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Norway Chess & Norway Chess Women’s Tournament
Stavanger, Norway, May 26 – June 6, 2025
Tournament Regulations
FIDE’s Laws of Chess will apply.
Format
6 players will take part in the Tournament.
The Tournament is a double-round event with Armageddon in case of a tie.
The Tournament consists of 10 rounds.
Berger tables will be used for the pairings.
Drawing of lots will be done at the Technical Meeting.
Default time is 15 minutes.
Time Control
Each player will have 120 minutes on the clock with an increment of 10 seconds starting from move 41.
The time control for the Armageddon game: white has 10 minutes and black has 7 minutes with an increment for both players of 1 second per move, starting from move 41.
Draw by Mutual Agreement
Players are not allowed to agree to a draw until at least 30 moves have been made by each player. This rule does not apply to Armageddon games.
Armageddon
If the classical game is drawn, an Armageddon game will be played. It shall start within 20 minutes of the conclusion of the classical game. The player with white pieces will continue with white in Armageddon. If the Armageddon game is drawn, black will win.
Points
Players will get the following points per round:
Tie-breaks
If two players share the first place, there will be a Play-off to decide the winner. This Play-off consists of a two-game blitz match with the time control of 3 min. + 2 sec. increment per move.
If this match ends in a tie, a further match will be played.
If this match ends in a tie, there will be an Armageddon game where White has 10 minutes and Black, with draw odds, has 7 minutes both with an increment of 1 second per move, starting from move 41.
If more than two players share first place, there will be a double round-robin tournament with the time control of 3 min. + 2 sec. increment per move.
In case of a tie between players in the double round-robin tournament, the classical games results will be used to resolve the tie according to the following:
1. Direct Encounter,
2. Sonneborn-Berger,
3. Koya System,
4. Extended Koya System (the number of points achieved against all participants who have scored at least 55% of the maximum possible tournament score),
5. Drawing of lots.
*Organisers reserve the right to make changes in the regulations before the start of the tournament. All possible changes will be announced during the technical meeting on May 26th.