Norway Chess 2024 was 12th edition of annual chess tournament held in Stavanger from May 27 to June 7, 2024. The field consisted of six players, including world number one and eventual winner Magnus Carlsen, world champion Ding Liren and defending champion Hikaru Nakamura. Simultaneously, an inaugural edition of Norway Chess Women took place, which included reigning women's world champion Ju Wenjun, who took the title.
Organization As well as previous editions since 2019, 2024 Norway Chess used a format that included armageddons in case of a draw in a classical game. Scoring system remained the same, victory in classical was rewarded by 3 points, 1½ points for an armageddon win, 1 points for loss in an armageddon and 0 points for classical loss.
Participants Open PlayerRatingRankingMay 2024 Magnus Carlsen28301 Fabiano Caruana28052 Hikaru Nakamura27943 Ding Liren27627 R Praggnanandhaa274714 Alireza Firouzja273716
Women PlayerRatingRankingMay 2024 Ju Wenjun25592 Lei Tingjie25483 Humpy Koneru25455 Anna Muzychuk250510 Vaishali Rameshbabu248913 Pia Cramling244926
Standings Open Section {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+12th Norway Chess, 29 May – 7 June 2024, Stavanger, Norway, Category XXII (2779) ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! Points |-style="background:#ccffcc;" | 1 || align=left | || 2830 || || 1½ 1 || 0 1½ || 3 1½ || 3 1½|| 1½ 3 || 17½ |- | 2 || || 2794 || 1 1½ || || 3 1 || 1½ 1 || 1½ 1|| 3 1 || 15½ |- | 3 || align=left | || 2747 || 3 1 || 0 1½ || || 1½ 1 || 3 1 || 1 1½ || 14½ |- | 4 || align=left | || 2737 || 0 1|| 1 1½|| 1½ 1|| || 1½ 1½ || 3 1½|| 13½ |- | 5 || align=left | || 2805 || 0 1 || 1 1½|| 0 1½|| 1 1|| || 3 1½ || 11½ |- | 6 || align=left | || 2762 || 1 0 || 0 1½|| 1½ 1|| 0 1|| 0 1|| || 7
Women's Section {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+1st Norway Chess Women, 29 May – 7 June 2024, Stavanger, Norway, Category IX (2466) ! !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! Points |-style="background:#ccffcc;" | 1 || align=left | || 2559 || || 1½ 1 || 3 1½ || 1½ 3 || 1½ 1½ || 3 1½ || 19 |- | 2 || align=left | || 2505 || 1½ 1 || || 1 1½ || 1 1 || 1½ 3 || 3 1½ || 16 |- | 3 || align=left | || 2548 || 1 0 || 1 1½ || || 3 1 || 3 1 || 1½ 1½ || 14½ |- | 4 || align=left | || 2489 || 0 1 || 1½ 1½ || 1½ 0 || || 3 0 || 1 3 || 12½ |- | 5 || align=left | || 2545 || 1 1 || 0 1 || 1½ 0 || 3 0 || || 1 1½ || 10 |- | 6 || align=left | || 2449 || 1 0 || 1 0 || 1 1 || 1 1½ || 0 1½ || || 8
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