Swedish Chess Championships 2022 kicked off in Uppsala

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).

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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