Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian will take part in Norway Chess 2013 tournament to be held in Stavanger, Norway, from May 7 to 18, 2013.

The other participants are: Magnus Carlsen (Norway), Viswanathan Anand (India), Peter Svidler (Russia), Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan), Sergey Karjakin (Russia), Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria), Hikaru Nakamura (U.S.), Wang Hao (china) and Jon Ludvig Hammer (Norway).

The tournament is arranged by the foundation Norway Chess, with economic support from local businesses and municipalities and the Rogaland county. The cost of the arrangement is predicted to be about 5 million Norwegian kroner (approximately 672,000 euro), about half of it for prizes to the participants. The organizers hope to make the tournament a yearly event.