Altibox Norway Chess 2018
27 May - 8 June 2018
The 10 player field is: Aronian, Anand, Carlsen, Mamedyarov, MVL, Caruana, Karjakin, Nakamura and Wesley So, Ding Liren injured himself cycling on the rest day and had to withdraw after 3 rounds. Fabiano Caruana won a thrilling game against Wesley So to take clear first place and avoid a five way blitz tie-break. Wesley So blundered finally on move 41 when he still had a draw in hand.
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6th Norway Chess 2018 Stavanger
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Rtg | Gms | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pts | TB1 |
| 1 | Caruana, Fabiano | 2822 | 8 | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5 | |
| 2 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2843 | 8 | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4.5 | 18.25 |
| 3 | Nakamura, Hikaru | 2769 | 8 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4.5 | 17.25 |
| 4 | Anand, Viswanathan | 2760 | 8 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 16.25 |
| 5 | So, Wesley | 2778 | 8 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4 | 15.75 |
| 6 | Aronian, Levon | 2764 | 8 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 4 | 15.5 |
| 7 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 2808 | 8 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 3.5 | |
| 8 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2789 | 8 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 3 | 12.75 |
| 9 | Karjakin, Sergey | 2782 | 8 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | 3 | 11 |
| Round 1. 28th May 2018 | Live Show  |
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| Carlsen, Magnus | 1-0 | Caruana, Fabiano | C24 | Bishop's opening: Berlin defence | |
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 1/2-1/2 | achier-Lagrave, Maxime | D94 | Gruenfeld: Opovcensky variation | |
| So, Wesley | 1/2-1/2 | Karjakin, Sergey | D02 | Queen's pawn game | |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | 1/2-1/2 | Ding, Liren | A18 | English: Mikenas-Carls variation | |
| Anand, Viswanathan | 1/2-1/2 | Aronian, Levon | C65 | Ruy Lopez: Berlin defence | |
| Round 2. 29th May 2018 | Live Show |
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| Karjakin, Sergey | 1/2-1/2 | Carlsen, Magnus | C78 | Ruy Lopez: Moeller defence | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | 1/2-1/2 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | C42 | QGD | |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | 1/2-1/2 | Anand, Viswanathan | D37 | QGD: 4.Nf3 | |
| Ding, Liren | 1/2-1/2 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | E60 | King's Indian: 3.Nf3 | |
| Aronian, Levon | 1/2-1/2 | So, Wesley | E06 | Catalan: closed, 5.Nf3 | |
| Round 3. 30th May 2018 | Live Show |
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| Carlsen, Magnus | 1-0 | Aronian, Levon | C67 | Ruy Lopez: Berlin defence, open variation | |
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 1/2-1/2 | Caruana, Fabiano | C42 | Petrov: classical attack, Marshall variation | |
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 1/2-1/2 | Karjakin, Sergey | C53 | Giuoco Piano | |
| Anand, Viswanathan | 1/2-1/2 | Ding, Liren | C84 | Ruy Lopez: closed defence | |
| So, Wesley | 1/2-1/2 | Nakamura, Hikaru | D56 | QGD: Lasker defence | |
| Round 4. 1st Jun 2018 | Live Show |
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| Nakamura, Hikaru | 1/2-1/2 | Carlsen, Magnus | D55 | QGD: Neo-orthodox variation, 7.Bh4 | |
| Aronian, Levon | 1-0 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | D87 | Gruenfeld: exchange, Spassky variation | |
| Karjakin, Sergey | 1-0 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | D86 | Gruenfeld: exchange, classical variation | |
| Anand, Viswanathan | 1/2-1/2 | So, Wesley | A29 | English: four knights, kingside fianchetto | |
| Round 5. 2nd June 2018 | Live Show |
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| Carlsen, Magnus | 1/2-1/2 | Anand, Viswanathan | A33 | English: symmetrical variation | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | 1-0 | Karjakin, Sergey | A28 | English: four knights, Romanishin variation | |
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 1/2-1/2 | Nakamura, Hikaru | E32 | Nimzo-Indian: classical variation | |
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 1/2-1/2 | Aronian, Levon | E21 | Nimzo-Indian: three knights variation | |
| Round 6. 3rd June 2018 | Live Show |
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| So, Wesley | 1-0 | Carlsen, Magnus | D10 | QGD Slav defence: exchange variation | |
| Aronian, Levon | 1/2-1/2 | Caruana, Fabiano | D37 | QGD: 4.Nf3 | |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | 1/2-1/2 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | B23 | Sicilian: closed | |
| Anand, Viswanathan | 1/2-1/2 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | C60 | Ruy Lopez: fianchetto (Smyslov/Barnes) defence | |
| Round 7. 5th June 2018 | Live Show |
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| Caruana, Fabiano | 1/2-1/2 | Nakamura, Hikaru | A18 | English: Mikenas-Carls, Flohr variation | |
| Karjakin, Sergey | 1/2-1/2 | Aronian, Levon | D38 | QGD: Ragozin variation | |
| achier-Lagrave, Maxime | 0-1 | Anand, Viswanathan | C83 | Ruy Lopez: open, classical defence | |
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 1/2-1/2 | So, Wesley | E06 | Catalan: closed, 5.Nf3 | |
| Round 8. 6th June 2018 | Live Show |
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| Carlsen, Magnus | 1/2-1/2 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | C83 | Ruy Lopez: open, 9...Be7, 10.Re1 | |
| So, Wesley | 1/2-1/2 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | B92 | Sicilian: Najdorf, Opovcensky variation | |
| Anand, Viswanathan | 0-1 | Caruana, Fabiano | C42 | Petrov: classical attack, close variation | |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | 1-0 | Karjakin, Sergey | A29 | English: four knights, kingside fianchetto | |
| Round 9. 7th June 2018 | Live Show |
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| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 1/2-1/2 | Carlsen, Magnus | C84 | Ruy Lopez: closed defence | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | 1-0 | So, Wesley | C65 | Ruy Lopez: Berlin defence | |
| Aronian, Levon | 1/2-1/2 | Nakamura, Hikaru | D37 | QGD: classical variation (5.Bf4) | |
| Karjakin, Sergey | 0-1 | Anand, Viswanathan | D37 | QGD: classical variation (5.Bf4) | |
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6th Norway Blitz 2018 Stavanger
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | Gms | Pts |
| 1 | So, Wesley | GM | 9 | 6 |
| 2 | Nakamura, Hikaru | GM | 9 | 5.5 |
| 3 | Anand, Viswanathan | GM | 9 | 5.5 |
| 4 | Carlsen, Magnus | GM | 9 | 5 |
| 5 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | GM | 9 | 4.5 |
| 6 | Vachier Lagrave, Maxime | GM | 9 | 4.5 |
| 7 | Caruana, Fabiano | GM | 9 | 4.5 |
| 8 | Karjakin, Sergey | GM | 9 | 3.5 |
| 9 | Aronian, Levon | GM | 9 | 3 |
| 10 | Ding, Liren | GM | 9 | 3 |
| Round 1. 27th May 2018 | Live Show |
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| Carlsen, Magnus | 1/2-1/2 | Karjakin, Sergey | A00 | Van't Kruijs opening | |
| Ding, Liren | 0-1 | So, Wesley | A30 | English: symmetrical variation | |
| Anand, Viswanathan | 1/2-1/2 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | A45 | Ruy Lopez: Anderssen variation | |
| Aronian, Levon | 0-1 | Nakamura, Hikaru | A18 | English: Mikenas-Carls variation | |
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 1-0 | Caruana, Fabiano | A01 | Nimzovich-Larsen attack: modern variation | |
| Round 2. 27th May 2018 | Live Show |
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| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 1/2-1/2 | Carlsen, Magnus | E61 | King's Indian defence: 3.Nc3 | |
| Karjakin, Sergey | 1-0 | Aronian, Levon | A01 | Nimzovich-Larsen attack: classical variation | |
| So, Wesley | 1/2-1/2 | Anand, Viswanathan | A07 | Reti: King's Indian attack (Barcza system) | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | 1/2-1/2 | Nakamura, Hikaru | C50 | Giuoco Pianissimo | |
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 1/2-1/2 | Ding, Liren | E48 | Nimzo-Indian: 4.e3 O-O, 5.Bd3 d5 | |
| Round 3. 27th May 2018 | Live Show |
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| Carlsen, Magnus | 1-0 | So, Wesley | A07 | Reti: King's Indian attack (Barcza system) | |
| Anand, Viswanathan | 1-0 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | A07 | Reti King's Indian attack | |
| Aronian, Levon | 1-0 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | C50 | King's Indian: fianchetto, Larsen system | |
| Ding, Liren | 0-1 | Caruana, Fabiano | E62 | King's Indian: fianchetto, Larsen system | |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | 1-0 | Karjakin, Sergey | A06 | Reti: Nimzovich-Larsen attack | |
| Round 4. 27th May 2018 | Live Show |
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| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 1/2-1/2 | Carlsen, Magnus | A07 | Reti: King's Indian attack | |
| So, Wesley | 1/2-1/2 | Aronian, Levon | A15 | English opening | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | 1-0 | Karjakin, Sergey | A28 | English: four knights, Capablanca variation | |
| Ding, Liren | 0-1 | Anand, Viswanathan | A07 | Reti: King's Indian attack (Barcza system) | |
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 1/2-1/2 | Nakamura, Hikaru | E32 | Nimzo-Indian: classical variation | |
| Round 5. 27th May 2018 | Live Show |
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| Carlsen, Magnus | 1/2-1/2 | Ding, Liren | A20 | English opening | |
| Aronian, Levon | 0-1 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | B50 | Sicilian | |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | 1/2-1/2 | So, Wesley | A06 | Reti: Nimzovich-Larsen attack | |
| Anand, Viswanathan | 0-1 | Caruana, Fabiano | C50 | Giuoco Pianissimo | |
| Karjakin, Sergey | 1-0 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | A01 | Nimzovich-Larsen attack: Indian variation | |
| Round 6. 27th May 2018 | Live Show |
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| Anand, Viswanathan | 1/2-1/2 | Carlsen, Magnus | C65 | Ruy Lopez: Berlin defence | |
| So, Wesley | 1-0 | Karjakin, Sergey | C65 | Ruy Lopez: Berlin defence | |
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 1/2-1/2 | Nakamura, Hikaru | C65 | Ruy Lopez: Berlin defence | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | 0-1 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | B07 | Pirc defence | |
| Ding, Liren | 1/2-1/2 | Aronian, Levon | E48 | Nimzo-Indian | |
| Round 7. 27th May 2018 | Live Show |
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| Carlsen, Magnus | 1-0 | Caruana, Fabiano | E47 | Nimzo-Indian | |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | 1/2-1/2 | Ding, Liren | A06 | Reti: Nimzovich-Larsen attack | |
| Karjakin, Sergey | 1/2-1/2 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | A01 | Nimzovich-Larsen attack: symmetrical variation | |
| Aronian, Levon | 0-1 | Anand, Viswanathan | C50 | Giuoco Piano | |
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 0-1 | So, Wesley | A45 | Trompovsky attac (Ruth, Opovcensky opening) | |
| Round 8. 27th May 2018 | Live Show |
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| Carlsen, Magnus | 0-1 | Aronian, Levon | C65 | Ruy Lopez: Berlin defence | |
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 0-1 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | B12 | Caro-Kann: advance variation | |
| Ding, Liren | 1-0 | Karjakin, Sergey | A04 | Reti opening | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | 0-1 | So, Wesley | A37 | English: symmetrical variation | |
| Anand, Viswanathan | 1/2-1/2 | Nakamura, Hikaru | C65 | Ruy Lopez: Berlin defence | |
| Round 9. 27th May 2018 | Live Show |
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| Nakamura, Hikaru | 1/2-1/2 | Carlsen, Magnus | B09 | Pirc: Austrian attack, dragon formation | |
| Karjakin, Sergey | 1/2-1/2 | Anand, Viswanathan | A01 | Nimzovich-Larsen attack | |
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 1-0 | Ding, Liren | A45 | Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening) | |
| Aronian, Levon | 0-1 | Caruana, Fabiano | B40 | Sicilian defence | |
| So, Wesley | 1/2-1/2 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | E60 | King's Indian | |
