tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86370493447796849092024-03-21T14:47:56.622-07:00TV 2 Chess International 2015Played at Fagernes, Norway. 27 December 2015 - 3 January 2016.Fagernes Chess Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08598866845148181669noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637049344779684909.post-34728449840359502682016-01-03T06:49:00.005-08:002022-04-06T05:28:58.611-07:00Congratulations!<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We congratulate GM Andrey Vovk of Ukraine with winning the GM-group of TV 2 Chess International 2015-16!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The next places were taken by GM Igors Rausis, GM Yuri Vovk, GM Evgeny Postny and GM Peter Prohaszka, who all were half a point behind the winner.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Håkon Bentsen won the Elo-group, a full point ahead of Abyl Kizatbay in second place. FM Ward Al-Tarbosh was number three with the best tie-break of five players with 5½ points.</span><br />
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Fagernes Chess Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08598866845148181669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637049344779684909.post-54779640588894701872016-01-02T13:57:00.001-08:002018-03-23T10:58:12.960-07:00Fagernes Rapid<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Norwegian GM Torbjørn Ringdal Hansen won <a href="http://turneringsservice.sjakklubb.no/home.aspx?TID=FagernesRapid2016-AkademiskSjakklubb">Fagernes Rapid</a> ahead of GM Matthew J. Turner of Scotland. Hansen only conceded one draw in six rounds and beat Turner in round four.</span><br />
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Fagernes Chess Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08598866845148181669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637049344779684909.post-40749644938247326472016-01-01T13:25:00.001-08:002018-03-23T11:09:34.626-07:00Fagernes Chess International 2016<a href="https://www.bergensjakk.no/gammel/bilder/fagernes_chess_2016_logo_int.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://www.bergensjakk.no/gammel/bilder/fagernes_chess_2016_logo_int.png" height="96" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The next tournament at Fagernes will be <a href="http://fagerneschess2016.blogspot.no/">Fagernes Chess International 2016</a>, played during Easter, 20-27 March 2016. <br />There will be three groups in 2016: </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Closed IM-group with 10 players. Expected rating average about 2300 and IM-norm 6 or 6.5 of 9.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Elo-group (The open Norwegian Championship) open for all tournament players regardless of Elo. </span> </li>
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<br />Fagernes Chess Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08598866845148181669noreply@blogger.comNorway60.47202399999999 8.4689459999999646.059231499999989 -32.839648000000039 74.884816499999985 49.777539999999959tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8637049344779684909.post-81180705213955472602015-12-31T00:03:00.002-08:002018-03-23T11:07:59.686-07:00Fagernes Christmas Blitz<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">GM Peter Prohaszka of Hungary won <a href="http://turneringsservice.sjakklubb.no/home.aspx?TID=FagernesChristmasBlitz2015-AkademiskSjakklubb">Fagernes Christmas Blitz</a> ahead of GM Matthew J. Turner of Scotland, both taking 7½ points in 9 rounds.</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Best local player was FM Sebastian Mihajlov in fifth place. </span>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Welcome to TV 2 Chess International!</span></h1>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The tournament is played at the new Norwegian Chess Hotel </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.nordicchoicehotels.no/quality-resort/quality-hotel--resort-fagernes/" target="_blank">Quality Hotel & Resort Fagernes</a> at Fagernes, 187 km north of Oslo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Main organizer is </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hans Olav Lahlum in cooperation with the Norwegian Chess Federation.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The tournament is sponsored by Norways largest commercial television station, <a href="http://tv2.no/" target="_blank">TV 2</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="text6">Hans Olav Lahlum (born 1973) is a well known
Norwegian chess player and chess organizer, having the titles of
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and International Arbiter (IA) from the World Chess Federation FIDE.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span class="text8"><br />Lahlum organized numberous international tournaments at Gausdal
1999-2008, Oslo 2011-2014 and Fagernes 2014-2015.</span></span><br />
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has also been chief arbiter in many other large tournaments including
the Norwegian championships 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 and 2013.</span></span><br />
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