Norway Chess Tournament 2024 Standings After Round 7

  • GM Hikaru Nakamura closed the gap to Norway Chess 2024 leader GM Magnus Carlsen down to to half a point after winning an armageddon game in Round 7
  • Indian GM Pragg beats Liren in Norway Chess round 7 armageddon match after Ling drew his game and ended his loosing streak
  • GM Alireza Firouzja won his armageddon game in Round 7 against GM Fabiano Caruana

Norway Chess Round 7 Results

Player 1ResultPlayer 2
Hikaru Nakamura 1.5-1 Magnus Carlsen
Fabiano Caruana 1-1.5Alireza Firouzja
R Praggnanandhaa 1.5-1 Ding Liren

Norway Chess Standings after Round 7

RankNameWinsPoints
1 Magnus Carlsen 313
2 Hikaru Nakamura 212.5
3 Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu 211
4 Alireza Firouzja 19.5
5 Fabiano Caruana 17.5
6 Ding Liren 03.5

Round 8 Pairings

Magnus Carlsen vs Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu

Ding Liren vs Fabiano Caruana

Alireza Firouzja vs Hikaru Nakamura

Norway Chess Women’s Round 7 Results

  • Koneru Humpy defeated Vaishali Rameshbabu in Round 7 game.
  • GM Lei Tingjie defeated GM Pia Cramling in armageddon.
  • GM Anna Muzychuk, current leader of Women’s Norway Chess after becoming the first player to win a match against Women’s World Champion Ju Wenjun.
Player 1ResultPlayer 2
Koneru Humpy 3-0 Vaishali Rameshbabu
Pia Cramling 1-1.5 Lei Tingjie
Anna Muzychuk 1.5-1 Ju Wenjun

Norway Chess Women’s Standings after Round 7

RankNameWinsPoints
1Anna Muzychuk 212
2 Ju Wenjun 111.5
3 Vaishali Rameshbabu 210
4 Lei Tingjie 08.5
5 Koneru Humpy 18
6 Pia Cramling 05.5

Women’s Round 8 Fixtures

Vaishali Rameshbabu vs Anna Muzychuk

Ju Wenjun vs Pia Cramling

Lei Tingjie vs Koneru Humpy