Thrilla in Bærum

Everything is ready for the unofficial World Fischerandom Chess Championship match between Magnus Carlsen (the current World Chess Champion) and Hikaru Nakamura (the 4th and last unofficial World Fischerandom Chess Champion) which will take place at the Henie Onstad Kunstsenter at Høvikodden in Bærum municipality, Norway from 9 to 14 February 2018. The format will consist of 16 games: 8 one-hour-per-player games over four days, and finally 8 blitz games on the last day, with 900,000 Norwegian kroner (NOK) in prize money for the winner, and 600,000 Norwegian kroner (NOK) for the loser. For further details please visit: http://www.frchess.com/.