The Norway Chess 2026 starts tomorrow at the Deichman Bjorvika public library in Oslo, running from May 25 to June 5. First round begins at 3:00 PM UTC. The Open and Women tournaments combined will feature 12 players from 8 countries.

Open tournament players:

• GM Magnus Carlsen
• GM Alireza Firouzja
• GM Vincent Keymer
• GM Gukesh Dommaraju
• GM R Praggnanandhaa
• GM Wesley So

Women tournament players:

• Anna Muzychuk
• Bibisara Assaubayeva
• Divya Deshmukh
• Koneru Humpy
• Ju Wenjun
• Zhu Jiner

The event features a 120+0 time control for the first 40 moves and a 10-second increment starting from move 41. The format is a double Round-Robin between 6 players. If the game ends in a draw, the players play Armageddon.

Norway Chess is an annual international tournament, first launched in 2013 in the city of Stavanger. The event moved to the capital of Norway, Oslo, for the 2026 and future editions. The 2025 edition of the tournament was won by Magnus Carlsen, for the 7th time.

Credit: Michal Walusza