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FM 2026 Landslidsbolkur

Round-RobinStandard

8 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 28 Mar 2026 to 03 Apr 2026 in Giljanes, Faroe Islands. 4 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2133, and top seed was Hogni Egilstoft Nielsen (🇫🇴 FAI, IM, 2401).

Hogni Egilstoft Nielsen (🇫🇴 FAI, IM, 2401) won with 6.5/7, ahead of Hans Kristian Simonsen (5.5) and Luitjen Akselsson Apol (5.0). Nielsen broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Flovin Matras Tummasarson (1904) beat Martin Poulsen (FM, 2189), a +285-point gap.

Location
🇫🇴Giljanes, Faroe Islands
Dates
28 Mar 2026 → 03 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for first 40 moves and 15 min. for the rest of the game with 30 sec. increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 7 rounds
Top seed
Avg top 10
2,133
Participants
8
Titled players · 4
IM×1
FM×3
Federations · 1 represented
🇫🇴Faroe Islands×8
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 8 · 7 rounds

IM Hogni Egilstoft Nielsen led from R7 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R7.

Co-leaders
4
2
2
2
2
2
1
#1#2#4#8R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
R7–R7 · LEAD HELD

IM Hogni Egilstoft Nielsen never relinquished the lead after R7; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Hogni Egilstoft Nielsen drew with FM Hans Kristian Simonsen (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM Hogni Egilstoft Nielsen 5 wins (R1–R5)FM Hans Kristian Simonsen 5 wins (R1–R5)FM Luitjen Akselsson Apol 3 wins (R5–R7)

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇫🇴IMNielsen, Hogni Egilstoft2401*½1111116.518.7521.5+6.72533
2🇫🇴FMSimonsen, Hans Kristian2110½*0111115.514.2522.5+44.42366
3🇫🇴FMApol, Luitjen Akselsson229901*011115.013.5023.0-1.62267
4🇫🇴Petersen, Elias2096001*0½½13.08.0025.0-3.02088
5🇫🇴FMPoulsen, Martin21890001*0113.06.0025.0-21.42075
7🇫🇴Tummasarson, Flovin Matras1904000½1*0½2.05.0026.0+10.61994
6🇫🇴Nielsen, Jon I Horni2080000½01*½2.04.0026.0-20.01982
8🇫🇴Magnussen, Petur Gardar198400000½½*1.02.0027.0-44.81843

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets