Stavanger will host Norway Chess 2013, with number-one ranked Magnus Carlsen to assist in the selection of the participants.

In addition to Magnus Carlsen , the following four players have been confirmed:Levon Aronian (Armenia), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia), Vishy Anand (India) and Wang Hao (Kina), chess-news.ru reported.

The tournament budget totals about euro 650 thous.