Glitnir Blitz in Oslo
One of the strongest tournaments in Norway ever is staged in the City shopping mall in the centre of Oslo tomorrow October 27th at 11:00 !
The Glitnir bank is sponsoring the event.
After a double round robin in 4 initial groups with 4 players in each, the top 2 qualify for quarterfinals.
The top ranked plays no 8 etc, and each match consists of 4 games plus Armageddon in case of equality, followed by 4 games semifinal matches and the final.
World Blitz Champion 2006 A.Grischuk, Russia, (2716) is top ranked ahead of Magnus, Peter H.Nilsen, Denmark, S.Agdestein, H.Stefansson, Iceland, T.Nyback, Finland, K.Lie and L.E.Johannessen.
The 10 invited players are joined by 6 outsiders from regional qualifiers that took place last Saturday.
In the initial group Magnus is up against GM T.Nyback, IM J.L.Hammer and D.Madsen.
More information about the event on: http://www.sjakk.no/glitnirblitz/program_finale.htm ,
but I'm not aware of any plans to broadcast games live.
The quarterfinals starts at 12:30, the semifinals at 14:15 and the final at 15:30.
As IM E.Lie qualified from Porsgrunn last weekend, the whole Norwegian European Championship team (Magnus 2 x Lie, Hammer) will participate in the Blitz and leave directly for Crete right after the event.
On Sunday round 1 starts at Crete and the Norwegian team is probably up against Armenia or a similarly strong team.
Henrik Carlsen
Lommedalen, October 26th
The Glitnir bank is sponsoring the event.
After a double round robin in 4 initial groups with 4 players in each, the top 2 qualify for quarterfinals.
The top ranked plays no 8 etc, and each match consists of 4 games plus Armageddon in case of equality, followed by 4 games semifinal matches and the final.
World Blitz Champion 2006 A.Grischuk, Russia, (2716) is top ranked ahead of Magnus, Peter H.Nilsen, Denmark, S.Agdestein, H.Stefansson, Iceland, T.Nyback, Finland, K.Lie and L.E.Johannessen.
The 10 invited players are joined by 6 outsiders from regional qualifiers that took place last Saturday.
In the initial group Magnus is up against GM T.Nyback, IM J.L.Hammer and D.Madsen.
More information about the event on: http://www.sjakk.no/glitnirblitz/program_finale.htm ,
but I'm not aware of any plans to broadcast games live.
The quarterfinals starts at 12:30, the semifinals at 14:15 and the final at 15:30.
As IM E.Lie qualified from Porsgrunn last weekend, the whole Norwegian European Championship team (Magnus 2 x Lie, Hammer) will participate in the Blitz and leave directly for Crete right after the event.
On Sunday round 1 starts at Crete and the Norwegian team is probably up against Armenia or a similarly strong team.
Henrik Carlsen
Lommedalen, October 26th
Comments:
Posted by: Sam
Good luck to Magnus in this upcoming tournament. Hopefully this one is just as successful as the Bilbao tournament!
Henrik, is Magnus participating in the Tal memorial this year?
Henrik, is Magnus participating in the Tal memorial this year?
Posted by: Airhead
Congratulations on getting second place magnus !
Posted by: Vidar
Gratulerer Magnus !
Jeg må samtidig si at jeg ble voldsomt imponert over at Simen spilte så bra. Jeg inbiller meg at han har noe mindre matchtrening enn det du har.
Jeg kunne godt tenkt meg å spillt et langparti mot far din.
:-)
Jeg må samtidig si at jeg ble voldsomt imponert over at Simen spilte så bra. Jeg inbiller meg at han har noe mindre matchtrening enn det du har.
Jeg kunne godt tenkt meg å spillt et langparti mot far din.
:-)
Posted by: Henrik C.
Sam,
yes, Magnus will be playing in the Tal Memorial starting November 10th as well as the FIDE Blitz World Championship 21.-22.November.
Vidar, du er sikker mye bedre enn meg. Har jeg lov til å få hjelp av mine barn?
yes, Magnus will be playing in the Tal Memorial starting November 10th as well as the FIDE Blitz World Championship 21.-22.November.
Vidar, du er sikker mye bedre enn meg. Har jeg lov til å få hjelp av mine barn?
Posted by: Rafiq
Tenkte litt på dere her om dagen når jeg leste artikkelen i avisen. Vi er stolte av å ha dere som bloggere. Mange takk :)
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