Stockholms Schacksällskap, one of the world’s oldest chess clubs, celebrates its 150 years jubilee with a grand tournament at the venerable Scandic Hotel Hasselbacken**** in the heart of The Royal Djurgården in Stockholm, Sweden.
The Hasselbacken Chess Open 2016 will be held from April 30 through May 8, 2016, in a 9-round FIDE-Swiss open format and it will be valid for FIDE rating and norms. Both Swedish and international grandmasters will be invited to compete for the hefty prize fund of 300 000 SEK (nearly 32,000 €).
27 GMs, 58 titled players and total 185 players have signed up – now there are only 65 seats left.
Tournament website/ Registration/ LIVE games with analysis
Stockholm’s Chess Federation supports Stockholm’s Chess Society’s jubilee tournament Hasselbacken Chess Open with a grant that gives the tournament a chance to be something special. Stockholm’s Chess Federation’s president Jan Wikander give his comments to the decision to support the tournament:
“Stockholm’s Chess Federation’s main task is to get more people to play chess. We do this by organizing tournaments including Stockholm’s Chess Salons, but also through daily visits in schools. We have succeeded admirably, and today has approximately 13 500 registered members in approximately 220 Clubs.
My goal since 2012 when I was elected President of the Federation has been to educate more youth chess leaders, partly to get our clubs arrange competitions. Stockholm’s Chess Society submitted a well-formed application for partnership which the Board treated at two meetings. We came to the conclusion that it is self-evident that we should pay tribute to the world’s third oldest chess club that celebrates 150 years in 2016, and also see the possibility with so many Juniors as possible in the tournament.
Stockholm’s Chess Federation has had a positive development of the economy in recent years which, in the first instance, to the benefit of our member associations in their work with juniors.
Stockholm’s Chess Federation looks forward to a high-class tournament at hotel Hasselbacken and we are proud to be an active part of this anniversary. Already half a year before the tournament starts there are 200 notified participants which is sensational with chess standards!”
Greetings and good luck!
Jan Wikander
Chairman of Stockholm’s Chess Federation
Stockholm’s Chess Society Chairman Stefan Lindh said after Stockholm’s Chess Federation’s decision to support Hasselbacken Chess Openings:
“Stockholm’s Chess Federation’s contribution to Hasselbacken Chess Open warms my heart. We have for many years cooperated on many levels, among other junior tournaments, tournaments of a general nature and more.
Cooperation between the Federation and our club regarding junior tournaments will now additionally be intensified next year, the wish of both the Federation and us. Our club was also one of four clubs to found Stockholm’s Chess Federation which we are very proud of! Our club has also for many years rent space in the Federation’s fine playing venue and during all the years enjoyed working with both the chess but also with the social.
“The board of Stockholm’s Chess Society would once again like to thank the Stockholm Chess Federation for the contribution.
| Number | Title | Rating | Name | Nation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | 2715 | Shirov Alexei | LAT |
| 2 | GM | 2671 | Lysyj Igor | RUS |
| 3 | GM | 2658 | Postny Evgeny | ISR |
| 4 | GM | 2658 | Tkachiev Vladislav | FRA |
| 5 | GM | 2648 | Berkes Ferenc | HUN |
| 6 | GM | 2647 | Grandelius Nils | SWE |
| 7 | GM | 2640 | S.P Sethuraman | IND |
| 8 | GM | 2600 | Roiz Michael | ISR |
| 9 | GM | 2599 | Mareco Sandro | ARG |
| 10 | GM | 2594 | Rausis Igors | CZE |
| 11 | GM | 2582 | Mazé Sébastien | FRA |
| 12 | GM | 2580 | Vorobiov Evgeny | RUS |
| 13 | GM | 2579 | Guliyev Namig | AZE |
| 14 | GM | 2577 | Donchenko Alexander | GER |
| 15 | GM | 2569 | Tukhaev Adam | UKR |
| 16 | GM | 2557 | Burmakin Vladimir | RUS |
| 17 | GM | 2550 | Chatalbashev Boris | BUL |
| 18 | IM | 2548 | van Foreest Jorden | NED |
| 19 | GM | 2546 | Hillarp Persson Tiger | SWE |
| 20 | GM | 2541 | Rozentalis Eduardas | LTU |
| 21 | GM | 2536 | Mikhalevski Victor | ISR |
| 22 | GM | 2534 | Greenfeld Alon | ISR |
| 23 | GM | 2530 | Blomqvist Erik | SWE |
| 24 | GM | 2523 | Libiszewski Fabien | FRA |
| 25 | GM | 2513 | Cramling Pia | SWE |
| 26 | GM | 2504 | Cicak Slavko | SWE |
| 27 | IM | 2473 | Lyrberg Patrik | SWE |
| 28 | IM | 2471 | Smith Axel | SWE |
| 29 | IM | 2429 | Stark Lars | GER |
| 30 | GM | 2420 | Akesson Ralf | SWE |
| 31 | IM | 2401 | Slavin Alexey | RUS |
| 32 | FM | 2384 | von Bahr Oskar | SWE |
| 33 | 2382 | Schneider Stefan | SWE | |
| 34 | IM | 2380 | Vasilevich Tatjana | UKR |
| 35 | GM | 2374 | Bellon Juan | ESP |
| 36 | FM | 2369 | Lokander Martin | SWE |
| 37 | FM | 2355 | Hedman Erik | SWE |
| 38 | FM | 2332 | Arman Deniz | TUR |
| 39 | IM | 2326 | Ornstein Axel | SWE |
| 40 | FM | 2319 | Couso Luis | SWE |
| 41 | NM | 2316 | Berovski Krum | BUL |
| 42 | FM | 2303 | Cederstam Barsk Carl | SWE |
| 43 | 2296 | Van Foreest Lucas | NED | |
| 44 | 2295 | Lissäng Christopher | SWE | |
| 45 | 2293 | Pajeken Wolfgang | GER | |
| 46 | FM | 2290 | Dragicevic Drazen | SWE |
| 47 | FM | 2290 | Svicevic Rastko | SRB |
| 48 | FM | 2289 | Bergström, Rolf | SWE |
| 49 | 2272 | Nygren Kim | SWE | |
| 50 | 2244 | Lindberg Henrik Malm | SWE | |
| 51 | FM | 2243 | Lundin Jan | SWE |
| 52 | WIM | 2237 | Frisk Ellinor | SWE |
| 53 | 2234 | Wahlbom Magnus | SWE | |
| 54 | 2233 | Carlsson Nils | SWE | |
| 55 | 2208 | Hanssen Gunnar Berg | NOR | |
| 56 | 2203 | Isetoft Bengt-Ola | SWE | |
| 57 | FM | 2199 | Hammer Bengt. | SWE |
| 58 | 2198 | Steneskog Per | SWE | |
| 59 | 2184 | Ask Josef | SWE | |
| 60 | 2184 | Eriksson Jörgen | SWE | |
| 61 | CM | 2184 | Wiander Michael | SWE |
| 62 | 2178 | Wengholm Anders | SWE | |
| 63 | 2174 | Örndahl Mats | SWE | |
| 64 | 2171 | Andersen Jens Knud | GER | |
| 65 | 2162 | Adler Bo | SWE | |
| 66 | 2161 | Riccardo Guglielmi PhD | SWE | |
| 67 | FM | 2159 | Malmdin Nils Åke | SWE |
| 68 | CM | 2154 | Johansson Carl Fredrik | SWE |
| 69 | 2152 | VANHEIRZEELE DANIEL | BEL | |
| 70 | 2149 | Marttala Thomas | SWE | |
| 71 | 2148 | Thorn Eric | SWE | |
| 72 | 2146 | Hedin Gunnar | SWE | |
| 73 | 2141 | Kyhle Bo | SWE | |
| 74 | 2140 | Ostling Hakan | SWE | |
| 75 | 2139 | Isetoft Daniel | SWE | |
| 76 | 2130 | Evertsson Lennart | SWE | |
| 77 | 2126 | Vistisen Lars | NED | |
| 78 | 2120 | Palmblad Jan Peter | SWE | |
| 79 | 2118 | Pajeken Jakob Leon | GER | |
| 80 | 2118 | Leif Svensson | SWE | |
| 81 | 2117 | Arovén Mikael | SWE | |
| 82 | 2117 | Kjell Petersson | SWE | |
| 83 | 2101 | Backman Michael | SWE | |
| 84 | 2086 | Ljungberg Rune | SWE | |
| 85 | 2080 | Palmqvist Fredrik | SWE | |
| 86 | IM | 2078 | Moncayo Evelyn Economist | ECU |
| 87 | 2070 | Svensson Håkan | SWE | |
| 88 | 2063 | Luna Diaz Gustavo Luis | SWE | |
| 89 | 2063 | Sjodin Bengt | SWE | |
| 90 | 2053 | Halleröd Ralph | SWE | |
| 91 | 2047 | Carlsten Peter | SWE | |
| 92 | 2039 | Alquist Erik | SWE | |
| 93 | 2033 | Vallius Mirko | SWE | |
| 94 | 2027 | Aristegui Michel | FRA | |
| 95 | 2026 | Tuomainen Felix | SWE | |
| 96 | 2025 | Darnell Anton | SWE | |
| 97 | 2019 | Jakenberg Jussi | SWE | |
| 98 | 2016 | Korning Peter | SWE | |
| 99 | 2015 | Dahlstrom Rickard | SWE | |
| 100 | 2014 | Lundberg Roland | SWE | |
| 101 | 2005 | Schultze Joerg-Martin Dr. | GER | |
| 102 | 2003 | Marder Simon | SWE | |
| 103 | 1994 | Brodén Per | SWE | |
| 104 | 1992 | Nilsson Weine | SWE | |
| 105 | 1989 | Saren Bjorn | SWE | |
| 106 | 1987 | Magnussen Pal | SWE | |
| 107 | 1976 | Degerfeldt Sven | SWE | |
| 108 | 1972 | Arvidsson Jonas | SWE | |
| 109 | 1970 | Sparv Joakim | SWE | |
| 110 | 1969 | Van Dam Johannes Gerben | NED | |
| 111 | 1965 | Wahlstedt Mats BA | SWE | |
| 112 | 1963 | Verendel Jan | SWE | |
| 113 | 1958 | Evertsson Rune | SWE | |
| 114 | 1958 | Røst Bjørn | NOR | |
| 115 | 1940 | Skjöldebrand Martin | SWE | |
| 116 | 1939 | Karlsson Patrik | SWE | |
| 117 | 1935 | Olsson Tomas | SWE | |
| 118 | 1927 | Rånby Hans | SWE | |
| 119 | 1923 | Säterli Johnny | SWE | |
| 120 | 1916 | Asgharzadeh Mitra | IRI | |
| 121 | 1912 | Kollbrink Mats | SWE | |
| 122 | 1899 | Duenas Alexis | SWE | |
| 123 | 1897 | Kleimark Anders B.Sc | SWE | |
| 124 | 1891 | Berg Susanna | SWE | |
| 125 | 1884 | Seo JungMin | SWE | |
| 126 | 1882 | Lindh Goran | SWE | |
| 127 | 1881 | Flodmark Tarras | SWE | |
| 128 | 1881 | Helin Mikael | SWE | |
| 129 | 1880 | Gunnarsson Lennart | SWE | |
| 130 | 1870 | Nyberg Bo | SWE | |
| 131 | 1865 | Åström Anders | SWE | |
| 132 | 1864 | Schadd Jan | NED | |
| 133 | 1861 | Johansson Nicklas | SWE | |
| 134 | 1855 | Ekenstierna Adrian | SWE | |
| 135 | 1855 | Gundersen Ingvar | SWE | |
| 136 | 1853 | Sorensen Hampus | SWE | |
| 137 | 1852 | Knöppel Björn | SWE | |
| 138 | 1851 | Hoac Edvin | SWE | |
| 139 | 1849 | Lindberg Sture | SWE | |
| 140 | 1845 | Lindström Per-Ove | SWE | |
| 141 | 1839 | Lundquist Leif | SWE | |
| 142 | 1838 | Lennart Forslund | SWE | |
| 143 | 1838 | Lundberg Henrik | SWE | |
| 144 | 1822 | Tropov Oleg | RUS | |
| 145 | 1817 | Viklund Dick | SWE | |
| 146 | 1804 | Rajab Schahin | SWE | |
| 147 | 1799 | Gustavsson Kent | FIN | |
| 148 | 1793 | Smith Lennart | SWE | |
| 149 | 1789 | Lindkvist Andreas | SWE | |
| 150 | 1788 | Johansson, Christer | SWE | |
| 151 | 1775 | Eriksson Patrik | SWE | |
| 152 | 1773 | Opasiak Dustin | POL | |
| 153 | 1767 | Pettersson Kjell Erik | SWE | |
| 154 | 1761 | Cramling Anna | SWE | |
| 155 | 1746 | Petersen Rasmus | DEN | |
| 156 | 1744 | Arnarson Thordur | SWE | |
| 157 | 1743 | Arbeus Carl-Johan | SWE | |
| 158 | 1719 | Einar Per | SWE | |
| 159 | 1711 | Hrbek Stepan | CZE | |
| 160 | 1708 | Eriksson Per-Olav | SWE | |
| 161 | 1704 | Ambert Jens | SWE | |
| 162 | 1694 | Hansson, Henrik | SWE | |
| 163 | 1692 | Stoilov Bojan | SWE | |
| 164 | 1678 | Ivanyuhin Valeri | SWE | |
| 165 | 1666 | Sly Douglas | CAN | |
| 166 | 1665 | Sundin Emanuel | SWE | |
| 167 | 1662 | Horvath Adam | HUN | |
| 168 | 1643 | Forsbom Christer | SWE | |
| 169 | 1637 | Spangberg Robert | SWE | |
| 170 | 1632 | STOLPE KJELL | SWE | |
| 171 | 1625 | Dobroze Ainars | LAT | |
| 172 | 1622 | Jansson Bert | SWE | |
| 173 | 1618 | Bredenhof Bo | SWE | |
| 174 | 1589 | Jansson Torolf | SWE | |
| 175 | 1582 | Öhlund Anders | SWE | |
| 176 | 1558 | Claesson Jan-Olof | SWE | |
| 177 | 1517 | Myrenfors Stefan | SWE | |
| 178 | 1486 | Andersson Robert Dilettanti | SWE | |
| 179 | 1451 | Isaksson Alexander | SWE | |
| 180 | 1313 | Sebastian Andreas | NOR | |
| 181 | 1262 | Sorensen Alva | SWE | |
| 182 | 1178 | Akerlund Lucia | SWE | |
| 183 | 1107 | Cedegard Carsten | SWE | |
| 184 | 1084 | Vida Radon | SWE | |
| 185 | 1050 | Christensen John Christopher | DEN |
