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The championship was played in Molde from 18-20 November. Although the city on the Romsdalsfjord, not far from the Atlantic Ocean, is not exactly the most central venue, 248 players turned up.
Hotel Seilet – The Sail
The venue in the Bjørnsonhuset.
Parents and coaches had to leave the playing hall after 5 minutes (rapid chess) or 10 minutes (standard games).
The championship was played in eight age groups, with the youngest and the oldest four age groups playing different systems.
The older players in the groups U26 (20-26 years) and A-C (17-19, 15-16 and 13-14 years) first played two rounds of rapid chess (15 min. + 5 sec.) on Friday evening and then another round with standard time control (90 min. + 30 sec.). On Saturday and Sunday there were two rounds each with standard time control.
The younger players in the groups D-G (12, 11, 10, 9 years and younger) played nine rounds. They started on Friday with three rounds of rapid chess. On Saturday, they continued with one round of rapid chess, followed by three rounds with shorter standard time control (60 min. + 30 sec.). On Sunday, the last two rounds were also played with the shorter standard time control.
As the flight options from Oslo to Molde were limited, we arrived on Friday morning with a plane full of chess players. We played and stayed at the Hotel Seilet. We were able to check in there as early as 10.00 in the morning, which left us still enough time to take a walk through the little town before the tournament started.
We visited the Romsdal Museum, where we learned that Norway's first bus line opened in Molde in 1908. But most importantly, there is a room in this museum that shows parts of the work of the German artist Kurt Schwitters, a prominent member of the Dada and Surrealist movement. In the 190s Schwitters had to flee from the Nazis and was often in Norway, where he had a small hut on the island of Hjertøya.
The first round started on Friday at 17.30. The venue was in the hotel's conference room Bjørnsonhuset - named after the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, who went to school in Molde in the 1840s.
Already at the beginning of the tournament, it became clear that not everything had gone smoothly when the dice were thrown to plan the schedule. Eating and playing times overlapped, to the point where it was impossible to combine the two.In addition, on Friday evening the hotel kitchen was surprised by requests for gluten-free or vegetarian food, but on the other days they had this under control. Since all eight groups played in one hall, but started at different times, there were disturbances when the youngest (with their parents in tow) stormed the hall while the older ones were already playing. Probably the Norwegian Junior Chess Federation should rethink the concept. Five rounds with standard time control, plus two or four rounds of rapid chess within 48 hours is simply too much.
On Sunday afternoon, one could congratulate the new Norwegian champions:
U26: GM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen
Organiser Tor Wetle Wetlesen Hoem and GM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen
A: Mathias Lind Schouten
B: Saad Abobaker Elmi
Photo: Anniken Vestby, Source: https://bergensjakk.no
C: FM Aksel Bu Kvaløy
D: Evsuld Myagmarsuren
E: David Myrseth Nilsen
F: Eivind Jiabao Ji
G: Noah Jullum Amundsen
Perhaps some of these names will become familiar to us. If you look at older lists of winners you'll find names like Aryan Tari, Jon Ludvig Hammer or Magnus Carlsen.
Pl. | Name | FIDE-Elo | Points | SoBerg | Performance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
GM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen |
7.0 |
21.00 |
2419 (+5.60) | |
2 |
Leander Eriksen |
5.0 |
12.00 |
2017 (+52.00) | |
3 |
Sigve Hølleland |
5.0 |
11.00 |
1939 (-6.20) | |
4 |
Bjørn Robert L. Unhjem |
4.0 |
8.00 |
1849 (-17.40) | |
5 |
David Hellesøy |
4.0 |
7.00 |
1910 (+33.60) | |
6 |
Mikita Shuldau |
2.0 |
1.00 |
1671 (-67.20) | |
7 |
Martin Johnsen |
|
1.0 |
0.00 |
1555 (-46.80) |
8 |
Vegard Lauvik Fjeldstad |
0.0 |
0.00 |
1201 (-16.20) |
Group A
Pl. | Name | FIDE-Elo | Points | Med.Buchh | Buchholz-1 | Buchholz | Average FIDE | Performance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Mathias Lind Schouten |
5.5 |
20.5 |
26.0 |
29.0 |
1798 |
2067 (-2.80) | |
2 |
Ask Amundsen |
5.5 |
19.5 |
25.0 |
27.5 |
1742 |
2011 (+51.20) | |
3 |
Leo Moen Eidet |
4.5 |
22.0 |
27.5 |
30.5 |
1896 |
2026 (+103.60) | |
4 |
FM Mathias Unneland |
4.5 |
21.5 |
27.0 |
28.0 |
1827 |
1882 (-32.20) | |
5 |
Gaute U. Bergan |
4.5 |
19.0 |
23.5 |
24.5 |
1716 |
1780 (-16.00) | |
6 |
Gard Rye Høyforsslett |
4.0 |
19.0 |
24.5 |
26.0 |
1835 |
1851 (+28.00) | |
7 |
Nikolai Olsen Wernberg |
4.0 |
18.5 |
24.0 |
25.0 |
1759 |
1749 (+17.60) | |
8 |
Gustav Hestholm |
4.0 |
15.5 |
19.5 |
21.0 |
1522 |
1568 (-85.60) | |
9 |
Thomas Sekkingstad |
3.5 |
20.5 |
26.0 |
28.0 |
1718 |
1709 (-22.80) | |
10 |
Kim Andre Engvik |
3.5 |
15.0 |
19.5 |
20.5 |
1775 |
1646 (+13.40) | |
11 |
Khaled Alkhatib |
3.0 |
17.5 |
23.0 |
25.0 |
1652 |
1563 (+16.40) | |
12 |
Sverke Linga Øfeldt |
3.0 |
16.5 |
22.0 |
23.5 |
1711 |
1622 (-6.40) | |
13 |
Aleksander Stolp |
2.5 |
18.5 |
24.0 |
25.0 |
1708 |
1635 (-42.00) | |
14 |
Emilie Lazareva |
2.5 |
17.5 |
22.0 |
24.0 |
1681 |
1609 (+12.80) | |
15 |
Vetle Røysland Jacobsen |
2.5 |
13.5 |
17.5 |
19.0 |
1535 |
1223 (-16.80) | |
16 |
Charlotte Schreiner |
|
2.0 |
14.5 |
18.5 |
19.5 |
1590 |
0000 (+0.00) |
17 |
Jørgen Nordfjæren |
|
1.5 |
17.0 |
21.5 |
23.0 |
1780 |
0000 (+20.00) |
Group B
Pl. | Name | FIDE-Elo | Points | Med.Buchh | Buchholz-1 | Buchholz | Average FIDE | Performance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Saad Abobaker Elmi |
6.0 |
22.5 |
28.0 |
31.5 |
1985 |
2309 (+22.40) | |
2 |
Shazil Shehzad |
5.5 |
22.0 |
28.0 |
30.5 |
1933 |
2190 (+6.20) | |
3 |
Eirik Strøm Austad |
5.5 |
21.5 |
27.5 |
30.0 |
1881 |
2142 (+64.80) | |
4 |
Eivind Grunt Kreken |
4.5 |
21.0 |
27.0 |
29.5 |
1916 |
2035 (-18.40) | |
5 |
Sverre Lye |
4.5 |
20.0 |
26.0 |
28.5 |
1729 |
1864 (-34.80) | |
6 |
Peder Marcus Aamodt |
4.0 |
22.0 |
28.0 |
31.5 |
1893 |
1976 (+6.40) | |
7 |
Sindre Lyngsaunet Ytrestøyl |
4.0 |
21.0 |
26.5 |
28.5 |
2023 |
1951 (-17.60) | |
8 |
Vinjar Hammari |
4.0 |
20.0 |
26.0 |
29.0 |
1768 |
1841 (+6.40) | |
9 |
Lukas Dominik Gåsland |
4.0 |
17.5 |
23.0 |
23.5 |
1617 |
1690 (+9.60) | |
10 |
Elias Fredrik Budde |
4.0 |
17.5 |
21.5 |
23.5 |
1466 |
1550 (+90.00) | |
11 |
Olai Dyrhaug Eriksen |
4.0 |
17.0 |
21.5 |
24.0 |
1569 |
1630 (-46.40) | |
12 |
Amelia Nordquelle |
4.0 |
16.5 |
22.0 |
24.0 |
1649 |
1723 (+14.40) | |
13 |
Jo Frønsdal Engedal |
3.5 |
18.0 |
23.5 |
24.0 |
1798 |
1772 (+25.20) | |
14 |
Amadeus S. Sveggen |
3.5 |
17.0 |
23.0 |
25.0 |
1683 |
1658 (-1.20) | |
15 |
Andreas Jan Van Der Meulen |
3.5 |
14.0 |
18.0 |
18.5 |
1522 |
1390 (-30.80) | |
16 |
Arne Eikre |
3.5 |
13.0 |
17.0 |
18.5 |
1480 |
1424 (-6.80) | |
17 |
Jacek Stefan Kotkowski |
3.5 |
12.5 |
16.5 |
18.5 |
1514 |
1376 (+6.00) | |
18 |
Elma Selvik |
3.0 |
18.0 |
23.5 |
25.5 |
1632 |
1544 (-19.20) | |
19 |
Thomas Kirkholm Skauen |
3.0 |
17.5 |
22.0 |
22.5 |
1504 |
1482 (-11.20) | |
20 |
Matheo Frøsøye |
3.0 |
16.5 |
21.0 |
23.0 |
1539 |
1450 (-22.40) | |
21 |
Gabriel Skotte |
2.5 |
18.0 |
23.5 |
25.0 |
1663 |
1499 (-2.00) | |
22 |
Xavier Alexander Nylænde |
|
2.5 |
16.5 |
20.5 |
22.0 |
1521 |
0000 (+20.00) |
23 |
David Kristiansen |
2.5 |
15.0 |
19.0 |
19.5 |
1396 |
1231 (-7.60) | |
24 |
Adrian Wolstad Farstad |
|
2.0 |
13.5 |
17.0 |
17.5 |
1371 |
1202 (-3.60) |
25 |
Susanne Wiggen Larsson |
1.0 |
14.5 |
18.5 |
20.0 |
1451 |
0777 (-42.40) |
Group C
Pl. | Name | FIDE-Elo | Points | Med.Buchh | Buchholz-1 | Buchholz | Average FIDE | Performance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
FM Aksel Bu Kvaløy |
6,0 |
24,5 |
30,0 |
34,0 |
1768 |
2103 (+0,20) | |
2 |
Nicolai Maxime Østensen |
5,5 |
23,0 |
29,0 |
33,0 |
1826 |
2014 (+4,40) | |
3 |
Isak Vinh Brattgjerd |
5,5 |
22,0 |
28,0 |
32,0 |
1643 |
1900 (+9,20) | |
4 |
Aidas Juodziukynas |
5,5 |
20,5 |
26,0 |
29,0 |
1592 |
1809 (+35,60) | |
5 |
William Alexander Olsen |
5,0 |
22,5 |
28,5 |
31,0 |
1749 |
1928 (+49,60) | |
6 |
Pantham Kaewpitakkun |
5,0 |
19,5 |
25,5 |
28,0 |
1522 |
1663 (-10,40) | |
7 |
Martin Holten Fiskaaen |
4,5 |
23,5 |
29,5 |
33,0 |
1771 |
1829 (-33,20) | |
8 |
Even Huneide Hetland |
4,5 |
20,5 |
26,0 |
29,0 |
1608 |
1730 (+31,60) | |
9 |
Elias Buschmann Rustan |
4,5 |
20,0 |
25,0 |
27,5 |
1628 |
1681 (+48,40) | |
10 |
Matei Kristian Marin |
4,5 |
20,0 |
25,0 |
27,5 |
1613 |
1683 (+58,00) | |
11 |
Villum Brevick Kierulf |
4,5 |
19,5 |
25,0 |
27,5 |
1500 |
1561 (-12,80) | |
12 |
Jacob Tollefsen |
4,5 |
19,0 |
25,0 |
27,5 |
1473 |
1543 (-4,80) | |
13 |
Nicolai Frøyshov |
4,5 |
17,5 |
22,0 |
22,5 |
1387 |
1484 (+33,60) | |
14 |
Raphael Leif Mathias Iglesias Stuhaug |
4,0 |
21,0 |
26,5 |
29,5 |
1652 |
1597 (+6,00) | |
15 |
Olav Bjørkan |
4,0 |
20,5 |
26,0 |
27,5 |
1660 |
1600 (+1,20) | |
16 |
Teodor Tenfjord Engelsen |
4,0 |
19,5 |
25,0 |
27,5 |
1522 |
1594 (-16,40) | |
17 |
Eskil Møklebust-Lien |
4,0 |
19,5 |
25,0 |
25,5 |
1496 |
1581 (+49,20) | |
18 |
Rafe Rehman |
4,0 |
18,5 |
23,0 |
26,0 |
1404 |
1439 (-62,00) | |
19 |
Christine Nordahl |
4,0 |
18,0 |
23,5 |
25,0 |
1530 |
1544 (+48,00) | |
20 |
Daniel O.Vollheim |
4,0 |
16,5 |
22,0 |
24,5 |
1497 |
1637 (+63,60) |
45 players
Gruppe D
Pl. | Name | FIDE-Elo | Points | Med.Buchh | Buchholz-1 | Buchholz | Average FIDE | Performance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Evsuld Myagmarsuren |
8.0 |
40.5 |
48.0 |
50.0 |
1544 |
1862 (+19.20) | |
2 |
Jiahao Eric Ji |
7.5 |
39.5 |
47.5 |
50.0 |
1429 |
1734 (+0.40) | |
3 |
David Mindestrømmen Simonsen |
7.0 |
41.5 |
49.5 |
54.0 |
1497 |
1709 (+6.00) | |
4 |
Felix Wiger-Nordås |
6.5 |
39.5 |
47.5 |
51.0 |
1513 |
1631 (+65.20) | |
5 |
Nikolay Jørgensen Den Roover |
6.0 |
40.5 |
48.5 |
52.5 |
1440 |
1567 (-8.80) | |
6 |
Oda Kofoed Skramstad |
6.0 |
33.0 |
40.0 |
43.5 |
1396 |
1474 (+10.80) | |
7 |
Fredrik Lexow Bjørge |
5.5 |
39.5 |
47.5 |
50.5 |
1532 |
1496 (-3.60) | |
8 |
Siver Flaten |
5.5 |
37.0 |
44.5 |
48.0 |
1413 |
1435 (+40.00) | |
9 |
Aksel Bræin |
5.5 |
36.0 |
44.0 |
48.0 |
1366 |
1443 (+64.80) | |
10 |
William Arntzen Walgren |
5.0 |
35.5 |
43.5 |
46.0 |
1489 |
1446 (-12.40) | |
11 |
Lars Ystad-Deglum |
|
5.0 |
32.5 |
39.5 |
42.0 |
1293 |
1296 (-27.60) |
12 |
Emilian Loeve Brandsdal Bjugn |
5.0 |
32.5 |
38.5 |
42.5 |
1274 |
1252 (-12.80) | |
13 |
Thomas Nissen Hellerud |
5.0 |
31.0 |
39.0 |
41.5 |
1320 |
1302 (-31.20) | |
14 |
Mikael Ruud |
5.0 |
30.0 |
36.0 |
39.0 |
1244 |
1289 (+16.00) | |
15 |
Jørgen K. Frøisland |
5.0 |
28.0 |
34.0 |
37.0 |
1303 |
1279 (+13.60) | |
16 |
Victor Lindstad |
4.5 |
37.5 |
44.5 |
46.5 |
1432 |
1293 (+6.40) | |
17 |
Emthe Solskinnsbakk |
4.5 |
33.5 |
41.0 |
44.5 |
1332 |
1264 (+7.80) | |
18 |
Amalie Linnea Heibo |
4.5 |
31.0 |
38.5 |
41.5 |
1254 |
1181 (-47.60) | |
19 |
Niels Andreas Samuelsen |
|
4.5 |
27.5 |
33.0 |
35.0 |
1259 |
0000 (+20.00) |
20 |
Sebastian Sigvaldsen |
|
4.5 |
27.5 |
32.5 |
35.0 |
1154 |
0000 (+0.00) |
36 players
Group E
Pl. | Name | FIDE-Elo | Points | Buchholz-1 | Buchholz | Average FIDE | Performance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
David Myrseth Nilsen |
7.5 |
43.5 |
45.0 |
1368 |
1461 (+22.80) | |
2 |
Hallvard Foss Bjørnstad |
7.0 |
43.5 |
46.5 |
1338 |
1484 (+35.20) | |
3 |
Sigur H. Myny |
6.5 |
48.5 |
50.5 |
1310 |
1480 (+0.80) | |
4 |
Aksel Bjøntegaard Straus |
6.5 |
47.5 |
50.5 |
1309 |
1428 (+89.20) | |
5 |
August Minh Brattgjerd |
6.0 |
47.0 |
51.5 |
1350 |
1421 (-6.80) | |
6 |
Theodor Mohr |
|
6.0 |
43.5 |
47.0 |
1258 |
1325 (+7.20) |
7 |
Mateja Krbacevic |
6.0 |
43.0 |
43.0 |
1364 |
1312 (-16.40) | |
8 |
Abdishakur Abobaker Elmi |
|
5.5 |
41.0 |
44.0 |
1250 |
1124 (-45.20) |
9 |
Olav Faye Helvik |
5.5 |
38.5 |
41.5 |
1229 |
1261 (-28.00) | |
10 |
Filip Myrseth Nilsen |
|
5.5 |
35.5 |
39.0 |
1313 |
0000 (+0.00) |
11 |
Jan Karol Statkiewicz |
5.0 |
45.5 |
49.5 |
1219 |
1234 (-37.20) | |
12 |
Alec Bernhoftsen-Banks |
5.0 |
44.5 |
48.0 |
1237 |
1349 (+24.00) | |
13 |
Alina Shehzad |
5.0 |
40.0 |
44.0 |
1294 |
1122 (-40.00) | |
14 |
Noah Darbinian-Johansen |
5.0 |
39.5 |
41.0 |
1341 |
1254 (-7.60) | |
15 |
Henrik Nome |
4.5 |
45.0 |
49.0 |
1283 |
1171 (+19.60) |
34 players
Group F
Pl. | Name | FIDE-Elo | Points | Buchholz-1 | Buchholz | Average FIDE | Performance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Eivind Jiabao Ji |
9.0 |
45.5 |
49.5 |
1211 |
1891 (+21.60) | |
2 |
Githiha Sathish |
7.0 |
47.5 |
51.0 |
1309 |
1446 (+21.80) | |
3 |
Fredrik Valstad Elsness |
6.5 |
46.0 |
50.0 |
1251 |
1340 (+42.00) | |
4 |
Sophie Damiano |
6.0 |
47.5 |
51.0 |
1310 |
1364 (+19.00) | |
5 |
Lauritz Nissen Hellerud |
6.0 |
43.0 |
45.0 |
1330 |
1289 (+32.40) | |
6 |
Aksel Elias Gjersvik |
6.0 |
41.5 |
45.5 |
1213 |
1336 (+26.00) | |
7 |
Halldor Olaves Grytten |
|
5.5 |
46.5 |
50.5 |
1336 |
1131 (-45.60) |
8 |
Sondre Olsen Linkjendal |
|
5.5 |
38.0 |
41.5 |
1151 |
1274 (+14.80) |
9 |
August Solbu |
5.5 |
37.0 |
37.5 |
1258 |
1282 (+5.60) | |
10 |
Alan Kizatbay |
|
5.5 |
33.0 |
35.0 |
1225 |
1104 (-23.20) |
11 |
Eirik F. Reigstad |
|
5.0 |
47.0 |
50.0 |
1274 |
1244 (-25.60) |
12 |
Bjarne Stafseth |
5.0 |
44.0 |
47.5 |
1215 |
1098 (+0.40) | |
13 |
Leander Theodor Kragh Muraas |
5.0 |
41.5 |
44.5 |
1173 |
1037 (-46.80) | |
14 |
Pål Folven |
4.5 |
42.5 |
45.0 |
1160 |
0933 (-57.60) | |
15 |
Henrik Helland Kaada |
4.5 |
42.0 |
43.5 |
1246 |
1119 (-49.60) |
31 players
Group G
Pl. | Name | FIDE-Elo | Points | Buchholz-1 | Buchholz | Average FIDE | Performance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Noah Jullum Amundsen |
7.5 |
46.0 |
50.0 |
1216 |
1405 (+26.40) | |
2 |
Adam Statkiewicz |
7.0 |
48.5 |
53.5 |
1174 |
1299 (+20.80) | |
3 |
Astor Moe Maurstad |
|
7.0 |
48.0 |
51.0 |
1197 |
1470 (+29.60) |
4 |
Birk Braaten |
7.0 |
47.5 |
50.5 |
1207 |
0454 (-25.60) | |
5 |
William Olsen |
7.0 |
46.5 |
51.0 |
1169 |
1169 (+0.00) | |
6 |
Nhat Anh Nguyen |
|
6.5 |
39.5 |
42.5 |
1193 |
0000 (+0.00) |
7 |
Espen Siben Yang |
|
6.0 |
45.0 |
49.0 |
1212 |
0000 (+0.00) |
8 |
Tommy Matysiak |
|
6.0 |
45.0 |
49.0 |
1154 |
0000 (+0.00) |
9 |
Bjørn Mennink Røyrvik |
|
6.0 |
43.5 |
46.5 |
1263 |
0000 (+0.00) |
10 |
Kasper Macdonald Haldorsen |
|
6.0 |
43.0 |
46.0 |
1165 |
1901 (+18.00) |
11 |
Halvor Heierland Farsethås |
|
6.0 |
40.0 |
40.5 |
|
0000 (+0.00) |
12 |
Maxy Dolek |
|
5.5 |
50.0 |
53.0 |
1200 |
1189 (-6.40) |
13 |
Jotautas Jonas Indrasius |
|
5.5 |
49.0 |
52.5 |
1179 |
0000 (+0.00) |
14 |
Artem Ryabchikov |
|
5.5 |
44.0 |
46.5 |
1154 |
0000 (+0.00) |
15 |
Terje Kevin G. Lysen |
|
5.5 |
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