FUZZ BLITZ LOUNGE #8

- Petra's matbar -

Season Finale at Petra’s Matbar

Number of Participants
0
Average Rating
0

Tournament Statistics

(Rating based on chess.com or fuzz-rating)

BEGINNERS: 
0 – 999

Challengers:
1000 – 1599

Experts:
1600 – 2199

The first number indicates the number of people, while the percentage shows the share of the total of 35 participants.

BEGINNERS
19 – 54%

Challengers
13 – 37%

Experts
3 – 9%

Newcomers
8 – 23%

Students
17 – 49%

Table of contents

We ended the 2025 season with the 8th and final Lounge event of the year. The venue Petra’s delivered on every level: atmosphere, hospitality, and flow. With our new webapp fuzzbeta, the tournament ran smoother than ever — pairings, standings and updates all running in real time.

DJ Einar Bjørlauw and DJ Jonas S filled the room with soft deephouse, organic house, melodic techno and funky house. Huge credit to both for setting the mood all evening.

The tournament had three clear favorites, all from the EXPERT-class:
Jørgen Dyrstad (1800)
Bjørn Bergset (1661)
Jesper Sira (1677)

Bjørn entered the event fresh off his tournament win at Work-Work. Jesper had delivered one of his best performances earlier this year with a 2nd place finish among 65 players. But this night belonged fully to Jørgen.

Jørgen, playing his first-ever FUZZSJAKK event, delivered a dominant performance: 8/8 points and a perfect score.

Bjørn followed with a strong 2nd place after a consistent season, while Jesper secured 5th in a competitive lineup.

CHALLENGER CLASS

After five attempts this year, Fredrik Lunde (1565) finally claimed the CHALLENGER title.
He topped the field of 13 and even landed 3rd place overall, marking his best result so far in FUZZSJAKK.

Mathias Otnes (1230) finished 2nd in his FUZZ BLITZ LOUNGE debut, building on his promising performance at CHESSRAVE.

This edition featured 13 CHALLENGERS, representing 37% of all participants, with an average rating of 1369. More than half of the class were students, and two players from this class made their FUZZSJAKK debut: Tor Otto Lidal and Henrik Elde.

BEGINNER CLASS

The Beginner Class had some of the biggest stories of the night:
19 players and some of the most impressive rating shifts of the entire year.

At the top:
1st – Tormod Mattsson-Vevelstad 5/8 points

Tormod delivered the best performance of his FUZZ career:

  • 5/8 points
  • 8th place out of 35
  • A huge rating jump from 948 → 1034, earning promotion from Beginner → Challenger

His previous best was also at this venue back in March (then under the name Jovial), where he finished 3rd among 23 Beginners. Now he returned and won the entire class. 

Congratulations Tormod!


2nd – Børre Knakkert (5/8)

Another standout performance:

  • 9th place overall
  • Rating increase 988 → 1003, also promoted to Challenger
  • Consistent, clean play throughout all rounds


The Biggest Suprise – Didac Hernandèz (275)

One of the most awesome stories of the night.
Didac entered the event with a record of 4 wins in 40 games (5 tournaments this year) (shared with permission!) and usually finishing near the bottom of the table.

This time, he surprised us with style:

  • 7th place in the Beginner field (out of 19)

  • 4/8 points

  • Finished the season with three straight wins

  • Big rating jump: 275 → 361 (the largest of the event)

A genuine underdog moment — and one of the standout stories of the entire season finale.


Biggest Rating Jumps:

– Tormod Mattsson-Vevelstad: +86 (from 948 → 1034)

– Didac Hernandez: +86 (from 275 → 361)

– Odd Håkon Byberg: +66 (from 849 → 915)

A perfect way to end the year — players moving up, improving, and stepping into a new class for 2026.

Tournament Winner:

JØRGEN DYRSTAD (8 out of 8 points)

Jørgen Dyrstad entered his very first event with us — and delivered a strong performance: 8 out of 8 points, a perfect score.

Jørgen came in with a start-rating of 1800 (based on online rating), but zero appearances in the Fuzzsjakk universe.
It didn’t take long before he set the tone.
In round five he faced Bjørn Bergset — last event’s Lounge winner, one of the clear favorites, and one of this year’s most consistent performers. The game was tight and technical, but Jørgen closed it out and carried the momentum all the way to the finish.

After eight rounds, he stood alone at the top.

Prize:
🏆 The FUZZ Trophy
💸 800 NOK

An perfect debut — and a player we fully expect to see more of.

Class winners:

  • Amateurs: Tormod mattsson-vevelstad (5 out of 8 points)
  • Challengers: Fredrik Lunde (6 out of 8 points)
  • Experts: Jørgen Dyrstad (8 out of 8 points)

Average Rating - Based on Fuzz Elo and Chess.com

Podium Places

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Points out of a total of 8 possible

BEGINNERS (0-999): 19 players

  • 1. TORMOD MATTSSON-VEVELSTAD (948) 5/8
  • 2. BØRRE KNAKKERT (988) 5/8
  • 3. ODD HÅKON (849) 5/8

Challengers (1000-1599): 13 players

  • 1. Fredrik Lunde (1565) 6/8
  • 2. Mathias Otnes (1230) 6/8
  • 3. Marius Paasche (1550) 5/8

Experts (1600-2199): 3 players

  • 1. Jørgen Dyrstad (1800) 8/8
  • 2. Bjørn bergset (1661) 6/8
  • 3. Jesper Sira (1677) 5.5/8

Tables

Full table
#NAMESURNAMEPOINTSCLASSSTART RATINGUPDATED RATINGDIFFERENCE
1JørgenDyrstad8EKSPERT1800184646
2BjørnBergset6EKSPERT166116654
3FredrikLunde6CHALLENGER1565157813
4MathiasOtnes6CHALLENGER1230124515
5JesperSira5.5EKSPERT167716781
6MariusPaasche5CHALLENGER1550156010
7StianSmith-Meyer5CHALLENGER15111505-6
8TormodMattsson-Vevelstad5BEGINNER948103486
9BørreKnakkert5BEGINNER988100315
10HenrikElde5CHALLENGER1000102121
11AronSørensen5CHALLENGER13961381-15
12Odd HåkonByberg5BEGINNER84991566
13SigurdNordgård4.5CHALLENGER15761542-34
14Truls HelgeØi4.5CHALLENGER14361398-38
15AndreasNoer4CHALLENGER14411405-36
16KristianMikkelsen4BEGINNER958100648
17ArneHenden Aaraas4CHALLENGER13501334-16
18MagnusBru4CHALLENGER13621324-38
19MagneHovde4BEGINNER821805-16
20YuriiHuman4BEGINNER50555954
21DidacHernandez4BEGINNER27536186
22KristianGøystdal4BEGINNER71573823
23StefanKvinnesland4BEGINNER958895-63
24TrulsSkogli Fosshaug3.5BEGINNER9369437
25MathiasBremeraunet3.5BEGINNER799794-5
26Tor OttoLidal3CHALLENGER1000102323
27NilsGarcia3BEGINNER791786-5
28TeodorFossum3BEGINNER500479-21
29Lars JohanHenriksen2.5BEGINNER825784-41
30IverPedersen2.5BEGINNER600554-46
31AdrianBergsmyr2CHALLENGER13821313-69
32OveMoen2BEGINNER20021212
33OttoKjeldstrup2BEGINNER400362-38
34Mori AdrianRosland1.5BEGINNER36439935
35HenrikLunde1BEGINNER522483-39
Amateurs
#NAMESURNAMEPOINTSCLASSSTART RATINGUPDATED RATINGDIFFERENCE
1TormodMattsson-Vevelstad5BEGINNER948103486
2BørreKnakkert5BEGINNER988100315
3Odd HåkonByberg5BEGINNER84991566
4KristianMikkelsen4BEGINNER958100648
5MagneHovde4BEGINNER821805-16
6YuriiHuman4BEGINNER50555954
7DidacHernandez4BEGINNER27536186
8KristianGøystdal4BEGINNER71573823
9StefanKvinnesland4BEGINNER958895-63
10TrulsSkogli Fosshaug3.5BEGINNER9369437
11MathiasBremeraunet3.5BEGINNER799794-5
12NilsGarcia3BEGINNER791786-5
13TeodorFossum3BEGINNER500479-21
14Lars JohanHenriksen2.5BEGINNER825784-41
15IverPedersen2.5BEGINNER600554-46
16OveMoen2BEGINNER20021212
17OttoKjeldstrup2BEGINNER400362-38
18Mori AdrianRosland1.5BEGINNER36439935
19HenrikLunde1BEGINNER522483-39
Challengers
#NAMESURNAMEPOINTSCLASSSTART RATINGUPDATED RATINGDIFFERENCE
1FredrikLunde6CHALLENGER1565157813
2MathiasOtnes6CHALLENGER1230124515
3MariusPaasche5CHALLENGER1550156010
4StianSmith-Meyer5CHALLENGER15111505-6
5HenrikElde5CHALLENGER1000102121
6AronSørensen5CHALLENGER13961381-15
7SigurdNordgård4.5CHALLENGER15761542-34
8Truls HelgeØi4.5CHALLENGER14361398-38
9AndreasNoer4CHALLENGER14411405-36
10ArneHenden Aaraas4CHALLENGER13501334-16
11MagnusBru4CHALLENGER13621324-38
12Tor OttoLidal3CHALLENGER1000102323
13AdrianBergsmyr2CHALLENGER13821313-69
Experts
#NAMESURNAMEPOINTSCLASSSTART RATINGUPDATED RATINGDIFFERENCE
1JørgenDyrstad8EKSPERT1800184646
2BjørnBergset6EKSPERT166116654
3JesperSira5.5EKSPERT167716781

Thank you

Congratulations to all class winners.
And thank you to every player who joined us this season — from CHESSRAVE’s full arena to the cozy warmth of Petra’s Matbar.

We’ll be sharing more throughout December:

  • full season recap

  • plans for next year

  • and all the new features coming to the FUZZ app.

The journey continues.