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.
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