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The Norway Chess 2013 Super Tournament is one of the strongest super tournaments ever and is held from May 7th to 18th 2013 in several different locations in the Stavanger-region of Norway: Quality Residence Hotel, Sandnes (six rounds); Stavanger Konserthus, Stavanger (one round); Fabrikkhallen til Aarbakke AS, Bryne (one round); Flor & Fjære, Sør-Hidle (one round).
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Tourney structure: nine-round round robin |
| Round 1: Wednesday May 8, 2013 in Stavanger | ||
| Magnus Carlsen |
½-½ |
Veselin Topalov |
| Viswanathan Anand |
½-½ |
Levon Aronian |
| Hikaru Nakamura |
1-0 |
Wang Hao |
| Peter Svidler |
1-0 |
Jon Ludvig Hammer |
| Sergey Karjakin |
1-0 |
Teimour Radjabov |
It was a remarkable opening to a tournament bringing together so many top players. As a rule, when gathering such strong competitors, there is always a risk of the battles seeming more like two rams clashing their great horns into a stalemate, but to the delight of the spectators, it was not so.
One could perfectly well cite their combativity as the reason, but there may be other reasons involved as well. Magnus Carlsen will want to ‘wow’ his home fans, assert his undisputed number one status, and of course get in a few digs for his upcoming title challenge against Anand.
Magnus Carlsen nearly let adrenaline get the better of him
Topalov will want to put behind his period of decadence for good, and show his recent win at Zug was not a one off, but a renaissance. Their game showed that spirit, and despite the queens coming off by move nine, they duked it out until move 51. Magnus pressed as he usually does, and very nearly overpressed himself into trouble, but managed to get a grip on his adrenaline and staved off disaster in time. Topalov later explained that his goal this time was to avoid blundering as he had done in the past.
Despite a brilliant win at Zug, Topalov modestly said his goal
had been to not blunder.
Vishy Anand and Levon Aronian fought a good game after a very offbeat Ruy Lopez led to a fairly calm middlegame with both trying to get the other to err, but it was not to be and they drew in 33 moves.
Aronian and Anand during the press conference after their game
The first player to strike blood was Sergey Karjakin, fresh from his victory in the Blitz tournament the previous day, against Teimour Radjabov. The Azeri player has been seeing his Elo in freefall since the Candidates, and has already lost over 50 points in the last couple of months. The opening round at Norway was inauspicious to say the least as he went astray in the opening, a Sicilian Rossolimo with 3…g6, allowing Karjakin to get a protected passed pawn in the center and a strong queenside attack to boot. The Russian built on this and by move 30 was up a pawn, which he duly converted.
When will the sandman come save him from this nightmare?
Hikaru Nakamura scored a nice win against Wang Hao, to continue his run of good form after a second place at the FIDE Grand Prix in Zug. They played a Petroff following the fighting 5.Nc3 line which has led to many a lively tussle, but the Chinese player did not seem to be at his sharpest, and the American soon obtained a significant advantage. By move 27 he was up two pieces for the rook, and that was all he needed to start with a win.
Wang Hao was not at his best in round one
Peter Svidler was playing the second local hero, Jon Hammer, who is also the lowest rated player of the tournament, and as a result had the obligation to win since short of a miracle, Hammer is the participant wearing a big fat bullseye on his back.
For Jon Hammer, it is a singular opportunity to gain experience playing the world's
best, while for the others it is an obligation to score a point against him.
It was hard work as the six-time Russian champion found a very well-prepared opponent in the Gruenfeld, so much so that he quipped, “There was only one Grünfeld expert here today and it wasn't me!”. It took all his savvy to create chances for his opponent to go astray in the endgame, but eventually his perseverance was rewarded and he won a pawn and then the game.
Svidler's rule was to apply pressure until it hurts
Tomorrow is the most anticipated game of the tournament: Carlsen-Anand, and live commentator GM Simen Agdestein remarked this was where the world championship started.
[Event "Norway Chess 2013"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2013.05.08"] [Round "1"] [White "Carlsen, Magnus"] [Black "Topalov, Veselin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A30"] [WhiteElo "2868"] [BlackElo "2793"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2013.??.??"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000:900+30"] 1. c4 {0} c5 {55} 2. Nf3 {0} Nf6 {24} 3. g3 {12} Nc6 {209} 4. Bg2 {12} d5 {38} 5. cxd5 {50} Nxd5 {38} 6. d4 {77} cxd4 {43} 7. Nxd4 {56} Ndb4 {21} 8. Nxc6 {73} Qxd1+ {6} 9. Kxd1 {4 The position is equal but that has never stopped Carlsen from seeking a way to win.} Nxc6 {5} 10. Nc3 {71} Bd7 {792} 11. Be3 {113} g6 { 33} 12. Rc1 {471} Bg7 {74} 13. Kc2 {278} Rc8 {203} 14. Rhd1 {425} Na5 {680} 15. Bd4 {492} Bf5+ {169} 16. e4 {62} Bxd4 {22} 17. Rxd4 {6} Be6 {282} 18. b3 {235} f6 {330 Black needs to connect his rooks, and castling is worse as it would take the king away from the center.} 19. f4 {275} Kf7 {109} 20. Kb2 {390} Rhd8 {51} 21. Rcd1 {459} Rxd4 {89} 22. Rxd4 {25} Nc6 {217} 23. Rd2 {49} h6 {297} 24. Bf3 {251} Bh3 {359} 25. Nb5 {912} h5 {272} 26. Be2 {368} h4 {358} 27. Bc4+ {27} Be6 {356} 28. Bd5 {124} hxg3 {140} 29. hxg3 {6} a6 {12} 30. Nc3 {254} Rd8 {354} 31. Na4 {325} Bxd5 {57} 32. exd5 {7} Nb4 {22} 33. Nc3 {67} Nc6 {91} 34. Ka3 $1 {374 This move brings the king toward the queenside and in support of the pawn, but it also has a venomous trap behind it.} Na7 {8 Although the trap is obvious, Topalov still needs to do something about it.} ({An example can be seen with} 34... b5 35. dxc6 $1 Rxd2 36. c7) 35. Kb4 {53} Nc8 {74} 36. Ne4 {224 } Nd6 {170} 37. Nc5 {10} Rc8 {90} 38. Ne6 {86} b6 {113} 39. Rh2 {39 Carlsen is pressing hard, but he is in danger of overstepping himself.} Nf5 {79} 40. g4 { 184} Ne3 {85} 41. Rh7+ {3095} Ke8 {3152} 42. Rh8+ {0} Kd7 {0} 43. Rxc8 {0} Kxc8 {0} 44. g5 {0} Nxd5+ {0} 45. Kc4 {0} Ne3+ {0} 46. Kd4 {0} Nf5+ {0 Black is up a pawn, but cannot play for a win due to the superior white king that can go to the queenside or kingside at a moment's notice.} 47. Ke4 {0} Kb7 {0} 48. Nf8 {0} Nd6+ {0} 49. Kd5 {0} fxg5 {0} 50. fxg5 {0} Nf7 {0} 51. Nxg6 {0} Nxg5 {0} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Norway Chess 2013"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2013.05.08"] [Round "1"] [White "Karjakin, Sergey"] [Black "Radjabov, Teimour"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2767"] [BlackElo "2745"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2013.??.??"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000:900+30"] 1. e4 {0} c5 {0} 2. Nf3 {0} Nc6 {0} 3. Nc3 {0} g6 {40} 4. Bb5 {30} Bg7 {273} 5. O-O {16} e5 {706} 6. d3 {991} Nge7 {191} 7. Bc4 {441} h6 {705} 8. a3 {274} O-O {672} 9. b4 {27} d6 {6} 10. bxc5 {602} dxc5 {96} 11. Re1 {56} Kh7 {613} 12. Nd5 {351} Be6 {604} 13. Nxe7 {131} Qxe7 {3} 14. Bd5 {13} Nd4 {1293} 15. Nd2 {1136} Bxd5 {485} ({All he needed to do was play a logical move like} 15... Rad8 {and there was nothing to worry about.}) 16. exd5 {13 A free protected passed pawn, promising White a long-term advantage.} Rad8 {300} 17. c3 {84} Nb5 {42} 18. c4 {44} Nd4 {53} 19. a4 {91} Qd7 {24} 20. Rb1 {142} b6 {4} 21. Bb2 {125} Rfe8 {53} 22. a5 {68} Qc7 {97} 23. Qa4 {143} f5 {119} 24. axb6 {440} axb6 {4} 25. Bxd4 {7 } cxd4 {3} 26. Qc6 {7 A clever move that liquidates into an endgame with an extra pawn.} Qxc6 {92} 27. dxc6 {3} Rc8 {80} 28. Rxb6 {22} Re6 {1} 29. f4 {100} e4 {48} 30. dxe4 {7} fxe4 {80} 31. Rxe4 {30} Rexc6 {7} 32. Rxc6 {64} Rxc6 {3} 33. Re7 {10} Kg8 {98} 34. Rd7 {9} Bf8 {66} 35. Ne4 {57} d3 {75} 36. Kf2 {45} Ba3 {99} 37. Rd4 {68} Kf7 {32} 38. Ke3 {290} Bc1+ {27} 39. Nd2 {10} Bxd2+ {44} 40. Kxd2 {9} Ra6 {23} 41. c5 {3480} 1-0 [Event "Norway Chess 2013"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2013.05.08"] [Round "1"] [White "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Black "Aronian, Levon"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2783"] [BlackElo "2813"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2013.??.??"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000:900+30"] 1. e4 {0} e5 {0} 2. Nf3 {0} Nc6 {0} 3. Bb5 {0} a6 {0} 4. Ba4 {0} Nf6 {2} 5. O-O {9} Be7 {6} 6. d3 {59} d6 {12} 7. c4 {44} O-O {45} 8. Nc3 {8} Bg4 {173} 9. Be3 {327} Nd4 {364} 10. Bxd4 {71} exd4 {4} 11. Nd5 {154} c6 {321} 12. Nxf6+ {48} Bxf6 {35} 13. h3 {8} Bxf3 {550} 14. Qxf3 {56} g6 {5} 15. Rae1 {419} Bg7 {86} 16. Qd1 {16} Qb6 {103} 17. Qd2 {108} a5 {167} 18. f4 {101} Qb4 {28} 19. Qc2 {29 } Qc5 {247} 20. Qf2 {275} Rae8 {175} 21. Bd1 {187} f5 {300} 22. Bf3 {51} Bh6 { 1465} 23. Qh4 {499} Bxf4 {205} 24. Qxf4 {358} fxe4 {8} 25. Qg3 {42} exf3 {4} 26. Rxe8 {10} Rxe8 {5} 27. Qxf3 {10} Qf5 {10} 28. Qxf5 {12} gxf5 {4} 29. Rxf5 { 11} Re2 {4} 30. Rf2 {432} Re1+ {35} 31. Rf1 {7} Re2 {4} 32. Rf2 {7} Re1+ {3} 33. Rf1 {8} Re2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Norway Chess 2013"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2013.05.08"] [Round "1"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Wang, Hao"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2743"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2013.??.??"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000:900+30"] 1. e4 {0} e5 {0} 2. Nf3 {0} Nf6 {0} 3. Nxe5 {3} d6 {0} 4. Nf3 {7} Nxe4 {0} 5. Nc3 {6} Nxc3 {0} 6. dxc3 {6} Be7 {0} 7. Be3 {55} O-O {22} 8. Qd2 {10} b6 {3} 9. O-O-O {242} Bb7 {4} 10. Nd4 {133} Nc6 {139} 11. Nf5 {635} Bf6 {10} 12. h4 {6} Re8 {916} 13. Bg5 {352} Ne5 {191} 14. f4 {514} Ng4 {412} 15. Bb5 {31} Re4 {839} 16. Ng3 {1057} Re6 {1446} 17. Rde1 {59} Rxe1+ {536} 18. Rxe1 {53} h6 {5} 19. Qe2 {761} ({The engines suggest} 19. Re8+ {instead, but after} Qxe8 20. Bxe8 Rxe8 {Nakamura felt that Black would be able to build a fortress.}) 19... Qc8 { 865} 20. Bd3 {1128} Qe6 {428} 21. Qxe6 {200} fxe6 {5} 22. Bxf6 {19} Nxf6 {8} 23. Rxe6 {4} Bxg2 {226} 24. Re7 {67} Nd5 {5} 25. Bc4 {13} Kf8 {229} 26. Bxd5 { 120} Kxe7 {14} 27. Bxg2 {6} Rf8 {12} 28. f5 {24 White is now up two pieces for the rook and Black's defense is anything but easy.} Kf6 {204} 29. Kd2 {378} d5 {51} 30. Ke3 {50} Ke5 {33} 31. Bh3 {12} Rd8 {72} 32. Ne2 {47} c5 {21} 33. Kf3 { 4} Rd7 {233} 34. Nf4 {114} Kf6 {19} 35. h5 {183} a6 {54} 36. b3 {155} Rd8 {41} 37. Ne6 {19} Rd7 {11} 38. Kf4 {5} a5 {40} 39. Bf1 {128} c4 {27} 40. a4 {95} Rd6 {42} 41. Bg2 {3149} Rd7 {17} 42. Bf3 {0} 1-0 [Event "Norway Chess 2013"] [Site "Stavanger"] [Date "2013.05.08"] [Round "1"] [White "Svidler, Peter"] [Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "2769"] [BlackElo "2608"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2013.??.??"] [EventCountry "NOR"] [TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000:900+30"] 1. d4 {0} Nf6 {0} 2. c4 {0} g6 {0} 3. Nc3 {4} d5 {0} 4. cxd5 {5} Nxd5 {2} 5. e4 {4} Nxc3 {15} 6. bxc3 {3} Bg7 {21} 7. Nf3 {40} c5 {10} 8. Be3 {8} Qa5 {8} 9. Qd2 {4} Nc6 {18} 10. Rb1 {138} cxd4 {218} 11. cxd4 {97} Qxd2+ {11} 12. Kxd2 {14 } O-O {15} 13. d5 {1312} Rd8 {121} 14. Bd3 {98} Na5 {86} 15. Bg5 {527} f6 {665} 16. Bf4 {17} b6 {204} 17. Bb5 {1040} e5 {1167} 18. Be3 {31} Bd7 {24} 19. Rhc1 { 383} Bxb5 {210} 20. Rxb5 {11} Nb7 {29} 21. Ke2 {284} Nd6 {267} 22. Rb4 {13} a5 {1147} 23. Rxb6 {77} Nxe4 {20} 24. Nd2 {593} Nxd2 {116} 25. Bxd2 {46} Rxd5 {33} 26. Rc7 {15} Rad8 {421} 27. Bc3 {124 White has been working hard to try and make something from nothing, but it has been hard work.} f5 {731 Black starts to lose his way. With both White's rooks on the 6th and 7th, he had to consider exchanging one pair to ease the pressure.} (27... R8d7 $1 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. a4 Rc7 30. Bxa5 Ra7 31. Rb5 e4 (31... Kf7 32. Kd3 Ke6 33. Kc4 {and White is better.}) 32. g4 {to prevent ...f5} Bh6 {cutting off the king from e3 and d2 and the position is equal.}) 28. Rbb7 {117} Bf8 {117} 29. a4 {342} Rc5 { 706} 30. Rxc5 {226} Bxc5 {2} 31. Bxe5 {220} Rd5 {83 Black starts to lose his way.} (31... Re8 {was better here.} 32. f4 Bd6 33. Rb5 Bxe5 34. fxe5 Ra8 35. Kd3 Kf7 36. Kd4 Rd8+ 37. Rd5 Rb8 38. Rxa5 Rb2 39. Ra7+ Ke6 40. Ra6+ Ke7 {would also give White problems, though possibly fewer.}) 32. f4 {383} Bd4 $2 {160 There is a saying that mistakes never come alone.} 33. Rb5 {38} Rd7 {6} 34. g3 {444} Bxe5 {100} 35. Rxe5 {9} Rd4 {36} 36. Rxa5 {3} Kf7 {14} 37. Ra7+ {22} Kf6 {35} 38. Ra6+ {46} Kf7 {12} 39. Ra7+ {116} Kf6 {14} 40. a5 {36} Rd5 {300} 41. Ra6+ {3162} Kg7 {3017} 42. Ra7+ {0} Kf6 {0} 43. a6 {0} Rd6 {0} 44. h4 {0} Ke6 { 0} 45. h5 {0} 1-0
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| Date | Round | English | German |
| May 08 | Round 1 | Lawrence Trent | Klaus Bischoff |
| May 09 | Round 2 | Lawrence Trent | Klaus Bischoff |
| May 10 | Round 3 | Daniel King | Oliver Reeh |
| May 11 | Free | ||
| May 12 | Round 4 | Chris Ward | Klaus Bischoff |
| May 13 | Round 5 | Chris Ward | Klaus Bischoff |
| May 14 | Round 6 | Daniel King | Klaus Bischoff |
| May 15 | Round 7 | Oliver Reeh | Klaus Bischoff |
| May 16 | Free | ||
| May 17 | Round 8 | Daniel King | Oliver Reeh |
| May 18 | Round 9 | Maurice Ashley | Klaus Bischoff |
| Round 1: Wednesday May 8, 2013 in Stavanger | ||
| Magnus Carlsen |
½-½ |
Veselin Topalov |
| Viswanathan Anand |
½-½ |
Levon Aronian |
| Hikaru Nakamura |
1-0 |
Wang Hao |
| Peter Svidler |
1-0 |
Jon Ludvig Hammer |
| Sergey Karjakin |
1-0 |
Teimour Radjabov |
| Round 2: Thursday, May 9, 2013 in Sandnes | ||
| Magnus Carlsen | Viswanathan Anand | |
| Veselin Topalov | Teimour Radjabov | |
| Levon Aronian | Hikaru Nakamura | |
| Wang Hao | Peter Svidler | |
| Jon Ludvig Hammer | Sergey Karjakin | |
| Round 3: Friday, May 10, 2013 in Sandnes | ||
| Viswanathan Anand | Veselin Topalov | |
| Hikaru Nakamura | Magnus Carlsen | |
| Peter Svidler | Levon Aronian | |
| Teimour Radjabov | Jon Ludvig Hammer | |
| Sergey Karjakin | Wang Hao | |
| Round 4: Sunday, May 12, 2013 in Bryne | ||
| Magnus Carlsen | Peter Svidler | |
| Veselin Topalov | Jon Ludvig Hammer | |
| Viswanathan Anand | Hikaru Nakamura | |
| Levon Aronian | Sergey Karjakin | |
| Wang Hao | Teimourgh Radjabov | |
| Round 5: Monday, May 13, 2013 in Sandnes | ||
| Hikaru Nakamura | Veselin Topalov | |
| Jon Ludvig Hammer | Wang Hao | |
| Peter Svidler | Viswanathan Anand | |
| Teimour Radjabov | Levon Aronian | |
| Sergey Karjakin | Magnus Carlsen | |
| Round 6: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 in Sandnes | ||
| Magnus Carlsen | Teimour Radjabov | |
| Veselin Topalov | Wang Hao | |
| Viswanathan Anand | Sergey Karjakin | |
| Levon Aronian | Jon Ludvig Hammer | |
| Hikaru Nakamura | Peter Svidler | |
| Round 7: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 in Sør Hidle | ||
| Wang Hao | Levon Aronian | |
| Jon Ludvig Hammer | Magnus Carlsen | |
| Peter Svidler | Veselin Topalov | |
| Teimour Radjabov | Viswanathan Anand | |
| Sergey Karjakin | Hikaru Nakamura | |
| Round 8: Friday, May 17, 2013 in Sandnes | ||
| Magnus Carlsen | Wang Hao | |
| Veselin Topalov | Levon Aronian | |
| Viswanathan Anand | Jon Ludvig Hammer | |
| Hikaru Nakamura | Teimour Radjabov | |
| Peter Svidler | Sergey Karjakin | |
| Round 9: Saturday, May 18, 2013 in Stavanger | ||
| Levon Aronian | Magnus Carlsen | |
| Wang Hao | Viswanathan Anand | |
| Jon Ludvig Hammer | Hikaru Nakamura | |
| Teimour Radjabov | Peter Svidler | |
| Sergey Karjakin | Veselin Topalov | |
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