The 3rd Norsk Sjakkfestival (Norwegian Chess Festival), incorporating the 2013 Open Norwegian Championship, is taking place from 24th to 31st March at the Quality Hotel & Resort Fagernes, with a central placement in Southern Norway, 2½ hours from Oslo airport.
The Festival is being held during the Easter week, and the program includes the 2013 Open Norwegian Championship, Fagernes Grand Prix, Fagernes Easter Blitz and two Children’s Tournaments.
The main event counts with 24 titled players, including 11 GMs and 9 IMs.
After five rounds, there are no less than eight players sharing the lead with 4 points. GM Simen Agdestein, GM Sergey Volkov and GM Sinisa Drazic have the best tiebreak score among them. Top rated GM Jon Ludvig Hammer suffered a loss against untitled Aryan Tari and is now in the 15th place with 3.5/5.
Standings after 5 rounds:
1 GM Simen Agdestein 2536 4
2 GM Sergey Volkov 2593 4
3 GM Sinisa Drazic 2459 4
4 IM Timofey Galinsky 2416 4
5 GM Nikolai Ninov 2342 4
6 IM Frode Elsness 2468 4
7 GM Eduardas Rozentalis 2616 4
8 IM Nicolai Getz 2344 4
9 GM Maxim Turov 2599 4
10 Aryan Tari 2318 3,5
11 IM Andreas Moen 2386 3,5
12 GM Normunds Miezis 2477 3,5
13 GM Aloyzas Kveinys 2528 3,5
14 IM Eirik Gullaksen 2374 3,5
15 IM Torbjørn Ringdal Hansen 2452 3,5
16 GM Leif E Johannessen 2511 3,5
17 GM Jon Ludvig Hammer 2643 3,5
18 Johan Salomon 2156 3,5
19 IM Frode Olav Olsen Urkedal 2453 3,5
20 IM Espen Lie 2455 3
21 FM Benjamin Arvola 2331 3
22 IM Petter Haugli 2258 3
23 Lars Oskar Hauge 2158 3
24 Martin Bergsjø Østby 1750 3
25 Monika Machlik 1760 3
26 GM Misa Pap 2511 3
27 Dan Takle 1859 3
Hope he’ll win.