Congratulations to the winners!

After 10 rounds of the GM-group three players finished at the top of the table with 7.5 points.
GM Rinat Jumabayev of Kazakhstan had the best rating performance and took first place. GM Tiger Hillarp from Sweden was second and GM G B Harshavardhan from India was third. The prize money was shared equally between these three.

Jumabayev, Hillarp and  Harshavardhan 
(Photo Anniken Vestby)

The Open group was won by the firm favorite, IM Sharan Rao from India, who managed to win all his 10 games! Stanislav Hohelj of Ukraine was second with 7.5 points, while Norwegian Martin K Andersen took third place with 7 points.

Hohelj, Rao and Andersen
(Photo: Henrik Sjøl)

Possible title norms before round 10

It is possible to make title norms after 9 or 10 rounds.

IA IO Hans Olav Lahlum has prepared this list of title norm candidates before round 10:

IM Christian Gloeckler (GER):	Has made a 9-round GM-norm. Needs a draw with black in round 10 to extend the norm to 10-rounds.
FM Keyvan Farokhi (GER):	Will make an IM-norm if winning with white in round 10.
FM Sarbartho Mani (IND):	Will make an IM-norm if winning with white in round 10.

Possible title norms before round 9

It is possible to make title norms after 9 or 10 rounds.

IA IO Hans Olav Lahlum has prepared this list of title norm candidates before round 9:

IM Christian Gloeckler (GER):	Has made a 9-round GM-norm even if losing round 9. Needs ½ out of 2 to make a 10-round GM-norm. The opponent in round 10 must be rated at least 2410.
FM Jacob Templen Grave (NOR):	Will take an IM-norm if winning round 9. May also take an IM-norm if drawing round 9 and winning round 10 if the opponent in round 10 is rated at least 2312.
FM Keyvan Farokhi (GER):	Will take an IM-norm if winning round 9. May also take an IM-norm if drawing round 9 and winning round 10 if the opponent in round 10 is rated at least 2343.
FM Aituar Zhukenov (KAZ):	Needs 2 out of 2 to make a IM-norm, and the opponent in round 10 must be rated at least 2219.
FM Sarbartho Mani (IND):	Needs 2 out of 2 to make a IM-norm, and the opponent in round 10 must be rated at least 2308.
CM Snehal Bhosale (IND):	Needs 2 out of 2 to make a IM-norm, and the opponent in round 10 must be rated at least 2358.
WIM Sachi Jain (IND):	Needs 2 out of 2 to make a WGM-norm, and the opponent in round 10 must be rated at least 2276.

Fagernes Autumn Blitz

Fagernes Autumn Blitz, our second blitz tournament, was played Friday 9th October 2026, after round 8 of the main tournament. There were 34 players taking part.

IM Christian Gloeckler of Germany had a slow start with 2½ points from 4 games. After this however, the 14-year-old was unstoppable, winning his last 5 games. 7½ points was more than enough to take clear first place.

IM Moksh Doshi of India was second with 6½ points, followed by GM Elham Amar (Norway), GM Arjun Kalyan (India), FM Sarbartho Mani (India), GM Aksel Bu Kvaløy (Norway) and FM Jacob Templen Grave (Norway) with 6 points.

Gloeckler and Doshi
(Photo: Anniken Vestby)

Possible title norms before round 8

It is possible to make title norms after 9 or 10 rounds.

IA IO Hans Olav Lahlum has prepared this list of title norm candidates before round 8:

IM Christian Gloeckler (GER):	Needs ½ out of 2 to make a GM-norm. The opponent in round 9 must be rated at least 2327.
GM Semen Mitusov (NOR):	Needs 2 out of 2 to make a GM-norm.
IM Apaar Saxena (IND):	Needs 2 out of 2 to make a GM-norm, and the opponent in round 9 must be rated at least 2467.
FM Jacob Templen Grave (NOR):	Probably needs 1½ out of 2 for an IM-norm, and the opponent in round 9 must be rated at least 2302.
FM Keyvan Farokhi (GER):	Will make an IM-norm with 2 out of 2. 1½ points will be enough if the opponent in round 9 is rated at least 2384.
WIM Sachi Jain (IND):	Needs 1 or 1½ out of 2 for a WGM-norm. 1 is enough if the opponent in round 9 is rated at least 2406. Needs 1½ or 2 out of 2 for an IM-norm. 1½ is enough if the opponent in round 9 is rated at least 2473.
FM Sarbartho Mani (IND):	Needs 2 out of 2 to make a IM-norm, and the opponent in round 9 must be rated at least 2308.
CM Snehal Bhosale (IND):	Needs 2 out of 2 to make an IM-norm.

Fagernes Autumn Slow Blitz

Fagernes Autumn Slow Blitz was played Thursday 8th October 2026, after round 7 of the main tournament. 29 players joined to play 7 rounds of slow blitz chess (5+3). 

The winner was IM Christian Gloeckler of Germany, making 6½ points out of 7. There was a large margin down to FM Sarbartho Mani (India), GM Aksel Bu Kvaløy (Norway) and FM Siddhanth Poonja (India), who all had 5 points and fnished as number 2, 3 and 4 respectively.

Kvaløy, Mani and Gloeckler  
(Photo: Anniken Vestby)

Fagernes Teamtalkingchess

The Fagernes teamtalkingchess tournament was played Wednesday 7th October 2026 after round 6 in the main tournament. We had 11 teams with a total of 35 players. Winners were the Indian team Thalapathy, who won all their four matches and collected 8 team points.

The winning team Thalapathy
(Photo: Anniken Vestby)

The teams 3 kjekke gutter, Lav eliksir kostnad and En god koncept all had 6 team points on places 2, 3 and 4, respectively. The full standings may be found here.

1) Thalapathy                    8   16,5
   GM G.B. Harshavardhan
   GM Arjun Kalyan
   IM Senthil Maran
   CM Neeraj Harish
   
2) 3 kjekke gutter               6   17,0
   GM Aksel Bu Kvaløy
   FM Evsuld Myagmarsuren
   FM Martin Holten Fiskaaen
   CM David Simonsen

3) Lav eliksir kostnad           6   16,0
   FM William Olsen
   FM Charvi A
   CM Daniel Arvola