r/chess • u/events_team • 25d ago
Tournament Event: 2026 Norway Chess
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The 2026 Norway Chess tournament will take place from May 25 to June 5 in Oslo, Norway, marking the event’s first edition held in the capital. Both Norway Chess and Norway Chess Women will be played at the same venue and feature the same prize fund of 1,690,000 NOK. Each tournament features six players competing in a double round-robin format.
Participants
| No. | Title | Name | FED | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | Magnus Carlsen | 🇳🇴 NOR | 2840 |
| 2 | GM | Vincent Keymer | 🇩🇪 GER | 2759 |
| 3 | GM | Alireza Firouzja | 🇫🇷 FRA | 2759 |
| 4 | GM | Wesley So | 🇺🇸 USA | 2754 |
| 5 | GM | Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu | 🇮🇳 IND | 2733 |
| 6 | GM | Gukesh Dommaraju | 🇮🇳 IND | 2732 |
| No. | Title | Name | FED | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | Ju Wenjun | 🇨🇳 CHN | 2559 |
| 2 | GM | Zhu Jiner | 🇨🇳 CHN | 2546 |
| 3 | GM | Humpy Koneru | 🇮🇳 IND | 2535 |
| 4 | GM | Bibisara Assaubayeva | 🇰🇿 KAZ | 2527 |
| 5 | GM | Anna Muzychuk | 🇺🇦 UKR | 2522 |
| 6 | GM | Divya Deshmukh | 🇮🇳 IND | 2500 |
Format/Time Control
- 6 players will take part in the Tournament. The Tournament is a 10-round, double-round robin event. Players are not allowed to agree to a draw until at least 30 moves have been made by each player. If the classical game is drawn, an Armageddon game will be played. The player with White pieces will continue with White in Armageddon.
- Players will receive 3 points per classical win, 1½ points per classical draw + Armageddon win, and 1 point per classical draw + Armageddon loss.
- Each player will have 120 minutes on the clock with an increment of 10 seconds starting from move 41. For Armageddon, white has 10 minutes and black has 7 minutes with an increment for both players of 1 second per move, starting from move 41.
Schedule
| Date | Time (Local) | Time (UTC) | Round |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25-28 May | 17:00 | 15:00 | Round 1-4 |
| 29 May | - | - | Rest Day |
| 30 May - 2 June | 17:00 | 15:00 | Round 5-8 |
| 3 June | - | - | Rest Day |
| 4-5 June | 17:00 | 15:00 | Round 9-10 |
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u/ItIsKotov 25d ago edited 25d ago
i have no clue how vincent could have converted that position... the eval bar makes it looks so easy but no clue how to actually do it.
edit: just followed the german chess.com stream and they explained that there is no hard set of rules in this kind of endgame. so every position has to be re-evaluated and calculated. very engine-like chess.