Jon Ludvig Hammer

Who is Jon Ludvig Hammer?

Jon Ludvig Nilssen Hammer is a Norwegian chess Grandmaster. He completed all the requirements for the GM title in the beginning of 2009 and was awarded the title in March 2009. He is the reigning Norwegian Chess Champion, having won the title in July 2013. Hammer was the main second for Magnus Carlsen in the World Chess Championship 2013.

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.

In the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Hammer represented Norway as the substitute player, played in all rounds except the first, and scored +4−2=4.

Hammer 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. The short length of those tournaments, however, meant he needed a fourth norm to gain the GM title. This norm was achieved when Hammer won outright a jubilee tournament at Gjøvik arranged at the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009.