Skarblacka KM 2025-26 R45
Double Round-RobinStandard
6 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 04 Dec 2025 to 18 Dec 2025 in Skarblacka, Sweden. Top 10 Elo average was 1628, and top seed was Christer Brostrom (🇸🇪 SWE, 1836).
Dag Almkvist (🇸🇪 SWE, 1556) won with 2.0/5, ahead of Oleksandr Starov (1.0) and Tomas 1956 Karlsson (1.0). Almkvist shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Dag Almkvist (1556) beat Oleksandr Starov (1815), a +259-point gap.
Location
🇸🇪Skarblacka, Sweden
Dates
04 Dec 2025 → 18 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Double RR · 5 rounds
Avg top 10
1,628
Participants
6
Federations · 1 represented
🇸🇪Sweden×6
Top 3
- 🥇
- 🥈
- 🥉
How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsDag Almkvist led from R5 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
7
7
7
3
1
R5–R5 · LEAD HELD
Dag Almkvist never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇸🇪Almkvist, Dag | 1556 | * | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2.0 | 1.50 | 1.5 | +55.6 | 2500 |
| 3 | 🇸🇪Starov, Oleksandr | 1815 | 0 | * | — | — | — | 1 | 1.0 | 0.00 | 2.0 | -24.0 | 1576 |
| 2 | 🇸🇪Karlsson, Tomas 1956 | 1602 | — | — | * | — | 1 | — | 1.0 | 0.50 | 0.5 | +9.4 | 2369 |
| 5 | 🇸🇪Almkvist, Bengt | 1603 | 0 | — | — | * | ½ | — | 0.5 | 0.25 | 2.5 | -23.2 | 1364 |
| 4 | 🇸🇪Wiman, Stig-Thomas | 1588 | — | — | 0 | ½ | * | — | 0.5 | 0.25 | 1.5 | -18.0 | 1395 |
| 6 | 🇸🇪Frisk, Ake | 1606 | — | 0 | — | — | — | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | -4.6 | 1015 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Almkvist, DagSWE+55.62.0 pts · #1
- 2Karlsson, Tomas 1956SWE+9.41.0 pts · #2
- 3Frisk, AkeSWE-4.60.0 pts · #6
Top rating losers
- 1Starov, OleksandrSWE-24.01.0 pts · #3
- 2Almkvist, BengtSWE-23.20.5 pts · #5
- 3Wiman, Stig-ThomasSWE-18.00.5 pts · #4
Biggest upsets
- R5+259 Elo gap