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Participants GM Swiss Tournament

(Preliminary list, last updated Dec. 27th 2008)
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1.GM Sergei TIVIAKOVNED2686 37.Khayala ISGANDAROVAAZE2206
2.GM Boris SAVCHENKORUS2648 38.Gudmund STENERSENNOR2189
3.GM Vadim MALAKHATKOBEL2633 39.Jørgen G. NIELSENDEN2184
4.GM Oleg KORNEEVRUS2623  40.FM Richard BJERKENOR2179
5.GM Mikheil MCHEDLISHVILIGEO2615 41.Nicolai GETZNOR2176
6.GM Mateusz BARTELPOL2602 42.Odin BLIKRA VEANOR2169
7.GM Kaido KULAOTSEST2556 43.Lasse ØSTEBØ LØVIKNOR2167
8.GM Geetha GOPALIND2548 44.Emil AGDESTEINNOR2145
9.GM Nick DE FIRMIANUSA2545 45.Thomas NYLANDNOR2140
10.GM Aloyzas KVEINYSLTU2533 46.Stephane LOHOUFRA2132
11.IM Jon Ludvig HAMMERNOR2522 47.Tarjei SVENSENNOR2128
12.IM Frode ELSNESSNOR2440 48.Gunnar STRAYNOR2124
13.IM Sasha KAPLANISR2425 49.Jan SØRGJERDNOR2123
14.IM Maxim DEVEREAUXENG2415 50.Sondre WAAGE TOFTENOR2120
15.IM Israel CASPIISR2408 51.WFM Katrine TJØLSENNOR2110
16.IM Eirik T. GULLAKSENNOR2400 52.Anders HAGENNOR2110
17.IM Mark FERGUSONENG2398 53.Tor Kristian LARSENNOR2109
18.IM/WGM Anna ZOZULIABEL2380 54.Benjamin ARVOLANOR2096
19.Nijat ABASOVAZE2363 55.Espen HAUGSTADNOR2091
20.WGM Zeinab MAMEDJAROVAAZE2351 56.Yuri SAVCHENKORUS2091
21.FM Anastasios TSIOLAKIDISGRE2348 57.Ole Jørn GYLDENÅSNOR2075
22.Mikhail SKVORTSOVRUS2335 58.Pål Andreas HANSENNOR2074
23.FM Kjetil STOKKENOR2334 59.Even THINGSTADNOR2065
24.WIM Marta PRZEZDZIECKAPOL2327 60.Jon Kristian HAARRNOR2057
25.FM Frode Olav OLSEN URKEDALNOR2316 61.Kjetil STRANDNOR2057
26.WGM Olga DOLZHIKOVAUKR2291 62.Terje TORGERSENNOR2051
27.WIM Karina SZCZEPKOWSKA-HOROWSKA POL2273 63.Håkon STRANDNOR2047
28.WGM Turkan MAMEDJAROVAAZE2269 64.Thomas BRYNNOR2025
29.FM Alexey SOFRYGINRUS2252 65.Vegar KOI GANDRUDNOR2023
30.WIM Katarzyna TOMAPOL2230 66.Joachim B. NILSENNOR2013
31.Daniel JAKOBSEN KOVACHEVNOR2227 67.Elias DEMACNOR1993
32.Johannes KVISLANOR2221 68.Anders HOBBERNOR1987
33.WIM Ioulia MAKKAGRE2220 69.Peter FLERMOENNOR1977
34.WIM Nargiz UMUDOVAAZE2219 70.Marianne WOLD HAUGNOR1940
35.Inge SKRONDALNOR2216 71.Ellen CARLSENNOR1888
36.FM Gerrit PRAKKENNED2206     


Participants Open Swiss Tournament

(Preliminary list, last updated Dec. 27th 2008)
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1.Joar GULLESTAD PETTERSEN2016Stavanger 15.Tore J. HEGGUM(1416)Lillestrøm
2.Jan Arne BJØRGVIK1961Verdal 16.Harald MOTTANG(1323)Stjernen
3.Tor Wetle HOEM1950Molde 17.Thomas WASENIUS(1198)Moss
4.Øystein AAGEDAL SKAGE1938Bergens 18.Reidar KRISTIANSEN(1188)Hamar
5.Jo Kristian LØBERG1923Oslo 19.Espen KRISTIANSEN(1188)Sarpsborg
6.Magnus ERIKSEN1895Mo 20.Eric TORGERSEN(1154)Kristiansand
7.Henrik SJØL1855Akademisk 21.Kjell Håkon LIEN(1061)Hønefoss
8.Ida LAHLUM18281911 22.Steinar LEITE(1062)Modum
9.Anders THINGSTAD1809Hønefoss 23.Tormod THINGSTAD(979)Hønefoss
10.Guttorm ANDERSEN1798Stjernen 24.Morthen AUKE(955)Konnerud
11.Jan Rune MOBERG1731Follo 25.Erik Johannes AUKE(938)Konnerud
12.Oddvar SOLLI(1597)Voss 26.Johannes HAUG(915)Nordstrand
13.Per Anders HAGEN(1576)Verdal 27.Karl P. JERNBERG(872)Tromsø
14.Frode HØVA(1534)Follo 28.Johan LIEN(646)Hønefoss


Participants in Rating Tournament A and B

Participants Open Norwegian Rapid Chess Championship, group A, B and C.