13th Norway Chess 2025 -
The 13th Norway Chess tournament takes place Mon 26th May to Fri 6th Jun 2025 in Stavanger, Norway. There are two elite tournaments, the regular tournament and a women's event, both are 6 players and 10 rounds. Norway chess have a unique twist in that if games are drawn there is an additional Armageddon game. So the points are: Win in the classical game: 3 points, Loss in the classical game: 0 points, Draw in the classical game & win Armageddon: 1½ points, Draw in the classical game & loss Armageddon: 1 point.
Players: Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, D Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, Fabiano Caruana and Wei Yi.
Women's event: Ju Wenjun, Lei Tingjie, Humpy Koneru, Anna Muzychuk,Rameshbabu Vaishali and Sarasadat Khademalsharieh.