Norway chess

Norway Chess is an annual closed chess tournamenttypically taking place in the May to June time period every year.

Norway Chess always charms the year as one of the most compelling events to look out for, and is no different. Additionally, the "side event" is a world-record-breaking blitz match that can literally keep us at the edge of our seats from sunrise to sunset. Everything will be covered live by Chess24's YouTube channel. In its 12th edition, Norway Chess is a six player double round-robin known for its format's exciting variety. The scoring, unique as ever, inspires motivated gameplay from the participants. Classical draws won't be enough to coast toward the end-zone.

Norway chess

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Levon Aronian Armenia. The tournament started with norway chess blitz round played at the University of Stavanger on 7 May They know that records are made to be broken.

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His winning a tournament was not that surprising given his illustrious career, but the fact that he did it two and a half years after playing his last classical, rated game was nothing short of impressive. Moreover, he had knocked out a number of active, elite grandmasters in the process. Navigating the Ruy Lopez Vol. The Ruy Lopez is one of the oldest openings which continues to enjoy high popularity from club level to the absolute world top. A year and four months later, Nakamura, who continues to stream constantly on his incredibly successful channels, has accumulated more triumphs in all time-control formats, including classical. Only a win in classical would allow Naka to get tournament victory. And that is precisely what he did, showcasing his brand of impassive chess to grab a couple of pawns in a technical position before converting his material advantage into a move win. Out of the six Armageddon deciders played by Nakamura, he won three and lost three, including his encounter against Magnus Carlsen. The well-known rapid-play specialist later noted :. The former World Championship challenger grabbed four wins and lost twice in classical games, which means he only played three Armageddon tiebreakers he won 2 out of 3.

Norway chess

Norway Chess is an annual closed chess tournament , typically taking place in the May to June time period every year. The first edition took place in the Stavanger area, Norway , from 7 May to 18 May The tournament had ten participants, including seven of the ten highest rated players in the world per the May FIDE World Rankings. The tournament has since decided to withdraw from the Grand Chess Tour. The tournament started with a blitz round played at the University of Stavanger on 7 May In addition to the super tournament, there was a local school tournament and a celebrity tournament.

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Archived from the original on 31 May Maxime Vachier-Lagrave France [4]. Vladimir Kramnik Russia. GM Humpy Koneru just missed out on the women's world rapid crown last year, , but I think this list of quick-minded players shows that the armageddons will definitely be full of fire. Li Chao China. A qualifying tournament took place from 23 to 26 March Koneru Humpy India. Seeding was based on a blitz tournament played before the classical event. Will they make it through the waking hours? In their most recent press release , the organizers acknowledge that "The scarcity of women in top-level privately held competitions is a complex issue, with limited invitations and unequal prize money being contributing factors.

GM Hikaru Nakamura won on demand with the white pieces against GM Fabiano Caruana on the last day of Norway Chess , ousting the tournament leader and winning the prestigious title for the first time. This is also the first time in the last five editions that GM Magnus Carlsen didn't win.

As a result, it was billed as the strongest chess tournament in history by Altibox , its sponsor. Vladimir Kramnik Russia. Vladimir Kramnik was originally among the expected participants, but in April it was announced that he had withdrawn and was replaced with Peter Svidler. The cost of the arrangement was predicted to be about 5 million Norwegian kroner approximately , euro , [7] of which about half is for the prizes for the participants. A classical win is worth 3 points and a loss 0 points. The fourth Norway Chess Tournament took place from 18 to 30 April with a new title sponsor, Altibox. The second edition took place from 2 to 13 June On 5 June , a Blitz tournament was conducted to determine the pairings in the tournament. On 6 April, Karjakin decided not to play in the tournament. Peter Svidler Russia.