Saturday, 19 April 2025

Slow Blitz

Fagernes Slow Blitz was played Friday 18 April after round 7 of the main tournament. There were 40 participants.

The A-group was pretty strong, with 11 titled players. Norwegian IM Mads Vestby-Ellingsen took first place with 6 points in 7 rounds. Swedish GM Erik Blomqvist was second with 5½ points, followed by Indian IM Aradha Garg and Singaporean CM Ashwatt Kaushik on 5 points.

Blomqvist, Vestby-Ellingsen and Garg
(Photo: Tom Eriksen) 

The B-group also got a Norwegian winner, Terje Kevin G. Lysen with 6 points. Ukrainian Mykhailo Kuzmenko in second place had 5 points, while August Minh Brattgjerd was third with 4½.

Kuzmenko, Lysen and Brattgjerd
(Photo: Tom Eriksen)