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 2014 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

Open section

#	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)	–
9	2021	Magnus Carlsen  (Norway)	–
10	2022	Magnus Carlsen  (Norway)	Wesley So  (United States)
11	2023	Hikaru Nakamura  (United States)	Nodirbek Abdusattorov  (Uzbekistan)
12	2024	Magnus Carlsen  (Norway)	–

Women's section

#	Year	Winner (classical)
1	2024	Ju Wenjun  (China)

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	Does not appear	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	½	1	6½
2	Magnus Carlsen  (Norway)	2856	0	Does not appear	½	1	1	0	1	½	1	1	6	5
3	Viswanathan Anand  (India)	2783	1	½	Does not appear	0	1	1	0	1	1	½	6	4	2	26.00
4	Hikaru Nakamura  (USA)	2844	0	0	1	Does not appear	½	½	1	1	1	1	6	4	1	21.25
5	Peter Svidler  (Russia)	2757	1	0	0	½	Does not appear	1	1	0	1	1	5½
6	Teimour Radjabov  (Azerbaijan)	2755	0	1	0	½	0	Does not appear	½	1	1	1	5
7	Jon Ludvig Hammer  (Norway)	2608	0	0	1	0	0	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	3½
8	Wang Hao  (China)	2698	0	½	0	0	1	0	0	Does not appear	½	1	3
9	Levon Aronian  (Armenia)	2817	½	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	Does not appear	1	2½
10	Veselin Topalov  (Bulgaria)	2666	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	½	0	Does not appear	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	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	0	½	1	1	5½	22.75	2835
3	Hikaru Nakamura  (United States)	2775	0	½	Does not appear	½	0	1	1	½	1	1	5½	21.25	2845
4	Peter Svidler  (Russia)	2769	1	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	0	½	½	1	5	21.50	2809
5	Levon Aronian  (Armenia)	2813	0	½	1	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	5	20.50	2804
6	Viswanathan Anand  (India)	2783	½	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	0	1	1	1	5	19.25	2807
7	Wang Hao  (China)	2743	0	1	0	1	½	1	Does not appear	½	½	0	4½		2769
8	Veselin Topalov  (Bulgaria)	2793	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	4		2720
9	Teimour Radjabov  (Azerbaijan)	2745	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	1	3		2643
10	Jon Ludvig Hammer  (Norway)	2608	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	0	Does not appear	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	Does not appear	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	7½
2	Levon Aronian  (Armenia)	2863	½	Does not appear	0	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	6½
3	Sergey Karjakin  (Russia)	2866	0	1	Does not appear	0	½	0	1	1	1	1	5½	5
4	Alexander Grischuk  (Russia)	2801	½	½	1	Does not appear	½	0	1	1	½	½	5½	4
5	Peter Svidler  (Russia)	2757	0	0	½	½	Does not appear	1	0	1	1	1	5
6	Anish Giri  (Netherlands)	2755	0	0	1	1	0	Does not appear	1	0	½	1	4½
7	Vladimir Kramnik  (Russia)	2782	½	0	0	0	1	0	Does not appear	½	½	1	3½	5	1
8	Fabiano Caruana  (Italy)	2697	0	½	0	0	0	1	½	Does not appear	½	1	3½	5	0
9	Veselin Topalov  (Bulgaria)	2666	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	0	2
10	Simen Agdestein  (Norway)	2577	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	1	Does not appear	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	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	5½			2841
3	Alexander Grischuk  (Russia)	2792	0	½	Does not appear	0	1	1	½	½	1	½	5			2814
4	Fabiano Caruana  (Italy)	2791	0	½	1	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	0	½	4½	19.75		2771
5	Veselin Topalov  (Bulgaria)	2772	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	0	1	1	4½	19.50		2774
6	Levon Aronian  (Armenia)	2815	1	0	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	4	18.25	1	2726
7	Peter Svidler  (Russia)	2753	½	½	½	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	4	18.25	0	2733
8	Anish Giri  (Netherlands)	2752	0	½	½	½	1	½	½	Does not appear	0	½	4	17.75		2733
9	Vladimir Kramnik  (Russia)	2783	0	½	0	1	0	½	½	1	Does not appear	½	4	17.00		2729
10	Simen Agdestein  (Norway)	2628	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	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]

Wildcard qualifier

Jon Ludvig Hammer won the event to qualify as the wildcard for the main tournament. ^[23]

	Player	Classical								Rapid								Total Points
		Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	Points	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	Points
1	GM Jon Ludvig Hammer  (Norway)	2665	Does not appear	1	1	2	2	2	8	2578	Does not appear	1	½	½	1	1	4	12
2	GM Laurent Fressinet  (France)	2712	1	Does not appear	2	1	2	2	8	2707	0	Does not appear	½	½	1	1	3	11
3	IM Aryan Tari  (Norway)	2520	1	0	Does not appear	1	1	1	4	2442	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	1	3½	7½
4	GM Nils Grandelius  (Sweden)	2623	0	1	1	Does not appear	2	1	5	2623	½	½	½	Does not appear	0	0	1½	6½
5	GM Curt Hansen  (Denmark)	2621	0	0	1	0	Does not appear	2	3	2621	0	0	0	1	Does not appear	½	1½	4½
6	GM Simen Agdestein  (Norway)	2620	0	0	1	1	0	Does not appear	2	2575	0	0	0	1	½	Does not appear	1½	3½

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. ^[24]

3rd Norway Chess Blitz, 15 June 2015, Stavanger, Norway ^[25]

	Player	Blitz rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	Black	Wins	Black wins
1	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  (France)	2826	Does not appear	0	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	6½
2	Hikaru Nakamura  (United States)	2883	1	Does not appear	½	0	½	1	0	1	1	1	6
3	Viswanathan Anand  (India)	2767	½	½	Does not appear	0	0	1	1	½	1	1	5½	5	4	3
4	Magnus Carlsen  (Norway)	2933	0	1	1	Does not appear	½	½	0	1	½	1	5½	5	4	2
5	Anish Giri  (Netherlands)	2771	½	½	1	½	Does not appear	0	½	½	1	1	5½	4
6	Levon Aronian  (Armenia)	2816	0	0	0	½	1	Does not appear	½	1	1	1	5
7	Alexander Grischuk  (Russia)	2839	½	1	0	1	½	½	Does not appear	0	0	½	4
8	Veselin Topalov  (Bulgaria)	2641	0	0	½	0	½	0	1	Does not appear	0	1	3
9	Fabiano Caruana  (Italy)	2679	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	1	Does not appear	0	2½
10	Jon Ludvig Hammer  (Norway)	2648	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	Does not appear	1½

Classical tournament

3rd Norway Chess, 16–25 June 2015, Stavanger, Norway, Category XXII (2782) ^[26]

	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	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	6	3	½	24.75	2904
3	Hikaru Nakamura  (United States)	2802	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	6	3	½	24.50	2904
4	Anish Giri  (Netherlands)	2773	1	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	½	5½				2862
5	Fabiano Caruana  (Italy)	2805	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	0	½	4	1	½	17.75	2736
6	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  (France)	2723	0	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	4	1	½	15.75	2745
7	Magnus Carlsen  (Norway)	2876	0	0	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	1	1	0	3½	2			2691
8	Alexander Grischuk  (Russia)	2781	0	½	½	0	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	1	3½	1			2702
9	Levon Aronian  (Armenia)	2780	0	½	0	½	1	0	0	½	Does not appear	½	3	1	½	13.00	2657
10	Jon Ludvig Hammer  (Norway)	2677	0	0	0	½	½	½	1	0	½	Does not appear	3	1	½	11.75	2668

The tiebreakers were: most wins, direct encounter, Sonneborn-Berger system, extended Koya system. ^[27]

2016

The fourth Norway Chess Tournament took place from 18 to 30 April 2016 with a new title sponsor, Altibox. ^[28] The tournament withdrew from the Grand Chess Tour in early January 2016 citing differences on the future of chess supertournaments and tournament sponsorship. ^[29]

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. ^[30]

On 6 April, Karjakin decided not to play in the tournament. ^[31] 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. ^{[32] [33]} It was won by Nils Grandelius.

	Player	Classical						Rapid						Total Points
		Rating	1	2	3	4	Points	Rating	1	2	3	4	Points
1	Nils Grandelius  (Sweden)	2646	Does not appear	3	1	3	7	2598	Does not appear	2	2	1	5	12
2	Jon Ludvig Hammer  (Norway)	2701	0	Does not appear	3	3	6	2620	0	Does not appear	0	2	2	8
3	Hou Yifan  (China)	2667	1	0	Does not appear	1	2	2625	0	2	Does not appear	2	4	6
4	Aryan Tari  (Norway)	2553	0	0	1	Does not appear	1	2532	1	0	0	Does not appear	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 ^[34]

	Player	Blitz rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	SB	TPR
1	Magnus Carlsen  (Norway)	2890	Does not appear	0	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	7½		3040
2	Anish Giri  (Netherlands)	2793	1	Does not appear	0	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	6½		2933
3	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  (France)	2872	0	1	Does not appear	½	½	1	0	1	1	1	6	23.25	2888
4	Vladimir Kramnik  (Russia)	2817	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	1	½	1	1	6	21.75	2886
5	Levon Aronian  (Armenia)	2814	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	½	4½		2769
6	Pentala Harikrishna  (India)	2774	0	0	0	0	0	Does not appear	1	1	1	1	4		2733
7	Veselin Topalov  (Bulgaria)	2647	0	½	1	0	½	0	Does not appear	½	0	½	3		2652
8	Nils Grandelius  (Sweden)	2604	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	0	2½	11.75	2618
9	Li Chao  (China)	2633	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	½	Does not appear	½	2½	7.75	2606
10	Pavel Eljanov  (Ukraine)	2679	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	1	½	Does not appear	2½	7.50	2605

Classical tournament

4th Altibox Norway Chess, 19–30 April 2016, Stavanger, Norway, Category XXI (2770) ^[35]

	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	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	5½		2848
3	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  (France)	2788	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	5	22.00	2811
4	Veselin Topalov  (Bulgaria)	2754	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	1	5	21.25	2814
5	Vladimir Kramnik  (Russia)	2801	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	½	1	5	20.25	2809
6	Li Chao  (China)	2755	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	0	½	1	½	4½	19.50	2771
7	Pentala Harikrishna  (India)	2763	0	½	½	½	0	1	Does not appear	1	½	½	4½	19.00	2770
8	Anish Giri  (Netherlands)	2790	½	½	0	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	1	½	4		2724
9	Pavel Eljanov  (Ukraine)	2765	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	0	Does not appear	1	3		2645
10	Nils Grandelius  (Sweden)	2649	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	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. ^[36] 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). ^[37] 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. ^[38]

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 ^[39]

	Player	Blitz rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	SB	TPR
1	Magnus Carlsen  (Norway)	2914	Does not appear	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	7½		3066
2	Hikaru Nakamura  (United States)	2865	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	0	½	1	1	1	5½		2879
3	Levon Aronian  (Armenia)	2753	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	5½		2878
4	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  (France)	2825	0	½	½	Does not appear	1	0	1	1	0	1	5		2840
5	Vladimir Kramnik  (Russia)	2744	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	1	1	½	0	½	4½	20.50	2796
6	Sergey Karjakin  (Russia)	2791	0	1	0	1	0	Does not appear	½	0	1	1	4½	17.00	2799
7	Viswanathan Anand  (India)	2766	½	½	½	0	0	½	Does not appear	½	1	½	4	17.25	2755
8	Wesley So  (United States)	2791	0	0	0	0	½	1	½	Does not appear	1	1	4	13.25	2753
9	Fabiano Caruana  (United States)	2800	0	0	½	1	1	0	0	0	Does not appear	½	3		2606
10	Anish Giri  (Netherlands)	2776	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	½	Does not appear	1½		2527

Classical tournament

5th Altibox Norway Chess, 6–17 June 2017, Stavanger, Norway, Category XXII (2797) ^[40]

	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	Does not appear	½	0	½	1	1	½	½	½	5	22.00	2837
3	Vladimir Kramnik  (Russia)	2808	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	0	1	1	½	5	21.25	2834
4	Fabiano Caruana  (United States)	2808	½	1	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	0	½	½	4½	20.75	2796
5	Wesley So  (United States)	2812	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	4½	20.25	2796
6	Anish Giri  (Netherlands)	2771	½	0	0	½	½	Does not appear	1	1	½	½	4½	19.25	2800
7	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  (France)	2796	½	0	1	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	½	½	4	18.25	2759
8	Viswanathan Anand  (India)	2786	½	½	0	1	½	0	½	Does not appear	½	½	4	18.00	2760
9	Magnus Carlsen  (Norway)	2832	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	4	16.75	2755
10	Sergey Karjakin  (Russia)	2781	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	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. ^[41]

6th Altibox Norway Chess Blitz, 27 May 2018, Stavanger, Norway ^[42]

	Player	Blitz rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	SB
1	Wesley So  (United States)	2824	Does not appear	½	½	0	1	½	1	1	½	1	6
2	Hikaru Nakamura  (United States)	2869	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	5½	23.00
3	Viswanathan Anand  (India)	2784	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	0	½	1	1	5½	22.75
4	Magnus Carlsen  (Norway)	2965	1	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	0	½	5
5	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov  (Azerbaijan)	2730	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	1	0	0	1	4½	20.00
6	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  (France)	2839	½	½	0	½	0	Does not appear	1	½	1	½	4½	19.00
7	Fabiano Caruana  (United States)	2814	0	½	1	0	0	0	Does not appear	1	1	1	4½	17.75
8	Sergey Karjakin  (Russia)	2838	0	0	½	½	1	½	0	Does not appear	1	0	3½
9	Levon Aronian  (Armenia)	2843	½	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	Does not appear	½	3	14.00
10	Ding Liren  (China)	2793	0	½	0	½	0	½	0	1	½	Does not appear	3	12.50

Classical tournament

6th Altibox Norway Chess, 28 May – 7 June 2018, Stavanger, Norway, Category XXII (2791) ^[43]

	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	Does not appear	½	½	0	1	½	½	½	–	4½	18.25	2827
3	Hikaru Nakamura  (United States)	2769	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	4½	17.25	2836
4	Viswanathan Anand  (India)	2760	0	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	1	½	4½	16.25	2837
5	Wesley So  (United States)	2778	0	1	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	–	4	15.75	2792
6	Levon Aronian  (Armenia)	2764	½	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	–	4	15.50	2794
7	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov  (Azerbaijan)	2808	½	½	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	½	–	3½		2746
8	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  (France)	2789	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	0	½	3	12.75	2711
9	Sergey Karjakin  (Russia)	2782	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	1	Does not appear	–	3	11.00	2705
—	Ding Liren  (China)	2791	–	–	½	½	–	–	–	½	–	Does not appear	—		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. ^[44]

2019

Blitz tournament

7th Altibox Norway Chess Blitz, 3 June 2019, Stavanger, Norway ^[45]

	Player	Blitz rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	SB	Wins	TPR
1	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  (France)	2921	Does not appear	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	½	1	7½			3057
2	Levon Aronian  (Armenia)	2827	0	Does not appear	1	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	6	23.75		2912
3	Magnus Carlsen  (Norway)	2923	0	0	Does not appear	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	6	21.50		2899
4	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov  (Azerbaijan)	2757	0	½	0	Does not appear	0	1	1	1	½	1	5			2828
5	Ding Liren  (China)	2773	0	½	½	1	Does not appear	0	1	½	½	½	4½			2781
6	Yu Yangyi  (China)	2705	0	0	0	0	1	Does not appear	½	1	1	0	3½	12.25	3	2709
7	Wesley So  (United States)	2759	0	0	½	0	0	½	Does not appear	1	½	1	3½	12.25	2	2707
8	Fabiano Caruana  (United States)	2804	1	½	0	0	½	0	0	Does not appear	1	0	3	15.75		2655
9	Viswanathan Anand  (India)	2747	½	½	0	½	½	0	½	0	Does not appear	½	3	14.75		2661
10	Alexander Grischuk  (Russia)	2750	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	1	½	Does not appear	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. ^{[46] [47]}

7th Altibox Norway Chess, 4–15 June 2019, Stavanger, Norway, Category XXII (2784) ^{[48] [49]}

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	SB	TPR
1	Magnus Carlsen  (Norway)	2875	Does not appear	1½	2	½	1½	1½	1½	1½	1½	2	13½		2854
2	Levon Aronian  (Armenia)	2752	½	Does not appear	1½	0	1½	1½	1½	½	2	1½	10½	48.00	2787
3	Yu Yangyi  (China)	2738	0	½	Does not appear	1½	0	1½	1½	1½	2	2	10½	45.50	2789
4	Fabiano Caruana  (United States)	2819	1½	2	½	Does not appear	½	0	1½	2	½	1½	10	45.50	2823
5	Wesley So  (United States)	2754	½	½	2	1½	Does not appear	½	½	1½	1½	1½	10	39.50	2830
6	Ding Liren  (China)	2805	½	½	½	2	1½	Does not appear	½	½	2	½	8½		2861
7	Viswanathan Anand  (India)	2767	½	½	½	½	1½	1½	Does not appear	1½	0	1½	8	32.00	2743
8	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  (France)	2779	½	1½	½	0	½	1½	½	Does not appear	1½	1½	8	30.00	2741
9	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov  (Azerbaijan)	2774	½	0	0	1½	½	0	2	½	Does not appear	½	5½	18.00	2705
10	Alexander Grischuk  (Russia)	2775	0	½	0	½	½	1½	½	½	1½	Does not appear	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) ^[50]

	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	Does not appear	1½ 1½	1½ 1	3 3	3 3	18½	2880
3	Levon Aronian  (Armenia)	2767	1 3	1 1	Does not appear	3 0	3 1	3 1½	17½	2872
4	Fabiano Caruana  (United States)	2828	0 1	1 1½	0 3	Does not appear	3 1½	3 1½	15½	2786
5	Jan-Krzysztof Duda  (Poland)	2757	3 0	0 0	0 1½	0 1	Does not appear	1 3	9½	2654
6	Aryan Tari  (Norway)	2633	0 0	0 0	0 1	0 1	1½ 0	Does not appear	3½	2493

2021

9th Altibox Norway Chess, 7–18 September 2021, Stavanger, Norway, Category XXI (2760) ^[51]

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	Points	TPR
1	Magnus Carlsen  (Norway)	2855		1½ 3	1½ 3	1½ 1½	0 3	1½ 3	19½	2852
2	Alireza Firouzja  (France)	2754	1 0	Does not appear	0 3	1 3	1 3	3 3	18	2874
3	Richárd Rapport  (Hungary)	2760	1 0	3 0	Does not appear	1 1	1½ 3	3 3	16½	2834
4	Ian Nepomniachtchi  (Russia)	2792	1 1	1½ 0	1½ 1½	Does not appear	3 1	1½ 0	12	2717
5	Sergey Karjakin  (Russia)	2758	3 0	1½ 0	1 0	0 1½	Does not appear	1½ 1½	10	2649
6	Aryan Tari  (Norway)	2642	1 0	0 0	0 0	1 3	1 1	Does not appear	7	2634

2022

Blitz tournament

10th Altibox Norway Chess Blitz, May 30, 2022, Stavanger, Norway

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	SB	H2H	Wins
1	Wesley So  (United States)	2814	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	0	1	6½
2	Magnus Carlsen  (Norway)	2832	0	Does not appear	½	0	½	1	1	1	1	½	5½
3	Anish Giri  (Netherlands)	2766	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	0	1	1	0	5	22.25	1
4	Viswanathan Anand  (India)	2758	½	1	0	Does not appear	½	1	0	1	½	½	5	22.25	0
5	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov  (Azerbaijan)	2778	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	0	1	1	½	½	5	21.50
6	Aryan Tari  (Norway)	2567	0	0	½	0	1	Does not appear	1	0	1	1	4½
7	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  (France)	2813	0	0	1	1	0	0	Does not appear	0	1	1	4
8	Veselin Topalov  (Bulgaria)	2667	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	Does not appear	1	½	3½
9	Wang Hao  (China)	2712	1	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	Does not appear	1	3	14.50	1
10	Teimour Radjabov  (Azerbaijan)	2705	0	½	1	½	½	0	0	½	0	Does not appear	3	14.50	0

Classical tournament

Seeding was based on a blitz tournament played before the classical event. A classical win was worth 3 points and a loss 0 points. If the classical game was drawn, an armageddon game was played, with the same colours as the classical game. The player who won the armageddon game received 1½ points and the loser 1 point.

10th Altibox Norway Chess, May 31 – 11 June 2022, Stavanger, Norway, Category XXI (2754) ^[52]

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	SB	TPR
1	Magnus Carlsen  (Norway)	2864	Does not appear	3	1	1½	1	3	1½	1	3	1½	16½		2865
2	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov  (Azerbaijan)	2770	0	Does not appear	3	1	1½	3	1½	1½	1	3	15½		2833
3	Viswanathan Anand  (India)	2751	1½	0	Does not appear	3	1	1½	3	1½	1½	1½	14½		2794
4	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave  (France)	2750	1	1½	0	Does not appear	3	1½	1½	3	1	1½	14		2794
5	Wesley So  (United States)	2766	1½	1	1½	0	Does not appear	1½	1	1½	3	1½	12½		2752
6	Anish Giri  (Netherlands)	2761	0	0	1	1	1	Does not appear	1½	3	3	1½	12		2753
7	Veselin Topalov  (Bulgaria)	2730	1	1	0	1	1½	1	Does not appear	1½	1½	1	9½		2717
8	Aryan Tari  (Norway)	2654	1½	1	1	0	1	0	1	Does not appear	1	3	9½		2725
9	Teimour Radjabov  (Azerbaijan)	2753	0	1½	1	1½	0	0	1	1½	Does not appear	1½	8		2630
10	Wang Hao  (China)	2744	1	0	1	1	1	1	1½	0	1	Does not appear	7½		2631

2023

Blitz tournament

11th Altibox Norway Chess Blitz, May 29, 2023, Stavanger, Norway

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	SB	H2H	Wins
1	Nodirbek Abdusattorov  (Uzbekistan)	2683	Does not appear	½	½	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	6
2	Alireza Firouzja  (France)	2904	½	Does not appear	1	0	0	½	½	1	1	1	5½	21.75	1
3	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov  (Azerbaijan)	2704	½	0	Does not appear	1	½	0	1	½	1	1	5½	21.75	0
4	Fabiano Caruana  (United States)	2837	0	1	0	Does not appear	½	1	0	½	1	1	5	19.75	1½
5	Wesley So  (United States)	2749	0	1	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	5	21.00	1
6	Hikaru Nakamura  (United States)	2885	1	½	1	0	½	Does not appear	0	½	1	½	5	22.25	½
7	Magnus Carlsen  (Norway)	2852	1	½	0	1	½	1	Does not appear	½	0	0	4½
8	Anish Giri  (Netherlands)	2807	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	0	3½
9	Aryan Tari  (Norway)	2571	0	0	0	0	½	0	1	0	Does not appear	1	2½	9.50	1
10	Gukesh D  (India)	2629	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	1	0	Does not appear	2½	10.50	0

Classical tournament

Seeding was based on a blitz tournament played before the classical event. A classical win was worth 3 points and a loss 0 points. If the classical game was drawn, an armageddon game was played, with the same colours as the classical game. The player who won the armageddon game received 1½ points and the loser 1 point. ^[53]

11th Altibox Norway Chess, 30 May – 9 June 2023, Stavanger, Norway, Category XXI (2755)

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	TPR
1	Hikaru Nakamura  (United States)	2775	Does not appear	3	3	1½	1	1	1½	1½	1	3	16½	2827
2	Fabiano Caruana  (United States)	2764	0	Does not appear	1	1½	1½	3	0	3	3	3	16	2794
3	Gukesh D  (India)	2732	0	1½	Does not appear	1½	1½	1	1½	3	1½	3	14½	2798
4	Anish Giri  (Netherlands)	2768	1	1	1	Does not appear	1½	1	1½	1½	1½	3	13	2794
5	Wesley So  (United States)	2760	1½	1	1	1	Does not appear	1	1½	1	3	1½	12½	2795
6	Magnus Carlsen  (Norway)	2853	1½	0	1½	1½	1½	Does not appear	1½	1½	1	1½	11½	2744
7	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov  (Azerbaijan)	2738	1	3	1	1	1	1	Does not appear	0	1½	1½	11	2757
8	Alireza Firouzja  (France)	2785	1	0	0	1	1½	1	3	Does not appear	3	0	10½	2711
9	Nodirbek Abdusattorov  (Uzbekistan)	2731	1½	0	1	1	0	1½	1	0	Does not appear	3	9	2676
10	Aryan Tari  (Norway)	2642	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	0	Does not appear	6	2599

2024

Classical tournament

In parallel with the open tournament, an inaugural women-only version will be held, with an equal prize fund given for the open and women's tournament. ^[54] A classical win is worth 3 points and a loss 0 points. If the classical game is drawn, an armageddon game (white with 10 minutes, black with 7 minutes) will be played, with the same colours as the classical game. The player who wins the armageddon game will receive 1½ points and the loser 1 point. The open section of the tournament was won by Magnus Carlsen, whilst Ju Wenjun won the women's section of the event. ^{[55] [56]}

Open Section

12th Altibox Norway Chess, 29 May – 7 June 2024, Stavanger, Norway, Category XXII (2779)

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	Points
1	Magnus Carlsen  (Norway)	2830	Does not appear	1½ 1	1½ 0	3 1½	1½ 3	3 1½	17½
2	Hikaru Nakamura  (United States)	2794	1½ 1	Does not appear	3 1	1½ 1	1 1½	1 3	15½
3	R Praggnanandhaa  (India)	2747	3 1	1½ 0	Does not appear	1½ 1	3 1	1½ 1	14½
4	Alireza Firouzja  (France)	2737	1 0	1½ 1	1½ 1	Does not appear	1½ 1½	3 1½	13½
5	Fabiano Caruana  (United States)	2805	0 1	1 1½	1½ 0	1 1	Does not appear	3 1½	11½
6	Ding Liren  (China)	2762	1 0	0 1½	1½ 1	1 0	1 0	Does not appear	7

Women's Section

1st Altibox Women's Norway Chess, 29 May – 7 June 2024, Stavanger, Norway, Category IX (2466)

	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	Points
1	Ju Wenjun  (China)	2559	Does not appear	1½ 1	3 1½	1½ 3	1½ 1½	3 1½	19
2	Anna Muzychuk  (Ukraine)	2505	1½ 1	Does not appear	1 1½	1 1	1½ 3	3 1½	16
3	Lei Tingjie  (China)	2548	1 0	1 1½	Does not appear	3 1	3 1	1½ 1½	14½
4	R Vaishali  (India)	2489	0 1	1½ 1½	1½ 0	Does not appear	3 0	1 3	12½
5	Koneru Humpy  (India)	2545	1 1	0 1	1½ 0	3 0	Does not appear	1 1½	10
6	Pia Cramling  (Sweden)	2449	1 0	1 0	1 1	1 1½	0 1½	Does not appear	8

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