4. deild B 2025-26 4-5
Double Round-RobinStandard
12 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 04 Jan 2026 to 18 Jan 2026 in Faroe Islands, Faroe Islands. Top 10 Elo average was 1224, and top seed was Eydun Nolsoe (🇫🇴 FAI, 2159).
Samal A Vagalid (🇫🇴 FAI, 0) won with 2.0/5, ahead of Fridi Stenberg Olsen (1.0) and Hans Danjal Joensen (1.0). Vagalid clinched sole first place in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Sonni Nielsen (1791) beat Eydun Nolsoe (2159), a +368-point gap.
Location
🇫🇴Faroe Islands, Faroe Islands
Dates
04 Jan 2026 → 18 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1
System
Double RR · 5 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇫🇴Faroe Islands×10
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsSamal A Vagalid led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 7 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
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R5–R5 · LEAD HELD
Samal A Vagalid never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 🇫🇴Vagalid, Samal A | 0 | * | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1648 |
| 1 | 🇫🇴Olsen, Fridi Stenberg | 1810 | — | * | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 1.00 | 1.0 | +1.8 | 2220 |
| 6 | 🇫🇴Joensen, Hans Danjal | 1731 | — | — | * | — | — | — | ½ | ½ | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 0.50 | 1.0 | -2.2 | 1649 |
| 12 | 🇫🇴Blaberg, Sigvaldur | 1419 | — | 0 | — | * | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1.0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | -3.6 | 1010 |
| 3 | 🇫🇴Morkore, Mortan | 1681 | — | — | — | — | * | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | +4.4 | 2252 |
| 4 | 🇫🇴Nielsen, Sonni | 1791 | — | — | — | — | — | * | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | +18.0 | 2961 |
| 5 | 🇫🇴Kristiansen, Albin | 1649 | — | — | ½ | — | — | — | * | — | — | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.50 | 1.0 | +4.4 | 1731 |
| 7 | 🇫🇴Gudnason, David | 0 | — | — | ½ | — | — | — | — | * | — | — | — | — | 0.5 | 0.50 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1731 |
| 8 | 🇫🇴Nolsoe, Eydun | 2159 | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | * | — | — | — | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | -18.0 | 991 |
| 9 | FIDE 7204302 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | * | — | — | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 689 |
| 11 | 🇫🇴Hermansen, Samson Nigroarson | 0 | — | — | — | — | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | * | — | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1.0 | -8.8 | 871 |
| 10 | FIDE 7206798 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 927 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Nielsen, SonniFAI+18.01.0 pts · #4
- 2Kristiansen, AlbinFAI+4.40.5 pts · #5
- 3Morkore, MortanFAI+4.41.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Nolsoe, EydunFAI-18.00.0 pts · #8
- 2Hermansen, Samson NigroarsonFAI-8.80.0 pts · #11
- 3Blaberg, SigvaldurFAI-3.61.0 pts · #12
Biggest upsets
- R4+368 Elo gap