The hits just keep on coming, as we chess fans are getting spoiled with increasingly frequent and top-heavy super-tournaments. Starting next Tuesday, May 7, Norway will host its first-ever super-tournament, in Stavanger. Pairing numbers will be determined by a blitz event that day, and then the tournament proper will begin the next day, May 8. Here's the field:
Do check out the website - it's extremely well-done and beautifully easy to navigate - schedule, rules, player bios, where to go for live games, video, and commentary. If only a certain ongoing tournament website were as well-constructed!