Sunday, 9 April 2023

Final standings


In the GM-group both GM Vahap Sanal of Turkey and GM Abhimanyu Puranik of India made 7½ points in 9 rounds. Sanal had better tie break and got first place. 

GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan of Armenia was third with 7 points, half a point ahead of GM Eduardas Rozentalis (LTU) and GM S.P. Sethuraman (IND) on 6½.

Rozentalis took both the Veteran prizes, for highest number of points and rating performance.

The best woman prize was won by GM Monica Socko of Poland, ahead of the two Indians WGM Vantika Agrawal and WIM Savitha Shri Baskar. Agrawal in addition got the prize for highest rating performance among the women.

The Open was won by Sondre Stai of Norway with 7 points. Rune Kleiven Rynning of Norway on 6½ took second place, while Tim R. Spanton of England was third with the best tie break of several players on 6 points.

Spanton was best veteran (60+) and Ida Lahlum (sister of the organizer) best woman.

Top-3 in the GM-group:
Ter-Sahakyan, Puranik and Sanal
(Photo: Tom Eriksen)
Top-3 in the Open:
Spanton, Rynning and Stai
(Photo: Tom Eriksen)

Title norms


The following title norms were made at Fagernes this year:
 
IM Tor Fredrik Kaasen (NOR):GM-norm
FM Benny Aizenberg (ISR):IM-norm
FM Aksel Bu Kvaløy (NOR):IM-norm
WGM Vantika Agrawal (IND):IM-norm
WIM Savitha Shri Baskar (IND):WGM-norm and IM-norm
FM Tanmay Chopra (IND):IM-norm
Sanket Chakravarty (IND):IM-norm

Kaasen made his second GM-norm
(Photo: Tom Eriksen)
Aizenberg made his third IM-norm
(Photo: Anniken Vestby)
Kvaløy made his second IM-norm
(Photo: Anniken Vestby)
Agrawal made her fourth IM-norm
(Photo: Anniken Vestby)
Baskar made her third and final WGM-norm
and her first IM-norm
(Photo: Anniken Vestby)
Chopra made his first IM-norm
(Photo: Anniken Vestby)
Chakravarty made his first IM-norm
(Photo: Anniken Vestby)