May 7, 2013 - 11:21 AMT
Norway Chess 2013 Super-Tournament kicks off

Norway Chess 2013 Super-Tournament kicks off in Stavanger on May 7, with Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian to participate in.

Aronian will face off against Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Peter Svidler, Teimour Radjabov, Sergey Karjakin, Veselin Topalov, Hikaru Nakamura, Wang Hao and Jon Ludvig Hammer.

The tournament budget totals about euro 650 thous.