13th Norway Chess 2025 -

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The 13th Norway Chess tournament took place Mon 26th May to Fri 6th Jun 2025 in Stavanger, Norway. There were two elite tournaments, the regular tournament and a women's event, both are 6 players and 10 rounds. Norway chess has 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. In the end Magnus Carlsen won the tournament, he drew a very difficult game for both players against Arjun Erigaisi. In second place was Fabiano Caruana who defeated Gukesh in a sharp struggle. In the women's event Anna Muzychuk took first place.

Source: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/ev ... chess-2025