The star-studded line-up of Norway Chess Tournament 2022 saw the culmination of Fourth Round today as Vishy Anand lost his lead at the top after Carlsen caught up and tied with him, we take a look at the latest results, day 4 standings, participants, format, round 5 schedule, prize money and other details of the tournament
With triumphs by Carlsen and Mamedyarov, as well as armageddon wins by two of the lowest-ranked players, GMs Teimour Radjabov and Veselin Topalov, the overall standings changed dramatically in round four.
Norway Chess Tournament 2022 Day 4 Results, Standings, Round 5 Schedule, Date, Time, Points Table And Live Stream
Norway Chess 2022 Schedule, Date, Format, and Players
The bouts begin at 5 p.m. local time every day and last until 9:30 p.m. local time. Meanwhile, the blitz event ran from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. local time on the first day. On 5th June, fifth round matches will begin at 8:00 AM PT/5:00 PM CET. The tickets are available for purchase here while live stream can be followed on Chess24.
| Monday | 30th May | 18:00 | Blitz Event |
| Tuesday | 31st May | 17:00 | Round 1 |
| Wednesday | 1st June | 17:00 | Round 2 |
| Thursday | 2nd June | 17:00 | Round 3 |
| Friday | 3rd June | 17:00 | Round 4 |
| Sunday | 5th June | 17:00 | Round 5 |
| Monday | 6th June | 17:00 | Round 6 |
| Tuesday | 7th June | 17:00 | Round 7 |
| Wednesday | 9th June | 17:00 | Round 8 |
| Thursday | 10th June | 17:00 | Round 9 |
Tournament Format, Rules, and Prize Money Pool
The 2022 Norway Chess tournament will take place from May 31 to June 10, 2022. The tournament comprises of a 10-player single round-robin with a 10-second increment after move 40 in a traditional time control of 120 minutes for the game. Instead of the typical one point for a win, the scoring system is three points. If the game is tied, the participants play an Armageddon game in which the winner receives 1.5 points and the loser receives one point.
A total of 2.5 million Norwegian kroner will be awarded as a reward (NOK). The full schedule, pairing, standings and results of the tournament can be found here.
Norway Chess 2022 Round 4 Results, Latest Standings, And Brilliance of Magnus Carlsen
At the 2022 Norway Chess in Stavanger, the situation at the top of the scoreboard is starting to heat up. With 8.5 points, Anand and Carlsen are tied for first place, ahead of GM Wesley So with 7.5 points and GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov with 7 points.
Magnus Carlsen is co-leader heading into the first rest day of the Norway Chess Championship after defeating Anish Giri to improve his lifetime tally against his Dutch opponent to 6 victories to 1. After surviving a losing situation to overcome Vishy Anand in Armageddon, Wesley So is the only player to have won all four mini-matches, but Vishy is a point ahead of Wesley with two wins in classical chess. The only other traditional winner was Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, who defeated Wang Hao to move up to fourth place.
GM Magnus Carlsen, the current world champion, indicated his desire to compete for the tournament championship by winning his second classical game in a row. Carlsen caught up of former world champion GM Viswanathan Anand in the overall standings after Anand drew his game and then lost the Armageddon game.
Latest Standings
| Rank | Name & Total Points | |
| 1 | Viswanathan Anand | 8.5 |
| 2 | Magnus Carlsen | 8.5 |
| 3 | Wesley So | 7.5 |
| 4 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 7 |
| 5 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 5.5 |
| 6 | Anish Giri | 4 |
| 7 | Veselin Topalov | 3.5 |
| 8 | Wang Hao | 3 |
| 9 | Aryan Tari | 3 |
| 10 | Teimour Radjabov | 3 |
Prize Money
The total prize pool for the tournament is 2,500,000 NOK, with the winner receiving 750,000 NOK and the runner-up receiving 400,000 NOK.
#1 NOK 750 000
#2 NOK 400 000
#3 NOK 250 000
#4 NOK 200 000
#5 NOK 180 000
#6 NOK 170 000
#7 NOK 160 000
#8 NOK 140 000
#9 NOK 130 000
#10 NOK 120 000
The money rewards will be split evenly among the participants who have the same number of points. This does not apply to the first prize, though.
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