The Norway Chess 2015 super tournament is taking place from 15-26th June at Flor & Fjære (introductory blitz tournament), Hotel Scandic Stavanger Forus, Utstein Kloster Rennesøy (round 4) and Vitenfabrikken, Sandnes (rest day).
From this year Norway Chess has joined forces with Sinquefield Cup and London Chess Classic to form the Grand Chess Tour circuit. Each of the three events will award individual prize funds of $300,000, with competitors also tallying points toward a tour prize fund of $150,000.
Participants: Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Viswanathan Anand (India), Levon Aronian (Armenia), Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), Hikaru Nakamura (USA), Fabiano Caruana (Italy), Alexander Grischuk (Russia), Anish Giri (Netherlands), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) and Jon Ludvig Hammer (Norway)