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Norwegian winter holiday resort where since the early 1970’s IA Arnold J. Eikrem, a former president of the Norwegian Chess Federation and journalist, staged the biggest Norwegian chess festival. Ten years later, the festival (the International Open, Peer Gynt, Arnold Cup, Troll Masters and later the Eikrem Memorial and the Gausdal Classic) which is some time organized three times a year, became an annual rendez-vous for international chess players. Some of the winners of the international events: 1980 Antony Miles, 1981 Leif Ogaard, 1982 Max Dlugy, 1984 Margeir Petursson, 1985 (zl) Simen Agdestein, 1986 John Donaldson, 1986 Margeir Petursson, 1987 (zl) Thomas Ernst, 1987 Margeir Petursson, 1988 Berge Ostenstad, 1988 Valstimil Jansa, 1988 Heikki Westerinen, 1989 John Tisdall, 1989 Jonny Hector, 1990 Einar Gausel, 1990 Berge Ostenstad, 1990 Ilya Smirin, 1990 Hannes Stefansson, 1991 Alexy Shirov, Edvins Kengis, 1991 Grigory Serper, 1991 Grigory Kaidanov, 1992 Vladimir Kramnik, 1992 Andrei Kharlov, 1992 Sergey Tiviakov, 1992 Boris Savchenko, 1993 Vasilios Kotronias, 1993 Spyridon Skembris, 1993 Boris Savchenko, 1993 Varavin, 1994 Vasilios Kotronias, 1994 Eckhard Schmittdiel, 1994 Matthew Sadler, 1995 Nick De Firmian, 1995 Hennigan, 1995 Emil Sutovsky, 1995 Vasilios Kotronias, 1996 Margeir Petursson, 1997 Einar Gausel, 1998 Jonny Hector, 1999 SB Hansen, 2000 Maris Krakops, 2000 Sergey Tiviakov, 2001 Ralph Akesson and Stellan Brynell, 2000 Ralph Akesson, 2001 Igor Rausis, 2001 Kaido Kulaots, 2002 Nick De Firmian, 2003 Kaido Kulaots, 2004 Erwin L‘ Ami, 2005 Sergey Tiviakov, 2006 Eduard Rozentalis, 2007 Magnus Carlsen, 2008 Gregory Kaidanov.