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Norway Chess 2024 featuring Carlsen, Praggnanandhaa, Humpy, Vaishali and World's Best starts today

by Shahid Ahmed - 27/05/2024

The 12th edition of Norway Chess starts today, Monday 27th May 2024. It will go on till Friday 7th June. For the first time, the tournament is introducing a Women's event with an equal number of players, rounds, same format at the same playing hall. The six-player double round-robin, world's strongest tournament will be played in both Open and Women's event. Each draw will be resolved by Armaggedon. Both reigning World Champions - Ding Liren (CHN) and Wenjun Ju (CHN) will be seen in action along with World no.1 - Magnus Carlsen (NOR). Round 1 starts today from 5 p.m. CET, 8:30 p.m. IST. Apart from youtube, there will be live broadcast on Sony Liv with Carina Olset Hovda, Tania Sachdev, and one surprise guest every day. Photo: Norway Chess

Equal Women's Classical Super tournament for the first time ever

For the first time, Norway Chess will have an equal Women's event where the total number of players, round and format is exactly the same. That's not all, the international broadcast will be shown on Sony Liv in India.

R Praggnanandha, Koneru Humpy and Vaishali R will be the three Indians taking part in the 12th edition | Photo: Norway Chess

Round 1 pairings

Open

Ding Liren (CHN) - Magnus Carlsen (NOR)

R Praggnanandhaa - Alireza Firouzja (FRA)

Fabiano Caruana (USA) - Hikaru Nakamura (USA)

Round 1 Open pairing | Photo: Norway Chess

Women

Wenjun Ju (CHN) - R Vaishali

Anna Muzychuk (UKR) - Tingjie Lei (CHN)

Pia Cramling (SWE) - Koneru Humpy

Round 1 Women pairing | Photo: Norway Chess

Format

6 players will take part in the Tournament.

The Tournament is a double-round event with Armageddon.

The Tournament consists of 10 rounds.

Time Control

Each player will have 120 minutes on the clock with an increment of 10 seconds starting from move 41. The time control for the Armageddon game: white has 10 minutes and black has 7 minutes with an increment for both players of 1 second per move, starting from move 41.

Draw by Mutual Agreement

Players are not allowed to agree to a draw until at least 30 moves have been made by each player. This rule does not apply to Armageddon games.

Armageddon

If the classical game is drawn, an Armageddon game will be played. It shall start within 20 minutes of the conclusion of the classical game. The player with White pieces will continue with White in Armageddon. If the Armageddon game is drawn, black will win.

Points

Players will get the following points per round:

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

Schedule

From 27th May to 7th June, every day game starts at 5 p.m. local time and 8:30 p.m. IST. Rest days are on Friday 31st May and Wednesday 5th June.

Prize money

Prize Money The total prize fund of the Tournament is 1690000 NOK. Distribution of Prize money occurs as followed:

1st - NOK 700000

2nd - NOK 350000

3rd - NOK 200000

4th - NOK 170000

5th - NOK 150000

6th - NOK 120000

From Bangalore, India to Stavanger, Norway vlog | Video: ChessBase India

Watch the tournaments live at the venue:

SR-Bank in Stavanger City.

Address: Christen Tranes Gate 35, 4007 Stavanger

All tickets are purchased directly at the venue. No pre-sale.

It is possible to reserve tickets, however, this is normally not necessary due to good capacity at the venue. Reserve your ticket by e-mailing the desired dates and names to: bjorn@norwaychess.com.

 

Ticket prices per day:

Adults: 200 NOK

Children: 100 NOK

Family: 400 NOK

Links

Tournament Regulations

Norway Chess: Official site, facebook, twitter, instagram, youtube, linkedin


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