Sunday, 20 April 2025

Final Standings

In the GM group Norwegians GM Frode Urkedal and FM Eivind Grunt Kreken both made 6½ points from 9 rounds. Urkedal had the better tiebreak and took first place. Kreken made his second IM-norm with a 1-point margin, but was ½ point behind the GM-norm. There were no other title norms.

Third place went to IM Balazs Csonka of Hungary with the best tiebreak of 8 players with 6 points.

Kreken and Urkedal
(Photo: Tom Eriksen)

The open group was won by Isai Sivaparan with 7 points. 14-year-old Sivaparan is the reigning Nordic champion in the under-13 category. Sondre Stai, August Solbu and Christian Neukamm all made 6½ points and took second to fourth place respectively.

Neukamm, Sivaparan, Stai and Solbu
(Photo: Tom Eriksen)