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.[1] It was won by Sergey Karjakin, with Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura tied for the second place.[2]

Norway Chess 2013

The 2013 tournament started with a 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 (round 7).[3] 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.[4]

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),[5] of which about half is for the prizes for the participants.[6] The organizers plan to make the tournament a yearly event.[6]

Vladimir Kramnik was originally among the expected participants, but in April 2013 it was announced that he had withdrawn and was replaced with Peter Svidler.[7]

Blitz tournament

On 7 May 2013, a blitz tournament was played to decide the play order for the main tournament.[8] 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.[9]

Pl. Player Blitz rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points
1  Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2873 X 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 6.5
2  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2856 0 X ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 6.0
3  Viswanathan Anand (India) 2783[10] 1 ½ X 0 1 1 0 1 1 ½ 6.0
4  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2844 0 0 1 X ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 6.0
5  Peter Svidler (Russia) 2757 1 0 0 ½ X 1 1 0 1 1 5.5
6  Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) 2755 0 1 0 ½ 0 X ½ 1 1 1 5.0
7  Jon Ludvig Hammer (Norway) 2608[10] 0 0 1 0 0 ½ X 1 ½ ½ 3.5
8  Wang Hao (China) 2698 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 X ½ 1 3.0
9  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2817 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ X 1 2.5
10  Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) 2666 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 X 1.0

The places 2, 3 and 4 were decided by tiebreakers: Carlsen on most games with black pieces, Anand with two victories with black against Nakamura's one victory.[8]

Results

Pl. Player Rating (No.) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points SB
1  Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2767 (10) X 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 6.0 24.00
2  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2868 (1) 1 X ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 5.5 22.75
3  Hikaru Nakamura (USA) 2775 (7) 0 ½ X ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 5.5 21.25
4  Peter Svidler (Russia) 2769 (9) 1 ½ ½ X ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 5.0 21.50
5  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2813 (2) 0 ½ 1 ½ X ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5.0 20.50
6  Viswanathan Anand (India) 2783 (5) ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ X 0 1 1 1 5.0 19.25
7  Wang Hao (China) 2743 (16) 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 X ½ ½ 0 4.5 21.50
8  Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria) 2793 (4) ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ X ½ ½ 4.0 18.00
9  Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) 2745 (14) 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ X 1 3.0 10.75
10  Jon Ludvig Hammer (Norway) 2608 (197) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 X 1.5 6.50

The tiebreakers were: Sonneborn-Berger score, most wins, most wins with black.[11] In case of a tie for the first place, a two-game blitz match (or blitz tournament) and an armageddon game were scheduled.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Paul Fridtjov Svendsen: Sandnes får forsmak på VM-finalen i sjakk Stavanger Aftenblad, 2 April 2013 (Norwegian)
  2. ↑ Lubomir Kavalek (21 May, 2013): Karjakin Wins Norway Chess 2013, Edges Carlsen and Nakamura Huffington Post, retrieved 23 June, 2013
  3. ↑ Norway Chess 2013: Program
  4. ↑ Thor Bugge Lanesskog: Norway Chess 2013 – Super Tournament and Public Celebration, Thor News, 9 February 2013
  5. ↑ Norway Chess 2013 with impressive lineup chessdom.com, retrieved 3 April 2013
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Øyvind Brenne: Carlsen blir trekkplaster i storturnering på norsk jord VG, 7 February 2013 (Norwegian)
  7. ↑ Svidler will replace Kramnik at Norway Chess 2013 Chessdom.com, 13 April, 2013
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Norway Chess 2013: Result of blitz tournament
  9. ↑ Chess-news.ru: Sergey Karjakin Won the Blitz Tournament and Chose to Be Fifth in the Table
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 FIDE rules: for players with existing FIDE ratings, their initial rating on blitz rating list will be that rating
  11. ↑ Norway Chess 2013: Standings
  12. ↑ Norway Chess 2013: Tournament Regulations

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