Veteran-SM 50plus 2025

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21 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 28 Jun 2025 to 06 Jul 2025 in Uppsala, Sweden. 2 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2085, and top seed was Thomas Engqvist (🇸🇪 SWE, IM, 2311).

Per Vernersson (🇸🇪 SWE, 2258) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Pether 1962 Olsson (7.0) and Bjorn Gamback (6.0). Vernersson won solo starting round 6.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Jonas Gromark (1822) beat Joakim Brandberg Soder (2111), a +289-point gap.

Location

🇸🇪Uppsala, Sweden

Dates

28 Jun 2025 → 06 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Avg top 10

2,085

Participants

Titled players · 2

CM×2

Federations · 1 represented

🇸🇪Sweden×21

Top 3

🥇
Per Vernersson
🇸🇪SWE·2258
8.0pts·2352perf+7.4
🥈
Pether 1962 Olsson
🇸🇪SWE·2160
7.0pts·2251perf+19.4
🥉
CMBjorn Gamback
🇸🇪SWE·1995
6.0pts·2244perf+51.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Per Vernersson led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Vernersson8Olsson7Gamback6Eriksson5.5Persson5Gromark5

R3–R9 · LEAD HELD

Per Vernersson never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Per Vernersson drew with Pether 1962 Olsson (Black).

2× WIN STREAK · 3+4 wins

Per Vernersson posted 3 in a row (R1–R3) and 4 in a row (R6–R9) — total 7 wins.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Per Vernersson	*	½	½	1
2Pether 1962 Olsson	½	*	½	½
3CMBjorn Gamback	½	½	*	½
4Kristian Eriksson	0	½	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Vernersson, Per	2258	SWE	+5N	+17B	+4N	=3B	=2N	+8B	+12N	+6B	+16B	8.0	40.5	44.0	37.50	2352	+7.4
2	Olsson, Pether 1962	2160	SWE	+10B	=3N	+13B	+9N	=1B	=4N	=16B	+5N	+8B	7.0	42.0	45.5	34.00	2251	+19.4
3	Gamback, BjornCM	1995	SWE	F	=2B	+18N	=1N	+6B	+9N	=4B	+8B	=15N	6.0	41.5	41.5	29.25	2244	+51.4
4	Eriksson, Kristian	1998	SWE	+21B	+6N	−1B	=8N	+5B	=2B	=3N	=16N	=7B	5.5	44.0	44.5	23.50	2087	+22.8
5	Ivarsson, Anders	1987	SWE	−1B	=14N	+16B	+7B	−4N	=11N	+13B	−2B	+12N	5.0	42.0	45.5	20.75	2084	+22.6
6	Gromark, Jonas	1822	SWE	+15N	−4B	+17N	+18B	−3N	=12B	+7N	−1N	=10B	5.0	40.5	43.5	19.75	2070	+55.6
7	Persson, Lars	2040	SWE	=19B	+16N	−9B	−5N	+20B	+13N	−6B	+11N	=4N	5.0	35.0	36.0	17.25	1962	-18.6
8	Johansen, Peter	2104	SWE	−12N	+20B	+21N	=4B	+13B	−1N	+9B	−3N	−2N	4.5	40.0	40.5	12.75	1972	-28.2
9	Helin, MikaelCM	1929	SWE	=18N	+11B	+7N	−2B	+10N	−3B	−8N	−15B	+21N	4.5	38.5	39.0	16.00	1990	+14.8
10	Ljung, Rickard	1972	SWE	−2N	+15B	+12N	−13N	−9B	=18B	+20N	=14B	=6N	4.5	35.5	36.5	15.00	1985	+3.0
11	Lundberg, Daniel 1971	1838	SWE	=16B	−9N	+14B	−19N	=18N	=5B	+21N	−7B	+20B	4.5	29.0	29.5	11.25	1949	+25.0
12	Karlsson, Patrik	1923	SWE	+8B	−13N	−10B	+21N	+19B	=6N	−1B	=18N	−5B	4.0	37.0	37.5	12.00	1936	+2.6
13	Svensson, Hakan	2004	SWE	+20N	+12B	−2N	+10B	−8N	−7B	−5N	+19B	−17B	4.0	36.5	37.5	12.50	1935	-15.8
14	Uneson, Marcus	2118	SWE	−17N	=5B	−11N	+15B	−16N	F	+19B	=10N	+18B	4.0	31.0	31.0	14.75	1975	-29.8
15	Styf, Josef	2024	SWE	−6B	−10N	=19B	−14N	F	+21B	+17N	+9N	=3B	4.0	31.0	31.0	13.00	1918	-21.0
16	Bergfalk, Jonas	2030	SWE	=11N	−7B	−5N	F	+14B	+17B	=2N	=4B	−1N	3.5	42.5	42.5	16.00	2001	-14.0
17	Hedin, Niclas	1953	SWE	+14B	−1N	−6B	=20N	+21B	−16N	−15B	F	+13N	3.5	30.0	30.0	9.00	1919	-7.8
18	Brandberg Soder, Joakim	2111	SWE	=9B	+19N	−3B	−6N	=11B	=10N	F	=12B	−14N	3.0	35.5	35.5	11.75	1848	-111.2
19	Tobiasson, Bjorn	1884	SWE	=7N	−18B	=15N	+11B	−12N	+20B	−14N	−13N	F	3.0	29.5	29.5	10.00	1892	-0.4
20	Mitra, Ashoke	1774	SWE	−13B	−8N	F	=17B	−7N	−19N	−10B	=21B	−11N	1.0	29.5	29.5	2.00	1611	-28.6
21	Warston, Hakan	1667	SWE	−4N	F	−8B	−12B	−17N	−15N	−11B	=20N	−9B	0.5	31.5	31.5	0.50	1494	-19.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Gromark, JonasSWE
+55.6
5.0 pts · #6
2Gamback, BjornCMSWE
+51.4
6.0 pts · #3
3Lundberg, Daniel 1971SWE
+25.0
4.5 pts · #11

Top rating losers

1Brandberg Soder, JoakimSWE
-111.2
3.0 pts · #18
2Uneson, MarcusSWE
-29.8
4.0 pts · #15
3Mitra, AshokeSWE
-28.6
1.0 pts · #20

Biggest upsets

R4+289 Elo gap
Gromark, Jonas1822 beat Brandberg Soder, Joakim2111
R3+280 Elo gap
Lundberg, Daniel 19711838 beat Uneson, Marcus2118
R7+218 Elo gap
Gromark, Jonas1822 beat Persson, Lars2040