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{{Infobox chess player
|name = Arjun Erigaisi
|country = [[India]]
|birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|3 September 2003}}
|parents = Dr. E Srinivas Rao (father) E Jyothi Arjun (mother)
|peakrating = 2548 (January 2019)
|FideID = 35009192
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'''Arjun Erigaisi''' (born 3 September 2003)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://chess-db.com/public/pinfo.jsp?id=35009192|title=Erigaisi Arjun chess games and profile - Chess-DB.com|author=|date=|website=chess-db.com|accessdate=20 October 2018}}</ref> is an Indian [[Grandmaster (chess)|chess grandmaster]]. He earned the title of grandmaster at the age of 14 years, 11 months, 13 days making him the 31st youngest person ever to achieve the title of grandmaster.

==Chess career==

Arjun is from [[Telangana]], India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://telanganatoday.com/arjun-erigaisis-fast-track-gm-title|title=Arjun Erigaisi’s fast-track to GM title|author=|date=|website=telanganatoday.com|accessdate=20 October 2018}}</ref> He is the first grandmaster from telangana state. He became a grandmaster in August 2018. He was also the winner of a silver medal in 2015 Asian Youth Championship in Korea.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/Hanamkonda-boy-set-to-create-ripples-in-chess-world/article14546841.ece|title=Hanamkonda boy set to create ripples in chess world|first=V. V.|last=Subrahmanyam|date=2 August 2016|publisher=|accessdate=20 October 2018|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

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Anglo-ägyptische Darfurexpedition

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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict = Anglo-Egyptian Darfur Expedition
| partof = [[World War I]]
| image =[[File:Egypt sudan under british control.jpg|300px]]
| caption = Darfur as a province of the Sudan in 1912
| date =16 March – 6 November 1916
| place = [[Darfur]], now part of [[Sudan]]
|coordinates = {{Coord|13|00|N|25|00|E|display=title}}
| result = {{plainlist|
*Anglo-Egyptian victory
*Darfur becomes a province of Sudan}}
| combatant1 = {{plainlist|
*{{flag|British Empire}}
*{{flagicon image|Flag of Egypt (1882-1922).svg}} [[Sultanate of Egypt]]}}
| combatant2 = {{flagicon image|Bandera Darfur.svg}} [[Sultanate of Darfur]]
| commander1 = {{plainlist|
*{{flagicon|British Empire}} [[Reginald Wingate]]
*{{flagicon|British Empire}} [[Philip James Vandeleur Kelly|Philip Kelly]]}}
| commander2 ={{plainlist|
*{{flagicon image|Bandera Darfur.svg}} [[Ali Dinar]]{{KIA}}
*{{flagicon image|Bandera Darfur.svg}} Ramadan Ali}}
| units1 =Elements of {{plainlist|
*Mounted Infantry
*Camel Corps
*13th Sudanese Infantry
*14th Sudanese Infantry
*14th Egyptian Infantry
*Arab Battalion}}
| units2 = Fur Army
| strength1 =2,000 all ranks
| strength2 ={{plainlist|
*4,000–6,000 riflemen
*unknown number of auxiliaries armed with spears}}
| casualties1 ={{plainlist|
*5 dead
*23 wounded}}
| casualties2 ={{plainlist|
*c. 231 dead
*c. 1,096 wounded.{{#tag:ref|These are the only casualties recorded; the true amount could be greater.|group=nb}}}}
| notes =
| campaignbox = {{Campaignbox North African theatre (World War I)}}
}}
The '''Anglo-Egyptian Darfur Expedition''' of 1916 was a military operation by [[British Empire]] and the [[Sultanate of Egypt]], launched as a preemptive invasion of the [[Sultanate of Darfur]].

The [[sultan]] of [[Darfur]] [[Ali Dinar]] had been reïnstated by the British after their victory in the [[Mahdist War]] but during the [[First World War]] he grew restive, refusing his customary tribute to the [[Anglo-Egyptian Sudan|Sudanese government]] and showing partiality to the [[Ottoman Empire]] in 1915.

[[Sirdar]] [[Reginald Wingate]] then organized a force of around 2,000 men; under the command of {{nowrap|[[Lieutenant Colonel (United Kingdom)|Lieutenant-Colonel]]}} [[Philip James Vandeleur Kelly]], the force entered Darfur in March 1916 and decisively defeated the Fur Army at [[Beringia]] and occupied the capital [[El Fasher]] in May. Ali Dinar had already fled to the mountains and his attempts to negotiate a surrender were eventually broken off by the British. His location becoming known, a small force was sent after him and the sultan was killed in action in November 1916. Subsequently, Darfur was fully annexed to the British administration of the [[Anglo-Egyptian Sudan]] and remained part of [[Sudan]] upon its independence.

==Background==
{{further|History of Darfur|History of Sudan}}

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries [[Darfur]], which means "land of the Fur",<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=10 September 2013|title=Q&A: Sudan's Darfur conflict |publisher=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3496731.stm}}</ref> was an independent country, located to the west of [[Sudan]] and east of what was then [[French Equatorial Africa]]. It is equal in size to France and can be divided into three regions: a semi [[arid]] region in the north, with very little rain, joining the [[Sahara desert]]; a central region divided in two by the [[Marrah Mountains|Jebal Marra]] [[volcano]], which rises {{convert|10,000|ft}} above [[sea level]] that is surrounded by sand and rock plains to the east and west; and a southern region which has a rich [[alluvial]] type soil and a heavy annual rainfall.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=8 September 2013|publisher=Darfur Development|title=Darfur: Land, People, and Conflict|url=http://www.darfurdevelopment.org/node/2}}</ref>

The [[Sultanate of Darfur]] was one of the kingdoms that stretched across the centre of Africa. In 1874, it was invaded by its [[Islamic]] neighbours from the south, which resulted in the country being [[annexed]] by Egypt and joined with [[Anglo-Egyptian Sudan]]. This lasted until the [[Mahdist War]] (1881–1889), when Anglo-Egyptian suzerainty was temporarily curtailed by the forces of [[Muhammad Ahmad]], until Anglo-Egyptian control of the region was re-established following the [[battle of Omdurman]] on 2 September 1898. In 1899, [[Ali Dinar]] became the [[Sultan]] of Darfur with the approval of the then [[Sirdar]] [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|Lord Kitchener]], on the condition that he paid an annual tribute to the British. Relations between Dinar and the Anglo-Egyptians were assisted by the Inspector-General [[Rudolf Carl von Slatin]] who had knowledge of the Darfur region and its people.<ref>{{London Gazette|accessdate=8 September 2013|date=24 October 1916|startpage=10366|issue=29800|sup=y|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29800/supplements/10366}}</ref><ref name=falls>McMunn and Falls, pp.147–153</ref>

The status quo remained until disputes started over what was Darfur's exact western boundary and who had "overlordship" over its frontier districts. The British believed the delay in resolving these disputes, along with anti-government propaganda, led to a change in Dinar's attitude towards them. Their beliefs were not helped by Dinar's refusal to allow any Europeans to enter Darfur.<ref name=gazette10367/> Dinar's domestic policies caused internal unrest among the Arab portion of the population who were generally against him, or in the case of the [[Rizeigat tribe]] from the south-west Darfur, "openly hostile".<ref name=gazette10367/>

On hearing the news of war between the [[British Empire]] and [[Ottoman Empire|Turkey]], Dinar became more defiant and in April 1915 renounced his allegiance to the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan Government, declaring himself pro-Turkish and making contact with them via the [[Senussi]]. At the time, Darfur had a population of just under 1,000,000 controlled by what was described as a "slave army" of about 10,000 men.{{#tag:ref|In 1903, the Fur Army was estimated to be 1,700 cavalry and 6,000 infantry arranged into divisions, but a report prepared just prior to the expedition claimed the numbers had shrunk to 5,000 men.<ref name=d107>Daly, p.107</ref>|group=nb}} By December, affairs had deteriorated to such an extent that a small unit from the [[Egyptian Camel Transport Corps|Egyptian Camel Corps]] was dispatched to protect trade at [[Nahud]], and at the same time act as a warning against Dinar's proposed offensive against the Rizeigat tribe. Dinar instead countered the deployment of the Camel Corps detachment by moving his own troops – forty cavalry and ninety infantry – to reinforce [[Jebel el Hella]]. However, by then the British believed he was preparing for an invasion of Sudan.<ref name=gazette10367>{{London Gazette|accessdate=8 September 2013|date=24 October 1916|startpage=10367|issue=29800|sup=y|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29800/supplements/10367}}</ref><ref>Daly, p.111</ref>

==Expedition==
[[File:ReginaldWingate.jpg|thumb|alt=Mustached man in officers uniform. With San-Browne belt, sword at waist, wearing gauntlets and holding his pith helmet at waist level in his right hand.|[[Sirdar]] [[Reginald Wingate]]]]

To counter the expected threat to Sudan, Sirdar [[Reginald Wingate]] gathered a force together at Nahud. The commander was British [[Lieutenant Colonel]] [[Philip James Vandeleur Kelly]], of the [[3rd The King's Own Hussars]], on secondment to the [[Egyptian Army]]. The force was composed of:
* Two companies of mounted infantry, commanded by Major Cobden, [[9th Lancers]];
* Five companies from the Camel Corps, commanded by Major Huddleston, [[Dorsetshire Regiment]];
* Six companies from the 13th and 14th Battalions, Sudanese Infantry, commanded by Major Bayly, [[Royal Welsh Fusiliers]] and Major Darwell, [[Royal Marine Light Infantry]];
* Two companies from the Arab Battalion, commanded by Major Cowan, [[Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders|Cameron Highlanders]];
* Two companies from the 14th Battalion, Egyptian Infantry;
* Two [[Ordnance BL 12-pounder 6 cwt|12-pounder]] artillery batteries, which also included two [[Maxim machine gun]]s, commanded by Major Spinks [[Royal Artillery]]; and
* One Maxim machine gun battery.<ref name=falls/><ref name=gazette10370/>

With medical and other non combat units, the force totalled around 2,000 men. Intelligence gathered supported the theory that Dinar was going to invade Sudan, so in March 1916 Wingate ordered Kelly to cross the border and occupy Jebel el Hella and [[Um Shanga]]. The two villages offered the only permanent water supplies that were on the road to [[El Fasher]], Dinar's capital.<ref name=falls/><ref name=gazette10367/><ref name=gazette10370>{{London Gazette|date=24 October 1916|accessdate=8 September 2013|issue=29800|sup=y|startpage=10370|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29800/supplements/10370}}</ref>

On 16 March, five companies from the Camel Corps and mounted infantry scouts, supported by a 12-pounder artillery battery and a Maxim machine gun battery, crossed the Darfur frontier and four days later occupied Um Shanga. Their only opposition was from a small observation post which was forced to withdraw. Unexpectedly, upon arrival the Anglo-Egyptian force found the water supply at Um Shanga scarce. With the main body of his force expected to arrive that evening, having only two days supply of water with them, Kelly considered withdrawing back to Sudan. Instead, he divided his force, forming a fast moving column, consisting of thirty mounted infantry scouts, 240 men from the Camel Corps, two artillery pieces and eight Maxims, which left for Jebel el Hella at dawn on 22 March.<ref name=falls/><ref name=gazette10367/>

===Jebel el Hella===
Kelly's flying column faced only slight opposition from Fur scouts until they reached a position {{convert|4|mi}} from Jebel el Hella. There a force of 800 Fur horsemen tried to surround them, and were only prevented from doing so by Anglo-Egyptian machine gun fire. Advancing a further {{convert|2|mi}} the flying column located a large concentration of Fur troops in a wooded valley, which they engaged with artillery and machine guns. Having forced the Fur troops to disperse, the column reached Jebel el Hella at 14:15, and secured its wells without any further opposition. A small reconnaissance party was dispatched by Kelly to check on the wells at [[Lugud]] {{convert|2|mi}} away, which were occupied in strength, when the remainder of Kelly's force arrived on 26 March. During their advance, the Anglo-Egyptian casualties were described as "insignificant" while the Fur forces had lost twenty men dead and wounded. With the occupation of Jebel el Hella complete, the Anglo-Egyptians had secured one of the invasion routes into Sudan.<ref name=falls/><ref name=gazette10367/>

The main Fur Army was now located in their capital of El Fasher and was estimated to consist of between 4,000 and 6,000 riflemen with adequate supplies of ammunition.<ref name=gazette10368/> Their equipment ranged from older [[muzzleloader]] weapons, such as [[Martini-Henry]] and [[Remington rifles|Remington]] rifles and [[shotgun]]s, to spears, shields and [[chain mail]].<ref name=d107/> They were supported by an unknown number of auxiliary troops armed only with spears. At the same time Dinar was concentrating his troops from other regions in the capital. Those in contact with the Anglo-Egyptian forces and some small number of reinforcements, were instead grouped at [[Burush]] and [[Kedada]].<ref name=falls/><ref name=gazette10368>{{London Gazette|accessdate=8 September 2013|date=24 October 1916|issue=29800|sup=y|startpage=10368|url==http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29800/supplements/10368}}</ref>

[[File:Anglo-Egyptian Sudan camel soldier of the British army.jpg|thumb|alt=Sitting camel, with soldier behind. Holding a rifle at the slope and wearing a fez. Buildings in the background|An Anglo-Egyptian camel soldier.]]

===Supply problems===
Wingate believed that Dinar would avoid a large battle in the provinces, but would instead gather his troops at El Fasher, until the rainy period started, which would benefit their style of [[guerrilla]] fighting and raids on the Anglo-Egyptian column and their [[lines of communication]]. However, Kelly's immediate concern was providing water and other supplies to his troops. The Anglo-Egyptian expedition coincided with a period of no rainfall and once all the native food supplies had been used, their nearest supply point was the railhead at [[Al-Ubayyid|El Obeid]] {{convert|300|mi}} to the west. To overcome some of their supply problems Wingate started construction of a road suitable for trucks, which he had obtained to supplement his camel transport. The road would stretch from the rail line at [[Rahad]] to [[Taweisha]] then on to the capital of El Fasher, about {{convert|460|mi}}. Once completed, a journey on the road by vehicles, from the rail line to the capital, would take four days. General Sir [[Archibald Murray]], the commander of the [[Egyptian Expeditionary Force]] fighting in the [[Sinai and Palestine Campaign]], arranged for the [[Royal Flying Corps]] (RFC) to send a flight of four aeroplanes, [[Ordnance BLC 15-pounder|15-pounder guns]] and ammunition, wireless communication sets and light transport vehicles, to assist the expedition.<ref name=falls/><ref name=gazette10368/>

===April reconnaissance===
In early April, Anglo-Egyptian reconnaissance patrols located small numbers of Fur troops at [[Burush]], [[Um Eisheishat]] and Um Kedda. To their south the Fur troops deployed at Taweisha were withdrawn to Tulu. Kelly ordered a large reconnaissance force to head west to [[Abiad]]. They had three objectives: locate any water supplies, for their men and animals; disperse any Fur troops at Burush and Um Kedada; and deny the Fur forces access to the water wells at Abiad and at the same time secure the route between Nahud and El Fasher.<ref name=gazette10368/> On 3 April, the Anglo-Egyptian force, consisting of two mounted infantry companies, four artillery pieces, six Maxim machine guns and the 13th Sudanese Battalion companies, reached Burush by midday forcing out a Fur cavalry unit. The next day they continued their advance towards Um Kedada. This time they met a Fur force of 700 men, some [[trench|entrenched]] in front of the wells, but the Anglo-Egyptian guns opened fire on them forcing them to withdraw. Four days later, on 8 April, the Anglo-Egyptian reconnaissance continued, reaching Abiad early the next day only to find that the Fur troops had left the previous evening. Leaving four Sudanese infantry companies and four guns behind the remaining Anglo-Egyptian reconnaissance force continued deeper into Darfur. The garrison left
behind at Abiad was attacked on 14 and 15 April, but casualties are not recorded. By the end of the month the lines of communication road was secured, with large detachments of Anglo-Egyptian troops left at Abiad, Um Kedada, Burush, Lugud, Jebel el Hella and Um Shanga. At the same time a system of observation posts was established along the frontier from [[Gabr el Dar]] to [[Shebb]] manned by 260 friendly natives, who were issued with Remington rifles. Another 200 men belonging to the [[Kababish tribe]] occupied [[Jebel Meidob]], observing the road from Darfur to the Senussi lands in the north.<ref name=gazette10368/>

===May advance to contact===
In May, the Anglo-Egyptian forces started reinforcing their lines of communication and bringing forward supplies to enable them to continue the advance.<ref name=gazette10368/> The Fur Army did not leave them alone and on 5 May a force of 500 men attacked the Anglo-Egyptian garrison at Abiad and four days later the [[telegraph]] post {{convert|3|mi}} east of Abiad was also attacked. On 12 May, an RFC reconnaissance aircraft flew over El Fasher dropping leaflets to the population.<ref name=falls/><ref name=gazette10369>{{London Gazette|date=24 October 1916|accessdate=8 September 2013|issue=29800|sup=y|startpage=10369|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29800/supplements/10369}}</ref> The leaflets denounced Dinar and promised that once he was removed there would be religious freedom and justice for all, and that the tribal leaders would remain in position, if they submitted and there would be an end to repression.<ref>Daly, p.112</ref>

By 14 May Kelly had completed his preparations to advance to El Fasher and had gathered a force at Abiad consisting of sixty mounted infantry scouts, four companies from the Camel Corps with two Maxim machine guns of their own, eight companies from the 13th and 14th Sudanese Infantry and the Arab Battalion. They were supported by eight artillery pieces, fourteen Maxim machine guns and a [[field hospital]]. Still suffering from a shortage of water Kelly divided the force into two columns. "A" Column would be slow moving, while "B" Column would be more mobile. They would reunite at a rendezvous point {{convert|40|mi}} west of Abiad and {{convert|28|mi}} from the village of [[Meliet]], which had a well known supply of water. Reconnaissance patrols had located a small Fur garrison at Meliet and Kelly made that his first objective. Once Meliet had been captured the Anglo-Egyptians would be well positioned to attack the capital, El Fasher.<ref name=falls/><ref name=gazette10369/>

Just after 04:00 on 15 May a small unit of mounted infantry scouts, captured a Fur observation post {{convert|2|mi}} from Abiad, taking prisoner all bar two of the Fur soldiers who managed to escape on foot. The slow moving "A" Column left Abiad on 15 May followed by the "B" Column the next day. Both columns reached the rendezvous on 17 May. The same morning an RFC reconnaissance aircraft bombed a force of around 500 Fur troops at Meliat. The next day both of Kelly's columns reached the village, which had been evacuated by the Fur troops, leaving some of their supplies behind. On 19 May, RFC reconnaissance aircraft reported there was no trace of any Fur troops within {{convert|15|mi}}. However, the Anglo-Egyptian force was exhausted from their cross country march and remained resting at Meliat.<ref name=falls/><ref name=gazette10369/>

===Battle of Beringia===
[[File:Maxim machine gun Megapixie.jpg|thumb|alt=Brass barrelled gun with black coloured rear parts. On a tripod on a wooden plinth with a wood wall behind.|British tripod mounted Maxim machine gun]]

At 05:30 on 22 May, the Anglo-Egyptian advance continued, but the nature of the country, which consisted mainly of rolling low level sand-hills, with plenty of concealed ground and scattered bushes, reduced visibility down to just a few hundred yards. From the start, large groups of Fur camaliers and cavalry were observed. So instead of sending out his scouts Kelly formed an advance guard of the mounted infantry, a camel company and four Maxim machine guns. At 10:30, the Fur troops were observed in a strong entrenched position around the village of [[Beringia, Sudan|Beringia]].<ref name=falls/><ref name=gazette10369/>

The Fur Army commander, Ramadan Ali, had established a {{convert|2,000|yd|adj=on}} crescent shaped trench, mostly concealed from the advancing Anglo-Egyptians by a [[wadi]]. Ali's plan was for them advance close enough for him to ambush them with his trench system, believing that his larger force would overrun their artillery and machine guns before they could cause any serious damage to his troops.<ref name=mac213>McGregor, p.213</ref>

The Anglo-Egyptian artillery opened fire on the Fur trenches, driving the Fur troops back. To the Anglo-Egyptian left Fur horsemen were seen gathering and they were also engaged by the artillery at a range of {{convert|1,600|yd}}. The Anglo-Egyptians [[Infantry square|formed a square]] and advanced {{convert|800|yd}}, then started digging trenches of their own. At the same time, the advance guard were ordered to man a higher position to the right front and south-west of the square. To counter a threat from Fur cavalry from his left, Kelly sent a Camel Corps company and a Maxim machine gun section to secure the higher ground there.<ref name=falls/><ref name=gazette10369/>

The Anglo-Egyptian forces were established {{convert|500|yd}} from Beringia. The main Fur Army position was {{convert|600|yd}} south of the village, extending for {{convert|1,000|yd}} to the east and west in a semi circle. Kelly's scouts could not get into a position to see all of the Fur Army positions so Kelly made the decision to launch an immediate attack. While he was organising the assault, Huddleston commanding the Camel Corps company escorting the artillery and machine guns on the right of the square, exceeded his orders and entered the village.<ref name=falls/><ref name=gazette10369/><ref name=mac213/> Exiting to the south they came under heavy fire from the Fur defenders and were forced to withdraw, pursued by some of the Fur troops. However, when they came within range of the Anglo-Egyptian square, their artillery and machine guns opened fire on their open flank. Seeing this, the remainder of the Fur Army left their trenches and attacked the southern side of the square in strength. The south of the square was manned from left to right by an artillery battery, three infantry companies, another artillery battery, one infantry company and a Maxim section. There was then a gap of around {{convert|150|yd}} before another infantry company and a Maxim section were positioned facing east. Kelly now reinforced the south of the square with two Maxim sections and a company from the Arab Battalion. The Fur attack lasted around forty minutes, but it eventually failed and the nearest they got to the square was around {{convert|10|yd}}.{{#tag:ref|MacGregor claims there attack had got within {{convert|6|yd}}.<ref name=mac213/>|group=nb}}<ref name=falls/><ref name=gazette10369/> Kelly ordered an infantry counter-attack, supported by his artillery, with the Maxim guns advancing alongside the infantry. The Fur Army broke and the survivors retreated, leaving 231 dead,{{#tag:ref|Daly gives the number of dead as 261.<ref name="Daly">Daly, p.113</ref>|group=nb}} ninety-six seriously wounded and another 1,000 less seriously wounded behind, from a force of over 3,600. Anglo-Egyptian casualties were four officers wounded, five [[Other ranks (UK)|other ranks]] dead and eighteen wounded. At 16:00, Kelly resumed his advance to El Fasher stopping for the night just short of the capital.<ref name=falls/><ref name="gazette10370" />

The Fur Army were not defeated and a force of 500 cavalry and 300 infantry attacked the Anglo-Egyptian camp at 03:00 on 23 May. Kelly's artillery opened fire with [[starshell]]s, lighting up the battleground. The attack was defeated, Fur casualties are not known, but the only Anglo Egyptian casualty was a wounded [[Gunner (rank)|gunner]]. Later that day, at 06:00 the Anglo-Egyptians were just about to break camp, when several hundred Fur troops appeared on their left flank. They were engaged and forced to withdraw by artillery, machine gun fire and aerial bombardment. At 10:00, Kelly and his mounted troops entered the capital, finding it deserted except for some women. Sultan Ali Dinar had left El Fasher accompanied by 2,000 troops after hearing about the defeat at Beringia. Captured in the city were four artillery pieces, 55,000 rounds of small arms ammunition and 4,000 rifles.<ref name=falls/><ref name="gazette10370"/>

===Dibbis and Kulme===
Sultan Ali Dinar, fled to the Jebel Marra mountains {{convert|50|mi}} to the south-west of El Fasher, with around 2,000 men,{{#tag:ref|Daly claims he fled accompanied only by a "small retinue".<ref name="Daly" />|group=nb}} Kelly's troops were unable to immediately pursue him, due to a lack of supplies and exhaustion. However, Dinar approached the Anglo Egyptians offering to discuss surrender terms. Discussions continued until 1 August, when Kelly broke off the talks, as it had become apparent that Dinar was just stalling for time. Dinar's followers had started to desert him and at that point he was only left with around 1,000 men. Kelly's troops had at that stage occupied [[Kebkebia]] {{convert|80|mi}} west of El Fasher. Huddleston, with his own Camel Corps troops and men from the 13th Sudanese Infantry, two artillery pieces and four Maxim machine guns – 200 men in total – were sent to occupy [[Dibbis]] {{convert|110|mi}} south-west of El Fasher. They reached Dibbis on 13 October, engaging a Fur force of 150 riflemen and 1,000 men armed with spears, defeating them after a short fight. Following this, Dinar once again approached the Anglo Egyptians to discuss terms. When once again it appeared Dinar was only stalling, Kelly dispatched 100 men from the 13th Sudanese Infantry to reinforce Huddleston.<ref name=falls/>

[[File:Ali Dinar.jpg|thumb|The body of [[Ali Dinar]], November 1916.]]

Huddleston had discovered Dinar was in hiding at [[Kulme]] {{convert|50|mi}} to the west. The remaining Fur troops were in a poor condition, hungry and diseased and little resistance was expected to Huddleston's troops. Without waiting for reinforcements Huddleston marched on Kulme. Occupying the village almost unopposed on 3 November, they captured several hundred prisoners and most of Dinar's remaining military stores. Some of his immediate family also surrendered at the same time.<ref name=falls/>

Dinar, avoiding battle, fled to [[Jebel Juba]] to the south-west of Kulme. Two days later, on 5 November, Huddleston with 150 men, an artillery piece and four Maxim machine guns, mounted on captured horses, set off in pursuit. Huddleston reached Dinar's camp on 6 November and opened fire at a range of {{convert|500|yd}}. The Fur troops fled, followed by Huddleston's force, around {{convert|1|mi}} from the Fur camp. Huddleston's troops discovered the body of Dinar shot through the head.<ref name=falls/>

==Aftermath==
{{further|War in Darfur}}

After the expedition, the independent country of Darfur, and its inhabitants, became part of Sudan.<ref name=falls/> The £500,000 bill for the cost of the expedition was sent to the Egyptian Government in Cairo for payment by the Egyptian taxpayers.<ref>MacGregor, p.215</ref> The British commanders of the operation were also recognised. In 1917, Wingate became the [[List of diplomats of the United Kingdom to Egypt#High Commissioners|British High Commissioner for Egypt]].<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=10 September 2013|publisher=British Embassy Cairo|title=Previous Ambassadors|date=2 January 2013|url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130217073211/http://ukinegypt.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/our-embassy/our-ambassador/previous-ambassadors}}</ref> The commander of the Anglo-Egyptian expedition, Kelly, became the first Governor of the Darfur province with his office located in the Sultan's palace throne room until May 1917.<ref>Daly, p.118</ref> He was then promoted to [[brigadier general]] and given command of the [[5th Mounted Brigade]], which was part of the [[Australian Mounted Division]] fighting in Palestine.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=10 September 2013|publisher=National Archives|title=Papers of Brigadier General Philip Kelly|url=http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=P43219}}</ref><ref>Preston, p.333</ref>

==See also==
{{portal|World War I}}
* [[Darfur Conflict]], the rebellion of Darfur against the Sudanese government (2003–present)

==References==
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* {{cite book|last=Daly|first=Martin William|title=Darfur's Sorrow: The Forgotten History of a Humanitarian Disaster|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge, England|year=2010|isbn=1139788493|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LLGqKAZpUHkC&pg=PA113&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false}}
* {{cite book|last=MacGregor|first=Andrew James|title=A Military History of Modern Egypt: From the Ottoman Conquest to the Ramadan War|series=Praeger Security International|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|location=Westport, Connecticut|year=2006|isbn=0275986012|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WrbCziCWJPEC&dq=darfur+expedition+1916&source=gbs_navlinks_s}}
* {{cite book|last1=MacMunn|first1=Sir George Fletcher|last2=Falls|first2=Cyril|title=Military Operations, Egypt & Palestine: From the Outbreak of War with Germany to June 1917|series=Official History of the Great War Based on Official Documents by Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence|volume=Volume 1|publisher=[[HMSO|H.M. Stationery Office]]|year=1928|location=London|oclc= 817051831}}
* {{cite book|last=Preston|first=Richard Martin|title=The Desert Mounted Corps: An Account of the Cavalry Operations in Palestine and Syria, 1917–1918|publisher=Constable and Company|location=London|year=1921|isbn=9781146758833}}
{{refend}}

==Further reading==
{{refbegin}}
*{{cite journal|last=Slight|first=John|date=2010|title=British Perceptions and Responses to Sultan Ali Dinar of Darfur, 1915–16|journal=The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History|volume=38|issue=2|pages=237–260|issn=0308-6534}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
* [http://www.kaiserscross.com/188001/224322.html The Soldier's Burden: Darfur 1916]

{{World War I}}

[[Category:Conflicts in 1916]]
[[Category:1916 in Sudan]]
[[Category:Battles of World War I involving the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Military history of Sudan]]
[[Category:British colonisation in Africa]]
[[Category:Egypt in World War I]]

Kalifornische Nationalpartei

2016-11-10T21:57:14Z

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{{primary sources|date=December 2010}}
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{{Infobox political party
| colorcode = {{California National Party (California)/meta/color}}
| party_name = California National Party
| party_logo =
[[File:California National Party logo.png|300px]]
| leader1_title = Chair
| leader1_name = Theo Slater
| leader2_title = Vice-Chair
| leader2_name = Andria Franco
| leader3_title = General Secretary
| leader3_name = Jed Wheeler
| leader4_title = Treasurer
| leader4_name = Sam Chaney
| foundation = {{start date and age|August 2015}}
| headquarters = [[Sacramento, CA]]
| ideology = [[Civic nationalism]] [[Secession in the United States|Californian Nationalism]] [[Regionalism (politics)|Regionalism]] [[Social Democracy]] [[Environmentalism]]
| position = [[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]]
| national = None
| seats1_title = Seats in the [[List of United States Senators from California|United States Senate]]
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|2|hex={{Democratic Party (California)/meta/color}}}}
| seats2_title = Seats in the [[United States congressional delegations from California#2003–present: 53 seats|United States House]]
| seats2 = {{Composition bar|0|53|hex={{Democratic Party (California)/meta/color}}}}
| seats3_title = [[Government of California#Executive branch|Statewide executive offices]]{{Smallsup|1}}
| seats3 = {{Composition bar|0|8|hex={{Democratic Party (California)/meta/color}}}}
| seats5_title = Seats in the [[California State Senate|State Senate]]
| seats5 = {{Composition bar|0|40|hex={{Democratic Party (California)/meta/color}}}}
| seats6_title = Seats in the [[California State Assembly|State Assembly]]
| seats6 = {{Composition bar|0|80|hex={{Democratic Party (California)/meta/color}}}}
| colors = {{Color box|#1F75FE|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|Gold|border=darkgray}} [[Blue|Arctic Blue]] & [[Gold]]
| website = {{url|http://www.californianational.party/|www.californianational.party}}
| state = California
| country2 = United States
| footnotes = {{Smallsup|1}}[[California Department of Education]] is a [[nonpartisan]] state executive position.
}}

The '''California National Party''' '''(CNP)''' is a political party in the state of [[California]] which has been described by California legislative historian Alex Vassar as "the biggest-promising political party you haven't heard of."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.onevoter.org/2015/12/03/marinelli/|title=The Biggest-Promising Political Party You Haven’t Heard Of|website=www.onevoter.org|access-date=2016-03-20}}</ref> It is currently chaired by Theo Slater. The party's primary goal is achieving California's independence from the United States of America.<ref name="Sacramento Bee">{{cite web|title=California could see new political party with independence goal|url=http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article54004530.html|publisher=Sacramento Bee|accessdate=19 March 2016}}</ref>

==Platform==
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The California National Party adopted its first platform on September 9, 2015 on the 165th anniversary of California's admission into the Union as a state. This political platform includes:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.californianational.party|title=Our Party Principles|website=California National Party|language=en-us|access-date=2016-03-20}}</ref>
*Promote the California national identity as separate from the American.
*Help California achieve financial independence from the United States.
*Prioritize California's interests ahead of America's interests.
*Pursue the legal transfer of authority from Washington to Sacramento.
*Request international recognition of California as an independent country.
*Support local governance through devolution of powers from Sacramento.

In addition to these broad principles, the members and candidates of the California National Party share a wide range of ideological views ranging from supporting single-payer universal health care for all Californians to the establishment of a State Bank of California along with a new California Stock Exchange and associated California Market Index created by Michael Ross. The party additionally is committed "to reversing global climate change by reducing carbon emissions."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/abcarian/la-me-0122-abcarian-california-independence-20160122-column.html|title=A political searcher agitates for the independent nation of California {{!}} California Journal{{!}} United States|website=LA Times|language=en-us|access-date=2016-03-20}}</ref>

:It's current platform is:"
*Plan for Prosperity: A comprehensive plan to grow California’s economy, super-charge our key industries, and ensure our economic future.
*Plan for Growth: Proposals to improve transportation and end freeway gridlock, get housing costs under control through better urban planning and growth, permanently solve our water crisis, and ensure that California’s infrastructure sustains our growth long term.
*Peace and defense: Defending our freedom without conquering the world.
Universal Healthcare: A market-based universal health care system that can cover all Californians and provides significant savings for businesses and individuals.
*Rule of Law: Civil Rights, Rights to Privacy, and Freedom of the press.
*Judicial reform: Reforms to our justice system to eliminate police brutality and support the majority of officers who are doing their best to serve our communities.
*Education: School reform to create equality of opportunity for our young people and support California’s high-tech economy.
*Immigration: The United States government has abdicated its responsibility to deal with immigration and current laws are not enforced or enforceable. We advocate a fair common-sense solution that allows people to come here and work within a framework of enforceable laws.
*Independence: A peaceful constitutional approach to independence that is in line with international law."

Read more at http://www.californianational.party/platform/#74WTARl5WGSVvHjI.99" <ref>http://www.californianational.party/platform/</ref>

Read more at http://www.californianational.party/platform/#xRs0XhIq1g9ZQr3v.99
A Detailed description of the California National Party's positions can be found in [https://www.dropbox.com/s/5igqdkg9ibcfjpw/California's%20Future.pdf?dl=0 California's Future: Your Guide to an Independent California].

==History==
On January 6, 2016 the California Secretary of State's office sent a memorandum to each of California's 58 county Registrar of Voters office to inform them that they "received formal notification from the California National Party of their intent to qualify" as a political party on December 7, 2015 and thereafter assigned the party a code designation of "CNP".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/ccrov/pdf/2016/january/16013ms.pdf|title=California Secretary of State {{!}} Political Body: California National Party|last=|first=|date=January 6, 2016|website=|publisher=|access-date=March 19, 2016}}</ref>

The California National Party draws its inspiration from the [[Scottish National Party]], the dominant political party in Scotland advocating for Scottish independence from the United Kingdom. [[Louis J. Marinelli]], the party's interim chairman at the time, told [[Vice (magazine)|Vice News]] in an interview on February 17, 2016 that the California National Party was "inspired by the Scottish National Party," adding the intention "to follow in their footsteps." <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vice.com/read/meet-the-californians-inspired-by-scotland-to-pursue-independent-nationhood|title=Meet the California Separatists Leading a New Movement to Secede from the United States {{!}} VICE {{!}} United States|website=VICE|language=en-us|access-date=2016-03-20}}</ref> Marinelli is the current President of the [[Yes California]] Independence Campaign, a civil rights activist, and he used to be a teacher in San Diego.<ref name="Sacramento Bee">{{cite web|title=California could see new political party with independence goal|url=http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article54004530.html|publisher=Sacramento Bee|accessdate=19 March 2016}}</ref>

On March 18, 2016 the San Diego County Registrar of Voters updated their publicly-available list of candidates for the June 7, 2016 primary to reflect that [[Louis J. Marinelli]], a candidate of the California National Party running for State Assembly in District 80, qualified for the ballot after having been successfully nominated by the requisite number of voters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sdvote.com/content/dam/rov/en/election/201606candlist.pdf|title=San Diego County Registrar of Voters {{!}} Candidate List|last=|first=|date=March 18, 2016|website=|publisher=|access-date=March 19, 2016}}</ref>

==Candidates==
The following is a list of California National Party candidates that ran for office as of 2016:


===[[California State Legislature]]===


====[[California State Assembly]]====
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*[[California's 80th State Assembly district|AD 80]]: [[Louis J. Marinelli]]
{{colend}}

==List of chairs==
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*[[Louis J. Marinelli]] (2015 – June 13, 2016)
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{{colbegin}}
*Theo Slater (June 13, 2016 – present)
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Portal|California}}
*[http://www.californianational.party California National Party]
*[http://www.yescalifornia.org Yes California Independence Campaign]

[[Category:2015 establishments in California]]
[[Category:Political parties in California]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 2015]]
[[Category:Nationalist parties in the United States]]

Manbidschoffensive

2016-06-11T21:27:14Z

Chessrat: Wikilink

{{Infobox military conflict
|conflict= Manbij offensive (2016)
|partof= the [[Syrian Civil War]], the [[Syrian Kurdish–Islamist conflict (2013–present)]], and the [[American-led intervention in Syria]]
|image=Map of Manbij offensive (2016).png
|caption= Map showing SDF territorial gains during the offensive
|date=31 May 2016 – ''present'' ({{Age in months, weeks and days|month1=05|day1=31|year1=2016}})
|place= [[Manbij District]], [[Aleppo Governorate]], [[Syria]]
|result= Ongoing
* The SDF captures ~100 villages and farms<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/2016/06/11/47283|title=The Syria Democratic Forces reach 16 kilometers in the western countryside of Manbij and control about 100 villages
|work=SOHR|date=11 June 2016}}</ref>
* The SDF completely besieges Manbij<ref name="manbijsiege"/><ref name="jarabulusroad"/><ref name=Adil/>
|combatant1={{flagicon image|Flag of Syrian Democratic Forces.svg}} '''[[Syrian Democratic Forces]]''' '''Supported by: {{flagicon image|Inherent Resolve.jpg|size=20px|border=no}} [[CJTF–OIR]]<ref name=preparing>{{Cite web|url=https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/566801-syria-kurds-preparing-manbij-offensive-report|title=Syria Kurds preparing Manbij offensive: report|work=Now|date=30 March 2016}}</ref><ref name=pave>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailysabah.com/syrian-crisis/2016/03/30/us-airstrikes-pave-way-for-pyd-regime-advance-in-northern-syria|title=US airstrikes pave way for PYD, regime advance in northern Syria|work=Daily Sabah|date=30 March 2016}}</ref>
*{{flag|United States}}
*{{flag|France}}
|combatant2={{flagicon|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant}} '''[[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]]'''
|commander1={{flagicon image|Flag of Syrian Democratic Forces.svg}}{{flagicon image|Flag of Jaysh al-Thuwar.svg}} [[Abu Layla]]{{DOW}}<ref name=Layla>{{Cite web|url=http://www.heraldstandard.com/news/world/middle-east/top-syrian-kurdish-commander-killed-in-push-on-is-held/article_377689b6-b71a-5170-ad4c-0dd16ed7f34c.html|title=Top Syrian Kurdish commander killed in push on IS-held Raqqa|work=AP |date=5 June 2016}}</ref> {{small|(Northern Sun Battalion commander)}} {{flagicon image|Flag of Syrian Democratic Forces.svg}}{{flagicon image|Flag of Jaysh al-Thuwar.svg}} Abu Adel<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/sergermed/status/740245802707234816|title=Hamza Hemze حمزة on Twitter|publisher=|accessdate=10 June 2016}}</ref> {{small|(Northern Sun Battalion commander)}} {{flagicon image|Flag of Syrian Democratic Forces.svg}}{{flagicon image|Flag of Jaysh al-Thuwar.svg}} Adnan Abu Amjad<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aranews.net/2016/04/kurds-set-new-civilian-council-recapturing-syrias-manbij-isis/|title=Kurds set up new civilian council for recapturing Syria’s Manbij from ISIS|work=ARA News |date=6 April 2016}}</ref> {{small|(Council commander & [[Northern Sun Battalion]] deputy commander)}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.janes360.com/images/assets/333/57333/SDF_plays_central_role_in_Syrian_civil_war__1_.pdf|title=SDF plays central role in Syrian civil war|work=[[Jane's Intelligence Review]]|date=January 2016|accessdate=3 April 2016}}</ref> {{flagicon image|Flag of Syrian Democratic Forces.svg}} Mohammed Abu Amdil<ref name="auto"/> {{small|(SDF commander)}} {{flagicon image|Flag of Syrian Democratic Forces.svg}} Habun Osman<ref name=eight>{{Cite web|url=http://aranews.net/2016/06/us-backed-sdf-advances-isis-near-manbij/|title=US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces advance against ISIS near Manbij, liberate eight villages|work=ARA News |date=4 June 2016}}</ref> {{small|(SDF commander)}}
|commander2= {{flagicon|Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant}} Osama al-Tunisi{{KIA}}<ref name="emir">{{cite web|url=https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/us-backed-fighters-tighten-grip-manbij-kill-top-isis-emir-map-update/|title=US-backed fighters tighten grip on Manbij, kill top ISIS Emir – Map Update|first=Zen|last=Adra|date=9 June 2016|publisher=al-masdar News|accessdate=10 June 2016}}</ref> {{small|(Emir of Manbij)}}
|units1={{flagicon image|Flag of Syrian Democratic Forces.svg}} Syrian Democratic Forces
* [[Manbij Military Council]]<ref name=all4syria>{{Cite web|url=http://www.all4syria.info/Archive/303974|title=The formation of a new Manbij Military Council to expel Daesh from Manbij, Aleppo|work=All4Syria|date=2 April 2016}}</ref>
** {{flagicon image|Flag of Jaysh al-Thuwar.svg}} [[Army of Revolutionaries]]<ref name=preparing/>
*** [[Northern Sun Battalion]]<ref name=all4syria/>
** {{Flagicon image|Flag of Syrian Turkmens.svg}} Manbij Turkmen Brigade<ref name=all4syria/>
* [[File:People's Protection Units Flag.svg|24px]] [[People's Protection Units|YPG]]
* [[File:YPJ Flag.svg|24px]] [[Women's Protection Units|YPJ]]
{{flagicon image|United States Special Operations Command Insignia.svg|border=no}} [[United States special operations forces]]<ref name="Manbij offensive begins">{{cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/us-backed-syria-forces-launch-offensive-isis-held-manbij-pocket-465228|title=U.S.-Backed Syria Forces Launch Offensive For ISIS-Held Manbij Pocket|publisher=|accessdate=6 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="launch offensive" /><ref name="close in">{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/us-backed-fighters-close-in-on-is-syria-bastion-manbij/|title=US-backed fighters close in on IS Syria bastion Manbij|publisher=|accessdate=6 June 2016}}</ref> {{flagicon|France}} [[Special Operations Command (France)|French Special Forces]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.rfi.fr/france/20160609-france-admits-special-forces-are-advising-syrian-rebels|title=France admits special forces are advising Syrian rebels - France - RFI|date=9 June 2016|publisher=|accessdate=10 June 2016}}</ref>
|units2= {{Flagdeco|Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant}} [[Military of ISIL]]
* [[ISIL territorial claims#Syria|Wilayat Halab]]
|strength1= {{flagicon image|Flag of Syrian Democratic Forces.svg}} 2,900–12,000 fighters<ref name=spokesman>{{cite web|url=http://aranews.net/2016/06/us-coalition-spokesman-arabs-leading-manbij-campaign-not-kurds/|title=US coalition spokesman: Arabs are leading Manbij campaign, not Kurds - ARA News|date=4 June 2016|publisher=|accessdate=6 June 2016}}</ref><ref name=bastion/><ref name="desperate">{{cite web|url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/residents-desperate-anti-forces-move-manbij-1661140587|title=Residents desperate as anti-IS forces move on Manbij|publisher=|accessdate=6 June 2016}}</ref>
* 2,500–9,600 Arabs<ref name=spokesman/><ref name=bastion/> (1,800 locals)<ref name="desperate" /><ref name=reach/>
* 400–2,400 Kurds<ref name=spokesman/><ref name=bastion/><ref name="desperate" />
|strength2= Several thousand fighters
* 2,000 in Manbij<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eldiario.es/politica/Pentagono-Siria-fuerzas-aliados-Asad_0_524598712.html|title=El Pentágono no ve riesgo de choque en Siria con fuerzas y aliados de Asad|publisher=|accessdate=10 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="ISIL numbers in Manbij">{{cite web|url=https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isis-suffers-new-territorial-losses-eastern-aleppo-map-update/|title=ISIS suffers new territorial losses in eastern Aleppo – Map update|first=Chris|last=Tomson|date=9 June 2016|publisher=al-masdar News|accessdate=10 June 2016}}</ref>
|casualties1= 22 killed<ref name="trapped">{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/world/thousands-trapped-sdf-forces-surround-manbij-1238206|title=Thousands trapped as SDF forces surround Manbij|first=|last=|publisher=|accessdate=12 June 2016}}</ref> (12 YPG),<ref name="auto"/> 100+ wounded<ref name="400 ISIL militants killed" />
|casualties2= 173–400 killed<ref>[http://www.syriahr.com/2016/06/10/%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B5%D9%84-%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A9-%D9%86%D8%AD%D9%88-12/ قوات سوريا الديمقراطية تصل لمسافة نحو 12 غرب مدينة منبج و173 قتيلاً من تنظيم “الدولة الإسلامية” في معارك ريف منبج]</ref><ref name="400 ISIL militants killed">[http://aranews.net/2016/06/400-isis-militants-killed-90-villages-liberated-sdf-led-battle-manbij-north-syria/ 400 ISIS militants killed, 90 villages liberated in the SDF-led battle for Manbij north Syria]</ref>
|casualties3= 37 civilians killed<ref name="trapped"/> ~20,000 civilians displaced<ref name="manbijsiege"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/Default.aspx?pageID=238&nID=100143&NewsCatID=352|title=UN warns Manbij battle could uproot more than 200,000 Syrians|work=Hurriyet Daily News|date=7 June 2016}}</ref>
}}
{{Campaignbox Syrian Civil War}}
{{Campaignbox Rojava Revolution}}

The '''Manbij offensive''', also known as '''Operation Martyr and Commander Faysal Abu Layla''', is a 2016 [[offensive (military)|military offensive operation]] by the [[Syrian Democratic Forces]] to capture the city of [[Manbij]] from the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIL), and eventually, the ISIL-held areas through [[Al-Bab]] to [[Herbel]], in the area referred to as the "Manbij Pocket"<ref name="Manbij Pocket">{{cite web|url=http://warontherocks.com/2016/05/revisiting-train-and-equip-in-syria-to-clear-the-manbij-pocket/|title=Revisiting Train-and-Equip in Syria to Clear the Manbij Pocket|date=30 May 2016|publisher=|accessdate=6 June 2016}}</ref> in the northern [[Aleppo Governorate]].<ref name="link all cantons">{{cite web|url=http://aranews.net/2016/06/senior-kurdish-military-official-will-defeat-isis-link-rojavas-cantons/|title=Senior Kurdish military official: We will defeat ISIS and link all Rojava's cantons - ARA News|date=3 June 2016|publisher=|accessdate=6 June 2016}}</ref> The main goal of the offensive is to cut off ISIL's last supply routes from the outside world, and to prevent ISIL from moving fighters out of Syria to carry out terrorist attacks in [[Turkey]] and [[Europe]].<ref name="launch offensive" /><ref name="Fallujah and Manbij">{{cite web|url=http://www.defense.gov/News-Article-View/Article/791067/fights-to-retake-fallujah-manbij-city-from-isil-begin|title=Fights to Retake Fallujah, Manbij City From ISIL Begin|publisher=|accessdate=6 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="Manbij used to plot attacks">{{cite web|url=http://in.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-carter-idINKCN0YO1FO|title=Carter says Islamic State used Manbij to plot against U.S., Europe, Turkey|publisher=|accessdate=6 June 2016}}</ref> During the offensive, the US-led Coalition conducted over 55 airstrikes, in support of the SDF advances.<ref name="Fallujah and Manbij" />

==Preparations==
{{main article|Siege of Kobanî|Tell Abyad offensive|Tishrin Dam offensive}}

In late December 2015, the SDF captured the [[Tishrin Dam]] and crossed the [[Euphrates]], capturing the town of Tishrin and other nearby areas from ISIL, paving the way for a future offensive toward Manbij.

By 30 March 2016, the [[United States Air Force]] had conducted 25 airstrikes against ISIL.<ref name=pave/> On 2 April, 6 non-[[YPG]] factions of the Syrian Democratic Forces formed the [[Manbij Military Council]] to pave the way for the attack on Manbij. Most of the groups were part of the [[Army of Revolutionaries]]'s [[Northern Sun Battalion]], including the Euphrates Martyrs Brigade, the Jund al-Haramayn Brigade, and an non-[[Northern Sun Battalion]] group consisting of ethnic Turkmen called the Manbij Turkmen Brigade.<ref name=all4syria/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://syria.liveuamap.com/en/2016/2-april-military-council-formed-and-announced-on-tishrin|title=Military council formed and announced on Tishrin Dam, statement says: "We will make every effort to liberate Manbij"|work=Live UA Map|date=2 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://isis.liveuamap.com/en/2016/2-april-several-sdf-factions-have-formed-the-military-council|title=Several SDF factions have formed the military council for Manbij|work=Live UA Map|date=2 April 2016}}</ref>

On 3 April, the U.S. asked for Turkey’s support for the Manbij offensive, but Turkey had two demands in exchange for helping the U.S.-led anti-ISIL coalition. Turkey first demanded that the Syrian Arab tribes to be included in the Manbij operation should leave the [[Syrian Democratic Forces]], which mostly consists of the [[People's Protection Units]] and the [[Women's Protection Units]], and also the U.S. should increase its airstrikes for groups Turkey supports.<ref name="two demands">{{cite news|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-has-two-demands-from-us-for-support-in-manbij-operation-sources-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=97246&NewsCatID=352|title=Turkey has two demands from US for support in Manbij operation: Sources|publisher=hurriyet}}</ref> On 4 April, according to a Turkish source, a group of U.S. military and intelligence staff traveled to Turkey to work on a plan for an operation to liberate Manbij.<ref name="two demands" /> Turkey stated that it would not participate nor contribute to the offensive,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey-manbij-idUSKCN0YN4HR|title=Turkey not contributing to U.S.-backed Syria operation near Manbij: source|date=1 June 2016|publisher=|accessdate=6 June 2016|via=Reuters}}</ref> the reason being the involvement of Kurdish (YPG) fighters and because it was beyond the range of artillery stationed in Turkey.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkey-not-contributing-to-us-backed-syria-operation-near-manbij-source.aspx?pageID=238&nID=99932&NewsCatID=352|title=Turkey not contributing to US-backed Syria operation near Manbij: Source|publisher=hurriyet}}</ref> Furthermore, Turkish intelligence and military units were to closely watch the operation in Manbij.<ref name="hurriyet"/> When the offensive started, the [[Washington Post]] reported it under the headline of "Ignoring Turkey, U.S. backs Kurds in drive against ISIS in Syria".<ref>{{cite web |title=Ignoring Turkey, U.S. backs Kurds in drive against ISIS in Syria|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/us-backs-kurds-in-drive-against-isis-in-syria-despite-turkish-objections/2016/06/01/7bacf6fa-2808-11e6-8329-6104954928d2_story.html|work=Washington Post|date=2016-06-01|accessdate=2016-06-03}}</ref>

On 5 April, a civilian council was formed in the town of [[Sarrin]] in the context of the [[Polyethnicity|polyethnic]] de facto autonomous [[Rojava|Federation of Northern Syria – Rojava]] by individuals originally from Manbij, whom had fled when ISIL took over. The council consists of [[Syrian people|Arabs]], [[Syrian Kurds|Kurds]], [[Syrian Turkmen]], [[Circassians in Syria|Circassians]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/reportsfeatures/566847-kurds-rebels-in-rat-race-to-seize-isis-territory|title=Kurds, rebels in rat race to seize ISIS territory|last=Wilgenburg|first=Wladimir van|website=now.mmedia.me|access-date=2016-05-30}}</ref> and was created to administer Manbij after its capture in the future.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aranews.net/2016/04/kurds-set-new-civilian-council-recapturing-syrias-manbij-isis/|title=Kurds set up new civilian council for recapturing Syria’s Manbij from ISIS|work=ARA News|date=6 April 2016}}</ref> When after the start of the offensive international media interest in ethnic issues surged, Sheikh Farouk al-Mashi, an ethnic Arab former member of the Syrian parliament, and designated co-chairman of the Manbij City Council stated: "I have a Syrian ID, and Kurds have a Syrian ID. Let those people who talk against us in Turkey and Europe come here and fight ISIS. Why this distortion in media about problems between Kurds and Arabs?" Ethnic Kurdish fellow co-chairman Salih Haji Mohammed stated: "In our social contract, we say we want to have good relations with neighboring countries like Turkey. Any country that does not interfere in Manbij and our areas, we will have good relations with."<ref name="auto">{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/06/05/on-the-front-line-in-the-bloody-fight-to-take-manbij-from-isis.html|title=On the Front Line in the Bloody Fight to Take Manbij From ISIS|publisher=The Daily Beast|date=2016-06-05|accessdate=2016-06-06}}</ref>

On 31 May, the US announced that they would support the offensive and send supporting troops to the area. A US official stated that "Syrian Arab fighters would be the ones to stabilize and secure it once Islamic State is gone".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-offensive-idUSKCN0YN377|title=Exclusive: U.S.-backed Syria forces launch offensive for Manbij pocket - U.S. officials|work=Reuters|date=1 June 2016}}</ref> The same day the offensive started, the [[Syrian Observatory for Human Rights|SOHR]] stated "most of the fighters were from the Kurdish Popular Protection Units (YPG) militia".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36423822|title=Syria conflict: US-backed fighters 'advance on IS-held Manbij'|publisher=BBC|date=2016-06-01|accessdate=2016-06-04}}</ref> However, the next day, Turkish President [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] said that around 3,000 SDF fighters were joining the operation and that some 2,500 of them were Arabs, while around 450 were from the YPG.<ref name="hurriyet">{{cite news|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-intel-closely-watching-anti-isil-operation-near-its-border-erdogan.aspx?pageID=238&nID=100016&NewsCatID=352|title=Turkish intel ‘closely watching’ anti-ISIL operation near its border: Erdoğan|publisher=hurriyet}}</ref> Furthermore, two Coalition spokesmen reiterated Arab fighters were leading the offensive, while Kurdish forces were in support, and one stated the reports that were suggesting the offensive was Kurdish-led were inaccurate.<ref name=spokesman/><ref name=bastion>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-3625939/US-backed-Syrian-rebels-advance-IS-bastion.html|title=US-backed fighters close in on IS Syria bastion|publisher=|accessdate=6 June 2016}}</ref> Another report stated, per local activists, that 60 percent of the attacking force were Arabs from Manbij.<ref name=reach>{{cite web|url=https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/us-backed-rebels-reach-outskirts-isis-stronghold/|title=US backed rebels reach outskirts of ISIS stronghold|first=Leith|last=Fadel|date=4 June 2016|publisher=|accessdate=6 June 2016}}</ref> This was also confirmed by a Manbij Military Council commander who said 60 percent of the attacking force were Arabs and 40 percent Kurds, Turkmen and other ethnic groups,<ref name="auto"/> while an SDF fighter gave his perspective as "we have Arabs, Kurds, nobody knows how many exactly, we all work under the SDF-forces".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://aranews.net/2016/06/sdf-linked-manbij-military-council-cuts-off-isis-supply-route-raqqa-manbij/|title=SDF-led Manbij Military Council cuts off ISIS supply route between Raqqa and Manbij|publisher=Ara News|date=2016-06-05|accessdate=2016-06-05}}</ref>

==The offensive==
On 31 May 2016, the Syrian Democratic Forces launched the offensive for the "Manbij Pocket" (al-Shahba) region, with small numbers of US Special Forces assisting with tactical operations and planning near the frontlines.<ref name="launch offensive">{{cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-offensive-idUSKCN0YN377|title=Exclusive: U.S.-backed Syria forces launch offensive for Manbij pocket - U.S. officials|date=1 June 2016|publisher=|accessdate=6 June 2016|via=Reuters}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey-idUKKCN0YN4HA|title=Turkey not contributing to U.S.-backed Syria operation near Manbij - source|publisher=|accessdate=6 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="Manbij offensive2">{{cite web|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2016/Jun-01/354666-us-backed-syria-forces-launch-offensive-for-manbij-pocket-us-officials.ashx|title=US-backed Syria forces launch offensive for Manbij pocket: US officials|publisher=|accessdate=6 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/us-pyd-hit-isil-in-syria-turkey-doesnt-take-part.aspx?pageID=238&nID=99956&NewsCatID=510|title=US, PYD hit ISIL in Syria, Turkey doesn’t take part|publisher=hurriyet}}</ref> The SDF captured three villages and the al-Gharra Mountain from ISIL, located southeast of the ISIL stronghold of Manbij. This advancement put the SDF and YPG within 15 kilometres of Manbij.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/field-report-us-backed-fighters-capture-new-territories-northern-syria/|title=Syrian Democratic Forces capture new villages in Northern Syria|date=31 May 2016}}</ref> The offensive was launched from two directions, from the Tishrin Dam area and the ruins of the Qara Qozak Bridge, near Sarrin. It was reported that US Special Forces constructed an Armored Vehicle-Launched Bridge (AVLB) at the site of the destroyed Qara Qozak Bridge, to enable SDF forces to cross the Euphrates River.<ref name="inch closer">{{cite web|url=https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/sdf-inch-closer-isis-held-manbij/|title=SDF inch closer to ISIS-held Manbij|first=Zen|last=Adra|date=1 June 2016|publisher=|accessdate=6 June 2016}}</ref> On 1 June, the SDF captured Najam Castle, on the west bank of the Euphrates River, across from [[Sarrin]], and linked the two fronts east of Manbij, advancing along the M4 Highway and the west bank of the Euphrates.<ref name="June 1 Manbij map">{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/UmXFyFE|title=Battle of Manbij: Evening of June 1, 2016|publisher=|accessdate=6 June 2016}}</ref><ref name="2 fronts linked">{{cite web|url=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cj4dz6jWsAAbxUg.jpg|title=Syrian Civil War Map 2016 - 01/06/2016: SDF merges Manbij fronts|publisher=|accessdate=6 June 2016}}</ref> These advances nearly doubled the SDF-held territory near Manbij since the start of the offensive,<ref name="2 fronts linked" /> and brought the SDF within 12 kilometers of Manbij.<ref name="advance">{{cite web|url=https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/us-backed-rebels-advance-northeast-aleppo/|title=US backed rebels advance in northeast Aleppo|first=Leith|last=Fadel|date=2 June 2016|publisher=|accessdate=6 June 2016}}</ref>

On 3 June, Abu Layla, a leading commander of the Manbij Military Council, was severely injured during the clashes with ISIL. He was subsequently moved to [[Sulaymaniyah]] in [[Iraqi Kurdistan]] for treatment, where remained in critical condition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aranews.net/2016/06/leading-fsa-commander-heavily-injured-manbij-operation/|title=Leading FSA commander heavily injured in Manbij operation, moved to Iraqi Kurdistan for treatment|work=ARA News |date=4 June 2016}}</ref> Abu Layla died of his wounds two days later.<ref name=Layla/> Meanwhile, by this point, SDF forces had captured around 50 villages and almost 400 square kilometers of land from ISIL, within the past week.<ref name="closer">{{cite web|url=https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-democratic-forces-inch-closer-islamic-state-stronghold-manbij/|title=Syrian Democratic Forces inch closer to Islamic State stronghold of Manbij|author=Chris Tomson|date=3 June 2016|work=Al-Masdar News|accessdate=4 June 2016}}</ref>

On 4 June, the SDF captured another eight villages,<ref name=eight /> and cut the road between Manbij and Ar-Raqqah.<ref name=Adil>{{Cite web|url=http://aranews.net/2016/06/sdf-linked-manbij-military-council-cuts-off-isis-supply-route-raqqa-manbij/|title=SDF-led Manbij Military Council cuts off ISIS supply route between Raqqa and Manbij|work=ARA News |date=5 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/2016/06/04/46865|title=SDF take control on more areas in Menbej countryside|publisher=|accessdate=6 June 2016}}</ref> Heavy fighting continued on 5 June, five kilometers from Manbij.<ref name=bastion/> On 5 June, the SDF captured the village of Awn Dadat, north of Manbij, severing the Jarabulus-Manbij road. SDF forces also captured Khirbat Hisan, Malla Saad, and Safiya, to the north of Manbij, killing dozens of ISIL militants.<ref name="Jarabulus road cut">{{cite web|url=http://aranews.net/2016/06/syrian-democratic-forces-expel-isis-key-area-near-jarablus/|title=Syrian Democratic Forces expel ISIS from key district near Jarablus - ARA News|date=6 June 2016|publisher=|accessdate=6 June 2016}}</ref> By early 6 June, it was reported that the SDF had captured 10 more villages from ISIL near Manbij, including Kabir al-Kabir, located 5 km south of Manbij, putting ISIL in a state of high alert. Due to the SDF advancement and the ongoing encirclement of Manbij, ISIL was reportedly beginning to transfer fighters from the Azaz frontline to Manbij, in order to reinforce their positions against the SDF.<ref name="high alert">{{cite web|url=https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isis-high-alert-syrian-democratic-forces-encircle-manbij-city-map-update/|title=ISIS on high alert as the Syrian Democratic Forces encircle Manbij city - Map update|first=Chris|last=Tomson|date=6 June 2016|publisher=|accessdate=6 June 2016}}</ref>

As of 6 June, ISIL fighters were reportedly fleeing Manbij with their families,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.trust.org/item/20160606080232-x991f/|title=U.S.-backed force says Islamic State fleeing Syrian city|work=Reuters|date=6 June 2016}}</ref> while ISIL attempted to regain control over Om Ezam village and its vicinity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/2016/06/06/46912|title=More than 60 fighters killed in the operation of controlling Manbej city by the Syria Democratic Forces|work=SOHR|date=6 June 2016}}</ref> That day, the SDF took the Jarabulus-Manbij road and two villages east of Manbij.<ref name="jarabulusroad">{{cite web|url=http://rudaw.net/NewsDetails.aspx?pageid=221369|title=Jarabulus-Manbij road captured from ISIS|work=Rudaw|date=6 June 2016}}</ref> By the evening, SDF fighters were within two kilometers south of Manbij.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isis-verge-losing-manbij-city-eastern-aleppo-map-update/|title=ISIS on the verge of losing Manbij city in eastern Aleppo - Map update|first=Chris|last=Tomson|date=7 June 2016|publisher=|accessdate=10 June 2016}}</ref>

On 7 June, the SDF captured six more villages and farms around Qara Qoqaz bridge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/2016/06/07/46989|title=SDF advances in about 60 farmlands and villages around Menbej|publisher=|accessdate=10 June 2016}}</ref>

On 8 June, ISIL started to abandon its frontline against the Turkish-backed rebels north of Aleppo to reinforce Manbij, while the SDF captured two more villages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/2016/06/08/47063|title=The "Islamic State" retreat from more towns and villages in the northern countryside of Aleppo and 16 members from the "Islamic state" killed in the targeting by the warplanes of the International Coalition in the vicinity of Manbej, and the Syria Democratic Forces continue advancing in the area|publisher=|accessdate=10 June 2016}}</ref> That morning, the rebels launched surprise simultaneous attacks from Mare' and Azaz to push back ISIL. ISIL forces did not put up much resistance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/suffers-major-defeat-northern-syria-ahead-manbij-showdown-1158433547|title= Rebels push IS back from Turkish border as Manbij showdown looms|date= 8 June 2016}}</ref>

On 9 June, the SDF was trying to complete its siege on Manbij, advancing on its eastern, northern and southern side, capturing several villages in the progress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/2016/06/09/47180|title=The Syria Democratic Forces control 75 villages and farms and get closer to Manbej city and more casualties in Coalition’s airstrikes|publisher=|accessdate=10 June 2016}}</ref> Later that day, SDF forces reached the Manbij-Aleppo road; the last major route going out of the city<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.vice.com/article/us-backed-forces-tighten-grip-around-islamic-state-in-syrias-manbij?utm_source=vicenewstwitter|title=US-backed Forces Tighten Grip Around Islamic State in Syria's Manbij - VICE News|publisher=|accessdate=10 June 2016}}</ref> According to the SOHR, 49 ISIL militants and one SDF fighter were killed in the past 36 hours.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.syriahr.com/en/2016/06/09/47192|title=SDF kills about 50 IS around Menbej|publisher=|accessdate=10 June 2016}}</ref> The SDF claimed that the emir of Manbij, Osama al-Tunisi, was among the ISIL casualties, releasing footage of his corpse.<ref name="emir" /> According to local activists and SDF officals, Osama had attempted to escape from the city to [[Al-Bab]] with his family and bodyguards; all of them were subsequently killed by SDF artillery bombardement. ARA News claimed that Osama al-Tunisi's escape attempt and death "indicates the collapse of ISIS in the city under the ongoing operation by the western-backed SDF troops".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aranews.net/2016/06/isis-governor-manbij-killed-sdf-attack/|title=ISIS governor of Manbij killed in SDF attack|work=ARA News |date=11 June 2016}}</ref> Nevertheless, ISIL forces launched a limited counter-offensive south of Manbij on the same day, claiming to have retaken a small number of villages.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/isis-claims-recapture-areas-south-manbij-eastern-aleppo/|title=ISIS claims to recapture areas south of Manbij in eastern Aleppo|first=Chris|last=Tomson|date=9 June 2016|publisher=al-masdar News|accessdate=10 June 2016}}</ref>

On 10 June, Manbij was completely besieged by the SDF, with all of the routes leading to Manbij cut off by SDF forces,<ref name="manbijsiege">{{cite web|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-manbij-idUSKCN0YW0T1|title=U.S.-backed forces cut off all routes into IS-held Manbij: Syrian Observatory|date=10 June 2016|publisher=|accessdate=10 June 2016|via=Reuters}}</ref> trapping 2,000 ISIL fighters<ref name="ISIL numbers in Manbij" /> and several thousand civilians inside the city.<ref name="thousands trapped">[https://www.yahoo.com/news/thousands-civilians-trapped-syrias-manbij-monitor-100622329.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&ref=gs Thousands trapped in besieged IS bastion in north Syria]</ref> Meanwhile, SDF forces continued to advance west of Manbij, reaching within 17 kilometers of Al-Bab by 11 June.<ref>[http://news.trust.org/item/20160611103934-gcue4 U.S.-backed forces push deeper into Islamic State territory in northern Syria - monitor]</ref>. US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced on Friday that at least 400 militants from the Islamic State (ISIS) have been killed since the start of the ongoing military campaign aimed at liberating Manbij in northern Syria.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aranews.net/2016/06/400-isis-militants-killed-90-villages-liberated-sdf-led-battle-manbij-north-syria/|title=400 ISIS militants killed, 90 villages liberated in the SDF-led battle for Manbij north Syria|date=10 June 2016|publisher=ARA News|accessdate=11 June 2016}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Tell Abyad offensive]]
* [[Al-Shaddadi offensive (2016)]]
* [[Mosul offensive (2016)]]
* [[Third Battle of Fallujah]]
* [[Northern Raqqa offensive (May 2016)]]
* [[List of wars and battles involving ISIL]]

==Notes==
1. The "Manbij Pocket" region in the northern Aleppo Province, itself the focus of this offensive, is also locally known as the al-Shahba region.<ref name="liberate al-Shabha">{{cite web|url=http://aranews.net/2016/05/tribal-leaders-northern-aleppo-call-kurdish-led-sdf-forces-liberate-areas-isis/|title=Tribal leaders in northern Aleppo call on US-backed SDF forces to liberate their areas from ISIS - ARA News|date=23 May 2016|publisher=|accessdate=6 June 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/the-ypg-s-next-move-a-two-front-war-for-the-manbij-pocket The YPG’s Next Move: A Two Front War for the Manbij Pocket]
*[http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/syriasource/holding-territory-taken-from-isis-in-the-manbij-pocket Holding Territory Taken From ISIS in the Manbij Pocket]
*[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/06/05/on-the-front-line-in-the-bloody-fight-to-take-manbij-from-isis.html On the Front Line in the Bloody Fight to Take Manbij From ISIS]

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Norway Chess

2016-04-07T01:16:52Z

Chessrat: /* Norway Chess 2016 */ Karjakin withdrew

'''Norway Chess''' is annual closed [[chess tournament]], typically taking place in the May to June time period every year. The first edition of which took place in the [[Stavanger]] area, [[Norway]], from 7 May to 18 May 2013. The 2013 tournament had ten participants, including seven of the ten highest rated players in the world per the May 2013 [[FIDE World Rankings]].<ref>Paul Fridtjov Svendsen: [http://www.aftenbladet.no/nyheter/lokalt/sandnes/Sandnes-far-forsmak-pa-VM-finalen-i-sjakk-3150975.html Sandnes får forsmak på VM-finalen i sjakk] [[Stavanger Aftenblad]], 2 April 2013 {{no icon}}</ref> It was won by [[Sergey Karjakin]], with [[Magnus Carlsen]] and [[Hikaru Nakamura]] tied for the second place.<ref>Lubomir Kavalek (21 May 2013): [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lubomir-kavalek/karjakin-wins-norway-ches_b_3287817.html Karjakin Wins Norway Chess 2013, Edges Carlsen and Nakamura] [[Huffington Post]], retrieved 23 June 2013</ref> The latest Norway Chess Tournament, Norway Chess 2015, took place in mid-June 2015 and was a part of the inaugural Grand Chess Tour. The tournament has since decided to withdraw from the Grand Chess Tour.<ref>[https://chess24.com/en/read/news/norway-chess-quits-the-grand-chess-tour]</ref>

==Norway Chess 2013==
The 2013 tournament started with a [[Fast chess|blitz]] round played at the [[University of Stavanger]] on 7 May 2013. Rounds 1–8 were played at Hotel Residence, [[Sandnes]] (rounds 1–3, 5–6, 8), at Aarbakke factory in [[Bryne]] (round 4) and on the island [[Sør-Hidle]] in [[Strand, Norway|Strand]] (round 7).<ref>[http://norwaychess.com/en/program/ Norway Chess 2013: Program]</ref> The final round 9 was played in [[Stavanger Concert Hall]] on 18 May 2013. In addition to the super tournament, there was a local school tournament and a celebrity tournament. Partly parallel to the tournament, Stavanger Open NGP 2013 was arranged by Stavanger Chess Club from 8 to 12 May. Matches were streamed live with [[Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam]] and [[Simen Agdestein]] as commentators.<ref>Thor Bugge Lanesskog: [http://thornews.com/2013/02/09/norway-chess-2013-super-tournament-and-public-celebration/ Norway Chess 2013 – Super Tournament and Public Celebration], Thor News, 9 February 2013</ref>

The tournament was arranged by the foundation Norway Chess, with economic support from local businesses and municipalities and the [[Rogaland]] county. The cost of the arrangement was predicted to be about 5 million [[Norwegian kroner]] (approximately 672,000 [[euro]]),<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/norway-chess-2013-with-impressive-lineup/ Norway Chess 2013 with impressive lineup] chessdom.com, retrieved 3 April 2013</ref> of which about half is for the prizes for the participants.<ref name=vg>Øyvind Brenne: [http://www.vg.no/sport/artikkel.php?artid=10078033 Carlsen blir trekkplaster i storturnering på norsk jord] [[VG (Newspaper)|VG]], 7 February 2013 {{no icon}}</ref> The organizers plan to make the tournament a yearly event.<ref name=vg/>

[[Vladimir Kramnik]] was originally among the expected participants, but in April 2013 it was announced that he had withdrawn and was replaced with [[Peter Svidler]].<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/svidler-will-replace-kramnik-at-norway-chess-2013/ Svidler will replace Kramnik at Norway Chess 2013] Chessdom.com, 13 April 2013</ref>

===Blitz tournament===
On 7 May 2013, a [[Fast chess|blitz tournament]] was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.<ref name=blitz>[http://norwaychess.com/en/result-of-blitz-tournament/ Norway Chess 2013: Result of blitz tournament]</ref> According to regulations, the winner of the blitz tournament had the right to choose the number in the table by his own, and [[Sergey Karjakin]] chose to be fifth in the main tournament table.<ref name=choose>[http://chess-news.ru/en/node/11964 Chess-news.ru: Sergey Karjakin Won the Blitz Tournament and Chose to Be Fifth in the Table]</ref>

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2873
| X || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2856
| 0 || X || ½ || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2783<ref name=initial>[http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/5721-rapid-and-blitz-rating-lists.html FIDE rules: for players with existing FIDE ratings, their initial rating on blitz rating list will be that rating]</ref>
| 1 || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || '''6'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2844
| 0 || 0 || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2757
| 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''5.5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|Azerbaijan}} || 2755
| 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2608<ref name=initial/>
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}} || 2698
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || '''3'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2817
| ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || '''2.5'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2666
| 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || '''1'''
|}

The places 2, 3 and 4 were decided by [[tiebreaker]]s: Carlsen on most games with black pieces, Anand with two victories with black against Nakamura's one victory.<ref name=blitz/>

=== Results===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating (No.) !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points || [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2767 (10)
| X || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6''' || 24.00
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2868 (1)
| 1 || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''5.5''' || 22.75
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2775 (7)
| 0 || ½ || X || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''5.5''' || 21.25
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2769 (9)
| 1 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5''' || 21.50
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2813 (2)
| 0 || ½ || 1 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5''' || 20.50
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2783 (5)
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5''' || 19.25
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}} || 2743 (16)
| 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || '''4.5''' || 21.50
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2793 (4)
| ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.00
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|Azerbaijan}} || 2745 (14)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || '''3''' || 10.75
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2608 (197)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 0 || X || '''1.5''' || 6.50
|}

The [[tiebreaker]]s were: [[Sonneborn-Berger score]], most wins, most wins with black.<ref name=standings>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/resultsstandings/ Norway Chess 2013: Standings]</ref> In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game [[Fast chess|blitz match]] (or blitz tournament) and an [[Fast chess#Overview|armageddon game]] were scheduled.<ref>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/regulations-of-the-international-chess-tournament-supreme-masters/ Norway Chess 2013: Tournament Regulations]</ref>

==Norway Chess 2014==
Second tournament took place from 2 to 13 June 2014. The ten participants were [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Fabiano Caruana]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Sergey Karjakin]], [[Peter Svidler]], [[Anish Giri]] and [[Simen Agdestein]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/players-2/|title=Players|publisher=Norway Chess|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref> Agdestein qualified by defeating [[Jon Ludvig Hammer]] in a rapid match that took place from 26 to 27 April 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tv2.no/2014/04/27/sport/sjakk/5543493|title=Agdestein klar for Carlsen-møte|last=Aarre|first=Magnus Krogsæter|date=27 April 2014|publisher=TV2|language=Norwegian|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref>

===Blitz tournament===
On 2 June 2014, a [[Fast chess|blitz tournament]] was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.<ref name=blitz2014>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/no-logo-norway-chess-blitz-tournament/ Norway Chess 2014: Result of blitz tournament]</ref>
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Magnus Carlsen]]'''|Norway}} || 2837
| X || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''7.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2863
| ½ || X || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 3 || align=left |{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Karjakin]]|Russia}} || 2866
| 0 || 1 || X || 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5.5'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2801
| ½ || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''5.5'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2757
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2755
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || X || 1 || 0 || ½ || 1 || '''4.5'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2782
| ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2697
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2666
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || '''2'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Simen Agdestein]]|Norway}} || 2577
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || X || '''1.5'''
|}
The places 3, 4, 7 and 8 were decided by tiebreakers: Karjakin on most games with black pieces, Kramnik with one victory with black against Caruana's zero victory.<ref name=blitz2014/>

=== Results===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points || [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2771
| X || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || '''6''' || 26.25
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2881
| ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1|| ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5.5''' || 23.50
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2792
| 0 || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || '''5''' || 21.00
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2791
| 0 || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || '''4.5''' || 19.75
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2772
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''4.5''' || 19.50
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2815
| 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.25
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2753
| ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.25
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2752
| 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || ½ || '''4''' || 17.75
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2783
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || '''4''' || 17.00
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Simen Agdestein]]|Norway}} || 2628
| ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || '''3.5''' || 15.75
|}

The [[tiebreaker]]s were: [[Sonneborn-Berger score]], most wins, most wins with black.<ref name=standings14>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/standings/ Norway Chess 2014: Standings]</ref> In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game [[Fast chess|blitz match]] (or blitz tournament) and an [[Fast chess#Overview|armageddon game]] were scheduled.

==Norway Chess 2015==
The third edition of the tournament took place from 15 to 26 June 2015. This was the first tournament of a three tournament series in the inaugural [[Grand Chess Tour]], where participants accumulate as many points as possible over the three tournaments for prizes in the overall tour. The players were [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Viswanathan Anand]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Hikaru Nakamura]], [[Fabiano Caruana]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Anish Giri]], [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]], and [[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]. Jon Ludvig Hammer was not invited to the overall Grand Chess Tour; however he qualified for the 10th spot in the tournament by winning the Enter Card Scandinavian Masters Tournament in May 2015.<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/entercard-scandinavian-masters-live/]</ref>

=== Results ===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points !! [[Performance rating (chess)|TPR]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Veselin Topalov]]'''|Bulgaria}} || 2798
| X || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''6.5''' || 2946
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2804
| ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''6.0''' || 2899
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2802
| ½ || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6.0''' || 2900
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2773
| 1 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''5.5''' || 2861
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2805
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || '''4.0''' || 2741
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|France}} || 2723
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || '''4.0''' || 2749
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2876
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || 1 || 0 || '''3.5''' || 2693
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2781
| 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || '''3.5''' || 2704
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2780
| 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || '''3.0''' || 2662
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2677
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 0 || ½ || X || '''3.0''' || 2674
|}

The tiebreakers were: most wins, direct encounter, [[Sonneborn-Berger]] system, extended Koya system.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rules and Regulations|url=http://2015.norwaychess.com/supertournament-2015/14218-2/|website=Norway Chess|accessdate=25 September 2015}}</ref>

==Norway Chess 2016==

The fourth Norway Chess Tournament will take place from 18 to 30 April 2016. It has a new title sponsor, [[Altibox]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Altibox: New title sponsor for Norway Chess|url=http://2015.norwaychess.com/altibox-new-title-sponsor-for-norway-chess/|website=Norway Chess|accessdate=13 January 2016|date=2015-12-21}}</ref> however, it withdrew from the Grand Chess Tour in early January 2016 citing differences on the future of chess supertournaments and tournament sponsorship.<ref>{{cite web|title=Press release from Grand Chess Tour/Altibox Norway Chess|url=http://2015.norwaychess.com/press-release-from-grand-chess-touraltibox-norway-chess/|website=Norway Chess|accessdate=13 January 2016|date=2016-01-06}}</ref>

The players were initially announced as [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Anish Giri]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Sergey Karjakin]], [[Pavel Eljanov]], [[Pendyala Harikrishna]], and a wildcard to be determined in a qualifying tournament. <ref>http://norwaychess.no/en/the-players/</ref>

On 6 April, Karjakin decided not to play in the tournament. <ref>http://rsport.ru/chess/20160406/911058383.html</ref>

===Wild card qualifier===

A qualifying tournament took place from 23 to 26 March 2016. It was a double round robin consisting of two stages: the first leg was played with a classical time control and 3-1-0 scoring system; the second leg was played with a rapid time control and 2-1-0 scoring system. <ref>http://norwaychess.no/en/2016/02/22/altibox-norway-chess-wild-card-qualifier/</ref><ref>http://fagerneschess2016.blogspot.co.uk/p/altibox-norway-chess-qualifier.html</ref> It was won by [[Nils Grandelius]].

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ First leg
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|[[Nils Grandelius]]|Sweden}} || 2646
| X || 3 || 1 || 3 || 7
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2701
| 0 || X || 3 || 3 || 6
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hou Yifan]]|China}} || 2667
| 1 || 0 || X || 1 || 2
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Aryan Tari]]|Norway}} || 2553
| 0 || 0 || 1 || X || 1
|}

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Second leg
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|[[Nils Grandelius]]|Sweden}} || 2598
| X || 2 || 2 || 1 || 5
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hou Yifan]]|China}} || 2625
| 0 || X || 2 || 2 || 4
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2620
| 0 || 0 || X || 2 || 2
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Aryan Tari]]|Norway}} || 2532
| 1 || 0 || 0 || X || 1
|}

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Final scores
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! First leg !! Second leg !! Total score
|-
| 1 || align=left |'''{{flagathlete|[[Nils Grandelius]]|Sweden}}''' || 2646
| 7 || 5 || '''12'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2701
| 6 || 2 || 8
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hou Yifan]]|China}} || 2667
| 2 || 4 || 6
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Aryan Tari]]|Norway}} || 2553
| 1 || 1 || 2
|}

=== Results ===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points !! [[Performance rating (chess)|TPR]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2851
| X || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2801
| || X || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2790
| || || X || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|France}} || 2788
| || || || X || || || || || || || ||
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2784
| || || || || X || || || || || || ||
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Pavel Eljanov]]|Ukraine}} || 2765
| || || || || || X || || || || || ||
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Pendyala Harikrishna]]|India}} || 2763
| || || || || || || X || || || || ||
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2754
| || || || || || || || X || || || ||
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Nils Grandelius]]|Sweden}} || 2649
| || || || || || || || || X || || ||
|-
| 10 || align=left | TBD ||
| || || || || || || || || || X || ||
|}

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://norwaychess.com/en/}}

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Norway Chess

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'''Norway Chess''' is annual closed [[chess tournament]], typically taking place in the May to June time period every year. The first edition of which took place in the [[Stavanger]] area, [[Norway]], from 7 May to 18 May 2013. The 2013 tournament had ten participants, including seven of the ten highest rated players in the world per the May 2013 [[FIDE World Rankings]].<ref>Paul Fridtjov Svendsen: [http://www.aftenbladet.no/nyheter/lokalt/sandnes/Sandnes-far-forsmak-pa-VM-finalen-i-sjakk-3150975.html Sandnes får forsmak på VM-finalen i sjakk] [[Stavanger Aftenblad]], 2 April 2013 {{no icon}}</ref> It was won by [[Sergey Karjakin]], with [[Magnus Carlsen]] and [[Hikaru Nakamura]] tied for the second place.<ref>Lubomir Kavalek (21 May 2013): [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lubomir-kavalek/karjakin-wins-norway-ches_b_3287817.html Karjakin Wins Norway Chess 2013, Edges Carlsen and Nakamura] [[Huffington Post]], retrieved 23 June 2013</ref> The latest Norway Chess Tournament, Norway Chess 2015, took place in mid-June 2015 and was a part of the inaugural Grand Chess Tour. The tournament has since decided to withdraw from the Grand Chess Tour.<ref>[https://chess24.com/en/read/news/norway-chess-quits-the-grand-chess-tour]</ref>

==Norway Chess 2013==
The 2013 tournament started with a [[Fast chess|blitz]] round played at the [[University of Stavanger]] on 7 May 2013. Rounds 1–8 were played at Hotel Residence, [[Sandnes]] (rounds 1–3, 5–6, 8), at Aarbakke factory in [[Bryne]] (round 4) and on the island [[Sør-Hidle]] in [[Strand, Norway|Strand]] (round 7).<ref>[http://norwaychess.com/en/program/ Norway Chess 2013: Program]</ref> The final round 9 was played in [[Stavanger Concert Hall]] on 18 May 2013. In addition to the super tournament, there was a local school tournament and a celebrity tournament. Partly parallel to the tournament, Stavanger Open NGP 2013 was arranged by Stavanger Chess Club from 8 to 12 May. Matches were streamed live with [[Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam]] and [[Simen Agdestein]] as commentators.<ref>Thor Bugge Lanesskog: [http://thornews.com/2013/02/09/norway-chess-2013-super-tournament-and-public-celebration/ Norway Chess 2013 – Super Tournament and Public Celebration], Thor News, 9 February 2013</ref>

The tournament was arranged by the foundation Norway Chess, with economic support from local businesses and municipalities and the [[Rogaland]] county. The cost of the arrangement was predicted to be about 5 million [[Norwegian kroner]] (approximately 672,000 [[euro]]),<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/norway-chess-2013-with-impressive-lineup/ Norway Chess 2013 with impressive lineup] chessdom.com, retrieved 3 April 2013</ref> of which about half is for the prizes for the participants.<ref name=vg>Øyvind Brenne: [http://www.vg.no/sport/artikkel.php?artid=10078033 Carlsen blir trekkplaster i storturnering på norsk jord] [[VG (Newspaper)|VG]], 7 February 2013 {{no icon}}</ref> The organizers plan to make the tournament a yearly event.<ref name=vg/>

[[Vladimir Kramnik]] was originally among the expected participants, but in April 2013 it was announced that he had withdrawn and was replaced with [[Peter Svidler]].<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/svidler-will-replace-kramnik-at-norway-chess-2013/ Svidler will replace Kramnik at Norway Chess 2013] Chessdom.com, 13 April 2013</ref>

===Blitz tournament===
On 7 May 2013, a [[Fast chess|blitz tournament]] was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.<ref name=blitz>[http://norwaychess.com/en/result-of-blitz-tournament/ Norway Chess 2013: Result of blitz tournament]</ref> According to regulations, the winner of the blitz tournament had the right to choose the number in the table by his own, and [[Sergey Karjakin]] chose to be fifth in the main tournament table.<ref name=choose>[http://chess-news.ru/en/node/11964 Chess-news.ru: Sergey Karjakin Won the Blitz Tournament and Chose to Be Fifth in the Table]</ref>

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2873
| X || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2856
| 0 || X || ½ || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2783<ref name=initial>[http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/5721-rapid-and-blitz-rating-lists.html FIDE rules: for players with existing FIDE ratings, their initial rating on blitz rating list will be that rating]</ref>
| 1 || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || '''6'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2844
| 0 || 0 || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2757
| 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''5.5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|Azerbaijan}} || 2755
| 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2608<ref name=initial/>
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}} || 2698
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || '''3'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2817
| ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || '''2.5'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2666
| 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || '''1'''
|}

The places 2, 3 and 4 were decided by [[tiebreaker]]s: Carlsen on most games with black pieces, Anand with two victories with black against Nakamura's one victory.<ref name=blitz/>

=== Results===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating (No.) !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points || [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2767 (10)
| X || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6''' || 24.00
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2868 (1)
| 1 || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''5.5''' || 22.75
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2775 (7)
| 0 || ½ || X || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''5.5''' || 21.25
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2769 (9)
| 1 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5''' || 21.50
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2813 (2)
| 0 || ½ || 1 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5''' || 20.50
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2783 (5)
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5''' || 19.25
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}} || 2743 (16)
| 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || '''4.5''' || 21.50
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2793 (4)
| ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.00
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|Azerbaijan}} || 2745 (14)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || '''3''' || 10.75
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2608 (197)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 0 || X || '''1.5''' || 6.50
|}

The [[tiebreaker]]s were: [[Sonneborn-Berger score]], most wins, most wins with black.<ref name=standings>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/resultsstandings/ Norway Chess 2013: Standings]</ref> In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game [[Fast chess|blitz match]] (or blitz tournament) and an [[Fast chess#Overview|armageddon game]] were scheduled.<ref>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/regulations-of-the-international-chess-tournament-supreme-masters/ Norway Chess 2013: Tournament Regulations]</ref>

==Norway Chess 2014==
Second tournament took place from 2 to 13 June 2014. The ten participants were [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Fabiano Caruana]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Sergey Karjakin]], [[Peter Svidler]], [[Anish Giri]] and [[Simen Agdestein]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/players-2/|title=Players|publisher=Norway Chess|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref> Agdestein qualified by defeating [[Jon Ludvig Hammer]] in a rapid match that took place from 26 to 27 April 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tv2.no/2014/04/27/sport/sjakk/5543493|title=Agdestein klar for Carlsen-møte|last=Aarre|first=Magnus Krogsæter|date=27 April 2014|publisher=TV2|language=Norwegian|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref>

===Blitz tournament===
On 2 June 2014, a [[Fast chess|blitz tournament]] was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.<ref name=blitz2014>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/no-logo-norway-chess-blitz-tournament/ Norway Chess 2014: Result of blitz tournament]</ref>
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Magnus Carlsen]]'''|Norway}} || 2837
| X || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''7.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2863
| ½ || X || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 3 || align=left |{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Karjakin]]|Russia}} || 2866
| 0 || 1 || X || 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5.5'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2801
| ½ || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''5.5'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2757
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2755
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || X || 1 || 0 || ½ || 1 || '''4.5'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2782
| ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2697
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2666
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || '''2'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Simen Agdestein]]|Norway}} || 2577
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || X || '''1.5'''
|}
The places 3, 4, 7 and 8 were decided by tiebreakers: Karjakin on most games with black pieces, Kramnik with one victory with black against Caruana's zero victory.<ref name=blitz2014/>

=== Results===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points || [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2771
| X || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || '''6''' || 26.25
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2881
| ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1|| ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5.5''' || 23.50
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2792
| 0 || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || '''5''' || 21.00
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2791
| 0 || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || '''4.5''' || 19.75
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2772
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''4.5''' || 19.50
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2815
| 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.25
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2753
| ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.25
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2752
| 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || ½ || '''4''' || 17.75
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2783
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || '''4''' || 17.00
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Simen Agdestein]]|Norway}} || 2628
| ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || '''3.5''' || 15.75
|}

The [[tiebreaker]]s were: [[Sonneborn-Berger score]], most wins, most wins with black.<ref name=standings14>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/standings/ Norway Chess 2014: Standings]</ref> In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game [[Fast chess|blitz match]] (or blitz tournament) and an [[Fast chess#Overview|armageddon game]] were scheduled.

==Norway Chess 2015==
The third edition of the tournament took place from 15 to 26 June 2015. This was the first tournament of a three tournament series in the inaugural [[Grand Chess Tour]], where participants accumulate as many points as possible over the three tournaments for prizes in the overall tour. The players were [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Viswanathan Anand]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Hikaru Nakamura]], [[Fabiano Caruana]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Anish Giri]], [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]], and [[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]. Jon Ludvig Hammer was not invited to the overall Grand Chess Tour; however he qualified for the 10th spot in the tournament by winning the Enter Card Scandinavian Masters Tournament in May 2015.<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/entercard-scandinavian-masters-live/]</ref>

=== Results ===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points !! [[Performance rating (chess)|TPR]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Veselin Topalov]]'''|Bulgaria}} || 2798
| X || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''6.5''' || 2946
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2804
| ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''6.0''' || 2899
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2802
| ½ || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6.0''' || 2900
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2773
| 1 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''5.5''' || 2861
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2805
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || '''4.0''' || 2741
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|France}} || 2723
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || '''4.0''' || 2749
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2876
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || 1 || 0 || '''3.5''' || 2693
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2781
| 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || '''3.5''' || 2704
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2780
| 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || '''3.0''' || 2662
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2677
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 0 || ½ || X || '''3.0''' || 2674
|}

The tiebreakers were: most wins, direct encounter, [[Sonneborn-Berger]] system, extended Koya system.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rules and Regulations|url=http://2015.norwaychess.com/supertournament-2015/14218-2/|website=Norway Chess|accessdate=25 September 2015}}</ref>

==Norway Chess 2016==

The fourth Norway Chess Tournament will take place from 18 to 30 April 2016. It has a new title sponsor, [[Altibox]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Altibox: New title sponsor for Norway Chess|url=http://2015.norwaychess.com/altibox-new-title-sponsor-for-norway-chess/|website=Norway Chess|accessdate=13 January 2016|date=2015-12-21}}</ref> however, it withdrew from the Grand Chess Tour in early January 2016 citing differences on the future of chess supertournaments and tournament sponsorship.<ref>{{cite web|title=Press release from Grand Chess Tour/Altibox Norway Chess|url=http://2015.norwaychess.com/press-release-from-grand-chess-touraltibox-norway-chess/|website=Norway Chess|accessdate=13 January 2016|date=2016-01-06}}</ref>

The players are [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Anish Giri]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Sergey Karjakin]], [[Pavel Eljanov]], [[Pendyala Harikrishna]], and a wildcard (to be determined). <ref>http://norwaychess.no/en/the-players/</ref>

===Wild card qualifier===

A qualifying tournament took place from 23 to 26 March 2016. It was a double round robin consisting of two stages: the first leg was played with a classical time control and 3-1-0 scoring system; the second leg was played with a rapid time control and 2-1-0 scoring system. <ref>http://norwaychess.no/en/2016/02/22/altibox-norway-chess-wild-card-qualifier/</ref><ref>http://fagerneschess2016.blogspot.co.uk/p/altibox-norway-chess-qualifier.html</ref> It was won by [[Nils Grandelius]].

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ First leg
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|[[Nils Grandelius]]|Sweden}} || 2646
| X || 3 || 1 || 3 || 7
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2701
| 0 || X || 3 || 3 || 6
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hou Yifan]]|China}} || 2667
| 1 || 0 || X || 1 || 2
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Aryan Tari]]|Norway}} || 2553
| 0 || 0 || 1 || X || 1
|}

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Second leg
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|[[Nils Grandelius]]|Sweden}} || 2598
| X || 2 || 2 || 1 || 5
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hou Yifan]]|China}} || 2625
| 0 || X || 2 || 2 || 4
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2620
| 0 || 0 || X || 2 || 2
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Aryan Tari]]|Norway}} || 2532
| 1 || 0 || 0 || X || 1
|}

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Final scores
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! First leg !! Second leg !! Total score
|-
| 1 || align=left |'''{{flagathlete|[[Nils Grandelius]]|Sweden}}''' || 2646
| 7 || 5 || '''12'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2701
| 6 || 2 || 8
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hou Yifan]]|China}} || 2667
| 2 || 4 || 6
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Aryan Tari]]|Norway}} || 2553
| 1 || 1 || 2
|}

=== Results ===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points !! [[Performance rating (chess)|TPR]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2851
| X || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2801
| || X || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2793
| || || X || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|France}} || 2792
| || || || X || || || || || || || ||
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2786
| || || || || X || || || || || || ||
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2780
| || || || || || X || || || || || ||
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Pavel Eljanov]]|Norway}} || 2765
| || || || || || || X || || || || ||
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Sergey Karjakin]]|Russia}} || 2760
| || || || || || || || X || || || ||
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Pendyala Harikrishna]]|India}} || 2758
| || || || || || || || || X || || ||
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Nils Grandelius]]|Sweden}} || 2646
| || || || || || || || || || X || ||
|}

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://norwaychess.com/en/}}

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Norway Chess

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'''Norway Chess''' is annual closed [[chess tournament]], typically taking place in the May to June time period every year. The first edition of which took place in the [[Stavanger]] area, [[Norway]], from 7 May to 18 May 2013. The 2013 tournament had ten participants, including seven of the ten highest rated players in the world per the May 2013 [[FIDE World Rankings]].<ref>Paul Fridtjov Svendsen: [http://www.aftenbladet.no/nyheter/lokalt/sandnes/Sandnes-far-forsmak-pa-VM-finalen-i-sjakk-3150975.html Sandnes får forsmak på VM-finalen i sjakk] [[Stavanger Aftenblad]], 2 April 2013 {{no icon}}</ref> It was won by [[Sergey Karjakin]], with [[Magnus Carlsen]] and [[Hikaru Nakamura]] tied for the second place.<ref>Lubomir Kavalek (21 May 2013): [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lubomir-kavalek/karjakin-wins-norway-ches_b_3287817.html Karjakin Wins Norway Chess 2013, Edges Carlsen and Nakamura] [[Huffington Post]], retrieved 23 June 2013</ref> The latest Norway Chess Tournament, Norway Chess 2015, took place in mid-June 2015 and was a part of the inaugural Grand Chess Tour. The tournament has since decided to withdraw from the Grand Chess Tour.<ref>[https://chess24.com/en/read/news/norway-chess-quits-the-grand-chess-tour]</ref>

==Norway Chess 2013==
The 2013 tournament started with a [[Fast chess|blitz]] round played at the [[University of Stavanger]] on 7 May 2013. Rounds 1–8 were played at Hotel Residence, [[Sandnes]] (rounds 1–3, 5–6, 8), at Aarbakke factory in [[Bryne]] (round 4) and on the island [[Sør-Hidle]] in [[Strand, Norway|Strand]] (round 7).<ref>[http://norwaychess.com/en/program/ Norway Chess 2013: Program]</ref> The final round 9 was played in [[Stavanger Concert Hall]] on 18 May 2013. In addition to the super tournament, there was a local school tournament and a celebrity tournament. Partly parallel to the tournament, Stavanger Open NGP 2013 was arranged by Stavanger Chess Club from 8 to 12 May. Matches were streamed live with [[Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam]] and [[Simen Agdestein]] as commentators.<ref>Thor Bugge Lanesskog: [http://thornews.com/2013/02/09/norway-chess-2013-super-tournament-and-public-celebration/ Norway Chess 2013 – Super Tournament and Public Celebration], Thor News, 9 February 2013</ref>

The tournament was arranged by the foundation Norway Chess, with economic support from local businesses and municipalities and the [[Rogaland]] county. The cost of the arrangement was predicted to be about 5 million [[Norwegian kroner]] (approximately 672,000 [[euro]]),<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/norway-chess-2013-with-impressive-lineup/ Norway Chess 2013 with impressive lineup] chessdom.com, retrieved 3 April 2013</ref> of which about half is for the prizes for the participants.<ref name=vg>Øyvind Brenne: [http://www.vg.no/sport/artikkel.php?artid=10078033 Carlsen blir trekkplaster i storturnering på norsk jord] [[VG (Newspaper)|VG]], 7 February 2013 {{no icon}}</ref> The organizers plan to make the tournament a yearly event.<ref name=vg/>

[[Vladimir Kramnik]] was originally among the expected participants, but in April 2013 it was announced that he had withdrawn and was replaced with [[Peter Svidler]].<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/svidler-will-replace-kramnik-at-norway-chess-2013/ Svidler will replace Kramnik at Norway Chess 2013] Chessdom.com, 13 April 2013</ref>

===Blitz tournament===
On 7 May 2013, a [[Fast chess|blitz tournament]] was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.<ref name=blitz>[http://norwaychess.com/en/result-of-blitz-tournament/ Norway Chess 2013: Result of blitz tournament]</ref> According to regulations, the winner of the blitz tournament had the right to choose the number in the table by his own, and [[Sergey Karjakin]] chose to be fifth in the main tournament table.<ref name=choose>[http://chess-news.ru/en/node/11964 Chess-news.ru: Sergey Karjakin Won the Blitz Tournament and Chose to Be Fifth in the Table]</ref>

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2873
| X || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2856
| 0 || X || ½ || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2783<ref name=initial>[http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/5721-rapid-and-blitz-rating-lists.html FIDE rules: for players with existing FIDE ratings, their initial rating on blitz rating list will be that rating]</ref>
| 1 || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || '''6'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2844
| 0 || 0 || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2757
| 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''5.5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|Azerbaijan}} || 2755
| 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2608<ref name=initial/>
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}} || 2698
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || '''3'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2817
| ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || '''2.5'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2666
| 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || '''1'''
|}

The places 2, 3 and 4 were decided by [[tiebreaker]]s: Carlsen on most games with black pieces, Anand with two victories with black against Nakamura's one victory.<ref name=blitz/>

=== Results===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating (No.) !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points || [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2767 (10)
| X || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6''' || 24.00
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2868 (1)
| 1 || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''5.5''' || 22.75
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2775 (7)
| 0 || ½ || X || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''5.5''' || 21.25
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2769 (9)
| 1 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5''' || 21.50
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2813 (2)
| 0 || ½ || 1 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5''' || 20.50
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2783 (5)
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5''' || 19.25
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}} || 2743 (16)
| 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || '''4.5''' || 21.50
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2793 (4)
| ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.00
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|Azerbaijan}} || 2745 (14)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || '''3''' || 10.75
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2608 (197)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 0 || X || '''1.5''' || 6.50
|}

The [[tiebreaker]]s were: [[Sonneborn-Berger score]], most wins, most wins with black.<ref name=standings>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/resultsstandings/ Norway Chess 2013: Standings]</ref> In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game [[Fast chess|blitz match]] (or blitz tournament) and an [[Fast chess#Overview|armageddon game]] were scheduled.<ref>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/regulations-of-the-international-chess-tournament-supreme-masters/ Norway Chess 2013: Tournament Regulations]</ref>

==Norway Chess 2014==
Second tournament took place from 2 to 13 June 2014. The ten participants were [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Fabiano Caruana]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Sergey Karjakin]], [[Peter Svidler]], [[Anish Giri]] and [[Simen Agdestein]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/players-2/|title=Players|publisher=Norway Chess|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref> Agdestein qualified by defeating [[Jon Ludvig Hammer]] in a rapid match that took place from 26 to 27 April 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tv2.no/2014/04/27/sport/sjakk/5543493|title=Agdestein klar for Carlsen-møte|last=Aarre|first=Magnus Krogsæter|date=27 April 2014|publisher=TV2|language=Norwegian|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref>

===Blitz tournament===
On 2 June 2014, a [[Fast chess|blitz tournament]] was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.<ref name=blitz2014>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/no-logo-norway-chess-blitz-tournament/ Norway Chess 2014: Result of blitz tournament]</ref>
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Magnus Carlsen]]'''|Norway}} || 2837
| X || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''7.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2863
| ½ || X || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 3 || align=left |{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Karjakin]]|Russia}} || 2866
| 0 || 1 || X || 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5.5'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2801
| ½ || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''5.5'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2757
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2755
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || X || 1 || 0 || ½ || 1 || '''4.5'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2782
| ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2697
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2666
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || '''2'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Simen Agdestein]]|Norway}} || 2577
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || X || '''1.5'''
|}
The places 3, 4, 7 and 8 were decided by tiebreakers: Karjakin on most games with black pieces, Kramnik with one victory with black against Caruana's zero victory.<ref name=blitz2014/>

=== Results===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points || [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2771
| X || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || '''6''' || 26.25
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2881
| ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1|| ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5.5''' || 23.50
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2792
| 0 || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || '''5''' || 21.00
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2791
| 0 || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || '''4.5''' || 19.75
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2772
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''4.5''' || 19.50
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2815
| 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.25
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2753
| ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.25
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2752
| 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || ½ || '''4''' || 17.75
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2783
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || '''4''' || 17.00
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Simen Agdestein]]|Norway}} || 2628
| ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || '''3.5''' || 15.75
|}

The [[tiebreaker]]s were: [[Sonneborn-Berger score]], most wins, most wins with black.<ref name=standings14>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/standings/ Norway Chess 2014: Standings]</ref> In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game [[Fast chess|blitz match]] (or blitz tournament) and an [[Fast chess#Overview|armageddon game]] were scheduled.

==Norway Chess 2015==
The third edition of the tournament took place from 15 to 26 June 2015. This was the first tournament of a three tournament series in the inaugural [[Grand Chess Tour]], where participants accumulate as many points as possible over the three tournaments for prizes in the overall tour. The players were [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Viswanathan Anand]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Hikaru Nakamura]], [[Fabiano Caruana]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Anish Giri]], [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]], and [[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]. Jon Ludvig Hammer was not invited to the overall Grand Chess Tour; however he qualified for the 10th spot in the tournament by winning the Enter Card Scandinavian Masters Tournament in May 2015.<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/entercard-scandinavian-masters-live/]</ref>

=== Results ===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points !! [[Performance rating (chess)|TPR]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Veselin Topalov]]'''|Bulgaria}} || 2798
| X || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''6.5''' || 2946
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2804
| ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''6.0''' || 2899
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2802
| ½ || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6.0''' || 2900
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2773
| 1 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''5.5''' || 2861
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2805
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || '''4.0''' || 2741
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|France}} || 2723
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || '''4.0''' || 2749
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2876
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || 1 || 0 || '''3.5''' || 2693
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2781
| 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || '''3.5''' || 2704
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2780
| 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || '''3.0''' || 2662
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2677
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 0 || ½ || X || '''3.0''' || 2674
|}

The tiebreakers were: most wins, direct encounter, [[Sonneborn-Berger]] system, extended Koya system.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rules and Regulations|url=http://2015.norwaychess.com/supertournament-2015/14218-2/|website=Norway Chess|accessdate=25 September 2015}}</ref>

==Norway Chess 2016==

The fourth Norway Chess Tournament will take place from 18 to 30 April 2016. It has a new title sponsor, [[Altibox]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Altibox: New title sponsor for Norway Chess|url=http://2015.norwaychess.com/altibox-new-title-sponsor-for-norway-chess/|website=Norway Chess|accessdate=13 January 2016|date=2015-12-21}}</ref> however, it withdrew from the Grand Chess Tour in early January 2016 citing differences on the future of chess supertournaments and tournament sponsorship.<ref>{{cite web|title=Press release from Grand Chess Tour/Altibox Norway Chess|url=http://2015.norwaychess.com/press-release-from-grand-chess-touraltibox-norway-chess/|website=Norway Chess|accessdate=13 January 2016|date=2016-01-06}}</ref>

The players are [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Anish Giri]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Sergey Karjakin]], [[Pavel Eljanov]], [[Pendyala Harikrishna]], and a wildcard (to be determined). <ref>http://norwaychess.no/en/the-players/</ref>

===Wild card qualifier===

A qualifying tournament is taking place from 23 to 26 March 2016. It is a double round robin consisting of two stages: the first leg was played with a classical time control and 3-1-0 scoring system; the second leg is being played with a rapid time control and 2-1-0 scoring system. <ref>http://norwaychess.no/en/2016/02/22/altibox-norway-chess-wild-card-qualifier/</ref><ref>http://fagerneschess2016.blogspot.co.uk/p/altibox-norway-chess-qualifier.html</ref>

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ First leg
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|[[Nils Grandelius]]|Sweden}} || 2646
| X || 3 || 1 || 3 || 7
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2701
| 0 || X || 3 || 3 || 6
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hou Yifan]]|China}} || 2667
| 1 || 0 || X || 1 || 2
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Aryan Tari]]|Norway}} || 2553
| 0 || 0 || 1 || X || 1
|}

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Second leg
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|[[Nils Grandelius]]|Sweden}} || 2598
| X || 2 || 2 || || 4
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hou Yifan]]|China}} || 2625
| 0 || X || || 2 || 2
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2620
| 0 || || X || 2 || 2
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Aryan Tari]]|Norway}} || 2532
| || 0 || 0 || X || 0
|}

=== Results ===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points !! [[Performance rating (chess)|TPR]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2851
| X || || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2801
| || X || || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2793
| || || X || || || || || || || || ||
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|France}} || 2792
| || || || X || || || || || || || ||
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2786
| || || || || X || || || || || || ||
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2780
| || || || || || X || || || || || ||
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Pavel Eljanov]]|Norway}} || 2765
| || || || || || || X || || || || ||
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Sergey Karjakin]]|Russia}} || 2760
| || || || || || || || X || || || ||
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Pendyala Harikrishna]]|India}} || 2758
| || || || || || || || || X || || ||
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Nils Grandelius]]|Sweden}} || 2646
| || || || || || || || || || X || ||
|}

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://norwaychess.com/en/}}

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Norway Chess

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'''Norway Chess''' is annual closed [[chess tournament]], typically taking place in the May to June time period every year. The first edition of which took place in the [[Stavanger]] area, [[Norway]], from 7 May to 18 May 2013. The 2013 tournament had ten participants, including seven of the ten highest rated players in the world per the May 2013 [[FIDE World Rankings]].<ref>Paul Fridtjov Svendsen: [http://www.aftenbladet.no/nyheter/lokalt/sandnes/Sandnes-far-forsmak-pa-VM-finalen-i-sjakk-3150975.html Sandnes får forsmak på VM-finalen i sjakk] [[Stavanger Aftenblad]], 2 April 2013 {{no icon}}</ref> It was won by [[Sergey Karjakin]], with [[Magnus Carlsen]] and [[Hikaru Nakamura]] tied for the second place.<ref>Lubomir Kavalek (21 May 2013): [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lubomir-kavalek/karjakin-wins-norway-ches_b_3287817.html Karjakin Wins Norway Chess 2013, Edges Carlsen and Nakamura] [[Huffington Post]], retrieved 23 June 2013</ref> The latest Norway Chess Tournament, Norway Chess 2015, took place in mid-June 2015 and was a part of the inaugural Grand Chess Tour. The tournament has since decided to withdraw from the Grand Chess Tour.<ref>[https://chess24.com/en/read/news/norway-chess-quits-the-grand-chess-tour]</ref>

==Norway Chess 2013==
The 2013 tournament started with a [[Fast chess|blitz]] round played at the [[University of Stavanger]] on 7 May 2013. Rounds 1–8 were played at Hotel Residence, [[Sandnes]] (rounds 1–3, 5–6, 8), at Aarbakke factory in [[Bryne]] (round 4) and on the island [[Sør-Hidle]] in [[Strand, Norway|Strand]] (round 7).<ref>[http://norwaychess.com/en/program/ Norway Chess 2013: Program]</ref> The final round 9 was played in [[Stavanger Concert Hall]] on 18 May 2013. In addition to the super tournament, there was a local school tournament and a celebrity tournament. Partly parallel to the tournament, Stavanger Open NGP 2013 was arranged by Stavanger Chess Club from 8 to 12 May. Matches were streamed live with [[Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam]] and [[Simen Agdestein]] as commentators.<ref>Thor Bugge Lanesskog: [http://thornews.com/2013/02/09/norway-chess-2013-super-tournament-and-public-celebration/ Norway Chess 2013 – Super Tournament and Public Celebration], Thor News, 9 February 2013</ref>

The tournament was arranged by the foundation Norway Chess, with economic support from local businesses and municipalities and the [[Rogaland]] county. The cost of the arrangement was predicted to be about 5 million [[Norwegian kroner]] (approximately 672,000 [[euro]]),<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/norway-chess-2013-with-impressive-lineup/ Norway Chess 2013 with impressive lineup] chessdom.com, retrieved 3 April 2013</ref> of which about half is for the prizes for the participants.<ref name=vg>Øyvind Brenne: [http://www.vg.no/sport/artikkel.php?artid=10078033 Carlsen blir trekkplaster i storturnering på norsk jord] [[VG (Newspaper)|VG]], 7 February 2013 {{no icon}}</ref> The organizers plan to make the tournament a yearly event.<ref name=vg/>

[[Vladimir Kramnik]] was originally among the expected participants, but in April 2013 it was announced that he had withdrawn and was replaced with [[Peter Svidler]].<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/svidler-will-replace-kramnik-at-norway-chess-2013/ Svidler will replace Kramnik at Norway Chess 2013] Chessdom.com, 13 April 2013</ref>

===Blitz tournament===
On 7 May 2013, a [[Fast chess|blitz tournament]] was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.<ref name=blitz>[http://norwaychess.com/en/result-of-blitz-tournament/ Norway Chess 2013: Result of blitz tournament]</ref> According to regulations, the winner of the blitz tournament had the right to choose the number in the table by his own, and [[Sergey Karjakin]] chose to be fifth in the main tournament table.<ref name=choose>[http://chess-news.ru/en/node/11964 Chess-news.ru: Sergey Karjakin Won the Blitz Tournament and Chose to Be Fifth in the Table]</ref>

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2873
| X || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2856
| 0 || X || ½ || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2783<ref name=initial>[http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/5721-rapid-and-blitz-rating-lists.html FIDE rules: for players with existing FIDE ratings, their initial rating on blitz rating list will be that rating]</ref>
| 1 || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || '''6'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2844
| 0 || 0 || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2757
| 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''5.5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|Azerbaijan}} || 2755
| 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2608<ref name=initial/>
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}} || 2698
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || '''3'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2817
| ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || '''2.5'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2666
| 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || '''1'''
|}

The places 2, 3 and 4 were decided by [[tiebreaker]]s: Carlsen on most games with black pieces, Anand with two victories with black against Nakamura's one victory.<ref name=blitz/>

=== Results===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating (No.) !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points || [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2767 (10)
| X || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6''' || 24.00
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2868 (1)
| 1 || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''5.5''' || 22.75
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2775 (7)
| 0 || ½ || X || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''5.5''' || 21.25
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2769 (9)
| 1 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5''' || 21.50
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2813 (2)
| 0 || ½ || 1 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5''' || 20.50
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2783 (5)
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5''' || 19.25
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}} || 2743 (16)
| 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || '''4.5''' || 21.50
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2793 (4)
| ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.00
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|Azerbaijan}} || 2745 (14)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || '''3''' || 10.75
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2608 (197)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 0 || X || '''1.5''' || 6.50
|}

The [[tiebreaker]]s were: [[Sonneborn-Berger score]], most wins, most wins with black.<ref name=standings>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/resultsstandings/ Norway Chess 2013: Standings]</ref> In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game [[Fast chess|blitz match]] (or blitz tournament) and an [[Fast chess#Overview|armageddon game]] were scheduled.<ref>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/regulations-of-the-international-chess-tournament-supreme-masters/ Norway Chess 2013: Tournament Regulations]</ref>

==Norway Chess 2014==
Second tournament took place from 2 to 13 June 2014. The ten participants were [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Fabiano Caruana]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Sergey Karjakin]], [[Peter Svidler]], [[Anish Giri]] and [[Simen Agdestein]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/players-2/|title=Players|publisher=Norway Chess|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref> Agdestein qualified by defeating [[Jon Ludvig Hammer]] in a rapid match that took place from 26 to 27 April 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tv2.no/2014/04/27/sport/sjakk/5543493|title=Agdestein klar for Carlsen-møte|last=Aarre|first=Magnus Krogsæter|date=27 April 2014|publisher=TV2|language=Norwegian|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref>

===Blitz tournament===
On 2 June 2014, a [[Fast chess|blitz tournament]] was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.<ref name=blitz2014>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/no-logo-norway-chess-blitz-tournament/ Norway Chess 2014: Result of blitz tournament]</ref>
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Magnus Carlsen]]'''|Norway}} || 2837
| X || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''7.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2863
| ½ || X || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 3 || align=left |{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Karjakin]]|Russia}} || 2866
| 0 || 1 || X || 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5.5'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2801
| ½ || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''5.5'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2757
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2755
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || X || 1 || 0 || ½ || 1 || '''4.5'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2782
| ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2697
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2666
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || '''2'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Simen Agdestein]]|Norway}} || 2577
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || X || '''1.5'''
|}
The places 3, 4, 7 and 8 were decided by tiebreakers: Karjakin on most games with black pieces, Kramnik with one victory with black against Caruana's zero victory.<ref name=blitz2014/>

=== Results===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points || [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2771
| X || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || '''6''' || 26.25
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2881
| ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1|| ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5.5''' || 23.50
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2792
| 0 || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || '''5''' || 21.00
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2791
| 0 || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || '''4.5''' || 19.75
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2772
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''4.5''' || 19.50
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2815
| 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.25
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2753
| ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.25
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2752
| 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || ½ || '''4''' || 17.75
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2783
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || '''4''' || 17.00
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Simen Agdestein]]|Norway}} || 2628
| ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || '''3.5''' || 15.75
|}

The [[tiebreaker]]s were: [[Sonneborn-Berger score]], most wins, most wins with black.<ref name=standings14>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/standings/ Norway Chess 2014: Standings]</ref> In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game [[Fast chess|blitz match]] (or blitz tournament) and an [[Fast chess#Overview|armageddon game]] were scheduled.

==Norway Chess 2015==
The third edition of the tournament took place from 15 to 26 June 2015. This was the first tournament of a three tournament series in the inaugural [[Grand Chess Tour]], where participants accumulate as many points as possible over the three tournaments for prizes in the overall tour. The players were [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Viswanathan Anand]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Hikaru Nakamura]], [[Fabiano Caruana]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Anish Giri]], [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]], and [[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]. Jon Ludvig Hammer was not invited to the overall Grand Chess Tour; however he qualified for the 10th spot in the tournament by winning the Enter Card Scandinavian Masters Tournament in May 2015.<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/entercard-scandinavian-masters-live/]</ref>

=== Results ===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points !! [[Performance rating (chess)|TPR]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Veselin Topalov]]'''|Bulgaria}} || 2798
| X || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''6.5''' || 2946
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2804
| ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''6.0''' || 2899
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2802
| ½ || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6.0''' || 2900
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2773
| 1 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''5.5''' || 2861
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2805
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || '''4.0''' || 2741
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|France}} || 2723
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || '''4.0''' || 2749
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2876
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || 1 || 0 || '''3.5''' || 2693
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2781
| 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || '''3.5''' || 2704
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2780
| 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || '''3.0''' || 2662
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2677
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 0 || ½ || X || '''3.0''' || 2674
|}

The tiebreakers were: most wins, direct encounter, [[Sonneborn-Berger]] system, extended Koya system.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rules and Regulations|url=http://2015.norwaychess.com/supertournament-2015/14218-2/|website=Norway Chess|accessdate=25 September 2015}}</ref>

==Norway Chess 2016==

The fourth Norway Chess Tournament will take place from 18 to 30 April 2016. It has a new title sponsor, [[Altibox]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Altibox: New title sponsor for Norway Chess|url=http://2015.norwaychess.com/altibox-new-title-sponsor-for-norway-chess/|website=Norway Chess|accessdate=13 January 2016|date=2015-12-21}}</ref> however, it withdrew from the Grand Chess Tour in early January 2016 citing differences on the future of chess supertournaments and tournament sponsorship.<ref>{{cite web|title=Press release from Grand Chess Tour/Altibox Norway Chess|url=http://2015.norwaychess.com/press-release-from-grand-chess-touraltibox-norway-chess/|website=Norway Chess|accessdate=13 January 2016|date=2016-01-06}}</ref>

The players are [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Anish Giri]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Sergey Karjakin]], [[Pavel Eljanov]], [[Pendyala Harikrishna]], and a wildcard (to be determined). <ref>http://norwaychess.no/en/the-players/</ref>

===Wild card qualifier===

A qualifying tournament is taking place from 23 to 26 March 2016. It is a double round robin consisting of two stages: the first leg was played with a classical time control and 3-1-0 scoring system; the second leg is being played with a rapid time control and 2-1-0 scoring system. <ref>http://norwaychess.no/en/2016/02/22/altibox-norway-chess-wild-card-qualifier/</ref><ref>http://fagerneschess2016.blogspot.co.uk/p/altibox-norway-chess-qualifier.html</ref>

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ First leg
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|[[Nils Grandelius]]|Sweden}} || 2646
| X || 3 || 1 || 3 || 7
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2701
| 0 || X || 3 || 3 || 6
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hou Yifan]]|China}} || 2667
| 1 || 0 || X || 1 || 2
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Aryan Tari]]|Norway}} || 2553
| 0 || 0 || 1 || X || 1
|}

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Second leg
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|[[Nils Grandelius]]|Sweden}} || 2598
| X || 2 || 2 || || 4
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hou Yifan]]|China}} || 2625
| 0 || X || || 2 || 2
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2620
| 0 || || X || 2 || 2
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Aryan Tari]]|Norway}} || 2532
| || 0 || 0 || X || 0
|}

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://norwaychess.com/en/}}

{{Chess tournaments}}

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Norway Chess

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'''Norway Chess''' is annual closed [[chess tournament]], typically taking place in the May to June time period every year. The first edition of which took place in the [[Stavanger]] area, [[Norway]], from 7 May to 18 May 2013. The 2013 tournament had ten participants, including seven of the ten highest rated players in the world per the May 2013 [[FIDE World Rankings]].<ref>Paul Fridtjov Svendsen: [http://www.aftenbladet.no/nyheter/lokalt/sandnes/Sandnes-far-forsmak-pa-VM-finalen-i-sjakk-3150975.html Sandnes får forsmak på VM-finalen i sjakk] [[Stavanger Aftenblad]], 2 April 2013 {{no icon}}</ref> It was won by [[Sergey Karjakin]], with [[Magnus Carlsen]] and [[Hikaru Nakamura]] tied for the second place.<ref>Lubomir Kavalek (21 May 2013): [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lubomir-kavalek/karjakin-wins-norway-ches_b_3287817.html Karjakin Wins Norway Chess 2013, Edges Carlsen and Nakamura] [[Huffington Post]], retrieved 23 June 2013</ref> The latest Norway Chess Tournament, Norway Chess 2015, took place in mid-June 2015 and was a part of the inaugural Grand Chess Tour. The tournament has since decided to withdraw from the Grand Chess Tour.<ref>[https://chess24.com/en/read/news/norway-chess-quits-the-grand-chess-tour]</ref>

==Norway Chess 2013==
The 2013 tournament started with a [[Fast chess|blitz]] round played at the [[University of Stavanger]] on 7 May 2013. Rounds 1–8 were played at Hotel Residence, [[Sandnes]] (rounds 1–3, 5–6, 8), at Aarbakke factory in [[Bryne]] (round 4) and on the island [[Sør-Hidle]] in [[Strand, Norway|Strand]] (round 7).<ref>[http://norwaychess.com/en/program/ Norway Chess 2013: Program]</ref> The final round 9 was played in [[Stavanger Concert Hall]] on 18 May 2013. In addition to the super tournament, there was a local school tournament and a celebrity tournament. Partly parallel to the tournament, Stavanger Open NGP 2013 was arranged by Stavanger Chess Club from 8 to 12 May. Matches were streamed live with [[Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam]] and [[Simen Agdestein]] as commentators.<ref>Thor Bugge Lanesskog: [http://thornews.com/2013/02/09/norway-chess-2013-super-tournament-and-public-celebration/ Norway Chess 2013 – Super Tournament and Public Celebration], Thor News, 9 February 2013</ref>

The tournament was arranged by the foundation Norway Chess, with economic support from local businesses and municipalities and the [[Rogaland]] county. The cost of the arrangement was predicted to be about 5 million [[Norwegian kroner]] (approximately 672,000 [[euro]]),<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/norway-chess-2013-with-impressive-lineup/ Norway Chess 2013 with impressive lineup] chessdom.com, retrieved 3 April 2013</ref> of which about half is for the prizes for the participants.<ref name=vg>Øyvind Brenne: [http://www.vg.no/sport/artikkel.php?artid=10078033 Carlsen blir trekkplaster i storturnering på norsk jord] [[VG (Newspaper)|VG]], 7 February 2013 {{no icon}}</ref> The organizers plan to make the tournament a yearly event.<ref name=vg/>

[[Vladimir Kramnik]] was originally among the expected participants, but in April 2013 it was announced that he had withdrawn and was replaced with [[Peter Svidler]].<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/svidler-will-replace-kramnik-at-norway-chess-2013/ Svidler will replace Kramnik at Norway Chess 2013] Chessdom.com, 13 April 2013</ref>

===Blitz tournament===
On 7 May 2013, a [[Fast chess|blitz tournament]] was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.<ref name=blitz>[http://norwaychess.com/en/result-of-blitz-tournament/ Norway Chess 2013: Result of blitz tournament]</ref> According to regulations, the winner of the blitz tournament had the right to choose the number in the table by his own, and [[Sergey Karjakin]] chose to be fifth in the main tournament table.<ref name=choose>[http://chess-news.ru/en/node/11964 Chess-news.ru: Sergey Karjakin Won the Blitz Tournament and Chose to Be Fifth in the Table]</ref>

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2873
| X || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2856
| 0 || X || ½ || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2783<ref name=initial>[http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/5721-rapid-and-blitz-rating-lists.html FIDE rules: for players with existing FIDE ratings, their initial rating on blitz rating list will be that rating]</ref>
| 1 || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || '''6'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2844
| 0 || 0 || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2757
| 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''5.5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|Azerbaijan}} || 2755
| 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2608<ref name=initial/>
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}} || 2698
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || '''3'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2817
| ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || '''2.5'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2666
| 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || '''1'''
|}

The places 2, 3 and 4 were decided by [[tiebreaker]]s: Carlsen on most games with black pieces, Anand with two victories with black against Nakamura's one victory.<ref name=blitz/>

=== Results===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating (No.) !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points || [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2767 (10)
| X || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6''' || 24.00
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2868 (1)
| 1 || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''5.5''' || 22.75
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2775 (7)
| 0 || ½ || X || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''5.5''' || 21.25
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2769 (9)
| 1 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5''' || 21.50
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2813 (2)
| 0 || ½ || 1 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5''' || 20.50
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2783 (5)
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5''' || 19.25
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}} || 2743 (16)
| 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || '''4.5''' || 21.50
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2793 (4)
| ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.00
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|Azerbaijan}} || 2745 (14)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || '''3''' || 10.75
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2608 (197)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 0 || X || '''1.5''' || 6.50
|}

The [[tiebreaker]]s were: [[Sonneborn-Berger score]], most wins, most wins with black.<ref name=standings>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/resultsstandings/ Norway Chess 2013: Standings]</ref> In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game [[Fast chess|blitz match]] (or blitz tournament) and an [[Fast chess#Overview|armageddon game]] were scheduled.<ref>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/regulations-of-the-international-chess-tournament-supreme-masters/ Norway Chess 2013: Tournament Regulations]</ref>

==Norway Chess 2014==
Second tournament took place from 2 to 13 June 2014. The ten participants were [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Fabiano Caruana]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Sergey Karjakin]], [[Peter Svidler]], [[Anish Giri]] and [[Simen Agdestein]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/players-2/|title=Players|publisher=Norway Chess|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref> Agdestein qualified by defeating [[Jon Ludvig Hammer]] in a rapid match that took place from 26 to 27 April 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tv2.no/2014/04/27/sport/sjakk/5543493|title=Agdestein klar for Carlsen-møte|last=Aarre|first=Magnus Krogsæter|date=27 April 2014|publisher=TV2|language=Norwegian|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref>

===Blitz tournament===
On 2 June 2014, a [[Fast chess|blitz tournament]] was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.<ref name=blitz2014>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/no-logo-norway-chess-blitz-tournament/ Norway Chess 2014: Result of blitz tournament]</ref>
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Magnus Carlsen]]'''|Norway}} || 2837
| X || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''7.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2863
| ½ || X || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 3 || align=left |{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Karjakin]]|Russia}} || 2866
| 0 || 1 || X || 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5.5'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2801
| ½ || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''5.5'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2757
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2755
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || X || 1 || 0 || ½ || 1 || '''4.5'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2782
| ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2697
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2666
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || '''2'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Simen Agdestein]]|Norway}} || 2577
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || X || '''1.5'''
|}
The places 3, 4, 7 and 8 were decided by tiebreakers: Karjakin on most games with black pieces, Kramnik with one victory with black against Caruana's zero victory.<ref name=blitz2014/>

=== Results===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points || [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2771
| X || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || '''6''' || 26.25
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2881
| ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1|| ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5.5''' || 23.50
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2792
| 0 || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || '''5''' || 21.00
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2791
| 0 || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || '''4.5''' || 19.75
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2772
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''4.5''' || 19.50
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2815
| 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.25
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2753
| ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.25
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2752
| 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || ½ || '''4''' || 17.75
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2783
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || '''4''' || 17.00
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Simen Agdestein]]|Norway}} || 2628
| ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || '''3.5''' || 15.75
|}

The [[tiebreaker]]s were: [[Sonneborn-Berger score]], most wins, most wins with black.<ref name=standings14>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/standings/ Norway Chess 2014: Standings]</ref> In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game [[Fast chess|blitz match]] (or blitz tournament) and an [[Fast chess#Overview|armageddon game]] were scheduled.

==Norway Chess 2015==
The third edition of the tournament took place from 15 to 26 June 2015. This was the first tournament of a three tournament series in the inaugural [[Grand Chess Tour]], where participants accumulate as many points as possible over the three tournaments for prizes in the overall tour. The players were [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Viswanathan Anand]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Hikaru Nakamura]], [[Fabiano Caruana]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Anish Giri]], [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]], and [[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]. Jon Ludvig Hammer was not invited to the overall Grand Chess Tour; however he qualified for the 10th spot in the tournament by winning the Enter Card Scandinavian Masters Tournament in May 2015.<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/entercard-scandinavian-masters-live/]</ref>

=== Results ===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points !! [[Performance rating (chess)|TPR]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Veselin Topalov]]'''|Bulgaria}} || 2798
| X || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''6.5''' || 2946
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2804
| ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''6.0''' || 2899
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2802
| ½ || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6.0''' || 2900
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2773
| 1 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''5.5''' || 2861
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2805
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || '''4.0''' || 2741
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|France}} || 2723
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || '''4.0''' || 2749
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2876
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || 1 || 0 || '''3.5''' || 2693
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2781
| 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || '''3.5''' || 2704
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2780
| 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || '''3.0''' || 2662
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2677
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 0 || ½ || X || '''3.0''' || 2674
|}

The tiebreakers were: most wins, direct encounter, [[Sonneborn-Berger]] system, extended Koya system.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rules and Regulations|url=http://2015.norwaychess.com/supertournament-2015/14218-2/|website=Norway Chess|accessdate=25 September 2015}}</ref>

==Norway Chess 2016==

The fourth Norway Chess Tournament will take place from 18 to 30 April 2016. It has a new title sponsor, [[Altibox]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Altibox: New title sponsor for Norway Chess|url=http://2015.norwaychess.com/altibox-new-title-sponsor-for-norway-chess/|website=Norway Chess|accessdate=13 January 2016|date=2015-12-21}}</ref> however, it withdrew from the Grand Chess Tour in early January 2016 citing differences on the future of chess supertournaments and tournament sponsorship.<ref>{{cite web|title=Press release from Grand Chess Tour/Altibox Norway Chess|url=http://2015.norwaychess.com/press-release-from-grand-chess-touraltibox-norway-chess/|website=Norway Chess|accessdate=13 January 2016|date=2016-01-06}}</ref>

The players are [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Anish Giri]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Sergey Karjakin]], [[Pavel Eljanov]], [[Pendyala Harikrishna]], and a wildcard (to be determined). <ref>http://norwaychess.no/en/the-players/</ref>

===Wild card qualifier===

A qualifying tournament is taking place from 23 to 26 March 2016. It is a double round robin consisting of two stages: the first leg was played with a classical time control and 3-1-0 scoring system; the second leg is being played with a rapid time control and 2-1-0 scoring system. <ref>http://norwaychess.no/en/2016/02/22/altibox-norway-chess-wild-card-qualifier/</ref><ref>http://fagerneschess2016.blogspot.co.uk/p/altibox-norway-chess-qualifier.html</ref>

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ First leg
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|[[Nils Grandelius]]|Sweden}} || 2646
| X || 3 || 1 || 3 || 7
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2701
| 0 || X || 3 || 3 || 6
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hou Yifan]]|China}} || 2667
| 1 || 0 || X || 1 || 2
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Aryan Tari]]|Norway}} || 2553
| 0 || 0 || 1 || X || 1
|}

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Second leg
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|[[Nils Grandelius]]|Sweden}} || 2598
| X || || 2 || || 2
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hou Yifan]]|China}} || 2625
| || X || || 2 || 2
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2620
| 0 || || X || || 0
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Aryan Tari]]|Norway}} || 2532
| || 0 || || X || 0
|}

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://norwaychess.com/en/}}

{{Chess tournaments}}

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[[Category:Chess in Norway]]
[[Category:2013 in chess]]
[[Category:2013 in Norwegian sport]]
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[[Category:2014 in chess]]
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Norway Chess

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'''Norway Chess''' is annual closed [[chess tournament]], typically taking place in the May to June time period every year. The first edition of which took place in the [[Stavanger]] area, [[Norway]], from 7 May to 18 May 2013. The 2013 tournament had ten participants, including seven of the ten highest rated players in the world per the May 2013 [[FIDE World Rankings]].<ref>Paul Fridtjov Svendsen: [http://www.aftenbladet.no/nyheter/lokalt/sandnes/Sandnes-far-forsmak-pa-VM-finalen-i-sjakk-3150975.html Sandnes får forsmak på VM-finalen i sjakk] [[Stavanger Aftenblad]], 2 April 2013 {{no icon}}</ref> It was won by [[Sergey Karjakin]], with [[Magnus Carlsen]] and [[Hikaru Nakamura]] tied for the second place.<ref>Lubomir Kavalek (21 May 2013): [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lubomir-kavalek/karjakin-wins-norway-ches_b_3287817.html Karjakin Wins Norway Chess 2013, Edges Carlsen and Nakamura] [[Huffington Post]], retrieved 23 June 2013</ref> The latest Norway Chess Tournament, Norway Chess 2015, took place in mid-June 2015 and was a part of the inaugural Grand Chess Tour. The tournament has since decided to withdraw from the Grand Chess Tour.<ref>[https://chess24.com/en/read/news/norway-chess-quits-the-grand-chess-tour]</ref>

==Norway Chess 2013==
The 2013 tournament started with a [[Fast chess|blitz]] round played at the [[University of Stavanger]] on 7 May 2013. Rounds 1–8 were played at Hotel Residence, [[Sandnes]] (rounds 1–3, 5–6, 8), at Aarbakke factory in [[Bryne]] (round 4) and on the island [[Sør-Hidle]] in [[Strand, Norway|Strand]] (round 7).<ref>[http://norwaychess.com/en/program/ Norway Chess 2013: Program]</ref> The final round 9 was played in [[Stavanger Concert Hall]] on 18 May 2013. In addition to the super tournament, there was a local school tournament and a celebrity tournament. Partly parallel to the tournament, Stavanger Open NGP 2013 was arranged by Stavanger Chess Club from 8 to 12 May. Matches were streamed live with [[Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam]] and [[Simen Agdestein]] as commentators.<ref>Thor Bugge Lanesskog: [http://thornews.com/2013/02/09/norway-chess-2013-super-tournament-and-public-celebration/ Norway Chess 2013 – Super Tournament and Public Celebration], Thor News, 9 February 2013</ref>

The tournament was arranged by the foundation Norway Chess, with economic support from local businesses and municipalities and the [[Rogaland]] county. The cost of the arrangement was predicted to be about 5 million [[Norwegian kroner]] (approximately 672,000 [[euro]]),<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/norway-chess-2013-with-impressive-lineup/ Norway Chess 2013 with impressive lineup] chessdom.com, retrieved 3 April 2013</ref> of which about half is for the prizes for the participants.<ref name=vg>Øyvind Brenne: [http://www.vg.no/sport/artikkel.php?artid=10078033 Carlsen blir trekkplaster i storturnering på norsk jord] [[VG (Newspaper)|VG]], 7 February 2013 {{no icon}}</ref> The organizers plan to make the tournament a yearly event.<ref name=vg/>

[[Vladimir Kramnik]] was originally among the expected participants, but in April 2013 it was announced that he had withdrawn and was replaced with [[Peter Svidler]].<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/svidler-will-replace-kramnik-at-norway-chess-2013/ Svidler will replace Kramnik at Norway Chess 2013] Chessdom.com, 13 April 2013</ref>

===Blitz tournament===
On 7 May 2013, a [[Fast chess|blitz tournament]] was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.<ref name=blitz>[http://norwaychess.com/en/result-of-blitz-tournament/ Norway Chess 2013: Result of blitz tournament]</ref> According to regulations, the winner of the blitz tournament had the right to choose the number in the table by his own, and [[Sergey Karjakin]] chose to be fifth in the main tournament table.<ref name=choose>[http://chess-news.ru/en/node/11964 Chess-news.ru: Sergey Karjakin Won the Blitz Tournament and Chose to Be Fifth in the Table]</ref>

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2873
| X || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2856
| 0 || X || ½ || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2783<ref name=initial>[http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/5721-rapid-and-blitz-rating-lists.html FIDE rules: for players with existing FIDE ratings, their initial rating on blitz rating list will be that rating]</ref>
| 1 || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || '''6'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2844
| 0 || 0 || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2757
| 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''5.5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|Azerbaijan}} || 2755
| 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2608<ref name=initial/>
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}} || 2698
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || '''3'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2817
| ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || '''2.5'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2666
| 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || '''1'''
|}

The places 2, 3 and 4 were decided by [[tiebreaker]]s: Carlsen on most games with black pieces, Anand with two victories with black against Nakamura's one victory.<ref name=blitz/>

=== Results===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating (No.) !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points || [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2767 (10)
| X || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6''' || 24.00
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2868 (1)
| 1 || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''5.5''' || 22.75
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2775 (7)
| 0 || ½ || X || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''5.5''' || 21.25
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2769 (9)
| 1 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5''' || 21.50
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2813 (2)
| 0 || ½ || 1 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5''' || 20.50
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2783 (5)
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5''' || 19.25
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}} || 2743 (16)
| 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || '''4.5''' || 21.50
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2793 (4)
| ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.00
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|Azerbaijan}} || 2745 (14)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || '''3''' || 10.75
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2608 (197)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 0 || X || '''1.5''' || 6.50
|}

The [[tiebreaker]]s were: [[Sonneborn-Berger score]], most wins, most wins with black.<ref name=standings>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/resultsstandings/ Norway Chess 2013: Standings]</ref> In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game [[Fast chess|blitz match]] (or blitz tournament) and an [[Fast chess#Overview|armageddon game]] were scheduled.<ref>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/regulations-of-the-international-chess-tournament-supreme-masters/ Norway Chess 2013: Tournament Regulations]</ref>

==Norway Chess 2014==
Second tournament took place from 2 to 13 June 2014. The ten participants were [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Fabiano Caruana]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Sergey Karjakin]], [[Peter Svidler]], [[Anish Giri]] and [[Simen Agdestein]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/players-2/|title=Players|publisher=Norway Chess|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref> Agdestein qualified by defeating [[Jon Ludvig Hammer]] in a rapid match that took place from 26 to 27 April 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tv2.no/2014/04/27/sport/sjakk/5543493|title=Agdestein klar for Carlsen-møte|last=Aarre|first=Magnus Krogsæter|date=27 April 2014|publisher=TV2|language=Norwegian|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref>

===Blitz tournament===
On 2 June 2014, a [[Fast chess|blitz tournament]] was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.<ref name=blitz2014>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/no-logo-norway-chess-blitz-tournament/ Norway Chess 2014: Result of blitz tournament]</ref>
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Magnus Carlsen]]'''|Norway}} || 2837
| X || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''7.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2863
| ½ || X || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 3 || align=left |{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Karjakin]]|Russia}} || 2866
| 0 || 1 || X || 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5.5'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2801
| ½ || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''5.5'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2757
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2755
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || X || 1 || 0 || ½ || 1 || '''4.5'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2782
| ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2697
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2666
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || '''2'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Simen Agdestein]]|Norway}} || 2577
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || X || '''1.5'''
|}
The places 3, 4, 7 and 8 were decided by tiebreakers: Karjakin on most games with black pieces, Kramnik with one victory with black against Caruana's zero victory.<ref name=blitz2014/>

=== Results===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points || [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2771
| X || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || '''6''' || 26.25
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2881
| ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1|| ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5.5''' || 23.50
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2792
| 0 || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || '''5''' || 21.00
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2791
| 0 || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || '''4.5''' || 19.75
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2772
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''4.5''' || 19.50
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2815
| 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.25
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2753
| ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.25
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2752
| 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || ½ || '''4''' || 17.75
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2783
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || '''4''' || 17.00
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Simen Agdestein]]|Norway}} || 2628
| ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || '''3.5''' || 15.75
|}

The [[tiebreaker]]s were: [[Sonneborn-Berger score]], most wins, most wins with black.<ref name=standings14>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/standings/ Norway Chess 2014: Standings]</ref> In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game [[Fast chess|blitz match]] (or blitz tournament) and an [[Fast chess#Overview|armageddon game]] were scheduled.

==Norway Chess 2015==
The third edition of the tournament took place from 15 to 26 June 2015. This was the first tournament of a three tournament series in the inaugural [[Grand Chess Tour]], where participants accumulate as many points as possible over the three tournaments for prizes in the overall tour. The players were [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Viswanathan Anand]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Hikaru Nakamura]], [[Fabiano Caruana]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Anish Giri]], [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]], and [[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]. Jon Ludvig Hammer was not invited to the overall Grand Chess Tour; however he qualified for the 10th spot in the tournament by winning the Enter Card Scandinavian Masters Tournament in May 2015.<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/entercard-scandinavian-masters-live/]</ref>

=== Results ===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points !! [[Performance rating (chess)|TPR]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Veselin Topalov]]'''|Bulgaria}} || 2798
| X || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''6.5''' || 2946
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2804
| ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''6.0''' || 2899
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2802
| ½ || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6.0''' || 2900
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2773
| 1 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''5.5''' || 2861
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2805
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || '''4.0''' || 2741
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|France}} || 2723
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || '''4.0''' || 2749
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2876
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || 1 || 0 || '''3.5''' || 2693
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2781
| 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || '''3.5''' || 2704
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2780
| 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || '''3.0''' || 2662
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2677
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 0 || ½ || X || '''3.0''' || 2674
|}

The tiebreakers were: most wins, direct encounter, [[Sonneborn-Berger]] system, extended Koya system.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rules and Regulations|url=http://2015.norwaychess.com/supertournament-2015/14218-2/|website=Norway Chess|accessdate=25 September 2015}}</ref>

==Norway Chess 2016==

The fourth Norway Chess Tournament will take place from 18 to 30 April 2016. It has a new title sponsor, [[Altibox]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Altibox: New title sponsor for Norway Chess|url=http://2015.norwaychess.com/altibox-new-title-sponsor-for-norway-chess/|website=Norway Chess|accessdate=13 January 2016|date=2015-12-21}}</ref> however, it withdrew from the Grand Chess Tour in early January 2016 citing differences on the future of chess supertournaments and tournament sponsorship.<ref>{{cite web|title=Press release from Grand Chess Tour/Altibox Norway Chess|url=http://2015.norwaychess.com/press-release-from-grand-chess-touraltibox-norway-chess/|website=Norway Chess|accessdate=13 January 2016|date=2016-01-06}}</ref>

The players are [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Anish Giri]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Sergey Karjakin]], [[Pavel Eljanov]], [[Pendyala Harikrishna]], and a wildcard (to be determined). <ref>http://norwaychess.no/en/the-players/</ref>

===Wild card qualifier===

A qualifying tournament is taking place from 23 to 26 March 2016. It is a double round robin consisting of two stages: the first leg was played with a classical time control and 3-1-0 scoring system; the second leg will be played with a rapid time control and 2-1-0 scoring system. <ref>http://norwaychess.no/en/2016/02/22/altibox-norway-chess-wild-card-qualifier/</ref><ref>http://fagerneschess2016.blogspot.co.uk/p/altibox-norway-chess-qualifier.html</ref>

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ First leg
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|[[Nils Grandelius]]|Sweden}} || 2646
| X || 3 || 1 || 3 || 7
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2701
| 0 || X || 3 || 3 || 6
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hou Yifan]]|China}} || 2667
| 1 || 0 || X || 1 || 2
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Aryan Tari]]|Norway}} || 2553
| 0 || 0 || 1 || X || 1
|}

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://norwaychess.com/en/}}

{{Chess tournaments}}

[[Category:Chess competitions]]
[[Category:Chess in Norway]]
[[Category:2013 in chess]]
[[Category:2013 in Norwegian sport]]
[[Category:Sport in Stavanger]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2013]]
[[Category:2014 in chess]]
[[Category:2014 in Norwegian sport]]

Norway Chess

2016-03-24T20:48:08Z

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'''Norway Chess''' is annual closed [[chess tournament]], typically taking place in the May to June time period every year. The first edition of which took place in the [[Stavanger]] area, [[Norway]], from 7 May to 18 May 2013. The 2013 tournament had ten participants, including seven of the ten highest rated players in the world per the May 2013 [[FIDE World Rankings]].<ref>Paul Fridtjov Svendsen: [http://www.aftenbladet.no/nyheter/lokalt/sandnes/Sandnes-far-forsmak-pa-VM-finalen-i-sjakk-3150975.html Sandnes får forsmak på VM-finalen i sjakk] [[Stavanger Aftenblad]], 2 April 2013 {{no icon}}</ref> It was won by [[Sergey Karjakin]], with [[Magnus Carlsen]] and [[Hikaru Nakamura]] tied for the second place.<ref>Lubomir Kavalek (21 May 2013): [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lubomir-kavalek/karjakin-wins-norway-ches_b_3287817.html Karjakin Wins Norway Chess 2013, Edges Carlsen and Nakamura] [[Huffington Post]], retrieved 23 June 2013</ref> The latest Norway Chess Tournament, Norway Chess 2015, took place in mid-June 2015 and was a part of the inaugural Grand Chess Tour. The tournament has since decided to withdraw from the Grand Chess Tour.<ref>[https://chess24.com/en/read/news/norway-chess-quits-the-grand-chess-tour]</ref>

==Norway Chess 2013==
The 2013 tournament started with a [[Fast chess|blitz]] round played at the [[University of Stavanger]] on 7 May 2013. Rounds 1–8 were played at Hotel Residence, [[Sandnes]] (rounds 1–3, 5–6, 8), at Aarbakke factory in [[Bryne]] (round 4) and on the island [[Sør-Hidle]] in [[Strand, Norway|Strand]] (round 7).<ref>[http://norwaychess.com/en/program/ Norway Chess 2013: Program]</ref> The final round 9 was played in [[Stavanger Concert Hall]] on 18 May 2013. In addition to the super tournament, there was a local school tournament and a celebrity tournament. Partly parallel to the tournament, Stavanger Open NGP 2013 was arranged by Stavanger Chess Club from 8 to 12 May. Matches were streamed live with [[Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam]] and [[Simen Agdestein]] as commentators.<ref>Thor Bugge Lanesskog: [http://thornews.com/2013/02/09/norway-chess-2013-super-tournament-and-public-celebration/ Norway Chess 2013 – Super Tournament and Public Celebration], Thor News, 9 February 2013</ref>

The tournament was arranged by the foundation Norway Chess, with economic support from local businesses and municipalities and the [[Rogaland]] county. The cost of the arrangement was predicted to be about 5 million [[Norwegian kroner]] (approximately 672,000 [[euro]]),<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/norway-chess-2013-with-impressive-lineup/ Norway Chess 2013 with impressive lineup] chessdom.com, retrieved 3 April 2013</ref> of which about half is for the prizes for the participants.<ref name=vg>Øyvind Brenne: [http://www.vg.no/sport/artikkel.php?artid=10078033 Carlsen blir trekkplaster i storturnering på norsk jord] [[VG (Newspaper)|VG]], 7 February 2013 {{no icon}}</ref> The organizers plan to make the tournament a yearly event.<ref name=vg/>

[[Vladimir Kramnik]] was originally among the expected participants, but in April 2013 it was announced that he had withdrawn and was replaced with [[Peter Svidler]].<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/svidler-will-replace-kramnik-at-norway-chess-2013/ Svidler will replace Kramnik at Norway Chess 2013] Chessdom.com, 13 April 2013</ref>

===Blitz tournament===
On 7 May 2013, a [[Fast chess|blitz tournament]] was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.<ref name=blitz>[http://norwaychess.com/en/result-of-blitz-tournament/ Norway Chess 2013: Result of blitz tournament]</ref> According to regulations, the winner of the blitz tournament had the right to choose the number in the table by his own, and [[Sergey Karjakin]] chose to be fifth in the main tournament table.<ref name=choose>[http://chess-news.ru/en/node/11964 Chess-news.ru: Sergey Karjakin Won the Blitz Tournament and Chose to Be Fifth in the Table]</ref>

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2873
| X || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2856
| 0 || X || ½ || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2783<ref name=initial>[http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/5721-rapid-and-blitz-rating-lists.html FIDE rules: for players with existing FIDE ratings, their initial rating on blitz rating list will be that rating]</ref>
| 1 || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || '''6'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2844
| 0 || 0 || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2757
| 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''5.5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|Azerbaijan}} || 2755
| 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2608<ref name=initial/>
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}} || 2698
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || '''3'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2817
| ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || '''2.5'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2666
| 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || '''1'''
|}

The places 2, 3 and 4 were decided by [[tiebreaker]]s: Carlsen on most games with black pieces, Anand with two victories with black against Nakamura's one victory.<ref name=blitz/>

=== Results===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating (No.) !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points || [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2767 (10)
| X || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6''' || 24.00
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2868 (1)
| 1 || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''5.5''' || 22.75
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2775 (7)
| 0 || ½ || X || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''5.5''' || 21.25
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2769 (9)
| 1 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5''' || 21.50
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2813 (2)
| 0 || ½ || 1 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5''' || 20.50
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2783 (5)
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5''' || 19.25
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}} || 2743 (16)
| 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || '''4.5''' || 21.50
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2793 (4)
| ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.00
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|Azerbaijan}} || 2745 (14)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || '''3''' || 10.75
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2608 (197)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 0 || X || '''1.5''' || 6.50
|}

The [[tiebreaker]]s were: [[Sonneborn-Berger score]], most wins, most wins with black.<ref name=standings>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/resultsstandings/ Norway Chess 2013: Standings]</ref> In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game [[Fast chess|blitz match]] (or blitz tournament) and an [[Fast chess#Overview|armageddon game]] were scheduled.<ref>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/regulations-of-the-international-chess-tournament-supreme-masters/ Norway Chess 2013: Tournament Regulations]</ref>

==Norway Chess 2014==
Second tournament took place from 2 to 13 June 2014. The ten participants were [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Fabiano Caruana]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Sergey Karjakin]], [[Peter Svidler]], [[Anish Giri]] and [[Simen Agdestein]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/players-2/|title=Players|publisher=Norway Chess|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref> Agdestein qualified by defeating [[Jon Ludvig Hammer]] in a rapid match that took place from 26 to 27 April 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tv2.no/2014/04/27/sport/sjakk/5543493|title=Agdestein klar for Carlsen-møte|last=Aarre|first=Magnus Krogsæter|date=27 April 2014|publisher=TV2|language=Norwegian|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref>

===Blitz tournament===
On 2 June 2014, a [[Fast chess|blitz tournament]] was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.<ref name=blitz2014>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/no-logo-norway-chess-blitz-tournament/ Norway Chess 2014: Result of blitz tournament]</ref>
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Magnus Carlsen]]'''|Norway}} || 2837
| X || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''7.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2863
| ½ || X || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 3 || align=left |{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Karjakin]]|Russia}} || 2866
| 0 || 1 || X || 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5.5'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2801
| ½ || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''5.5'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2757
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2755
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || X || 1 || 0 || ½ || 1 || '''4.5'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2782
| ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2697
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2666
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || '''2'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Simen Agdestein]]|Norway}} || 2577
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || X || '''1.5'''
|}
The places 3, 4, 7 and 8 were decided by tiebreakers: Karjakin on most games with black pieces, Kramnik with one victory with black against Caruana's zero victory.<ref name=blitz2014/>

=== Results===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points || [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2771
| X || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || '''6''' || 26.25
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2881
| ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1|| ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5.5''' || 23.50
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2792
| 0 || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || '''5''' || 21.00
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2791
| 0 || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || '''4.5''' || 19.75
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2772
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''4.5''' || 19.50
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2815
| 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.25
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2753
| ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.25
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2752
| 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || ½ || '''4''' || 17.75
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2783
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || '''4''' || 17.00
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Simen Agdestein]]|Norway}} || 2628
| ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || '''3.5''' || 15.75
|}

The [[tiebreaker]]s were: [[Sonneborn-Berger score]], most wins, most wins with black.<ref name=standings14>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/standings/ Norway Chess 2014: Standings]</ref> In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game [[Fast chess|blitz match]] (or blitz tournament) and an [[Fast chess#Overview|armageddon game]] were scheduled.

==Norway Chess 2015==
The third edition of the tournament took place from 15 to 26 June 2015. This was the first tournament of a three tournament series in the inaugural [[Grand Chess Tour]], where participants accumulate as many points as possible over the three tournaments for prizes in the overall tour. The players were [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Viswanathan Anand]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Hikaru Nakamura]], [[Fabiano Caruana]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Anish Giri]], [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]], and [[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]. Jon Ludvig Hammer was not invited to the overall Grand Chess Tour; however he qualified for the 10th spot in the tournament by winning the Enter Card Scandinavian Masters Tournament in May 2015.<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/entercard-scandinavian-masters-live/]</ref>

=== Results ===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points !! [[Performance rating (chess)|TPR]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Veselin Topalov]]'''|Bulgaria}} || 2798
| X || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''6.5''' || 2946
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2804
| ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''6.0''' || 2899
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2802
| ½ || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6.0''' || 2900
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2773
| 1 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''5.5''' || 2861
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2805
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || '''4.0''' || 2741
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|France}} || 2723
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || '''4.0''' || 2749
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2876
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || 1 || 0 || '''3.5''' || 2693
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2781
| 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || '''3.5''' || 2704
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2780
| 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || '''3.0''' || 2662
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2677
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 0 || ½ || X || '''3.0''' || 2674
|}

The tiebreakers were: most wins, direct encounter, [[Sonneborn-Berger]] system, extended Koya system.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rules and Regulations|url=http://2015.norwaychess.com/supertournament-2015/14218-2/|website=Norway Chess|accessdate=25 September 2015}}</ref>

==Norway Chess 2016==

The fourth Norway Chess Tournament will take place from 18 to 30 April 2016. It has a new title sponsor, [[Altibox]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Altibox: New title sponsor for Norway Chess|url=http://2015.norwaychess.com/altibox-new-title-sponsor-for-norway-chess/|website=Norway Chess|accessdate=13 January 2016|date=2015-12-21}}</ref> however, it withdrew from the Grand Chess Tour in early January 2016 citing differences on the future of chess supertournaments and tournament sponsorship.<ref>{{cite web|title=Press release from Grand Chess Tour/Altibox Norway Chess|url=http://2015.norwaychess.com/press-release-from-grand-chess-touraltibox-norway-chess/|website=Norway Chess|accessdate=13 January 2016|date=2016-01-06}}</ref>

The players are [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Anish Giri]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Sergey Karjakin]], [[Pavel Eljanov]], [[Pendyala Harikrishna]], and a wildcard (to be determined). <ref>http://norwaychess.no/en/the-players/</ref>

===Wild card qualifier===

A qualifying tournament is taking place from 23 to 26 March 2016. It is a double round robin consisting of two stages: the first leg is being played with a classical time control and 3-1-0 scoring system; the second leg will be played with a rapid time control and 2-1-0 scoring system. <ref>http://norwaychess.no/en/2016/02/22/altibox-norway-chess-wild-card-qualifier/</ref><ref>http://fagerneschess2016.blogspot.co.uk/p/altibox-norway-chess-qualifier.html</ref>

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ First leg
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|[[Nils Grandelius]]|Sweden}} || 2646
| X || 3 || 1 || || 4
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2701
| 0 || X || || 3 || 3
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hou Yifan]]|China}} || 2667
| 1 || || X || 1 || 2
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Aryan Tari]]|Norway}} || 2553
| || 0 || 1 || X || 1
|}

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://norwaychess.com/en/}}

{{Chess tournaments}}

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Norway Chess

2016-03-24T20:17:05Z

Chessrat: /* Altibox Norway Chess 2016 */

'''Norway Chess''' is annual closed [[chess tournament]], typically taking place in the May to June time period every year. The first edition of which took place in the [[Stavanger]] area, [[Norway]], from 7 May to 18 May 2013. The 2013 tournament had ten participants, including seven of the ten highest rated players in the world per the May 2013 [[FIDE World Rankings]].<ref>Paul Fridtjov Svendsen: [http://www.aftenbladet.no/nyheter/lokalt/sandnes/Sandnes-far-forsmak-pa-VM-finalen-i-sjakk-3150975.html Sandnes får forsmak på VM-finalen i sjakk] [[Stavanger Aftenblad]], 2 April 2013 {{no icon}}</ref> It was won by [[Sergey Karjakin]], with [[Magnus Carlsen]] and [[Hikaru Nakamura]] tied for the second place.<ref>Lubomir Kavalek (21 May 2013): [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lubomir-kavalek/karjakin-wins-norway-ches_b_3287817.html Karjakin Wins Norway Chess 2013, Edges Carlsen and Nakamura] [[Huffington Post]], retrieved 23 June 2013</ref> The latest Norway Chess Tournament, Norway Chess 2015, took place in mid-June 2015 and was a part of the inaugural Grand Chess Tour. The tournament has since decided to withdraw from the Grand Chess Tour.<ref>[https://chess24.com/en/read/news/norway-chess-quits-the-grand-chess-tour]</ref>

==Norway Chess 2013==
The 2013 tournament started with a [[Fast chess|blitz]] round played at the [[University of Stavanger]] on 7 May 2013. Rounds 1–8 were played at Hotel Residence, [[Sandnes]] (rounds 1–3, 5–6, 8), at Aarbakke factory in [[Bryne]] (round 4) and on the island [[Sør-Hidle]] in [[Strand, Norway|Strand]] (round 7).<ref>[http://norwaychess.com/en/program/ Norway Chess 2013: Program]</ref> The final round 9 was played in [[Stavanger Concert Hall]] on 18 May 2013. In addition to the super tournament, there was a local school tournament and a celebrity tournament. Partly parallel to the tournament, Stavanger Open NGP 2013 was arranged by Stavanger Chess Club from 8 to 12 May. Matches were streamed live with [[Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam]] and [[Simen Agdestein]] as commentators.<ref>Thor Bugge Lanesskog: [http://thornews.com/2013/02/09/norway-chess-2013-super-tournament-and-public-celebration/ Norway Chess 2013 – Super Tournament and Public Celebration], Thor News, 9 February 2013</ref>

The tournament was arranged by the foundation Norway Chess, with economic support from local businesses and municipalities and the [[Rogaland]] county. The cost of the arrangement was predicted to be about 5 million [[Norwegian kroner]] (approximately 672,000 [[euro]]),<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/norway-chess-2013-with-impressive-lineup/ Norway Chess 2013 with impressive lineup] chessdom.com, retrieved 3 April 2013</ref> of which about half is for the prizes for the participants.<ref name=vg>Øyvind Brenne: [http://www.vg.no/sport/artikkel.php?artid=10078033 Carlsen blir trekkplaster i storturnering på norsk jord] [[VG (Newspaper)|VG]], 7 February 2013 {{no icon}}</ref> The organizers plan to make the tournament a yearly event.<ref name=vg/>

[[Vladimir Kramnik]] was originally among the expected participants, but in April 2013 it was announced that he had withdrawn and was replaced with [[Peter Svidler]].<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/svidler-will-replace-kramnik-at-norway-chess-2013/ Svidler will replace Kramnik at Norway Chess 2013] Chessdom.com, 13 April 2013</ref>

===Blitz tournament===
On 7 May 2013, a [[Fast chess|blitz tournament]] was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.<ref name=blitz>[http://norwaychess.com/en/result-of-blitz-tournament/ Norway Chess 2013: Result of blitz tournament]</ref> According to regulations, the winner of the blitz tournament had the right to choose the number in the table by his own, and [[Sergey Karjakin]] chose to be fifth in the main tournament table.<ref name=choose>[http://chess-news.ru/en/node/11964 Chess-news.ru: Sergey Karjakin Won the Blitz Tournament and Chose to Be Fifth in the Table]</ref>

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2873
| X || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2856
| 0 || X || ½ || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2783<ref name=initial>[http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/5721-rapid-and-blitz-rating-lists.html FIDE rules: for players with existing FIDE ratings, their initial rating on blitz rating list will be that rating]</ref>
| 1 || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || '''6'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2844
| 0 || 0 || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2757
| 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''5.5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|Azerbaijan}} || 2755
| 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2608<ref name=initial/>
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}} || 2698
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || '''3'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2817
| ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || '''2.5'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2666
| 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || '''1'''
|}

The places 2, 3 and 4 were decided by [[tiebreaker]]s: Carlsen on most games with black pieces, Anand with two victories with black against Nakamura's one victory.<ref name=blitz/>

=== Results===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating (No.) !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points || [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2767 (10)
| X || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6''' || 24.00
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2868 (1)
| 1 || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''5.5''' || 22.75
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2775 (7)
| 0 || ½ || X || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''5.5''' || 21.25
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2769 (9)
| 1 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5''' || 21.50
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2813 (2)
| 0 || ½ || 1 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5''' || 20.50
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2783 (5)
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5''' || 19.25
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}} || 2743 (16)
| 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || '''4.5''' || 21.50
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2793 (4)
| ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.00
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|Azerbaijan}} || 2745 (14)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || '''3''' || 10.75
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2608 (197)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 0 || X || '''1.5''' || 6.50
|}

The [[tiebreaker]]s were: [[Sonneborn-Berger score]], most wins, most wins with black.<ref name=standings>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/resultsstandings/ Norway Chess 2013: Standings]</ref> In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game [[Fast chess|blitz match]] (or blitz tournament) and an [[Fast chess#Overview|armageddon game]] were scheduled.<ref>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/regulations-of-the-international-chess-tournament-supreme-masters/ Norway Chess 2013: Tournament Regulations]</ref>

==Norway Chess 2014==
Second tournament took place from 2 to 13 June 2014. The ten participants were [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Fabiano Caruana]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Sergey Karjakin]], [[Peter Svidler]], [[Anish Giri]] and [[Simen Agdestein]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/players-2/|title=Players|publisher=Norway Chess|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref> Agdestein qualified by defeating [[Jon Ludvig Hammer]] in a rapid match that took place from 26 to 27 April 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tv2.no/2014/04/27/sport/sjakk/5543493|title=Agdestein klar for Carlsen-møte|last=Aarre|first=Magnus Krogsæter|date=27 April 2014|publisher=TV2|language=Norwegian|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref>

===Blitz tournament===
On 2 June 2014, a [[Fast chess|blitz tournament]] was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.<ref name=blitz2014>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/no-logo-norway-chess-blitz-tournament/ Norway Chess 2014: Result of blitz tournament]</ref>
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Magnus Carlsen]]'''|Norway}} || 2837
| X || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''7.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2863
| ½ || X || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 3 || align=left |{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Karjakin]]|Russia}} || 2866
| 0 || 1 || X || 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5.5'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2801
| ½ || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''5.5'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2757
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2755
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || X || 1 || 0 || ½ || 1 || '''4.5'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2782
| ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2697
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2666
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || '''2'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Simen Agdestein]]|Norway}} || 2577
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || X || '''1.5'''
|}
The places 3, 4, 7 and 8 were decided by tiebreakers: Karjakin on most games with black pieces, Kramnik with one victory with black against Caruana's zero victory.<ref name=blitz2014/>

=== Results===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points || [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2771
| X || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || '''6''' || 26.25
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2881
| ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1|| ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5.5''' || 23.50
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2792
| 0 || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || '''5''' || 21.00
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2791
| 0 || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || '''4.5''' || 19.75
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2772
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''4.5''' || 19.50
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2815
| 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.25
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2753
| ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.25
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2752
| 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || ½ || '''4''' || 17.75
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2783
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || '''4''' || 17.00
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Simen Agdestein]]|Norway}} || 2628
| ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || '''3.5''' || 15.75
|}

The [[tiebreaker]]s were: [[Sonneborn-Berger score]], most wins, most wins with black.<ref name=standings14>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/standings/ Norway Chess 2014: Standings]</ref> In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game [[Fast chess|blitz match]] (or blitz tournament) and an [[Fast chess#Overview|armageddon game]] were scheduled.

==Norway Chess 2015==
The third edition of the tournament took place from 15 to 26 June 2015. This was the first tournament of a three tournament series in the inaugural [[Grand Chess Tour]], where participants accumulate as many points as possible over the three tournaments for prizes in the overall tour. The players were [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Viswanathan Anand]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Hikaru Nakamura]], [[Fabiano Caruana]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Anish Giri]], [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]], and [[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]. Jon Ludvig Hammer was not invited to the overall Grand Chess Tour; however he qualified for the 10th spot in the tournament by winning the Enter Card Scandinavian Masters Tournament in May 2015.<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/entercard-scandinavian-masters-live/]</ref>

=== Results ===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points !! [[Performance rating (chess)|TPR]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Veselin Topalov]]'''|Bulgaria}} || 2798
| X || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''6.5''' || 2946
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2804
| ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''6.0''' || 2899
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2802
| ½ || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6.0''' || 2900
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2773
| 1 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''5.5''' || 2861
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2805
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || '''4.0''' || 2741
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|France}} || 2723
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || '''4.0''' || 2749
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2876
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || 1 || 0 || '''3.5''' || 2693
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2781
| 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || '''3.5''' || 2704
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2780
| 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || '''3.0''' || 2662
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2677
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 0 || ½ || X || '''3.0''' || 2674
|}

The tiebreakers were: most wins, direct encounter, [[Sonneborn-Berger]] system, extended Koya system.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rules and Regulations|url=http://2015.norwaychess.com/supertournament-2015/14218-2/|website=Norway Chess|accessdate=25 September 2015}}</ref>

==Norway Chess 2016==

The fourth Norway Chess Tournament will take place from 18 to 30 April 2016. It has a new title sponsor, [[Altibox]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Altibox: New title sponsor for Norway Chess|url=http://2015.norwaychess.com/altibox-new-title-sponsor-for-norway-chess/|website=Norway Chess|accessdate=13 January 2016|date=2015-12-21}}</ref> however, it withdrew from the Grand Chess Tour in early January 2016 citing differences on the future of chess supertournaments and tournament sponsorship.<ref>{{cite web|title=Press release from Grand Chess Tour/Altibox Norway Chess|url=http://2015.norwaychess.com/press-release-from-grand-chess-touraltibox-norway-chess/|website=Norway Chess|accessdate=13 January 2016|date=2016-01-06}}</ref>

The players are [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Anish Giri]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Sergey Karjakin]], [[Pavel Eljanov]], [[Pendyala Harikrishna]], and a wildcard (to be determined). <ref>http://norwaychess.no/en/the-players/</ref>

===Wild card qualifier===

A qualifying tournament is taking place from 23 to 26 March 2016. It is a double round robin consisting of two stages: the first leg is being played with a classical time control and 3-1-0 scoring system; the second leg will be played with a rapid time control and 2-1-0 scoring system. <ref>http://norwaychess.no/en/2016/02/22/altibox-norway-chess-wild-card-qualifier/</ref>

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ First leg
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|[[Nils Grandelius]]|Sweden}} || 2646
| X || 3 || 1 || || 4
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2701
| 0 || X || || 3 || 3
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hou Yifan]]|China}} || 2667
| 1 || || X || 1 || 2
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Aryan Tari]]|Norway}} || 2553
| || 0 || 1 || X || 1
|}

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://norwaychess.com/en/}}

{{Chess tournaments}}

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Norway Chess

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'''Norway Chess''' is a [[chess tournament]], the first edition of which took place in the [[Stavanger]] area, [[Norway]], from 7 May to 18 May 2013. The 2013 tournament had ten participants, including seven of the ten highest rated players in the world per the May 2013 [[FIDE World Rankings]].<ref>Paul Fridtjov Svendsen: [http://www.aftenbladet.no/nyheter/lokalt/sandnes/Sandnes-far-forsmak-pa-VM-finalen-i-sjakk-3150975.html Sandnes får forsmak på VM-finalen i sjakk] [[Stavanger Aftenblad]], 2 April 2013 {{no icon}}</ref> It was won by [[Sergey Karjakin]], with [[Magnus Carlsen]] and [[Hikaru Nakamura]] tied for the second place.<ref>Lubomir Kavalek (21 May, 2013): [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lubomir-kavalek/karjakin-wins-norway-ches_b_3287817.html Karjakin Wins Norway Chess 2013, Edges Carlsen and Nakamura] [[Huffington Post]], retrieved 23 June, 2013</ref>

==Norway Chess 2013==
The 2013 tournament started with a [[Fast chess|blitz]] round played at the [[University of Stavanger]] on 7 May 2013. Rounds 1–8 were played at Hotel Residence, [[Sandnes]] (rounds 1–3, 5–6, 8), at Aarbakke factory in [[Bryne]] (round 4) and on the island [[Sør-Hidle]] in [[Strand, Norway|Strand]] (round 7).<ref>[http://norwaychess.com/en/program/ Norway Chess 2013: Program]</ref> The final round 9 was played in [[Stavanger Concert Hall]] on 18 May 2013. In addition to the super tournament, there was a local school tournament and a celebrity tournament. Partly parallel to the tournament, Stavanger Open NGP 2013 was arranged by Stavanger Chess Club from 8 to 12 May. Matches were streamed live with [[Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam]] and [[Simen Agdestein]] as commentators.<ref>Thor Bugge Lanesskog: [http://thornews.com/2013/02/09/norway-chess-2013-super-tournament-and-public-celebration/ Norway Chess 2013 – Super Tournament and Public Celebration], Thor News, 9 February 2013</ref>

The tournament was arranged by the foundation Norway Chess, with economic support from local businesses and municipalities and the [[Rogaland]] county. The cost of the arrangement was predicted to be about 5 million [[Norwegian kroner]] (approximately 672,000 [[euro]]),<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/norway-chess-2013-with-impressive-lineup/ Norway Chess 2013 with impressive lineup] chessdom.com, retrieved 3 April 2013</ref> of which about half is for the prizes for the participants.<ref name=vg>Øyvind Brenne: [http://www.vg.no/sport/artikkel.php?artid=10078033 Carlsen blir trekkplaster i storturnering på norsk jord] [[VG (Newspaper)|VG]], 7 February 2013 {{no icon}}</ref> The organizers plan to make the tournament a yearly event.<ref name=vg/>

[[Vladimir Kramnik]] was originally among the expected participants, but in April 2013 it was announced that he had withdrawn and was replaced with [[Peter Svidler]].<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/svidler-will-replace-kramnik-at-norway-chess-2013/ Svidler will replace Kramnik at Norway Chess 2013] Chessdom.com, 13 April, 2013</ref>

===Blitz tournament===
On 7 May 2013, a [[Fast chess|blitz tournament]] was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.<ref name=blitz>[http://norwaychess.com/en/result-of-blitz-tournament/ Norway Chess 2013: Result of blitz tournament]</ref> According to regulations, the winner of the blitz tournament had the right to choose the number in the table by his own, and [[Sergey Karjakin]] chose to be fifth in the main tournament table.<ref name=choose>[http://chess-news.ru/en/node/11964 Chess-news.ru: Sergey Karjakin Won the Blitz Tournament and Chose to Be Fifth in the Table]</ref>

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2873
| X || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2856
| 0 || X || ½ || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2783<ref name=initial>[http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/5721-rapid-and-blitz-rating-lists.html FIDE rules: for players with existing FIDE ratings, their initial rating on blitz rating list will be that rating]</ref>
| 1 || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || '''6'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2844
| 0 || 0 || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2757
| 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''5.5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|Azerbaijan}} || 2755
| 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2608<ref name=initial/>
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}} || 2698
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || '''3'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2817
| ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || '''2.5'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2666
| 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || '''1'''
|}

The places 2, 3 and 4 were decided by [[tiebreaker]]s: Carlsen on most games with black pieces, Anand with two victories with black against Nakamura's one victory.<ref name=blitz/>

=== Results===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating (No.) !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points || [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2767 (10)
| X || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6''' || 24.00
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2868 (1)
| 1 || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''5.5''' || 22.75
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2775 (7)
| 0 || ½ || X || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''5.5''' || 21.25
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2769 (9)
| 1 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5''' || 21.50
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2813 (2)
| 0 || ½ || 1 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5''' || 20.50
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2783 (5)
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5''' || 19.25
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}} || 2743 (16)
| 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || '''4.5''' || 21.50
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2793 (4)
| ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.00
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|Azerbaijan}} || 2745 (14)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || '''3''' || 10.75
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2608 (197)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 0 || X || '''1.5''' || 6.50
|}

The [[tiebreaker]]s were: [[Sonneborn-Berger score]], most wins, most wins with black.<ref name=standings>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/resultsstandings/ Norway Chess 2013: Standings]</ref> In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game [[Fast chess|blitz match]] (or blitz tournament) and an [[Fast chess#Overview|armageddon game]] were scheduled.<ref>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/regulations-of-the-international-chess-tournament-supreme-masters/ Norway Chess 2013: Tournament Regulations]</ref>

==Norway Chess 2014==
Second tournament took place from 2 to 13 June 2014. The ten participants were [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Fabiano Caruana]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Sergey Karjakin]], [[Peter Svidler]], [[Anish Giri]] and [[Simen Agdestein]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/players-2/|title=Players|publisher=Norway Chess|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref> Agdestein qualified by defeating [[Jon Ludvig Hammer]] in a rapid match that took place from 26 to 27 April 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tv2.no/2014/04/27/sport/sjakk/5543493|title=Agdestein klar for Carlsen-møte|last=Aarre|first=Magnus Krogsæter|date=27 April 2014|publisher=TV2|language=Norwegian|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref>

===Blitz tournament===
On 2 June 2014, a [[Fast chess|blitz tournament]] was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.<ref name=blitz2014>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/no-logo-norway-chess-blitz-tournament/ Norway Chess 2014: Result of blitz tournament]</ref>
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Magnus Carlsen]]'''|Norway}} || 2837
| X || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''7.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2863
| ½ || X || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 3 || align=left |{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Karjakin]]|Russia}} || 2866
| 0 || 1 || X || 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5.5'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2801
| ½ || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''5.5'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2757
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2755
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || X || 1 || 0 || ½ || 1 || '''4.5'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2782
| ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2697
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2666
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || '''2'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Simen Agdestein]]|Norway}} || 2577
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || X || '''1.5'''
|}
The places 3, 4, 7 and 8 were decided by tiebreakers: Karjakin on most games with black pieces, Kramnik with one victory with black against Caruana's zero victory.<ref name=blitz2014/>

=== Results===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points || [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2771
| X || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || '''6''' || 26.25
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2881
| ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1|| ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5.5''' || 23.50
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2792
| 0 || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || '''5''' || 21.00
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2791
| 0 || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || '''4.5''' || 19.75
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2772
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''4.5''' || 19.50
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2815
| 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.25
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2753
| ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.25
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2752
| 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || ½ || '''4''' || 17.75
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2783
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || '''4''' || 17.00
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Simen Agdestein]]|Norway}} || 2628
| ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || '''3.5''' || 15.75
|}

The [[tiebreaker]]s were: [[Sonneborn-Berger score]], most wins, most wins with black.<ref name=standings14>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/standings/ Norway Chess 2014: Standings]</ref> In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game [[Fast chess|blitz match]] (or blitz tournament) and an [[Fast chess#Overview|armageddon game]] were scheduled.

==Norway Chess 2015==
The third edition of the tournament took place from 15 to 26 June, 2015. The players were [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Viswanathan Anand]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Hikaru Nakamura]], [[Fabiano Caruana]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Anish Giri]], [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]], and [[Jon Ludvig Hammer]].

=== Results ===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points !! [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]] !! [[Performance rating (chess)|TPR]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Veselin Topalov]]'''|Bulgaria}} || 2798
| X || ½ || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || '''6.5''' || || 2946
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2804
| ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || '''6.0''' || 24.75 || 2899
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2802
| ½ || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6.0''' || 24.5 || 2900
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2773
| 1 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''5.5''' || || 2861
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2805
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || 0 || ½ || '''4.0''' || 17.75 || 2741
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|France}} || 2723
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || '''4.0''' || 15.75 || 2749
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2781
| 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || ½ || 1 || '''3.5''' || 14.50 || 2704
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2876
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || X || 1 || 0 || '''3.5''' || 14.25 || 2693
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2780
| 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || ½ || '''3.0''' || 13.00 || 2662
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2677
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || 1 || ½ || X || '''3.0''' || 11.75 || 2674
|}

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://norwaychess.com/en/}}

{{Chess tournaments}}

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[[Category:Chess in Norway]]
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[[Category:2013 in Norwegian sport]]
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Norway Chess

2015-06-25T20:26:00Z

Chessrat: /* Norway Chess 2015 */ Add SB, TPR to table

'''Norway Chess''' is a [[chess tournament]], the first edition of which took place in the [[Stavanger]] area, [[Norway]], from 7 May to 18 May 2013. The 2013 tournament had ten participants, including seven of the ten highest rated players in the world per the May 2013 [[FIDE World Rankings]].<ref>Paul Fridtjov Svendsen: [http://www.aftenbladet.no/nyheter/lokalt/sandnes/Sandnes-far-forsmak-pa-VM-finalen-i-sjakk-3150975.html Sandnes får forsmak på VM-finalen i sjakk] [[Stavanger Aftenblad]], 2 April 2013 {{no icon}}</ref> It was won by [[Sergey Karjakin]], with [[Magnus Carlsen]] and [[Hikaru Nakamura]] tied for the second place.<ref>Lubomir Kavalek (21 May, 2013): [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lubomir-kavalek/karjakin-wins-norway-ches_b_3287817.html Karjakin Wins Norway Chess 2013, Edges Carlsen and Nakamura] [[Huffington Post]], retrieved 23 June, 2013</ref>

==Norway Chess 2013==
The 2013 tournament started with a [[Fast chess|blitz]] round played at the [[University of Stavanger]] on 7 May 2013. Rounds 1–8 were played at Hotel Residence, [[Sandnes]] (rounds 1–3, 5–6, 8), at Aarbakke factory in [[Bryne]] (round 4) and on the island [[Sør-Hidle]] in [[Strand, Norway|Strand]] (round 7).<ref>[http://norwaychess.com/en/program/ Norway Chess 2013: Program]</ref> The final round 9 was played in [[Stavanger Concert Hall]] on 18 May 2013. In addition to the super tournament, there was a local school tournament and a celebrity tournament. Partly parallel to the tournament, Stavanger Open NGP 2013 was arranged by Stavanger Chess Club from 8 to 12 May. Matches were streamed live with [[Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam]] and [[Simen Agdestein]] as commentators.<ref>Thor Bugge Lanesskog: [http://thornews.com/2013/02/09/norway-chess-2013-super-tournament-and-public-celebration/ Norway Chess 2013 – Super Tournament and Public Celebration], Thor News, 9 February 2013</ref>

The tournament was arranged by the foundation Norway Chess, with economic support from local businesses and municipalities and the [[Rogaland]] county. The cost of the arrangement was predicted to be about 5 million [[Norwegian kroner]] (approximately 672,000 [[euro]]),<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/norway-chess-2013-with-impressive-lineup/ Norway Chess 2013 with impressive lineup] chessdom.com, retrieved 3 April 2013</ref> of which about half is for the prizes for the participants.<ref name=vg>Øyvind Brenne: [http://www.vg.no/sport/artikkel.php?artid=10078033 Carlsen blir trekkplaster i storturnering på norsk jord] [[VG (Newspaper)|VG]], 7 February 2013 {{no icon}}</ref> The organizers plan to make the tournament a yearly event.<ref name=vg/>

[[Vladimir Kramnik]] was originally among the expected participants, but in April 2013 it was announced that he had withdrawn and was replaced with [[Peter Svidler]].<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/svidler-will-replace-kramnik-at-norway-chess-2013/ Svidler will replace Kramnik at Norway Chess 2013] Chessdom.com, 13 April, 2013</ref>

===Blitz tournament===
On 7 May 2013, a [[Fast chess|blitz tournament]] was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.<ref name=blitz>[http://norwaychess.com/en/result-of-blitz-tournament/ Norway Chess 2013: Result of blitz tournament]</ref> According to regulations, the winner of the blitz tournament had the right to choose the number in the table by his own, and [[Sergey Karjakin]] chose to be fifth in the main tournament table.<ref name=choose>[http://chess-news.ru/en/node/11964 Chess-news.ru: Sergey Karjakin Won the Blitz Tournament and Chose to Be Fifth in the Table]</ref>

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2873
| X || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2856
| 0 || X || ½ || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2783<ref name=initial>[http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/5721-rapid-and-blitz-rating-lists.html FIDE rules: for players with existing FIDE ratings, their initial rating on blitz rating list will be that rating]</ref>
| 1 || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || '''6'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2844
| 0 || 0 || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2757
| 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''5.5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|Azerbaijan}} || 2755
| 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2608<ref name=initial/>
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}} || 2698
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || '''3'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2817
| ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || '''2.5'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2666
| 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || '''1'''
|}

The places 2, 3 and 4 were decided by [[tiebreaker]]s: Carlsen on most games with black pieces, Anand with two victories with black against Nakamura's one victory.<ref name=blitz/>

=== Results===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating (No.) !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points || [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2767 (10)
| X || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6''' || 24.00
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2868 (1)
| 1 || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''5.5''' || 22.75
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2775 (7)
| 0 || ½ || X || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''5.5''' || 21.25
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2769 (9)
| 1 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5''' || 21.50
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2813 (2)
| 0 || ½ || 1 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5''' || 20.50
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2783 (5)
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5''' || 19.25
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}} || 2743 (16)
| 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || '''4.5''' || 21.50
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2793 (4)
| ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.00
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|Azerbaijan}} || 2745 (14)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || '''3''' || 10.75
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2608 (197)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 0 || X || '''1.5''' || 6.50
|}

The [[tiebreaker]]s were: [[Sonneborn-Berger score]], most wins, most wins with black.<ref name=standings>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/resultsstandings/ Norway Chess 2013: Standings]</ref> In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game [[Fast chess|blitz match]] (or blitz tournament) and an [[Fast chess#Overview|armageddon game]] were scheduled.<ref>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/regulations-of-the-international-chess-tournament-supreme-masters/ Norway Chess 2013: Tournament Regulations]</ref>

==Norway Chess 2014==
Second tournament took place from 2 to 13 June 2014. The ten participants were [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Fabiano Caruana]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Sergey Karjakin]], [[Peter Svidler]], [[Anish Giri]] and [[Simen Agdestein]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/players-2/|title=Players|publisher=Norway Chess|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref> Agdestein qualified by defeating [[Jon Ludvig Hammer]] in a rapid match that took place from 26 to 27 April 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tv2.no/2014/04/27/sport/sjakk/5543493|title=Agdestein klar for Carlsen-møte|last=Aarre|first=Magnus Krogsæter|date=27 April 2014|publisher=TV2|language=Norwegian|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref>

===Blitz tournament===
On 2 June 2014, a [[Fast chess|blitz tournament]] was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.<ref name=blitz2014>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/no-logo-norway-chess-blitz-tournament/ Norway Chess 2014: Result of blitz tournament]</ref>
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Magnus Carlsen]]'''|Norway}} || 2837
| X || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''7.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2863
| ½ || X || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 3 || align=left |{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Karjakin]]|Russia}} || 2866
| 0 || 1 || X || 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5.5'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2801
| ½ || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''5.5'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2757
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2755
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || X || 1 || 0 || ½ || 1 || '''4.5'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2782
| ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2697
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2666
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || '''2'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Simen Agdestein]]|Norway}} || 2577
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || X || '''1.5'''
|}
The places 3, 4, 7 and 8 were decided by tiebreakers: Karjakin on most games with black pieces, Kramnik with one victory with black against Caruana's zero victory.<ref name=blitz2014/>

=== Results===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points || [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2771
| X || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || '''6''' || 26.25
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2881
| ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1|| ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5.5''' || 23.50
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2792
| 0 || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || '''5''' || 21.00
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2791
| 0 || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || '''4.5''' || 19.75
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2772
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''4.5''' || 19.50
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2815
| 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.25
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2753
| ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.25
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2752
| 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || ½ || '''4''' || 17.75
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2783
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || '''4''' || 17.00
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Simen Agdestein]]|Norway}} || 2628
| ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || '''3.5''' || 15.75
|}

The [[tiebreaker]]s were: [[Sonneborn-Berger score]], most wins, most wins with black.<ref name=standings14>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/standings/ Norway Chess 2014: Standings]</ref> In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game [[Fast chess|blitz match]] (or blitz tournament) and an [[Fast chess#Overview|armageddon game]] were scheduled.

==Norway Chess 2015==
The third edition of the tournament took place from 15 to 26 June, 2015. The players were [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Viswanathan Anand]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Hikaru Nakamura]], [[Fabiano Caruana]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Anish Giri]], [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]], and [[Jon Ludvig Hammer]].

=== Results ===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points !! [[Sonnenborn-Berger score|SB]] !! [[Performance rating (chess)|TPR]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Veselin Topalov]]'''|Bulgaria}} || 2798
| X || ½ || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || '''6.5''' || || 2946
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2804
| ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || '''6.0''' || 24.75 || 2899
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2802
| ½ || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6.0''' || 24.5 || 2900
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2773
| 1 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''5.5''' || || 2861
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2805
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || 0 || ½ || '''4.0''' || 17.75 || 2741
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|France}} || 2723
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || '''4.0''' || 15.75 || 2749
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2781
| 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || ½ || 1 || '''3.5''' || 14.50 || 2704
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2876
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || X || 1 || 0 || '''3.5''' || 14.25 || 2693
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2780
| 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || ½ || '''3.0''' || 13.00 || 2662
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2677
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || 1 || ½ || X || '''3.0''' || 11.75 || 2674
|}

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://norwaychess.com/en/}}

{{Chess tournaments}}

[[Category:Chess competitions]]
[[Category:Chess in Norway]]
[[Category:2013 in chess]]
[[Category:2013 in Norwegian sport]]
[[Category:Sport in Stavanger]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2013]]
[[Category:2014 in chess]]
[[Category:2014 in Norwegian sport]]

Norway Chess

2015-06-25T20:19:01Z

Chessrat: /* Results */ Order table correct

'''Norway Chess''' is a [[chess tournament]], the first edition of which took place in the [[Stavanger]] area, [[Norway]], from 7 May to 18 May 2013. The 2013 tournament had ten participants, including seven of the ten highest rated players in the world per the May 2013 [[FIDE World Rankings]].<ref>Paul Fridtjov Svendsen: [http://www.aftenbladet.no/nyheter/lokalt/sandnes/Sandnes-far-forsmak-pa-VM-finalen-i-sjakk-3150975.html Sandnes får forsmak på VM-finalen i sjakk] [[Stavanger Aftenblad]], 2 April 2013 {{no icon}}</ref> It was won by [[Sergey Karjakin]], with [[Magnus Carlsen]] and [[Hikaru Nakamura]] tied for the second place.<ref>Lubomir Kavalek (21 May, 2013): [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lubomir-kavalek/karjakin-wins-norway-ches_b_3287817.html Karjakin Wins Norway Chess 2013, Edges Carlsen and Nakamura] [[Huffington Post]], retrieved 23 June, 2013</ref>

==Norway Chess 2013==
The 2013 tournament started with a [[Fast chess|blitz]] round played at the [[University of Stavanger]] on 7 May 2013. Rounds 1–8 were played at Hotel Residence, [[Sandnes]] (rounds 1–3, 5–6, 8), at Aarbakke factory in [[Bryne]] (round 4) and on the island [[Sør-Hidle]] in [[Strand, Norway|Strand]] (round 7).<ref>[http://norwaychess.com/en/program/ Norway Chess 2013: Program]</ref> The final round 9 was played in [[Stavanger Concert Hall]] on 18 May 2013. In addition to the super tournament, there was a local school tournament and a celebrity tournament. Partly parallel to the tournament, Stavanger Open NGP 2013 was arranged by Stavanger Chess Club from 8 to 12 May. Matches were streamed live with [[Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam]] and [[Simen Agdestein]] as commentators.<ref>Thor Bugge Lanesskog: [http://thornews.com/2013/02/09/norway-chess-2013-super-tournament-and-public-celebration/ Norway Chess 2013 – Super Tournament and Public Celebration], Thor News, 9 February 2013</ref>

The tournament was arranged by the foundation Norway Chess, with economic support from local businesses and municipalities and the [[Rogaland]] county. The cost of the arrangement was predicted to be about 5 million [[Norwegian kroner]] (approximately 672,000 [[euro]]),<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/norway-chess-2013-with-impressive-lineup/ Norway Chess 2013 with impressive lineup] chessdom.com, retrieved 3 April 2013</ref> of which about half is for the prizes for the participants.<ref name=vg>Øyvind Brenne: [http://www.vg.no/sport/artikkel.php?artid=10078033 Carlsen blir trekkplaster i storturnering på norsk jord] [[VG (Newspaper)|VG]], 7 February 2013 {{no icon}}</ref> The organizers plan to make the tournament a yearly event.<ref name=vg/>

[[Vladimir Kramnik]] was originally among the expected participants, but in April 2013 it was announced that he had withdrawn and was replaced with [[Peter Svidler]].<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/svidler-will-replace-kramnik-at-norway-chess-2013/ Svidler will replace Kramnik at Norway Chess 2013] Chessdom.com, 13 April, 2013</ref>

===Blitz tournament===
On 7 May 2013, a [[Fast chess|blitz tournament]] was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.<ref name=blitz>[http://norwaychess.com/en/result-of-blitz-tournament/ Norway Chess 2013: Result of blitz tournament]</ref> According to regulations, the winner of the blitz tournament had the right to choose the number in the table by his own, and [[Sergey Karjakin]] chose to be fifth in the main tournament table.<ref name=choose>[http://chess-news.ru/en/node/11964 Chess-news.ru: Sergey Karjakin Won the Blitz Tournament and Chose to Be Fifth in the Table]</ref>

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2873
| X || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2856
| 0 || X || ½ || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2783<ref name=initial>[http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/5721-rapid-and-blitz-rating-lists.html FIDE rules: for players with existing FIDE ratings, their initial rating on blitz rating list will be that rating]</ref>
| 1 || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || '''6'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2844
| 0 || 0 || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2757
| 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''5.5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|Azerbaijan}} || 2755
| 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2608<ref name=initial/>
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}} || 2698
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || '''3'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2817
| ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || '''2.5'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2666
| 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || '''1'''
|}

The places 2, 3 and 4 were decided by [[tiebreaker]]s: Carlsen on most games with black pieces, Anand with two victories with black against Nakamura's one victory.<ref name=blitz/>

=== Results===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating (No.) !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points || [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2767 (10)
| X || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6''' || 24.00
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2868 (1)
| 1 || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''5.5''' || 22.75
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2775 (7)
| 0 || ½ || X || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''5.5''' || 21.25
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2769 (9)
| 1 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5''' || 21.50
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2813 (2)
| 0 || ½ || 1 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5''' || 20.50
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2783 (5)
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5''' || 19.25
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}} || 2743 (16)
| 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || '''4.5''' || 21.50
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2793 (4)
| ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.00
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|Azerbaijan}} || 2745 (14)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || '''3''' || 10.75
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2608 (197)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 0 || X || '''1.5''' || 6.50
|}

The [[tiebreaker]]s were: [[Sonneborn-Berger score]], most wins, most wins with black.<ref name=standings>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/resultsstandings/ Norway Chess 2013: Standings]</ref> In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game [[Fast chess|blitz match]] (or blitz tournament) and an [[Fast chess#Overview|armageddon game]] were scheduled.<ref>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/regulations-of-the-international-chess-tournament-supreme-masters/ Norway Chess 2013: Tournament Regulations]</ref>

==Norway Chess 2014==
Second tournament took place from 2 to 13 June 2014. The ten participants were [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Fabiano Caruana]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Sergey Karjakin]], [[Peter Svidler]], [[Anish Giri]] and [[Simen Agdestein]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/players-2/|title=Players|publisher=Norway Chess|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref> Agdestein qualified by defeating [[Jon Ludvig Hammer]] in a rapid match that took place from 26 to 27 April 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tv2.no/2014/04/27/sport/sjakk/5543493|title=Agdestein klar for Carlsen-møte|last=Aarre|first=Magnus Krogsæter|date=27 April 2014|publisher=TV2|language=Norwegian|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref>

===Blitz tournament===
On 2 June 2014, a [[Fast chess|blitz tournament]] was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.<ref name=blitz2014>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/no-logo-norway-chess-blitz-tournament/ Norway Chess 2014: Result of blitz tournament]</ref>
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Magnus Carlsen]]'''|Norway}} || 2837
| X || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''7.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2863
| ½ || X || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 3 || align=left |{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Karjakin]]|Russia}} || 2866
| 0 || 1 || X || 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5.5'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2801
| ½ || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''5.5'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2757
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2755
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || X || 1 || 0 || ½ || 1 || '''4.5'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2782
| ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2697
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2666
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || '''2'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Simen Agdestein]]|Norway}} || 2577
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || X || '''1.5'''
|}
The places 3, 4, 7 and 8 were decided by tiebreakers: Karjakin on most games with black pieces, Kramnik with one victory with black against Caruana's zero victory.<ref name=blitz2014/>

=== Results===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points || [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2771
| X || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || '''6''' || 26.25
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2881
| ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1|| ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5.5''' || 23.50
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2792
| 0 || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || '''5''' || 21.00
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2791
| 0 || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || '''4.5''' || 19.75
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2772
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''4.5''' || 19.50
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2815
| 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.25
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2753
| ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.25
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2752
| 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || ½ || '''4''' || 17.75
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2783
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || '''4''' || 17.00
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Simen Agdestein]]|Norway}} || 2628
| ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || '''3.5''' || 15.75
|}

The [[tiebreaker]]s were: [[Sonneborn-Berger score]], most wins, most wins with black.<ref name=standings14>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/standings/ Norway Chess 2014: Standings]</ref> In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game [[Fast chess|blitz match]] (or blitz tournament) and an [[Fast chess#Overview|armageddon game]] were scheduled.

==Norway Chess 2015==
The third edition of the tournament took place from 15 to 26 June, 2015. The players were [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Viswanathan Anand]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Hikaru Nakamura]], [[Fabiano Caruana]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Anish Giri]], [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]], and [[Jon Ludvig Hammer]].

=== Results ===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Veselin Topalov]]'''|Bulgaria}} || 2798
| X || ½ || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2804
| ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || '''6.0'''
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2802
| ½ || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6.0'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2773
| 1 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''5.5'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2805
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || 0 || ½ || '''4.0'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|France}} || 2723
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || '''4.0'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2781
| 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2876
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || X || 1 || 0 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2780
| 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || ½ || '''3.0'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2677
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || 1 || ½ || X || '''3.0'''
|}

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://norwaychess.com/en/}}

{{Chess tournaments}}

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Norway Chess

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Chessrat: /* Norway Chess 2015 */ Complete results table

'''Norway Chess''' is a [[chess tournament]], the first edition of which took place in the [[Stavanger]] area, [[Norway]], from 7 May to 18 May 2013. The 2013 tournament had ten participants, including seven of the ten highest rated players in the world per the May 2013 [[FIDE World Rankings]].<ref>Paul Fridtjov Svendsen: [http://www.aftenbladet.no/nyheter/lokalt/sandnes/Sandnes-far-forsmak-pa-VM-finalen-i-sjakk-3150975.html Sandnes får forsmak på VM-finalen i sjakk] [[Stavanger Aftenblad]], 2 April 2013 {{no icon}}</ref> It was won by [[Sergey Karjakin]], with [[Magnus Carlsen]] and [[Hikaru Nakamura]] tied for the second place.<ref>Lubomir Kavalek (21 May, 2013): [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lubomir-kavalek/karjakin-wins-norway-ches_b_3287817.html Karjakin Wins Norway Chess 2013, Edges Carlsen and Nakamura] [[Huffington Post]], retrieved 23 June, 2013</ref>

==Norway Chess 2013==
The 2013 tournament started with a [[Fast chess|blitz]] round played at the [[University of Stavanger]] on 7 May 2013. Rounds 1–8 were played at Hotel Residence, [[Sandnes]] (rounds 1–3, 5–6, 8), at Aarbakke factory in [[Bryne]] (round 4) and on the island [[Sør-Hidle]] in [[Strand, Norway|Strand]] (round 7).<ref>[http://norwaychess.com/en/program/ Norway Chess 2013: Program]</ref> The final round 9 was played in [[Stavanger Concert Hall]] on 18 May 2013. In addition to the super tournament, there was a local school tournament and a celebrity tournament. Partly parallel to the tournament, Stavanger Open NGP 2013 was arranged by Stavanger Chess Club from 8 to 12 May. Matches were streamed live with [[Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam]] and [[Simen Agdestein]] as commentators.<ref>Thor Bugge Lanesskog: [http://thornews.com/2013/02/09/norway-chess-2013-super-tournament-and-public-celebration/ Norway Chess 2013 – Super Tournament and Public Celebration], Thor News, 9 February 2013</ref>

The tournament was arranged by the foundation Norway Chess, with economic support from local businesses and municipalities and the [[Rogaland]] county. The cost of the arrangement was predicted to be about 5 million [[Norwegian kroner]] (approximately 672,000 [[euro]]),<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/norway-chess-2013-with-impressive-lineup/ Norway Chess 2013 with impressive lineup] chessdom.com, retrieved 3 April 2013</ref> of which about half is for the prizes for the participants.<ref name=vg>Øyvind Brenne: [http://www.vg.no/sport/artikkel.php?artid=10078033 Carlsen blir trekkplaster i storturnering på norsk jord] [[VG (Newspaper)|VG]], 7 February 2013 {{no icon}}</ref> The organizers plan to make the tournament a yearly event.<ref name=vg/>

[[Vladimir Kramnik]] was originally among the expected participants, but in April 2013 it was announced that he had withdrawn and was replaced with [[Peter Svidler]].<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/svidler-will-replace-kramnik-at-norway-chess-2013/ Svidler will replace Kramnik at Norway Chess 2013] Chessdom.com, 13 April, 2013</ref>

===Blitz tournament===
On 7 May 2013, a [[Fast chess|blitz tournament]] was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.<ref name=blitz>[http://norwaychess.com/en/result-of-blitz-tournament/ Norway Chess 2013: Result of blitz tournament]</ref> According to regulations, the winner of the blitz tournament had the right to choose the number in the table by his own, and [[Sergey Karjakin]] chose to be fifth in the main tournament table.<ref name=choose>[http://chess-news.ru/en/node/11964 Chess-news.ru: Sergey Karjakin Won the Blitz Tournament and Chose to Be Fifth in the Table]</ref>

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2873
| X || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2856
| 0 || X || ½ || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2783<ref name=initial>[http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/5721-rapid-and-blitz-rating-lists.html FIDE rules: for players with existing FIDE ratings, their initial rating on blitz rating list will be that rating]</ref>
| 1 || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || '''6'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2844
| 0 || 0 || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2757
| 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''5.5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|Azerbaijan}} || 2755
| 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2608<ref name=initial/>
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}} || 2698
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || '''3'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2817
| ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || '''2.5'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2666
| 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || '''1'''
|}

The places 2, 3 and 4 were decided by [[tiebreaker]]s: Carlsen on most games with black pieces, Anand with two victories with black against Nakamura's one victory.<ref name=blitz/>

=== Results===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating (No.) !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points || [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2767 (10)
| X || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6''' || 24.00
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2868 (1)
| 1 || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''5.5''' || 22.75
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2775 (7)
| 0 || ½ || X || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''5.5''' || 21.25
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2769 (9)
| 1 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5''' || 21.50
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2813 (2)
| 0 || ½ || 1 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5''' || 20.50
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2783 (5)
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5''' || 19.25
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}} || 2743 (16)
| 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || '''4.5''' || 21.50
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2793 (4)
| ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.00
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|Azerbaijan}} || 2745 (14)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || '''3''' || 10.75
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2608 (197)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 0 || X || '''1.5''' || 6.50
|}

The [[tiebreaker]]s were: [[Sonneborn-Berger score]], most wins, most wins with black.<ref name=standings>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/resultsstandings/ Norway Chess 2013: Standings]</ref> In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game [[Fast chess|blitz match]] (or blitz tournament) and an [[Fast chess#Overview|armageddon game]] were scheduled.<ref>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/regulations-of-the-international-chess-tournament-supreme-masters/ Norway Chess 2013: Tournament Regulations]</ref>

==Norway Chess 2014==
Second tournament took place from 2 to 13 June 2014. The ten participants were [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Fabiano Caruana]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Sergey Karjakin]], [[Peter Svidler]], [[Anish Giri]] and [[Simen Agdestein]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/players-2/|title=Players|publisher=Norway Chess|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref> Agdestein qualified by defeating [[Jon Ludvig Hammer]] in a rapid match that took place from 26 to 27 April 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tv2.no/2014/04/27/sport/sjakk/5543493|title=Agdestein klar for Carlsen-møte|last=Aarre|first=Magnus Krogsæter|date=27 April 2014|publisher=TV2|language=Norwegian|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref>

===Blitz tournament===
On 2 June 2014, a [[Fast chess|blitz tournament]] was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.<ref name=blitz2014>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/no-logo-norway-chess-blitz-tournament/ Norway Chess 2014: Result of blitz tournament]</ref>
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Magnus Carlsen]]'''|Norway}} || 2837
| X || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''7.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2863
| ½ || X || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 3 || align=left |{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Karjakin]]|Russia}} || 2866
| 0 || 1 || X || 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5.5'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2801
| ½ || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''5.5'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2757
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2755
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || X || 1 || 0 || ½ || 1 || '''4.5'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2782
| ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2697
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2666
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || '''2'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Simen Agdestein]]|Norway}} || 2577
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || X || '''1.5'''
|}
The places 3, 4, 7 and 8 were decided by tiebreakers: Karjakin on most games with black pieces, Kramnik with one victory with black against Caruana's zero victory.<ref name=blitz2014/>

=== Results===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points || [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2771
| X || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || '''6''' || 26.25
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2881
| ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1|| ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5.5''' || 23.50
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2792
| 0 || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || '''5''' || 21.00
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2791
| 0 || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || '''4.5''' || 19.75
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2772
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''4.5''' || 19.50
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2815
| 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.25
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2753
| ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.25
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2752
| 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || ½ || '''4''' || 17.75
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2783
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || '''4''' || 17.00
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Simen Agdestein]]|Norway}} || 2628
| ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || '''3.5''' || 15.75
|}

The [[tiebreaker]]s were: [[Sonneborn-Berger score]], most wins, most wins with black.<ref name=standings14>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/standings/ Norway Chess 2014: Standings]</ref> In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game [[Fast chess|blitz match]] (or blitz tournament) and an [[Fast chess#Overview|armageddon game]] were scheduled.

==Norway Chess 2015==
The third edition of the tournament took place from 15 to 26 June, 2015. The players were [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Viswanathan Anand]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Hikaru Nakamura]], [[Fabiano Caruana]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Anish Giri]], [[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]], and [[Jon Ludvig Hammer]].

=== Results ===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Veselin Topalov]]'''|Bulgaria}} || 2798
| X || ½ || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2804
| ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || '''6.0'''
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2802
| ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''6.0'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2773
| 1 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || '''5.5'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|France}} || 2723
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4.0'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2780
| 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || 1 || 0 || ½ || ½ || '''3.0'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2805
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || X || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''4.0'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2876
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 0 || X || 1 || 0 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2781
| 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || X || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2677
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 0 || X || '''3.0'''
|}

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://norwaychess.com/en/}}

{{Chess tournaments}}

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Norway Chess

2015-06-25T16:51:25Z

Chessrat: /* Results (as of 23 June) */ Add Carlsen-Aronian result

'''Norway Chess''' is a [[chess tournament]], the first edition of which took place in the [[Stavanger]] area, [[Norway]], from 7 May to 18 May 2013. The 2013 tournament had ten participants, including seven of the ten highest rated players in the world per the May 2013 [[FIDE World Rankings]].<ref>Paul Fridtjov Svendsen: [http://www.aftenbladet.no/nyheter/lokalt/sandnes/Sandnes-far-forsmak-pa-VM-finalen-i-sjakk-3150975.html Sandnes får forsmak på VM-finalen i sjakk] [[Stavanger Aftenblad]], 2 April 2013 {{no icon}}</ref> It was won by [[Sergey Karjakin]], with [[Magnus Carlsen]] and [[Hikaru Nakamura]] tied for the second place.<ref>Lubomir Kavalek (21 May, 2013): [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lubomir-kavalek/karjakin-wins-norway-ches_b_3287817.html Karjakin Wins Norway Chess 2013, Edges Carlsen and Nakamura] [[Huffington Post]], retrieved 23 June, 2013</ref>

==Norway Chess 2013==
The 2013 tournament started with a [[Fast chess|blitz]] round played at the [[University of Stavanger]] on 7 May 2013. Rounds 1–8 were played at Hotel Residence, [[Sandnes]] (rounds 1–3, 5–6, 8), at Aarbakke factory in [[Bryne]] (round 4) and on the island [[Sør-Hidle]] in [[Strand, Norway|Strand]] (round 7).<ref>[http://norwaychess.com/en/program/ Norway Chess 2013: Program]</ref> The final round 9 was played in [[Stavanger Concert Hall]] on 18 May 2013. In addition to the super tournament, there was a local school tournament and a celebrity tournament. Partly parallel to the tournament, Stavanger Open NGP 2013 was arranged by Stavanger Chess Club from 8 to 12 May. Matches were streamed live with [[Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam]] and [[Simen Agdestein]] as commentators.<ref>Thor Bugge Lanesskog: [http://thornews.com/2013/02/09/norway-chess-2013-super-tournament-and-public-celebration/ Norway Chess 2013 – Super Tournament and Public Celebration], Thor News, 9 February 2013</ref>

The tournament was arranged by the foundation Norway Chess, with economic support from local businesses and municipalities and the [[Rogaland]] county. The cost of the arrangement was predicted to be about 5 million [[Norwegian kroner]] (approximately 672,000 [[euro]]),<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/norway-chess-2013-with-impressive-lineup/ Norway Chess 2013 with impressive lineup] chessdom.com, retrieved 3 April 2013</ref> of which about half is for the prizes for the participants.<ref name=vg>Øyvind Brenne: [http://www.vg.no/sport/artikkel.php?artid=10078033 Carlsen blir trekkplaster i storturnering på norsk jord] [[VG (Newspaper)|VG]], 7 February 2013 {{no icon}}</ref> The organizers plan to make the tournament a yearly event.<ref name=vg/>

[[Vladimir Kramnik]] was originally among the expected participants, but in April 2013 it was announced that he had withdrawn and was replaced with [[Peter Svidler]].<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/svidler-will-replace-kramnik-at-norway-chess-2013/ Svidler will replace Kramnik at Norway Chess 2013] Chessdom.com, 13 April, 2013</ref>

===Blitz tournament===
On 7 May 2013, a [[Fast chess|blitz tournament]] was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.<ref name=blitz>[http://norwaychess.com/en/result-of-blitz-tournament/ Norway Chess 2013: Result of blitz tournament]</ref> According to regulations, the winner of the blitz tournament had the right to choose the number in the table by his own, and [[Sergey Karjakin]] chose to be fifth in the main tournament table.<ref name=choose>[http://chess-news.ru/en/node/11964 Chess-news.ru: Sergey Karjakin Won the Blitz Tournament and Chose to Be Fifth in the Table]</ref>

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2873
| X || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2856
| 0 || X || ½ || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2783<ref name=initial>[http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/5721-rapid-and-blitz-rating-lists.html FIDE rules: for players with existing FIDE ratings, their initial rating on blitz rating list will be that rating]</ref>
| 1 || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || '''6'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2844
| 0 || 0 || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2757
| 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''5.5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|Azerbaijan}} || 2755
| 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2608<ref name=initial/>
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}} || 2698
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || '''3'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2817
| ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || '''2.5'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2666
| 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || '''1'''
|}

The places 2, 3 and 4 were decided by [[tiebreaker]]s: Carlsen on most games with black pieces, Anand with two victories with black against Nakamura's one victory.<ref name=blitz/>

=== Results===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating (No.) !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points || [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2767 (10)
| X || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6''' || 24.00
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2868 (1)
| 1 || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''5.5''' || 22.75
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2775 (7)
| 0 || ½ || X || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''5.5''' || 21.25
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2769 (9)
| 1 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5''' || 21.50
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2813 (2)
| 0 || ½ || 1 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5''' || 20.50
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2783 (5)
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5''' || 19.25
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}} || 2743 (16)
| 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || '''4.5''' || 21.50
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2793 (4)
| ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.00
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|Azerbaijan}} || 2745 (14)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || '''3''' || 10.75
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2608 (197)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 0 || X || '''1.5''' || 6.50
|}

The [[tiebreaker]]s were: [[Sonneborn-Berger score]], most wins, most wins with black.<ref name=standings>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/resultsstandings/ Norway Chess 2013: Standings]</ref> In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game [[Fast chess|blitz match]] (or blitz tournament) and an [[Fast chess#Overview|armageddon game]] were scheduled.<ref>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/regulations-of-the-international-chess-tournament-supreme-masters/ Norway Chess 2013: Tournament Regulations]</ref>

==Norway Chess 2014==
Second tournament took place from 2 to 13 June 2014. The ten participants were [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Fabiano Caruana]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Sergey Karjakin]], [[Peter Svidler]], [[Anish Giri]] and [[Simen Agdestein]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/players-2/|title=Players|publisher=Norway Chess|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref> Agdestein qualified by defeating [[Jon Ludvig Hammer]] in a rapid match that took place from 26 to 27 April 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tv2.no/2014/04/27/sport/sjakk/5543493|title=Agdestein klar for Carlsen-møte|last=Aarre|first=Magnus Krogsæter|date=27 April 2014|publisher=TV2|language=Norwegian|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref>

===Blitz tournament===
On 2 June 2014, a [[Fast chess|blitz tournament]] was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.<ref name=blitz2014>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/no-logo-norway-chess-blitz-tournament/ Norway Chess 2014: Result of blitz tournament]</ref>
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Magnus Carlsen]]'''|Norway}} || 2837
| X || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''7.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2863
| ½ || X || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 3 || align=left |{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Karjakin]]|Russia}} || 2866
| 0 || 1 || X || 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5.5'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2801
| ½ || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''5.5'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2757
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2755
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || X || 1 || 0 || ½ || 1 || '''4.5'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2782
| ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2697
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2666
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || '''2'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Simen Agdestein]]|Norway}} || 2577
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || X || '''1.5'''
|}
The places 3, 4, 7 and 8 were decided by tiebreakers: Karjakin on most games with black pieces, Kramnik with one victory with black against Caruana's zero victory.<ref name=blitz2014/>

=== Results===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points || [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2771
| X || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || '''6''' || 26.25
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2881
| ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1|| ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5.5''' || 23.50
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2792
| 0 || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || '''5''' || 21.00
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2791
| 0 || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || '''4.5''' || 19.75
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2772
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''4.5''' || 19.50
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2815
| 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.25
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2753
| ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.25
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2752
| 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || ½ || '''4''' || 17.75
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2783
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || '''4''' || 17.00
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Simen Agdestein]]|Norway}} || 2628
| ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || '''3.5''' || 15.75
|}

The [[tiebreaker]]s were: [[Sonneborn-Berger score]], most wins, most wins with black.<ref name=standings14>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/standings/ Norway Chess 2014: Standings]</ref> In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game [[Fast chess|blitz match]] (or blitz tournament) and an [[Fast chess#Overview|armageddon game]] were scheduled.

==Norway Chess 2015==
The third edition of the tournament took place from 15 to 26 June, 2015. The players were:
#{{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|France}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}}

=== Results (as of 23 June) ===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Veselin Topalov]]'''|Bulgaria}} || 2798
| X || ½ || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2804
| ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || '''6.0'''
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2802
| ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || - || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5.0'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2773
| 1 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || - || ½ || 1 || ½ || '''4.0'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|France}} || 2723
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || ½ || ½ || - || ½ || '''3.5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2780
| 0 || ½ || - || ½ || 0 || X || 1 || 0 || ½ || ½ || '''3.0'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2805
| ½ || ½ || 0 || - || ½ || 0 || X || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2876
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || 0 || X || 1 || - || '''3.5'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2781
| 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || - || ½ || ½ || 0 || X || 1 || '''3.0'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2677
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || - || 0 || X || '''2.0'''
|}

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://norwaychess.com/en/}}

{{Chess tournaments}}

[[Category:Chess competitions]]
[[Category:Chess in Norway]]
[[Category:2013 in chess]]
[[Category:2013 in Norwegian sport]]
[[Category:Sport in Stavanger]]
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[[Category:2014 in chess]]
[[Category:2014 in Norwegian sport]]

Norway Chess

2015-06-25T16:44:37Z

Chessrat: /* Results (as of 23 June) */ Fix crosstable again

'''Norway Chess''' is a [[chess tournament]], the first edition of which took place in the [[Stavanger]] area, [[Norway]], from 7 May to 18 May 2013. The 2013 tournament had ten participants, including seven of the ten highest rated players in the world per the May 2013 [[FIDE World Rankings]].<ref>Paul Fridtjov Svendsen: [http://www.aftenbladet.no/nyheter/lokalt/sandnes/Sandnes-far-forsmak-pa-VM-finalen-i-sjakk-3150975.html Sandnes får forsmak på VM-finalen i sjakk] [[Stavanger Aftenblad]], 2 April 2013 {{no icon}}</ref> It was won by [[Sergey Karjakin]], with [[Magnus Carlsen]] and [[Hikaru Nakamura]] tied for the second place.<ref>Lubomir Kavalek (21 May, 2013): [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lubomir-kavalek/karjakin-wins-norway-ches_b_3287817.html Karjakin Wins Norway Chess 2013, Edges Carlsen and Nakamura] [[Huffington Post]], retrieved 23 June, 2013</ref>

==Norway Chess 2013==
The 2013 tournament started with a [[Fast chess|blitz]] round played at the [[University of Stavanger]] on 7 May 2013. Rounds 1–8 were played at Hotel Residence, [[Sandnes]] (rounds 1–3, 5–6, 8), at Aarbakke factory in [[Bryne]] (round 4) and on the island [[Sør-Hidle]] in [[Strand, Norway|Strand]] (round 7).<ref>[http://norwaychess.com/en/program/ Norway Chess 2013: Program]</ref> The final round 9 was played in [[Stavanger Concert Hall]] on 18 May 2013. In addition to the super tournament, there was a local school tournament and a celebrity tournament. Partly parallel to the tournament, Stavanger Open NGP 2013 was arranged by Stavanger Chess Club from 8 to 12 May. Matches were streamed live with [[Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam]] and [[Simen Agdestein]] as commentators.<ref>Thor Bugge Lanesskog: [http://thornews.com/2013/02/09/norway-chess-2013-super-tournament-and-public-celebration/ Norway Chess 2013 – Super Tournament and Public Celebration], Thor News, 9 February 2013</ref>

The tournament was arranged by the foundation Norway Chess, with economic support from local businesses and municipalities and the [[Rogaland]] county. The cost of the arrangement was predicted to be about 5 million [[Norwegian kroner]] (approximately 672,000 [[euro]]),<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/norway-chess-2013-with-impressive-lineup/ Norway Chess 2013 with impressive lineup] chessdom.com, retrieved 3 April 2013</ref> of which about half is for the prizes for the participants.<ref name=vg>Øyvind Brenne: [http://www.vg.no/sport/artikkel.php?artid=10078033 Carlsen blir trekkplaster i storturnering på norsk jord] [[VG (Newspaper)|VG]], 7 February 2013 {{no icon}}</ref> The organizers plan to make the tournament a yearly event.<ref name=vg/>

[[Vladimir Kramnik]] was originally among the expected participants, but in April 2013 it was announced that he had withdrawn and was replaced with [[Peter Svidler]].<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/svidler-will-replace-kramnik-at-norway-chess-2013/ Svidler will replace Kramnik at Norway Chess 2013] Chessdom.com, 13 April, 2013</ref>

===Blitz tournament===
On 7 May 2013, a [[Fast chess|blitz tournament]] was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.<ref name=blitz>[http://norwaychess.com/en/result-of-blitz-tournament/ Norway Chess 2013: Result of blitz tournament]</ref> According to regulations, the winner of the blitz tournament had the right to choose the number in the table by his own, and [[Sergey Karjakin]] chose to be fifth in the main tournament table.<ref name=choose>[http://chess-news.ru/en/node/11964 Chess-news.ru: Sergey Karjakin Won the Blitz Tournament and Chose to Be Fifth in the Table]</ref>

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2873
| X || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2856
| 0 || X || ½ || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2783<ref name=initial>[http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/5721-rapid-and-blitz-rating-lists.html FIDE rules: for players with existing FIDE ratings, their initial rating on blitz rating list will be that rating]</ref>
| 1 || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || '''6'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2844
| 0 || 0 || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2757
| 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''5.5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|Azerbaijan}} || 2755
| 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2608<ref name=initial/>
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}} || 2698
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || '''3'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2817
| ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || '''2.5'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2666
| 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || '''1'''
|}

The places 2, 3 and 4 were decided by [[tiebreaker]]s: Carlsen on most games with black pieces, Anand with two victories with black against Nakamura's one victory.<ref name=blitz/>

=== Results===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating (No.) !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points || [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2767 (10)
| X || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6''' || 24.00
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2868 (1)
| 1 || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''5.5''' || 22.75
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2775 (7)
| 0 || ½ || X || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''5.5''' || 21.25
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2769 (9)
| 1 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5''' || 21.50
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2813 (2)
| 0 || ½ || 1 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5''' || 20.50
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2783 (5)
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5''' || 19.25
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}} || 2743 (16)
| 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || '''4.5''' || 21.50
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2793 (4)
| ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.00
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|Azerbaijan}} || 2745 (14)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || '''3''' || 10.75
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2608 (197)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 0 || X || '''1.5''' || 6.50
|}

The [[tiebreaker]]s were: [[Sonneborn-Berger score]], most wins, most wins with black.<ref name=standings>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/resultsstandings/ Norway Chess 2013: Standings]</ref> In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game [[Fast chess|blitz match]] (or blitz tournament) and an [[Fast chess#Overview|armageddon game]] were scheduled.<ref>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/regulations-of-the-international-chess-tournament-supreme-masters/ Norway Chess 2013: Tournament Regulations]</ref>

==Norway Chess 2014==
Second tournament took place from 2 to 13 June 2014. The ten participants were [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Fabiano Caruana]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Sergey Karjakin]], [[Peter Svidler]], [[Anish Giri]] and [[Simen Agdestein]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/players-2/|title=Players|publisher=Norway Chess|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref> Agdestein qualified by defeating [[Jon Ludvig Hammer]] in a rapid match that took place from 26 to 27 April 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tv2.no/2014/04/27/sport/sjakk/5543493|title=Agdestein klar for Carlsen-møte|last=Aarre|first=Magnus Krogsæter|date=27 April 2014|publisher=TV2|language=Norwegian|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref>

===Blitz tournament===
On 2 June 2014, a [[Fast chess|blitz tournament]] was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.<ref name=blitz2014>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/no-logo-norway-chess-blitz-tournament/ Norway Chess 2014: Result of blitz tournament]</ref>
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Magnus Carlsen]]'''|Norway}} || 2837
| X || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''7.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2863
| ½ || X || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 3 || align=left |{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Karjakin]]|Russia}} || 2866
| 0 || 1 || X || 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5.5'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2801
| ½ || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''5.5'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2757
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2755
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || X || 1 || 0 || ½ || 1 || '''4.5'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2782
| ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2697
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2666
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || '''2'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Simen Agdestein]]|Norway}} || 2577
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || X || '''1.5'''
|}
The places 3, 4, 7 and 8 were decided by tiebreakers: Karjakin on most games with black pieces, Kramnik with one victory with black against Caruana's zero victory.<ref name=blitz2014/>

=== Results===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points || [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2771
| X || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || '''6''' || 26.25
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2881
| ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1|| ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5.5''' || 23.50
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2792
| 0 || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || '''5''' || 21.00
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2791
| 0 || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || '''4.5''' || 19.75
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2772
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''4.5''' || 19.50
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2815
| 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.25
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2753
| ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.25
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2752
| 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || ½ || '''4''' || 17.75
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2783
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || '''4''' || 17.00
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Simen Agdestein]]|Norway}} || 2628
| ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || '''3.5''' || 15.75
|}

The [[tiebreaker]]s were: [[Sonneborn-Berger score]], most wins, most wins with black.<ref name=standings14>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/standings/ Norway Chess 2014: Standings]</ref> In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game [[Fast chess|blitz match]] (or blitz tournament) and an [[Fast chess#Overview|armageddon game]] were scheduled.

==Norway Chess 2015==
The third edition of the tournament took place from 15 to 26 June, 2015. The players were:
#{{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|France}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}}

=== Results (as of 23 June) ===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Veselin Topalov]]'''|Bulgaria}} || 2798
| X || ½ || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2804
| ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || '''6.0'''
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2802
| ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || - || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5.0'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2773
| 1 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || - || ½ || 1 || ½ || '''4.0'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|France}} || 2723
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || ½ || ½ || - || ½ || '''3.5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2780
| 0 || ½ || - || ½ || 0 || X || 1 || - || ½ || ½ || '''3.0'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2805
| ½ || ½ || 0 || - || ½ || 0 || X || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2876
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || - || 0 || X || 1 || - || '''2.5'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2781
| 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || - || ½ || ½ || 0 || X || 1 || '''3.0'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2677
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || - || 0 || X || '''2.0'''
|}

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://norwaychess.com/en/}}

{{Chess tournaments}}

[[Category:Chess competitions]]
[[Category:Chess in Norway]]
[[Category:2013 in chess]]
[[Category:2013 in Norwegian sport]]
[[Category:Sport in Stavanger]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2013]]
[[Category:2014 in chess]]
[[Category:2014 in Norwegian sport]]

Norway Chess

2015-06-25T16:41:51Z

Chessrat: /* Results (as of 23 June) */ fix crosstable

'''Norway Chess''' is a [[chess tournament]], the first edition of which took place in the [[Stavanger]] area, [[Norway]], from 7 May to 18 May 2013. The 2013 tournament had ten participants, including seven of the ten highest rated players in the world per the May 2013 [[FIDE World Rankings]].<ref>Paul Fridtjov Svendsen: [http://www.aftenbladet.no/nyheter/lokalt/sandnes/Sandnes-far-forsmak-pa-VM-finalen-i-sjakk-3150975.html Sandnes får forsmak på VM-finalen i sjakk] [[Stavanger Aftenblad]], 2 April 2013 {{no icon}}</ref> It was won by [[Sergey Karjakin]], with [[Magnus Carlsen]] and [[Hikaru Nakamura]] tied for the second place.<ref>Lubomir Kavalek (21 May, 2013): [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lubomir-kavalek/karjakin-wins-norway-ches_b_3287817.html Karjakin Wins Norway Chess 2013, Edges Carlsen and Nakamura] [[Huffington Post]], retrieved 23 June, 2013</ref>

==Norway Chess 2013==
The 2013 tournament started with a [[Fast chess|blitz]] round played at the [[University of Stavanger]] on 7 May 2013. Rounds 1–8 were played at Hotel Residence, [[Sandnes]] (rounds 1–3, 5–6, 8), at Aarbakke factory in [[Bryne]] (round 4) and on the island [[Sør-Hidle]] in [[Strand, Norway|Strand]] (round 7).<ref>[http://norwaychess.com/en/program/ Norway Chess 2013: Program]</ref> The final round 9 was played in [[Stavanger Concert Hall]] on 18 May 2013. In addition to the super tournament, there was a local school tournament and a celebrity tournament. Partly parallel to the tournament, Stavanger Open NGP 2013 was arranged by Stavanger Chess Club from 8 to 12 May. Matches were streamed live with [[Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam]] and [[Simen Agdestein]] as commentators.<ref>Thor Bugge Lanesskog: [http://thornews.com/2013/02/09/norway-chess-2013-super-tournament-and-public-celebration/ Norway Chess 2013 – Super Tournament and Public Celebration], Thor News, 9 February 2013</ref>

The tournament was arranged by the foundation Norway Chess, with economic support from local businesses and municipalities and the [[Rogaland]] county. The cost of the arrangement was predicted to be about 5 million [[Norwegian kroner]] (approximately 672,000 [[euro]]),<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/norway-chess-2013-with-impressive-lineup/ Norway Chess 2013 with impressive lineup] chessdom.com, retrieved 3 April 2013</ref> of which about half is for the prizes for the participants.<ref name=vg>Øyvind Brenne: [http://www.vg.no/sport/artikkel.php?artid=10078033 Carlsen blir trekkplaster i storturnering på norsk jord] [[VG (Newspaper)|VG]], 7 February 2013 {{no icon}}</ref> The organizers plan to make the tournament a yearly event.<ref name=vg/>

[[Vladimir Kramnik]] was originally among the expected participants, but in April 2013 it was announced that he had withdrawn and was replaced with [[Peter Svidler]].<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/svidler-will-replace-kramnik-at-norway-chess-2013/ Svidler will replace Kramnik at Norway Chess 2013] Chessdom.com, 13 April, 2013</ref>

===Blitz tournament===
On 7 May 2013, a [[Fast chess|blitz tournament]] was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.<ref name=blitz>[http://norwaychess.com/en/result-of-blitz-tournament/ Norway Chess 2013: Result of blitz tournament]</ref> According to regulations, the winner of the blitz tournament had the right to choose the number in the table by his own, and [[Sergey Karjakin]] chose to be fifth in the main tournament table.<ref name=choose>[http://chess-news.ru/en/node/11964 Chess-news.ru: Sergey Karjakin Won the Blitz Tournament and Chose to Be Fifth in the Table]</ref>

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2873
| X || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2856
| 0 || X || ½ || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2783<ref name=initial>[http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/5721-rapid-and-blitz-rating-lists.html FIDE rules: for players with existing FIDE ratings, their initial rating on blitz rating list will be that rating]</ref>
| 1 || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || '''6'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2844
| 0 || 0 || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2757
| 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''5.5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|Azerbaijan}} || 2755
| 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2608<ref name=initial/>
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}} || 2698
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || '''3'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2817
| ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || '''2.5'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2666
| 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || '''1'''
|}

The places 2, 3 and 4 were decided by [[tiebreaker]]s: Carlsen on most games with black pieces, Anand with two victories with black against Nakamura's one victory.<ref name=blitz/>

=== Results===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating (No.) !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points || [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2767 (10)
| X || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6''' || 24.00
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2868 (1)
| 1 || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''5.5''' || 22.75
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2775 (7)
| 0 || ½ || X || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''5.5''' || 21.25
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2769 (9)
| 1 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5''' || 21.50
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2813 (2)
| 0 || ½ || 1 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5''' || 20.50
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2783 (5)
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5''' || 19.25
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}} || 2743 (16)
| 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || '''4.5''' || 21.50
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2793 (4)
| ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.00
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|Azerbaijan}} || 2745 (14)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || '''3''' || 10.75
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2608 (197)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 0 || X || '''1.5''' || 6.50
|}

The [[tiebreaker]]s were: [[Sonneborn-Berger score]], most wins, most wins with black.<ref name=standings>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/resultsstandings/ Norway Chess 2013: Standings]</ref> In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game [[Fast chess|blitz match]] (or blitz tournament) and an [[Fast chess#Overview|armageddon game]] were scheduled.<ref>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/regulations-of-the-international-chess-tournament-supreme-masters/ Norway Chess 2013: Tournament Regulations]</ref>

==Norway Chess 2014==
Second tournament took place from 2 to 13 June 2014. The ten participants were [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Fabiano Caruana]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Sergey Karjakin]], [[Peter Svidler]], [[Anish Giri]] and [[Simen Agdestein]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/players-2/|title=Players|publisher=Norway Chess|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref> Agdestein qualified by defeating [[Jon Ludvig Hammer]] in a rapid match that took place from 26 to 27 April 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tv2.no/2014/04/27/sport/sjakk/5543493|title=Agdestein klar for Carlsen-møte|last=Aarre|first=Magnus Krogsæter|date=27 April 2014|publisher=TV2|language=Norwegian|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref>

===Blitz tournament===
On 2 June 2014, a [[Fast chess|blitz tournament]] was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.<ref name=blitz2014>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/no-logo-norway-chess-blitz-tournament/ Norway Chess 2014: Result of blitz tournament]</ref>
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Magnus Carlsen]]'''|Norway}} || 2837
| X || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''7.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2863
| ½ || X || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 3 || align=left |{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Karjakin]]|Russia}} || 2866
| 0 || 1 || X || 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5.5'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2801
| ½ || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''5.5'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2757
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2755
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || X || 1 || 0 || ½ || 1 || '''4.5'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2782
| ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2697
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2666
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || '''2'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Simen Agdestein]]|Norway}} || 2577
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || X || '''1.5'''
|}
The places 3, 4, 7 and 8 were decided by tiebreakers: Karjakin on most games with black pieces, Kramnik with one victory with black against Caruana's zero victory.<ref name=blitz2014/>

=== Results===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points || [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2771
| X || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || '''6''' || 26.25
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2881
| ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1|| ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5.5''' || 23.50
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2792
| 0 || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || '''5''' || 21.00
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2791
| 0 || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || '''4.5''' || 19.75
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2772
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''4.5''' || 19.50
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2815
| 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.25
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2753
| ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.25
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2752
| 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || ½ || '''4''' || 17.75
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2783
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || '''4''' || 17.00
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Simen Agdestein]]|Norway}} || 2628
| ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || '''3.5''' || 15.75
|}

The [[tiebreaker]]s were: [[Sonneborn-Berger score]], most wins, most wins with black.<ref name=standings14>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/standings/ Norway Chess 2014: Standings]</ref> In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game [[Fast chess|blitz match]] (or blitz tournament) and an [[Fast chess#Overview|armageddon game]] were scheduled.

==Norway Chess 2015==
The third edition of the tournament took place from 15 to 26 June, 2015. The players were:
#{{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|France}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}}

=== Results (as of 23 June) ===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Veselin Topalov]]'''|Bulgaria}} || 2798
| X || ½ || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2804
| ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || '''6.0'''
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2802
| ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || - || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5.0'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2773
| 1 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || - || ½ || 1 || ½ || '''4'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|France}} || 2723
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || ½ || ½ || - || ½ || '''3.5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2780
| 0 || ½ || - || ½ || 0 || X || 1 || - || ½ || ½ || '''3'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2805
| ½ || ½ || 0 || - || ½ || 0 || X || 1 || - || ½ || '''3'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2876
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || - || 0 || X || 1 || - || '''2.5'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2781
| 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || - || ½ || - || 0 || X || 1 || '''2.5'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2677
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || - || 0 || X || '''2'''
|}

== References ==
{{reflist|2}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://norwaychess.com/en/}}

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Norway Chess

2015-06-25T16:38:07Z

Chessrat: /* Norway Chess 2015 */ Update results

'''Norway Chess''' is a [[chess tournament]], the first edition of which took place in the [[Stavanger]] area, [[Norway]], from 7 May to 18 May 2013. The 2013 tournament had ten participants, including seven of the ten highest rated players in the world per the May 2013 [[FIDE World Rankings]].<ref>Paul Fridtjov Svendsen: [http://www.aftenbladet.no/nyheter/lokalt/sandnes/Sandnes-far-forsmak-pa-VM-finalen-i-sjakk-3150975.html Sandnes får forsmak på VM-finalen i sjakk] [[Stavanger Aftenblad]], 2 April 2013 {{no icon}}</ref> It was won by [[Sergey Karjakin]], with [[Magnus Carlsen]] and [[Hikaru Nakamura]] tied for the second place.<ref>Lubomir Kavalek (21 May, 2013): [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lubomir-kavalek/karjakin-wins-norway-ches_b_3287817.html Karjakin Wins Norway Chess 2013, Edges Carlsen and Nakamura] [[Huffington Post]], retrieved 23 June, 2013</ref>

==Norway Chess 2013==
The 2013 tournament started with a [[Fast chess|blitz]] round played at the [[University of Stavanger]] on 7 May 2013. Rounds 1–8 were played at Hotel Residence, [[Sandnes]] (rounds 1–3, 5–6, 8), at Aarbakke factory in [[Bryne]] (round 4) and on the island [[Sør-Hidle]] in [[Strand, Norway|Strand]] (round 7).<ref>[http://norwaychess.com/en/program/ Norway Chess 2013: Program]</ref> The final round 9 was played in [[Stavanger Concert Hall]] on 18 May 2013. In addition to the super tournament, there was a local school tournament and a celebrity tournament. Partly parallel to the tournament, Stavanger Open NGP 2013 was arranged by Stavanger Chess Club from 8 to 12 May. Matches were streamed live with [[Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam]] and [[Simen Agdestein]] as commentators.<ref>Thor Bugge Lanesskog: [http://thornews.com/2013/02/09/norway-chess-2013-super-tournament-and-public-celebration/ Norway Chess 2013 – Super Tournament and Public Celebration], Thor News, 9 February 2013</ref>

The tournament was arranged by the foundation Norway Chess, with economic support from local businesses and municipalities and the [[Rogaland]] county. The cost of the arrangement was predicted to be about 5 million [[Norwegian kroner]] (approximately 672,000 [[euro]]),<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/norway-chess-2013-with-impressive-lineup/ Norway Chess 2013 with impressive lineup] chessdom.com, retrieved 3 April 2013</ref> of which about half is for the prizes for the participants.<ref name=vg>Øyvind Brenne: [http://www.vg.no/sport/artikkel.php?artid=10078033 Carlsen blir trekkplaster i storturnering på norsk jord] [[VG (Newspaper)|VG]], 7 February 2013 {{no icon}}</ref> The organizers plan to make the tournament a yearly event.<ref name=vg/>

[[Vladimir Kramnik]] was originally among the expected participants, but in April 2013 it was announced that he had withdrawn and was replaced with [[Peter Svidler]].<ref>[http://www.chessdom.com/svidler-will-replace-kramnik-at-norway-chess-2013/ Svidler will replace Kramnik at Norway Chess 2013] Chessdom.com, 13 April, 2013</ref>

===Blitz tournament===
On 7 May 2013, a [[Fast chess|blitz tournament]] was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.<ref name=blitz>[http://norwaychess.com/en/result-of-blitz-tournament/ Norway Chess 2013: Result of blitz tournament]</ref> According to regulations, the winner of the blitz tournament had the right to choose the number in the table by his own, and [[Sergey Karjakin]] chose to be fifth in the main tournament table.<ref name=choose>[http://chess-news.ru/en/node/11964 Chess-news.ru: Sergey Karjakin Won the Blitz Tournament and Chose to Be Fifth in the Table]</ref>

:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2873
| X || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2856
| 0 || X || ½ || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2783<ref name=initial>[http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/5721-rapid-and-blitz-rating-lists.html FIDE rules: for players with existing FIDE ratings, their initial rating on blitz rating list will be that rating]</ref>
| 1 || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || '''6'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2844
| 0 || 0 || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''6'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2757
| 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''5.5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|Azerbaijan}} || 2755
| 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2608<ref name=initial/>
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}} || 2698
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || X || ½ || 1 || '''3'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2817
| ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || '''2.5'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2666
| 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || X || '''1'''
|}

The places 2, 3 and 4 were decided by [[tiebreaker]]s: Carlsen on most games with black pieces, Anand with two victories with black against Nakamura's one victory.<ref name=blitz/>

=== Results===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating (No.) !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points || [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2767 (10)
| X || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6''' || 24.00
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2868 (1)
| 1 || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''5.5''' || 22.75
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2775 (7)
| 0 || ½ || X || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''5.5''' || 21.25
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2769 (9)
| 1 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5''' || 21.50
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2813 (2)
| 0 || ½ || 1 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5''' || 20.50
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2783 (5)
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5''' || 19.25
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Wang Hao (chess player)|Wang Hao]]|China}} || 2743 (16)
| 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || '''4.5''' || 21.50
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2793 (4)
| ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.00
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Teimour Radjabov]]|Azerbaijan}} || 2745 (14)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || '''3''' || 10.75
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2608 (197)
| 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || 0 || X || '''1.5''' || 6.50
|}

The [[tiebreaker]]s were: [[Sonneborn-Berger score]], most wins, most wins with black.<ref name=standings>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/resultsstandings/ Norway Chess 2013: Standings]</ref> In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game [[Fast chess|blitz match]] (or blitz tournament) and an [[Fast chess#Overview|armageddon game]] were scheduled.<ref>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/regulations-of-the-international-chess-tournament-supreme-masters/ Norway Chess 2013: Tournament Regulations]</ref>

==Norway Chess 2014==
Second tournament took place from 2 to 13 June 2014. The ten participants were [[Magnus Carlsen]], [[Levon Aronian]], [[Vladimir Kramnik]], [[Veselin Topalov]], [[Fabiano Caruana]], [[Alexander Grischuk]], [[Sergey Karjakin]], [[Peter Svidler]], [[Anish Giri]] and [[Simen Agdestein]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/players-2/|title=Players|publisher=Norway Chess|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref> Agdestein qualified by defeating [[Jon Ludvig Hammer]] in a rapid match that took place from 26 to 27 April 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tv2.no/2014/04/27/sport/sjakk/5543493|title=Agdestein klar for Carlsen-møte|last=Aarre|first=Magnus Krogsæter|date=27 April 2014|publisher=TV2|language=Norwegian|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref>

===Blitz tournament===
On 2 June 2014, a [[Fast chess|blitz tournament]] was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.<ref name=blitz2014>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/no-logo-norway-chess-blitz-tournament/ Norway Chess 2014: Result of blitz tournament]</ref>
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Blitz rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left | {{flagathlete|'''[[Magnus Carlsen]]'''|Norway}} || 2837
| X || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''7.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2863
| ½ || X || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 3 || align=left |{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Karjakin]]|Russia}} || 2866
| 0 || 1 || X || 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5.5'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2801
| ½ || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || '''5.5'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2757
| 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2755
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || X || 1 || 0 || ½ || 1 || '''4.5'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2782
| ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2697
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || ½ || X || ½ || 1 || '''3.5'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2666
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || '''2'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Simen Agdestein]]|Norway}} || 2577
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || X || '''1.5'''
|}
The places 3, 4, 7 and 8 were decided by tiebreakers: Karjakin on most games with black pieces, Kramnik with one victory with black against Caruana's zero victory.<ref name=blitz2014/>

=== Results===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points || [[Sonneborn-Berger score|SB]]
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Sergey Karjakin]]'''|Russia}} || 2771
| X || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || 1 || 1 || ½ || '''6''' || 26.25
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2881
| ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1|| ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5.5''' || 23.50
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2792
| 0 || ½ || X || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || '''5''' || 21.00
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2791
| 0 || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 0 || ½ || '''4.5''' || 19.75
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}} || 2772
| ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || '''4.5''' || 19.50
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2815
| 1 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.25
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Peter Svidler]]|Russia}} || 2753
| ½ || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || ½ || '''4''' || 18.25
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2752
| 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || X || 0 || ½ || '''4''' || 17.75
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Kramnik]]|Russia}} || 2783
| 0 || ½ || 0 || 1 || 0 || ½ || ½ || 1 || X || ½ || '''4''' || 17.00
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Simen Agdestein]]|Norway}} || 2628
| ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || X || '''3.5''' || 15.75
|}

The [[tiebreaker]]s were: [[Sonneborn-Berger score]], most wins, most wins with black.<ref name=standings14>[http://norwaychess.com/en/supertournament/standings/ Norway Chess 2014: Standings]</ref> In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game [[Fast chess|blitz match]] (or blitz tournament) and an [[Fast chess#Overview|armageddon game]] were scheduled.

==Norway Chess 2015==
The third edition of the tournament took place from 15 to 26 June, 2015. The players were:
#{{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Veselin Topalov]]|Bulgaria}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|France}}
#{{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}}

=== Results (as of 23 June) ===
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Pl. !! Player !! Rating !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10 !! Points
|-
| 1 || align=left |{{flagathlete|'''[[Veselin Topalov]]'''|Bulgaria}} || 2798
| X || ½ || ½ || 0 || 1 || 1 || ½ || 1 || 1 || 1 || '''6.5'''
|-
| 2 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Viswanathan Anand]]|India}} || 2804
| ½ || X || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || ½ || 1 || '''6.0'''
|-
| 3 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Hikaru Nakamura]]|USA}} || 2802
| ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || - || 1 || ½ || ½ || 1 || '''5.0'''
|-
| 4 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Anish Giri]]|Netherlands}} || 2773
| 1 || ½ || ½ || X || ½ || ½ || - || ½ || 1 || ½ || '''4'''
|-
| 5 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Maxime Vachier-Lagrave]]|France}} || 2723
| 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || X || 1 || ½ || ½ || - || ½ || '''3.5'''
|-
| 6 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Levon Aronian]]|Armenia}} || 2780
| 0 || - || ½ || ½ || 0 || X || 1 || - || ½ || ½ || '''3'''
|-
| 7 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Fabiano Caruana]]|Italy}} || 2805
| ½ || 0 || ½ || - || ½ || 0 || X || 1 || - || ½ || '''3'''
|-
| 8 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Magnus Carlsen]]|Norway}} || 2876
| 0 || ½ || 0 || ½ || ½ || - || 0 || X || 1 || - || '''2.5'''
|-
| 9 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Alexander Grischuk]]|Russia}} || 2781
| 0 || ½ || ½ || 0 || - || ½ || - || 0 || X || 1 || '''2.5'''
|-
| 10 || align=left | {{flagathlete|[[Jon Ludvig Hammer]]|Norway}} || 2677
| 0 || 0 || 0 || ½ || ½ || ½ || ½ || - || 0 || X || '''2'''
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://norwaychess.com/en/}}

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