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Nordic Youth Chess Championships 2026 - E

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14 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 13 Feb 2026 to 15 Feb 2026 in Fredericia, Denmark. 6 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1716, and top seed was Michael Mortensen (🇳🇴 NOR, 2158).

Michael Mortensen (🇳🇴 NOR, 2158) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Tristan Lund Elnegaard (5.0) and Petur Ulfar Ernisson (4.0). Mortensen broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Roman Zaretckii (1562) beat Andrew M. Xin (1681), a +119-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
🇳🇴Michael Mortensen2158
Avg top 10
1,716
Participants
14
Federations · 6 represented
🇩🇰Denmark×3
🇫🇮Finland×2
🇸🇪Sweden×2
🇮🇸Iceland×2
🇳🇴Norway×2
🇫🇴Faroe Islands×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Michael Mortensen 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
2
2
2
2
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Mortensen5.5Elnegaard5Ernisson4Bae4Nguyen3Sverrisson3
R6–R6 · LEAD HELD

Michael Mortensen held the sole lead from R6 through R6 without losing it.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Michael Mortensen drew with Tristan Lund Elnegaard (White).

R4–R6 · WIN STREAK

Michael Mortensen won 3 in a row (R4–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Michael Mortensen*
½
1
1
2Tristan Lund Elnegaard
½
*
½
—
3Petur Ulfar Ernisson
0
½
*
½
4Anton Bae
0
—
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Mortensen, Michael2158NOR+5B+3N=2B+4N+7B+8N5.519.022.019.502166+2.8
2Elnegaard , Tristan Lund1963DEN+10N+9B=1N+11B+6N=3B5.018.521.016.251977+10.0
3Ernisson, Petur Ulfar1681ISL+6N−1B=4N+9B+5N=2N4.020.523.513.501878+46.8
4Bae, Anton1737NOR+8B=7N=3B−1B+11N+6B4.018.521.012.001764+1.6
5Sverrisson, Dagur1575ISL−1N+11B+10N−6B−3B+13N3.018.019.06.501702+25.2
6Zuikov, Andrei1465FIN−3B+12N+13B+5N−2B−4N3.018.019.06.0015440.0
7Nguyen, Theo Duc Huu1641DEN+14N=4B−9N+10B−1N=11B3.018.018.06.251652-2.4
8Zaretckii, Roman1562FIN−4N+14B−11N+12B+9N−1B3.017.017.05.0016010.0
9Xin, Andrew M.1681FAI+13B−2N+7B−3N−8B+14N3.016.016.04.001637-8.8
10Lark, David1564SWE−2B+13N−5B−7N+14B+12N3.014.014.03.00923-38.8
11Olivemark, Georg1600SWE+12B−5N+8B−2N−4B=7N2.518.020.06.501404-36.4
12Le, Alvin Ankaer0DEN−11N−6B+14N−8N+13B−10B2.012.512.51.007810.0
13FIDE 72067121400—−9N−10B−6N+14B−12N−5B1.014.014.00.008030.0
14FIDE 14876551400—−7B−8N−12B−13N−10N−9B0.014.015.00.008290.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets