{"id":12509,"date":"2025-05-25T17:07:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T17:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/?p=12509"},"modified":"2025-05-26T06:43:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T06:43:35","slug":"the-norway-chess-2025-pairings-are-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/2025\/05\/25\/the-norway-chess-2025-pairings-are-out\/","title":{"rendered":"The Norway Chess 2025 Pairings are Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pairings Are Out for Norway Chess & Norway Chess Women 2025!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Norway<\/p>\n

Photo:<\/strong> 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

Get ready for some epic clashes on the board as the pairings for Norway Chess and Norway Chess Women 2025 have officially been announced!<\/p>\n

Among the most anticipated matchups is the encounter between World No.1 Magnus Carlsen and reigning World Champion Gukesh D. The two will face off in both Round 1 and Round 6 in what promises to be a thrilling highlight of the tournament.<\/p>\n

Over in the women\u2019s field, the reigning Women\u2019s World Champion Ju Wenjun will meet her 2023 challenger Lei Tingjie in the same rounds\u2014adding another layer of intensity to this year\u2019s battles in Stavanger.<\/p>\n

Here is the full pairing schedule:<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Norway Chess 2025 Pairings<\/h3>\n

All rounds begin at 17:00 CET<\/p>\n

Round 1 \u2013 May 26<\/strong>
\nWei Yi vs Erigaisi
\nCaruana vs Nakamura
\nCarlsen vs Gukesh<\/p>\n

Round 2 \u2013 May 27<\/strong>
\nErigaisi vs Gukesh
\nNakamura vs Carlsen
\nWei Yi vs Caruana<\/p>\n

Round 3 \u2013 May 28<\/strong>
\nCaruana vs Erigaisi
\nCarlsen vs Wei Yi
\nGukesh vs Nakamura<\/p>\n

Round 4 \u2013 May 29<\/strong>
\nCarlsen vs Erigaisi
\nGukesh vs Caruana
\nNakamura vs Wei Yi<\/p>\n

Round 5 \u2013 May 31<\/strong>
\nErigaisi vs Nakamura
\nWei Yi vs Gukesh
\nCaruana vs Carlsen<\/p>\n

Round 6 \u2013 June 1<\/strong>
\nErigaisi vs Wei Yi
\nNakamura vs Caruana
\nGukesh vs Carlsen<\/p>\n

Round 7 \u2013 June 2<\/strong>
\nGukesh vs Erigaisi
\nCarlsen vs Nakamura
\nCaruana vs Wei Yi<\/p>\n

Round 8 \u2013 June 3<\/strong>
\nErigaisi vs Caruana
\nWei Yi vs Carlsen
\nNakamura vs Gukesh<\/p>\n

Round 9 \u2013 June 5<\/strong>
\nNakamura vs Erigaisi
\nGukesh vs Wei Yi
\nCarlsen vs Caruana<\/p>\n

Round 10 \u2013 June 6<\/strong>
\nErigaisi vs Carlsen
\nCaruana vs Gukesh
\nWei Yi vs Nakamura<\/p>\n

Norway Chess Women 2025 Pairings<\/h3>\n

Round 1<\/strong>
\nMuzychuk vs Khadem
\nKoneru vs Vaishali
\nLei Tingjie vs Ju Wenjun<\/p>\n

Round 2<\/strong>
\nKhadem vs Ju Wenjun
\nVaishali vs Lei Tingjie
\nMuzychuk vs Koneru<\/p>\n

Round 3<\/strong>
\nKoneru vs Khadem
\nLei Tingjie vs Muzychuk
\nJu Wenjun vs Vaishali<\/p>\n

Round 4<\/strong>
\nLei Tingjie vs Khadem
\nJu Wenjun vs Koneru
\nVaishali vs Muzychuk<\/p>\n

Round 5<\/strong>
\nKhadem vs Vaishali
\nMuzychuk vs Ju Wenjun
\nKoneru vs Lei Tingjie<\/p>\n

Round 6<\/strong>
\nKhadem vs Muzychuk
\nVaishali vs Koneru
\nJu Wenjun vs Lei Tingjie<\/p>\n

Round 7<\/strong>
\nJu Wenjun vs Khadem
\nLei Tingjie vs Vaishali
\nKoneru vs Muzychuk<\/p>\n

Round 8<\/strong>
\nKhadem vs Koneru
\nMuzychuk vs Lei Tingjie
\nVaishali vs Ju Wenjun<\/p>\n

Round 9<\/strong>
\nVaishali vs Khadem
\nJu Wenjun vs Muzychuk
\nLei Tingjie vs Koneru<\/p>\n

Round 10<\/strong>
\nKhadem vs Lei Tingjie
\nKoneru vs Ju Wenjun
\nMuzychuk vs Vaishali<\/p>\n

Catch all the action on various channels, TV2 Sport, Chess.com,<\/a> and Norway Chess\u2019 own broadcast on the following channels: SonyLIV in India<\/a>, Netease Sports in China, Sina Weibo in China, Arena Sport in Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Serbia, and Montenegro, Sportspass in Austria, Switzerland, and Germany.<\/p>\n

Stay tuned as the countdown to Stavanger continues\u2014only days to go until Norway Chess 2025 begins!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Pairings Are Out for Norway Chess & Norway Chess Women 2025! Photo: Carlsen, Nakamura, Caruana, Ju, Lei, Humpy, Anna, Vaishali: Norway Chess \/ Stev Bonhage | Gukesh, Sara: FIDE \/ Maria Emelianova | Erigaisi, Yi: FIDE \/ Michal Walusza Get ready for some epic clashes on the board as the pairings for Norway Chess […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":12307,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12509","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\/12509","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=12509"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12520,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12509\/revisions\/12520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}