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DM i Skak 2026 - Kandidat

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24 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 31 Mar 2026 to 06 Apr 2026 in Svendborg, Denmark. 5 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2167, and top seed was Emil Zander (🇩🇰 DEN, CM, 2205).

Simon Bjork Haarh (🇩🇰 DEN, CM, 2205) won with 5.5/7, ahead of Andreas Peitersen (5.5) and Oscar Veiergang (5.0). Haarh won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Oliver Kaehne Snedker (2014) beat Emil Zander (CM, 2205), a +191-point gap.

Location
🇩🇰Svendborg, Denmark
Dates
31 Mar 2026 → 06 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇩🇰CMEmil Zander2205
Avg top 10
2,167
Participants
24
Titled players · 5
CM×4
WFM×1
Federations · 2 represented
🇩🇰Denmark×23
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

Tight race until R7; 2 players tied at 5.5/7, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
8
3
2
3
1
1
2
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7Veiergang takes lead
Haarh5.5Peitersen5.5Veiergang5Li5Thuesen5Skovgaard4.5
R6 · LEADER CHANGE06 Apr

Oscar Veiergang takes the sole lead (5.0/6).

R7 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/7. Haarh takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (23.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

CM Simon Bjork Haarh 3 wins (R5–R7)Andreas Peitersen 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMSimon Bjork Haarh*—
1
1
2Andreas Peitersen—*
0
—
3Oscar Veiergang
0
1
*
½
4Anna Sofie Li
0
—
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Haarh, Simon BjorkCM2205DEN−9N+24B+15N=18B+8N+4B+3B5.523.524.519.502321+19.0
2Peitersen, Andreas2142DEN=12B+23N+8B−3B+18N+11N+6B5.523.024.517.752331+32.6
3Veiergang, Oscar2189DEN+21B=8N+11B+2N=4B+6B−1N5.027.529.519.752275+16.0
4Li, Anna Sofie2047DEN+10B+5N+13B=6B=3N−1N+11B5.027.030.520.252305+63.4
5Thuesen, Mogens2056DEN+20N−4B+14N−10B+12N+18B+9N5.022.024.516.002218+30.4
6Skovgaard, Andreas2148DEN+24B+9N+19B=4N+10B−3N−2N4.525.026.013.002209+12.2
7Zander, EmilCM2205DEN−19N−14B+20N=9B+22N=8B+10N4.019.021.011.502122-29.2
8Slavensky, Asbjorn Vesterkar2103DEN+17N=3B−2N+19B−1B=7N=12B3.527.029.512.252149+17.6
9Pirtac, Alexandru2027DEN+1B−6B−10N=7N+15B+14N−5B3.526.029.514.502136+40.0
10Jarlskov, Daniel Tuk Hartso2199DEN−4N+20B+9B+5N−6N=16B−7B3.525.528.012.752086-21.0
11Lilja, Richard2074DEN=13B+16N−3N+22B+19N−2B−4N3.525.027.09.752120+8.8
12Skytte, RobertCM2009DEN=2N=15B=16N=13N−5B+22B=8N3.524.526.511.752107+37.2
13Skjoldager, Per2159DEN=11N+22B−4N=12B=14N=20B=16N3.521.523.510.252043-21.8
14Snedker, Oliver Kaehne2014DEN−18N+7N−5B+23N=13B−9B+21N3.521.022.59.252104+34.0
15Gregor, Bjarke2121DEN=23B=12N−1B=17N−9N+24B+20N3.520.021.07.752065-10.6
16Boje, Tobias2130DEN=22N−11B=12B+21N=17B=10N=13B3.519.521.510.002106-4.4
17Nielsen-Refs, Karl-Emil ElmerCM2162DEN−8B−21N+24N=15B=16N+19B=18N3.518.019.08.502105-10.8
18Iskos, Lukas2135DEN+14B−19N+21B=1N−2B−5N=17B3.025.527.510.002065-13.6
19Alzaga, Luis2130DEN+7B+18B−6N−8N−11B−17N=23B2.522.023.57.752023-42.0
20Alan Pattayil Shajan1987IND−5B−10N−7B+24N+21B=13N−15B2.521.522.54.752020+10.0
21Bro Jacobsen, Samuel2099DEN−3N+17B−18N−16B−20N+23B−14B2.021.022.55.001937-61.6
22Sorensen, Michael D. F.2041DEN=16B−13N+23B−11N−7B−12N=24N2.019.520.53.751934-20.2
23Fyhn, Buster Hulthin2050DEN=15N−2B−22N−14B=24B−21N=19N1.519.020.03.501851-68.4
24Durrfeld, Sofie BechWFM2017DEN−6N−1N−17B−20B=23N−15N=22B1.021.523.01.751793-34.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets