søndag 5. april 2015

Congratulations to the winners!

We congratulate GM Jon Ludvig Hammer of Norway with winning the GM-group ahead of GM Jan Werle (NED) and GM Evgeny Postny (ISR).

The following title norms were achieved:
IM Alexander Donchenko (GER):   GM-norm
FM Johan Salomon (NOR):   IM-norm
WFM Hanne Goossens (BEL):   WIM-norm

The Open Norwegian Championship was won by Norwegian junior Martin Nilsen.
Jon Ludvig Hammer Martin Nilsen
Photos by Tom Eriksen.

lørdag 4. april 2015

GM Evgeny Postny won the A-group of Fagernes Blitz, played Saturday 4 April.
Postny took 8 points in 9 rounds, same as the winner of the B-group Kazim Yilmaz.
The tournament had 59 participants.



The popular Team Talking Chess tournament at Fagernes was played Friday 3 April.

Winners were the team of IM Frode Urkedal, WGM Olga Dolzhikova, IM Timofey Galinsky & Mykhalo Galinsky, while FM Lars Oskar Hauge & FM Johan Sebastian Christiansen took second place.


Winners of the Team Talking Chess tournament.
(Photo: Tom Eriksen)



mandag 30. mars 2015

Fagernes Chess International 2015

 Inside...
and outside the Fagernes playing venue.
(Pictures by official tournament photographer Maria)