The 2022 Swedish Chess Championships (Championship, Masters Elite, Masters, Seniors 50+, Seniors 65+ and Juniors) took place from 1-10 July in Uppsala, being played as 9 round-robin tournaments and 9 swiss rounds tournaments.
GM Jonny Hector claimed the title of the Swedish National Chess Champion. With 6.5/9 points, the 58-year-old native of Malmo won his second national title, twenty years after his first triumph back in 2002. As many as three players tied for silver, with tiebreak criteria determining the medalists: GM Jonathan Westerberg clinched silver, GM Tiger Hillarp Persson was bronze and IM Jung Min Seo came fourth. GM Pia Cramling who tried to become the first woman ever to triumph in the Swedish Open Championship finished the event in 7th position with 4 points.

FM Olsson William lifted the trophy of the Swedish Junior Chess Championship as the sole winner of the tournament with 6.5 points. Svensson Håkan became the Swedish Senior 50+ Champion, and Gillefalk Björn won the Swedish Senior 65+ Championship. (Scroll down for final rankings)


Final rankings – Swedish Chess Championship 2022:
1 | GM | Hector, Jonny | 2445 | 6½ |
2 | GM | Westerberg, Jonathan | 2485 | 6 |
3 | GM | Hillarp Persson, Tiger | 2512 | 6 |
4 | IM | Seo, Jung Min | 2483 | 6 |
5 | GM | Blomqvist, Erik | 2523 | 5½ |
6 | IM | Johansson, Linus | 2451 | 4 |
7 | GM | Cramling, Pia | 2458 | 4 |
8 | GM | Carlsson, Ludvig | 2423 | 2½ |
9 | GM | Smith, Axel | 2421 | 2½ |
10 | FM | Jogstad, Martin | 2351 | 2 |
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Final rankings – Swedish Junior Chess Championship 2022:
1 | FM | William Olsson | 2284 | 6,5 |
2 | FM | Axel Falkevall | 2275 | 6,0 |
3 | CM | Joar Östlund | 2222 | 5,5 |
4 | FM | Hugo Wernberg | 2316 | 5,0 |
5 | CM | Alexander Nord | 2200 | 5,0 |
6 | FM | Gustav Törngren | 2273 | 4,0 |
7 | CM | Adrian Söderström | 2292 | 4,0 |
8 | Arvin Rasti | 2136 | 4,0 | |
9 | Jung Hyun Seo | 2102 | 3,5 | |
10 | Vidar Grahn | 2003 | 1,5 |
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Final rankings – Swedish Senior 50+ Chess Championship 2022:
1 | Håkan Svensson | 2035 | 7,5 |
2 | Jukka Hautajärvi | 2044 | 6,0 |
3 | Kristian Eriksson | 2089 | 6,0 |
4 | Ola Westerlund | 1880 | 6,0 |
5 | Håkan Winfridsson | 1960 | 5,0 |
6 | Jan Peter Palmblad | 1982 | 4,5 |
7 | Björn Andersson | 1803 | 4,0 |
8 | Anders Moborn | 2013 | 3,0 |
9 | Mikael Helin | 1732 | 2,0 |
10 | Håkan Warston | 1634 | 1,0 |
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Final rankings – Swedish Senior 65+ Chess Championship 2022:
1 | Björn Gillefalk | 2047 | 6,5 | |
2 | GM | Juan Bellon Lopez | 2330 | 6,5 |
3 | CM | Per Söderberg | 2111 | 6,0 |
4 | Krister Lagerborg | 2138 | 6,0 | |
5 | Thomas Marttala | 2164 | 6,0 | |
6 | FM | Nils-Åke Malmdin | 2124 | 6,0 |
7 | Gunnar Hedin | 2051 | 6,0 | |
8 | Erik Alquist | 1968 | 5,5 | |
9 | FM | Börje Jansson | 2230 | 5,5 |
10 | Henryk Dolata | 2055 | 5,0 | |
11 | FM | Rolf Bergström | 2202 | 5,0 |
12 | Lars Blomström | 2136 | 5,0 | |
13 | Olle Ålgars | 1870 | 5,0 | |
14 | Kurt Ekelund | 1939 | 4,5 | |
15 | Ingvar Carlsson | 2030 | 4,5 | |
16 | Peter Bytar | 1856 | 4,5 | |
17 | Per-Olov Larsson | 1955 | 4,5 | |
18 | Claes-Göran Westerberg | 1879 | 4,5 | |
19 | Åke Westin | 1994 | 4,0 | |
20 | Thomas Franzén Högberg | 1997 | 4,0 | |
21 | Sören Svensson | 1890 | 4,0 | |
22 | Jockum Wahlberg | 1582 | 4,0 | |
23 | Jörgen Alfvén | 1763 | 4,0 | |
24 | Seved Nylund | 1909 | 3,5 | |
25 | Lennart Gunnarsson | 1731 | 3,5 | |
26 | Ove Hartzell | 1903 | 3,5 | |
27 | Lars-Åke Pettersson | 1682 | 3,5 | |
28 | Sture Lindberg | 1687 | 3,0 | |
29 | Josip Vrabec | 1897 | 3,0 | |
30 | Mats Jonsson | 1629 | 2,0 | |
31 | Arnold Söderlind | 1754 | 1,5 | |
32 | FM | Bengt Hammar | 2092 | 1,0 |
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