Karolis Jukšta and Kamilė Baginskaitė became the 2020 Lithuanian Champions.
In the open section, 10 players competed for the title in a round-robin tournament. As the tournament fate had it two leaders Karolis Jukšta and Tomas Laurusas having equal amounts of points met in the final round. Jukšta won this crucial encounter and came out on top, whereas his opponent was thrown back to third place. Valery Kazakouski claimed silver despite having a poor start in the tournament.
It is worth mentioning that 17-year old Jukšta became the second-youngest winner of the Lithuanian championship. The record still belongs to GM Viktorija Čmilyte-Nielsen, who triumphed in the Lithuanian Chess Championship for the first time in 2000, when she was 16 years, 7 months, and 28 days old.
Final standings open:
1. Karolis Jukšta (2389) – 7
2. Valery Kazakouski (2473) – 6
3. Thomas Laurus (2506) – 6
4. Eduardas Rozentalis (2538) – 5.5
5. Paulius Pultinevičius (2512) – 5
6. Vidmantas Mališauskas (2410) – 5
In the women's section, a five-round Swiss tournament brought together 12 female players. Kamilė Baginskaitė, who returned to Lithuania after living in the US, won her second national title won the women's title after a 28- year break. The Kamilė scored 5 points out of 6, tied for first with the defending champion Marija Šibajeva and seized the title thanks to better tiebreaks. Evelina Ravluševič finished clear third.
Final standings women:
1. WGM Kamilė Baginskaitė (2141) – 5
2. WFM Marija Šibajeva (1910) – 5
3. Evelina Ravluševič (1581) – 4.5
4. Rita Bajoraitė (1741) – 3.5
5. Skaistė Šaumanaitė (2033) – 3.5
6. Barbora Mačiulaitytė (1696) – 3
