Sarpsborg Sjakklubb varturneringen 2026 R 7-10
20 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held from 27 Feb 2026 to 20 Mar 2026 in Sarpsborg, Norway. Top 10 Elo average was 1830, and top seed was Oyvind Bentsen (🇳🇴 NOR, 2005).
Babak Irandoust (🇳🇴 NOR, 1826) won with 2.5/11, ahead of Christian Neukamm (2.5) and Ismet Sadiku (2.5). Irandoust won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
The biggest upset came in round 10: Egil Madsen (1464) beat Jack Andre Helgesen (1641), a +177-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 11 roundsTight race until R11; 3 players tied at 2.5/11, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 20 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
3 players finish on 2.5/11. Irandoust takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (5.5).
Babak Irandoust drew with Ismet Sadiku (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Babak Irandoust | * | ½ | — | — |
| 2Ismet Sadiku | ½ | * | — | — |
| 3Christian Neukamm | — | — | * | — |
| 4Abishan Arulmaran | — | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | R7 | R8 | R9 | R10 | R11 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irandoust, Babak | 1826 | NOR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +4B | =3N | +9B | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.25 | 1931 | +6.4 |
| 2 | Neukamm, Christian | 1828 | NOR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =7N | +11B | +8N | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.75 | 2102 | +19.2 |
| 3 | Sadiku, Ismet | 1671 | NOR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +16N | =1B | +19N | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.25 | 1907 | +16.8 |
| 4 | Henkler, Jorg | 1601 | NOR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −1N | +16B | +20N | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1655 | +2.4 |
| 5 | Arulmaran, Abishan | 1905 | NOR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +18N | +10B | — | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2506 | +11.0 |
| 6 | Bentsen, Oyvind | 2005 | NOR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +8N | +17B | — | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2560 | +8.2 |
| 7 | Jashari, Driton | 1814 | NOR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | =2B | −8B | +17N | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.25 | 1786 | -0.8 |
| 8 | Lunde, Sigmund | 1810 | NOR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −6B | +7N | −2B | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.50 | 1754 | -4.2 |
| 9 | Engebretsen, Harald | 1711 | NOR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +13B | −1N | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 1711 | +0.6 |
| 10 | Andersen, Dag | 1747 | NOR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +13N | −5N | — | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.00 | 1736 | -2.2 |
| 11 | Fazlinovic, Jasmin | 1861 | NOR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +17N | −2N | — | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 1777 | -6.0 |
| 12 | Madsen, Egil | 1464 | NOR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −15N | +18B | −14N | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1560 | +5.8 |
| 13 | Solli, Kim | 1602 | NOR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −10B | −9N | +16B | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 1526 | -10.0 |
| 14 | Berisha, Xhafe | 1659 | NOR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +12B | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2277 | +5.4 |
| 15 | Stabbetorp, Hans | 1776 | NOR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | +12B | — | — | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 2277 | +3.0 |
| 16 | Clausen, Jimmy | 1487 | NOR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −3B | −4N | −13N | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 821 | -18.4 |
| 17 | Nilsen, Torjus | 1730 | NOR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −11B | −6N | −7B | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1094 | -32.8 |
| 18 | Helgesen, Jack Andre | 1641 | NOR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −5B | −12N | — | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 880 | -18.0 |
| 19 | Undrum, Christoffer | 1622 | NOR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −3B | 0.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 874 | -15.6 |
| 20 | Berisha, Edi | 0 | NOR | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | −4B | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.00 | 801 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Neukamm, ChristianNOR+19.22.5 pts · #3
- 2Sadiku, IsmetNOR+16.82.5 pts · #2
- 3Arulmaran, AbishanNOR+11.02.0 pts · #4
- 1Nilsen, TorjusNOR-32.80.0 pts · #18
- 2Clausen, JimmyNOR-18.40.0 pts · #19
- 3Helgesen, Jack AndreNOR-18.00.0 pts · #16
- R10+177 Elo gap