SPICE CUP 2009- Jon Ludvig Hammer

Any minutes from now, chessfans around the world will be kibitzing the game Hammer vs So in the 2nd round of SPICE Cup 2009 group A. Quick inside look at Jon will give everyone a foretaste of how exciting the game will be:

According to Wikipedia, Jon Ludvig Nilssen Hammer (born June 2, 1990 in Bergen) is a Norwegian chess Grandmaster (GM), the tenth Norwegian to do so. He completed all the requirements for the GM title in the beginning of 2009 and was awarded the title in March 2009.

Hammer's strong results at a fairly young age have marked him as among Norway's greatest chess talents, but his achievements have to some degree been overshadowed by Magnus Carlsen. In 2007, Hammer completed all requirements for the International Master title. He gained his first GM norm in Cappelle la Grande in 2007, the second in Denmark in 2008, and a third in European Club Championship for teams later that year. However, the short length of those tournaments meant he needed a fourth norm to gain the GM title.

Hammer won outright a jubilee tournament at Gjøvik arranged at the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009. In the final round against Mateusz Bartel, Hammer would secure his grandmaster title with a draw. In spite of this, he eschewed several opportunities for a perpetual check, and successfully took aim at sole first place.

In the Norwegian Chess Championship, Hammer's best result is from the 2008 championship, when he finished equal on points with Frode Elsness, but he lost the September play-off to Elsness after losing the first game, and acquiescing to a draw in a worse position in the second.

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Here is a video of Jon's winning game to earn him the title of the Jakkhuset Knock Out Tourney