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At the Candidates Tournament in Moscow Anish Giri often failed to make use of his chances and as a result had to suffer countless jokes about his many draws. But in the first round of the Norway Chess tournament he showed that he still knows how to win. In an Italian game he exploited a tactical oversight by his opponent.
At the start of a tournament and against weaker opponents Magnus Carlsen sometimes has problems to show his real strength. However, during the opening blitz the World Champion already demonstrated how keen he is to play. And Pentala Harikrishna is everything but a "weaker" opponent but close to replace Vishy Anand as India's number one. However, against Carlsen things did not go too well for the Indian. He was virtually steamrolled.
Vladimir Kramnik's game was less spectacular. Playing with White against Nils Grandelius, Kramnik, who recently took a liking to openings with an early Bf4, always had the initiative and was better, but needed patience and good technique to win. But the constant pressure was finally too much for the Swedish grandmaster who faltered a few moves before the time-control.
Round 1 - Results
| Br. | Tit | Name | ELO | Ergebnis | Titel | Name | ELO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM | Vladimir Kramnik | 2801 | 1 - 0 | GM | Nils Grandelius | 2637 |
| 2 | GM | Magnus Carlsen | 2844 | 1 - 0 | GM | Pentala Harikrishna | 2753 |
| 3 | GM | Maxime Vachier Lagrave | 2785 | ½ - ½ | GM | Li Chao | 2755 |
| 4 | GM | Anish Giri | 2793 | 1 - 0 | GM | Pavel Eljanov | 2760 |
| 5 | GM | Levon Aronian | 2786 | ½ - ½ | GM | Veselin Topalov | 2780 |
Photos: Altibox Norway Chess/Joachim Steinbru
