Norway Chess 2025: Full schedule, format, players, prize money, timings
The 13th edition of the Norway Chess Tournament will get underway in Stavanger on Monday.
The opening day will witness the exciting clash between reigning world champion D Gukesh and world number one Magnus Carlsen, who is the defending champion of the competition.
The high-profile classical chess event will happen in a double round-robin format, with six players each in the open and women’s category.
The tournament will continue to abide by the Armageddon tiebreak system. If a game is drawn, an Armageddon game will be played, starting 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.
Here is all you need to know about Norway Chess 2025:
Schedule
May 26 – Round 1
May 27 – Round 2
May 28 – Round 3
May 29 – Round 4
May 30 – Rest day (no games)
May 31 – Round 5
June 1 – Round 6
June 2 – Round 7
June 3 – Round 8
June 4 – Rest day (no games)
June 5- Round 9
June 6 – Round 10
All rounds will start at 8:30 PM IST | Tiebreaks on June 7, if needed
Norway Chess 2025 Participants
Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
Fabiano Caruana (USA)
Hikaru Nakamura (USA)
Arjun Erigaisi (India)
Gukesh D (India)
Wei Yi (China)
Norway Chess Women 2025 Participants
Ju Wenjun (China)
Lei Tingjie (China)
Humpy Koneru (India)
Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine)
Vaishali Rameshbabu (India)
Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (Spain)
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.
Prize Money
Norway Chess 2025 has a total prize pool of 1,690,000 NOK, which is approximately $148,000.