GM Platon Galperin wins Norway Chess Open 2023

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The 2023 Norway Chess Open took place from May 27 – June 3 simultaneously with the super-tournament Norway Chess at the Clarion Hotel Energy in Stavanger, Norway. The event was played in 10 rounds, swiss system, with a total prize fund of 8.200 euros.

GM Platon Galperin (Sweden, 2528) emerged as the sole winner of the event scoring impressive 8/10 points and pocketed the money-prize of 3.000 eur. As many as five players tied for second place with 7 points (each): IM Pawel Teclaf (Poland, 2575), GM Vitaly Sivuk (Ukraine, 2489), 14-year-old FM Aksel Bu Kvaloy (Norway, 2321) who secured the IM norm after 8 rounds and extended his first GM norm, 16-year-old WIM Shri B Savitha (India, 2418) who was also the best female player in the tournament and took her fourth WGM norm and her second IM norm, and finally, GM Konstantin Tarlev (Ukraine, 2598). Scroll down for final rankings

Norway Chess Open 2023 – final results:

Pl	Name	Cl	i-Rtg	Score
1	GM Platon Galperin		2528	8
2	IM Pawel Teclaf		2575	7
3	GM Vitaly Sivuk		2489	7
4	FM Aksel Bu Kvaløy		2321	7
5	WIM Shri B Savitha	F	2418	7
6	GM Konstantin Tarlev		2598	7
7	GM Titas Stremavicius		2541	6.5
8	GM Suri Vaibhav		2595	6.5
9	GM Szymon Gumularz		2587	6.5
10	IM Tor Fredrik Kaasen		2480	6.5
11	IM Rameshbabu Vaishali	F	2418	6.5
12	WGM Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova	F	2340	6.5
13	IM Jakob Leon Pajeken		2417	6
14	FM Marius Fromm		2457	6
15	GM Davorin Kuljasevic		2553	6
16	IM Theo Gungl		2370	6
17	FM Stanislaw Zylka		2415	6
18	IM Mads Vestby-Ellingsen		2357	6
19	IM Andrew Kayonde		2361	6
20	WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan	F	2282	6
21	FM Kacper Tomaszewski		2313	6
22	FM Marcin Molenda		2406	6
23	IM Rasmus Skytte		2356	6
24	GM Erik Blomqvist		2521	5.5
25	IM Yahli Sokolovsky		2461	5.5
26	GM Alexander Fishbein		2366	5.5
27	Sondre Lillestøl Melaa		2231	5.5
28	Mitch Fishbein		2120	5.5
29	CM Nicolai Maxime Østensen		2215	5.5
30	Evsuld Myagmarsuren		2181	5.5
31	FM Shazil Shehzad		2310	5
32	CM Mikkel Vinh Loftgaard		2258	5
33	IM John Paul Wallace		2370	5
34	Sergey Eliseev		1970	5
35	FM Julien G. Laurent		2231	5
36	IM Oliver Brendel	Vet	2334	5
37	CM Paulius Juknis		2115	5
38	Sivert Schanche Tørfoss		1833	5
39	Valentina Verbin	F	2112	5
40	WFM Ronit Levitan	F	2220	5
41	GM Lothar Vogt	Vet	2314	5
42	Jeevan Karamsetty		2169	5
43	Alf Andries		2071	5
44	Sarbalia Aarav		1718	5
45	WFM Michelle Katkov	F	2142	4.5
46	WGM Diana Tarleva	F	2166	4.5
47	Vitus Bondo Medhus		2126	4.5
48	Harry Z Zheng		2067	4.5
49	FM Ian D Thompson	Vet	2064	4.5
50	Martin Holten Fiskaaen		2040	4.5
51	FM Richard Bjerke	Vet	2085	4
52	CM Peter Carroll		2075	4
53	Dara Murphy		1922	4
54	Even Huneide Hetland		1719	4
55	Max Hort		1933	4
56	Stefan Erdmann		2123	4
57	Peter Klings		2071	3.5
58	Jan Vidar Vestly	Vet	2088	3.5
59	Lukas Dominik Gåsland		1799	3.5
60	Bastien Schmitt		1952	3.5
61	Hallvard Haug Flatebø		1948	3.5
62	Aleksander Omtvedt		1896	3.5
63	David Mindestrømmen Simonsen		1797	3.5
64	Pratyush Tripathi		1797	3.5
65	Dan Catona		1800	3.5
66	Victor Lilliehôôk		1882	3
67	CM Sverre Lye		2173	3
68	Narayanin Oupindrin		1918	2.5
69	Juergen Kleinert	Vet	1835	2.5
70	Robert Skytte		1683	2.5
71	FM Varun Krishnan		2341	2
72	Nikolay Den Roover		1821	1
73	Emil-Lion Nomat		1837	0.5