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Levanger Grand Prix 2025 B

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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.

Location
🇳🇴Levanger, Norway
Dates
05 Sept 2025 → 07 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇳🇴Thor Olaf Myhre1740
Avg top 10
1,662
Participants
12
Federations · 1 represented
🇳🇴Norway×12
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight 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.

Co-leaders
4
2
1
2
3
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

Aksel Rolandsen held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 3.5/5. Lavergren takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Aksel Rolandsen beat Karl Ivar Lavergren (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Aksel Rolandsen*
1
½
2Karl Ivar Lavergren
0
*
½
3Adrian Gran
½
*
½
4Kristoffer Holsdal
½
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Lavergren, Karl Ivar1694NOR+12B+6N2B=3N+4N3.512.012.06.751768+10.6
2Rolandsen, Aksel1692NOR+7N+8B+1N4B=5N3.511.513.59.001809+15.6
3Gran, Adrian1660NOR=4N+9B=5N=1B+8N3.511.513.58.751782+13.0
4Myhre, Thor Olaf1740NOR=3B=11N+6B+2N1B3.012.513.57.751699-4.2
5Holsdal, Kristoffer1670NOR6B+12N=3B+7N=2B3.011.011.05.501652-2.8
6Steppling, John1427NOR+5N1B4N+9B10N2.011.513.05.001515+6.6
7Holta, Daniel1550NOR2B=10N+11B5B=9N2.010.011.02.751601+4.6
8Cwilich, Jaroslaw1646NOR+10B2NF+11N3B2.09.59.52.501685+4.4
9Fjordvang, Varg Aleksander0NOR=11B3N+10B6N=7B2.09.010.03.0015330.0
10Odden, Jan Ove1728NOR8N=7B9NF+6B1.58.08.03.001541-13.8
11Hjerpbakk, Terje1662NOR=9N=4B7N8B1.07.09.02.501372-21.2
12Braten, Brage1574NOR1N5B0.03.56.50.00882-14.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets