Altibox Norway Chess Tournament 2018 Round One Betting Odds

–Chess is a surprisingly popular game among bettors–particularly in Europe.

–Levon Aronian is the defending champion

–The tournament runs May 27 through June 8 in Stavanger, Norway.

The Altibox Norway Chess Tournament has been held every year since 2013 in Stavanger, Norway and has been sponsored by Norwegian Cable TV/Internet services conglomerate Altibox since 2016. The tournament has always been known for having an extremely strong competitive field with the world top ten well represented. Last year, for example, at the time the field was announced it comprised all ten of the world’s best players. Altibox proudly proclaimed it as the strongest chess tournament in history though by the time it began two of the players had dropped out of the top ten. Still, it had eight of the top ten which is still a formidable field.

World Champion Magnus Carlsen is the favorite here though he struggled badly at the 2017 Altibox Norway event. Carlsen spent much of the tournament at the bottom of the table and finished with 4 points, leaving him 1/2 point out of last place. He did win the Blitz Tournament last year adding to his victories in 2014 and 2016. Carlsen won the Classical tournament in 2016 but the defending champion this year is Levon Aronian, currently ranked #12 in the world. The winners since 2013 are as follows:

ALTIBOX NORWAY CHESS TOURNAMENT WINNERS:

2013–Sergey Karjakin
2014–Sergey Karjakin
2015–Veselin Topalov
2016–Magnus Carlsen
2017–Levon Aronian

The Altibox Norway Chess Tournament runs from May 27 through June 8. Here are the betting odds to win as well as odds for all five first round matchups:

2018 ALTIBOX NORWAY CHESS TOURNAMENT BETTING ODDS

TO WIN 2018 ALTIBOX NORWAY CHESS TOURNAMENT (MAY 27–JUNE 8)

Magnus Carlsen: +250
Fabiano Caruana: +500
Levon Aronian: +500
Sergey Karjakin: +700
Maximie Vachier-Lagrave: +850
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov: +850
Liren Ding: +1000
Wesley So: +1000
Viswanathan Anand: +1500
Hikaru Nakamura: +1500

2018 ALTIBOX NORWAY CHESS TOURNAMENT ROUND ONE BETTING ODDS

HIKARU NAKAMURA VS. LIREN DING

Hikaru Nakamura: -135
Liren Ding: +115

Hikaru Nakamura: +400
Draw: -250
Liren Ding: +550

Hikaru Nakamura/Draw: -950
Liren Ding/Draw: -700
Hikaru Nakamura/Liren Ding: +200

MAGNUS CARLSEN VS. FABIANO CARUANA

Magnus Carlsen: -275
Fabiano Caruana: +215

Magnus Carlsen: +225
Draw: -165
Fabiano Caruana: +700

Magnus Carlsen/Draw: -1500
Fabiano Caruana/Draw: -315
Magnus Carlsen/Fabiano Caruana: +125

MAXIME VACHIER-LAGRAVE VS. SHAKHRIYAR MAMEDYAROV

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave: +205
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov: -225

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave: +750
Draw: -250
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov: +325

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave/Draw: -500
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov/Draw: -1750
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov/Maxime Vachier-Lagrave: +185

VISWANATHAN ANAND VS. LEVON ARONIAN

Viswanathan Anand: -175
Levon Aronian: +150

Viswanathan Anand: +425
Draw: -325
Levon Aronian: +750

Viswanathan Anand/Draw: -2000
Levon Aronian/Draw: -775
Levon Aronian/Viswanathan Anand: +250

WESLEY SO VS. SERGEY KARJAKIN

Wesley So: -175
Sergey Karjakin: +150

Wesley So: +425
Draw: -325
Sergey Karjakin: +850

Wesley So/Draw: -2100
Sergey Karjakin/Draw: -750
Sergey Karjakin/Wesley So: +250

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