<p> With an average rating of 2776, the first Norway Chess Tournament might be the strongest ever.<br /> <br /> <img alt="" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/norway13_newsletter.png" style="width: 580px; height: 392px;" /></p> <h3 style="color:red;"> <span style="color:#000000;"><samp>May the 8th is the one day all the chess fans are waiting for. One of the strongest chess tournament ever is going to draw the fans&#39; attention from May the 8th to May the 18th.<br /> The line-up is simply stunning, with all the 2750+ guys. At the last minute, Vladimir Kramnik had to decline the invitation, but the uber-strong Peter Svidler stepped in, completing a list of participatns that until now existed only in any chess lover&#39;s dreams.<br /> ICC will cover this amazing event with<u> Live Radio Broadcast</u>, <u>Game Of the Day Service </u>and the traditional <strong>TRIVIA</strong> contests, whith main prize being a 1-year subscription to the best chess magazine out there: New in Chess!<br /> Games start at <strong><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);">9am EDT - 15:00 CET</span></strong>. Last Round 6am EDT - 12:00 CET.</samp></span><br /> <br /> <cite><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>FINAL STANDINGS<br /> <br /> <img alt="" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/StandingsN91.jpg" style="width: 354px; height: 178px; border: 10px groove #E0E0E0;" /></strong></span></cite></h3> <hr /> <h2 style="width: 150px; color: white; background-color: blue; border: 3px groove #E0E0E0;"> Game Of the Day</h2> <p> &nbsp;</p> <table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="templateTable" style="width: 500px; border: 2px silver outset; empty-cells: show; "> <thead> <tr> <th scope="col" style="border: 2px silver inset;"> Round</th> <th scope="col" style="border: 2px silver inset;"> Date</th> <th scope="col" style="border: 2px silver inset;"> Host</th> <th scope="col" style="border: 2px silver inset;"> Play</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> 1</td> <td> May 08</td> <td style="text-align: left; border: 2px silver inset;"> <img align="left" alt="" height="30" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/Akobian_thumb.jpg" width="30" /> &nbsp; <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/finger/SCORPION83">GM Varuzhan Akobian</a><br /> &nbsp; <em><i><font color="#006600">SCORPON83</font></i></em></td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/videos/norway-chess-tournament-round-1"><img align="absMiddle" alt="" border="0" height="20" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/arrow_play.jpg" style="width: 30px; height: 30px" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> 2</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> May 09</td> <td style="text-align: left; border: 2px silver inset;"> <img align="left" alt="" height="30" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/Smerdon_thumb.jpg" width="30" /> &nbsp; <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/finger/smurfo">GM David Smerdon</a><br /> &nbsp; <em><i><font color="#006600">smurfo</font></i></em></td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/videos/norway-chess-tournament-round-2"><img align="absMiddle" alt="" border="0" height="20" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/arrow_play.jpg" style="width: 30px; height: 30px" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> 3</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> May 10</td> <td style="text-align: left; border: 2px silver inset;"> <img align="left" alt="" height="30" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/Speelman_thumb.jpg" width="30" /> &nbsp; <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/finger/Speelman">GM Jonathan Speelman</a><br /> &nbsp; <em><i><font color="#006600">Speelman</font></i></em></td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/videos/norway-chess-tournament-round-3"><img align="absMiddle" alt="" border="0" height="20" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/arrow_play.jpg" style="width: 30px; height: 30px" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> 4</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> May 12</td> <td style="text-align: left; border: 2px silver inset;"> <img align="left" alt="" height="30" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/Smerdon_thumb.jpg" width="30" /> &nbsp; <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/finger/smurfo">GM David Smerdon</a><br /> &nbsp; <em><i><font color="#006600">smurfo</font></i></em></td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/videos/norway-chess-tournament-round-4"><img align="absMiddle" alt="" border="0" height="20" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/arrow_play.jpg" style="width: 30px; height: 30px" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> 5</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> May 13</td> <td style="text-align: left; border: 2px silver inset;"> <img align="left" alt="" height="30" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/Yermolinsky_thumb.jpg" width="30" /> &nbsp; <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/finger/Sweere">GM Alex Yermolinsky</a><br /> &nbsp; <em><i><font color="#006600">Sweere</font></i></em></td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/videos/norway-chess-tournament-round-5"><img align="absMiddle" alt="" border="0" height="20" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/arrow_play.jpg" style="width: 30px; height: 30px" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> 6</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> May 14</td> <td style="text-align: left; border: 2px silver inset;"> <img align="left" alt="" height="30" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/Hansen_thumb.jpg" width="30" /> &nbsp; <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/finger/DonCorleone">GM Lars Bo Hansen</a><br /> &nbsp; <em><i><font color="#006600">DonCorleone</font></i></em></td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/videos/norway-chess-tournament-round-6"><img align="absMiddle" alt="" border="0" height="20" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/arrow_play.jpg" style="width: 30px; height: 30px" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> 7</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> May 15</td> <td style="text-align: left; border: 2px silver inset;"> <img align="left" alt="" height="30" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/Ronen_thumb.jpg" width="30" /> &nbsp; <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/finger/Indian-Jones">GM Ronen Har-Zvi</a><br /> &nbsp; <em><i><font color="#006600">Indiana-Jones</font></i></em></td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/videos/norway-chess-tournament-round-7"><img align="absMiddle" alt="" border="0" height="20" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/arrow_play.jpg" style="width: 30px; height: 30px" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> 8</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> May 17</td> <td style="text-align: left; border: 2px silver inset;"> <img align="left" alt="" height="30" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/Benjamin_thumb.jpg" width="30" /> &nbsp; <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/finger/MrHat">GM Joel Benjamin</a><br /> &nbsp; <em><i><font color="#006600">MrHat</font></i></em></td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/videos/norway-chess-tournament-round-8"><img align="absMiddle" alt="" border="0" height="20" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/arrow_play.jpg" style="width: 30px; height: 30px" /></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> 9</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> May 18</td> <td style="text-align: left; border: 2px silver inset;"> <img align="left" alt="" height="30" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/Yermolinsky_thumb.jpg" width="30" /> &nbsp; <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/finger/Sweere">GM Alex Yermolinsky</a><br /> &nbsp; <em><i><font color="#006600">Sweere</font></i></em></td> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> <a href="http://www.chessclub.com/videos/norway-chess-tournament-round-9"><img align="absMiddle" alt="" border="0" height="20" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/arrow_play.jpg" style="width: 30px; height: 30px" /></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <hr /> <h2> Participants</h2> <p> &nbsp;</p> <table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="templateTable" style="width: 500px;"> <thead> <tr> <th scope="col" width="80"> &nbsp;</th> <th scope="col"> Name</th> <th scope="col"> Rating</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td> <img alt="" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/Carlsen1_220px-150x150.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; width: 80px; height: 80px;" /></td> <td style="vertical-align:middle;"> GM Magnus Carlsen</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle;"> 2872</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; vertical-align:middle;"> <img alt="" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/Aronian_220px-150x150.jpg" style="width: 80px; height: 80px;" /></td> <td style="vertical-align:middle;"> GM Levon Aronian</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle;"> 2809</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/Radjabov_220px-150x150.jpg" style="width: 80px; height: 80px;" /></td> <td style="vertical-align:middle;"> GM Teimour Radjabov</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle;"> 2793</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/Karjakin_220px-150x150.jpg" style="width: 80px; height: 80px;" /></td> <td style="vertical-align:middle;"> GM Sergey Karjakin</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle;"> 2786</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/Anand_220px-150x150.jpg" style="width: 80px; height: 80px;" /></td> <td style="vertical-align:middle;"> GM Viswanathan Anand&nbsp;</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle;"> 2783</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/Topalov_220px-150x150.jpg" style="width: 80px; height: 80px;" /></td> <td style="vertical-align:middle;"> GM Veselin Topalov&nbsp;</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle;"> 2771</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/Nakamura_220px-150x150.jpg" style="width: 80px; height: 80px;" /></td> <td style="vertical-align:middle;"> GM Hikaru Nakamura&nbsp;</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle;"> 2767</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/Svidler_Peter_London_2013_2_q-150x150.jpg" style="width: 80px; height: 80px;" /></td> <td style="vertical-align:middle;"> GM Peter Svidler&nbsp;</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle;"> 2747</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/WangHao_220px-150x150.jpg" style="width: 80px; height: 80px;" /></td> <td style="vertical-align:middle;"> GM Hao Wang&nbsp;</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle;"> 2743</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="" src="https://www.chessclub.com/uploads/content/Hammer_220px-150x150.jpg" style="width: 80px; height: 80px;" /></td> <td style="vertical-align:middle;"> GM Jon Ludvig Hammer&nbsp;</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle;"> 2629</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> &nbsp;</p> <hr /> <h2> Radio Broadcast Schedule</h2> <p> &nbsp;</p> <table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="templateTable" style="width: 500px; border: 2px silver outset; empty-cells: show;"> <thead> <tr> <th scope="col" style="border: 2px silver inset;"> Round</th> <th scope="col" style="border: 2px silver inset;"> Host</th> <th scope="col" style="border: 2px silver inset;"> Analyst</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> 1</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> Daniel King</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> Varuzhan Akobian</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> 2</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> Boris Alterman</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> David Smerdon</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> 3</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> Ronen Har-Zvi</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> Jonathan Speelman</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> 4</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> Daniel King</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> David Smerdon</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> 5</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> Ronen Har-Zvi</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> Varuzhan Akobian</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> 6</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> Ben Finegold</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> Lars Bo Hansen</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> 7</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> Mark Crowther</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> Alex Yermolinsky</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> 8</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> Joel Benjamin</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> Miguel Illescas</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> 9</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> Alex Yermolinsky</td> <td style="vertical-align:middle; border: 2px silver inset;"> Jan Smeets</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> &nbsp;</p> <hr /> <h2 style="background:red; color:white; padding:3px; width: 135px; border: 3px groove #E0E0E0;"> TRIVIA winners</h2> <table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="templateTable" style="width: 500px; border: 2px silver outset; empty-cells: show; "> <thead> <tr> <th scope="col" style="border: 2px silver inset;"> Round</th> <th scope="col" style="border: 2px silver inset;"> 1 month</th> <th scope="col" style="border: 2px silver inset;"> 3 month</th> <th scope="col" style="border: 2px silver inset;"> GOTD New in Chess</th> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> 1</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> Pagliacci</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> Leijona</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> Leijona</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> 2</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> joesixpack</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> Leijona</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> gomeschess</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> 3</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> Abel</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> chesschallenged</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> HighLama</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> 4</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> agent-n053</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> Deadcatbouncer</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> chess69</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> 5</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> tknight16</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> Abel</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> dimokles</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> 6</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> Abel</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> Abel</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> Purplehaze</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> 7</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> izit</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> Deadcatbouncer</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> rode-loper</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> 8</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> Activekids</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> SunSpots</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> Banger</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; border: 2px silver inset;"> 9</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> sisu</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> Abel</td> <td style="border: 2px silver inset;"> NeiliAm</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> &nbsp;</p> 