The star-studded line-up of Norway Chess Tournament 2022 is witnessing the remergence of Chess legend Vishy Anand, we take a look at the latest results, standings, participants, format, schedule, prize money and other details of the tournament
Norway Chess Tournament’s tenth edition is taking place in a brand-new location. Finansparken, the headquarters of SR-Bank in Bjergsted, outside Stavanger, is hosting the competition.
Norway Chess Tournament 2022 Results Today, Standings, Round 3 Schedule, Date, Time, Live Score, Points Table, Tickets And Prize Money
Norway Chess 2022 Schedule, Date, Format, and Players
Every day, the matches will begin at 5 p.m. local time and continue until 9:30 p.m. local time. Meanwhile, the blitz event will take place from 6 p.m. local time on the first day to 9 p.m. local time on the second day. The tickets can be purchased 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
Ten participants are competing in the competition. The Tournament is a round-robin format with Armageddon. Berger tables are being used to make the pairings. A lot is drawn at the technical meeting. In this tournament, a blitz event precedes nine traditional rounds.
Each player will have 120 minutes on the clock after move 40, with a 10-second increment. If the traditional game ends in a tie, the players will be summoned to Armageddon within 20 minutes of the conclusion of the draw. Each game will have a winner since the black pieces will win if the game ends in a tie.
Winning the main game will get the player three points. Meanwhile, if a player draws in the main game but wins Armageddon, he will receive 1.5 points.
The full schedule, pairing, standings and results of the tournament can be found here.
Norway Chess 2022 Round 2 Results, Latest Standings, And Brilliance of Anand
Indian Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand won his second game in a row in the Norway Chess competition, defeating Bulgarian Veselin Topalov in the Classical group to grab the lead. In the battle of the veterans, the 52-year-old Anand defeated his opponent in 36 moves to make it two out of two in the second round late on Wednesday.
With six points, the five-time world champion has taken the lead. Following a fourth-place result in the Blitz event, he won the Classical tournament against France’s Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. American Wesley So, who won the Blitz event before the classical part, beat world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen in the Armageddon (Sudden Death) game to finish second behind Anand after their regular game ended in a draw.
Anand, who had previously defeated Carlsen in the blitz event, resumed his winning streak. The Indian ace ascended to ninth place in the world live rating list after defeating his long-time opponent. Currently, Vishy Anand is 1.5 points ahead of nearest rival Wesley So and 3 points ahead of Anish Giri.
Prize Money
The overall prize pool for the Tournament is 2,500,000 NOK, which is distributed as per the below list:
#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
Money prizes will be distributed equally among the players with the same amount of points. However, this will not apply for the first prize.
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