Norway Chess, one of many world’s most prestigious chess tournaments hosted yearly in Stavanger, will see Indian prodigy Praggnanandhaa within the six-player open class, going through off in opposition to a few of the greatest names on the earth like World No 1 Magnus Carlsen and present World Champion Ding Liren.
The 18-year-old Pragg is just not the one Indian competing on the occasion: additionally becoming a member of him are Indian Grandmasters Koneru Humpy, Vaishali Rameshbabu, who will each compete within the girls’s part at Norway Chess.
Pragg will pit his wits in opposition to a few of the greatest names in chess: World No 1 Magnus Carlsen, present World Champion Ding Liren, World No 2 Fabiano Caruana, World No 3 Hikaru Nakamura and World No 6 Alireza Firouzja.
Koneru and Vaishali, in the meantime, might be a part of an elite discipline that features Girls’s World Champion Ju Wenjun, World No 4 Lei Tingjie, World No 7 Anna Muzychuk and Pia Cramling.
The occasion has introduced collectively a few of the greatest names on the earth after its inception in 2013.
This 12 months the largest draw at Norway Chess might be to see 18-year-old Praggnanandhaa tackle Magnus Carlsen within the classical format. The duo had famously met within the longer model of the game on the FIDE World Cup remaining, the place Praggnanandhaa had misplaced to Magnus Carlsen, however had secured his spot on the Candidates chess match.
Earlier than Norway Chess, Praggnanandhaa and Magnus Carlsen not too long ago competed in opposition to one another on the Superbet Speedy and Blitz Poland, the place the World No 1 had gained the title regardless of a defeat to Pragg on the penultimate day. After the defeat to Praggnanandhaa, Magnus Carlsen stated his “nervous system had simply collapsed”.
Praggnanandhaa will compete in an elite discipline which incorporates Magnus Carlsen and Ding Liren at Norway Chess 2024. (Pictures courtesy of Grand Chess Tour and Lennart Ootes)
Format of Norway Chess
The Norway Chess even will occur in a double spherical robin format. The classical video games could have a time management of 120 minutes with an increment of 10 seconds after transfer 40.
There’s additionally a provision for Armageddon, the place white will get 10 minutes, black will get 7. After transfer 41, there’s a 1-second increment.
Scoring in Norway Chess
Gamers get three factors for a classical win.
Gamers can even earn 1.5 factors for an Armageddon win, and 1 level for an Armageddon loss.