These are the new nordic champions

The Nordic Chess Championship for Youth 2017 are now over, and five new nordic champions are crowned.

The Youth Chess Federation of Norway thank you for your participation and whish you a safe trip home!

The prize winners in the five groups:

Viktor Nielsen

Group A (born 1997-1999):

  1. Viktor Nielsen (DEN), 4,5 points
  2. FM Oliver Johannesson (ISL), 4 points
  3. Timo Syvalahti (FIN), 3,5 points
    Complete results can be found here.
    All games of Group A in PGN-format
Valo Hallman

Group B (born 2000-2001):

  1. Valo Hallman (FIN), 5 points
  2. FM Johannes Haug (NOR), 4,5 points
  3. FM Sondre Merkesvik (NOR), 4 points

Complete results can be found here.
All games of Group B in PGN-format

Andreas Tryggestad

Group C (born 2002-2003):

  1. FM Andreas G. Tryggestad (NOR), 5 points
  2. FM Tovo Keinanen (FIN), 5 points
  3. Gabriel Nguyen (SWE), 3,5 points

Complete results can be found here.
All games of Group C in PGN-format

Jens Ingebretsen

Group D (born 2004-2005):

  1. Jens E. Ingebretsen (NOR), 4,5 points
  2. Philip Sandberg (SWE), 4,5 points
  3. Robert Luu (ISL), 4 points

Complete results can be found here.
All games of Group D in PGN-format

Edvin Trost

Group E (born 2006 or later):

  1. Edvin Trost (SWE), 5,5 points
  2. Torbjørn Valvåg (NOR), 4,5 points
  3. Shazil Shehzad (NOR), 4 points

    Complete results can be found here.
    All games of Group E in PGN-format

Nations Cup

In the nations cup, the host coutry Norway won 2,5 points ahead of Iceland:

  1. Norway, 35,5 points
  2. Iceland, 33 points
  3. Finland, 32,5 points
  4. Sweden, 31 points
  5. Denmark, 30 points
  6. Faroe Islands, 18 points

Medals

No Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Norway 2 2 2 6
2 Sweden 1 1 1 3
Finland 1 1 1 3
4 Denmark 1 1
5 Iceland 1 1 2
6 Faroe Islands

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