Tournament information
Norway Chess Open 2025
26 May -1 June, 2025
IMI Forum, Stavanger
Information
Details
Rounds
9 rounds Swiss tournament in 7 days, Two double rounds
Time control
90' for 40 moves and then 30' for the rest of the game, with a 30'' increment from move 1
Title norm
Two groups: Over and under 2000 rating
Default Time
The Default Time is 1 hour. After which the player loses the game.
Live Games
Approx 50 games will be live broadcasted via the electronic scoresheet app Clono
Blitz Tournament
On Saturday 31st @12:00 it's a FIDE rated blitz tournament. More information here.
Schedule
9 rounds in 7 days, with 2 double rounds, and no free day. Players finding this schedule too hard are welcome to request a walk-over draw for one or two games within the first seven rounds.
Friday May 23rd
Online check-in via e-mail becomes available.
All participants will get an e-mail with instructions
Monday May 26th
1400-1600 Registration
1730 Round 1
Tuesday May 27th
17:30 Round 2
Wednesday May 28th
17:30 Round 3
Thursday May 29th
10:00 Round 4
17:30 Round 5
Friday May 30th
10:00 Round 6
17:30 Round 7
Saturday May 31st
12:00 Norway Chess Open Blitz
17:30 Round 8
Sunday June 1st
14:00 Round 9
Prize Giving Ceremony as soon as the round is complete. Approx 19:30
Prizes
Entry fee
Results and registered participants
All results and participants can be found on the TournamentService page:
Norway Chess Open 2025 – Tournament Service (external link)
Venue
The playing venue is IMI Forum (Gunnar Warebergs gate 15, 4021 Stavanger), and is a short walk from the hotel.
The playing hotel offers participants and their accompanying persons a discounted price for hotel rooms with breakfast buffet.
Hotel
The hotel is Clarion Hotel Energy
Address: Ishockeyveien 2, 4021 Stavanger
Cost each night:
Single room – 1290 NOK
Double room – 1490 NOK
Triple room – 1790 NOK
The discount is valid for rooms between the days of the tournament.
We recommend players to book hotel rooms as soon as possible, as room shortage might be a problem the last weeks before the tournament.
Norway Chess
As a participant in the Norway Chess Open ELO Tournament, you can enter for free to watch the the Norway Chess and Norway Chess Women’s supertournaments.
