Arendal langsjakk 2025
Open SwissStandard
13 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 07 Jun 2025 to 09 Jun 2025 in Arendal, Norway. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1333, and top seed was Ingvar Gundersen (🇳🇴 NOR, 1839).
Aleksejs Matcins (🇱🇻 LAT, 0) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Sindre Fossum (3.0) and Anders Olsen (3.0). Matcins won solo starting round 3.
The biggest upset came in round 3: Carsten Jordell (1508) beat Peder Brovoll (1679), a +171-point gap.
Location
🇳🇴Arendal, Norway
Dates
07 Jun 2025 → 09 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 2 represented
🇳🇴Norway×9
🇱🇻Latvia×1
Top 3
- 🥇
- 🥈
- 🥉
How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsAleksejs Matcins led from R3; +2.0-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
5
2
1
1
1
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD
Aleksejs Matcins never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +2.0 over the runner-up.
R1–R5 · WIN STREAK
Aleksejs Matcins won 5 in a row (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Aleksejs Matcins | * | — | 1 | 1 |
| 2Nils Henrik Omland | — | * | — | 1 |
| 3Anders Olsen | 0 | — | * | 0 |
| 4Sindre Fossum | 0 | 0 | 1 | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matcins, Aleksejs | 0 | LAT | +10B | +3N | +2B | +6N | +5B | 5.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.00 | 2565 | +9.6 |
| 2 | Fossum, Sindre | 1739 | NOR | +13N | +7B | −1N | +3N | −4B | 3.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 5.00 | 1783 | +2.2 |
| 3 | Olsen, Anders | 1774 | NOR | +8N | −1B | +9N | −2B | +7N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 5.00 | 1749 | -1.6 |
| 4 | Omland, Nils Henrik | 1741 | NOR | F | +10N | −5B | +8N | +2N | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 5.00 | 1894 | +16.0 |
| 5 | Gundersen, Ingvar | 1839 | NOR | +9B | F | +4N | F | −1N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 4.00 | 1908 | +6.6 |
| 6 | Scheffler, Rolf | 0 | NOR | F | F | +7B | −1B | +9N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.00 | 1728 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Reppe, Karl Martin | 1537 | NOR | +11B | −2N | −6N | +10B | −3B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 1617 | +13.6 |
| 8 | Jordell, Carsten | 1508 | NOR | −3B | F | +10N | −4B | +12N | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 1615 | +14.8 |
| 9 | Petkov, Vaso | 1509 | NOR | −5N | F | −3B | +11N | −6B | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 1000 | -12.0 |
| 10 | Brovoll, Peder | 1679 | NOR | −1N | −4B | −8B | −7N | F | 0.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 919 | -82.0 |
| 11 | FIDE 556000022 | 0 | — | −7N | F | F | −9B | — | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 710 | 0.0 |
| 12 | FIDE 1599925 | 0 | — | F | F | F | F | −8B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 708 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 1584138 | 0 | — | −2B | — | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 950 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Omland, Nils HenrikNOR+16.03.0 pts · #2
- 2Jordell, CarstenNOR+14.82.0 pts · #7
- 3Reppe, Karl MartinNOR+13.62.0 pts · #8
Top rating losers
- 1Brovoll, PederNOR-82.00.0 pts · #11
- 2Petkov, VasoNOR-12.01.0 pts · #10
- 3Olsen, AndersNOR-1.63.0 pts · #3
Biggest upsets
- R3+171 Elo gap
- R4+142 Elo gap