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Event: 2026 Norway Chess

2026-05-25T14:47:13+00:00

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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

Open

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.