Kristiansund Hostturnering 2025

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18 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 29 Nov 2025 to 18 Dec 2025 in Kristiansund, Norway. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1782, and top seed was Amadeus Sevaldsen Sveggen (🇳🇴 NOR, 1939).

Eilif Odde (🇳🇴 NOR, 1918) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Amadeus Sevaldsen Sveggen (5.5) and Trond Harald Saltnes (5.0). Odde won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

Location

🇳🇴Kristiansund, Norway

Dates

29 Nov 2025 → 18 Dec 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 7 rounds

Top seed

🇳🇴Amadeus Sevaldsen Sveggen1939

Avg top 10

1,782

Participants

Federations · 2 represented

🇳🇴Norway×17

🇱🇻Latvia×1

Top 3

🥇
Eilif Odde
🇳🇴NOR·1918
5.5pts·1990perf+11.6
🥈
Amadeus Sevaldsen Sveggen
🇳🇴NOR·1939
5.5pts·1964perf+5.6
🥉
Trond Harald Saltnes
🇳🇴NOR·1872
5.0pts·1844perf-2.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R3; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Sveggen5.5Odde5.5Saltnes5Kristiansen4.5Hojem4.5Alkhatib4

R3–R7 · LEAD HELD

Amadeus Sevaldsen Sveggen held the sole lead from R3 through R7 without losing it.

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/7. Odde takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (27.5).

R7 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Amadeus Sevaldsen Sveggen lost to Eilif Odde (Black).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Amadeus Sevaldsen Sveggen	*	0	—	½
2Eilif Odde	1	*	1	0
3Trond Harald Saltnes	—	0	*	1
4Tore Kristiansen	½	1	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Odde, Eilif	1918	NOR	=7B	+16N	+3B	−4N	+6B	+5N	+2B	5.5	27.5	29.5	23.00	1990	+11.6
2	Sveggen, Amadeus Sevaldsen	1939	NOR	+15N	+14B	+9N	+5B	+8N	=4B	−1N	5.5	24.5	27.0	19.25	1964	+5.6
3	Saltnes, Trond Harald	1872	NOR	+12B	=6N	−1N	=7B	+13N	+10B	+4N	5.0	24.0	26.5	17.00	1844	-2.8
4	Kristiansen, Tore	1826	NOR	+10N	−5B	+7N	+1B	+9N	=2N	−3B	4.5	28.0	31.0	18.75	1880	+12.0
5	Hojem, Roger	1766	NOR	+17B	+4N	=6B	−2N	+11B	−1B	+9N	4.5	26.0	27.0	14.00	1850	+17.8
6	Alkhatib, Tarek	1773	NOR	+13N	=3B	=5N	=9B	−1N	+8B	=7N	4.0	26.5	29.0	15.00	1796	+10.8
7	Dekhta, David	1609	NOR	=1N	=15B	−4B	=3N	+17B	+11N	=6B	4.0	24.5	25.5	12.50	1771	+58.4
8	Edoy, Rune	1678	NOR	+18N	−9B	+13N	+16B	−2B	−6N	+10N	4.0	20.5	20.5	7.50	1686	+1.4
9	Spanberg, Hannes	1786	NOR	+11B	+8N	−2B	=6N	−4B	+12N	−5B	3.5	25.5	28.5	12.00	1700	-11.8
10	Mikalsen, Oyvind G	1577	NOR	−4B	=12N	=11B	+17N	+14B	−3N	−8B	3.0	22.0	23.0	6.50	1590	0.0
11	Lyster, Geir	1570	NOR	−9N	+18B	=10N	+14B	−5N	−7B	=13N	3.0	20.0	20.0	5.25	1561	-4.0
12	Solbakken, Leo S	0	NOR	−3N	=10B	−14N	+18B	=16N	−9B	+17N	3.0	17.0	17.0	3.50	1544	0.0
13	Schanzenbecher, Patrick	1616	NOR	−6B	+17N	−8B	+15N	−3B	−16N	=11B	2.5	20.5	21.5	5.00	1607	-2.8
14	Myhre, Arild	1494	NOR	=16B	−2N	+12B	−11N	−10N	+18B	F	2.5	19.0	19.0	4.00	1428	-8.4
15	Alkhatib, Khaled	1647	NOR	−2B	=7N	F	−13B	+18N	+17N	F	2.5	17.5	17.5	3.00	1612	-5.2
16	Neimanis, Gints	0	LAT	=14N	−1B	F	−8N	=12B	+13B	—	2.0	17.5	20.0	5.25	1588	0.0
17	Oien, Arild	1449	NOR	−5N	−13B	+18N	−10B	−7N	−15B	−12B	1.0	19.5	19.5	0.00	1337	-30.8
18	Odegaard, Eli Marit	1448	NOR	−8B	−11N	−17B	−12N	−15B	−14N	F	0.0	16.0	16.0	0.00	766	-69.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Dekhta, DavidNOR
+58.4
4.0 pts · #7
2Hojem, RogerNOR
+17.8
4.5 pts · #3
3Kristiansen, ToreNOR
+12.0
4.5 pts · #2

Top rating losers

1Odegaard, Eli MaritNOR
-69.2
0.0 pts · #18
2Oien, ArildNOR
-30.8
1.0 pts · #16
3Spanberg, HannesNOR
-11.8
3.5 pts · #11