Norway Chess full schedule: After Gukesh vs Magnus Carlsen on Monday, here are key dates to track | Chess News
The 2025 edition of Norway Chess starts off with a blockbuster clash between reigning world champion Gukesh and the world no 1 Magnus Carlsen at Stavanger in Norway on Monday. The clash sees the 18-year-old from Chennai face off against the man from Norway who abdicated the throne without a pawn marching down the chessboard in 2023 for the first time since 2023. “Whether it’s against Gukesh or somebody else here, I’m not really quite sure what to expect from those games in particular,” Carlsen said at the press conference on Sunday. “I certainly want to do well in those games and he (Gukesh) does as well.”
Carlsen indicated that since he rarely plays classical chess these days, he expected to start slow.
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“It’s going to take a little time for me to get into the speed of the game. I don’t expect necessarily to be at my sharpest in the first couple of games. I feel like I’m never that unless I’ve had very recent playing experience. I hope in a week from now, I’ll be in great shape,” Magnus Carlsen said.
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Gukesh, on the other hand, comes into the tournament on the back of an slump in form in 2025.
“After the World Championship, out of the tournaments that I played, Wijk aan Zee was really good. After that, none of the tournaments have been actually good. But now I’m back to working, and training hard. So, it’s just that if I continue to do the right thing and stay consent, then the results will improve. Certainly, as compared to the first couple of months after the World Championship, I’ve started training more seriously. These kind of things happen, bad tournaments, they keep happening,” Gukesh said at the press conference on Sunday. Story continues below this ad
World champion Gukesh is interviewed WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili at Stavanger ahead of the Norway Chess tournament.(Express Photo Amit Kamath)
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Important dates to note involving Indians
Round 1 – May 26Wei Yi vs Arjun ErigaisiMagnus Carlsen vs GukeshKoneru Humpy vs Vaishali
Round 2 – May 27Arjun Erigaisi vs GukeshVaishali vs Lei TingjieAnna Muzychuk vs Koneru Humpy
Round 3 – May 28Fabiano Caruana vs Arjun ErigaisiGukesh vs Hikaru NakamuraKoneru Humpy vs Sara KhademJu Wenjun vs VaishaliStory continues below this ad
Round 4 – May 29Magnus Carlsen vs Arjun ErigaisiGukesh vs Fabiano CaruanaJu Wenjun vs Koneru HumpyVaishali vs Anna Muzychuk
Round 5 – May 31Arjun Erigaisi vs Hikaru NakamuraWei Yi vs GukeshKhadem vs VaishaliKoneru Humpy vs Lei Tingjie
Round 6 – June 1Arjun Erigaisi vs Wei YiGukesh vs Magnus CarlsenVaishali vs Koneru Humpy
Round 7 – June 2Gukesh vs Arjun ErigaisiLei Tingjie vs VaishaliKoneru Humpy vs Anna MuzychukStory continues below this ad
Round 8 – June 3Arjun Erigaisi vs Fabiano CaruanaHikaru Nakamura vs GukeshKhadem vs KoneruVaishali vs Ju Wenjun
Round 9 – June 5Hikaru Nakamura vs Arjun ErigaisiGukesh vs Wei YiVaishali vs Sara KhademLei Tingjie vs Koneru Humpy
Round 10 – June 6Arjun Erigaisi vs Magnus CarlsenFabiano Caruana vs GukeshKoneru Humpy vs Ju WenjunAnna Muzychuk vs Vaishali
(The writer is in Stavanger at the invitation of Norway Chess)
