Norway Chess 2025: World number one Magnus Carlsen, the competition’s defending champion, will face reigning world champion D Gukesh in an intriguing match on the first day.
In a double round-robin style, the prestigious classical chess tournament will include six players in the open and women’s divisions.
Armageddon tiebreak rules will still apply to the tournament. An Armageddon game will begin within 20 minutes of the traditional game’s conclusion if a game is drawn. When Armageddon comes around, the player with white pieces will still stay white. Black will win the Armageddon game if it is drawn.
Players for Norway Chess 2025 and their pairings
Norway Chess 2025: Arjun Erigaisi (India), Gukesh D (India), Fabiano Caruana (USA), Hikaru Nakamura (USA), Magnus Carlsen (Norway), and Wei Yi (China).
Norway Chess Women 2025: Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (Spain), Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine), Vaishali Rameshbabu (India), Humpy Koneru (India), and Ju Wenjun (China).
Norway Chess Pairings for 2025
Round 1 – 26 May 2025
Wei Yi vs Erigaisi
Caruana vs Nakamura
Carlsen vs Gukesh
Round 2 – 27 May 2025
Erigaisi vs Gukesh
Nakamura vs Carlsen
Wei Yi vs Caruana
Round 3 – 28 May 2025
Caruana vs Erigaisi
Carlsen vs Wei Yi
Gukesh vs Nakamura
Round 4 – 29 May 2025
Carlsen vs Erigaisi
Gukesh vs Caruana
Nakamura vs Wei Yi
Round 5 – 31 May 2025
Erigaisi vs Nakamura
Wei Yi vs Gukesh
Caruana vs Carlsen
Round 6 – 1 June 2025
Erigaisi vs Wei Yi
Nakamura vs Caruana
Gukesh vs Carlsen
Round 7 – 2 June 2025
Gukesh vs Erigaisi
Carlsen vs Nakamura
Caruana vs Wei Yi
Round 8 – 3 June 2025
Erigaisi vs Caruana
Wei Yi vs Carlsen
Nakamura vs Gukesh
Round 9 – 5 June 2025
Nakamura vs Erigaisi
Gukesh vs Wei Yi
Carlsen vs Caruana
Round 10 – 6 June 2025
Erigaisi vs Carlsen
Caruana vs Gukesh
Wei Yi vs Nakamura
Norway Women’s Chess Pairings for 2025
1st Round
Tingjie vs Ju Wenjun
Koneru vs Vaishali
Lei Tingjie vs Ju Wenjun
2nd Round
Khadem vs Ju Wenjun
Vaishali vs Lei Tingjie
Muzychuk vs Koneru
3rd Round
Koneru vs Khadem
Lei Tingjie vs Muzychuk
Ju Wenjun vs Vaishali
4th Round
Lei Tingjie vs Khadem
Ju Wenjun vs Koneru
Vaishali vs Muzychuk
5th Round
Khadem vs Vaishali
Muzychuk vs Ju Wenjun
Koneru vs Lei Tingjie
6th Round
Khadem vs Muzychuk
Vaishali vs Koneru
Ju Wenjun vs Lei Tingjie
7th Round
Ju Wenjun vs Khadem
Lei Tingjie vs Vaishali
Koneru vs Muzychuk
8th Round
Khadem vs Koneru
Muzychuk vs Lei Tingjie
Vaishali vs Ju Wenjun
9th Round
Vaishali vs Khadem
Ju Wenjun vs Muzychuk
Lei Tingjie vs Koneru
10th Round
Khadem vs Lei Tingjie
Koneru vs Ju Wenjun
Muzychuk vs Vaishali
Prize Money
The overall prize money for Norway Chess 2025 is 1,690,000 NOK, or roughly $148,000.
