{"id":12683,"date":"2025-06-01T10:13:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T10:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/?p=12683"},"modified":"2025-06-01T10:15:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T10:15:43","slug":"remarkable-fifth-round-at-norway-chess-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/2025\/06\/01\/remarkable-fifth-round-at-norway-chess-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Remarkable Fifth Round at Norway Chess 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Magnus Carlsen extends lead after round 5<\/h3>\n

Round 5 of Norway Chess 2025 delivered gripping action across all boards.<\/strong><\/p>\n

While all three classical games ended in draws, the intensity remained high as each matchup progressed to Armageddon. The games, Arjun Erigaisi against Hikaru Nakamura, Wei Yi against World Champion Dommaraju Gukesh, and Fabiano Caruana against Magnus Carlsen ended in hard-fought draws. Arjun Erigaisi, Wei Yi and Magnus Carlsen triumphed in their Armageddon games, earning the crucial extra points.<\/p>\n

With his Armageddon win, Magnus Carlsen continues to lead the standings, reinforcing his commanding presence in this year\u2019s event. The tournament continues tomorrow with Round 6, featuring the highly anticipated rematch between World Champion Dommaraju Gukesh and World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen.<\/p>\n

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Koneru Humpy takes the lead at Norway Chess Women<\/h3>\n

The Norway Chess Women\u2019s tournament saw another exciting day with a decisive win for Vaishali Rameshbabu against Sarasadat Khademalsharieh. It marked her first classical victory of this year\u2019s version Norway Chess.<\/p>\n

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The two remaining games Anna Muzychuk against World Champion Wenjun Ju, and Humpy Koneru against Lei Tingjie, were decided in Armageddon, emphasizing the intense competition in the women’s field, where each point is crucial.<\/p>\n

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Wenjun Ju and Humpy Koneru prevailed in their Armageddon games, earning the important extra points.<\/p>\n

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Photos:<\/strong> Norway Chess \/ Michal Walusza<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Magnus Carlsen extends lead after round 5 Round 5 of Norway Chess 2025 delivered gripping action across all boards. While all three classical games ended in draws, the intensity remained high as each matchup progressed to Armageddon. The games, Arjun Erigaisi against Hikaru Nakamura, Wei Yi against World Champion Dommaraju Gukesh, and Fabiano Caruana against […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":12684,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12683","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\/12683","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=12683"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12698,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12683\/revisions\/12698"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/norwaychess.no\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}