Rallarsjakken 2025 A

Open SwissStandard

16 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 09 May 2025 to 11 May 2025 in Narvik, Norway. 5 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2120, and top seed was Johan-Sebastian Christiansen (🇳🇴 NOR, GM, 2642).

Johan-Sebastian Christiansen (🇳🇴 NOR, GM, 2642) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Mads Vestby-Ellingsen (4.0) and Sivert Schanche Torfoss (3.5). Christiansen shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Erlend Entner (1720) beat Vegard Tollefsen (1946), a +226-point gap.

Location

🇳🇴Narvik, Norway

Dates

09 May 2025 → 11 May 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇳🇴GMJohan-Sebastian Christiansen2642

Avg top 10

2,120

Participants

Titled players · 5

GM×1

IM×1

CM×3

Federations · 2 represented

🇳🇴Norway×15

🇸🇪Sweden×1

Top 3

🥇
GMJohan-Sebastian Christiansen
🇳🇴NOR·2642
4.5pts·2636perf0.0
🥈
IMMads Vestby-Ellingsen
🇳🇴NOR·2382
4.0pts·2446perf+4.9
🥉
CMSivert Schanche Torfoss
🇳🇴NOR·2192
3.5pts·2284perf+26.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

GM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Christiansen4.5Vestby-Ellingsen4Torfoss3.5Larsen3Gulljord3Royset3

R5 · LEADER CHANGE11 May

GM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen drew with IM Mads Vestby-Ellingsen (White).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

CM Sivert Schanche Torfoss won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1GMJohan-Sebastian Christiansen	*	½	1	—
2IMMads Vestby-Ellingsen	½	*	½	—
3CMSivert Schanche Torfoss	0	½	*	1
4Martin Halsvik Larsen	—	—	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Christiansen, Johan-SebastianGM	2642	NOR	+10B	+4N	=2B	+6N	+3B	4.5	13.5	15.5	13.50	2636	0.0
2	Vestby-Ellingsen, MadsIM	2382	NOR	+14N	+5B	=1N	=3B	+4N	4.0	14.0	15.0	11.00	2446	+4.9
3	Torfoss, Sivert SchancheCM	2192	NOR	+13B	+9N	+7B	=2N	−1N	3.5	14.0	16.0	9.50	2284	+26.8
4	Soraas, TorbenCM	2111	NOR	+12N	−1B	+15N	+5B	−2B	3.0	13.5	14.5	6.00	2190	+10.6
5	Royset, PalCM	2105	NOR	+6B	−2N	+10B	−4N	+12B	3.0	12.0	14.0	7.00	2103	+0.2
6	Gulljord, Birk	1871	NOR	−5N	+14B	+11N	−1B	+10B	3.0	11.5	12.5	5.00	2106	+29.0
7	Larsen, Martin Halsvik	2028	NOR	=16N	+15B	−3N	+9B	=8N	3.0	10.0	10.5	5.25	1971	-5.8
8	Tollefsen, Vegard	1946	NOR	−15N	+16B	=9N	+11B	=7B	3.0	8.5	9.0	5.25	1949	+0.8
9	Mikalsen, Bengt Arne	1797	NOR	+11N	−3B	=8B	−7N	+14B	2.5	11.5	12.5	4.50	2009	+25.8
10	Solbu, August	1915	NOR	−1N	+12B	−5N	+15B	−6N	2.0	12.5	13.5	3.00	1905	-8.0
11	Eriksson, Roland	1999	SWE	−9B	+13N	−6B	−8N	+16B	2.0	10.5	11.0	2.50	1794	-27.4
12	Solbakken, Mikkel Damtoft	1874	NOR	−4B	−10N	+13B	+14N	−5N	2.0	10.0	11.0	3.00	1906	+6.8
13	Selnes, Odd Ketil	1878	NOR	−3N	−11B	−12N	+16B	+15N	2.0	8.5	9.0	1.50	1853	-5.0
14	Remman, Frank	1881	NOR	−2B	−6N	+16N	−12B	−9N	1.0	11.5	12.0	0.50	1692	-25.6
15	Entner, Erlend	1720	NOR	+8B	−7N	−4B	−10N	−13B	1.0	11.0	13.0	3.00	1736	+0.4
16	Schjelderup, Nils-Jakob	1839	NOR	=7B	−8N	−14B	−13N	−11N	0.5	10.0	11.0	1.50	1580	-25.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Gulljord, BirkNOR
+29.0
3.0 pts · #5
2Torfoss, Sivert SchancheCMNOR
+26.8
3.5 pts · #3
3Mikalsen, Bengt ArneNOR
+25.8
2.5 pts · #9

Top rating losers

1Eriksson, RolandSWE
-27.4
2.0 pts · #13
2Schjelderup, Nils-JakobNOR
-25.6
0.5 pts · #16
3Remman, FrankNOR
-25.6
1.0 pts · #15

Biggest upsets

R1+226 Elo gap
Entner, Erlend1720 beat Tollefsen, Vegard1946
R1+202 Elo gap
Mikalsen, Bengt Arne1797 beat Eriksson, Roland1999
R3+128 Elo gap
Gulljord, Birk1871 beat Eriksson, Roland1999