Norway Chess is one of world’s most prestigious chess tournaments annually hosting a tournament with the global top players.
Every year, the chess elite meets in Stavanger to participate in this action-packed tournament, and for many players it is perhaps the most attractive tournament they participate in.
Through the Norway Chess tournament, Stavanger has become one of the world’s chess metropolises. This annual event has become an important arena for Stavanger and the rest of the region. The organizer still has ambitious goals such as development and utilization of the opportunities it offers.
2022 Norway Chess Blitz is a 10-player round-robin tournament, held 30th of May in Stavanger, Norway. Blitz tournament functions as a seeding tournament for the classical 2022 Norway Chess tournament.
Time control is 3 minutes for the entire game with a 2-second increment starting from move 1.
2022 Norway Chess is a 10-player Round-robin tournament, held from the 30th of May to the 11th of June in Norway.
If a classical game is drawn, the players play one rapid Armageddon game. In an Armageddon game, black starts with less time on the clock than white, but wins the game even if it is drawn.
Time control is 120 minutes for the entire game with a 10-second increment, beginning from move 40.
Time control for the Armageddon game is 10 minutes for white and 7 minutes for black for the entire game with a 1-second increment starting from move 40.
Participants:
Magnus Carlsen
Viswanathan Anand
Veselin Topalov
Aryan Tari
Wesley So
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Anish Giri
Teimour Radjabov
Maxime Vachier Lagrave
Wang Hao
PGN OF THE GAME:
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 exd4 8. Bf4 a6 9. Bc4 d6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bd5 Nge7 12. Nc4 O-O 13. Bxd6 Re8 14. Bg3 Rf8 15. h3 Nxd5 16. exd5 Ne7 17. Nxd4 Nxd5 18. Nb3 b5 19. Nd6 Nb6 20. Nc5 Ra7 21. b3 Nd7 22. Nce4 Nf6 23. Rc1 Nxe4 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Qg4 Re8 27. Bf4 Rae7 28. Be3 Re6 29. Rd1 b4 30. Rd3 a5 31. Qd1 Nc3 32. Qd2 h5 33. Rd8 Bf6 34. Rxe8+ Rxe8 35. Qd7 Rd8 36. Qc7 Rd5 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Nxa2 39. Qc6 Rd1+ 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. Bh6+ Kxh6 42. Qxf6 Nc3 43. f4 Rd2+ 44. Kh3
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