Ever played chess w/ a Norwegian?

I recently have been doing some traveling around country, from the very north, down to the very south here. It sure isn't as big as Texas, but it takes a while to go from one side to another. I made some friends w/ my traveling, in fact, I played chess w/ a Norwegian. I lost, but it was in a neutral country, so there was no homeboard advantage. I sure have seen some sights, and will be able to tell about them come August, they were quite amazing. The weather was rather warm as well, it was about 122 degrees in the southern part of the country a few days ago, when I was down there. The Norwegian is the guy on the right in the photo and the guy on the left is a guy from W. Virgina. This is the first guy that I have ever met from that state. He doesn't even mine for a living, unbelievable. Mav's won game one, yes sir, French Open finals are here, and the World Cup started yesterday, come on States.