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Swedish Chess Championships 2022 kicked off in Uppsala

03 Jul, 2022by gprevenasΣκακιστικά νέα

The 2022 Swedish Chess Championships (Championship, Masters Elite, Masters, Seniors 50+, Seniors 65+ and Juniors) kicked off yesterday in Uppsala, Sweden. The events are played from 1-10 July, with Championship and Masters Elite groups being played as 10-player round-robin events, while the Masters, Seniors 50+, Seniors 65+ and Juniors events are played in 9 rounds, swiss system. Players receive 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.

The top seeds of the Championship category are: GM Erik Blomqvist, GM Tiger Hillarp Persson, and GM Jonathan Westerberg. Among the players of the main Championship is Swedish chess legend Pia Cramling, aiming to become the first woman to win gold in the Swedish Open Championship. (scroll down for starting rank list).

Photo: Lars OA Hedlund

Starting rank list of players – Swedish Chess Championship 2022:


Rk Title Name Rtg
1 GM Pia Cramling 2459
2 GM Jonny Hector 2441
3 IM Linus Johansson 2468
4 IM Ludvig Carlsson 2399
5 IM Jung Min Seo 2492
6 GM Erik Blomqvist 2521
7 GM Axel Smith 2417
8 GM Jonathan Westerberg 2476
9 FM Martin Jogstad 2384
10 GM Tiger Hillarp 2516

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Swedish Chess Championship 2022 – Masters Elite:


Rk Title Name Rating
1 GM Thomas Ernst 2289
2 FM Carl Cederstam 2332
3 FM Eric Thörn 2366
4 IM Oskar Von Bahr 2386
5 IM Tommy Andersson 2384
6 IM Thomas Engqvist 2330
7 IM Michael Wiedenkeller 2437
8 IM Johan Furhoff 2348
9 IM Jan Johansson 2306
10 FM Edvin Trost 2345

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Swedish Chess Championship 2022 – Masters:


Rk Title Name Rtg
1 Daniel Johnson 2191
2 Dan Eriksson 2246
3 FM Erik Malmstig 2204
4 Alexander Ström-Engdahl 2077
5 CM Daniel Jogstad 2057
6 Niklas Carlström 2125
7 Jan-Olov Lind 2173
8 CM Leo Crevatin 2259
9 Filip Björkman 2066
10 Jörgen Eriksson 2200
11 Ulf Hammarström 2233
12 Jimmy Mårdell 2161
13 Jacob Jönsson 1947
14 FM Andreas Landgren 2224
15 Lars Persson 1978
16 Emanuel Sundin 2160
17 Tobias Pettersson 2027
18 David Lundberg 2219
19 Josef Styf 2048
20 Thomas Johansson 2231
21 Erik Dingertz 2021
22 Svante Olsson 2156
23 Axel Tiger-Norqvist 2239

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Swedish Chess Championship 2022 – Seniors 50+:


Rk Title Name Rtg
1 Jukka Hautajärvi 2044
2 Björn Andersson 1803
3 Ola Westerlund 1880
4 Jan Peter Palmblad 1982
5 Kristian Eriksson 2089
6 Håkan Svensson 2035
7 Håkan Winfridsson 1960
8 CM Mikael Helin 1732
9 Anders Moborn 2013
10 Håkan Warston 1634

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Swedish Chess Championship 2022 – Seniors 65+:


Rk Title Name Rtg
1 GM Juan Bellon Lopez 2330
2 Sören Svensson 1890
3 Krister Lagerborg 2138
4 Kurt Ekelund 1939
5 FM Rolf Bergström 2202
6 Åke Westin 1994
7 Sture Lindberg 1687
8 CM Per Söderberg 2111
9 Thomas Franzén Högberg 1997
10 Thomas Marttala 2164
11 Björn Gillefalk 2047
12 Erik Alquist 1968
13 Peter Bytar 1856
14 Henryk Dolata 2055
15 Gunnar Hedin 2051
16 FM Nils-Åke Malmdin 2124
17 Claes-Göran Westerberg 1879
18 Arnold Söderlind 1754
19 FM Bengt Hammar 2092
20 Lennart Gunnarsson 1731
21 Jörgen Alfvén 1763
22 Ove Hartzell 1903
23 Olle Ålgars 1870
24 Ingvar Carlsson 2030
25 Jockum Wahlberg 1582
26 Lars-Åke Pettersson 1682
27 Mats Jonsson 1629
28 FM Börje Jansson 2230
29 Josip Vrabec 1897
30 Per-Olov Larsson 1955
31 Seved Nylund 1909
32 Lars Blomström 2136

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