Kongsbergmesterskapet 2025
10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 08 Dec 2025 to 19 Dec 2025 in Kongsberg, Norway. Top 10 Elo average was 1373, and top seed was Vidar Taksrud (🇳🇴 NOR, 1916).
Svein Erik Lurdalen (🇳🇴 NOR, 1909) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Vidar Taksrud (7.0) and Stefan Kowerich (6.5). Lurdalen won solo starting round 8.
The biggest upset came in round 7: Stefan Kowerich (1657) beat Svein Erik Lurdalen (1909), a +252-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsSvein Erik Lurdalen led from R3 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.
Svein Erik Lurdalen never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Svein Erik Lurdalen beat Vidar Taksrud (White).
Svein Erik Lurdalen 6 wins (R1–R6)Vidar Taksrud 3+4 wins (R1–R4, R6–R9)Stefan Kowerich 4 wins (R4–R7)
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇳🇴Lurdalen, Svein Erik | 1909 | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 29.50 | 36.0 | +12.8 | 1997 |
| 2 | 🇳🇴Taksrud, Vidar | 1916 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 7.0 | 29.00 | 37.0 | +11.2 | 1996 |
| 3 | 🇳🇴Kowerich, Stefan | 1657 | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6.5 | 24.75 | 37.5 | +41.4 | 1882 |
| 4 | 🇳🇴Reinholdtsen, Anton | 1689 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 15.00 | 38.5 | +5.0 | 1719 |
| 5 | 🇳🇴Endeberg, Ivar | 1561 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 13.75 | 39.0 | +19.2 | 1687 |
| 7 | 🇳🇴Johnsen, Knut Atle | 1685 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 11.00 | 40.0 | -24.2 | 1562 |
| 6 | 🇳🇴Kjenstad, Sindre | 1707 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 3.0 | 7.75 | 41.0 | -28.8 | 1559 |
| 8 | 🇳🇴Kristiansen, Geir Ove | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | 6.25 | 41.5 | 0.0 | 1465 |
| 9 | 🇳🇴Thorin, Jan Einar | 1605 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | 1 | 2.5 | 4.00 | 41.5 | -73.2 | 1311 |
| 10 | FIDE 556003900 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 44.0 | 0.0 | 887 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Kowerich, StefanNOR+41.46.5 pts · #3
- 2Endeberg, IvarNOR+19.25.0 pts · #5
- 3Lurdalen, Svein ErikNOR+12.88.0 pts · #1
- 1Thorin, Jan EinarNOR-73.22.5 pts · #9
- 2Kjenstad, SindreNOR-28.83.0 pts · #6
- 3Johnsen, Knut AtleNOR-24.24.0 pts · #7
- R7+252 Elo gap
- R9+124 Elo gap