Goteborgs Veteran-DM 2026 R12345
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20 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 11 Apr 2026 to 21 Apr 2026 in Goteborg, Sweden. Top 10 Elo average was 1902, and top seed was Lennart Fransson (🇸🇪 SWE, 1991).
Lennart Jacobsson (🇸🇪 SWE, 1882) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Anders Kvarby (4.0) and Jan Bohlin (3.5). Jacobsson won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 2: Bo Berg (1703) beat Safian Haj Mohammed (1895), a +192-point gap.
Location
🇸🇪Goteborg, Sweden
Dates
11 Apr 2026 → 21 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇸🇪Sweden×20
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsLennart Jacobsson led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Co-leaders
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R4–R5 · LEAD HELD
Lennart Jacobsson held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.
R1–R5 · UNBEATEN
Lennart Jacobsson went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lennart Jacobsson | * | — | — | 1 |
| 2Anders Kvarby | — | * | ½ | — |
| 3Jan Bohlin | — | ½ | * | — |
| 4Johan Berg | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacobsson, Lennart | 1882 | SWE | +11B | +18N | =9B | +12N | +5B | 4.5 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 9.75 | 2184 | +32.8 |
| 2 | Kvarby, Anders | 1848 | SWE | =4B | +16N | =3B | +14N | +12B | 4.0 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 8.25 | 2107 | +34.0 |
| 3 | Bohlin, Jan | 1913 | SWE | =10N | +15B | =2N | +13B | =6N | 3.5 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 8.25 | 1928 | -0.8 |
| 4 | Fransson, Lennart | 1991 | SWE | =2N | +10B | −5N | =6B | +13N | 3.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 8.00 | 1881 | -12.4 |
| 5 | Berg, Johan | 1865 | SWE | F | +12N | +4B | +9N | −1N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 7.50 | 2102 | +49.6 |
| 6 | Berg, Roy | 1906 | SWE | +19B | −9N | +17B | =4N | =3B | 3.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 5.25 | 1911 | +1.8 |
| 7 | Wiklund, Robert | 1894 | SWE | =16B | +14N | −12B | =10N | +17B | 3.0 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 4.75 | 1831 | -6.4 |
| 8 | Christoforidis, Nicolas | 1921 | SWE | −14B | =17N | =16B | +19N | +9B | 3.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 4.50 | 1827 | -13.8 |
| 9 | Degerfeldt, Sven | 1869 | SWE | +20N | +6B | =1N | −5B | −8N | 2.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 5.25 | 1840 | -3.2 |
| 10 | Persson, Borje | 1791 | SWE | =3B | −4N | +19B | =7B | =11N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 5.50 | 1893 | +19.2 |
| 11 | Mohammed, Safian Haj | 1895 | SWE | −1N | −13B | +15N | +20B | =10B | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.75 | 1727 | -21.8 |
| 12 | Westergren, Bertil | 1888 | SWE | +13N | −5B | +7N | −1B | −2N | 2.0 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 5.00 | 1760 | -19.2 |
| 13 | Berg, Bo | 1703 | SWE | −12B | +11N | +18B | −3N | −4B | 2.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 3.50 | 1785 | +10.4 |
| 14 | Hodzic, Refik | 1790 | SWE | +8N | −7B | F | −2B | +18N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 4.00 | 1806 | +2.4 |
| 15 | Westman, Lennart | 1718 | SWE | =17B | −3N | −11B | F | +20N | 1.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.50 | 1685 | -4.4 |
| 16 | Jonbrink, Per-Olof | 1714 | SWE | =7N | −2B | =8N | −18B | F | 1.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 3.00 | 1613 | -11.2 |
| 17 | Carlsson, Martin 1955 | 1642 | SWE | =15N | =8B | −6N | F | −7N | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.25 | 1669 | +1.4 |
| 18 | Brauer, Claes | 1556 | SWE | F | −1B | −13N | +16N | −14B | 1.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 1.00 | 1578 | +1.2 |
| 19 | Lonnroth, Johan | 1755 | SWE | −6N | +20B | −10N | −8B | — | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 1607 | -30.4 |
| 20 | Nikolic, Ilija | 1604 | SWE | −9B | −19N | F | −11N | −15B | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 1010 | -19.6 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Berg, JohanSWE+49.63.0 pts · #4
- 2Kvarby, AndersSWE+34.04.0 pts · #2
- 3Jacobsson, LennartSWE+32.84.5 pts · #1
Top rating losers
- 1Lonnroth, JohanSWE-30.41.0 pts · #16
- 2Mohammed, Safian HajSWE-21.82.5 pts · #9
- 3Nikolic, IlijaSWE-19.60.0 pts · #20
Biggest upsets
- R2+192 Elo gap
- R4+158 Elo gap
- R1+131 Elo gap