Altibox Norway Chess 2020 took place between October 5 – 16 in Stavanger, Norway. The tournament was played at Clarion Hotel Energy. The tournament was the only one of its kind to be played after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Magnus Carlsen won the tournament.

The players and the organizers at the prize ceremony

Final Standings:
1. Carlsen 19.5
2. Firouzja 18.5
3. Aronian 17.5
4. Caruana  15.5
5. Duda 9.5
6. Tari 3.5

Round 1 – October 5:
Levon Aronian – Magnus Carlsen 1-1.5 (½-½, 0-1)
Aryan Tari – Fabiano Caruana 0-3
Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Alireza Firouzja 0-3

Round 2 – October 6:
Magnus Carlsen – Alireza Firouzja 1.5-1 (½-½, 1-0)
Fabiano Caruana – Jan-Krzysztof Duda 3-0
Levon Aronian – Aryan Tari 3-0

Round 3 – October 7:
Aryan Tari – Magnus Carlsen 0-3
Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Levon Aronian 0-3
Alireza Firouzja – Fabiano Caruana 1.5-1 (½-½, 1-0)

Round 4 – October 8:
Magnus Carlsen – Fabiano Caruana 3-0
Levon Aronian – Alireza Firouzja 1-1.5 (½-½, 0-1)
Aryan Tari – Jan-Krzysztof Duda 1.5-1 (½-½, 1-0)

Round 5 – October 10:
Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Magnus Carlsen 3-0
Alireza Firouzja – Aryan Tari 3-0
Fabiano Caruana – Levon Aronian 0-3

Round 6 – October 11:
Magnus Carlsen – Jan-Krzysztof Duda 3-0
Aryan Tari – Alireza Firouzja 0-3
Levon Aronian – Fabiano Caruana 0-3

Round 7 – October 12:
Fabiano Caruana – Magnus Carlsen 1-1.5 (½-½, 0-1)
Alireza Firouzja – Levon Aronian 1.5-1 (½-½, 1-0)
Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Aryan Tari 3-0

Round 8 – October 13:
Magnus Carlsen – Aryan Tari 3-0
Levon Aronian – Jan-Krzysztof Duda 1-1.5 (½-½, 0-1)
Fabiano Caruana – Alireza Firouzja 1.5-1 (½-½, 1-0)

Round 9 – October 15:
Alireza Firouzja – Magnus Carlsen 0-3
Jan-Krzysztof Duda – Fabiano Caruana 1-1.5 (½-½, 0-1)
Aryan Tari – Levon Aronian 1-1.5 (½-½, 0-1)

Round 10 – October 16:
Magnus Carlsen – Levon Aronian 0-3
Fabiano Caruana – Aryan Tari 1.5-1 (½-½, 1-0)
Alireza Firouzja – Jan-Krzysztof Duda 3-0

Regulations and prize fund

• 6 players are to take part in the Tournament.
• The Tournament is a double round-robin event. Berger tables will be used for the pairings and drawing of lots will be done at the Players meeting.
• The Tournament consists of 10 rounds. Players play each other twice. Colors are reversed the second time.
• Time control main game:
  Each player will have 120 minutes on the clock with an increment of 10 seconds after move 40. Participant is obliged to record the moves on the score sheet starting from the first move. A player can stop recording the moves when he has less than 5 minutes.
• Time control Armageddon game:
  white has 10 minutes and black has 7 minutes with an increment of 1 second per move, starting from move 41.
• Players are not allowed to agree on a draw until after move 30.
• Points. Players will get following points per round:
  Victory main game: 3 points
  Loss main game: 0 points
  Draw main game & victory Armageddon: 1.5 points
  Draw main game & loss Armageddon: 1 point
• If there is a draw in the classical game then the players will move on to Armageddon within 20 minutes after the draw.
• White pieces will continue with white in Armageddon.
  With this, there will be a winner in each game due to the fact that black pieces will win if the game ends in a draw.
• In case of shared first place, there will be a blitz play-off to decide the winner. If two players share first place, there will be a 2-game match with 3 min. + 2 sec increment for each move. If this match ends in a tie, there will be an Armageddon game where white has 5 minutes and black has 4 minutes with an increment of 3 seconds per move, starting from move 61 with draw odds. If more than two players share first place, there will be a double round-robin with the following tiebreaks:
  A: Sonneborn-Berger points.
  B: Most wins.
  C: Most wins with the black pieces.
  D: Drawing of lots.
• Tiebreak for the main tournament.
  A: Sonneborn-Berger points.
  B: Most wins.
  C: Most wins with the black pieces.

The total prize fund of the Tournament was 1.810.000 Norwegian kroner (NOK).

For photos, please visit the Norway Chess Facebook page.