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Eliteserie kvalifisering 2026

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28 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 17 Apr 2026 to 19 Apr 2026 in Oslo, Norway. 15 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2356, and top seed was Aksel Bu Kvaloy (🇳🇴 NOR, GM, 2490).

Torbjorn Valvag (🇳🇴 NOR, 2132) won with 3.0/3, ahead of William Arntzen Walgren (3.0) and Aksel Bu Kvaloy (3.0). Valvag won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Per Fredrik Holand (2087) beat Mathias Lind Schouten (FM, 2291), a +204-point gap.

Location
🇳🇴Oslo, Norway
Dates
17 Apr 2026 → 19 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1
System
Swiss · 3 rounds
Top seed
🇳🇴GMAksel Bu Kvaloy2490
Avg top 10
2,356
Participants
28
Titled players · 15
GM×3
IM×2
FM×4
CM×6
Federations · 2 represented
🇳🇴Norway×27
🇷🇸Serbia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 3 rounds

Tight race until R3; 3 players tied at 3.0/3, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
8
5
3
11.52.53R1R2R3
Kvaloy3Walgren3Valvag3Torfoss2.5Elmi2Lovik2
R3 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 3.0/3. Valvag takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (3.5).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

GM Aksel Bu Kvaloy 3 wins (R1–R3)William Arntzen Walgren 3 wins (R1–R3)Torbjorn Valvag 3 wins (R1–R3)

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Valvag, Torbjorn2132NOR+15N+24N+6B3.03.53.53.502965+32.8
2Walgren, William Arntzen2093NOR+20B+13N+14B3.03.03.53.502828+50.4
3Kvaloy, Aksel BuGM2490NOR+26N+10N+11B3.03.03.03.003154+10.0
4Torfoss, Sivert SchancheCM2281NOR=9B+25B+5N2.53.53.52.752487+29.6
5Lovik, Lasse OsteboIM2368NOR+25N+9N−4B2.04.04.01.502310-1.8
6Simonsen, David MindestrommenCM2218NOR+24B+17N−1N2.04.04.01.002224+0.8
7Elmi, Saad AbobakerIM2408NOR=19B=8N+12B2.03.54.02.752367-1.1
8Fiskaaen, Martin HoltenFM2348NOR=12B=7B+19N2.03.54.02.252387+3.6
9Evenshaug, Amadeus HestvikCM2219NOR=4N−5B+25N1.54.54.51.252234+1.4
10Delchev, AleksanderGM2424SRB=11N−3B+26N1.54.54.50.752376-1.7
11Notkevich, Benjamin ArvolaGM2456NOR=10B+26B−3N1.54.54.50.752365-3.2
12Holand, Per Fredrik2087NOR=8N+19B−7N1.54.04.51.502349+19.0
13Storland, Knut H.2235NOR+21N−2B=18B1.54.04.51.002005-16.2
14Green, Ole Marius1858NOR+27N=20B−2N1.53.53.50.251968+16.8
15Olsen, William Alexander2218NOR−1B=22N+24B1.53.53.50.252150-10.8
16Royset, PalCM2062NOR+28BF=23B1.50.50.50.252209+7.6
17Mihajlov, SvetoslavCM2106NORF−6B+21N1.02.52.50.502018-3.8
18Machlik, Monika2088NORF=21B=13N1.02.02.01.002027-2.6
19Schouten, Mathias LindFM2291NOR=7N−12N−8B0.54.05.51.002008-20.4
20Halvorsen, Benjamin1990NOR−2N=14N—0.53.04.50.751783-10.8
21Lundstedt, Jonathan1818NOR−13B=18N−17B0.52.53.50.501864+1.8
22Fossan, PetterFM2259NORF=15B—0.51.51.50.752218-1.2
23Sathish, Githiha1881NORFF=16N0.51.51.50.752062+9.6
24Bergan, GauteCM2060NOR−6N−1B−15N0.05.06.50.001389-19.6
25Hoyforsslett, Gard Rye2054NOR−5B−4N−9B0.04.56.00.001489-12.6
26Dahl, Max2181NOR−3B−11N−10B0.04.56.00.001657-10.2
27Jacobsen, Fredrik Lytomt1821NOR−14B——0.00.01.50.001058-9.0
28Stigar, PetterFM2151NOR−16N——0.00.01.50.001262-12.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets