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Norway Chess 2025 all you need to know – players, format, prize money, schedule and live streaming

Norway Chess 2025 all you need to know – players, format, prize money, schedule and live streaming

FP Sports Desk • May 26, 2025, 05:00:02 IST

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Get the full schedule, player list, pairings, prize money, format, and live streaming details of Norway Chess 2025, featuring Magnus Carlsen, Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, and more. Gukesh will face Carlsen in the opening round on Monday.

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Norway Chess 2025 all you need to know – players, format, prize money, schedule and live streaming

Gukesh will play Carlsen in opening round of Norway Chess 2025. Image: @photochess on X

The much-awaited Norway Chess 2025 is all set to take place in Stavanger from Monday onwards. It will bring together some of the world’s top chess grandmasters under one roof, including the likes of D Gukesh and Magnus Carlsen . Both these champions are slated to play the opening round against each other.

Meanwhile, Indian fans will also be excited for Arjun Erigaisi, Humpy Koneru, and Vaishali Rameshbabu, who will be in action there. Let’s take a look at the players competing, their pairings, the full schedule, the prize money, the format, and the live streaming details of Norway Chess 2025.

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When and where to watch Norway Chess 2025?

Norway Chess 2025 will be held from 26 May to 6 June in Stavanger, Norway. The games will take place at Finansparken. All rounds will begin at 8:30 PM IST and will run until around 1:30 AM. The women’s matches will be played on the same dates as the men’s games and in the same hall.

Players and pairings for Norway Chess 2025

Norway Chess 2025: Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Hikaru Nakamura (USA), Gukesh D (India), Fabiano Caruana (USA), Arjun Erigaisi (India), and Wei Yi (China).

Norway Chess Women 2025: Ju Wenjun (China), Lei Tingjie (China), Humpy Koneru (India), Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine), Vaishali Rameshbabu (India), and Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (Spain).

Norway Chess 2025 Pairings

Round 1 – 26 May
Wei Yi vs Erigaisi
Caruana vs Nakamura
Carlsen vs Gukesh

Round 2 – 27 May
Erigaisi vs Gukesh
Nakamura vs Carlsen
Wei Yi vs Caruana

Norway Chess Women 2025 Pairings

Round 1
Tingjie vs Ju Wenjun
Koneru vs Vaishali
Lei Tingjie vs Ju Wenjun

Round 2
Khadem vs Ju Wenjun
Vaishali vs Lei Tingjie
Muzychuk vs Koneru

Round 3
Koneru vs Khadem
Lei Tingjie vs Muzychuk
Ju Wenjun vs Vaishali

Round 4
Lei Tingjie vs Khadem
Ju Wenjun vs Koneru
Vaishali vs Muzychuk

Round 5
Khadem vs Vaishali
Muzychuk vs Ju Wenjun
Koneru vs Lei Tingjie

Round 6
Khadem vs Muzychuk
Vaishali vs Koneru
Ju Wenjun vs Lei Tingjie

Round 7
Ju Wenjun vs Khadem
Lei Tingjie vs Vaishali
Koneru vs Muzychuk

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Round 8
Khadem vs Koneru
Muzychuk vs Lei Tingjie
Vaishali vs Ju Wenjun

Round 9
Vaishali vs Khadem
Ju Wenjun vs Muzychuk
Lei Tingjie vs Koneru

Round 10
Khadem vs Lei Tingjie
Koneru vs Ju Wenjun
Muzychuk vs Vaishali

What is the format of Norway Chess 2025?

Norway Chess and Norway Chess Women will be played in the same format. Each tournament has 6 players, and everyone will play against each other twice. There will be no draws in this tournament. If the first classical game ends in a tie, the players will play a fast tiebreaker called an Armageddon game, so there will always be a winner in every match.

What is the prize money at Norway Chess 2025?

The total prize money for each of the Norway Chess 2025 tournaments - Norway Chess and Norway Chess Women - is approximately Rs 1.3 crore (NOK 1,690,000). The winner will take home around Rs 54 lakh (NOK 700,000), while the runner-up will receive about Rs 27 lakh (NOK 350,000).

The third-place finisher will get Rs 15.5 lakh (NOK 200,000), followed by Rs 13.1 lakh (NOK 170,000) for fourth, Rs 11.5 lakh (NOK 150,000) for fifth, and Rs 9.2 lakh (NOK 120,000) for sixth place. If players finish with the same score, the prize will be shared, except for the first prize, which will be decided through a play-off or double round-robin format.