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Norway Chess 2025

Double Round-RobinStandard

6 players participated in this 10-round tournament, held from 26 May 2025 to 06 Jun 2025 in Stavanger, Norway. 6 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2791, and top seed was Magnus Carlsen (🇳🇴 NOR, GM, 2837).

Magnus Carlsen (🇳🇴 NOR, GM, 2837) won with 6.0/10, ahead of Hikaru Nakamura (5.5) and Fabiano Caruana (5.5). Carlsen shared the lead from round 8 and won solo starting round 9.

Location
🇳🇴Stavanger, Norway
Dates
26 May 2025 → 06 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 120 minutes for game with 10 seconds increment from move 40
System
Double RR · 10 rounds
Top seed
🇳🇴GMMagnus Carlsen2837
Avg top 10
2,791
Participants
6
Titled players · 6
GM×6
Federations · 4 represented
🇮🇳India×2
🇺🇸United States of America×2
🇳🇴Norway×1
🇨🇳China×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 10 rounds

GM Magnus Carlsen led from R4 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.

Co-leaders
2
3
2
1
1
2
1
3
1
1
#1#2#3#6R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10Caruana takes leadCarlsen takes lead
Carlsen#1Caruana#2Nakamura#3Gukesh#4Arjun#5Wei#6
R7 · LEADER CHANGE02 Jun

GM Fabiano Caruana takes the sole lead (4.5/7).

HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND · 2 games

GM Magnus Carlsen 1.5–0.5 against GM Fabiano Caruana (R5 ½-½, R9 1-0) — decisive in 1/2.

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

GM Magnus Carlsen went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo123456PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇳🇴GMCarlsen, Magnus2837*
½½
1½
10
1½
½½
6.029.0048.0+2.22853
3🇺🇸GMNakamura, Hikaru2804
½½
*
½1
10
½½
½½
5.527.2549.0+3.02824
2🇺🇸GMCaruana, Fabiano2776
½0
0½
*
1½
10
11
5.524.7549.0+7.42830
4🇮🇳GMGukesh D2787
10
10
½0
*
10
1½
5.024.0050.0+0.42791
5🇮🇳GMErigaisi Arjun2782
½0
½½
10
10
*
½½
4.522.5051.0-3.42756
6🇨🇳GMWei, Yi2758
½½
½½
00
½0
½½
*3.518.5053.0-9.62687

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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