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Magnus Carlsen crushing chess Grandmasters with the "London System"
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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg appears likely to stay on as allies struggle to find a replacement for him
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Swedish electric self-driving truck company Einride has partnered with Scandinavia's leading postal service PostNord in Norway
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Munch | Official trailer
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Norway may soon open waters in the Arctic and sub-Arctic to sea floor mining – growing demand for important minerals, including copper and nickel
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Mondelez, facing widening corporate boycotts in the Nordics over continued presence in Russia, has asked to meet the Norwegian government to protect its local business
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Hurtigruten Norway's new cruise ship design includes batteries and retractable sails equipped with solar panels
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Controversial research project in Norway on whales' hearing suspended after a whale drowns
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Casper Ruud made it back-to-back French Open final appearances after cruising to a win over Alexander Zverev
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Norway Chess 2023 | GothamChess YouTube recaps
Background The 2023 Norway Chess is an elite over-the-board tournament in Stavanger, Norway. The event starts on May 29 at 10 a.m. PT/19:00 CEST with a blitz tournament, followed by a classical...
Background
The 2023 Norway Chess is an elite over-the-board tournament in Stavanger, Norway. The event starts on May 29 at 10 a.m. PT/19:00 CEST with a blitz tournament, followed by a classical event beginning May 30 at 8 a.m. PT/17:00 CEST.
This edition of Norway Chess features a kr$2,500,000 prize fund, roughly equivalent to $234,000 at the time of writing.
Format
The 2023 Norway Chess features a blitz tournament that precedes the classical event. The final standings of the blitz event determine players' seeds for the classical event.
Blitz Event
- 10-player single round-robin.
- Players earn 1 point for a win, 0.5 for a draw, and 0 for a loss.
- The time control is 3+2.
- In case there's a tie, the following tiebreakers apply:
- Direct Encounter
- Sonneborn-Berger
- Koya System
- The Koya System Extended
- Drawing of lots
The winner of the blitz event picks their pairing number. The remaining players pick their pairing number, one by one, according to their final standings in the blitz tournament.
Classical
- 10-player single round-robin.
- Players earn 3 points for a win, 1.5 for a draw and armageddon win, 1 for a draw and armageddon loss, and 0 for a loss.
- Players can't draw by agreement before Black's 30th move, unless it's an armageddon game.
- The time control is 120 minutes for the entire game, with a 10-second increment per move starting on move 41.
- In case there's a tie, players contest an armageddon game where White has 10 minutes on their clock and Black has seven, with a one-second increment starting on move 41. Black has draw odds. The player who played White in the classical game plays White in the armageddon.
Classical Tiebreaks
If two players tie for first place, the following tiebreakers apply:
- A two-game blitz Playoff match with a 3+2 time control.
- If the tie persists, players contest another two-game blitz match.
- If still drawn, players contest an armageddon game. White gets 10 minutes, and Black gets 7 minutes with draw odds. The armageddon game has a one-second increment per move, starting on move 41.
If more than two players tie for first place, the following tiebreakers apply:
- Drawn players contest a double round-robin with the same tiebreakers as the blitz tournament.
Players
Below is a list of the players confirmed to play in the 2023 Norway Chess tournament:
- GM Magnus Carlsen
- GM Alireza Firouzja
- GM Anish Giri
- GM Wesley So
- GM Hikaru Nakamura
- GM Fabiano Caruana
- GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
- GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov
- GM Gukesh D
- GM Aryan Tari
Source: Chess.com
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Respect existence or expect resistance – protests in Norway against wind farm on Sámi land
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Holger Rune rallies past Casper Ruud and reaches Italian Open final – first all-Scandinavian Masters semi-final since 1997
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Casper Ruud's miserable 2023 continues with early Madrid Open exit – French Open finalist's struggles continue on clay
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Radji | Trailer
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Norwegian Nobel Committee says 305 nominated for the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, the lowest number in four years
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What happened to the old Norwegian flag?
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