News
28 October 2005:
The homepage has been updated with Norwegian ELO calculations.

28 October 2005:
The next Gausdal tournaments will be Gausdal Classics I 16 - 23 January 2006 and Gausdal Classics II 23 April - 1 May 2006.

14 October 2005:
We are happy to present 32 pictures from the tournament with Hans Olav Lahlum's entertaining comments.

14 October 2005:
Bulletin 8 and 9 have been published.

13 October 2005:
The homepage has been updated with FIDE ELO calculations.

9 October 2005:
We congratulate GM Magnus Carlsen with an impressive tournament victory and FM Øystein Hole with his third IM-norm!

9 October 2005:
Due to overwhelming traffic we have problems with the live games. Please try again later.

9 October 2005:
Bulletin 7 has been published.

8 October 2005:
The next Gausdal tournament will be 24 April - 1 May 2006. There will probably be both closed groups and an open swiss. Please contact Hans Olav Lahlum for further information.

8 October 2005:
FM Geir Sune Tallaksen (NOR) and FM Øystein Hole (NOR) will both take IM-norms if winning the last round. There are no chances of GM-norms.

8 October 2005:
Bulletin 5 and 6 have been published.

7 October 2005:
There are occational problems with the live games. When this happens, please try again later. Sorry about this.

6 October 2005:
Bulletin 4 has been published.

5 October 2005:
We have now published the first three bulletins.

2 October 2005:
The second round is played today at 14.00. Follow the live games!

1 October 2005:
Due to a large number of visitors we had some trouble with the live games in round 1. We have now moved to a better server.

1 October 2005:
The tournament starts tonight at 19.30.

26 September 2005:
GM Vladimir BURMAKIN (RUS 2558) has been confirmed at the 10th and final GM in the tournament. The list of participants now has 56 players.

26 September 2005:
8 games will be sent live each round.

13 September 2005:
The Norwegian company Bygger'n is our new main sponsor. The name of the tournament has therefore been changed to Gausdal Bygger'n Masters.

13 September 2005:
The list of participants has been updated. We now have 50 players.

7 September 2005:
The organizers are very pleased to announce that GM Magnus Carlsen, the world's youngest grandmaster, has confirmed his participation in Gausdal Troll Masters 2005.

3 September 2005:
A new list of participants has been released, with 43 players. Among the new players we find GM Vladimir Dobrov (RUS 2535), GM Dejan Antic (SCG 2512) and 15-year old FM Jon Ludvig Hammer (NOR 2318). We are still working to ensure the participation of a very special and attractive GM and several IMs and WGMs. Next update will be in a week's time.

29 August 2005:
WANTED: 4-6 IMs and/or WGMs interested in playing for a GM-norm at Gausdal for reduced and hopefully reasonable costs. If you might be one of them, please do not hesitate contacting the organizing committee at hanso.lahlum@c2i.net.

29 August 2005:
The first preliminary list of participants has been released, with 35 players.

The organizer is still in dialogue with several attractive players, and hopes later to supplement the lineup with two more GMs "above approximately 2550". Following this and the low percentage of unrated players, chances will be excellent even for GM-norms.


15 July 2005:
Welcome to Gausdal Troll Masters. The tournament is in memory of famous Gausdal organiser Arnold J. Eikrem.