The 7th edition of the Kragero Chess Open concluded today in the Norwegian Kragero Resort. The event was played in 9 rounds, swiss system, and the main Title group gathered more than 85 players who competed for the prize fund of more than 100.000 NOK (~9.000 euros).
GM Lorenzo Lodici (Italy, 2554) emerged as the Winner of the event with the score of 7 points. Heading into the last round, Lorenzo Lodici was one of four tiers for the top, but he was the only one to win the final game. Lodici pocketed a money prize of 25.000 NOK (~2.200 euros) and finished half a point ahead of the group of four runner-ups. IM Dragos Ceres (Moldavia, 2465) had the best tiebreak criteria and came second, GM Titas Stremavicius (Lithuania, 2534) was third, GM Maxime Lagarde (France, 2631) finished the event in the fourth place, and GM Emin Ohayan (Armenia, 2468) came fifth.
IM Marsel Efroimski (Israel, 2449) was the best-ranked female player in the field with the score of 6/9 points. 14-year-old WGM Lu Miaoyi (China, 2369) showed impressive play and finished the event with 5.5 points. Paired with her mom WGM Yuanyuan Xu (China, 2292) in the last round, Lu Miaoyi scored an important victory to earn her third IM norm and become an International master at the age of 14.
Detailed information about the event and results can be found here. Photos from the event’s Facebook page.
Final rankings – Kragero Chess Open 2024:
1 | GM Lorenzo Lodici | 2554 | 7 |
2 | IM Dragos Ceres | 2465 | 6.5 |
3 | GM Titas Stremavicius | 2534 | 6.5 |
4 | GM Maxime Lagarde | 2631 | 6.5 |
5 | GM Emin Ohanyan | 2468 | 6.5 |
6 | IM Elham Amar | 2567 | 6 |
7 | IM Aksel Bu Kvalรธy | 2443 | 6 |
8 | GM Kjetil A. Lie | 2512 | 6 |
9 | IM Marsel Efroimski | 2449 | 6 |
10 | GM Frode Olav Olsen Urkedal | 2525 | 6 |
11 | IM Dominik Horvath | 2555 | 6 |
12 | GM Kaido Kulaots | 2525 | 6 |
13 | IM Geir Sune Tallaksen รstmoe | 2477 | 6 |
14 | GM Lucas Van Foreest | 2523 | 6 |
15 | GM Pier Luigi Basso | 2505 | 6 |
16 | IM Tor Fredrik Kaasen | 2437 | 5.5 |
17 | GM Grzegorz Nasuta | 2558 | 5.5 |
18 | IM Ezra Kirk | 2411 | 5.5 |
19 | WGM Miaoyi Lu | 2369 | 5.5 |
20 | FM Hรฅvard Haug | 2322 | 5.5 |
21 | GM Mamikon Gharibyan | 2508 | 5.5 |
22 | WIM Mariam Mkrtchyan | 2344 | 5.5 |
23 | IM Linus Johansson | 2434 | 5.5 |
24 | WIM Trisha Kanyamarala | 2243 | 5.5 |
25 | Emils Janis Mierins | 2220 | 5.5 |
26 | GM Vladimir Hamitevici | 2470 | 5.5 |
27 | FM Saad Abobaker Elmi | 2333 | 5.5 |
28 | IM Frode Elsness | 2436 | 5 |
29 | WGM Evgeniya Doluhanova | 2263 | 5 |
30 | IM Edvin Trost | 2434 | 5 |
31 | IM Tarun Kanyamarala | 2286 | 5 |
32 | IM Jung Min Seo | 2466 | 5 |
33 | IM Laura Unuk | 2341 | 5 |
34 | FM Jacob Templen Grave | 2273 | 5 |
35 | Arsejnijs Savichevs | 2259 | 5 |
36 | IM Ludvig Carlsson | 2368 | 5 |
37 | FM Nicolai Maxime รstensen | 2228 | 5 |
38 | IM Uffe Vinter-Schou | 2354 | 5 |
39 | IM Mads Vestby-Ellingsen | 2338 | 4.5 |
40 | IM Ritvars Reimanis | 2351 | 4.5 |
41 | GM Karen H. Grigoryan | 2629 | 4.5 |
42 | FM Mathieu Ternault | 2303 | 4.5 |
43 | FM Shazil Shehzad | 2265 | 4.5 |
44 | IM Vahagn Khachatryan | 2251 | 4.5 |
45 | Aleksejs Adamovics | 2100 | 4.5 |
46 | Nathanael Poysti | 2182 | 4.5 |
47 | WGM Yuanyuan Xu | 2292 | 4.5 |
48 | Volodya Torosyan | 1889 | 4.5 |
49 | Sofiia Tashkinova | 2016 | 4.5 |
50 | Vili Vasilijevic | 1881 | 4.5 |
51 | Manuel Ramirez | 2107 | 4 |
52 | Ask Amundsen | 2026 | 4 |
53 | WIM Camille De Seroux | 2085 | 4 |
54 | WFM Agnesa Stepania Ter-Avetisjana | 2047 | 4 |
55 | Evsuld Myagmarsuren | 2142 | 4 |
56 | Victor Lilliehook | 2042 | 4 |
57 | WGM Ilze Berzina | 2161 | 4 |
58 | CM Kim Roger Hansen Westrum | 2226 | 4 |
59 | Jiahao Eric Ji | 1971 | 4 |
60 | Nikolajs Platonovs | 1995 | 4 |
61 | FM Ole Christian Moen | 2208 | 4 |
62 | WIM Margareth Olde | 2179 | 4 |
63 | Martin Holten Fiskaaen | 2154 | 4 |
64 | Lukas Dominik Gรฅsland | 1866 | 4 |
65 | Eirik Strรธm Austad | 2095 | 3.5 |
66 | CM Augustinas Bazilius | 2030 | 3.5 |
67 | Gustav Hestholm | 1942 | 3.5 |
68 | Lars Johan Brodtkorb | 2088 | 3.5 |
69 | Jens L Hjort | 2111 | 3.5 |
70 | Mikelis Vingris | 2256 | 3.5 |
71 | Lars Tormod Haugen | 1847 | 3 |
72 | WFM Valentina Verbin | 2063 | 3 |
73 | Oda Kofoed Skramstad | 1780 | 3 |
74 | Eirik Berget | 1960 | 3 |
75 | Jacob Tollefsen | 1909 | 3 |
76 | Vinjar Hammari | 1875 | 3 |
77 | Max Moe Pedersen | 2027 | 3 |
78 | Jan Schleicher Christensen | 2182 | 2.5 |
79 | Torbjรธrn Valvรฅg | 1951 | 2.5 |
80 | Fredrik Valstad Elsness | 1783 | 2.5 |
81 | Lasse Tveter Solbu | 1896 | 2.5 |
82 | Sebastian Persson | 2024 | 2 |
83 | FM Bhattacherjee Aayush | 2410 | 2 |
84 | Emile Roubert | 1989 | 2 |
85 | WIM Nina Hoiberg | 2133 | 2 |
86 | Artem Abramov | 1931 | 2 |
87 | GM Vahap Sanal | 2567 | 0 |