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Tromsosjakken NGP 2025 A

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14 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 05 Sept 2025 to 07 Sept 2025 in Tromsosjakken, Norway. 4 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2062, and top seed was Eivind Grunt Kreken (🇳🇴 NOR, FM, 2392).

Eivind Grunt Kreken (🇳🇴 NOR, FM, 2392) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Torbjorn Valvag (3.5) and August Solbu (3.5). Kreken shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Erik Theodor Andreassen (1820) beat Robert Aas (1947), a +127-point gap.

Location
🇳🇴Tromsosjakken, 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
🇳🇴FMEivind Grunt Kreken2392
Avg top 10
2,062
Participants
14
Titled players · 4
FM×3
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇳🇴Norway×14
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
6
2
2
3
3
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Valvag3.5Kreken3.5Solbu3.5Andreassen3Schouten3Royset3
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 3.5/5. Kreken takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Torbjorn Valvag drew with FM Eivind Grunt Kreken (White).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

August Solbu won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Torbjorn Valvag*
½
—
1
2FMEivind Grunt Kreken
½
*——
3August Solbu——*
1
4Erik Theodor Andreassen
0
—
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kreken, Eivind GruntFM2392NOR+8N+5B=6N=4B=2N3.512.515.010.252260-12.2
2Valvag, Torbjorn2052NOR+7N=4B=12N+6B=1B3.512.514.010.002262+26.6
3Solbu, August1912NOR−4N+7B+9N+12B=5N3.511.012.58.002172+65.2
4Schouten, Mathias LindFM2304NOR+3B=2N=5B=1N=6B3.013.516.510.002185-12.4
5Royset, PalCM2101NOR+10B−1N=4N+8B=3B3.012.514.57.752154+7.0
6Hammari, VinjarFM2108NOR+13N+9B=1B−2N=4N3.012.013.56.752192+10.8
7Andreassen, Erik Theodor1820NOR−2B−3N+14B+10B+9N3.011.011.04.001967+39.6
8Engkvist, Tomas1943NOR−1B+10N=13B−5N+12N2.510.011.54.252030+18.4
9Aas, Robert1947NOR+14B−6N−3B+13N−7B2.011.011.01.501819-17.4
10Remman, Frank1857NOR−5N−8B+11B−7N+14B2.010.510.52.001826-5.0
11Mikalsen, Odd Erling1917NORF−12B−10N+14N+13B2.05.05.01.501854-6.6
12Jakobsen, Kjetil Ansgar1941NORF+11N=2B−3N−8B1.511.511.53.751869-8.4
13Gulljord, Birk1907NOR−6B+14N=8N−9B−11N1.59.59.51.251776-17.6
14Andersen, Daniel Hoel1709NOR−9N−13B−7N−11B−10N0.09.010.50.001090-26.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets