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Honefoss Hostturnering 2025

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12 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 24 Nov 2025 to 22 Dec 2025 in Honefoss, Norway. 1 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1973, and top seed was Vegar Koi Gandrud (🇳🇴 NOR, FM, 2255).

Michal Moldawski (🇵🇱 POL, 1955) won with 7.0/9, ahead of Vegar Koi Gandrud (7.0) and Roy Kvamme (6.5). Moldawski shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Michal Moldawski (1955) beat Kjell Hakon Lien (2248), a +293-point gap.

Location
🇳🇴Honefoss, Norway
Dates
24 Nov 2025 → 22 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇳🇴FMVegar Koi Gandrud2255
Avg top 10
1,973
Participants
12
Titled players · 1
FM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇳🇴Norway×11
🇵🇱Poland×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Michal Moldawski
    🇵🇱POL·1955
    7.0pts·2196perf+53.4
  • 🥈
    FMVegar Koi Gandrud
    🇳🇴NOR·2255
    7.0pts·2340perf+12.0
  • 🥉
    Roy Kvamme
    🇳🇴NOR·2113
    6.5pts·2094perf+4.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Tight race until R9; 2 players tied at 7.0/9, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
6
2
1
3
1
2
1
2
2
2.54.579R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9Moldawski takes lead
Gandrud7Moldawski7Kvamme6.5Lien6Ostebo5.5Dyrdal5.5
R5 · LEADER CHANGE08 Dec

Michal Moldawski takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R9 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 7.0/9. Moldawski takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (40.0).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Vegar Koi Gandrud beat Michal Moldawski (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMVegar Koi Gandrud*
1
½
½
2Michal Moldawski
0
*
1
1
3Roy Kvamme
½
0
*
½
4Kjell Hakon Lien
½
0
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Moldawski, Michal1955POL+11N=5B+6N+4N+3B−2B+8B=7N+10B7.040.041.529.752196+53.4
2Gandrud, Vegar KoiFM2255NOR+9NF=4B=3N+5B+1N+6N+12B+8N7.036.536.530.252340+12.0
3Kvamme, Roy2113NOR+8N+10B+11N=2B−1N=5B+12N=4N+7B6.536.536.520.252094+4.0
4Lien, Kjell Hakon2248NOR+10N+6B=2N−1B+9N+7BF=3B+11N6.040.041.522.252155-9.4
5Dyrdal, Arnbjorn2110NOR+7B=1N+9B+10B−2N=3NF=6B+12N5.540.540.518.002058-6.8
6Ostebo, Roger E1989NOR+12B−4N−1B+8B+11N+10N−2B=5N+9B5.535.035.012.251993+4.8
7Granum, Roger1769NOR−5N=11B=8N=9B+12N−4N+10B=1B−3N4.034.534.59.251847+9.2
8Edvardsen, Tore1805NOR−3B+12N=7B−6N+10B+11B−1NF−2B3.536.036.05.501846+6.0
9Bergli, Stale1745NOR−2BF−5N=7N−4B+12B+11NF−6N2.533.033.03.501833+6.4
10Guleng, Thorvald1744NOR−4B−3N+12B−5N−8N−6B−7N+11B−1N2.039.539.51.501695-14.4
11Frydenlund, Arve1720NOR−1B=7N−3B+12N−6B−8N−9B−10N−4B1.537.037.02.001601-29.2
12Lien, Johan1621NOR−6N−8B−10N−11B−7B−9N−3B−2N−5B0.036.538.00.001068-36.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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Biggest upsets
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