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Event: 2026 Norway Chess
# Official Website https://norwaychess.no/en/
Follow the games here: Chess.com https://www.chess.com/events/2026-norway-chess-open/games | Lichess https://lichess.org/broadcast/norway-chess-2026/rF2jvwIS
The 2026 Norway Chess https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/event_index/a0b27682-f1e3-11f0-a9c7-d764ed7e5d39-1.5f352dcb.320x180o.135440a95baa@2x.png 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
Open https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/images_users/tiny_mce/PedroPinhata/phpbqbecjngev7r5os3wD1.png
|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 https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/images_users/tiny_mce/PedroPinhata/phps3ud3kog053p0bywJv6.png
|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|
# Live Coverage
* Norway Chess Broadcast: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@NorwayChess
* Chess24 Broadcast: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@Chess24/streams | Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/chess24
* ChessBase India Broadcast: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@ChessBaseIndiachannel/streams
* Chess24 India Broadcast: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@chess24India
#games
# Official Website https://norwaychess.no/en/
Follow the games here: Chess.com https://www.chess.com/events/2026-norway-chess-open/games | Lichess https://lichess.org/broadcast/norway-chess-2026/rF2jvwIS
The 2026 Norway Chess https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/event_index/a0b27682-f1e3-11f0-a9c7-d764ed7e5d39-1.5f352dcb.320x180o.135440a95baa@2x.png 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
Open https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/images_users/tiny_mce/PedroPinhata/phpbqbecjngev7r5os3wD1.png
|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 https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/images_users/tiny_mce/PedroPinhata/phps3ud3kog053p0bywJv6.png
|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|
# Live Coverage
* Norway Chess Broadcast: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@NorwayChess
* Chess24 Broadcast: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@Chess24/streams | Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/chess24
* ChessBase India Broadcast: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@ChessBaseIndiachannel/streams
* Chess24 India Broadcast: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@chess24India
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