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Norway Chess 2025 all you need to know – players, format, prize money, schedule and live streaming

Get the full schedule, player list, pairings, prize money, format, and live streaming details of Norway Chess 2025, featuring Magnus Carlsen, Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, and more. Gukesh will face Carlsen in the opening round on Monday. read more Gukesh will play Carlsen in opening round of Norway Chess 2025. Image: @photochess on X The much-awaited Norway Chess 2025 is all set to take place in Stavanger from Monday onwards. It will bring together some of the world's top chess grandmasters under one roof, including the likes of D Gukesh and Magnus Carlsen . Both these champions are slated to play the opening round against each other. Meanwhile, Indian fans will also be excited for Arjun Erigaisi, Humpy Koneru, and Vaishali Rameshbabu, who will be in action there. Let's take a look at the players competing, their pairings, the full schedule, the prize money, the format, and the live streaming details of Norway Chess 2025. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD When and where to watch Norway Chess 2025? Norway Chess 2025 will be held from 26 May to 6 June in Stavanger, Norway. The games will take place at Finansparken. All rounds will begin at 8:30 PM IST and will run until around 1:30 AM. The women's matches will be played on the same dates as the men's games and in the same hall. Players and pairings for Norway Chess 2025 Norway Chess 2025: Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Hikaru Nakamura (USA), Gukesh D (India), Fabiano Caruana (USA), Arjun Erigaisi (India), and Wei Yi (China). Norway Chess Women 2025: Ju Wenjun (China), Lei Tingjie (China), Humpy Koneru (India), Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine), Vaishali Rameshbabu (India), and Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (Spain). Norway Chess 2025 Pairings Round 1 – 26 May Wei Yi vs Erigaisi Caruana vs Nakamura Carlsen vs Gukesh Round 2 – 27 May Erigaisi vs Gukesh Nakamura vs Carlsen Wei Yi vs Caruana Round 3 – 28 May Caruana vs Erigaisi Carlsen vs Wei Yi Gukesh vs Nakamura Round 4 – 29 May Carlsen vs Erigaisi Gukesh vs Caruana Nakamura vs Wei Yi Round 5 – 31 May Erigaisi vs Nakamura Wei Yi vs Gukesh Caruana vs Carlsen Round 6 – 1 June Erigaisi vs Wei Yi Nakamura vs Caruana Gukesh vs Carlsen Round 7 – 2 June Gukesh vs Erigaisi Carlsen vs Nakamura Caruana vs Wei Yi Round 8 – 3 June Erigaisi vs Caruana Wei Yi vs Carlsen Nakamura vs Gukesh Round 9 – 5 June Nakamura vs Erigaisi Gukesh vs Wei Yi Carlsen vs Caruana Round 10 – 6 June Erigaisi vs Carlsen Caruana vs Gukesh Wei Yi vs Nakamura Norway Chess Women 2025 Pairings Round 1 Tingjie vs Ju Wenjun Koneru vs Vaishali Lei Tingjie vs Ju Wenjun Round 2 Khadem vs Ju Wenjun Vaishali vs Lei Tingjie Muzychuk vs Koneru Round 3 Koneru vs Khadem Lei Tingjie vs Muzychuk Ju Wenjun vs Vaishali Round 4 Lei Tingjie vs Khadem Ju Wenjun vs Koneru Vaishali vs Muzychuk Round 5 Khadem vs Vaishali Muzychuk vs Ju Wenjun Koneru vs Lei Tingjie Round 6 Khadem vs Muzychuk Vaishali vs Koneru Ju Wenjun vs Lei Tingjie Round 7 Ju Wenjun vs Khadem Lei Tingjie vs Vaishali Koneru vs Muzychuk STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Round 8 Khadem vs Koneru Muzychuk vs Lei Tingjie Vaishali vs Ju Wenjun Round 9 Vaishali vs Khadem Ju Wenjun vs Muzychuk Lei Tingjie vs Koneru Round 10 Khadem vs Lei Tingjie Koneru vs Ju Wenjun Muzychuk vs Vaishali What is the format of Norway Chess 2025? Norway Chess and Norway Chess Women will be played in the same format. Each tournament has 6 players, and everyone will play against each other twice. There will be no draws in this tournament. If the first classical game ends in a tie, the players will play a fast tiebreaker called an Armageddon game, so there will always be a winner in every match. What is the prize money at Norway Chess 2025? The total prize money for each of the Norway Chess 2025 tournaments - Norway Chess and Norway Chess Women - is approximately Rs 1.3 crore (NOK 1,690,000). The winner will take home around Rs 54 lakh (NOK 700,000), while the runner-up will receive about Rs 27 lakh (NOK 350,000). The third-place finisher will get Rs 15.5 lakh (NOK 200,000), followed by Rs 13.1 lakh (NOK 170,000) for fourth, Rs 11.5 lakh (NOK 150,000) for fifth, and Rs 9.2 lakh (NOK 120,000) for sixth place. If players finish with the same score, the prize will be shared, except for the first prize, which will be decided through a play-off or double round-robin format. How to watch Norway Chess 2025 in India? The live streaming of Norway Chess 2025 will be available on the SonyLIV app and website in India.