cristian-Daniel Oltean	ROU	6	2087.81	ROU#3	6
30	Thomas Maeder	SUI	4	2361.11	SUI#9	4
31	Darya Efimova	FID	4	2319.11	ARM#7	4
32	Vidmantas Satkus	LTU	4	2317.81	POL#12	4
33	Hans Uitenbroek	NED	4	2285.80	BEL#4	4
34	Henry Tanner	FIN	4	2202.94	FIN#4	4
35	Matei-Maria Uta	ROU	4	2049.46	ROU#4	4
36	Roman Tkhoruk	SUI	2	2361.11	SUI#10	2
37	Stasys Steponavičius	LTU	2	2303.23	POL#13	2
38	Johan de Boer	NED	2	2265.26	BEL#5	2
39	Mikalai Sihnevich	FID	2	2207.50	ARM#8	2
40	Terho Marlo	FIN	2	2158.12	FIN#5	2
41	Alexandru Mihalcescu	ROU	2	1882.51	ROU#5	2
42	Arno Zude	GER	1	2352.39	SUI#11	1
43	Marek Kolčák	SVK	1	2295.94	POL#14	1
44	Grigory Filin	FID	1	2186.58	ARM#9	1
45	Jim Wittebol	NED	1	2121.43	BEL#6	1
46	Arvydas Mockus	LTU	1	1960.89	FIN#6	1
46	Janne Syväniemi	FIN	1	1960.89	FIN#6	1
48	Ovidiu Craciun	ROU	1	1823.86	ROU#6	1

ID	Tag	Difficulty	Average	5(Correct Solution)	0 < Pts. < 5	0 (Wrong Solution)	- (No Solution)
4	#3	894	0.53	0	2	4	9
12	S#4	820	0.90	2	1	1	11
10	H#4	800	1.00	2	2	0	11
3	#3	734	1.33	4	0	4	7
5	#4	734	1.33	4	0	2	9
6	#6	666	1.67	5	0	3	7
8	+	640	1.80	3	7	2	3
7	+	454	2.73	7	2	4	2
11	S#2	400	3.00	9	0	5	1
2	#2	266	3.67	11	0	4	0
9	H#2	260	3.70	9	5	0	1
1	#2	134	4.33	13	0	2	0