Arsenijs Savicevs clear first at Draugiem Group Open 2026, Rohith Krishna second and C R G Krishna third
FM Arsenijs Savicevs scored an unbeaten 7/8 to win Draugiem Group Open part of 5th Cēsis Chess Festival 2026.
Three rounds of Rapid and Five rounds of Classical
Usually, Norway has quite a few tournaments which is a combination of Rapid and Classical time format. Draugiem Group Open part of 5th Cēsis Chess Festival 2026, had three rounds of Rapid games with a time control of 15 minutes + 5 seconds, followed by five rounds of Classical games with a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment.
IM C R G Krishna won the Rapid and Blitz biathlon and GM S Rohith Krishna finished second in it. That will be mentioned in detail in a separate report.
The total prize fund was €3780 + non-cash prizes. The top three prizes were €1000, €700 and €500 along with a medal each respectively.
Runner-up – GM S Rohith Krishna 6.5/8 | Photo: Jānis Vingris
Second Runner-up – IM C R G Krishna 6/8 | Photo: Jānis Vingris
Top 3 (L to R): 2nd GM S Rohith Krishna 6.5/8, 1st FM Arsenijs Savicevs (LAT) 7/8 and 3rd IM C R G Krishna 6/8 | Photo: Jānis Vingris
Representative of Draugiem Group – Jānis Palkavnieks, made the ceremonial first move on the top board | Photo: Gatis Locmelis
A giant chess board at the venue
Players in action at Konrad’s quarter in Cēsis, Latvia | Photo: Gatis Locmelis
A total of 83 players including seven GM, an IM and a WGM took part from eleven countries across the world in Draguiem Group Open event. The three-day eight-round Rapid and Classical Rating tournament was organized byJānis Vingris at Konrad’s quarter, Cēsis from 17th to 19th June 2026. The time control for the first three rounds of Rapid was 15 minutes + 5 seconds increment, for the next three rounds of Clasical, the time control was 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment.
Links
Chess Festival Cēsis: Official site, facebook, instagram and whatsapp
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