A rejuvenated lineup

We are pleased to announce the field of players for the upcoming Norway Chess tournament, which will take place on May 29 – June 9. This year’s tournament promises to be a highly competitive and exciting event, featuring some of the world’s most talented chess players.

Returning to the tournament this year are elite GMs Magnus Carlsen, Alireza Firouzja, Anish Giri, Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Aryan Tari.

Additionally, we are excited to welcome two new young talents to the tournament: 18-year-old Nodirbek Abdusattorov from Uzbekistan, and 16-year-old Dommaraju Gukesh from India.

Wesley So published two new opening DVDs: 1.b3, the so called Nimzo-Larsen-Attack, for White and his black secrets in the modern Italian. Get them in a package and save money!

Complete player list

Nodirbek Abdusattorov, ranked number 17 in the world, is an Uzbek grandmaster who won the 2021 World Rapid Championship and played on the first board for team Uzbekistan, winners at the 44th Chess Olympiad. He achieved both victories as a 17-year-old. Abdusattorov noted:

I was very happy when I got invited to the tournament. I’m truly very excited to play in this tournament and looking forward to playing entertaining chess.

Dommaraju Gukesh, currently ranked number 18 in the world, has been described as a chess prodigy. He is the third-youngest person in history to qualify for the title of grandmaster. In 2022, at the age of 16, he became the youngest player ever to defeat current world champion Magnus Carlsen, when he beat Carlsen in a game in the Aimchess Rapid online tournament. Also in 2022, Gukesh became the third-youngest player to cross the 2700 rating, and became the youngest Indian player to break into the world’s top 100.

Magnus Carlsen won five of the tournament’s ten editions, including the last four! | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Norway Chess 2022

It’s a great idea to take Grunfeld and King’s Indian players out of their comfort-zone right from the start! Let’s go 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 first and now play 3.h4!?

Time control: Each player will get 120 minutes on the clock, with an increment of 10 seconds after move 40. In the Armageddon deciders, White will get 10 minutes to Black’s 7, with an increment 1 second per move for both players, starting from move 41; Black gets draw odds.

Prize fund: The total prize fund of the Tournament is 2 500 000 NOK (~ 237 000 USD), to be distributed as follows.

We are excited to witness these highly skilled chess players in action. We look forward to hosting an unforgettable tournament!

You can watch the tournament live at the venue in Stavanger (Finansparken) or to enjoy it online and on TV with commentary provided by chess.com (English) or TV 2 Sport2 / Play (Norwegian).