There is a big upset right away in round 1. Top seed GM Bartosz Socko was held to a draw by Frode Bull Jæger. Here are the top board round 1 results:
| Bord | # | Fed | White | Results | Black | # | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1
|
58
|
Frode Bull Jæger, 0p | 1/2 | GM Bartosz Socko, 0p |
1
|
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|
2
|
2
|
GM Igor Khenkin, 0p | 1-0 | Juan Carlos Fernandez Fernandez, 0p |
59
|
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|
3
|
60
|
Elias DeMac, 0p | 0-1 | GM Yuri Drozdovskij, 0p |
3
|
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|
4
|
4
|
GM Emanuel Berg, 0p | 1-0 | Arnold Andreassen, 0p |
61
|
||||
|
5
|
62
|
Even Thingstad, 0p | 0-1 | GM Jon Ludvig Hammer, 0p |
5
|
||||
|
6
|
6
|
GM Vadim Malakhatko, 0p | 1-0 | Dieter Amberger, 0p |
63
|
||||
|
7
|
64
|
Pål Andreas Hansen, 0p | 0-1 | GM Sarunas Sulskis, 0p |
7
|
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|
8
|
8
|
GM Julian Radulski, 0p | 1-0 | Peter Flermoen, 0p |
65
|
||||
|
9
|
66
|
Kristoffer Madland, 0p | 0-1 | GM Allan Stig Rasmussen, 0p |
9
|
||||
|
10
|
10
|
GM Matthew J Turner, 0p | 1-0 | Sverre Karlsen, 0p |
67
|
||||
|
11
|
68
|
Marianne Wold Haug, 0p | 0-1 | IM Ray Robson, 0p |
11
|
||||
|
12
|
69
|
Øystein Aagedal Skage, 0p | 0-1 | IM Marijan Petrov, 0p |
13
|
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
A very nice event.