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Rallarsjakken 2026 A

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22 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 24 Apr 2026 to 26 Apr 2026 in Narvik, Norway. 6 titled players from 2 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2144, and top seed was Mads Vestby-Ellingsen (🇳🇴 NOR, IM, 2391).

Mads Vestby-Ellingsen (🇳🇴 NOR, IM, 2391) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Torben Soraas (4.0) and Gunnar B. Hanssen (4.0). Vestby-Ellingsen shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Erlend Entner (1720) beat Stein Jensen (FM, 1982), a +262-point gap.

Location
🇳🇴Narvik, Norway
Dates
24 Apr 2026 → 26 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇳🇴IMMads Vestby-Ellingsen2391
Avg top 10
2,144
Participants
22
Titled players · 6
IM×1
FM×3
CM×2
Federations · 2 represented
🇳🇴Norway×17
🇸🇪Sweden×5
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
5
1
1
2
3
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Vestby-Ellingsen4Soraas4Hanssen4Larsen3.5Royset3.5Jaeger2.5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.0/5. Vestby-Ellingsen takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Mads Vestby-Ellingsen drew with CM Torben Soraas (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

IM Mads Vestby-Ellingsen 3 wins (R2–R4)Gunnar B. Hanssen 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMMads Vestby-Ellingsen*
½
—
1
2CMTorben Soraas
½
*
1
—
3Gunnar B. Hanssen—
0
*—
4Martin Halsvik Larsen
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Vestby-Ellingsen, MadsIM2391NOR=4N+5B+6N+8B=2N4.013.516.012.252320-3.2
2Soraas, TorbenCM2109NOR+19N=6B+10N+3B=1B4.013.014.511.252296+24.6
3Hanssen, Gunnar B.2142NOR+17B+15N+9B−2N+7B4.011.013.09.002248+10.6
4Royset, PalCM2062NOR=1B=7N+13B=5B+12N3.512.515.010.002357+29.8
5Larsen, Martin Halsvik2067NOR+22B−1N+16B=4N+15B3.511.512.56.752198+16.2
6Rolvag, MikaelFM2099NOR+14B=2N−1B=15N=9B2.513.015.06.752108+0.4
7Eriksen, Havard2138NOR=20N=4B=11N+19B−3N2.511.513.05.2520130.0
8Pettersson, Tobias2062SWE=10N=11B+20N−1N=13B2.511.513.05.252036-3.2
9Solberg, JoachimFM2167NOR=16B+21N−3N=11B=6N2.511.012.55.001998-20.6
10Entner, Erlend1720NOR=8B+17N−2B−12B+20N2.511.012.54.752039+36.2
11Solbu, August1960NOR=13B=8N=7B=9N=16B2.510.012.06.002084+26.4
12Jaeger, Frode Bull2064NOR=21B=16N=15B+10N−4B2.510.011.55.251906-19.0
13Valvag, Torbjorn2132NOR=11N=20B−4N+21B=8N2.510.011.54.751975-20.2
14Solbakken, Mikkel Damtoft1915NOR−6N+18B−19N=20B+21N2.57.59.04.251990+19.6
15Eriksson, Roland1960SWE+18N−3B=12N=6B−5N2.012.514.54.502029+9.0
16Nackholm, Erik1974SWE=9N=12B−5N=18B=11N2.011.013.04.752006+3.8
17Jensen, SteinFM1982NOR−3N−10B=18N=22B+19N2.010.011.03.001884-13.2
18Lundstrom, Mikael2132SWE−15B−14N=17B=16N+22N2.08.59.53.001866-35.0
19Gulljord, Birk1926NOR−2B=22N+14B−7N−17B1.511.012.03.001879-5.8
20Andersson, Soren1977SWE=7B=13N−8B=14N−10B1.510.012.53.751764-21.6
21Schjelderup, Nils-Jakob1816NOR=12N−9B+22B−13N−14B1.510.011.02.251878+5.4
22Remman, Frank1859NOR−5N=19B−21N=17N−18B1.09.010.51.751745-14.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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