Final standings

The two top boards in the GM-group both ended with short draws in the last round. This led to six players topping the table with 6.5 points. 

GM Mads Andersen of Denmark had the best tie-break and won the tournament ahead of IM Elham Amar of Norway and GM Guha Mitrabha of India. 

Also with 6.5 points, but outside top-3, we find GM Kaido Kulaots of Estonia, GM Ido Gorshtein of Israel and GM Eltaj Safarli of Azerbaijan. 

Mads Andersen won the GM-group
(Photo: Tom Eriksen)

The two highest-rated players finished at the top in the Open group. Terje Lund and Trond M. Thorgersen both finished with 7 points, but Lund had better tie-break and got first place. 

Sebastian Lien had a stong finish with two wins, and ended in third place as the only player with 6.5 points. The seven highest placed players in the Open were all Norwegian.  

Lien, Lund and Thorgersen
(Photo: Tom Eriksen)