Altibox Norway Chess 2019
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.
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7th Norway Chess 2019 Stavanger NOR Mon 3rd Jun 2019 - Fri 14th Jun 2019
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts |
| 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 | 8½ |
| 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 | 5½ |
| 10 | Grischuk, Alexander | GM | 2775 | 0 | 0 | ½ 0 | ½ 0 | ½ 0 | ½ 1 | ½ 0 | ½ 0 | ½ 1 | * | 5½ |
| Round 1. 4th June 2019 | Live Show  |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 1/2-1/2 | Anand, Viswanathan | C78 | Ruy Lopez: Moeller defence | |
| Round 4. 8th Jun 2019 | Live Show |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | |
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7th Norway Blitz 2019 Stavanger Mon 3rd Jun 2019
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | TPR |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | |
