Altibox Norway Chess 2019

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3 - 14 June 2019


The 7th edition of Altibox Norway Chess is a 10-player round-robin featuring World Champion Magnus Carlsen and six more of the world's Top 10 players. It takes place from 3-15 June in the Clarion Energy Hotel and Stavanger Concert Hall in Stavanger. Classical games are worth 2 points for a win, but in case of a draw players get half a point and play an Armageddon game for the remaining point. Players receive 2 hours for each classical game, with a 10-second increment only after move 40. No draw offers are allowed until move 30. In the Armageddon game White has 10 minutes to Black's 7, with a 3-second increment from move 61. In case of a draw the player with Black gets the full point. If there's a tie for first at the end of the tournament a 3+2 blitz playoff will take place.

Players receive 2 hours for each classical game, with a 10-second increment only after move 40. No draw offers are allowed until move 30. In the Armageddon game White has 10 minutes to Black's 7, with a 3-second increment from move 61. In case of a draw the player with Black gets the full point. If there's a tie for first at the end of the tournament a 3+2 blitz playoff will take place.


7th Norway Chess 2019 Stavanger NOR Mon 3rd Jun 2019 - Fri 14th Jun 2019
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiRtg12345678910Pts
1 Carlsen, Magnus GM 2875 * 2 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 2 13½
2 Yu, Yangyi GM 2738 0 * ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 2 2 10½
3 Aronian, Levon GM 2752 ½ 0 ½ 1 * 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 2 ½ 1 10½
4 Caruana, Fabiano GM 2819 ½ 1 ½ 0 2 * ½ 0 0 2 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 10
5 So, Wesley GM 2754 ½ 0 2 ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 10
6 Ding, Liren GM 2805 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 2 ½ 1 * ½ 0 ½ 0 2 ½ 0
7 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime GM 2779 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 * ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 8
8 Anand, Viswanathan GM 2767 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 * 0 ½ 1 8
9 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar GM 2774 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 2 * ½ 0
10 Grischuk, Alexander GM 2775 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 *
Round 1. 4th June 2019 Live Show 
Carlsen, Magnus 1/2-1/2 Anand, Viswanathan D37 QGD: 4.Nf3
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2-1/2 Caruana, Fabiano A28 English: four knights, 4.e3
Ding, Liren 1/2-1/2 So, Wesley E04 Catalan open, 5.Nf3
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1/2-1/2 Yu, Yangyi C42 Petrov: Nimzovich attack
Aronian, Levon 1/2-1/2 Grischuk, Alexander A36 English: ultra-symmetrical variation
Armageddon 1. 4th June 2019 Live Show 
Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 Anand, Viswanathan A21 English: ramnik-Shirov counterattack
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0 Caruana, Fabiano A45 Trompovsky attack: Ruth, Opovcensky opening
Ding, Liren 1-0 So, Wesley D35 QGD: exchange variation
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 0-1 Yu, Yangyi A28 English: four knights, 4.e3
Aronian, Levon 1-0 Grischuk, Alexander A20 English opening
Round 2. 5th June 2019 Live Show 
Aronian, Levon 1/2-1/2 Carlsen, Magnus B31 Sicilian: Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)
Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar B31 Sicilian: Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)
Yu, Yangyi 1/2-1/2 Ding, Liren E00 Catalan opening
Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime B97 Sicilian: Najdorf, Poisoned pawn variation
Grischuk, Alexander 1/2-1/2 So, Wesley C67 Ruy Lopez: open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation
Armageddon 2. 5th June 2019 Live Show 
Aronian, Levon 0-1 Carlsen, Magnus B31 Sicilian: Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)
Yu, Yangyi 1-0 Ding, Liren E32 Nimzo-Indian: classical variation
Grischuk, Alexander 1/2-1/2 So, Wesley A05 Reti opening
Round 3. 6th June 2019 Live Show 
Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 Grischuk, Alexander D85 Gruenfeld: exchange variation
So, Wesley 1-0 Yu, Yangyi C42 Petrov: Nimzovich attack
Ding, Liren 1-0 Caruana, Fabiano A45 Queen's pawn game
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1 Aronian, Levon A28 English: four knights, Romanishin variation
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1/2-1/2 Anand, Viswanathan C78 Ruy Lopez: Moeller defence
Armageddon 3. 6th June 2019 Live Show 
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1/2-1/2 Anand, Viswanathan C78 Ruy Lopez: Moeller defence
Round 4. 8th Jun 2019 Live Show 
Carlsen, Magnus 1/2-1/2 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar D85 Gruenfeld: exchange variation
Aronian, Levon 1/2-1/2 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime A36 English: ultra-symmetrical variation
Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 So, Wesley C53 Giuoco Piano
Anand, Viswanathan 1/2-1/2 Ding, Liren C50 Giuoco Pianissimo
Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 Yu, Yangyi C42 Petrov: classical attack
Armageddon 4. 8th June 2019 Live Show 
Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar D85 Gruenfeld: exchange variation
Aronian, Levon 1/2-1/2 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime A36 English: ultra-symmetrical variation
Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 So, Wesley C42 Petrov: Nimzovich attack
Anand, Viswanathan 1/2-1/2 Grischuk, Alexander C50 Giuoco Piano
Round 5. 9th June 2019 Live Show 
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1/2-1/2 Carlsen, Magnus B33 Sicilian: Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation
So, Wesley 1/2-1/2 Anand, Viswanathan C78 Ruy Lopez: Moeller defence
Yu, Yangyi 1/2-1/2 Caruana, Fabiano E04 Catalan: open, 5.Nf3
Ding, Liren 1/2-1/2 Aronian, Levon A07 Reti: King's Indian attack (Barcza system)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2-1/2 Grischuk, Alexander A28 English: four knights, 4.e3
Armageddon 5. 9th June 2019 Live Show 
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1/2-1/2 Carlsen, Magnus A29 English: four knights, kingside fianchetto
So, Wesley 1/2-1/2 Anand, Viswanathan D02 Queen's pawn game
Yu, Yangyi 1-0 Caruana, Fabiano B30 Sicilian defence
Ding, Liren 1/2-1/2 Aronian, Levon A28 English: four knights, Romanishin variation
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1 Grischuk, Alexander E21 Nimzo-Indian: three knights variation
Round 6. 10th June 2019 Live Show 
Carlsen, Magnus 1/2-1/2 Ding, Liren A15 English: 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)
Anand, Viswanathan 1/2-1/2 Yu, Yangyi C42 Petrov: classical attack, Mason variation
Aronian, Levon 1/2-1/2 So, Wesley A20 English opening
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2-1/2 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime D85 Gruenfeld: exchange variation
Grischuk, Alexander 1/2-1/2 Caruana, Fabiano B33 Sicilian: Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation
Armageddon 6. 10th June 2019 Live Show 
Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 Ding, Liren C77 Ruy Lopez: Anderssen variation
Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 Yu, Yangyi C24 Bishop's opening: Berlin defence
Aronian, Levon 1-0 So, Wesley A22 English: Bremen, Smyslov system
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2-1/2 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime E66 King's Indian: 3.Nf3
Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 Caruana, Fabiano C77 Ruy Lopez: Anderssen variation
Round 7. 12th June 2019 Live Show 
So, Wesley 1/2-1/2 Carlsen, Magnus B33 Sicilian: Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation
Yu, Yangyi 1/2-1/2 Aronian, Levon C47 Four knights: Scotch, 4...exd4
Ding, Liren 1-0 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar D70 Neo-Gruenfeld defence
Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 Anand, Viswanathan C80 Ruy Lopez: open, 8...Be6
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1/2-1/2 Grischuk, Alexander B31 Sicilian: Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6
Armageddon 7. 12th June 2019 Live Show 
So, Wesley 1/2-1/2 Carlsen, Magnus D70 Neo-Gruenfeld defence
Yu, Yangyi 1/2-1/2 Aronian, Levon E32 Nimzo-Indian: classical variation
Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 Anand, Viswanathan E32 Nimzo-Indian: classical variation
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1-0 Grischuk, Alexander C53 Giuoco Piano
Round 8. 13th June 2019 Live Show 
Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 Yu, Yangyi D15 QGD Slav: Slav gambit
Aronian, Levon 0-1 Caruana, Fabiano A22 English: Bremen, Smyslov system
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1/2-1/2 Ding, Liren C53 Giuoco Piano
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2-1/2 So, Wesley A45 Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)
Grischuk, Alexander 1/2-1/2 Anand, Viswanathan C80 Ruy Lopez: open, Bernstein variation
Armageddon 8. 13th June 2019 Live Show 
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1-0 Ding, Liren A22 English opening
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1/2-1/2 So, Wesley A45 Trompovsky attack: Ruth, Opovcensky opening
Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 Anand, Viswanathan A05 Reti opening
Round 9. 14th June 2019 Live Show 
Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 Carlsen, Magnus B31 Sicilian: Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)
Anand, Viswanathan 1/2-1/2 Aronian, Levon C53 Giuoco Piano
So, Wesley 1/2-1/2 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime A34 English: symmetrical, three knights system
Yu, Yangyi 1-0 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar C47 Four knights: Scotch, 4...exd4
Ding, Liren 1/2-1/2 Grischuk, Alexander E60 King's Indian: 3.g3
Armageddon 9. 14th June 2019 Live Show 
Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 Carlsen, Magnus B30 Sicilian: Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)
Anand, Viswanathan 1/2-1/2 Aronian, Levon C53 Giuoco Piano
So, Wesley 1-0 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime E60 King's Indian: 3.Nf3
Ding, Liren 1/2-1/2 Grischuk, Alexander D78 Neo-Gruenfeld: 6.O-O c6



7th Norway Blitz 2019 Stavanger Mon 3rd Jun 2019
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFED12345678910PtsTPR
1 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime GM FRA * 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 = 1 7.5 3057
2 Aronian, Levon GM ARM 0 * 1 = = 1 1 = = 1 6 2912
3 Carlsen, Magnus GM NOR 0 0 * 1 = 1 = 1 1 1 6 2899
4 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar GM AZE 0 = 0 * 0 1 1 1 = 1 5 2828
5 Ding, Liren GM CHN 0 = = 1 * 0 1 = = = 4.5 2781
6 Yu, Yangyi GM CHN 0 0 0 0 1 * = 1 1 0 3.5 2709
7 So, Wesley GM USA 0 0 = 0 0 = * 1 = 1 3.5 2707
8 Caruana, Fabiano GM USA 1 = 0 0 = 0 0 * 1 0 3 2655
9 Anand, Viswanathan GM IND = = 0 = = 0 = 0 * = 3 2661
10 Grischuk, Alexander GM RUS 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 1 = * 3 2660

Round 1. 3rd June 2019 Live Show 
Aronian, Levon 1-0 Carlsen, Magnus A40 Modern defence
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1-0 So, Wesley A02 Bird's opening
Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar B13 Caro-Kann: exchange variation
Ding, Liren 0-1 Yu, Yangyi E06 Catalan: closed, 5.Nf3
Grischuk, Alexander 1/2-1/2 Anand, Viswanathan B18 Caro-Kann: classical variation
Round 2. 3rd June 2019 Live Show 
Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 Caruana, Fabiano A06 Reti: old Indian attack
Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 Yu, Yangyi D05 Queen's pawn game: Zukertort variation
Carlsen, Magnus 1/2-1/2 Ding, Liren A28 English: four knights, 4.e3
So, Wesley 0-1 Aronian, Levon C53 Giuoco Piano
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime A49 King's Indian: fianchetto without c4
Round 3. 3rd June 2019 Live Show 
Aronian, Levon 1/2-1/2 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar B13 Caro-Kann: exchange, Rubinstein variation
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1-0 Grischuk, Alexander B30 Sicilian defence
Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 Anand, Viswanathan A20 English opening
Ding, Liren 1-0 So, Wesley A20 English opening
Yu, Yangyi 0-1 Carlsen, Magnus A56 Benoni defence
Round 4. 3rd June 2019 Live Show 
Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime B23 Sicilian:closed
Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 Aronian, Levon C53 Giuoco Piano"
sAnand, Viswanathan 0-1 Carlsen, Magnus B06 Robatsch (modern) defence
So, Wesley 1/2-1/2 Yu, Yangyi A25 English: closed system (without ...d6)
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1 Ding, Liren E20 Nimzo-Indian: Kmoch variation
Round 5. 3rd June 2019 Live Show 
Aronian, Levon 1/2-1/2 Caruana, Fabiano C16 French: Winawer, Petrosian variation
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1/2-1/2 Anand, Viswanathan C67 Berlin defence: open variation
Ding, Liren 1/2-1/2 Grischuk, Alexander E81 King's Indian, Saemisch, 5...O-O
Yu, Yangyi 0-1 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar C02 French:advance, Steinitz variation
Carlsen, Magnus 1/2-1/2 So, Wesley C44 Scotch gambit: Dubois-Reti defence
Round 6. 3rd June 2019 Live Show 
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1-0 Aronian, Levon C84 Ruy Lopez: closed defence
Caruana, Fabiano 1/2-1/2 Ding, Liren C77 Ruy Lopez: Anderssen variation
Grischuk, Alexander 1-0 Yu, Yangyi D37 QGD: 4.Nf3
Anand, Viswanathan 1/2-1/2 So, Wesley C17 French: Winawer, advance, 5.a3
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1 Carlsen, Magnus A40 Modern defence
Round 7. 3rd June 2019 Live Show 
Aronian, Levon 1/2-1/2 Anand, Viswanathan D37 QGD: 4.Nf3
Ding, Liren 0-1 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime E60 King's Indian: 3.g3
Yu, Yangyi 1-0 Caruana, Fabiano B40 Sicilian defence
Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 Grischuk, Alexander C00 French: Labourdonnais variation
So, Wesley 0-1 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar A16 English opening
Round 8. 3rd June 2019 Live Show 
Aronian, Levon 1/2-1/2 Ding, Liren C89 Ruy Lopez: Marshall counter-attack, 11...c6
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 1-0 Yu, Yangyi C83 Ruy Lopez: open, classical defence
Caruana, Fabiano 0-1 Carlsen, Magnus B06 Robatsch (modern) defence
Grischuk, Alexander 0-1 So, Wesley D70 Neo-Gruenfeld defence
Anand, Viswanathan 1/2-1/2 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar B13 Caro-Kann:exchange, Rubinstein variation
Round 9. 3rd June 2019 Live Show 
Ding, Liren 1/2-1/2 Anand, Viswanathan D76 Neo-Gruenfeld: 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6
Yu, Yangyi 0-1 Aronian, Levon C84 Ruy Lopez: closed defence
Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime B50 Sicilian: wing gambit deferred
So, Wesley 1-0 Caruana, Fabiano E92 King's Indian: Gligoric-Taimanov system
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 1-0 Grischuk, Alexander E68 King's Indian: fianchetto, classical variation, 8.e4