| 12th Norway Chess (2024) |
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Stavanger, Norway (27 May 2024-7 June 2024)
Scoring
1 2 3 4 5 6 Score Place/Prize
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1 Carlsen │•• ••│1½ 1 │0 1½│3 1½│3 1½│1½ 3 │ 17½ │ 1st NOK 700,000 │
2 Nakamura │1 1½│•• ••│3 1 │1½ 1 │1½ 1 │3 1 │ 15½ │ 2nd NOK 350,000 │
3 Praggnanandhaa │3 1 │0 1½│•• ••│1½ 1 │3 1 │1 1½│ 14½ │ 3rd NOK 200,000 │
4 Firouzja │0 1 │1 1½│1 1½│•• ••│1½ 1½│3 1½│ 13½ │ 4th NOK 170,000 │
5 Caruana │0 1 │1 1½│0 1½│1 1 │•• ••│3 1½│ 11½ │ 5th NOK 150,000 │
6 Ding │1 0 │0 1½│1½ 1 │0 1 │0 1 │•• ••│ 7 │ 6th NOK 120,000 │
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Format: Double Round Robin with Armageddon.
Game Results
1 2 3 4 5 6 W D L
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1 Carlsen │•• ••│½1 ½0│0 ½1│1 ½1│1 ½1│½½ 1 │ 7 7 2 │
2 Nakamura │½0 ½1│•• ••│1 ½0│½1 ½0│½1 ½0│1 ½0│ 5 8 5 │
3 Praggnanandhaa │1 ½0│0 ½1│•• ••│½1 ½0│1 ½0│½0 ½1│ 5 7 5 │
4 Firouzja │0 ½0│½0 ½1│½0 ½1│•• ••│½1 ½½│1 ½1│ 5 9 4 │
5 Caruana │0 ½0│½0 ½1│0 ½1│½0 ½½│•• ••│1 ½½│ 3 9 5 │
6 Ding │½½ 0 │0 ½1│½1 ½0│0 ½0│0 ½½│•• ••│ 2 8 6 │
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Introduction
If the first game (Classical time control) is drawn, a second game will be played (Armageddon time control). The player with White will continue with White in the Armageddon game. If the Armageddon game is drawn, Black wins. Scoring
Players will get the following points per round:
Win in the classical game: 3 points
Draw in the classical game & win in the Armageddon: 1½ points
Draw in the classical game & loss in the Armageddon: 1 point
Loss in the classical game: 0 points
Time Controls
Classical Game: 120m (+30 seconds/move starting at move 41).
Armageddon Game: White has 10 minutes and Black has 7 minutes (+1 second/move starting from at 41).
Official Site
https://norwaychess.no/en/
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Ding Liren vs Carlsen |
  | ½-½ | 14 | 2024 | 12th Norway Chess | E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 |
| 2. Caruana vs Nakamura |
| ½-½ | 30 | 2024 | 12th Norway Chess | C55 Two Knights Defense |
| 3. Ding Liren vs Carlsen |
| ½-½ | 65 | 2024 | 12th Norway Chess | A20 English |
| 4. R Praggnanandhaa vs Firouzja |
| ½-½ | 44 | 2024 | 12th Norway Chess | E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 |
| 5. R Praggnanandhaa vs Firouzja |
| 1-0 | 38 | 2024 | 12th Norway Chess | D02 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 6. Caruana vs Nakamura |
| 0-1 | 38 | 2024 | 12th Norway Chess | B56 Sicilian |
| 7. Carlsen vs Nakamura |
| ½-½ | 35 | 2024 | 12th Norway Chess | C70 Ruy Lopez |
| 8. Carlsen vs Nakamura |
| 1-0 | 50 | 2024 | 12th Norway Chess | C70 Ruy Lopez |
| 9. Ding Liren vs R Praggnanandhaa |
| 1-0 | 54 | 2024 | 12th Norway Chess | A15 English |
| 10. Firouzja vs Caruana |
| 1-0 | 46 | 2024 | 12th Norway Chess | A06 Reti Opening |
| 11. Firouzja vs Caruana |
| ½-½ | 32 | 2024 | 12th Norway Chess | D02 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 12. Ding Liren vs R Praggnanandhaa |
| ½-½ | 31 | 2024 | 12th Norway Chess | A20 English |
| 13. R Praggnanandhaa vs Carlsen |
| 1-0 | 37 | 2024 | 12th Norway Chess | B42 Sicilian, Kan |
| 14. Nakamura vs Firouzja |
| ½-½ | 32 | 2024 | 12th Norway Chess | D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch |
| 15. Nakamura vs Firouzja |
| 1-0 | 40 | 2024 | 12th Norway Chess | D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 16. Caruana vs Ding Liren |
| 1-0 | 31 | 2024 | 12th Norway Chess | C50 Giuoco Piano |
| 17. Caruana vs Carlsen |
| 0-1 | 66 | 2024 | 12th Norway Chess | C50 Giuoco Piano |
| 18. Nakamura vs R Praggnanandhaa |
| 1-0 | 86 | 2024 | 12th Norway Chess | E46 Nimzo-Indian |
| 19. Firouzja vs Ding Liren |
| 1-0 | 34 | 2024 | 12th Norway Chess | D02 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 20. Firouzja vs R Praggnanandhaa |
| 1-0 | 60 | 2024 | 12th Norway Chess | E11 Bogo-Indian Defense |
| 21. Firouzja vs R Praggnanandhaa |
| ½-½ | 34 | 2024 | 12th Norway Chess | D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted |
| 22. Ding Liren vs Nakamura |
| 0-1 | 54 | 2024 | 12th Norway Chess | D06 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 23. Carlsen vs Firouzja |
| 1-0 | 82 | 2024 | 12th Norway Chess | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 24. R Praggnanandhaa vs Caruana |
| 1-0 | 77 | 2024 | 12th Norway Chess | E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 |
| 25. Nakamura vs Caruana |
| ½-½ | 30 | 2024 | 12th Norway Chess | E45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation |
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| Jun-08-24 | | SkySports: <Sally Simpson: Correct offramp, Denmark has uprooted itself and wandered south to a warmer climate. Last seen heading for the Mediterranean possibly to sit next to Malta.>
And what about Iceland? |
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| Jun-08-24 | | SkySports: <nok: So all the hullabaloo which obscured the standings during the tournament was unnecessary. We'd have the same results with good ole 1-0 scores and a most wins tb.> It doesn't seem so to me. Carlsen and Naka would have played tie-break games (as it now happens in all the major tornaments in case of tie); with the current format Carlsen won without it. |
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Jun-08-24
 | | jnpope: <SkySports>, if you accept nok's premise of a "a most wins tb" then he's correct, the standings would have seen no difference. This Classical/Armageddon 3, 1.5, 1, 0, point scoring system resulted in the same results as a Classical event with a most wins tie-break. Under that rule (i.e. nok's premise) there wouldn't have been a need for a play-off between Carlsen and Nakamura (Carlsen had three wins and Naka two), which I believe begs the question as to why have this bizarre format and oddball scoring system? Perhaps next year the format could simply be Classical games only, a most wins first tie-break, followed by a four game Armageddon mini-match play-off as a final tie-break if necessary. |
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| Jun-08-24 | | Olavi: With different rules they would have followed a different tournament strategy. |
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Jun-08-24
 | | perfidious: Yes, very clearly.
As an ancient saying runs:
<If the dog hadn't stopped to take a s***, he'd have caught the rabbit> |
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| Jun-08-24 | | 1300patzer: If Armaggedon's purpose is to amuse, who is the intended audience? The classical games were 85% draws. Some were interesting, many were, ah, safely conducted throughout. Players seemed willing to wager they'd blunder less in Armaggedon, where fewer points were at stake and they were guaranteed at least 1 point. Rd 1 Ding-Carlsen for example. |
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| Jun-08-24 | | greed and death: I agree with <1300patzer>, only 9/30 decisive classical game is abysmal even for a top-flight tournament where draws should predominate. All the more so when one realizes that 7 of the 9 decisive games involved Carlsen or Ding. |
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Jun-08-24
| | perfidious: Those who glory in these AVRO-type events running numerous times per year really should understand that 70 pc draws in an event is not far from what one would expect in an era of unparalleled technique in an arena where the edges are miniscule at best. AVRO itself had 24 draws in 56 games, or 42.9 per cent: AVRO (1938) |
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| Jun-08-24 | | lentil: For information, XE.com states that currently 1 Norwegian Krone equals about 9.3 cents US, so MC got about 65,300 USD |
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| Jun-08-24 | | fabelhaft: Carlsen’s most memorable moment of the tournament was losing to Pragg: https://x.com/norwaychess/status/17... |
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Jun-08-24
 | | plang: Memorable to who? |
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Jun-08-24
 | | keypusher: <plang: Memorable to who?> To Magnus, according to fabelhaft's clip. Second was the win over Caruana. |
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Jun-09-24
 | | offramp: <lentil: For information, XE.com states that currently 1 Norwegian Krone equals about 9.3 cents US, so MC got about 65,300 USD> Aye, about £50,000. |
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| Jun-10-24 | | fabelhaft: Carlsen should now have around 45 classical top tournament wins, depending on the definitions. Included below are a couple of opens and the minimatch knockout World Cup: 2007: Biel
2008: Aerosvit, Baku, Wijk aan Zee
2009: London, Nanjing
2010: Bazna, London, Nanjing, Wijk aan Zee
2011: Bazna, Biel, Bilbao, Tal Memorial
2012: Bilbao, London, Tal Memorial
2013: S:t Louis, Wijk aan Zee, World Championship Candidates 2014: Shamkir, Zurich
2015: Wijk aan Zee, Shamkir, Grenke, London, Qatar 2016: Wijk aan Zee, Norway Chess, Bilbao
2017: Isle of Man
2018: Wijk aan Zee, Shamkir, S:t Louis
2019: Wijk aan Zee, Shamkir, Grenke, Norway Chess, Zagreb 2020: Norway Chess
2021: Norway Chess
2022: Wijk aan Zee, Norway Chess
2023: World Cup
2024: Norway Chess
The most impressive period was maybe in 2019, with five very strong tournaments won in less than half a year, with a total score of +23-0=28. |
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Jun-10-24
| | perfidious: That is a fair number of wins in Norway, after Carlsen's early struggles in his native land at top level. |
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Jun-10-24
 | | Sally Simpson: Without a doubt he is the most successful tournament player ever. <The most impressive period was maybe in 2019> You forgot to mention Lindores Abbey Chess Stars (2019) This was the strongest event in the history of strong events. Why? Because I there! https://www.redhotpawn.com/chess-bl... (also, and I've just noticed this, ¾ of the field is made up of World Champions. The 4th was a World title finalist. Avro 1938 only half of the field were World Champions, none of the others made a it as a finalist. Huh!) |
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Jun-10-24
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Two Americans, two Indians, someone from China and a Norwegian. So why call it 'Norway Chess. ' Surely it is the 'The American - Indian + Two Cup.' And why, in the interest of global warming, were five of the six players players flown in from all over the globe. Next year only players within walking distance of the playing hall should be invited. |
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| Jun-10-24 | | Daodejing: 2007: Biel
I was there. Carlsen a promising teenager and already Super GM at that time - from July 2007 to today his ELO rose 120 points and mine fell 120 points. |
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| Jun-12-24 | | boz: That was the tournament that convinced me Carlsen was the real deal. |
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| Jun-12-24 | | fabelhaft: The Biel win is often not counted as a super tournament victory since Grischuk, Radjabov and Polgar may not have been ranked high enough for that at the time, depending on how one defines super tournaments. Carlsen had at least one real top result before Biel, in Linares the same year, when he finished behind only Anand, but ahead of #1 Topalov, #5 Ivanchuk, #6 Leko, #7 Aronian, #8 Morozevich (on tiebreak) and #12 Svidler. Carlsen was #24 at the time and still behind Short on the rating list. |
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Jun-12-24
| | perfidious: Arguing over the inclusion of Biel is quibbling; having it on the list is immaterial to the record of the man who--world champion or not--has been the dominant player for better than a decade. |
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Jun-12-24
| | Sally Simpson: I'd stay with Biel 2007 as one Carlsen's major feats but Alexander Onischuk may be saying it was one of his major feats. He tied first with Magnus and lost the tie break in an Armageddon game. At the time Onischuk was rated 2650. The line up. Teimour Radjabov 2746
Alexander Grischuk 2726
Magnus Carlsen 2710
Judit Polgar 2707
Bu Xianghzi 2685
Loek van Wely 2679
Alexander Onischuk 2650
Alexander Motylev 2648
Boris Avrukh 2645
Yannick Pelletier 2591
But Carlsen gets my nod for one move from this event. Recall seeing it not long after it was played. Carlsen vs X Bu, 2007 (White to play) 
click for larger viewThat game can be won in a more mundane fashion 84.Re4+ and Re5 etc the poe-faced GM way. but 84.f7! has that real touch of class. And although he was well on his way by then that move has a genuine; 'look out world here I come' feel about it. |
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Jun-13-24
 | | Atterdag: <offramp; Aye, about £50,000.> And for the sake of irresistable fun facts 700,000 NKK equals 454,046.30 DKK. The 0.30 is 30 øre, a sum inobtainable in Danish coins, the nearest being 50 øre. Øre, of course, is derived from Latin aureus, golden coin. I know this crucial information will be appreciated by wide circles throughout the world as well as Geoff's harddrive. |
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| Jun-13-24 | | csmath: Sad that Magnus lost interest in classical chess matches. This is how the history of chess was made. We should really have Carlsen-Gukesh or Carlsen-Abdusattorov. 16 games or more, if drawn then to the first advantage in even number of games. No blitzing.
With so much money in online chess I really don't understand why this would not be possible. It could even be online match with standby witnesses. 1 seconds increments OTB seems as a complete nonsense to me.
I guess I am in minority but I really despise Armageddon stuff. |
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Jun-13-24
| | Atterdag: <csmath>. I'll join your minority in despising Armageddons! :-) I'd also love to see a match based on classical time between Carlsen and Gukesh. But - as I have stated numerous times - I have the firm stance that the world champion should keep the title, if the challenger was not able to win against him after 16 classical games. First, because the present WC won his title by winning over the previous WC. Second, because as a challenger you make a claim to deserve the title more than the present holder, thus you should be able to prove it - and you have significant sixteen games to do it. Just as good in one single match doesn't suffice. The armageddons are an unfortunate consequence of having shortened the WC matches to 10 games. They become superfluous when the matches are expanded to 16 games, thereby enabling each of the players to catch up, in case they lose a game in say the first six games. All IMHO, of course. |
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