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Norway Chess 2026: ๐ฎ๐ณ Praggnanandhaa R and ๐ฐ๐ฟ Bibisara Assaubayeva win titles
โ๏ธ Norway Chess 2026 brought together the worldโs elite chess players for a super-tournament held from May 25 to June 5 in Oslo, Norway. The event proudly featured two elite tournaments running in parallel: the renowned Norway Chess and Norway Chess Women. Both competitions followed a 6-player double round-robin format with equal prize funds, highlighting a strong commitment to gender equality in chess.
โก A signature of Norway Chess is its distinctive scoring format. When a classical game ends in a draw, an Armageddon game determines the winner, ensuring decisive results in every round.
Norway Chess 2026 concluded in Oslo on Friday with a dramatic final round, as ๐ฎ๐ณ Praggnanandhaa R scored a decisive classical victory to claim the title.
๐ฐ๐ฟ Bibisara Assaubayeva delivered a stellar performance and securing the Norway Chess Women 2026 title with a round to spare.
Read more: https://t.co/cbffUZYz5u
๐ท Michal Walusza / Norway Chess
Another excellent @4NCL season came to an end over the Bank Holiday weekend. Well played to all of the CRS coaches and students who took part and a special mention to Coach Eric for his draw with World Record holder Bodhana in Round 11! โ๏ธ๐
Bodhana extends her own record for highest rating by an 11-year-old girl to 2374! ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
She still has 10 more months to extend it even more!
Tough match in the Division 3 4NCLO Finals tonight. We fought back, after losing to Bromley 3-1 in the pools. Many thanks to our squad: James, Yuk Hei, Savvas, Alex, Ishaan and Angelos! ๐
On this day in 1982: the 10th round of the London (Phillips & Drew) international. Among the pairings: Anatoly Karpov v. John Nunn, Efim Geller v. Boris Spassky & Ulf Andersson v. Larry Christiansen.
(๐ท: H. Svedbark. Original colour.) #chess
Yesterday, the Jonathan Hawkins Memorial Rapidplay took place. FM Stanley Badacsonyi, won with a perfect score of 6/6. Hawkins was a former coach and friend to Stanley and his brother, Frankie, making this a very poignant victory. #chess#englishchess
Erling Haaland has made a major investment in a new chess world championship tour, which is expected to star Magnus Carlsen.
Haaland wore a Norway Chess cap as he entered the London Stadium last Saturday after signing deal โ without anyone noticing.
https://t.co/O6z4cINtPt
The chesscom thing disconnected me and gave me a 0 point bye in round 8 of their event where only 2 places qualify and everyone is within half a point of each other :) my internet didn't drop out, I was active in the play zone and as soon as the break timer ended it auto forfeits me. Pretty sure I'm not the only one affected by this bug too. It doesn't even give a time penalty, just instantly forfeits you.
Today is International Womenโs Day.
Chess is for everyone, and weโre celebrating the women shaping the game.
We are proud of the impact women and girls have on our chess community and grateful to all who champion their progress.
#InternationalWomensDay#WomenInChess