The 8th - 16th of July 2022 Norwegian Championship in chess will be held in Kongsvinger. These annual tournaments gathers children and adults from all of Norway to chessgames, social encounters and lots of fun for a whole week - and next year it will happen here in Kongsvinger.
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Kongsvinger Festning
The tournament will be held at "Kongsvingerhallen", a modern sportslocation with 2200 square metres, good lights and ventilation. It is situated in the city centre of Kongsvinger. There are great outdoors areas with green fields for football, sandvolleyball and hiking trails. There is a public swimming pool close by, and in walking distance you find shopping centres, cinema, bowling, cafès, restaurants, museums and the fantastic Kongsvinger Fortress and the lovely old town of Øvrebyen.
The Norwegian chess- champion Magnus Carlsen is partly from our region!