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- Magnus Carlsen is bookies favourite to win the upcoming Norway Chess 2024 tournament
- Last year's winner Hikaru Nakamura is the second favourite in the betting odds
- This year's edition of Norway Chess will feature a Women's Tournament
Magnus Carlsen is bookies favourite to win the upcoming Norway Chess 2024 tournament
Betting is now available on the Norway Chess 2024 tournament with five-time winner Magnus Carlsen the clear favourite at 1/2 to win the event which kicks off later this month.
The 12th edition of the Norway Chess tournament features six players that take part in a double round-robin tournament with 10 rounds of classical games.
Round 1 gets underway on May 29th with the final rounds taking place across the 6th and 7th June so we've got a good chunk of chess to enjoy in the coming weeks.
Bookmakers have Carlsen as the favourite to once again win the Norway Chess tournament with the Norwegian looking to do much better than last year's 6th place performance.
Norway Chess has Amageddon's as part of the format too with any players who draw having to play an Amageddon match afterwards to force a result.
| Norway Chess 2024 Winner | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Magnus Carlsen | 1/2 | 66.7% |
| Hikaru Nakamura | 6/1 | 14.3% |
| Fabiano Caruana | 7/1 | 12.5% |
| Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa | 8/1 | 11.1% |
| Alireza Firouzja | 10/1 | 9.1% |
| Ding Laren | 14/1 | 6.7% |
What the expert says...
Last year's winner Hikaru Nakamura is the second favourite in the betting odds
Hikaru Nakamura was the winner of last year's Norway Chess event with the American Grand Master winning the tournament by just half a point.
Nakamura overtook Fabiano Caruana on a thrilling final day of last year's tournament with Caruana having led ever since the first day.
Take a look below at how Nakamura sealed victory over Caruana in the final of last year's event:
This year's edition of Norway Chess will feature a Women's Tournament
As well as the Open Section of the Norway Chess tournament, this year will have the inaugural women-only version take place.
Bookies are not yet offering odds for this tournament, but it's Ju Wenjun who is the highest rated player going into the event.
Six players will go against each other at the event which takes place at 29 May to 7 June and they are:
- Ju Wenjun (China)
- Lei Tingjie (China)
- Koneru Humpy (India)
- Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine)
- R Vaishali (India)
- Pia Cramling (Sweden)
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