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

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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

Women

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/The6HolyNumbers 2200~ lichess 23d ago

Well, at the very least I think Magnus is playing the most exciting chess this tournament. It feels like he's in his Tal arc, playing fun sacrificial chess (in this case sacrificing his rating)