Vitaly Kunin is the winner of Norway Chess Open 2025. Vitaly Kunin collected 7,0/9, the same points as Lev Yankelevich and Torben Knuedel, but won on better tiebreak.
This year’s edition of Norway Chess Open brought together 190+ players from 34+ countries, including 45+ titled players across the GM and ELO groups. Held from 26 May to 1 June 2025 at IMI Forum, Stavanger, this was a week of big battles and breakout moments.
More tournaments: The Chess Calendar / Top events / Calendar Europe
Norway Chess Open GM Group
1st: GM Vitaly Kunin
2nd: GM Lev Yankelevich
3rd: FM Torben Knuedel
4th: GM Platon Halperin
5th: GM Vitaly Sivuk 6th:
IM Aaron Alonso Garcia
7th: GM Elham Amar
8th: IM Aksel Bu Kvaløy
Best Female Player: IM Shri B Savitha
2nd Best Female: GM Jiner Zhu
Best U2400: IM Mads Vestby-Ellingsen Best U2200: FM Yihe Fu Best Senior: GM Eduardas Rozentalis
Norm Achievements
FM Torben Knuedel – WIM norm
Hao(zj) Wang – WIM norm
FM Mahitosh Dey – IM norm
WFM H G Pragnya – WIM norm
WFM Agnesa Stepania Ter-Avetisjana – WIM norm
Norway Chess Open – ELO Group
1st: Snorri Vikanes Bjarnason 2nd: Michael Ferzli 3rd: Jonas Gryte
Best Female Player: Olha Apostolakii
Best U1800: Anthony Khalife
Best U1600: Dmytro Gusyev
Best Senior: Christian Tunge
Norway Chess Open final standings
| Player Name | Rating | Points |
| GM Vitaly Kunin | 2497 | 7 |
| GM Lev Yankelevich | 2422 | 7 |
| FM Torben Knuedel | 2319 | 7 |
| GM Platon Galperin | 2494 | 6.5 |
| GM Vitaly Sivuk | 2501 | 6.5 |
| IM Aaron Alonso Garcia | 2454 | 6.5 |
| GM Elham Amar | 2569 | 6.5 |
| IM Aksel Bu Kvaløy | 2479 | 6 |
| Hao(zj) Wang | 2418 | 6 |
| IM Mads Vestby-Ellingsen | 2382 | 6 |
| GM Frode Olav Olsen Urkedal | 2562 | 6 |
| IM Chakravarty Sanket | 2303 | 6 |
| GM Eduardas Rozentalis | 2470 | 6 |
| GM Gergely Kantor | 2581 | 6 |
| GM Torbjørn Ringdal Hansen | 2407 | 6 |
| GM Kjetil A. Lie | 2493 | 6 |
| IM Shri B Savitha | 2298 | 6 |
| FM Mahitosh Dey | 2240 | 5.5 |
| FM Yihe Fu | 2123 | 5.5 |
| GM Jiner Zhu | 2541 | 5.5 |
| IM Frode Elsness | 2416 | 5.5 |
| FM K Adharsh | 2322 | 5.5 |
| FM Reyaansh Chakrabarty | 2346 | 5.5 |
| FM Supratit Banerjee | 2312 | 5.5 |
| FM Indy Southcott-Moyers | 2292 | 5 |
| FM Kush Bhagat | 2279 | 5 |
| Srikant Koduri Advaitt | 1988 | 5 |
| FM Håvard Haug | 2354 | 5 |
| FM Dion Krivenko | 2243 | 5 |
| WFM H G Pragnya | 1929 | 5 |
| IM Vladimir Poley | 2284 | 5 |
| CM Nikolai A. Grebennikov | 2199 | 5 |
| FM Feliks Tulchynskyi | 2380 | 5 |
| WFM Agnesa Stepania Ter-Avetisjana | 2185 | 5 |
| IM Marta Garcia Martin | 2324 | 5 |
| FM Martin Holten Fiskaaen | 2292 | 5 |
| FM Evsuld Myagmarsuren | 2292 | 5 |
| Andrei Eugeniu Costache | 1952 | 5 |
| FM Niilo Man Nissinen | 2301 | 5 |
| IM Yang-Fan Zhou | 2425 | 5 |
| FM Nikita Nechitaylo | 2261 | 5 |
| Nihal Swarna | 2228 | 5 |
| David Mindestrømmen Simonsen | 2104 | 5 |
| Harry Z Zheng | 2149 | 4.5 |
| CM Neeraj Harish | 2192 | 4.5 |
| CM Leonardo Vincenti | 2120 | 4.5 |
| Mogens Thuesen | 2129 | 4.5 |
| Stanislav Hohelj | 2300 | 4.5 |
| FM Sergey Eliseev | 2254 | 4.5 |
| IM Erik Hedman | 2272 | 4.5 |
| Uli Weller | 2223 | 4.5 |
| IM Mykola Chernetskiy | 2198 | 4.5 |
| FM Ethan Pang | 2226 | 4 |
| WFM Charvi A | 2056 | 4 |
| CM Carl Fredrik Johansson | 2171 | 4 |
| CM Daniel Abrahams | 2112 | 4 |
| Luke Leon Robin Anatol | 2007 | 4 |
| Simao Pintor | 2021 | 4 |
| Arn-Tore Haugsdal | 1950 | 4 |
| FM Jan Pubantz | 2315 | 4 |
| Tianyi (jack) Liu | 2112 | 4 |
| Gur Azikri | 1982 | 4 |
| WGM Alserkal Rouda Essa | 2147 | 4 |
| Franck Gouanelle | 2024 | 3.5 |
| Lokesh Bhakti Brahme Avadhoot | 2081 | 3.5 |
| Christian Strahl | 2059 | 3.5 |
| Felix Wiger-Nordås | 1924 | 3.5 |
| Astor Moe Maurstad | 1933 | 3.5 |
| WFM Mariana Silva | 2035 | 3.5 |
| Lucia Follana Albelda | 2022 | 3.5 |
| Maxime Muller | 2023 | 3.5 |
| Fredrik Elsness | 2111 | 3.5 |
| Moritz Gentemann | 2242 | 3.5 |
| Ask Amundsen | 2009 | 3.5 |
| Ruijia Zhang | 1970 | 3.5 |
| Joachim Beisteiner | 2109 | 3.5 |
| CM Achyuth Aravindhan | 2098 | 3.5 |
| Joaquin Aarts | 1990 | 3 |
| FM Richard Stranz | 2075 | 3 |
| CM Guillaume Machin | 2069 | 3 |
| Tomasz Lewandrowski | 1979 | 3 |
| Lukas Dominik Gåsland | 1997 | 3 |
| FM Eivind Olav Risting | 2302 | 3 |
| Kirill Guretchii | 2094 | 3 |
| Guohao Li | 2355 | 3 |
| Even Huneide Hetland | 2025 | 2.5 |
| CM Jan Enrique Zepeda Berlanga | 1941 | 2.5 |
| Isai Sivaparan | 1997 | 2.5 |
| Mauro Pivi | 1997 | 2 |
| Rohan Gore | 2110 | 2 |
| Sigur H. Myny | 2014 | 1.5 |
| Aksel Elias Gjersvik | 1978 | 1 |
