Levanger Grand Prix 2025 B
12 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 05 Sept 2025 to 07 Sept 2025 in Levanger, Norway. Top 10 Elo average was 1662, and top seed was Thor Olaf Myhre (🇳🇴 NOR, 1740).
Karl Ivar Lavergren (🇳🇴 NOR, 1694) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Aksel Rolandsen (3.5) and Adrian Gran (3.5). Lavergren won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 1: John Steppling (1427) beat Kristoffer Holsdal (1670), a +243-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R3; 3 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
Aksel Rolandsen held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.
3 players finish on 3.5/5. Lavergren takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.0).
Aksel Rolandsen beat Karl Ivar Lavergren (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Aksel Rolandsen | * | 1 | — | ½ |
| 2Karl Ivar Lavergren | 0 | * | ½ | — |
| 3Adrian Gran | — | ½ | * | ½ |
| 4Kristoffer Holsdal | ½ | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lavergren, Karl Ivar | 1694 | NOR | +12B | +6N | −2B | =3N | +4N | 3.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 6.75 | 1768 | +10.6 |
| 2 | Rolandsen, Aksel | 1692 | NOR | +7N | +8B | +1N | −4B | =5N | 3.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 9.00 | 1809 | +15.6 |
| 3 | Gran, Adrian | 1660 | NOR | =4N | +9B | =5N | =1B | +8N | 3.5 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 8.75 | 1782 | +13.0 |
| 4 | Myhre, Thor Olaf | 1740 | NOR | =3B | =11N | +6B | +2N | −1B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 7.75 | 1699 | -4.2 |
| 5 | Holsdal, Kristoffer | 1670 | NOR | −6B | +12N | =3B | +7N | =2B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 5.50 | 1652 | -2.8 |
| 6 | Steppling, John | 1427 | NOR | +5N | −1B | −4N | +9B | −10N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 5.00 | 1515 | +6.6 |
| 7 | Holta, Daniel | 1550 | NOR | −2B | =10N | +11B | −5B | =9N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 2.75 | 1601 | +4.6 |
| 8 | Cwilich, Jaroslaw | 1646 | NOR | +10B | −2N | F | +11N | −3B | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 2.50 | 1685 | +4.4 |
| 9 | Fjordvang, Varg Aleksander | 0 | NOR | =11B | −3N | +10B | −6N | =7B | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 1533 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Odden, Jan Ove | 1728 | NOR | −8N | =7B | −9N | F | +6B | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.00 | 1541 | -13.8 |
| 11 | Hjerpbakk, Terje | 1662 | NOR | =9N | =4B | −7N | −8B | — | 1.0 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 2.50 | 1372 | -21.2 |
| 12 | Braten, Brage | 1574 | NOR | −1N | −5B | — | — | — | 0.0 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 0.00 | 882 | -14.2 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Rolandsen, AkselNOR+15.63.5 pts · #1
- 2Gran, AdrianNOR+13.03.5 pts · #5
- 3Lavergren, Karl IvarNOR+10.63.5 pts · #2
- 1Hjerpbakk, TerjeNOR-21.21.0 pts · #11
- 2Braten, BrageNOR-14.20.0 pts · #12
- 3Odden, Jan OveNOR-13.81.5 pts · #8
- R1+243 Elo gap
- R3+112 Elo gap