Chess
World champion D Gukesh set to take on Top 3 at Norway Chess 2025
This year’s Norway Chess promises intense battles as the youngest world champion, D Gukesh, takes on the world’s top 3 players.
Gukesh Dommaraju (Photo Credit: Eng Chin An/FIDE)
World champion D Gukesh and India’s No. 1 Arjun Erigaisi are set to compete at the Norway Chess, starting May 26-June 6, in Stavanger, Norway.
Gukesh will take on the world’s top three players, including World No. 1 Magnus Carlsen, World No. 2 Fabiano Caruana and World No. 2 Hikaru Nakamura.
R. Vaishali and Koneru Humpy are the two other Indian players competing at the event. This will be the second time women will feature in the Norway Chess. Last year, Vaishali and Humpy finished fourth and fifth respectively
Arjun and China’s No.1 Wei Yi will make their debut at the Norway Chess.
The prestigious tournament will also feature Carlsen, Caruana, Nakamura, and World No. 9 Wei Yi.
This is one of the strongest line-ups in a chess tournament ever, with four of them with a rating over 2800 – the average rating across players is 2795.
Homeboy Carlsen is the defending champion and the most successful player in the tournament, having won the title six times. Caruana won it twice.
Indians are yet to win the Norway Chess. Only Viswanathan Anand came close as he made a runner-up finish in 2015. Gukesh and Praggnanandhaa finished third in 2023 and 2024, respectively.
The tournament will consist of 10 rounds, with rest days scheduled for May 30 and June 4.
