Soon we will witness the start of another super tournament as the Norway chess 2014 will be held in the city of Stavanger between the 2nd and 13th of june.
The second edition of this tournament will be as strong as the first one if not stronger as it will count on the presence of a bunch of top world class players with an average rating of 2774.
The list of confirmed players
Magnus Carlsen
Country: Norway
Born: 30.11.1990
FIDE Elo to May 1, 2014: 2882
Global Ranking: 1
Levon Aronian
Country: Armenia
Born: 06.10.1982
FIDE Elo to May 1, 2014: 2815
Global Ranking: 2
Alexander Grischuk
Country: Russia
Born: 31.10.1983
FIDE Elo to May 1, 2014: 2792
Global Ranking: 3
Fabiano Caruana
Country: Italy
Born: 30.07.1992
FIDE Elo to May 1, 2014: 2783
Global Ranking: 5
Vladimir Kramnik
Country: Russia
Born: 25.06.1975
FIDE Elo to May 1, 2014: 2783
Global Ranking: 6
Veselin Topalov
Country: Bulgaria
Born: 15.03.1975
FIDE Elo to May 1, 2014: 2772
Global Ranking: 8
Sergey Karjakin
Country: Russia
Born: 12.01.1990
FIDE Elo to May 1, 2014: 2770
Global Ranking: 9
Peter Svidler
Country:Russia
Born: 17.06.1976
FIDE Elo to May 1, 2014: 2753
Global Ranking: 13
Anish Giri
Country: Netherlands
Born: 28.06.1994
FIDE Elo to May 1, 2014: 2746
Global Ranking: 17
Simen Agdestein
Country: Norway
Born:15.05.1967
FIDE Elo to May 1, 2014: 2625
Global Ranking: 161
The Tournament Schedule
| Day | Date | Time | Event | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 02.06.2014 | 17.00 | Blitz | Flor & Fjære – closed event |
| Tuesday | 03.06.2014 | 15.30 | 1st round | Hotel Scandic Stavanger Forus |
| Wednesday | 04.06.2014 | 15.30 | 2nd round | Hotel Scandic Stavanger Forus |
| Thursday | 05.06.2014 | 15.30 | 3rd round | Hotel Scandic Stavanger Forus |
| Friday | 06.06.2014 | 15.30 | School tournament | Vitenfabrikken, Sandnes |
| Saturday | 07.06.2014 | 15.30 | 4th round | Vågen VGS, Sandnes |
| Sunday | 08.06.2014 | 15.30 | 5th round | Hotel Scandic Stavanger Forus |
| Monday | 09.06.2014 | 15.30 | 6th round | Aarbakke fabrikkhall, Bryne |
| Tuesday | 10.06.2014 | 15.30 | 7th round | Hotel Scandic Stavanger Forus |
| Wednesday | 11.06.2014 | 15.30 | Celebrity tournament | Hall Toll, Stavanger |
| Thursday | 12.06.2014 | 15.30 | 8th round | Hotel Scandic Stavanger Forus |
| Friday | 13.06.2014 | 14.30 | 9th round | Hotel Scandic Stavanger Forus |