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Nordisk for blinde og synshemmede 2025

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22 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 10 Oct 2025 to 12 Oct 2025 in Hurdal, Norway. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1901, and top seed was Tommy Nielsen (🇩🇰 DEN, 2109).

Kari Holmela (🇫🇮 FIN, 1852) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Petter Smedsrud (4.0) and Tage Johansson (4.0). Holmela won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Erik August Arnet Hoyem (1419) beat Bengt Wikman (1736), a +317-point gap.

Location
🇳🇴Hurdal, Norway
Dates
10 Oct 2025 → 12 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇩🇰Tommy Nielsen2109
Avg top 10
1,901
Participants
22
Federations · 4 represented
🇳🇴Norway×7
🇸🇪Sweden×6
🇫🇮Finland×4
🇩🇰Denmark×4
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Kari Holmela
    🇫🇮FIN·1852
    4.0pts·2076perf+29.2
  • 🥈
    Petter Smedsrud
    🇳🇴NOR·1901
    4.0pts·1980perf+20.0
  • 🥉
    Tage Johansson
    🇸🇪SWE·1974
    4.0pts·1954perf+0.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
10
4
1
1
3
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Smedsrud4Holmela4Johansson4Bindzus3.5Gransmark3.5Thomsson3.5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.0/5. Holmela takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Petter Smedsrud drew with Kari Holmela (White).

R3–R5 · WIN STREAK

Tage Johansson won 3 in a row (R3–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Petter Smedsrud*
½
——
2Kari Holmela
½
*—
1
3Tage Johansson——*—
4Ernst Bindzus—
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Holmela, Kari1852FIN+12N+5B=2N=7B+4N4.014.016.513.002076+29.2
2Smedsrud, Petter1901NOR+20B+11N=1B=4B+10N4.012.513.59.751980+20.0
3Johansson, Tage1974SWE+13N−4B+15N+16B+7N4.011.013.09.501954+0.8
4Thomsson, Hakan1824SWE+18B+3N+9B=2N−1B3.514.516.010.001973+21.8
5Bindzus, Ernst1991DEN+15B−1N=6B+18N+9B3.512.013.57.751901-8.0
6Gransmark, Patrik1772SWE+16N=7B=5N=10B+15N3.511.013.08.501894+17.6
7Perttula, Juha1929FIN+17B=6N+8B=1N−3B3.014.516.58.751929+1.6
8Nielsen, Tommy2109DEN=14N+13B−7N=9N+16B3.010.512.57.001856-24.4
9Tonteri, Ari1912FIN+21N+10B−4N=8B−5N2.512.513.04.501850-7.2
10Strand, Magnus1749NOR+19B−9N+20B=6N−2B2.511.512.54.251709-7.6
11Wikman, Bengt1736FIN+22N−2B−16N+19N=17B2.59.59.52.501495-23.4
12Ferdinandsen, Christian1530DEN−1B=19N=18B=17N+20B2.59.010.03.501577+5.0
13Javvi, Kourosh1610SWE−3B−8N=21B+22N+19B2.59.09.01.751660+1.6
14Engstrom, Olle1653SWE=8B−15N−19B+21N+18B2.58.08.53.501634-4.6
15Vik, Olav1631NOR−5N+14B−3B+20N−6B2.013.514.53.501716+7.6
16Hoyem, Erik August Arnet1419NOR−6B+17N+11B−3N−8N2.013.015.04.501674+52.8
17Helmersen, Noah Arnoy1592NOR−7N−16B+22N=12B=11N2.010.010.02.501459-30.4
18Tjernberg, Peter1482SWE−4N+21B=12N−5B−14N1.512.012.51.751547+10.0
19Bolme, Magne O.1413NOR−10N=12B+14N−11B−13N1.510.012.53.751505+9.0
20Bjorn, Finn1545DEN−2N+22B−10N−15B−12N1.011.011.00.00903-50.0
21Wu, Maya1568NOR−9B−18N=13N−14BF0.59.09.01.251342-46.4
22FIDE 14442550—−11B−20N−17B−13BF0.08.08.50.008190.0

Key insights

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