5/29/2024 – Round 2 of the Norway Chess super-tournament saw all three classical games ending drawn once again. Magnus Carlsen, Alireza Firouzja and Ding Liren all won with white in the subsequent Armageddon tiebreakers to collect 1½ points each. Carlsen, who defeated Hikaru Nakamura on Tuesday, is now leading the standings with 3 points to his name. | Photo: Stev Bonhage / Norway Chess
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A second Armageddon win for Carlsen
Last year’s edition of the Norway Chess tournament, a 10-player single round-robin, saw Magnus Carlsen scoring 8 draws and 1 loss in classical games. The local hero now continues his winless streak in Stavanger, as he drew his first two classical games in the 2024 edition. Carlsen, however, showed his strength in the ensuing rapid tiebreakers, drawing Ding Liren with black and beating Hikaru Nakamura to collect 3 points on the first two days of action.
Carlsen’s pair of Armageddon wins left him atop the standings, as none of the players who prevailed on Monday managed a repeat Armageddon victory in the second round. Sharing second place a half point behind the Norwegian are Ding, Nakamura, R Praggnanandhaa and Alireza Firouzja.
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Two out of the three round-2 classical encounters were well-played, hard-fought games, with Carlsen needing precise play to keep the balance against Nakamura and Firouzja failing to make the most of a positional advantage against Caruana.
In the Armageddon deciders, Ding outplayed Pragg in an imbalanced setup; Carlsen grabbed a pawn and showed great technique to convert it into a win; while Firouzja first survived a losing position and then took advantage of a blunder by Caruana to collect his first win of the event.
Pragg v. Carlsen, Caruana v. Ding and Nakamura v. Firouzja are the pairings for round 3.
Alireza Firouzja defeated Fabiano Caruana with white in a rollercoaster Armageddon encounter | Photo: Stev Bonhage
Ding Liren grabbed his first win of the event on Tuesday | Photo: Stev Bonhage
The stage is set for a
strategic battle. White has the bishop pair and can target Black's bacward
pawn on d6. Black has a solid position, though.19.Nf1Nd320.Bxd3cxd321.Rxd3Rxe422.Rxe4Bxe423.Rd4Bb724.Qd1White has given up the bishop
pair, but can now put pressure on his opponent's d-pawn. A perfect situation
for a strong technical player like Carlsen.h6Engines evaluate this pawn
push as a mistake, though it is understandable for Nakamura to reject going
for more passive alternatives.Black could have defended passively with24...d525.Ne3Ne7and it is up for Carlsen to find a way to make progress
- and he needs a win in the Armageddon.24...Qc6is not as strong for
Black:25.Ne3d526.f425.Rxd6Rxd626.Qxd6
26...Kh727.Ne3Carlsen
is now playing for two results with his extra pawn. He has to convert his
advantage against one of the best defensive players in the world, however. At
this point, Carlsen had 4 minutes to Nakamura's 2. More than enough for the
rapid-play specialists!Qe828.Qd4Qc629.f3Qe630.b3Ne731.Qd3+Qg632.Qxg6+Kxg6Queens have been traded.33.Kf2Nd534.Nd1f635.Ke2Kf736.Kd3Ke637.Kd4Ne738.Kc5Kd739.Ne3h540.c4bxc441.bxc4g542.Kb6
The white king has decisively infiltrated along the dark squares. Black is
doomed.42...Bc643.Be1h444.h3Ng645.Bc3f546.Nxf5Nf447.Ne3Ba448.Bf6Ne649.Kxa6Kd650.Kb6Nakamura resigned. A remarkable technical showing by
Carlsen!1–0
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Chess superstars Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura | Photo: Stev Bonhage
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