36th NATO Chess 2026

Jurmala LATOct 12 – 16, 2026Classical

36th NATO Chess 2026 brought together 136 players in Jurmala LAT, including 2 grandmasters. V Sanal has the best score, 7 out of 7. Open a player to see their openings and games, or to prepare against them.

Players: 136
Games: 473
Average Elo: 1947
Top rating: 2544

Standings

#	Player	Fed	Elo	Pts	W / D / L
1	GMV Sanal	TUR	2544	7/7	7 / 0 / 0
2	IMLaura Unuk	SLO	2318	6/7	5 / 2 / 0
3	IMC Van Oosterom	NED	2403	5½/7	4 / 3 / 0
3	FMRobert Stein	GER	2389	5½/7	5 / 1 / 1
3	WGMD Reizniece	LAT	2245	5½/7	5 / 1 / 1
3	FMEfe Mert Kilic	TUR	2225	5½/7	4 / 3 / 0
3	CMMuhammed Kaan Bacak	TUR	2208	5½/7	5 / 1 / 1
3	CMEgemen Gulden	TUR	2095	5½/7	4 / 3 / 0
9	FMJ Norberg	SWE	2317	5/7	4 / 2 / 1
9	FMM Helbig	GER	2232	5/7	4 / 2 / 1
9	Damiano Lami	ITA	2228	5/7	5 / 0 / 2
9	FMPaulius Meskenas	DEN	2204	5/7	4 / 2 / 1
9	Pijus Greicius	LTU	2159	5/7	4 / 2 / 1
9	H Ostling	SWE	2107	5/7	4 / 2 / 1
9	Bennett Schnabel	GER	2055	5/7	4 / 2 / 1
9	Artis Alainis	LAT	1995	5/7	4 / 2 / 1
9	Gordon Randall	USA	1913	5/7	4 / 2 / 1
18	IMM Timmermans	NED	2419	4½/7	3 / 3 / 1
18	FMJ Lundin	SWE	2190	4½/6	4 / 1 / 1
18	HC Andersen	GER	2179	4½/7	3 / 3 / 1
18	Tobias Jacob	GER	2172	4½/7	2 / 5 / 0
18	Ste Hansen	DEN	2138	4½/7	4 / 1 / 2
18	U Bohn	GER	2134	4½/7	2 / 5 / 0
18	W Jauk	GER	2097	4½/7	4 / 1 / 2
18	Diederick Casteleijn	NED	2094	4½/7	4 / 1 / 2
18	Filip Bjorkman	SWE	2089	4½/7	4 / 1 / 2
18	D Wells	ENG	2040	4½/7	4 / 1 / 2
18	C Marquardt	GER	2023	4½/7	3 / 3 / 1
18	Andrew Peraino	USA	2009	4½/7	4 / 1 / 2
18	Anders Ivarsson	SWE	2004	4½/7	4 / 1 / 2
18	V Mautone	ITA	1978	4½/7	4 / 1 / 2
18	Martins Ivbulis	LAT	1964	4½/7	3 / 3 / 1
18	Andree Porila	EST	1872	4½/7	3 / 3 / 1
18	Uku Schneider	EST	1647	4½/7	4 / 1 / 2
35	Mateusz Tustanowski	POL	2101	4/7	3 / 2 / 2
35	I Mestek	SLO	2075	4/7	2 / 4 / 1
35	Daniel Thompson	CAN	2071	4/7	3 / 2 / 2
35	T Hadzicki	POL	2063	4/7	4 / 0 / 3
35	JanM Nielsen	DEN	2062	4/7	3 / 2 / 2
35	Kaspars Circenis	LAT	2056	4/7	3 / 2 / 2
35	M Kersic	SLO	2047	4/7	3 / 2 / 2
35	David E Onley	ENG	2045	4/7	4 / 0 / 3
35	A Almonti	ITA	2010	4/7	4 / 0 / 3
35	Olai Dyrhaug Eriksen	NOR	2008	4/7	3 / 2 / 2
35	G Aagaard	DEN	1995	4/7	4 / 0 / 3
35	S Kedzierski	POL	1990	4/7	3 / 2 / 2
35	Diana Pazeriene	LTU	1966	4/7	3 / 2 / 2
35	G Parker	ENG	1962	4/7	3 / 2 / 2
35	M2 Pirs	SLO	1956	4/7	3 / 2 / 2
35	Xhezair Elezi	ALB	1955	4/7	3 / 2 / 2
35	Mateusz Filipow	POL	1923	4/7	3 / 2 / 2
35	Janis Koops	LAT	1914	4/7	4 / 0 / 3
35	Maciej Szafranski	POL	1891	4/7	3 / 2 / 2
35	P Violini	ITA	1880	4/7	4 / 0 / 3
55	FMF Pedersen	DEN	2266	3½/7	2 / 3 / 2
55	H Greiff	SWE	2191	3½/7	1 / 5 / 1
55	Patryk Michalowski	POL	2084	3½/7	3 / 1 / 3
55	Marko Sauer	GER	2054	3½/7	2 / 3 / 2
55	CMP Tocco	ITA	2019	3½/7	3 / 1 / 3
55	FMA Flaata	NOR	2007	3½/7	3 / 1 / 3
55	J Cheung	NED	2001	3½/7	3 / 1 / 3
55	Enrico Balmaceda	USA	1992	3½/7	2 / 3 / 2
55	Rickard Ljung	SWE	1982	3½/7	2 / 3 / 2
55	F Cirkvencic	SLO	1966	3½/7	3 / 1 / 3
55	Marcin Skwarczynski	POL	1961	3½/7	3 / 1 / 3
55	Mingaudas Giedraitis	LTU	1958	3½/7	2 / 3 / 2
55	Giuseppe Dino	ITA	1945	3½/7	3 / 1 / 3
55	Johnny Nguyen	CAN	1938	3½/7	2 / 3 / 2
55	Charles M Unruh	USA	1937	3½/7	3 / 1 / 3
55	Michal Choina	POL	1934	3½/7	2 / 3 / 2
55	A Stahlberg	SWE	1923	3½/7	2 / 3 / 2
55	Mati Tikerpuu	EST	1914	3½/7	3 / 1 / 3
55	Erik Kruit	NED	1886	3½/7	3 / 1 / 3
55	H Wagenaar	NED	1860	3½/7	1 / 5 / 1
55	Martynas Skaburskis	LTU	1855	3½/7	2 / 3 / 2
55	D Hater	USA	1853	3½/7	2 / 3 / 2
55	D Tucker	ENG	1850	3½/7	2 / 3 / 2
55	T Van den Heuvel	NED	1849	3½/7	3 / 1 / 3
55	Tolga Akin	TUR	1848	3½/7	3 / 1 / 3
55	Michael Fielding	ENG	1838	3½/7	2 / 3 / 2
55	Francois Simard	CAN	1819	3½/7	3 / 1 / 3
55	Andrew Hater	USA	1768	3½/7	2 / 3 / 2
83	N Angelillis	ITA	2070	3/7	2 / 2 / 3
83	Eri Nilsson	DEN	2024	3/7	1 / 4 / 2
83	G Schott	GER	1999	3/7	2 / 2 / 3
83	Juris Briedis	LAT	1930	3/7	1 / 4 / 2
83	WCMA Driza	ALB	1923	3/7	2 / 2 / 3
83	Rob Van de Walle	NED	1902	3/7	1 / 4 / 2
83	R Adolfssen	DEN	1885	3/7	1 / 4 / 2
83	Benjamin Josso	NED	1861	3/7	2 / 2 / 3
83	N Ulken	TUR	1861	3/7	2 / 2 / 3
83	Kris Steen	BEL	1860	3/7	2 / 2 / 3
83	I Anghel	ROU	1857	3/7	2 / 2 / 3
83	Jon S Middaugh	USA	1827	3/7	3 / 0 / 4
83	Randee Clybouw	BEL	1821	3/7	2 / 2 / 3
83	Patrick Dowd	USA	1819	3/7	2 / 2 / 3
83	Dominic Coulon	CAN	1812	3/7	3 / 0 / 4
83	Diego Spatrisano	ITA	1800	3/7	2 / 2 / 3
83	Quinn Macdonald	CAN	1779	3/7	3 / 0 / 4
83	Tomas Ziuras	LTU	1777	3/7	2 / 2 / 3
83	David C Ross	ENG	1776	3/7	2 / 2 / 3
83	Christopher Lamming	ENG	1770	3/7	2 / 2 / 3
83	Thomas Mason	ENG	–	3/7	1 / 4 / 2
104	Ben Woolf	ENG	1827	2½/7	2 / 1 / 4
104	Cveto Ivsek	SLO	1824	2½/6	2 / 1 / 3
104	Jan Smit	NED	1820	2½/7	2 / 1 / 4
104	Lee Lavender	ENG	1777	2½/7	2 / 1 / 4
104	Vasile-Cristian Huidiu	ROU	1765	2½/7	2 / 1 / 4
104	Alex Lambruschini	CAN	1737	2½/7	2 / 1 / 4
104	Francesca Esposito	ITA	1734	2½/7	2 / 1 / 4
104	Peter Papler	SLO	1730	2½/7	1 / 3 / 3
104	Jakob Diependael	BEL	1729	2½/7	2 / 1 / 4
104	Alar Heinat	EST	1713	2½/7	1 / 3 / 3
104	Evelina Stikane	LAT	1698	2½/7	2 / 1 / 4
104	Giovanni Abbate	ITA	1668	2½/7	2 / 1 / 4
104	Vladimir Lionter	USA	1554	2½/7	2 / 1 / 4
104	Marius-Alexandru Simion	ROU	–	2½/7	1 / 3 / 3
118	Jean-Pierre Fundaro	FID	1891	2/6	1 / 2 / 3
118	H Steffers	NED	1820	2/7	1 / 2 / 4
118	Fernando Echavarria Hidalgo	CAN	1754	2/7	0 / 4 / 3
118	Robert Getty	USA	1726	2/7	1 / 2 / 4
118	Finn Stuhr	DEN	1683	2/7	2 / 0 / 5
118	Ermes Cavinato	ITA	1631	2/7	1 / 2 / 4
118	Rik Boudry	BEL	1599	2/7	1 / 2 / 4
118	Dan-Andreas Dediu	ROU	–	2/7	1 / 2 / 4
118	Frederick Douglas	USA	–	2/6	1 / 2 / 3
118	Steve Valentine	ENG	–	2/7	1 / 2 / 4
128	Paolo Orzella	ITA	1765	1½/7	1 / 1 / 5
128	Bob Minnaert	BEL	1531	1½/7	1 / 1 / 5
128	Ramadan Karakushi	ALB	–	1½/7	1 / 1 / 5
128	Martynas Kleponis	LTU	–	1½/7	1 / 1 / 5
132	Chas Chapman	ENG	1587	1/7	1 / 0 / 6
132	Jelani Ghiacy	CAN	1492	1/7	0 / 2 / 5
132	Andre Ventura-Alvarenga	CAN	–	1/6	1 / 0 / 5
135	Stephen G O'Neill	ENG	1652	½/7	0 / 1 / 6
136	Gernat Qirici	ALB	–	0/6	0 / 0 / 6

Scores count the games recorded in the imported databases. Byes, forfeits and unrecorded games are not included, so they can differ from the official final standings.

All OTB tournaments · Tournaments of 2026 · Tournaments in Latvia