Stavanger, 6th June 2025: Round 10 of Norway Chess 2025 delivered a nail-biting conclusion to the electrifying tournament, with high stakes and drama until the final move. Tournament leader and World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen faced a tough challenge with the black pieces against Arjun Erigaisi. A loss would have cost him the tournament title….
Stavanger, 5th June 2025: Round 9 of Norway Chess 2025 delivered a thrilling day of top-level competition, featuringdecisive encounters that shook up the standings. One of the standout games featured World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen against Fabiano Caruana. Carlsen took the initiative out of the opening and emerged with an advantage heading into the endgame….
Stavanger, 3rd June 2025: Round 8 of Norway Chess 2025 brought many exciting games. One of the standout games featured Hikaru Nakamura against reigning World Champion Dommaraju Gukesh. Nakamura seized the initiative out of the opening by launching a powerful attack. Gukesh has managed to defend excellently in his last two games. But this time…
Stavanger, 3rd June 2025: Round 7 of Norway Chess 2025 brought thrilling games across all boards. One of the standout games featured reigning World Champion Dommaraju Gukesh against fellow Indian grandmaster Arjun Erigaisi. Erigaisi seized the initiative of the opening launching what appeared to be a powerful and potentially decisive attack. However, Gukesh demonstrated exceptional…
Stavanger, 2nd June 2025: Round 6 of Norway Chess 2025 delivered exciting games across all boards. In the standout game of the day, World Champion Dommaraju Gukesh beat World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in a long game where Carlsen seemed to have the upper hand, a critical mistake in time trouble allowed Gukesh to turn…
Stavanger, 30th May 2025: World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen showed his class with an instructive victory in the endgame against Indian No. 2 Arjun Erigaisi. The Norwegian superstar, who had lost two Armageddon games in the last two rounds, made a strong statement with this win on home turf. In the game between the World…
Stavanger, 29th May 2025: World Champion Gukesh Dommaraju took down World No. 2, Hikaru Nakamura in a seemingly equal endgame, cementing his title credentials with a bold performance. This win could not come in a better moment for the Indian prodigy following two painful losses in the first two rounds. Fabiano Caruana has rebounded impressively…
Stavanger, 28th May 2025: The much-anticipated clash between World #1 Magnus Carlsen and World #2 Hikaru Nakamura began with a deceptively quiet classical game. Carlsen emerged satisfied from the opening, noting in the confessional booth that “White had to prove equality.” However, after a series of precise moves on both sides, the game inevitably dissolved…
Stavanger (Norway), 27th May 2025: The opening day at the Norway Chess delivered exciting first round with the most-awaited contest in chess the whole year had the packed audience at the Sparebank 1 Sør-Norge headquarters on the edge of their seats. The face-off between World No. 1, Magnus Carlsen and reigning world champion Gukesh Dommaraju,…
This year’s event promises intense battles as the youngest World Champion, Gukesh D, takes on the world’s top 3 players STAVANGER, Norway, Jan. 21, 2025 — Norway Chess today announced that world-renowned chess grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura, currently ranked World No. 3, will compete in Norway Chess 2025. This will be Nakamura’s seventh time at Norway…
