Picture 1, Bryggen is on the Unesco World Heritage Sites list
Picture 2, the tournament chess store filled with books and videos
Picture 3, I came in nr 4 in the speed chess championship Class 5. Niklas Savio(middle) nr 3 and Vidar Gjære (to the left) nr 5. "The Gang".
Speed Chess
There is always a speed chess tournament one evening during the tournament week. It lasts for some hours and we are all quite tired from our regular game of the day. You have 5 minutes to play your game. You loose by either being check mated by your opponent or playing past your 5 minutes. Our Class 5 where divided into two groups. Everyone plays everyone in the group. Then the best half of both groups play each other. The teenager all the way to the right on picture came in second place. He was breathing so hard during our matches that I almost thought he was having a heart attack. After our games I had to tell him to relax... that it was only a game. It threw my concentration completety off. The person next to him won the Class 5 speed chess tournament. He had this fantastic way of moving the pieces where you just didn`t see him make the move, nor punch down on the clock. You were sitting there waiting for him to make his move... and hey...it was your own clock that was running out of time. I definately need to learn that technique. Speed chess is for fun even though some take it very serious. Having a lot of contact with Niklas Savio in the middle (nr 3) and Vidar Gjære all the way to my left (nr 5), it was great seing us all get a medal. (I ended up in 4th place.)
GAME 5, my best combination
My opponent has one of the highest ratings in Class 5. Our game is not only very even, but almost identical in position. Then he goes for an attack with his queen. I use almost half an hour on my next move. There is no real threat against my position, but I am looking at all angles of play. Then, I finally see a good combination. I counter attack and in the short battle that pursued, he looses a piece. I consolidate and bring home the victory. A few days later I ended up talking to him while we were playing speed chess, and he was still very irritated for having lost this game. (He ended up in 12th place overall).
0000 Gaute Michel Ferstad, Trondheim, White, 1
0966 Thormod Thingstad, Hønefoss, Black, 0
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