Fagernes Chess International 2026 open

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36 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 29 Mar 2026 to 05 Apr 2026 in Fagernes, Norway. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1886, and top seed was Stanislav Hohelj (🇺🇦 UKR, 2132).

Edvard Reinertsen (🇳🇴 NOR, 1922) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Misha Galinsky (6.5) and Amanda Mai Irgens Eiding (6.5). Reinertsen won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Mikael Ruud (1733) beat Stanislav Hohelj (2132), a +399-point gap.

Location

🇳🇴Fagernes, Norway

Dates

29 Mar 2026 → 05 Apr 2026

Time control

Standard: 40 Moves in 100 Min. Incr. 30 Sec. / / 40 Min. Incr. 30 Sec.

System

Swiss · 9 rounds

Top seed

🇺🇦Stanislav Hohelj2132

Avg top 10

1,886

Participants

Federations · 4 represented

🇳🇴Norway×32

🇺🇦Ukraine×2

🇬🇧England×1

🇮🇳India×1

Top 3

🥇
Edvard Reinertsen
🇳🇴NOR·1922
7.5pts·2083perf+66.8
🥈
Misha Galinsky
🇳🇴NOR·1905
6.5pts·1991perf+21.0
🥉
Amanda Mai Irgens Eiding
🇳🇴NOR·1746
6.5pts·1968perf+45.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 9 rounds

Edvard Reinertsen led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Reinertsen7.5Galinsky6.5Eiding6.5Arulmaran6Kuzmenko6Ruud6

R3–R9 · LEAD HELD

Edvard Reinertsen never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Edvard Reinertsen drew with Misha Galinsky (Black).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

Edvard Reinertsen won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Edvard Reinertsen	*	½	1	½
2Misha Galinsky	½	*	1	½
3Amanda Mai Irgens Eiding	0	0	*	1
4Abishan Arulmaran	½	½	0	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Reinertsen, Edvard	1922	NOR	+14B	+13N	+7B	=2N	+27B	=21N	+3B	+5N	=4B	7.5	43.5	46.5	38.25	2083	+66.8
2	Galinsky, Misha	1905	NOR	+20N	+3B	=4N	=1B	=7N	=5B	+13N	=15B	+9N	6.5	45.5	50.0	35.25	1991	+21.0
3	Eiding, Amanda Mai Irgens	1746	NOR	+34B	−2N	+26B	=9N	+30B	+4B	−1N	+10N	+15B	6.5	40.5	42.0	25.50	1968	+45.4
4	Arulmaran, Abishan	1889	NOR	+12B	+5N	=2B	=10N	=6B	−3N	+7B	+21N	=1N	6.0	48.0	52.0	33.00	1938	+12.4
5	Kuzmenko, Mykhailo	1758	UKR	+35N	−4B	+25N	=8B	+22N	=2N	+6B	−1B	+11N	6.0	44.5	46.0	26.50	1887	+63.2
6	Ruud, Mikael	1733	NOR	+36N	−8B	+18N	+15B	=4N	=7B	−5N	+19B	+12N	6.0	41.5	42.5	25.25	1876	+64.0
7	Helvik, Olav Faye	1808	NOR	+18N	+16B	−1N	+13B	=2B	=6N	−4N	=8B	+14B	5.5	45.0	49.5	27.00	1863	+28.8
8	Kopperud, Vidar Aleksander	1831	NOR	+26B	+6N	−10B	=5N	=12B	=9N	=11B	=7N	+16B	5.5	42.0	45.5	27.25	1815	-2.8
9	Yilmaz, Kazim	1771	NOR	=23N	+19B	=17N	=3B	=11N	=8B	=22N	+13B	−2B	5.0	41.0	45.0	23.75	1761	-2.4
10	Nilsen, Truls Fredin	1864	NOR	=19N	+23B	+8N	=4B	−21N	=11B	+20N	−3B	=13N	5.0	40.5	44.5	24.00	1791	-33.2
11	Vollheim, Daniel O	1730	NOR	+24N	=27B	−21B	+17N	=9B	=10N	=8N	+22B	−5B	5.0	38.0	41.0	21.75	1787	+28.4
12	Smedsrud, Morten S	1624	NOR	−4N	=35B	+29N	+23B	=8N	−15B	+28N	+26B	−6B	5.0	35.5	37.0	17.00	1731	+19.8
13	Ofeldt, Sverke Linga	1764	NOR	+32B	−1B	+16N	−7N	+14B	+27N	−2B	−9N	=10B	4.5	41.5	44.0	17.00	1780	+4.2
14	Blindheim, Andreas Nicolai	1677	NOR	−1N	+32B	−15N	+18B	−13N	=17B	+23N	+28B	−7N	4.5	38.0	40.5	16.25	1741	+25.2
15	Hohelj, Stanislav	2132	UKR	F	F	+14B	−6N	+17B	+12N	+21B	=2N	−3N	4.5	37.0	37.0	21.25	1893	-32.2
16	David, Silas	1732	NOR	+31B	−7N	−13B	=26N	+28N	=19B	=17N	+20B	−8N	4.5	35.5	38.0	16.25	1679	-24.8
17	Sigvaldsen, Sebastian	1721	NOR	=21B	+33N	=9B	−11B	−15N	=14N	=16B	=27N	+26B	4.5	34.0	36.5	16.50	1768	+17.6
18	Nebell, Anne Grete	1593	NOR	−7B	+31N	−6B	−14N	=24B	−26N	+32B	+33N	+22B	4.5	32.5	35.0	13.50	1603	+2.2
19	Pedersen, Bastian Tangedal	1603	NOR	=10B	−9N	+35B	−30N	+32B	=16N	+27B	−6N	=25B	4.5	32.5	34.0	13.75	1757	+33.2
20	Dybvik, Bjorn Noralf	1635	NOR	−2B	=34N	+33B	−22N	+26B	+30N	−10B	−16N	+27B	4.5	31.5	33.0	12.25	1651	+1.2
21	Smedsrud, Petter	1954	NOR	=17N	+25B	+11N	F	+10B	=1B	−15N	−4B	—	4.0	36.5	36.5	20.00	1905	-7.6
22	Skotheim, Havard	1584	NOR	−27N	+24B	=28N	+20B	−5B	+25N	=9B	−11N	−18N	4.0	36.0	39.0	16.50	1632	+11.6
23	Lie, Terje	1582	NOR	=9B	−10N	+34B	−12N	−31B	+24N	−14B	+30N	=28N	4.0	31.5	33.0	12.00	1545	-10.0
24	Wen, Liana	1424	ENG	−11B	−22N	+36N	−28B	=18N	−23B	+34N	=29B	+31N	4.0	27.5	28.5	8.75	1545	+48.0
25	Eriksen, Tom	1725	NOR	+29B	−21N	−5B	=32N	F	−22B	+36N	+31B	=19N	4.0	27.5	27.5	10.00	1591	-25.6
26	Jorgensen, Catherine	1595	NOR	−8N	+36B	−3N	=16B	−20N	+18B	+30B	−12N	−17N	3.5	37.5	38.5	10.25	1535	-13.0
27	Andersen, Dag	1788	NOR	+22B	=11N	+30B	F	−1N	−13B	−19N	=17B	−20N	3.0	37.0	37.0	11.25	1550	-44.4
28	Johansen, Bjorn	1650	NOR	F	−30N	=22B	+24N	−16B	+33N	−12B	−14N	=23B	3.0	31.0	31.0	10.50	1545	-20.4
29	Linnerud, Sverre Anton	0	NOR	−25N	F	−12B	−35N	+34B	=31N	=33B	=24N	=30B	3.0	23.5	23.5	7.25	1456	0.0
30	Skogstad, Patrick	0	NOR	F	+28B	−27N	+19B	−3N	−20B	−26N	−23B	=29N	2.5	32.0	32.0	9.00	1499	0.0
31	Skogholt, Dag Havard	1504	NOR	−16N	−18B	−32N	+36B	+23N	=29B	F	−25N	−24B	2.5	27.5	27.5	6.50	1433	-14.2
32	Jullum, Hege Ibsen	1558	NOR	−13N	−14N	+31B	=25B	−19N	−36B	−18N	F	+34N	2.5	27.0	27.0	6.00	1475	-35.2
33	Nome, Sigrid	1544	NOR	F	−17B	−20N	+34N	F	−28B	=29N	−18B	+36B	2.5	22.0	22.0	4.00	1486	-18.0
34	Krishnan Vishwanathan	1541	IND	−3N	=20B	−23N	−33B	−29N	F	−24B	+36N	−32B	1.5	28.0	28.0	3.25	1343	-34.2
35	Pedersen, Oliver Tangedal	1544	NOR	−5B	=12N	−19N	+29B	F	F	—	—	—	1.5	18.5	18.5	5.50	1389	-21.6
36	Thorne, Falk Irgens	1524	NOR	−6B	−26N	−24B	−31N	F	+32N	−25B	−34B	−33N	1.0	26.5	26.5	2.50	1256	-97.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Reinertsen, EdvardNOR
+66.8
7.5 pts · #1
2Ruud, MikaelNOR
+64.0
6.0 pts · #5
3Kuzmenko, MykhailoUKR
+63.2
6.0 pts · #4

Top rating losers

1Thorne, Falk IrgensNOR
-97.6
1.0 pts · #35
2Andersen, DagNOR
-44.4
3.0 pts · #33
3Jullum, Hege IbsenNOR
-35.2
2.5 pts · #27

Biggest upsets

R4+399 Elo gap
Ruud, Mikael1733 beat Hohelj, Stanislav2132
R9+386 Elo gap
Eiding, Amanda Mai Irgens1746 beat Hohelj, Stanislav2132
R7+185 Elo gap
Pedersen, Bastian Tangedal1603 beat Andersen, Dag1788