If you ever wondered how you could put your board game and party games skills to good use, then you should hit up the SCRABBLE Blitz Tournament in Lagrange.
If you ever wondered how you could put your board game and party games skills to good use, then you should hit up the SCRABBLE Blitz Tournament in Lagrange.
With players such as Magnus Carlsen, Alireza Firouzja, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri, Wesley So, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Nodirbek Abdusattorov, Gukesh D and Aryan Tari the Norway Chess Tournament 2023 in Stavanger is one of the strongest and most exciting tournaments of the year. It begins on Whit Monday (29 May) with a blitz tournament. The first round of the blitz tournament starts at 19.00 CEST (1 pm ET, 17.00 UTC). Follow the games live.
Norway Chess 2023 begins in Stavanger on Whit Monday (29 May), with Magnus Carlsen having warmed up in Warsaw, but now facing strong, young and hungry opponents in his homeland, including Firouzja, Abdusattorov and Gukesh.
Wesley So and Jan-Krzysztof Duda are sharing the lead after six rounds at the rapid section of the Superbet tournament in Poland. So and Duda have collected 9 points each, and have already faced each other in their round-6 direct encounter, So failed to make the most of a clear advantage. Levon Aronian stands in sole third place, while a winless Magnus Carlsen stands 4 points behind the co-leaders, on 5/12. | Photo: Lennart Ootes