{"id":11979,"date":"2025-01-28T11:27:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T11:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/?p=11979"},"modified":"2025-02-06T09:33:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T09:33:47","slug":"final-lineup-for-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/2025\/01\/28\/final-lineup-for-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Lineup for 2025: Norway Chess and Norway Chess Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Norway Chess is proud to present the final lineup of players for its 2025 tournaments, including the main Norway Chess tournament and the Norway Chess Women tournament. Featuring some of the world\u2019s strongest players, both tournaments promise an intense battle for the title.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11980 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12-players_landscape-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Norway Chess and Norway Chess Women 2025 Lineup\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12-players_landscape-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12-players_landscape-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12-players_landscape-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12-players_landscape-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12-players_landscape-317x178.png 317w, https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/12-players_landscape.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo: Carlsen, Nakamura, Caruana, Ju, Lei, Humpy, Anna, Vaishali: Norway Chess \/ Stev Bonhage | Gukesh, Sara: FIDE \/ Maria Emelianova | Erigaisi, Yi: FIDE \/ Michal Walusza<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Norway Chess 2025 Final Lineup:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Magnus Carlsen (Norway) &#8211; World No. 1<\/li>\n<li>Fabiano Caruana (USA) &#8211; World No. 2<\/li>\n<li>Hikaru Nakamura (USA) &#8211; World No. 3<\/li>\n<li>Arjun Erigaisi (India) &#8211; World No. 4<\/li>\n<li>Gukesh D (India) &#8211; World No. 5<\/li>\n<li>Wei Yi (China) &#8211; World No. 8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Norway Chess Women 2025 Final Lineup:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Ju Wenjun (China) \u2013 World No. 2<\/li>\n<li>Lei Tingjie (China) \u2013 World No. 4<\/li>\n<li>Humpy Koneru (India) \u2013 World No. 6<\/li>\n<li>Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine) \u2013 World No. 8<\/li>\n<li>Vaishali Rameshbabu (India) \u2013 World No. 18<\/li>\n<li>Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (Spain) \u2013 World No. 21<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Exciting Tournament Format<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">Both Norway Chess and Norway Chess Women will feature a 6-player double round-robin format. For the second year in a row, Norway Chess Women will take place and offer an equal prize fund, continuing Norway Chess\u2019s commitment to promoting gender equality in the sport.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Adding to the excitement is the Armageddon Format, ensuring a decisive result in every round. If a classical game ends in a draw, players will immediately compete in a high-pressure Armageddon game to determine the winner.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">A Premier Viewing Experience<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">Norway Chess 2025 promises fans a world-class experience with its live confessional booth, state-of-the-art broadcast studios, extensive international TV coverage, and engaging on-site events for the audience.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Who Will be the Next Norway Chess Champions?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">Norway Chess 2025 brings together the best in the game, and there is no doubt that this year will provide an intense competition.<\/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>Norway Chess is proud to present the final lineup of players for its 2025 tournaments, including the main Norway Chess tournament and the Norway Chess Women tournament. Featuring some of the world\u2019s strongest players, both tournaments promise an intense battle for the title. Photo: Carlsen, Nakamura, Caruana, Ju, Lei, Humpy, Anna, Vaishali: Norway Chess \/ [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":11980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11979","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\/11979","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=11979"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12077,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11979\/revisions\/12077"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}