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Altibox Norway Chess has in only a matter of a few years grown to be one of the world’s biggest chess tournaments. Altibox Norway Chess has proven from the start to be a world-class event and is celebrating its 5th anniversary in 2017. This super-tournament had the aim of inviting the ten strongest chess players in the World, and they proclaim themselves as the strongest tournament in the World.
The events began with a 3+2 blitz tournament, won by Magnus Carlsen, to determine the pairing order.
The time control is 100 min for 40 moves + 50 min for 20 moves, + 15 min for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move 61. The prize fund for the main event is 249,000 euros.
All Photos by Lennart Ootes for the Official Website
Round 3: June 8, 2017 in Clarion Hotel Energy | ||
Levon Aronian |
½-½ |
Anish Giri |
Magnus Carlsen |
½-½ |
Hikaru Nakamura |
M. Vachier-Lagrave |
½-½ |
Fabiano Caruana |
Sergey Karjakin |
½-½ |
Vishy Anand |
Vladimir Kramnik |
½-½ |
Wesley So |
Five draws make the tournament seem rather dull, and truly it hasn't been a shell-shocker of a tournament. The quality of chess continue to be high, though some games were just too technical to be entertaining.
The two games that I would highlight as the most interesting were definitely Aronian-Giri and Carlsen-Nakamura, we start with the World Champion.
Going as far to say that Carlsen's game today was a missed opportunity would be too much, but Nakamura definitely was worse most of the game.
And handshake. Nakamura doesn't add to his bad score against the World Champion.
Giri regretted his kingside expansion
Aronian baited Giri a bit, and the game turned wild
MVL achieved a slightly better position against Caruana, but the American's resilience combined with the reduced material allowed him to draw the game. The fight went on until king vs. king, as there has been some controversy on some of the draws in the tournament as Sofia rules are in place.
Three fighting draws for MVL. Actually, that's true for most people in this tournament.
Anish Giri, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, and Fabiano Caruana sharing a joke before the game.
Karjakin's 16.Bh4 was a novelty in the Berlin, stemming from an Andreikin-Jakovenko game of last year. The improvement was obviously analyzed by Anand, who expertly grabbed material only to return it later to simplify into a draw.
Kramnik put enormous pressure on So, and kept pushing in an unpleasant endgame for the black side. So, again, proved to have excellent defensive awareness and made an endgame, which most grandmasters would lose against Kramnik, to be simple.
Big Vlad and his opponent, Wesley, have the same live rating: 2812
Wesley and his mom, Lotis, on the background, with fans getting ready for round three
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Round 1: June 6, 2017 in Clarion Hotel Energy | ||
Hikaru Nakamura |
1-0 |
Anish Giri |
Levon Aronian |
½-½ |
Fabiano Caruana |
Magnus Carlsen |
½-½ |
Wesley So |
M. Vachier-Lagrave |
½-½ |
Vishy Anand |
Vladimir Kramnik |
½-½ |
Sergey Karjakin |
Round 2: June 7, 2017 in Clarion Hotel Energy | ||
Hikaru Nakamura |
½-½ |
Levon Aronian |
Anish Giri |
½-½ |
Sergey Karjakin |
Fabiano Caruana |
½-½ |
Magnus Carlsen |
Wesley So |
½-½ |
M. Vachier-Lagrave |
Vishy Anand |
0-1 |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Round 3: June 8, 2017 in Clarion Hotel Energy | ||
Levon Aronian |
½-½ |
Anish Giri |
Magnus Carlsen |
½-½ |
Hikaru Nakamura |
M. Vachier-Lagrave |
½-½ |
Fabiano Caruana |
Sergey Karjakin |
½-½ |
Vishy Anand |
Vladimir Kramnik |
½-½ |
Wesley So |
Round 4: June 10, 2017 in Clarion Hotel Energy | ||
Hikaru Nakamura | M. Vachier-Lagrave | |
Anish Giri | Vishy Anand | |
Levon Aronian | Magnus Carlsen | |
Fabiano Caruana | Vladimir Kramnik | |
Wesley So | Sergey Karjakin | |
Round 5: June 11, 2017 in Clarion Hotel Energy | ||
Magnus Carlsen | Anish Giri | |
Vishy Anand | Wesley So | |
M. Vachier-Lagrave | Levon Aronian | |
Sergey Karjakin | Fabiano Caruana | |
Vladimir Kramnik | Hikaru Nakamura | |
Round 6: June 12, 2017 in Clarion Hotel Energy | ||
Hikaru Nakamura | Sergey Karjakin | |
Anish Giri | Wesley So | |
Levon Aronian | Vladimir Kramnik | |
Fabiano Caruana | Vishy Anand | |
Magnus Carlsen | M. Vachier-Lagrave | |
Round 7: June 14, 2017 in Stavanger Concert Hall | ||
Wesley So | Fabiano Caruana | |
Vishy Anand | Hikaru Nakamura | |
M. Vachier-Lagrave | Anish Giri | |
Sergey Karjakin | Levon Aronian | |
Vladimir Kramnik | Magnus Carlsen | |
Round 8: June 15, 2017 in Stavanger Concert Hall | ||
Hikaru Nakamura | Wesley So | |
Anish Giri | Fabiano Caruana | |
Levon Aronian | Vishy Anand | |
Magnus Carlsen | Sergey Karjakin | |
M. Vachier-Lagrave | Vladimir Kramnik | |
Round 9: June 16, 2017 in Stavanger Concert Hall | ||
Fabiano Caruana | Hikaru Nakamura | |
Wesley So | Levon Aronian | |
Vishy Anand | Magnus Carlsen | |
Sergey Karjakin | M. Vachier-Lagrave | |
Vladimir Kramnik | Anish Giri |
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