Falu KM 2025 R89
Round-RobinStandard
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 04 Feb 2026 to 18 Feb 2026 in Falun, Sweden. Top 10 Elo average was 1575, and top seed was Torsten Ros (🇸🇪 SWE, 1913).
Torsten Ros (🇸🇪 SWE, 1913) won with 2.0/9, ahead of Magnus 1963 Eriksson (1.5) and Dennis Holmstrom (1.0). Ros broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 8: Dennis Holmstrom (1741) beat Peter Hellstrom (1872), a +131-point gap.
Location
🇸🇪Falun, Sweden
Dates
04 Feb 2026 → 18 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇸🇪Sweden×10
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsTorsten Ros led from R9 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 11 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R9.
Co-leaders
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R9–R9 · LEAD HELD
Torsten Ros held the sole lead from R9 through R9 without losing it.
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇸🇪Ros, Torsten | 1913 | * | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | +10.0 | 2537 |
| 2 | 🇸🇪Eriksson, Magnus 1963 | 1828 | — | * | — | — | ½ | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | +0.6 | 1837 |
| 4 | 🇸🇪Holmstrom, Dennis | 1741 | — | — | * | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 1.00 | 1.0 | +13.0 | 2655 |
| 3 | 🇸🇪Hellstrom, Peter | 1872 | — | — | 0 | * | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | -9.4 | 1670 |
| 7 | 🇸🇪Lindgren, Bengt Falu | 0 | — | ½ | — | — | * | — | — | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.75 | 1.5 | +7.2 | 1825 |
| 5 | 🇸🇪Hessel, Jan | 1760 | — | — | — | — | — | * | ½ | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | -6.2 | 1496 |
| 6 | 🇸🇪Hintze, Titus | 1536 | — | — | — | — | — | ½ | * | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.5 | +12.4 | 1750 |
| 9 | 🇸🇪Hintze, Arend | 1600 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | — | — | * | — | — | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.5 | -15.6 | 1040 |
| 8 | 🇸🇪Wegblad, Mikael | 1799 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | * | — | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.0 | -6.4 | 1134 |
| 10 | 🇸🇪Moller, Petrus | 1701 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 2.0 | -3.6 | 1134 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Holmstrom, DennisSWE+13.01.0 pts · #4
- 2Hintze, TitusSWE+12.40.5 pts · #6
- 3Ros, TorstenSWE+10.02.0 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Hintze, ArendSWE-15.60.0 pts · #9
- 2Hellstrom, PeterSWE-9.41.0 pts · #3
- 3Wegblad, MikaelSWE-6.40.0 pts · #8
Biggest upsets
- R8+131 Elo gap