{"id":11974,"date":"2025-01-28T11:18:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T11:18:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/?p=11974"},"modified":"2025-02-06T09:34:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T09:34:07","slug":"introducing-the-final-lineup-for-norway-chess-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/2025\/01\/28\/introducing-the-final-lineup-for-norway-chess-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the Final Lineup for Norway Chess 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex-shrink-0 flex flex-col relative items-end\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"pt-0\">\n<div class=\"gizmo-shadow-stroke flex h-8 w-8 items-center justify-center overflow-hidden rounded-full\">\n<div class=\"h-full w-full\">\n<div class=\"gizmo-shadow-stroke overflow-hidden rounded-full\"><strong>We are excited to host six of the world\u2019s top players at Norway Chess 2025! With one of the strongest lineups in chess tournament history, this year promises intense competition and exiting debuts.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11975 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Players-banners_1920x1080-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Norway Chess 2025 final lineup\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Players-banners_1920x1080-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Players-banners_1920x1080-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Players-banners_1920x1080-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Players-banners_1920x1080-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Players-banners_1920x1080-317x178.png 317w, https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Players-banners_1920x1080.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: Carlsen, Nakamura, Caruana: Norway Chess \/ Stev Bonhage, Gukesh: FIDE \/ Maria Emelianova, Erigaisi, Yi: FIDE \/ Michal Walusza<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Final Norway Chess Lineup:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Magnus Carlsen (Norway) \u2013 World No. 1<\/li>\n<li>Fabiano Caruana (USA) \u2013 World No. 2<\/li>\n<li>Hikaru Nakamura (USA) \u2013 World No. 3<\/li>\n<li>Arjun Erigaisi (India) \u2013 World No. 4<\/li>\n<li>Gukesh D (India) \u2013 World No. 5<\/li>\n<li>Wei Yi (China) \u2013 World No. 8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This year\u2019s event promises intense battles as the youngest World Champion, Gukesh D, takes on the world\u2019s top 3 players. Adding to the excitement, India\u2019s No.1 Arjun Erigaisi and China\u2019s No.1 Wei Yi will make their Norway Chess debuts.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Tournament Details<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Norway Chess 2025 will run from <strong>May 26 to June 6<\/strong>, offering 10 days of classical chess with daily rounds in Stavanger, Norway. The event follows a six-player double round-robin format, ensuring competitive and dynamic play throughout.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><strong>Follow us on social media for more updates and insights:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><a title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/norway_chess\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/norway_chess\" data-outlook-id=\"92586daa-a06f-4a13-be0b-0be72129e3dd\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCX_tAmRRY4yniFKRMZ4h1hg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCX_tAmRRY4yniFKRMZ4h1hg\" data-outlook-id=\"f540f7cc-6719-4da0-b664-0f8576098277\">Youtube\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0|\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NorwayChess\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NorwayChess\" data-outlook-id=\"6612b73e-ee43-4e11-9eda-072790c6048b\">X<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@norwaychess\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@norwaychess\" data-outlook-id=\"d93c4312-c79e-409c-93b7-d58858bfc03a\">TikTok<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NorwayChess\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NorwayChess\" data-outlook-id=\"0818b2a0-961b-42e1-9b26-ddc5720db514\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/norway-chess\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/norway-chess\" data-outlook-id=\"44bce339-f131-42d4-9127-0b002af777b7\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited to host six of the world\u2019s top players at Norway Chess 2025! With one of the strongest lineups in chess tournament history, this year promises intense competition and exiting debuts. Photo: Carlsen, Nakamura, Caruana: Norway Chess \/ Stev Bonhage, Gukesh: FIDE \/ Maria Emelianova, Erigaisi, Yi: FIDE \/ Michal Walusza Final Norway [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":11975,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11974"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12078,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11974\/revisions\/12078"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}