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Tromso Klubbmesterskap host 2025 Mester

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5 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 31 Oct 2025 to 23 Nov 2025 in Tromso, Norway. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1946, and top seed was Pal Royset (🇳🇴 NOR, CM, 2108).

Birk Gulljord (🇳🇴 NOR, 1889) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Pal Royset (3.5) and Berthil Mathias Karlsen (1.0). Gulljord won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Birk Gulljord (1889) beat Pal Royset (CM, 2108), a +219-point gap.

Location
🇳🇴Tromso, Norway
Dates
31 Oct 2025 → 23 Nov 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇳🇴CMPal Royset2108
Avg top 10
1,946
Participants
5
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇳🇴Norway×5
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 5 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 3.5/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
1
2
2
1
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Royset takes lead
Gulljord3.5Royset3.5Karlsen—Aas—Solbu—
R4 · LEADER CHANGE16 Nov

CM Pal Royset takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 3.5/5. Gulljord takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (11.5).

HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND · 3 games

Birk Gulljord 1.5–1.5 against CM Pal Royset (R1 ½-½, R4 0-1, R5 1-0) — decisive in 2/3.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Birk Gulljord*
½
0
1
1
—
2CMPal Royset
½
1
0
*
1
1
3Berthil Mathias Karlsen
0
0
*
1
4Robert Aas—
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Gulljord, Birk1889NOR=2B+3N+5B−2N+2B3.511.511.56.252165+36.2
2Royset, PalCM2108NOR=1N+4B+3N+1B−1N3.511.511.56.252019-9.4
3Karlsen, Berthil Mathias1781NOR+4N−1B−2B——1.07.07.00.001842+7.6
4Aas, Robert1905NOR−3B−2N———0.03.54.50.001144-18.2
5Solbu, August2049NORFF−1N——0.03.53.50.001089-24.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets