Sunday 16 April 2017

Fagernes Easter Blitz NGP

Fagernes Easter Blitz NGP was played 15th April after the round in the main tournament. There were 48 participants in two rating groups.

The A-group was won by IM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen, last year's Norwegian blitz champion. Christiansen scored 7.5 points in 9 rounds and was half a point ahead of Garg Aradhya from India. Belarusian IM Valeriy Kazakovskiy took third place, like he did in the rapid.
 
In the B-group (rating under 1500) Lars Martin Krogseth took clear first with 8 points from 9 games. Kazim Yilmaz and Odd Ristesund ended up with 6.5 points.