2024 Norway Chess Open - ELO group

An open tournament, held between May 24th and May 30th, 2024, for all players regardless their rating, Not suitable for title norms

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 1800 rating, and wish to make a title norm, you should choose the GM group

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. 

Prizes

The ELO Open Tournament has a total prize fund of 1,000€, and all top prizes are shared in case of equal points. To compete for the best veteran prize, a player must be born in 1974 or an earlier year.​

Entry fee

Entry fees in the ELO Group are 80 Euros for players born 2004 or later and 100 Euros for all other players.

Arbiters

Chief Arbiter IA: Hans Olav Lahlum
Deputy Chief IA: Henrik Sjøl
Arbiter: John Breiland and Terje Holten 

Venue

Playing venue is Clarion Hotel Energy 
Address: Ishockeyveien 2, 4021 Stavanger

The playing hotel offers participants and their accompanying persons a discounted price for hotel rooms with breakfast buffet.
Cost each night:
Single room – 1190 NOK
Double room – 1390 NOK

The discount is valid for rooms between May 23rd and June 3rd.

We recommend players to book hotel rooms as soon as possible and not later than March 31st, 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.

The 2023 Norway Chess winner, GM Hikaru Nakamura, with the Norway Chess Organisers Kjell Madland & Benedicte Westre Skog

Dates: May 27 – June 7, 2024​

Timetable: Rounds start at 5PM local time

Address: SR-Bank
Christen Tranes Gate 35, 4007 Stavanger​

Ready to start your Norway Chess journey?