Gausdal Classics 2008

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Gausdal Classics 2008 will be in Thon Hotel Gausdal, formerly Gausdal Høifjellshotell, in Norway. It will be a 9 rounds round robin event with time control 40 moves in 2 hours, 20 moves in 1 hour and ½ hour for the rest.

The number one seeded will be the top Greek GM Vasilios Kotronias. He will have strong opposition by GM Bartlomiej Macieja and GM Gregory Kaidanov. India will have strong chances as well, with two of the fastest progresing GMs - G.N. Gopal and Chanda Sandipan. The local top player GM Kjetil A. Lie will seek a good performance together with his countrymate IM Øystein Hole. GM Vyacheslav Ikonikov will come with solid experience, while IM Irina Krush and Erik Moscow will be seeking norms (GM-norm us at 5½ points, IM-norm 3½ points).

The GM A top prize is 1300 eur, and prizes will be given to the top players in each group including cash and trolls (last year Magnus Carlsen himself won the troll)

Gausdal Classics GM A

1. GM Vasilios KOTRONIAS GRE 2628
2. GM Bartlomiej MACIEJA POL 2617
3. GM Gregory KAIDANOV USA 2604
4. GM Chanda SANDIPAN IND 2593
5. GM Vyacheslav IKONNIKOV RUS 2564
6. GM Kjetil A. LIE NOR 2556
7. GM Geetha Narayanan GOPAL IND 2528
8. IM Irina KRUSH USA 2473
9. IM Øystein HOLE NOR 2387
10. Eric MOSKOW USA 2223

Schedule

8 April 17.00-18.00 Registration and Round 1
9 April 14.00-21.00 Round 2
10 April 14.00-21.00 Round 3
11 April 14.00-21.00 Round 4
12 April 14.00-21.00 Round 5
13 April 14.00-21.00 Round 6
14 April 14.00-21.00 Round 7
15 April 14.00-21.00 Round 8
16 April 09.00-16.00 Round 9

Chessdom.com will be official media partner of Gausdal Classics 2008. We will be closely collaborating with our good friends Eirik T. Gullaksen from Bergensjakk and the organizer Mr. Hans Olav Lahlum.

Parallel to the A tournament there will be a Gausdal Classics B and ELO events. The total number of players signed up until March 8 in both events exceeded 100. The GM B minimum is 2150 ELO, while the ELO event is minimum 1900 ELO. Both events will be 9 round swiss tournaments.

Gausdal Classics GM B

1. GM Felix LEVIN GER 2563
2. GM Arkadij ROTSTEIN GER 2548
3. GM Aloyzas KVEINYS LIT 2521
4. GM Mihail SALTAEV UZB 2502
5. IM Andras FLUMBORT HUN 2499
6. IM Stefan BROMBERGER GER 2493
7. GM Ralf ÅKESSON SWE 2470
8. GM Rune DJURHUUS NOR 2452
9. IM Mathias WOMACKA GER 2445
10. IM Thomas ROUSSEL-ROOZMON CAN 2442
11. IM Sundararjan KIDAMBI IND 2442
12. IM Bengt LINDBERG SWE 2439
13. IM Espen LIE NOR 2428
14. IM Arun PRASAD IND 2423
15. IM Sam E. COLLINS IRL 2394
16. IM Marcel PEEK NED 2386
17. IM John COX ENG 2375
18. FM Kjetil Stokke NOR 2372
19. IM Gerard WELLING NED 2371
20. GM Heikki WESTERINEN FIN 2362
21. IM Anatoly KREMENITSKY RUS 2354
22. IM Yochanan AFEK ISR 2350
23. WGM Beata KADZIOLKA POL 2326
24. FM Tobias HIRNEISE GER 2324
25. FM Simon SILSETH SWE 2321
26. FM Arkadiusz LENIART POL 2315
27. Mikael NASLUND SWE 2310
28. FM Joachim THOMASSEN NOR 2308
29. FM Nils Ragnar GROTNES NOR 2256
30. Ludo TOLHUIZEN NED 2243
31. FM Per ANDREASEN DEN 2207
32. Per SÖDERBERG SWE 2205
33. Hans GROFFEN NED 2204
34. Pål RØYSET NOR 2204
35. Daniel J. KOVACHEV NOR 2189
36. Håkon BENTSEN NOR 2180
37. Terje ERIKSEN NOR 2170
38. WIM Oksana VOVK DEN 2166
39. Jeroen VAN DEN BERSELAAR NED 2164
40. John QUINN ENG 2164
41. Ove SÆVAREID NOR 2159
42. Per OFSTAD NOR 2155
43. Matts UNANDER SWE 2132
44. Gunnar STRAY NOR 2126
45. Øyvind BENTSEN NOR 2115
46. Sondre Waage TOFTE NOR 2108
47. Pål Andreas HANSEN NOR 2108
48. Frits OBERS NED 2094
49. Lars OLSSON SWE 2088
50. Katrine TJØLSEN NOR 2084
51. Mads ANDERSEN DEN 2049
52. Thomas THOMASSEN NOR 2048