ELO group
Norway Chess Open - ELO group
26 May -1 June, 2025
IMI Forum, Stavanger
Registration is open!
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
If you are above 2000 rating, and wish to make a title norm, you should choose the GM group
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
1st place: 500 €
2nd place: 400 €
3rd place: 300 €
Best female player: 200 €
Best u/1800: 200 €
Best u/1600: 200 €
Best senior: 200 €
Prizes
The ELO Open Tournament has a total prize fund of 2 000 €, and all top prizes are shared in case of equal points.
To compete for the best senior prize, a player must be born in 1975 or an earlier year.
Entry fee
Entry fees in the ELO Group are 100 euros (1.100 NOK).
For players born 2005 or later the group fee are 80 euros (880 NOK).
Entry fee can be paid to:
Account no (for norwegians): 97103403743
IBAN: NO94 97103403743
BIC/Swift: SBAKNOBBXXX
Bank Name: DNB Bank ASA / Sbanken
Beneficiary: Kristoffer Gressli
Arbiters
Chief Arbiter: IA Kristoffer Gressli
Deputy Chiefs: IA Johannes Kvisla, IA Truls Jørgensen
Arbiters: John Breiland, Terje Holten, Anna Matysiak, Tallak Nærland, Leiv Ove Bollestad
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.
