Sunday, 13 April 2025

The tournament starts today

The first round of Fagernes Chess International 2025 is played today at 17.30 CET. When registration has finished at 16.00 CET you will find the pairings here. All games will be sent live with a 15-minute delay at Lichess, ChessBase and Chess.com.


The playing venue
(Photo: Tom Eriksen)

Monday, 4 November 2024

Welcome to Fagernes Chess International 2025!

The tournament is played at the major Norwegian Chess Hotel Scandic Valdres at Fagernes, 187 km north of Oslo.

Main organizer is Hans Olav Lahlum in cooperation with Sotra Sjakklubb.

Hans Olav Lahlum



Hans Olav Lahlum (born 1973) is a well known Norwegian chess player, chess organizer and chess TV commentator, having the titles of International Organizer (IO) and International Arbiter (IA) from the World Chess Federation FIDE. 

Lahlum organized numerous international tournaments at Gausdal 1999-2008, Oslo 2011-2014 and Fagernes 2014-2024. 

He has also been chief arbiter in many other large tournaments including the Norwegian championships 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018 and 2019.