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Nakamura Crosses 2800, World No. 2 As Carlsen, Praggnanandhaa Also Win

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Nakamura Crosses 2800, World No. 2 As Carlsen, Praggnanandhaa Also Win

GM Hikaru Nakamura is rated over 2800 for the first time in nine years after defeating an out-of-sorts GM Ding Liren. He’s also world number-two after GM Fabiano Caruana lost a second game in a row, in a tricky ending against Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu. World number-one Magnus Carlsen completed a day of drama by getting the better of GM Alireza Firouzja in another theoretically drawn endgame.  

GM Vaishali Rameshbabu kept the lead in Women’s Norway Chess by beating GM Lei Tingjie in armageddon, but GM Anna Muzychuk‘s second classical win in a row, this time over GM Pia Cramling, puts her in sole second place, just a point behind the leader. Women’s World Champion Ju Wenjun has won all five matches, in armageddon, but finds herself in third place.

Round six starts Sunday, June 1, at 11 a.m. ET / 17:00 CEST / 8:30 p.m. IST.

This is a flash report — the full report with player comments and analysis will follow! 

Norway Chess Round 5 Results

Open

Standings After Round 5 | Open

GM Rafael Leitao analyzes our Game of the Day, Nakamura’s victory over Ding:

Women

Standings After Round 5 | Women

Round 6 Pairings

Norway Chess 2024 features Open and Women’s six-player tournaments for equal prize funds of 1,690,000 NOK (~$160,000). It runs May 27 to June 7 in Stavanger, with players facing their opponents twice at classical chess (120 minutes/40 moves, with a 10-second increment from move 41). The winner of a classical game gets three points, the loser, zero; after a draw, the players get one point and fight for another half-point in armageddon (10 minutes for White, seven for Black, who has draw odds). 

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