The 4th day of the Norway Chess Women 2026 in Oslo has concluded. After 4 rounds, Bibisara Assaubayeva leads with 7 points, while Anna Muzychuk is in second place with 5.5 points.

🇮🇳 Divya Deshmukh and 🇺🇦 Anna Muzychuk played Armageddon after a drawn Classical game. Anna attacked Deshmukh’s Queen with her Queen on move 38. Divya ignored the attack, moved a pawn in 21 seconds, and resigned on the same move. Muzychuk played the game with 87.6 accuracy, while Deshmukh’s was 83.4.

The current standings are:

Place Player Score
1. 🇰🇿 GM Bibisara Assaubayeva 7
2. 🇺🇦 GM Anna Muzychuk 5.5
3. 🇮🇳 GM Divya Deshmukh 5.5
4. 🇨🇳 GM Zhu Jiner 5.5
5. 🇨🇳 GM Ju Wenjun 4
6. 🇮🇳 GM Humpy Koneru 3

The Norway Chess Women 2026 takes place from May 25 to June 5, at the Deichman Bjorvika public library, Oslo. 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.

Credit: Michal Walusza / Norway Chess