Fagernes Chess International 13-20 April 2014: News

Fagernes Chess International13-20 April 2014: News: Congratulations to the winners!



We congratulate GM Evgeny Postny of Israel with winning the GM-group ahead of GM Samuel Shankland (USA) and GM Evgeny Romanov (RUS).

There were no title norms, but IM Avitar Boruchovsky (ISR) fullfilled his GM-title by passing 2500 in Elo. The Open Norwegian Championship (Elo-group) was won by Norwegian junior Sigve Hølleland.

Welcome back next easter to a new chess festival at Fagernes!

Top-3 in the GM-group:
Romanov (3), Postny (1) and Shankland (3).

Number 1 and 3 in the Elo-group:
Hølleland and Monika Machlik.
To the right: Organizer Hans Olav Lahlum

Photos by Frode Merkesvik.

Fagernes Chess International 2014

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Fagernes Chess International tournament will be played between 13th and 20th April in Fagernes, 187 km north of Oslo. Main organizer is Hans Olav Lahlum in cooperation with the Norwegian Chess Federation.

GM-group: A 9-round Swiss open for all players having the official titles GM, IM, FM, WGM, WIM or WFM from FIDE. Also qualified are other male players with an official FIDE-rating of at least 2150, and other female players with an official FIDE-rating of at least 2000.

Open Norwegian Championship: A 9-round FIDE-rated Swiss open for all tournament players regardless of Elo. The tournament will count towards the Norwegian Grand Prix cycle (NGP).

Game controls

Classical 2 hours in 40 moves, then 1 hour for the rest. Walk-over time limit is 60 minutes after the scheduled start of each round.

Participants - GM

Title	Given name	Last name	Club	n-Rtg	i-Rtg	Fed	Group
GM	Jon Ludvig	Hammer	OSS	2652	2647		GM group
GM	Evgeny	Romanov	Vålerenga	2588	2642		GM group
GM	Grzegorz	Gajewski		0	2631		GM group
GM	Evgeny	Postny		0	2630		GM group
GM	Eduardas	Rozentalis		0	2624		GM group
GM	Samuel L	Shankland		0	2616		GM group
GM	Maxim	Turov	Tromsø	2570	2593		GM group
GM	Benjamin	Bok		0	2590		GM group
GM	Aloyzas	Kveinys		0	2543		GM group
GM	Leif E	Johannessen	OSS	2525	2530		GM group
IM	Frode Olav Olsen	Urkedal	1911	2484	2494		GM group
IM	Avital	Boruchovsky		0	2492		GM group

Full table

Schedule

Sunday	13 April 2014	13.00-16.00	Registration
		17.00-23.00	Round 1
Monday	14 April 2014	14.00-20.00	Round 2
Tuesday	15 April 2014	09.00-15.00	Round 3
		16.30-22.30	Round 4
Wednesday	16 April 2014	14.00-20.00	Round 5
Thursday	17 April 2014	14.00-20.00	Round 6
Friday	18 April 2014	14.00-20.00	Round 7
Saturday	19 April 2014	13.00-19.00	Round 8
		19.00-	Fagernes Blitz
Sunday	20 April 2014	09.00-15.00	Round 9
		15.10 (latest)	Prize giving

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