Norway Chess
Norway Chess is an annual closed chess tournament, typically taking place in the May to June time period every year. The first edition took place in the Stavanger area, Norway, from 7 May to 18 May 2013. The 2013 tournament had ten participants, including seven of the ten highest rated players in the world per the May 2013 FIDE World Rankings.[1] It was won by Sergey Karjakin, with Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura tied for second place.[2] Norway Chess 2015 took place in mid-June 2015 and was a part of the inaugural Grand Chess Tour. The tournament has since decided to withdraw from the Grand Chess Tour.[3]
Winners
# Year Winner (classical) Winner (blitz) 1 2013 
Sergey Karjakin (Russia) Sergey Karjakin (Russia)2 2014 Sergey Karjakin (Russia)
Magnus Carlsen (Norway)3 2015 
Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)[4]4 2016 Magnus Carlsen (Norway) Magnus Carlsen (Norway)5 2017 
Levon Aronian (Armenia) Magnus Carlsen (Norway)6 2018 
Fabiano Caruana (United States) Wesley So (United States)7 2019 Magnus Carlsen (Norway) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)8 2020 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)–
2013
The 2013 tournament started with a blitz round played at the University of Stavanger on 7 May 2013. Rounds 1–8 were played at Hotel Residence, Sandnes (rounds 1–3, 5–6, 8), at Aarbakke factory in Bryne (round 4) and on the island Sør-Hidle in Strand (round 7).[5] The final round 9 was played in Stavanger Concert Hall on 18 May 2013. In addition to the super tournament, there was a local school tournament and a celebrity tournament. Partly parallel to the tournament, Stavanger Open NGP 2013 was arranged by Stavanger Chess Club from 8 to 12 May. Games were streamed live with Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam and Simen Agdestein as commentators.[6]
The tournament was arranged by the foundation Norway Chess, with economic support from local businesses and municipalities and the Rogaland county. The cost of the arrangement was predicted to be about 5 million Norwegian kroner (approximately 672,000 euro),[7] of which about half is for the prizes for the participants.[8] The organizers plan to make the tournament a yearly event.[8]
Vladimir Kramnik was originally among the expected participants, but in April 2013 it was announced that he had withdrawn and was replaced with Peter Svidler.[9]
Blitz tournament
On 7 May 2013, a blitz tournament was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.[10] According to regulations, the winner of the blitz tournament had the right to choose the number in the table by his own, and Sergey Karjakin chose to be fifth in the main tournament table.[11]
1st Supreme Masters Blitz, 7 May 2013, Sandnes, Rogaland county, Norway[12] Player Blitz rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points Black WB SB 1 Sergey Karjakin (Russia)2873 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 6½ 2 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2856 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 6 5 3 
Viswanathan Anand (India)2783 1 ½ 0 1 1 0 1 1 ½ 6 4 2 26.00 4 Hikaru Nakamura (USA)2844 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 6 4 1 21.25 5 Peter Svidler (Russia)2757 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 5½ 6 
Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)2755 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 5 7 Jon Ludvig Hammer (Norway)2608 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 3½ 8 
Wang Hao (China)2698 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 1 3 9 Levon Aronian (Armenia)2817 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 2½ 10 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2666 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1
Second, third and fourth place were decided by tiebreakers: Carlsen on most games with black pieces; Anand with two victories with black against Nakamura's one victory.[10]
Classical tournament
1st Supreme Masters, 8–18 May 2013, Sandnes – Bryne – Sør-Hidle – Stavanger, Norway, Cat. XXI (2766)[13] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points SB TPR 1 Sergey Karjakin (Russia)2767 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6 2891 2 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2868 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 5½ 22.75 2835 3 Hikaru Nakamura (United States)2775 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 5½ 21.25 2845 4 Peter Svidler (Russia)2769 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 5 21.50 2809 5 Levon Aronian (Armenia)2813 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 20.50 2804 6 Viswanathan Anand (India)2783 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 5 19.25 2807 7 Wang Hao (China)2743 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 4½ 2769 8 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2793 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 4 2720 9 Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)2745 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 3 2643 10 Jon Ludvig Hammer (Norway)2608 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 1½ 2511
The tiebreakers were: Sonneborn-Berger score, most wins, most wins with black.[14] In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game blitz match (or blitz tournament) and an armageddon game were scheduled.[15]
2014
The second edition took place from 2 to 13 June 2014. The ten participants were Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, Vladimir Kramnik, Veselin Topalov, Fabiano Caruana, Alexander Grischuk, Sergey Karjakin, Peter Svidler, Anish Giri and Simen Agdestein.[16] Agdestein qualified by defeating Jon Ludvig Hammer in a rapid match that took place from 26 to 27 April 2014.[17]
Blitz tournament
On 2 June 2014, a blitz tournament was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.[18]
2nd Norway Chess Blitz, 2 June 2014, Flor og Fjære, Sør-Hidle, Norway[19] Player Blitz rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points Black WB 1 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2837 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 7½ 2 Levon Aronian (Armenia)2863 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 6½ 3 Sergey Karjakin (Russia)2866 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 5½ 5 4 Alexander Grischuk (Russia)2801 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 5½ 4 5 Peter Svidler (Russia)2757 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 5 6 
Anish Giri (Netherlands)2755 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 ½ 1 4½ 7 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2782 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 3½ 5 1 8 
Fabiano Caruana (Italy)2697 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 3½ 5 0 9 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2666 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 2 10 Simen Agdestein (Norway)2577 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 1½
The places 3, 4, 7 and 8 were decided by tiebreakers: Karjakin on most games with black pieces, Kramnik with one victory with black against Caruana's zero victory.[18]
Classical tournament
2nd Unibet Norway Chess, 3–14 June 2014, Stavanger, Norway, Category XXI (2774)[20] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points SB Wins TPR 1 Sergey Karjakin (Russia)2771 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 6 2899 2 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2881 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 2841 3 Alexander Grischuk (Russia)2792 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 2814 4 Fabiano Caruana (Italy)2791 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 4½ 19.75 2771 5 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2772 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 4½ 19.50 2774 6 Levon Aronian (Armenia)2815 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4 18.25 1 2726 7 Peter Svidler (Russia)2753 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4 18.25 0 2733 8 Anish Giri (Netherlands)2752 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 4 17.75 2733 9 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2783 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 4 17.00 2729 10 Simen Agdestein (Norway)2628 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 3½ 2710
The tiebreakers were: Sonneborn-Berger score, most wins, most wins with black.[21] In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game blitz match (or blitz tournament) and an armageddon game were scheduled.
2015
The third edition of the tournament took place from 15 to 26 June 2015. This was the first tournament of a three tournament series in the inaugural Grand Chess Tour, where participants accumulate as many points as possible over the three tournaments for prizes in the overall tour. The players were Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Levon Aronian, Veselin Topalov, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Alexander Grischuk, Anish Giri, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and Jon Ludvig Hammer. Jon Ludvig Hammer was not invited to the overall Grand Chess Tour; however he qualified for the 10th spot in the tournament by winning the Enter Card Scandinavian Masters Tournament in May 2015.[22]
Blitz tournament
On 15 June 2015, a blitz tournament was played to decide the play order for the main tournament. It was won by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France.[23]
3rd Norway Chess Blitz, 15 June 2015, Stavanger, Norway[24] Player Blitz rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points Black Wins Black wins 1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)2826 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 6½ 2 Hikaru Nakamura (United States)2883 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 6 3 Viswanathan Anand (India)2767 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 5½ 5 4 3 4 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2933 0 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 5½ 5 4 2 5 Anish Giri (Netherlands)2771 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 4 6 Levon Aronian (Armenia)2816 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 5 7 Alexander Grischuk (Russia)2839 ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 4 8 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2641 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 3 9 Fabiano Caruana (Italy)2679 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 0 2½ 10 Jon Ludvig Hammer (Norway)2648 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1½
Classical tournament
3rd Norway Chess, 16–25 June 2015, Stavanger, Norway, Category XXII (2782)[25] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points Wins H2H SB TPR 1 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2798 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 6½ 2946 2 Viswanathan Anand (India)2804 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 6 3 ½ 24.75 2904 3 Hikaru Nakamura (United States)2802 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6 3 ½ 24.50 2904 4 Anish Giri (Netherlands)2773 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5½ 2862 5 Fabiano Caruana (Italy)2805 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 4 1 ½ 17.75 2736 6 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)2723 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 4 1 ½ 15.75 2745 7 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2876 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 0 3½ 2 2691 8 Alexander Grischuk (Russia)2781 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 3½ 1 2702 9 Levon Aronian (Armenia)2780 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 3 1 ½ 13.00 2657 10 Jon Ludvig Hammer (Norway)2677 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 3 1 ½ 11.75 2668
The tiebreakers were: most wins, direct encounter, Sonneborn-Berger system, extended Koya system.[26]
2016
The fourth Norway Chess Tournament took place from 18 to 30 April 2016 with a new title sponsor, Altibox.[27] The tournament withdrew from the Grand Chess Tour in early January 2016 citing differences on the future of chess supertournaments and tournament sponsorship.[28]
The players were initially announced as Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik, Anish Giri, Levon Aronian, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Veselin Topalov, Sergey Karjakin, Pavel Eljanov, Pentala Harikrishna, and a wildcard to be determined in a qualifying tournament.[29]
On 6 April, Karjakin decided not to play in the tournament.[30] His spot was taken by Li Chao.
Wild card qualifier
A qualifying tournament took place from 23 to 26 March 2016. It was a double round robin consisting of two stages: the first leg was played with a classical time control and 3–1–0 scoring system; the second leg was played with a rapid time control and 2–1–0 scoring system.[31][32] It was won by Nils Grandelius.
First leg Player Rating 1 2 3 4 Points 1 
Nils Grandelius (Sweden)2646 3 1 3 7 2 Jon Ludvig Hammer (Norway)2701 0 3 3 6 3 Hou Yifan (China)2667 1 0 1 2 4 Aryan Tari (Norway)2553 0 0 1 1
Second leg Player Rapid rating 1 2 3 4 Points 1 Nils Grandelius (Sweden)2598 2 2 1 5 2 Hou Yifan (China)2625 0 2 2 4 3 Jon Ludvig Hammer (Norway)2620 0 0 2 2 4 Aryan Tari (Norway)2532 1 0 0 1
Final scores Player Rating First leg Second leg Total score 1 Nils Grandelius (Sweden)2646 7 5 12 2 Jon Ludvig Hammer (Norway)2701 6 2 8 3 Hou Yifan (China)2667 2 4 6 4 Aryan Tari (Norway)2553 1 1 2
Blitz tournament
On 18 April 2016, a blitz tournament was conducted to determine the pairings in the tournament. The top 5 finishers in the blitz tournament earned an extra white game in the tournament.
The following is the final crosstable of the event (obtained from chess.com). Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Vladimir Kramnik, and Levon Aronian finished in the top 5 and, thus, earned their extra white game.
4th Altibox Norway Chess Blitz, 18 April 2016, Stavanger, Norway[33] Player Blitz rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points SB TPR 1 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2890 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 7½ 3040 2 Anish Giri (Netherlands)2793 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 6½ 2933 3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)2872 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 6 23.25 2888 4 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2817 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 6 21.75 2886 5 Levon Aronian (Armenia)2814 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2769 6 Pentala Harikrishna (India)2774 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 4 2733 7 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2647 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 3 2652 8 Nils Grandelius (Sweden)2604 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 2½ 11.75 2618 9 Li Chao (China)2633 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 2½ 7.75 2606 10 
Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine)2679 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 2½ 7.50 2605
Classical tournament
4th Altibox Norway Chess, 19–30 April 2016, Stavanger, Norway, Category XXI (2770)[34] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points SB TPR 1 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2851 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6 2886 2 Levon Aronian (Armenia)2784 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½ 2848 3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)2788 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5 22.00 2811 4 Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)2754 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 21.25 2814 5 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2801 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5 20.25 2809 6 Li Chao (China)2755 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 4½ 19.50 2771 7 Pentala Harikrishna (India)2763 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 4½ 19.00 2770 8 Anish Giri (Netherlands)2790 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 4 2724 9 Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine)2765 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 3 2645 10 Nils Grandelius (Sweden)2649 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 2½ 2617
2017
The fifth Norway Chess tournament was held between 6–16 June 2017. The tournament involved all ten of the world's best players by rating (at the time of announcement) and had an average Elo rating of 2797. As a result, it was billed as the strongest chess tournament in history by Altibox, its sponsor.[35] However, by the time the tournament was held two players had dropped out of the top ten (Karjakin and Giri; their replacements Mamedyarov and Ding Liren did not play).[36] It is also not the tournament with the highest-ever rating average; the 2014 Zurich Chess Challenge and the 2014 Sinquefield Cup had average ratings of 2801 and 2802, respectively.[37]
Blitz tournament
On 5 June 2017, a Blitz tournament was conducted to determine the pairings in the tournament. The top 5 finishers in the blitz tournament earned an extra white game in the tournament. Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Levon Aronian, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Vladimir Kramnik finished in the top 5 and earned their extra white game.
5th Altibox Norway Chess Blitz, 5 June 2017, Stavanger, Norway[38] Player Blitz rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points SB TPR 1 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2914 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 7½ 3066 2 Hikaru Nakamura (United States)2865 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 5½ 2879 3 Levon Aronian (Armenia)2753 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 5½ 2878 4 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)2825 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 0 1 5 2840 5 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2744 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 4½ 20.50 2796 6 Sergey Karjakin (Russia)2791 0 1 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 1 4½ 17.00 2799 7 Viswanathan Anand (India)2766 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 4 17.25 2755 8 Wesley So (United States)2791 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 4 13.25 2753 9 Fabiano Caruana (United States)2800 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 0 0 ½ 3 2606 10 Anish Giri (Netherlands)2776 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1½ 2527
Classical tournament
5th Altibox Norway Chess, 6–17 June 2017, Stavanger, Norway, Category XXII (2797)[39] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points SB TPR 1 Levon Aronian (Armenia)2793 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6 2918 2 Hikaru Nakamura (United States)2785 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 5 22.00 2837 3 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2808 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 5 21.25 2834 4 Fabiano Caruana (United States)2808 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 4½ 20.75 2796 5 Wesley So (United States)2812 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 20.25 2796 6 Anish Giri (Netherlands)2771 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 4½ 19.25 2800 7 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)2796 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 4 18.25 2759 8 Viswanathan Anand (India)2786 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 4 18.00 2760 9 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2832 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 4 16.75 2755 10 Sergey Karjakin (Russia)2781 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 3½ 2721
2018
Blitz tournament
The blitz tournament was played on 27 May 2018. The winner of the blitz tournament chose his number in the main tournament. Number 2 got the highest available number, and number 3 the second highest, and so on.[40]
6th Altibox Norway Chess Blitz, 27 May 2018, Stavanger, Norway[41] Player Blitz rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points SB 1 Wesley So (United States)2824 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 6 2 Hikaru Nakamura (United States)2869 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5½ 23.00 3 Viswanathan Anand (India)2784 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 5½ 22.75 4 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2965 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 5 5 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2730 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 0 1 4½ 20.00 6 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)2839 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 4½ 19.00 7 Fabiano Caruana (United States)2814 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 4½ 17.75 8 Sergey Karjakin (Russia)2838 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 3½ 9 Levon Aronian (Armenia)2843 ½ 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 ½ 3 14.00 10 Ding Liren (China)2793 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 3 12.50
Classical tournament
6th Altibox Norway Chess, 28 May – 7 June 2018, Stavanger, Norway, Category XXII (2791)[42] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points SB TPR 1 Fabiano Caruana (United States)2822 0 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 – 5 2882 2 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2843 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ – 4½ 18.25 2827 3 Hikaru Nakamura (United States)2769 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½4½ 17.25 2836 4 Viswanathan Anand (India)2760 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½4½ 16.25 2837 5 Wesley So (United States)2778 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ – 4 15.75 2792 6 Levon Aronian (Armenia)2764 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ – 4 15.50 2794 7 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2808 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ – 3½ 2746 8 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)2789 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½3 12.75 2711 9 Sergey Karjakin (Russia)2782 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 – 3 11.00 2705 N/A Ding Liren (China)2791 – – ½½– – – ½– N/A 2773
On 31 May 2018, Ding Liren fractured his hip bone in a bicycle accident and underwent surgery the next morning. It was announced on 2 June that Ding had withdrawn from the tournament. Due to him having played less than half the rounds, the three draws (against Nakamura, Vachier-Lagrave and Anand) that he had played in rounds 1–3 were discounted for tournament purposes, and counted only for rating purposes.[43]
2019
Blitz tournament
7th Altibox Norway Chess Blitz, 3 June 2019, Stavanger, Norway[44] Player Blitz rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points SB Wins TPR 1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)2921 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 7½ 3057 2 Levon Aronian (Armenia)2827 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 6 23.75 2912 3 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2923 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 6 21.50 2899 4 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2757 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 5 2828 5 Ding Liren (China)2773 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2781 6 Yu Yangyi (China)2705 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 0 3½ 12.25 3 2709 7 Wesley So (United States)2759 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 3½ 12.25 2 2707 8 Fabiano Caruana (United States)2804 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 3 15.75 2655 9 Viswanathan Anand (India)2747 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 3 14.75 2661 10 Alexander Grischuk (Russia)2750 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 3 10.25 2660
Classical tournament
The tournament regulations for the classical tournament were different than other tournaments. Players were awarded 2 points for a win, and 0 points for a loss. In the case of draws, the players would move on to an Armageddon game, with 10 minutes for White and 7 minutes for Black, with Black having draw odds. Players were awarded 1½ points for a draw and an Armageddon win, and ½ points for a draw and an Armageddon loss.[45][46]
7th Altibox Norway Chess, 4–15 June 2019, Stavanger, Norway, Category XXII (2784)[47][48] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points SB TPR 1 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2875 1½ 2 ½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 2 13½ 2854 2 Levon Aronian (Armenia)2752 ½ 1½ 0 1½ 1½ 1½ ½ 2 1½ 10½ 48.00 2787 3 Yu Yangyi (China)2738 0 ½ 1½ 0 1½ 1½ 1½ 2 2 10½ 45.50 2789 4 Fabiano Caruana (United States)2819 1½ 2 ½ ½ 0 1½ 2 ½ 1½ 10 45.50 2823 5 Wesley So (United States)2754 ½ ½ 2 1½ ½ ½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 10 39.50 2830 6 Ding Liren (China)2805 ½ ½ ½ 2 1½ ½ ½ 2 ½ 8½ 2861 7 Viswanathan Anand (India)2767 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 0 1½ 8 32.00 2743 8 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)2779 ½ 1½ ½ 0 ½ 1½ ½ 1½ 1½ 8 30.00 2741 9 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2774 ½ 0 0 1½ ½ 0 2 ½ ½ 5½ 18.00 2705 10 Alexander Grischuk (Russia)2775 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1½ ½ ½ 1½ 5½ 14.00 2705
2020
The performance rating is based on classical games only. As with 2019, an Armageddon game was to follow if the main classical game ended in a draw. The points system was altered to award 3 points for a win, 0 points for a loss, 1½ for a draw and an Armageddon win and 1 for a draw and an Armageddon loss.
8th Altibox Norway Chess, 5–16 October 2020, Stavanger, Norway, Category XXI (2763)[49] Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Points TPR 1 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2863 1½ 3 1½ 0 3 1½ 0 3 3 3 19½ 2853 2 Alireza Firouzja (FIDE) 2728 1 0 1½ 1½ 1½ 1 3 3 3 3 18½ 2880 3 Levon Aronian (Armenia)2767 1 3 1 1 3 0 3 1 3 1½ 17½ 2872 4 Fabiano Caruana (United States)2828 0 1 1 1½ 0 3 3 1½ 3 1½ 15½ 2786 5 
Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland)2757 3 0 0 0 0 1½ 0 1 1 3 9½ 2654 6 Aryan Tari (Norway)2633 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1½ 0 3½ 2493
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The strongest chess tournament in history, Altibox Norway Chess 2017, kicked off today
- June 2017 FIDE ratings list.
- Doggers, Peter. "Strongest Tournament Of 2017 Starts Monday". Chess.com.
- Mark Crowther (16 June 2017). "5th Norway Chess 2017 (Games and Results)". The Week in Chess.
- Mark Crowther (19 June 2017). "The Week in Chess 1180". The Week in Chess.
- "Regulations of the International Chess Tournament Altibox Norway Chess 2018".
- Mark Crowther (11 June 2018). "The Week in Chess 1231". The Week in Chess.
- Doggers, Peter (7 June 2018). "Caruana Wins Norway Chess". Chess.com.
- "Ding Liren withdraws from the tournament". Norway Chess. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- Mark Crowther (31 May 2019). "7th Altibox Norway Chess 2019 (Games and Results)". The Week in Chess.
- "Altibox Norway Chess Regulations 2019". Retrieved June 11, 2019.
- "Norway Chess 2019 tries radical new format". Chess24.com. October 10, 2018. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
- Barden, Leonard (14 June 2019). "Chess: Carlsen takes Armageddon route to Altibox Norway victory". The Guardian.
- "Altibox Norway Chess - Results and Pairings". norwaychess.no. Retrieved 2019-06-16.
- https://norwaychess.no/en/results-2020/
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