GM group
2025 Norway Chess Open - GM group
An open tournament, held between May 26th and June 1st, 2025, for players with an ELO of at least 2000*. 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
Participants must play all nine rounds if they want to make title norms possible.
*Over 2000
Open for players with rating 2000 or higher in liverating or any official FIDE rating list since september 1. 2024.
Schedule
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
17:30 Round 8
Sunday June 1st
14:00 Round 9
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. Note however, that participants in the GM group must play all nine rounds if they want to make title norms possible.
Players with conditions are not allowed a walk-over draw.
Prizes
1st place: 4 000 €
2nd place: 2 500 €
3rd place: 1 500 €
4th place: 1 000 €
5th place: 800 €
6th place: 600 €
7th place: 400 €
8th place: 300 €
Best female player: 400 €
2nd best female player: 300 €
Best u/2400: 400 €
Best u/2200: 400 €
Best senior: 400 €
Prizes
The GM Open Tournament has a total prize fund of 13 000€, and all top prizes are shared in case of equal points.
Both female prizes can be won by the same player, and the ELO prize can only be won by participants playing eight or nine games. Lastly, to compete for the best senior prize, a player must be born in 1975 or an earlier year.
Entry fee
Entry fees in the GM group are free for players with a GM, IM or WGM title, and for other players with an ELO of at least 2400 in the official rating list of May 2025.
Other players with an ELO of 2300–2399 and players with a WIM title will pay 100 Euros, while players with an ELO of 2150-2299 pay 150 Euros and players with an ELO below 2150 pay 200 Euros.
Players born 2004 or later will get a 20 Euros junior discount on the entry fee.
Entry fee can be paid to:
Account no (for norwegians): 97103403743
IBAN: NO94 97103403743
BIC/Swift: DNBANOKKXXX
Bank Name: DNB Bank ASA / Sbanken
Arbiters
Chief Arbiter IA: Kristoffer Gressli
Deputy Chief IA: TBA
Arbiter: John Breiland and Terje Holten
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 GM Tournament, you can enter for free to watch the the Norway Chess and Norway Chess Women’s supertournaments.
