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The Unibet Norway Chess Tournament will take place in Stavanger, Norway from June 2nd to June 13th. The tournament features some of the best players in the world and has a massive rating average of 2774.
Round 02 – June 04 2014, 15:30h | ||||
Simen Agdestein | 2628 |
½-½
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Anish Giri | 2752 |
Vladimir Kramnik | 2783 |
½-½
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Magnus Carlsen | 2881 |
Fabiano Caruana | 2791 |
1-0
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Peter Svidler | 2753 |
Veselin Topalov | 2772 |
0-1
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Alexander Grischuk | 2792 |
Levon Aronian | 2815 |
1-0
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Sergey Karjakin | 2771 |
Agdestein, Simen ½-½ Giri, Anish
The game had some strategical interesting points, but the most important part of the game was when Giri missed a nice tactic on move 16.
Instead of 16...g5 which left the game equal he could have played the fantastic 16...Rxh4! 17. Nxh4 Nfe4! 18. Nf3 Nxf2! which would sacrifice an exchange but given him tremendous compensation. The knight is taboo on f2 because of the discovered attack Ne4+, and the queen on a3 is hanging.
After Giri missing this chance Agdestein played well enough to hold on to the game, though he was always on the defending side.
An interesting game, Giri kicked himself a little during the
commentary when he was shown the tactic he missed
Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½ Carlsen, Magnus
Carlsen played a variation that gives White almost no chances to lose, but somehow Kramnik has lost twice! This time around the game was equal and Carlsen pushed for quite a while in a drawn queen and knight endgame, but it was eventually fruitless, although he did manage to win a pawn and put some pressure.
Kramnik: "It should have been shorter..."
Short: "Well, whose fault was that?"
Kramnik: "Mine!"
Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 Svidler, Peter
[Event "2nd Norway Chess 2014"] [Site "Stavanger NOR"] [Date "2014.06.04"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B48"] [WhiteElo "2791"] [BlackElo "2753"] [Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2014.06.03"] [SourceDate "2014.01.04"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Be7 {The Paulsen's popularity has certainly increased in the past few years. Expect a new ChessBase DVD on this opening coming up in the next few weeks! Bb4 is the other major alternative to the move played in the game.} 9. f3 b5 (9... O-O {is still more commong, but b5 is the fashionable thing to do.} ) 10. Kb1 Ne5 {The typical idea but still unusual in this position.} 11. g4 b4 {No one has played this game before, but Caruana was clearly well prepared.} 12. Na4 h6 13. Rg1 d5 14. Bf4 $5 {This begins a series of complications that are entirely unclear.} dxe4 (14... Bd6 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nf5 $1 O-O $5 $13 {is not something I can explain in the word limit of this game.}) 15. g5 $1 {This move crashes through the kingside, but Black retains chances.} hxg5 16. Rxg5 Nfd7 (16... e3 17. Qg2 $16 {does not help black.}) 17. Rxg7 exf3 (17... Qa5 { is also worth looking at.}) 18. Nxe6 $5 fxe6 19. Bd3 {Clearly a position that Caruana had analyzed previously. This is not easy for a human to play. Black is up a piece but the threats are plentiful.} Bf6 (19... Rb8 $3 {leads to a draw. An impossible move to find for a human. The point is that Rb5 will solidify Black's position.} 20. Qe3 $5 Rb5 $1 $11 21. c4 bxc3 22. Bg6+ Kd8 23. Nxc3 Qc5 $1 $11 {Although it is unclear who exactly will find all of this over the board.}) 20. Bg6+ Nxg6 (20... Kf8 21. Rf7+ Kg8 22. Rg1 Nxg6 23. Rxf6 $1 { is devastating.}) 21. Bxc7 Bxg7 22. Qd3 Nge5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 {The dust has somewhat settled. Black retains some material advantage but his pieces are not developed and his king is unsafe, he will lose at least a piece - but that is not the end of the world.} 24. Qe4 Ra7 $1 (24... Rb8 25. Nc5 Ke7 26. Nxd7 Bxd7 27. Qxe5 {loses immediately as there is no good defense against Qg7+}) 25. Nc5 Ke7 (25... Rh6 $1 {was more resilient.} 26. Qe3 $1 Rg6 27. Qxf3 $1 {Black's position is still very dangerous, but White is also risking by not taking the piece immediately.}) 26. Rf1 $1 {Svidler missed this powerful move.} Rf8 27. Nxd7 Rxd7 28. Qxe5 Rd5 29. Qe3 Rdf5 {Black's only hope in this position is his passed pawn on f3. However his king is too weak to survive. Caruana comes with a good an interesting plan.} 30. Qf2 (30. Qa7+ $1 Bd7 31. Rd1 Rd8 32. Qf2 $1 { Was a better version than what was played in the game; Caruana's continuation is good enough though.}) 30... a5 31. b3 Bd7 32. Rg1 Bc6 33. Kb2 {Nigel Short mentioned in the commentary that White would simply play b3, Kb2, make his position safe and then figure out how to checkmate Black.} R8f7 34. Rg8 Rf8 35. Rg4 R8f7 36. a3 bxa3+ 37. Kxa3 Kd6 38. Rc4 Bd5 $2 {A blunder in a lost position.} (38... Bd7 39. h4 $1 {White can also advance the h-pawn and cause headaches that way.}) 39. Rc8 {Black is now helpless against the threat of c4. A very well played game by Caruana.} 1-0
Carlsen was asked if now was the time to face Caruana (since they play each other tomorrow).
His answer: "It's time to stop him".
Daniel King shows the game Caruana vs Svidler
Topalov, Veselin 0-1 Grischuk, Alexander
Another crazy game! It followed an old masterpiece of Gelfand for a while, and as soon as they deviated the game turned into some interesting complications. Topalov sacrificed a pawn and had some definite compensation, quite possibly the preferable position. Grischuk defended accurately but the pressure was still there. In time pressure Topalov committed a series of mistakes and Grischuk punished him with incredible precision.
Topalov: "Every time I thought more than five minutes, I blundered"
Aronian, Levon 1-0 Karjakin, Sergey
Aronian exerted pressure from move one, and never let go. Karjakin was pushed back further and further and although the material was relatively simplified Aronian's grip on the position was not loosening. Eventually a double rook endgame emerged where White had an extra pawn. Karjakin had to find the accurate 41...g6! to hold the position together, but he didn't and he lost the rook endgame.
Aronian sits on solo second with 1.5/2
This game broke Karjakin's streak of 24 rated games without losing
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Event
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Playchess commentary
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02.06.2014 | 17.00 | Blitz | Flor & Fjære | |
03.06.2014 | 15.30 | Round 1 | Scandic Stavanger Forus | Daniel King |
04.06.2014 | 15.30 | Round 2 | Scandic Stavanger Forus | Simon Williams |
05.06.2014 | 15.30 | Round 3 | Scandic Stavanger Forus | Yasser Seirawan |
07.06.2014 | 15.30 | Round 4 | Vågen VGS, Sandnes | Yasser Seirawan |
08.06.2014 | 15.30 | Round 5 | Scandic Stavanger Forus | Yasser Seirawan |
09.06.2014 | 15.30 | Round 6 | Aarbakke fabrikkhall, Bryne | Chris Ward |
10.06.2014 | 15.30 | Round 7 | Scandic Stavanger Forus | Daniel King |
12.06.2014 | 15.30 | Round 8 | Scandic Stavanger Forus | Simon Williams |
13.06.2014 | 14.30 | Round 9 | Scandic Stavanger Forus | Daniel King |
Round 01 – June 03 2014, 15:30h | ||||
Levon Aronian | 2815 |
½-½
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Simen Agdestein | 2628 |
Sergey Karjakin | 2771 |
½-½
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Veselin Topalov | 2772 |
Alexander Grischuk | 2792 |
0-1
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Fabiano Caruana | 2791 |
Peter Svidler | 2753 |
½-½
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Vladimir Kramnik | 2783 |
Magnus Carlsen | 2881 |
½-½
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Anish Giri | 2752 |
Round 02 – June 04 2014, 15:30h | ||||
Simen Agdestein | 2628 |
½-½
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Anish Giri | 2752 |
Vladimir Kramnik | 2783 |
½-½
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Magnus Carlsen | 2881 |
Fabiano Caruana | 2791 |
1-0
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Peter Svidler | 2753 |
Veselin Topalov | 2772 |
0-1
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Alexander Grischuk | 2792 |
Levon Aronian | 2815 |
1-0
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Sergey Karjakin | 2771 |
Round 03 – June 05 2014, 15:30h | ||||
Sergey Karjakin | 2771 | Simen Agdestein | 2628 | |
Alexander Grischuk | 2792 | Levon Aronian | 2815 | |
Peter Svidler | 2753 | Veselin Topalov | 2772 | |
Magnus Carlsen | 2881 | Fabiano Caruana | 2791 | |
Anish Giri | 2752 | Vladimir Kramnik | 2783 | |
Round 04 – June 07 2014, 15:30h | ||||
Simen Agdestein | 2628 | Vladimir Kramnik | 2783 | |
Fabiano Caruana | 2791 | Anish Giri | 2752 | |
Veselin Topalov | 2772 | Magnus Carlsen | 2881 | |
Levon Aronian | 2815 | Peter Svidler | 2753 | |
Sergey Karjakin | 2771 | Alexander Grischuk | 2792 | |
Round 05 – June 08 2014, 15:30h | ||||
Alexander Grischuk | 2792 | Simen Agdestein | 2628 | |
Peter Svidler | 2753 | Sergey Karjakin | 2771 | |
Magnus Carlsen | 2881 | Levon Aronian | 2815 | |
Anish Giri | 2752 | Veselin Topalov | 2772 | |
Vladimir Kramnik | 2727 | Fabiano Caruana | 2791 | |
Round 06 – June 09 2014, 15:30h | ||||
Simen Agdestein | 2628 | Fabiano Caruana | 2791 | |
Veselin Topalov | 2772 | Vladimir Kramnik | 2783 | |
Levon Aronian | 2815 | Anish Giri | 2752 | |
Sergey Karjakin | 2771 | Magnus Carlsen | 2881 | |
Alexander Grischuk | 2792 |
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Peter Svidler | 2753 |
Round 07 – June 10 2014, 15:30h | ||||
Peter Svidler | 2753 | Simen Agdestein | 2628 | |
Magnus Carlsen | 2881 | Alexander Grischuk | 2792 | |
Anish Giri | 2752 | Sergey Karjakin | 2771 | |
Vladimir Kramnik | 2783 | Levon Aronian | 2815 | |
Fabiano Caruana | 2791 | Veselin Topalov | 2772 | |
Round 08 – June 12 2014, 15:30h | ||||
Simen Agdestein | 2628 | Veselin Topalov | 2772 | |
Levon Aronian | 2815 | Fabiano Caruana | 2791 | |
Sergey Karjakin | 2771 | Vladimir Kramnik | 2783 | |
Alexander Grischuk | 2792 | Anish Giri | 2752 | |
Peter Svidler | 2753 | Magnus Carlsen | 2881 | |
Round 09 – June 13 2014, 14:30h | ||||
Magnus Carlsen | 2881 | Simen Agdestein | 2628 | |
Anish Giri | 2752 | Peter Svidler | 2753 | |
Vladimir Kramnik | 2783 | Alexander Grischuk | 2792 | |
Fabiano Caruana | 2791 | Sergey Karjakin | 2771 | |
Veselin Topalov | 2772 | Levon Aronian | 2815 |
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