With yet another classical victory, Fabiano Caruana has extended his lead at the top to humongous four points, we examine the latest results, round 5 schedule, standings, prize money, & streaming details of the Norway Chess 2023
On Sunday, the fifth-round ties of the 2023 Norway Chess will be played where leader Fabiano Caruana will face-off against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and the defending champion Magnus Carlsen will play against Dutch star Anish Giri. In the other ties, Indian prodigy Gukesh is scheduled to clash against Nodirbek Abdusattorov, while Wesley So will entertain Alireza Firouzja.
Norway Chess 2023 points table standings, results today, round 5 schedule, date, time, draw and live stream telecast
Four Armageddon games in Round 4 of #NorwayChesss with Carlsen, Nakamura, So, and Mamedyarov taking an extra half point against Gukesh, Giri, Tari, and Abdusattorov respectively.
Caruana won the classical game against Firouzja to remain the sole leader with 4 points difference… pic.twitter.com/gzaRzRv3oe
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2023 Norway Chess round 5 schedule, date, time, venue, & latest standings
By defeating Alireza Firouzja with black pieces in the classical game, Fabiano Caruana extended his lead at the top to four points. With this win, Caruana also climbed to the second position in the world rankings by overtaking Firouzja. At the 2023 Norway Chess, Caruana has won three of his four classical matches and hence, he is sitting comfortably at the top with 10.5/12 points.
However, all other fourth-round ties were decided through Armageddon as Hikaru Nakamura came out on top against Anish Giri to sit second with 6.5 points. Meanwhile, Abdusattorov lost his Armageddon match against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Wesley So emerged victorious against bottom-placed Aryan Tari. In the most exciting Armageddon match of Saturday, Magnus Carlsen survived Gukesh’s tricky play before emerging victorious in the Armageddon. Following these results from Saturday, Carlsen is sitting eighth with 4.5 points and Gukesh is sitting fourth with 5.5 points.
- Fabiano Caruana: 10.5 Points
- Hikaru Nakamura: 6.5 Points
- Alireza Firouzja: 6 Points
- Dommaraju Gukesh: 5.5 Points
- Anish Giri: 5 Points
- Nodirbek Abdusattorov: 5 Points
- Wesley So: 5 Points
- Magnus Carlsen: 4.5 Points
- Shakhriyar Mamedyarov: 4 Points
- Aryan Tari: 2 Points
Norway Chess 2023: fourth-round results (3rd June)
Anish Giri 1-1.5 Hikaru Nakamura
Aryan Tari 1-1.5 Wesley So
Nodirbek Abdusattorov 1.5-1 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Alireza Firouzja 0-3 Fabiano Caruana
Dommaraju Gukesh 1-1.5 Magnus Carlsen
2023 Norway Chess: fifth-round schedule (from 8:30 PM IST, 4th June)
Nodirbek Abdusattorov vs Dommaraju Gukesh
Fabiano Caruana vs Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Wesley So vs Alireza Firouzja
Hikaru Nakamura vs Aryan Tari
Magnus Carlsen vs Anish Giri
Norway Chess 2023: prize money & participants list
The prize fund for the 2023 Norway Chess will be 2,500,000 NOK, with the champion receiving around 7,50,000 NOK. In the meanwhile, the competition’s runner-up will get 4,000,00 NOK. The following is how the total prize money for the Norway Chess will be distributed:
| Rank | Prize Money (in NOK) |
| 1 | 750,000 |
| 2 | 400,000 |
| 3 | 250,000 |
| 4 | 200,000 |
| 5 | 180,000 |
| 6 | 170,000 |
| 7 | 160,000 |
| 8 | 140,000 |
| 9 | 130,000 |
| 10 | 120,000 |
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