Altibox Norway Chess 2018

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.


Altibox Norway Chess 2018 Altibox Norway Chess 2018

6th Norway Chess 2018 Stavanger
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameRtgGms123456789PtsTB1
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 
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 
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 
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 
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 
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 
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 
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 
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 
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)



6th Norway Blitz 2018 Stavanger
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiGmsPts
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 
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 
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 
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 
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 
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 
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 
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 
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 
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