tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13832888364332142642024-02-07T13:16:15.327+01:00TV 2 Fagernes International20-27 March 2016Fagernes Chess Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08598866845148181669noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383288836433214264.post-23478427589679593252016-03-27T18:49:00.003+02:002018-03-18T07:39:21.268+01:00<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Congratulations to the winners!</span></h2>
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We congratulate GM Samuel Shankland (USA) with winning the GM-group at Fagernes,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">half a point ahead of Norwegian IM Frode Urkedal.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The IM-group was won by Spanish GM Marc Narciso Dublan and the Elo-group by Norwegian Johannes L. Kvisla.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Title norms were taken by Urkedal (GM-norm) and FM Joachim B. Nilsen (IM-norm).</span><br />
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<br />Fagernes Chess Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08598866845148181669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383288836433214264.post-59635951508639993762016-03-27T09:33:00.003+02:002016-03-27T22:46:41.366+02:00<h2 style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Fagernes Easter Blitz</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://turneringsservice.sjakklubb.no/home.aspx?TID=FagernesEasterBlitz2016-AkademiskSjakklubb"><br />Fagernes Easter Blitz</a> was played Saturday night (26 March) with <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">4</span>4 participants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Norwegian IM Aryan Tari took clear first place in the A-group after winning all his nine games.<br />
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FM Ward Al-Tarbosh was second with 7 po<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ints</span>, while GM Leif Erlend Johannessen with 6½ points ended in third place. <br /><br /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The B-group was won b<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">y Andreas Sebastian.</span></span></span></div>
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Fagernes Chess Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08598866845148181669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383288836433214264.post-8602057398781465822016-03-26T17:33:00.000+01:002018-03-23T19:13:32.823+01:00<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Grandelius wins Altibox Norway Chess Qualifier</span></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />
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GM Nils Grandelius took clear first place in <a href="http://fagerneschess2016.blogspot.no/p/altibox-norway-chess-qualifier.html">Altibox Norway <br />
Chess Qualifier</a> after getting the best score in both the classical and rapid parts of the tournament.<br />
GM Jon Ludvig Hammer took second place, while Women's World Champion GM Yifan Hou placed third. Young IM Aryan Tari finished in fourth and last place.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Swedish grandmaster is now qualified for the super tournament <a href="http://norwaychess.no/">Altibox Norway Chess</a> played 18th -24th April 2016 in Stavanger. The other participants are Carlsen, Kramnik, Giri, Aronian, Vachier-Lagrave, Topalov, Karjakin, Eljanov and Harikrishna.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Daylight Saving Time</span></h2>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />Late Saturday night (actually Sunday 27 March at 03:00 hrs) Norway will go to Daylight Saving Time (Summer Time).<br />This means the clocks will be turned forwards 1 hour, giving one hour less sleep for all players and participants at Fagernes.</span><br />
<br />Fagernes Chess Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08598866845148181669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383288836433214264.post-40374418794843290212016-03-22T21:05:00.000+01:002016-03-22T22:17:49.137+01:00<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Drawing of lots for <br />
Altibox Norway Chess Qualifier 2016</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The drawing of lots <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">for </span><b>Altibox Norway Chess Qualifier</b> was <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">done tonight at </span>Fagernes.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">See pictures at <a href="http://norwaychessqualifier2016.bergensjakk.no/">http://norwaychessqualifier2016.bergensjakk.no/</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">T</span>he pairings are as follows:</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Classical games:</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Round 1:</b> Wednesday 23 March at 14:30: Tari </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">–</span> Hou Yifan, Hammer </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">–</span> Grandelius<br />
<b>Round 2:</b> Thursday 24 March at 14:30: </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tari – Hammer, Hou Yifan - Grandelius<br />
<b>Round 3:</b> Friday 25 March at 14:30: Grandelius – Tari, Hammer – Hou Yifan<br />
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<b>Round 4:</b> Saturday 26 March at 11:00: </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hou Yifan </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">–</span> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tari</span>, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Grandelius </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">–</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hammer</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Round 5:</b> Saturday 26 March at 14:00: H</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ammer</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">– </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tari</span>, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Grandelius </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">–</span></span> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hou Yifan</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Round 6:</b> Saturday 26 March at 16:00: </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tari </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">–</span></span> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Grandelius</span>, Hou Yifan </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">–</span></span> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hammer</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Playoff in case of a tie for first place:</b> Blitz games Saturday 26 March at 18:00.<br />
<b>Closing ceremony and prize giving:</b> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Saturday 26 March at</span> 19:30.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Scoring system: </b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Classical games (<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">3</span> - 1 - 0) | Rapid games (<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- 1</span> - 0)</span><b> <br />
</b></span>Fagernes Chess Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08598866845148181669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383288836433214264.post-61478018022812973822016-03-20T11:28:00.001+01:002018-03-23T19:14:26.298+01:00<h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The playing venue</span></h2><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">than 100 participants. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">First round at 17.30 CET.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Live games: <a href="http://www.akademisk.org/live/">www.akademisk.org/live</a></span><br />
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Fagernes Chess Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08598866845148181669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383288836433214264.post-56349939996500178542016-03-18T07:59:00.002+01:002016-03-18T21:28:00.757+01:00<h2 style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The chess festival at Fagernes has a new main sponsor, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Norway's largest commercial television station, <a href="http://tv2.no/" target="_blank">TV 2</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">TV 2 is doing a great job promoting chess in Norway and will be covering Norway Chess next month with daily broadcasts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">Due to the new sponsorship the Fagernes festival has been renamed <br /><b>TV 2 Fagernes International.</b> </span></div>
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</tbody></table><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yifan Hou world champion!</span></h2><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">GM Yifan Hou won </span><a href="http://lviv2016.fide.com/"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">her match</span></a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> versus GM Maria Muzychuk and regained her Womens' world championship title. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Fagernes organizers are happy to welcome the new champion to Norway next week, where she will take part in <strong>Altibox Norway Chess Qualifier.</strong></span> Fagernes Chess Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08598866845148181669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383288836433214264.post-23189242001309569572016-02-03T09:17:00.003+01:002016-02-03T14:14:05.917+01:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We are happy to announce that <strong>Altibox Norway Chess Qualifier</strong> will be included in the chess festival at Fagernes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Four players, from Norway, Sweden and China will compete for one spot in the super tournament <a href="http://norwaychess.com/">Altibox Norway Chess 2016</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial";">In case of a tie, blitz and Armageddon games will be played to determine the winner.</span><br />
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Fagernes Chess Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08598866845148181669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1383288836433214264.post-74811727189839809942015-11-20T13:09:00.004+01:002018-03-23T19:17:22.364+01:00<h1 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Welcome to Fagernes Chess International!</span></h1><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The tournament is played at the new Norwegian Chess Hotel </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.thonhotels.com/hotels/countrys/norway/fagernes/thon-hotel-fagernes/">Thon Hotel Fagernes</a> (formerly Quality Hotel & Resort Fagernes)</span> at Fagernes, 187 km north of Oslo.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Main organizer is </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hans Olav Lahlum in cooperation with Hedmark og Oppland Sjakkrets.</span></div><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />
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Lahlum organized numberous international tournaments at Gausdal 1999-2008, Oslo 2011-2014 and Fagernes 2014-2015. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="text8">He has also been chief arbiter in many other large tournaments including the Norwegian championships 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013.</span></span><br />
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