Congratulations to the winners!

GM Krishnan Sasikiran won the GM-group at Fagernes ahead of his compatriot GM Chopra Aryan. Both made 7 points in 9 rounds.

Norwegian GM Frode Urkedal was number three with 6.5 points, the same number of points as Armenian GM Aram Hakobyan in fourth place.

First ranked GM Arjun Erigaisi of India ended in fifth place, with the best tie-break of nine players with 6 points.

The only title norm in the GM-group was an IM-norm taken by FM Semen Mitusov of Ukraine. 

The Open group was dominated by Norwegian players. Ask Amundsen and Evsuld Myagmarsuren both made 7.5 points, but Amundsen took first place on tie-break by a small margin. Nicolai Maxime Østensen took third place with 7 points, while Sondre Stai and Australian Jamie Cross both made 6.5 points.

Full results may be found here: GM-group | Open group

Top-4 in the GM-group:
Urkedal, Hakobyan, Sasikiran and Aryan
(Photo: Tom Eriksen)

Top-4 in the Open group:
Stai, Østensen, Myagmarsuren and Amundsen
(Photo: Tom Eriksen)