The Norwegian Youth Chess Championship is going to take place March 1-3 in Oslo. The competition will determine the champions for the Junior (born 1993-1997), Kadett (b. 1998-2001), and Miniputt (born 2002 and younger) categories.
The event will be a six round Monrad system (see the pairings system explained below) with one round Friday, three Saturday and two on Sunday. Each game has time control of 1 hour for 40 moves and 30 min for the rest of the game.
Each club may enter with an unlimited number of teams, consisting of four players and up to two substitutes who must all be the main members of the same club or local branch. Here are the players for the Norwegian youth competition
Participants
| Player | Club | ELO |
| Benjamin Arvola | Tromsø | 2323 |
| Magnus Eriksen | Alta | 2157 |
| Erlend Mikalsen | Alta | 2102 |
| Stian Johansen | Alta | 2045 |
| Håvard M Skagseth | Tromsø | 1941 |
| Fredrik Beer Jacobsen | Stavanger | 1842 |
| Sondre Merkesvik | Bergens | 1854 |
| Alf Gjøran Jakobsen | Alta | 1849 |
| Jørgen Hoel | Bergens | 1765 |
| Eivind X Djurhuus | Nordstrand | 1799 |
| Håkon N Nordstrøm | Bergens | 1757 |
| Elise Forså | Tromsø | 1819 |
| Eivind Aartun | Stavanger | 1768 |
| Martin Nilsen | Stavanger | 1661 |
| Jon Machlik | Tromsø | 1805 |
| Lasse E Bjørn | Tromsø | 1748 |
| Andreas G Tryggestad | Nordstrand | 1536 |
| Jonas H Rasmussen | Bergens | 1651 |
| Sigve Hølleland | Bergens | 1564 |
| Cornelius Kvendseth | Nordstrand | 1514 |
| Andreas Fossan | Stavanger | 1322 |
| Ingrid Andrea Greibrokk | Alta | 1447 |
| Marte B Kyrkjebø | Stavanger | 1569 |
| Endre Machlik | Tromsø | 1472 |
| Caroline Beer Jacobsen | Stavanger | 1453 |
| Erling Dyrhaug Skjølås | Stavanger | 1403 |
| Sverre S Dyrhaug | Stavanger | 1321 |
| Elise Sjøttem Jacobsen | Tromsø | 1389 |
| Hanna B Kyrkjebø | Stavanger | 1509 |
| Aschmirthan Sivaranjan | Nordstrand | 1356 |
| Flemming Aas | Bergens | 1295 |
| Rasmus L Haugland | Modum | 1545 |
| Didrik Braathen | Nordstrand | 1399 |
| Andre Nielsen | Alta | 1321 |
| Martin Saltvedt | Stavanger | 1305 |
| Lucas Ranaldi | Stavanger | 1287 |
| Kristoffer Bråtveit | Stavanger | 1217 |
| Aleksander Fossan | Stavanger | 1173 |
| Benjamin Fossan | Stavanger | 1155 |
| Henrik G Tallaksen | Stavanger | 1143 |
| Martin G Johnsen | Tromsø | 1112 |
| Regine Forså | Tromsø | 1100 |
| Dag E B Nord | Nittedal | 1097 |
| Øyvind B Fløtten | Modum | 1075 |
| Helene Lorem | Tromsø | 1043 |
| Daniel Nordquelle | Nordstrand | 1035 |
| Axel Sit | Nordstrand | 1033 |
| Johan Hestvik | Alta | 960 |
| Sigurd Kjelsbøl Huse | Nordstrand | 909 |
| Tor Fredrik Kaasen | Tromsø | 895 |
| Henrik Kristoffersen | Alta | 869 |
| Pradheeban Sivaranjan | Nordstrand | 832 |
| Abdulla Al-Kanany | Modum | 824 |
| Maria Greibrokk | Alta | 812 |
| William Sandberg Olsen | Moss | 810 |
| Thyra Kvendseth | Nordstrand | 803 |
| Ulrikke Langvik | Nordstrand | 802 |
| Sigve Saman Zandi | Tromsø | 800 |
| Aleksander Flæsen | Stavanger | 789 |
| Jens Christian L Opdahl | Bergens | 751 |
| Benjamin Halvorsen | Tromsø | 747 |
| Gustav A Gleine | Alta | 741 |
| Håkon Kristoffersen | Alta | 732 |
| Amalie Isabel Merkesvik | Bergens | 724 |
| Magnus Falck | Stavanger | 721 |
| Jon Håkon Aa Olsen | Kragerø | 690 |
| Einar Frøvik Clausen | Kragerø | 670 |
| Linnea Garberg Tryggestad | Nordstrand | 646 |
| Mads Vestby-Ellingsen | Tromsø | 628 |
| Vladimir Merzliakov | Alta | 592 |
| Ida Sundsvoll Andreassen | Tromsø | 585 |
| Torgeir Bjelland | Stavanger | 572 |
| Tor Harald Aa Olsen | Kragerø | 546 |
| Ingrid Jødre Kvamme | Bergens | 536 |
| Einar Lorem | Tromsø | 513 |
| Simen Strand Aasand | Modum Sku | 0 |
| Johannes Matre Bergersen | Sandved Ssk | 0 |
| Olav Brattetveit | Bergens | 0 |
| Richard K, Brunstad | NTG Bærum | 0 |
| John-Elijah Bussinger | Nittedal | 0 |
| Kirill Fedchuk | Tromsø Sku | 0 |
| Marius Gøbel | Nordstrand SKU | 0 |
| Axel Hansson | NTG Bærum | 0 |
| Thomas Hartvig | Nittedal | 0 |
| Håkon Helgøy | Sandved Ssk | 0 |
| Arne Kjelsbøl Huse | Nordstrand | 0 |
| Henrik Høyby | Ntg Bærum | 0 |
| Daniel Høyland | Sandved Ssk | 0 |
| Niko Idivuoma | Tromsø Sku | 0 |
| Simon T Johannessen | Kragerø | 0 |
| Erlend Raugstad Kluge | Smeaheia SS | 0 |
| Thomas Jødre Kvamme | Bergens | 0 |
| Halvor Leira | Nordstrand | 0 |
| Philip Liabø | Nordstrand SKU | 0 |
| Gunnar Lund | Tromsø Sku | 0 |
| Steffen Habberstad Lundeby | Nordstrand | 0 |
| Haakon Anker Førland Monclair | NTG Bærum | 0 |
| Øyvind Monclair | NTG Bærum | 0 |
| Eran Murali | Nordstrand SKU | 0 |
| Jonas Mæland | Sandved Ssk | 0 |
| David Nesse | Smeaheia SS | 0 |
| Tobias L. Nilsen | Moss Sku | 0 |
| Mursal Noradi | Alta | 0 |
| Mats Nærheim | Smeaheia SS | 0 |
| Fredrik Johan Aa. Olsen | Kragerø Sku | 0 |
| Sondre Piiksi | Moss Sku | 0 |
| Martin Røren | Modum Sku | 0 |
| Isak Sjøberg | Nordstrand SKU | 0 |
| Hannah Sesilie Stangeland | Sandved Ssk | 0 |
| Andreas Stavenes | Smeaheia | 0 |
| Selmer Sundell | Moss Sku | 0 |
| Thomas Sveinsvoll | Smeaheia SS | 0 |
| Magnus Sætre | Nittedal | 0 |
| Emilie Tårnes | Tromsø Sku | 0 |
| Anders Tørresen | Tromsø Sku | 0 |
| Tim Wanvik | NTG Bærum | 0 |
| Benjamin Wold | Moss Sku | 0 |
Monrad system (pairings)
The pairings of the competition are going to be made with the Monrad system. This is common tournament system in Norway and Denmark is the Monrad system. It is very similar to the Swiss System, but deemphasizes ratings, and bases the pairings on the starting number each contestant has received at random before the tournament. The Danish version is a fairly simple method, players are initially ranked at random, and pairings are modified mainly to avoid players meeting each other twice.The Norwegian system has an optional seeding system for the first round pairings, and within a score group, the pairing algorithm endeavors to give players alternating colors.
For the Norway youth and junior chess championship, a Norwegian Monrad system will be used.
