Congratulations to the winners!

We congratulate GM Jon Ludvig Hammer of Norway with winning the GM-group ahead of GM Jan Werle (NED) and GM Evgeny Postny (ISR).

The following title norms were achieved:

IM Alexander Donchenko (GER):	GM-norm
FM Johan Salomon (NOR):	IM-norm
WFM Hanne Goossens (BEL):	WIM-norm

The Open Norwegian Championship was won by Norwegian junior Martin Nilsen.

Jon Ludvig Hammer

Martin Nilsen

Photos by Tom Eriksen.

GM Evgeny Postny won the A-group of Fagernes Blitz, played Saturday 4 April.
Postny took 8 points in 9 rounds, same as the winner of the B-group Kazim Yilmaz.
The tournament had 59 participants.

The popular Team Talking Chess tournament at Fagernes was played Friday 3 April.

Winners were the team of IM Frode Urkedal, WGM Olga Dolzhikova, IM Timofey Galinsky & Mykhalo Galinsky, while FM Lars Oskar Hauge & FM Johan Sebastian Christiansen took second place.

Winners of the Team Talking Chess tournament.

(Photo: Tom Eriksen)

Fagernes Chess International 2015

 Inside...

and outside the Fagernes playing venue.

(Pictures by official tournament photographer Maria)