Norway Chess Open 2025 ELO - open

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103 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 26 May 2025 to 01 Jun 2025 in Stavanger, Norway. 1 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1938, and top seed was Suresh Kumar T J (🇮🇳 IND, 2100).

Snorri Vikanes Bjarnason (🇳🇴 NOR, 1915) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Anthony Khalife (7.0) and Michael Ferzli (7.0). Bjarnason shared the lead from round 8 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 9: Nathan De Joya (1544) beat Ivan Wijetunge (1880), a +336-point gap.

Location

🇳🇴Stavanger, Norway

Dates

26 May 2025 → 01 Jun 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇳Suresh Kumar T J2100

Avg top 10

1,938

Participants

103

Titled players · 1

WFM×1

Federations · 8 represented

🇳🇴Norway×54

🇮🇳India×6

🇺🇦Ukraine×6

🇺🇸United States of America×4

🇩🇪Germany×4

🇱🇧Lebanon×3

🇵🇱Poland×2

🇱🇻Latvia×2

Top 3

🥇
Snorri Vikanes Bjarnason
🇳🇴NOR·1915
7.5pts·2075perf+33.8
🥈
Anthony Khalife
🇳🇴NOR·1791
7.0pts·2064perf+86.0
🥉
Michael Ferzli
🇱🇧LBN·1853
7.0pts·2165perf+56.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Snorri Vikanes Bjarnason led from R9; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.

Co-leaders

Bjarnason7.5Ferzli7Khalife7Nome6.5Rustan6.5Sande6.5

R9 · LEADER CHANGE01 Jun

Snorri Vikanes Bjarnason takes the sole lead (7.5/9).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Snorri Vikanes Bjarnason beat Michael Ferzli (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Snorri Vikanes Bjarnason 3+3 wins (R1–R3, R7–R9)Michael Ferzli 3+4 wins (R2–R4, R6–R9)Anthony Khalife 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Snorri Vikanes Bjarnason	*	1	—	1
2Michael Ferzli	0	*	—	1
3Anthony Khalife	—	—	*	—
4Henrik Nome	0	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Bjarnason, Snorri Vikanes	1915	NOR	+33B	+28N	+5B	=29N	+3B	−10N	+44B	+8N	+6B	7.5	47.0	51.5	43.00	2075	+33.8
2	Khalife, Anthony	1791	NOR	=69B	+80N	+43B	+7N	=18B	+13N	=14B	=5N	+15N	7.0	44.5	47.5	36.75	2064	+86.0
3	Ferzli,Michael	1853	LBN	F	+72B	+50N	+26B	−1N	+52B	+4N	+6B	+10N	7.0	43.5	43.5	36.00	2165	+56.8
4	Suresh Kumar T J	2100	IND	=16N	+75B	+41B	+8N	=9B	=5N	−3B	+67N	+18B	6.5	45.0	48.5	32.25	1934	-26.2
5	Rustan, Elias Buschmann	1825	NOR	+57N	+34B	−1N	+73B	+42N	=4B	+26N	=2B	=24N	6.5	45.0	48.5	31.50	1964	+68.4
6	Nome, Henrik	1852	NOR	+68N	+91B	+36N	+42B	=10B	+18N	+9B	−3N	−1N	6.5	45.0	47.5	30.00	1953	+52.0
7	Sande, Odmund	1915	NOR	+37N	=11B	+21N	−2B	+31B	=8N	+40B	=70N	+19B	6.5	44.5	48.0	33.25	1911	+0.4
8	Hoyland, William	1793	NOR	+23N	+47B	=26N	−4B	+64N	=7B	+11N	−1B	+34N	6.0	46.5	50.5	30.75	1880	+37.6
9	Nitin M Pai	1869	IND	+25N	+17B	=52N	+19B	=4N	+12B	−6N	−24B	+45N	6.0	46.0	50.0	32.75	1924	+14.2
10	Tunge, Christian	1992	NOR	+55N	+67B	+12N	+40B	=6N	+1B	F	=14N	−3B	6.0	45.0	45.0	31.75	1987	+0.8
11	Juhlin, Sindre Birkeland	1714	NOR	+84B	=7N	−18B	+71N	=27B	+25N	−8B	+39N	+26N	6.0	42.0	45.0	27.75	1824	+42.8
12	Nygard-Forberg, Kristian Elias	1821	NOR	+74B	+31N	−10B	+77N	+28B	−9N	+30B	+44N	−14B	6.0	41.0	44.5	26.50	1849	+9.4
13	Galavics, Hermann	1894	AUT	+35B	=20N	=32B	=46N	+53B	−2B	=45N	+77N	+70B	6.0	39.0	42.5	25.75	1775	-18.4
14	Gryte, Jonas	1829	NOR	F	F	+30N	+34B	+40N	+22B	=2N	=10B	+12N	6.0	39.0	39.0	32.50	2077	+39.4
15	Arulmaran, Abishan	1874	NOR	+99B	+81N	−40B	−45N	+35B	+31N	+51B	+27N	−2B	6.0	38.5	39.5	23.50	1825	-8.6
16	Wu, Chenyu	1604	SGP	=4B	−32N	+69B	−53N	+58B	=56N	+81B	+28N	+29B	6.0	37.0	40.0	25.75	1875	+90.4
17	Ayaan Arora	1684	IND	+103B	−9N	+99B	−24B	+68N	+43N	=18B	=29N	+27B	6.0	36.0	36.0	19.25	1832	+53.2
18	Mesar, Antun	1889	CRO	+49N	=21B	+11N	+52B	=2N	−6B	=17N	+23B	−4N	5.5	47.5	51.5	29.25	1822	-11.6
19	Apostolakii, Olha	1754	UKR	+95B	=43N	+20B	−9N	+32B	−44N	+80N	+41B	−7N	5.5	39.5	41.5	22.25	1641	-11.6
20	Sushrutha, Reddy	1704	IND	+59N	=13B	−19N	+37B	−26N	+57B	−41N	+48B	+47N	5.5	39.0	43.0	25.00	1719	+1.6
21	Lysen, Terje Kevin G	1711	NOR	+62B	=18N	−7B	=43N	−30B	+74N	=25B	+71N	+41B	5.5	39.0	42.5	23.25	1600	-30.0
22	Matzeit, Meinhard	1816	GER	+58B	−41N	+35B	+92N	+45B	−14N	−70B	+30N	=32B	5.5	37.5	39.5	23.00	1852	+5.6
23	Istratova, Nika	1467	EST	−8B	=53N	=38B	+55N	+81B	+28N	=52B	−18N	+67B	5.5	37.0	40.0	22.00	1792	+146.8
24	Vestly, Jan Vidar	2031	NOR	+38B	−42N	+55B	+17N	+29B	F	F	+9N	=5B	5.5	37.0	37.0	29.25	1961	-7.8
25	Demirov, Mykhailo	1537	UKR	−9B	+103N	−28B	+84N	+36N	−11B	=21N	+97B	+46N	5.5	37.0	37.0	17.25	1700	+58.0
26	Mesar, Darko	1886	CRO	+76B	+56N	=8B	−3N	+20B	+29N	−5B	=32N	−11B	5.0	45.0	48.5	23.50	1779	-20.6
27	Schaefer, Lutz	1875	GER	+30N	−36B	+49N	=91B	=11N	+41B	+33N	−15B	−17N	5.0	42.0	44.5	23.25	1663	-41.6
28	Matysiak, Tommy	1715	NOR	+70N	−1B	+25N	+57B	−12N	−23B	+82N	−16B	+75B	5.0	41.5	44.5	19.50	1623	-37.6
29	Kalejta, Arkadiusz	1760	POL	+93N	+88B	+54N	=1B	−24N	−26B	+65N	=17B	−16N	5.0	40.5	42.5	19.25	1752	-2.8
30	De Joya, Nathan	1544	NOR	−27B	+98N	−14B	+48N	+21N	+42B	−12N	−22B	+85N	5.0	40.0	41.0	18.50	1758	+68.4
31	Chilibiiskyi, Daniil	1627	UKR	+63N	−12B	+60N	+54B	−7N	−15B	−42N	+68B	+57N	5.0	39.0	42.5	19.50	1690	+18.8
32	Penados Betancourt, Sebastian	0	GUA	F	+16B	=13N	=67B	−19N	+73B	+85N	=26B	=22N	5.0	38.0	38.0	22.50	1812	0.0
33	Gusyev, Dmytro	1584	UKR	−1N	−70B	+62N	+47B	+60N	F	−27B	+56N	+40B	5.0	37.5	41.0	21.00	1811	+44.4
34	Nguyen, Tyson Quang Hy	1644	NOR	+83B	−5N	+90B	−14N	+92B	−40N	+43B	+42N	−8B	5.0	37.5	39.5	16.50	1610	-10.8
35	Nebell, Anne Grete	1572	NOR	−13N	+59B	−22N	+87B	−15N	−48B	+98B	+53N	+52B	5.0	37.0	38.0	16.00	1741	+19.2
36	Stafseth, Bjarne	1688	NOR	+98B	+27N	−6B	−41N	−25B	+90N	−39B	+72N	+58B	5.0	36.5	37.5	16.00	1654	-10.0
37	Mulye, Varad	1581	NOR	−7B	+84N	=85B	−20N	+69N	=46B	+53B	=54N	=44B	5.0	35.5	38.5	18.50	1748	+54.0
38	Apostolakii, Iryna	1589	UKR	−24N	=61B	=23N	−93B	−48N	+62B	+86N	+83B	+63N	5.0	33.5	35.5	18.75	1534	-5.0
39	Indrebo, Tomas	1521	NOR	−54N	−92B	−59N	+102B	+98N	+83B	+36N	−11B	+56B	5.0	29.0	29.0	13.00	1738	+41.6
40	Sathish, Githiha	1771	NOR	+66N	+60B	+15N	−10N	−14B	+34B	−7N	=46B	−33N	4.5	43.0	47.0	21.25	1683	-34.8
41	Rekdal, Havard Blystad	0	NOR	+82N	+22B	−4N	+36B	=51B	−27N	+20B	−19N	−21N	4.5	43.0	46.0	21.25	1789	0.0
42	Solskinnsbakk, Emthe	1719	NOR	+61N	+24B	+44N	−6N	−5B	−30N	+31B	−34B	=49N	4.5	42.5	46.5	21.25	1699	-12.4
43	Wang, Alex	0	HKG	+65N	=19B	−2N	=21B	+82N	−17B	−34N	+73B	=77B	4.5	40.0	43.0	17.75	1675	0.0
44	Texe, Eirik	1842	NOR	+89B	+64N	−42B	F	+91N	+19B	−1N	−12B	=37N	4.5	37.5	37.5	17.00	1740	-18.8
45	Tunge, Kasper Kleppe	1650	NOR	+92N	−54B	+78N	+15B	−22N	F	=13B	+52N	−9B	4.5	37.0	37.0	18.50	1794	+26.4
46	Ege, Tor Arne	1659	NOR	=80B	+69N	=51B	=13B	−52N	=37N	+72B	=40N	−25B	4.5	36.5	39.5	18.50	1645	-7.6
47	Helou Neto, Samyr	0	BRA	+53B	−8N	−64B	−33N	+99B	+55N	=79B	+50N	−20B	4.5	36.5	37.5	15.25	1648	0.0
48	Ege, Andreas	0	NOR	−67N	−55B	+83N	−30B	+38B	+35N	=64B	−20N	+76B	4.5	35.5	38.5	18.50	1570	0.0
49	Al Dhaffari, SalmaWFM	1570	UAE	−18B	+62N	−27B	=58N	+66B	=53N	−56B	+81N	=42B	4.5	35.0	38.0	17.25	1614	+5.2
50	Jorgensen, Catherine	1617	NOR	+94N	=51N	−3B	+75B	−67N	−85B	+92N	−47B	+97N	4.5	30.0	32.0	11.75	1665	+5.4
51	EKPIKEN, Magnus Etim	1816	NGR	+78N	=50B	=46N	+68B	=41N	+67B	−15N	—	—	4.5	26.5	30.0	17.25	1766	-5.6
52	Pruetting, Lucas	1768	GER	+86B	+71N	=9B	−18N	+46B	−3N	=23N	−45B	−35N	4.0	41.5	44.5	16.75	1550	-40.0
53	Dudek, Bartlomiej	1711	POL	−47N	=23B	+61N	+16B	−13N	=49B	−37N	−35B	+86N	4.0	40.5	43.5	18.00	1492	-70.8
54	Schleich, Theodor, Dr.	1867	GER	+39B	+45N	−29B	−31N	+76B	F	F	=37B	=61N	4.0	37.0	40.5	17.50	1672	-26.4
55	Lindesteg, Orjan	1588	NOR	−10B	+48N	−24N	−23B	+61N	−47B	+93N	−63B	+83N	4.0	37.0	39.0	13.50	1014	-33.2
56	Anvarov, Imron	1684	NOR	+102N	−26B	−68N	+72B	=57N	=16B	+49N	−33B	−39N	4.0	36.5	36.5	13.00	1496	-83.2
57	Aayiu Atindrya Shetty	1478	IND	−5B	+83N	+81B	−28N	=56B	−20N	+94B	=64N	−31B	4.0	36.0	38.0	12.00	1536	+14.4
58	Oyri, Audun Rimbereid	1468	NOR	−22N	−82B	+102N	=49B	−16N	+61B	=73N	+78B	−36N	4.0	35.0	35.0	11.50	1472	-3.6
59	Indrebo, Andreas	0	NOR	−20B	−35N	+39B	−76N	+89B	−72N	=74B	=69N	+81B	4.0	32.5	35.0	14.00	1518	0.0
60	Manikandan, Nikshith	0	NOR	+79B	−40N	−31B	+99N	−33B	=76N	=68N	+82B	−65N	4.0	32.0	33.0	11.00	1565	0.0
61	Damiano, Sebastian	0	NOR	−42B	=38N	−53B	+101N	−55B	−58N	+88B	+74N	=54B	4.0	31.5	32.5	11.50	1474	0.0
62	FIDE 1599631	0	—	−21N	−49B	−33B	−80N	+103B	−38N	+87N	+96B	+95N	4.0	30.0	30.0	7.00	814	0.0
63	Rekdal, Ole Bjorn	0	NOR	−31B	+74N	−77B	+89N	−85N	−82B	+90B	+55N	−38B	4.0	29.5	32.0	12.50	1555	0.0
64	Karthik Shetty	1639	IND	+96N	−44B	+47N	F	−8B	F	=48N	=57B	+80B	4.0	28.5	28.5	13.75	1431	-14.8
65	Megarbane, Julien	1619	LBN	−43B	+95N	=71B	F	+93N	F	−29B	=80N	+60B	4.0	24.0	24.0	11.25	960	-12.4
66	Ali, Hassan	0	NOR	−40B	−79N	F	+103B	−49N	−97B	+84N	+92B	+82N	4.0	22.5	22.5	8.00	1392	0.0
67	Hovstad, Pal	1715	NOR	+48B	−10N	+76B	=32N	+50B	−51N	F	−4B	−23N	3.5	40.5	44.0	15.00	1632	-31.2
68	Kozlov, Illia	1509	UKR	−6B	+100N	+56B	−51N	−17B	=71N	=60B	−31N	=69B	3.5	37.0	38.0	10.50	1492	-5.2
69	Mylam, Mahatej Reddy	1402	NOR	=2N	−46B	−16N	+88N	−37B	+84B	−75N	=59B	=68N	3.5	36.5	39.0	12.75	1340	0.0
70	Hammons, Roger	0	USA	−28B	+33N	+79B	F	F	F	+22N	=7B	−13N	3.5	34.5	34.5	17.25	1782	0.0
71	Singer-Clark, Tyler	0	USA	+73N	−52B	=65N	−11B	=72N	=68B	+78N	−21B	−79N	3.5	33.5	37.0	12.50	1537	0.0
72	Rabanal, Aleksandr	1498	NOR	F	−3N	+80B	−56N	=71B	+59B	−46N	−36B	+94N	3.5	33.0	33.0	10.75	921	-36.4
73	Jakabsone, Tifanija Bella	1626	LAT	−71B	+86N	+88B	−5N	=94B	−32N	=58B	−43N	=90B	3.5	31.5	33.5	9.75	1464	-25.2
74	Sathren, Linda Fagerli	1478	NOR	−12N	−63B	+98N	−94B	+87N	−21B	=59N	−61B	+92N	3.5	30.5	31.5	8.00	967	-6.6
75	Aravindhan, Aadvik	1527	NED	F	−4N	+101B	−50N	−80B	+88N	+69B	=85B	−28N	3.5	29.0	29.0	8.50	1462	-12.4
76	Vatneodegard, Marie	1548	NOR	−26N	+102B	−67N	+59B	−54N	=60B	−97N	+95B	−48N	3.5	29.0	29.0	8.00	953	-20.8
77	Aoun, Karim	1623	LBN	−88N	+93B	+63N	−12B	F	+94N	F	−13B	=43N	3.5	27.0	27.0	10.25	1058	-16.4
78	Valved, Ole Grothe	1471	NOR	−51B	+94N	−45B	−79N	=88B	+101N	−71B	−58N	+100B	3.5	25.5	26.5	5.25	844	-46.0
79	Jones, Gabriel	1646	ENG	−60N	+66B	−70N	+78B	F	F	=47N	F	+71B	3.5	23.0	23.0	13.25	2271	+5.4
80	Kim, Joshua	0	USA	=46N	−2B	−72N	+62B	+75N	F	−19B	=65B	−64N	3.0	36.0	38.5	11.75	1483	0.0
81	Haubrick, Sidney Junior Barreto	1664	BRA	+87N	−15B	−57N	+90B	−23N	+93B	−16N	−49B	−59N	3.0	35.5	37.5	7.50	1306	-53.6
82	Grigorenko, Vladislavs	1635	LAT	−41B	+58N	−92B	+86N	−43B	+63N	−28B	−60N	−66B	3.0	33.0	35.0	11.00	1591	-3.6
83	Mylam, Parthiv Shiva Reddy	0	NOR	−34N	−57B	−48B	+95N	+86B	−39N	+89B	−38N	−55B	3.0	33.0	35.0	7.50	1280	0.0
84	Hansen, Mio Ringdal	0	NOR	−11N	−37B	+96N	−25B	F	−69N	−66B	+88N	+89B	3.0	31.0	31.0	7.00	1388	0.0
85	Wijetunge, Ivan	1880	USA	F	F	=37N	F	+63B	+50N	−32B	=75N	−30B	3.0	30.5	30.5	12.75	1567	-28.8
86	Alne, Vetle Knudsen	0	NOR	−52N	−73B	+103N	−82B	−83N	+96B	−38B	+98N	−53B	3.0	25.5	25.5	3.00	864	0.0
87	FIDE 1599658	0	—	−81B	−99N	+95B	−35N	−74B	−89N	−62B	+102N	+93N	3.0	23.0	23.0	4.00	750	0.0
88	Valand, Kjell	0	NOR	+77B	−29N	−73N	−69B	=78N	−75B	−61N	−84B	+102B	2.5	29.5	29.5	5.25	1451	0.0
89	Larsen, Per Magnus	1493	NOR	−44N	+96B	−91N	−63B	−59N	+87B	−83N	=94B	−84N	2.5	26.0	28.0	6.00	945	-8.0
90	Ferrari, Eugenio	1475	ITA	F	F	−34N	−81N	+96B	−36B	−63N	+93B	=73N	2.5	24.5	24.5	5.75	1332	-22.8
91	Kristiansen, Elias V.	1648	NOR	+100B	−6N	+89B	=27N	−44B	F	—	—	—	2.5	21.5	22.5	6.00	1679	+1.8
92	Kvas, Chris	0	FID	−45B	+39N	+82N	−22B	−34N	F	−50B	−66N	−74B	2.0	35.0	35.0	8.00	1465	0.0
93	Bulegenov, Danial	0	NOR	−29B	−77N	+100B	+38N	−65B	−81N	−55B	−90N	−87B	2.0	30.0	31.0	6.00	1308	0.0
94	Opsen, Evelin Nilsen	0	NOR	−50B	−78B	F	+74N	=73N	−77B	−57N	=89N	−72B	2.0	28.5	28.5	6.50	1342	0.0
95	FIDE 343094193	0	—	−19N	−65B	−87N	−83B	F	+100N	+101B	−76N	−62B	2.0	25.0	25.0	2.00	841	0.0
96	Ourir, Jad	0	NOR	−64B	−89N	−84B	F	−90N	−86N	+102B	−62N	+98B	2.0	20.0	20.0	1.00	736	0.0
97	Jensen, Aleksander Totland	1543	NOR	F	F	F	F	F	+66N	+76B	−25N	−50B	2.0	17.5	17.5	7.50	1442	-16.0
98	FIDE 11649135	0	—	−36N	−30B	−74B	+100N	−39B	F	−35N	−86B	−96N	1.0	29.5	30.5	1.00	762	0.0
99	Thorbjornsen, Eirik	1542	NOR	−15N	+87B	−17N	−60B	−47N	F	—	—	—	1.0	23.5	24.5	3.00	978	-17.2
100	Landsverk, Teodor Ringdal	0	NOR	−91N	−68B	−93N	−98B	F	−95B	F	+101N	−78N	1.0	15.5	15.5	1.00	742	0.0
101	Ferrari, Edoardo	0	ITA	F	F	−75N	−61B	+102N	−78B	−95N	−100B	F	1.0	14.0	14.0	0.00	698	0.0
102	FIDE 11644320	0	—	−56B	−76N	−58B	−39N	−101B	F	−96N	−87B	−88N	0.0	25.0	25.0	0.00	757	0.0
103	FIDE 1599640	0	—	−17N	−25B	−86B	−66N	−62N	F	—	—	—	0.0	22.5	22.5	0.00	809	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Istratova, NikaEST
+146.8
5.5 pts · #12
2Wu, ChenyuSGP
+90.4
6.0 pts · #15
3Khalife, AnthonyNOR
+86.0
7.0 pts · #19

Top rating losers

1Anvarov, ImronNOR
-83.2
4.0 pts · #44
2Dudek, BartlomiejPOL
-70.8
4.0 pts · #58
3Haubrick, Sidney Junior BarretoBRA
-53.6
3.0 pts · #76

Biggest upsets

R9+336 Elo gap
De Joya, Nathan1544 beat Wijetunge, Ivan1880
R2+312 Elo gap
Solskinnsbakk, Emthe1719 beat Vestly, Jan Vidar2031
R6+248 Elo gap
Istratova, Nika1467 beat Matysiak, Tommy1715