Fagernes, Norway

The TV2 Chess International Fagernes 2015 was held from December 27th, 2015, to January 3rd, 2016, at Quality Hotel & Resort Fagernes, in Fagernes, Norway.

Official website

The highlight of the event was a 9-round Swiss FIDE tournament GM-Group, which was open to all FIDE titled players.

GM Andrey Vovk from Ukraine finished on top with 6.5/9 points to take the top prize in the amount of 1,500 EUR.

Four players scored 6/9 points to tie for the second place: Czech player GM Igors Rausis, GM Yuri Vovk from Ukraine, GM Evgeny Postny from Israel and GM Peter Prohaszka from Hungary.

Final standings:

1 GM Andrey Vovk 2617 UKR 6,5
2 GM Igors Rausis 2600 CZE 6,0
3 GM Yuri Vovk 2626 UKR 6,0
4 GM Evgeny Postny 2670 ISR 6,0
5 GM Peter Prohaszka 2607 HUN 6,0
6 GM Milos Pavlovic 2496 SRB 5,5
7 GM Matthew J Turner 2493 SCO 5,5
8 GM Torbjørn R. Hansen 2475 NOR 5,0
9 IM Frode Olav Olsen Urkedal NOR 2469 5,0
10 GM Gergely Antal 2565 HUN 5,0
11 IM Nicolai Getz 2383 NOR 5,0
12 FM Sebastian Mihajlov NOR 2340 NOR 5,0
13 Sondre Merkesvik 2167 NOR 4,0
14 Lucas Ranaldi 2000 NOR 3,5
15 Daniel Nordquelle 1978 NOR 2,5
16 Edit Machlik 2036 NOR 2,0
17 Tor Fredrik Kaasen 2122 NOR 1,5
18 WGM Anastasia Gutsko 2177 UKR 1,0

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