Fagernes Chess International 2023
The tournament is played at the major Norwegian Chess Hotel Scandic Valdresat Fagernes, 187 km north of Oslo.Main organizer is Hans Olav Lahlum in cooperation with Innlandet Sjakkrets.
The Fagernes Chess International 2023 is separated in two categories – Fagernes GM (The GM group is open only for male players with a FIDE-ELO above 2000 and female players with a FIDE-ELO above 1900 from the list of December 2022, January 2023, February 2023, March 2023 and/or April 2023, plus the top three players from the Open groups of the two Fagernes tournaments in 2022.) and Fagernes Open. Among the participants there will be 12 GMs, 20 IMs and 3 WGMs. The tournament is taking place from 2-9 April 2023 in Fagernes, Norway. Players receive 100 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 40 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one. It is 9-round Swiss system tournament with participation of Alexander Donchenko, S.P. Sethuraman, Bartosz Socko, Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, Abhimanyu Puranik, Vahap Sanal, Frode Olav Olsen Urkedal, Kaido Kulaots, Koustav Chatterjee, Elham Abdrlauf, etc.
Chessdom will follow live games in both Fagernes GM Swiss group and Fagernes Open Swiss group .
Participants list :
GM Swiss group
1. GM Sethuraman P. SETHURAMAN IND - 1993 2639 2. GM Bartoscz SOCKO POL Hetman Katowice 1978 2618 3. GM Samvel TER-SAHAKYAN ARM - 1993 2616 4. GM Abhimanyu PURANIK IND - 2000 2598 5. GM Vahap SANAL TUR - 1998 2590 6. GM Frode Olav O. URKEDAL NOR Offerspill 1993 2537 7. GM Kaido KULAOTS EST Pühajärve 1976 2525 8. IM Koustav CHATTERJEE IND - 2003 2520 9. IM Elham ABDULRAUF NOR Oslo 2005 2518 10. GM Erik BLOMQVIST SWE Nordstrand 1990 2508 11. GM Tiger HILLARP SWE Asker 1970 2505 12. IM Aditya MITTAL IND - 2006 2505 13. GM Eduardas ROZENTALIS LIT Juoda Balta 1963 2501 14. IM Jung MIN SEO SWE Stockholm 2002 2499 15. GM Raja RITHVIK R IND - 2004 2472 16. IM Tor Fredrik KAASEN NOR Offerspill 2002 2464 17. IM Linus JOHANSSON SWE Offerspill 1995 2459 18. IM Shete SAMMED IND - 1999 2454 19. IM Jonas HACKER GER Eppingen 1996 2452 20. IM Shreyas ROYAL ENG Wood Green 2009 2452 21. FM Sambit PANDA IND - 2004 2452 22. IM Hampus SÖRENSEN SWE Offerspill 2003 2450 23. IM Prraneeth VUPPALA IND - 2007 2433 24. GM Monika SOCKO POL Hetman Katowice 1978 2432 25. IM Zhen Yu Cyrus LOW SGP - 2002 2425 26. FM Lukas DOTZER AUT Donaustadt 2010 2415 27. WIM Savitha SHRI B IND - 2007 2411 28. IM Semen MITUSOV UKR Oslo 2006 2407 29. IM Emin OHANYAN ARM - 2006 2405 30. GM Stellan BRYNELL SWE Limhamns 1962 2396 31. IM Kushagra MOHAN IND - 2004 2396 32. IM Mohammad FAHAD RAHMAN BAN - 2003 2396 33. IM John-Paul WALLACE AUS Molde 1976 2391 34. IM Moksh Amit DOSHI IND - 2OO3 2388 35. WGM Teodora INJAC SRB - 2000 2383 36. FM Edvin TROST SWE Offerspill 2007 2380 37. FM Saad Abobaker ELMI NOR Bærum 2006 2379 38. IM Mads VESTBY-ELLINGSEN NOR Tromsø 2002 2369 39. WGM Vantika AGRAWAL IND - 2002 2367 40. FM Benny AIZENBERG ISR E. Petakh-Tikwa 2006 2367 41. WGM Pallathur V. NANDHIDHAA IND - 1996 2362 42. FM Bennet HAGNER GER Frankfurter 1860 2008 2361 43. FM Tanmay CHOPRA IND - 2004 2351 44. FM Jens Evang INGEBRETSEN NOR Oslo 2004 2345 45. FM Alexander ØYE-STRØMBERG NOR Hell 2005 2328 46. Sanket CHAKRAVARTY IND - 2004 2327 47. IM David CUMMINGS CAN - 1961 2318 48. IM Erik HEDMAN SWE Rockaden 1976 2316 49. Johannes von METTENHEIM GER Lister Turm 2008 2298 50. Sauat NURGALIEV KAZ - 2010 2286 51. Arhan Chethan ANAND IND - 2008 2285 52. FM Sourath BISWAS IND - 2005 2264 53. FM Magnus ERMITSCH GER Doppelbauer Kiel 2009 2258 54. Andreas SKOTHEIM NOR Tønsberg 1999 2228 55. Shelev OBEROI USA - 2006 2226 56. FM Emerik V. ROULET-DUBONNET NOR Hell 2004 2225 57. FM Aksel Bu KVALØY NOR Stavanger 2008 2222 58. Sverre LYE NOR Sandnes 2007 2212 59. FM Mathias UNNELAND NOR Hell 2005 2208 60. Juan Alberto Gomez AGUIRRE ESP Ajedrez Coin 2008 2205 61. Eivind Grunt KREKEN NOR Nordstrand 2006 2199 62. Shazil SHEHZAD NOR Sandnes 2006 2197 63. WIM Rucha PUJARI IND - 1994 2195 64. Johannes HENTRICH GER - 1964 2166 65. Morten ANDERSEN DEN Odysseus 1960 2162 66. FM Mahitosh DEY IND - 2005 2154 67. Shadi SIAN NOR Hell 2007 2150 68. Max DAHL NOR SK 1911 2005 2149 69. Monika MACHLIK NOR Tromsø 1997 2122 70. Manmay CHOPRA IND - 2007 2113 71. Kim Roger Hansen WESTRUM NOR Nittedal 2005 2106 72. Evsuld MYAGMARSUREN NOR Tromsø 2010 2100 73. Ben Samuel Groth SKAAR NOR Fredriksstad 2007 2100 74. Håkon BENTSEN NOR Molde 1979 2084 75. Valentina VERBIN MDA Offerspill 2002 2071 76. Pankit MOTA IND - 1994 2070 77. Alexander ROSOL AUT Donaustadt 2004 2064 78. Jack MIZZI MLT - 2006 2059 79. Sindre Lyngsaunet YTRESTØYL NOR Kristiansund 2006 2059 80. Martin ØKSENDAL NOR Hell 2008 2049 81. Michael ERMITSCH GER Oranienburg 1971 2047 82. Martin Holten FISKAAEN NOR Stavanger 2008 2043 83. Jiahao Eric JI NOR Hell 2010 2031 84. Peder Marcus AAMODT NOR Porsgrunn 2007 2022 85. Chinguun BAYARAA MGL Chinggis 2005 2013 86. Amadeus Hestvik EVENSHAUG NOR Bærum 2006 2010 87. Philip ROSOL POL Donaustadt 2010 2001 88. Vetle Bjørge STRAND NOR Fredriksstad 2008 1997 89. Ask AMUNDSEN NOR Strømmen 2005 1986 90. Sigurd LYE NOR Sandnes 2005 1980 91. Jonas Hodneland RASMUSSEN NOR Bergens 1996 1976