{"id":34203,"date":"2025-04-21T12:45:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T12:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/?p=34203"},"modified":"2025-04-21T12:47:41","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T12:47:41","slug":"2025-danish-championship-jesper-thybo-claims-maiden-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/2025-danish-championship-jesper-thybo-claims-maiden-title\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Danish Championship: Jesper Thybo claims maiden title"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"34203\" class=\"elementor elementor-34203\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75d3bb2 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"75d3bb2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-461196d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"461196d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thybo-PAGE.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-34207\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thybo-PAGE.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thybo-PAGE-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Thybo-PAGE-768x535.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd05a07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fd05a07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jesper Thybo emerged victorious at the 2025 Danish Championship, securing the gold medal with a round to spare.<\/p><p>For many years, the coveted national title had eluded the talented 26-year-old grandmaster\u2014he was runner-up in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024\u2014but in 2025, Jesper finally got the monkey off his back.<\/p><p>The 2025 Danish Championship (Masters), a 10-player round-robin tournament with classical time control, took place from April 9\u201317 in Svendborg, a small town that has hosted the event for nine consecutive years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-660e7f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"660e7f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Playing-Hall-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-34205\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Playing-Hall-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Playing-Hall-1-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Playing-Hall-1-768x498.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75d6e0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75d6e0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This year, the Danish Chess Union placed extra emphasis on fair play. President Poul Jacobse stressed that no player should leave with a sense of injustice. There was heightened monitoring of player movement in and out of the playing hall.<\/p><p>Jesper Thybo seized the lead in Round 4 and remained unstoppable thereafter. He finished with five consecutive victories, scoring an impressive 8 out of 9.<\/p><p>IM Filip Boe Olsen (pictured below, right) finished 1.5 points behind Thybo, falling just half a point short of earning a GM norm. The 2022 champion, IM Martin Haubro, completed the podium with 6\/9.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca4b71b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ca4b71b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1007\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Olsen.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-34204\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Olsen.jpg 1007w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Olsen-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Olsen-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1007px) 100vw, 1007px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f9ea76 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f9ea76\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Final standings<\/strong>:<\/p><p>1. GM Jesper S\u00f8ndergaard Thybo \u2013 8\/9<br \/>2. IM Filip Boe Olsen \u2013 6\u00bd<br \/>3. IM Martin Haubro \u2013 6 <br \/>4. GM Sune Berg Hansen \u2013 5<br \/>5. GM Bj\u00f8rn M\u00f8ller Ochsner \u2013 4\u00bd<br \/>6. IM Nicolai Kistrup \u2013 4<br \/>7. IM Martin Percivaldi \u2013 3\u00bd<br \/>8\u20139. FM Viktor Haarmark Nielsen \u2013 3<br \/>8\u20139. IM Kim Pilgaard \u2013 3<br \/>10. FM Jeppe Hald Falkesgaard \u2013 1\u00bd<\/p><p>Photos: Thomas Vesterg\u00e5rd<\/p><p>Official website: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nyheder.skak.dk\/\">nyheder.skak.dk\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jesper Thybo emerged victorious at the 2025 Danish Championship, securing the gold medal with a round to spare. For many years, the coveted national title had eluded the talented 26-year-old grandmaster\u2014he was runner-up in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024\u2014but in 2025, Jesper finally got the monkey off his back. The 2025 Danish Championship (Masters), a 10-player round-robin tournament with classical time control, took place from April 9\u201317 in Svendborg, a small town that has hosted the event for nine consecutive years. This year, the Danish Chess Union placed extra emphasis on fair play. President Poul Jacobse stressed that no player should leave with a sense of injustice. There was heightened monitoring of player movement in and out of the playing hall. Jesper Thybo seized the lead in Round 4 and remained unstoppable thereafter. He finished with five consecutive victories, scoring an impressive 8 out of 9. IM Filip Boe Olsen (pictured below, right) finished 1.5 points behind Thybo, falling just half a point short of earning a GM norm. The 2022 champion, IM Martin Haubro, completed the podium with 6\/9. Final standings: 1. GM Jesper S\u00f8ndergaard Thybo \u2013 8\/92. IM Filip Boe Olsen \u2013 6\u00bd3. IM Martin Haubro \u2013 6 4. GM Sune Berg Hansen \u2013 55. GM Bj\u00f8rn M\u00f8ller Ochsner \u2013 4\u00bd6. IM Nicolai Kistrup \u2013 47. IM Martin Percivaldi \u2013 3\u00bd8\u20139. FM Viktor Haarmark Nielsen \u2013 38\u20139. IM Kim Pilgaard \u2013 310. FM Jeppe Hald Falkesgaard \u2013 1\u00bd Photos: Thomas Vesterg\u00e5rd Official website: nyheder.skak.dk\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":34206,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[234,298],"regular":[],"sticky-post":[],"class_list":["post-34203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chess-news","tag-denmark","tag-national-championships-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34203"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34211,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34203\/revisions\/34211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34203"},{"taxonomy":"regular","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regular?post=34203"},{"taxonomy":"sticky-post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sticky-post?post=34203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}