Norway Chess 2024 featuring Carlsen, Praggnanandhaa, Humpy, Vaishali and World's Best starts today
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.
Round 1 pairings
Open
Ding Liren (CHN) - Magnus Carlsen (NOR)
R Praggnanandhaa - Alireza Firouzja (FRA)
Fabiano Caruana (USA) - Hikaru Nakamura (USA)
Women
Wenjun Ju (CHN) - R Vaishali
Anna Muzychuk (UKR) - Tingjie Lei (CHN)
Pia Cramling (SWE) - Koneru Humpy
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
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
Norway Chess: Official site, facebook, twitter, instagram, youtube, linkedin
