Dala Open 2026 std
SwissStandard
40 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 24 Jan 2026 to 25 Jan 2026 in Avesta, Sweden. 5 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2229, and top seed was Erik Blomqvist (🇸🇪 SWE, GM, 2491).
Erik Blomqvist (🇸🇪 SWE, GM, 2491) won with 4.0/6, ahead of Jonatan Akeborg (3.0) and Adrian Soderstrom (3.0). Blomqvist broke clear in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Stefan Varjomaa (1859) beat Axel Tiger-Norqvist (2219), a +360-point gap.
Location
🇸🇪Avesta, Sweden
Dates
24 Jan 2026 → 25 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Titled players · 5
GM×2
IM×1
FM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇸🇪Sweden×37
🇳🇴Norway×3
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsGM Erik Blomqvist led from R6; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 6 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.
Co-leaders
40
40
19
6
2
1
R6–R6 · LEAD HELD
GM Erik Blomqvist never relinquished the lead after R6; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
GM Erik Blomqvist beat IM Ludvig Carlsson (White).
R3–R6 · WIN STREAK
GM Erik Blomqvist won 4 in a row (R3–R6).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1GMErik Blomqvist | * | 1 | — | — |
| 2IMLudvig Carlsson | 0 | * | 1 | — |
| 3Stefan Varjomaa | — | 0 | * | — |
| 4Jonatan Akeborg | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blomqvist, ErikGM | 2491 | SWE | F | F | +16N | +7B | +3N | +17B | 4.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.00 | 3095 | +10.4 |
| 2 | Akeborg, Jonatan | 1942 | SWE | F | F | +27N | +5B | +6N | −3B | 3.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 7.50 | 2304 | +34.4 |
| 3 | Soderstrom, AdrianFM | 2390 | SWE | F | F | +17N | +32B | −1B | +2N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 6.00 | 2353 | +0.2 |
| 4 | Varjomaa, Stefan | 1859 | SWE | F | F | +20N | +16B | −7N | +8B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 6.50 | 2289 | +41.4 |
| 5 | Ernst, ThomasGM | 2286 | SWE | F | F | +38B | −2N | +9B | +10B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 6.00 | 2143 | -4.8 |
| 6 | Ask, JosefFM | 2065 | SWE | F | F | +23B | +18N | −2B | +24B | 3.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 5.50 | 1997 | -4.6 |
| 7 | Carlsson, LudvigIM | 2403 | SWE | F | F | +39B | −1N | +4B | +32N | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.00 | 2318 | -1.4 |
| 8 | Hasselgren, Johan | 1971 | SWE | F | F | +34B | =12N | +22B | −4N | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4.25 | 2024 | +12.4 |
| 9 | Sandberg, Jonas | 1850 | SWE | F | F | +21N | =11B | −5N | +34N | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4.25 | 1931 | +7.0 |
| 10 | Sjodin, Mats | 2087 | SWE | F | F | +35B | =29N | +12B | −5N | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 4.25 | 2088 | +1.0 |
| 11 | Persson, Mats 1961 | 1822 | SWE | F | F | +25B | =9N | =33B | =13N | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 4.50 | 1821 | -0.4 |
| 12 | Bjorkman, Filip | 2038 | SWE | F | F | +36N | =8B | −10N | +28B | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 3.75 | 2077 | +4.6 |
| 13 | Lovstrom, Olov | 1737 | SWE | F | F | +30B | −37N | +27N | =11B | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4.25 | 1991 | +37.2 |
| 14 | Homtako, Thea Alexandra | 1678 | NOR | F | F | −18B | =21N | +30B | +33N | 2.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.50 | 1893 | +30.8 |
| 15 | Lovstrom, Bjorn | 1712 | SWE | F | F | +40B | −35N | =25N | +26B | 2.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.25 | 1749 | +3.6 |
| 16 | Tiger-Norqvist, Axel | 2219 | SWE | F | F | −1B | −4N | +35B | +19N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 3.00 | 2049 | -14.8 |
| 17 | Muntean, Victor | 2169 | SWE | F | F | −3B | +39N | +19B | −1N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 2224 | +4.6 |
| 18 | Varjomaa,Sebastian | 0 | SWE | F | F | +14N | −6B | −24N | +36B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.50 | 1863 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Hellstroem, Neo | 2025 | SWE | F | F | +33B | +28N | −17N | −16B | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.50 | 2044 | +6.0 |
| 20 | Magnussen, Pal | 1933 | SWE | F | F | −4B | −38N | +37B | +29N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.50 | 1694 | -19.2 |
| 21 | Homtako, Chloe Elisabeth | 1564 | NOR | F | F | −9B | =14B | =26N | +40N | 2.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.00 | 1686 | +24.4 |
| 22 | Bengts, Torleif | 2112 | SWE | F | F | −32N | +24B | −8N | +39B | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.50 | 1934 | -18.4 |
| 23 | Bjerre, Dilip | 1759 | SWE | F | F | −6N | +26B | +39B | — | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.50 | 2030 | +40.4 |
| 24 | Karlsson, Patrik | 1914 | SWE | F | F | =28B | −22N | +18B | −6N | 1.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.75 | 1810 | -6.6 |
| 25 | Hermansson, Ruben | 1600 | SWE | F | F | −11N | +31N | =15B | −27B | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.75 | 1489 | -14.8 |
| 26 | Tiger-Norqvist, Beatrice | 1658 | SWE | F | F | +31B | −23N | =21B | −15N | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.50 | 1406 | -36.4 |
| 27 | Horngren, Gustav | 1752 | SWE | F | F | −2B | =34N | −13B | +25N | 1.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 2.00 | 1659 | -10.6 |
| 28 | Angskog, Kent | 2072 | SWE | F | F | =24N | −19B | +29B | −12N | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.25 | 1869 | -22.4 |
| 29 | Eriksson, Sanna | 1846 | SWE | F | F | +37N | =10B | −28N | −20B | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.25 | 1758 | -5.8 |
| 30 | Tiger, Sonja | 1581 | SWE | F | F | −13N | +40B | −14N | =31B | 1.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 0.75 | 1532 | -7.6 |
| 31 | Wiklund, Ronnie | 0 | SWE | F | F | −26N | −25B | +40N | =30N | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.75 | 1512 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Dahlblom Sundin, Love | 1860 | SWE | F | F | +22B | −3N | F | −7B | 1.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 2086 | +13.0 |
| 33 | Bengts, Emanuel | 1714 | SWE | F | F | −19N | =36B | =11N | −14B | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.75 | 1637 | -8.6 |
| 34 | Ludvigsson, Nils | 1706 | SWE | F | F | −8N | =27B | =36N | −9B | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.25 | 1650 | -12.4 |
| 35 | Dale, Svein | 1802 | NOR | F | F | −10N | +15B | −16N | — | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 2.50 | 1875 | +2.8 |
| 36 | Svan, Mikael | 1796 | SWE | F | F | −12B | =33N | =34B | −18N | 1.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1.00 | 1694 | -17.2 |
| 37 | Tian, Nan | 0 | SWE | F | F | −29B | +13B | −20N | — | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.50 | 1714 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Kampe, Victor | 1752 | SWE | F | F | −5N | +20B | F | — | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 2.00 | 2043 | +26.4 |
| 39 | Israelsson, Lukas | 1991 | SWE | F | F | −7N | −17B | −23N | −22N | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 1308 | -59.2 |
| 40 | Carmegren, Christer | 1556 | SWE | F | F | −15N | −30N | −31B | −21B | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 819 | -25.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Varjomaa, StefanSWE+41.43.0 pts · #3
- 2Bjerre, DilipSWE+40.42.0 pts · #18
- 3Lovstrom, OlovSWE+37.22.5 pts · #13
Top rating losers
- 1Israelsson, LukasSWE-59.20.0 pts · #40
- 2Tiger-Norqvist, BeatriceSWE-36.41.5 pts · #36
- 3Carmegren, ChristerSWE-25.00.0 pts · #39
Biggest upsets
- R4+360 Elo gap
- R4+344 Elo gap
- R3+252 Elo gap