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Nordic Youth Chess Championships 2026 - C

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14 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 13 Feb 2026 to 15 Feb 2026 in Fredericia, Denmark. 2 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2030, and top seed was Melvin Ral Lustig (🇸🇪 SWE, FM, 2192).

Villads Majvang Sandmann (🇩🇰 DEN, FM, 2103) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Melvin Ral Lustig (4.5) and Josef Omarsson (4.0). Sandmann broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Oskar Jacobsen Jamil (1664) beat Mikhail Martemyanov (1965), a +301-point gap.

Location
🇩🇰Fredericia, Denmark
Dates
13 Feb 2026 → 15 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇸🇪FMMelvin Ral Lustig2192
Avg top 10
2,030
Participants
14
Titled players · 2
FM×2
Federations · 6 represented
🇩🇰Denmark×3
🇫🇮Finland×2
🇸🇪Sweden×2
🇮🇸Iceland×2
🇫🇴Faroe Islands×2
🇳🇴Norway×2
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

FM Villads Majvang Sandmann led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R6.

Co-leaders
7
3
2
2
2
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Sandmann5Ral Lustig4.5Bernhoftsen-Banks4Omarsson4Bergdahl3.5Jamil3.5
R6–R6 · LEAD HELD

FM Villads Majvang Sandmann held the sole lead from R6 through R6 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

FM Villads Majvang Sandmann drew with FM Melvin Ral Lustig (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

FM Villads Majvang Sandmann 3 wins (R1–R3)FM Melvin Ral Lustig 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1FMVillads Majvang Sandmann*
½
½
1
2FMMelvin Ral Lustig
½
*—
1
3Alec Bernhoftsen-Banks
½
—*—
4Josef Omarsson
0
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Sandmann, Villads MajvangFM2103DEN+8N+3B+5N=2B+10N=4B5.019.021.517.252331+64.8
2Ral Lustig, MelvinFM2192SWE+9B+10N+6B=1N+3B−5N4.519.021.515.502226+3.8
3Omarsson, Josef2052ISL+13B−1N+12B+7N−2N+11B4.017.518.59.002003-5.6
4Bernhoftsen-Banks, Alec2093NOR+11B=6N−10B+12N+5B=1N4.017.019.012.252091+2.8
5Nieminen, Oliver1969FIN+14B+9N−1B=10N−4N+2B3.519.019.08.752085+30.0
6Bergdahl, Daniel2036SWE+7N=4B−2N=8B=11N+10B3.517.520.010.752030+4.0
7Jamil, Oskar Jacobsen1664FAI−6B+11N+8N−3B=9B+14N3.516.016.07.001974+70.8
8Martemyanov, Mikhail1965NOR−1B+13N−7B=6N+12B=9N3.017.018.06.251869-26.4
9Ravikumar, Hanesh1966DEN−2N−5B+13N+14B=7N=8B3.015.515.54.251824-36.0
10Bro Jacobsen, Samuel2067DEN+12N−2B+4N=5B−1B−6N2.520.522.57.751971-30.0
11Gudnyjarson, Sigurdur Pall1855ISL−4N−7B+14N+13B=6B−3N2.516.016.02.751755-27.2
12Reunanen, Emil1767FIN−10B+14N−3N−4B−8N+13B2.014.514.51.001731-12.0
13Jakobsen, Djoni F.C.1689FAI−3N−8B−9B−11N+14B−12N1.014.514.50.001120-42.8
14FIDE 14902571400—−5N−12B−11B−9N−13N−7B0.014.515.50.0010170.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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