
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 Five
Round 05 – June 08 2014, 15:30h |
Alexander Grischuk |
2792 |
½-½
|
Simen Agdestein |
2628 |
Peter Svidler |
2753 |
½-½
|
Sergey Karjakin |
2771 |
Magnus Carlsen |
2881 |
1-0
|
Levon Aronian |
2815 |
Anish Giri |
2752 |
1-0
|
Veselin Topalov |
2772 |
Vladimir Kramnik |
2783 |
1-0
|
Fabiano Caruana |
2791 |

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Daniel King shows a summary of round 5
Grischuk, Alexander ½-½ Agdestein, Simen
A very exciting game. Agdestein tried again the risky French variation that he played against Karjakin, and again his opponent was unable to crack it. Grischuk found himself in trouble shortly after the opening as his pawn sacrifices did not produce the expected results. Luckily for him the opposite colored bishops and activity gave him good chances to hold, and he was able to scrape a draw.

Grischuk suffered, but the draw was reached
Svidler, Peter ½-½ Karjakin, Sergey
Far from the best technical effort from Svidler. After obtaining a clear advantage he was simply unable to find a good way to proceed and he allowed Karjakin to simplify the position into a dead draw.
Carlsen, Magnus 1-0 Levon, Aronian
The quality of this game makes it very hard to explain. Carlsen essayed an interesting opening but Aronian fought back and even got an advantage. From then on both players made very strange moves. Aronian maneuvered himself out of the advantage completely turning a relatively useful bishop into a completely useless one, handing the initiative to his opponent. Carlsen reached a winning position that he played rather badly, allowing his opponent some counter chances. But eventually the Norwegian pulled through and won in the end.
It certainly did not seem as if it was the number one and number two players in the World playing, but it is an important victory for Carlsen.

This won't be winning the best game prize
Kramnik, Vladimir 1-0 Caruana, Fabiano
After Caruana defended for a long time, the following happened:
45.Rd2 Bxb3 46.Bxb3 Rxb3 47.Rd5 a4 48.Ra5 a3 49.Ke5 Kf7 50.Ra7+ Ke8?? 50...Kf8= 51.Ke6 Rb6+ 52.Kd7 Rb5!= 51.Kf6 Rb6+ 52.Kg7 52.Kg7 Rb3 53.Kxg6 Rd3 54.Kf6 Rd6+ 55.Kf5 Rd3 56.e5 Kf8 57.Ke4 Rg3 58.Kf4 Rc3 59.e6 Rc6 60.Ke5 Rc3 61.Kf6 Rf3+ 62.Kg6 Rg3 63.Kf5 Re3 64.g6 Rf3+ 65.Ke4 Rg3 66.Ra8+ Ke7 67.Kf5 Rf3+ 68.Ke5 Re3+ 69.Kf4+- 1–0
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Kramnik,V | 2783 | Caruana,F | 2791 | 1–0 | 2014 | E60 | Norway Chess 2014 | 5.3 |
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Receiving a nice gift: Vladimir Kramnik

Caruana seemed very frustrated in the press
conference after such an important blunder
Giri, Anish 1-0 Topalov, Veselin
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29...Qxa4 30.f5? Re5! 31.Re1 Kh8?? 31...Qa8 32.Rde2 Kh8 31...d5!-+ 32.fxe6 dxc4! 32...dxe4 33.Qxc4 Rc8! 34.Qb3 Qxb3+ 35.axb3 Bxe4+ 36.Kb2 fxe6 31...Kh7 32.Nf3 exf5 32...Rxb5 33.cxb5 Rxg3 34.fxe6 fxe6 35.Qc4± 33.Nxe5 fxe5 33...dxe5 34.Qd7 Rd8 35.Qxe7 Rxd2 36.Qf8+ Kh7 37.Qxf7+ Kh8 38.Qxf6+ Kh7 39.Qxf5+ Kh6 40.Qg5+ 34.Nxd6 b3 35.Nxb7 bxa2+ 36.Ka1 Qb4 37.Qe3 f4 38.gxf4 Bxh4 39.Rh1 Qxb7 40.fxe5 Rg4 41.Qh6+ Kg8 42.Qxh5 Qxe4 43.Rd8+ 1–0
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Giri,A | 2752 | Topalov,V | 2772 | 1–0 | 2014 | B67 | Norway Chess 2014 | 5.5 |
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Giri (above) also played rather strange, but Topalov made the same mistakes he made in Khanty-Mansiysk. After obtaining beautiful positions from the opening he found strange ways of botching them up and even losing games.
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1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qb6 9.Qd2 Qxb2 10.Rb1 Qa3 11.Bb5 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 a6 13.Bxd7+ Bxd7 14.Rb3 Qe7 15.Rxb7 Qd8 16.0-0 Rb8 17.Rxb8 Qxb8 18.f5 Qc8 19.f6 gxf6 20.Rxf6 h5 21.Rf3 Qc4 22.h3 Be7 23.a3 Bxa3 24.Ne4 dxe4 25.Rxa3 Rg8 26.Rb3 Qc7 27.Rc3 e3 28.Bxe3 Qxe5 29.Rd3 Qb5 30.Rb3 Qc6 31.Rb8+ Bc8 32.c4 Qxc4 33.Rb4 Qc6 34.Rd4 f6 35.Kh1 Kf7 36.Rd6 Qb5 37.Kh2 h4 38.Bf4 Qf5 39.Rc6 Kg6 40.Rc7 e5 41.Be3 Be6 42.Qb4 Rg7 43.Rxg7+ Kxg7 44.Qb7+ Bf7 45.Qxa6 Qe4 46.Qe2 f5 47.Qf3 Qxf3 48.gxf3 Kg6 49.f4 exf4 ½–½
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Grischuk,A | 2792 | Agdestein,S | 2628 | ½–½ | 2014 | C11 | 2nd Norway Chess 2014 | 5 |
Carlsen,M | 2881 | Aronian,L | 2815 | 1–0 | 2014 | D38 | 2nd Norway Chess 2014 | 5 |
Kramnik,V | 2783 | Caruana,F | 2791 | 1–0 | 2014 | E60 | 2nd Norway Chess 2014 | 5 |
Svidler,P | 2753 | Karjakin,S | 2771 | ½–½ | 2014 | A35 | 2nd Norway Chess 2014 | 5 |
Giri,A | 2752 | Topalov,V | 2772 | 1–0 | 2014 | B67 | 2nd Norway Chess 2014 | 5 |
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Schedule of Events
Date
|
Time
|
Event
|
Venue
|
Playchess commentary
|
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 |
Pairings
Round 01 – June 03 2014, 15:30h |
Levon Aronian |
2815 |
½-½
|
Simen Agdestein |
2628 |
Sergey Karjakin |
2771 |
½-½
|
Veselin Topalov |
2772 |
Alexander Grischuk |
2792 |
0-1
|
Fabiano Caruana |
2791 |
Peter Svidler |
2753 |
½-½
|
Vladimir Kramnik |
2783 |
Magnus Carlsen |
2881 |
½-½
|
Anish Giri |
2752 |
Round 02 – June 04 2014, 15:30h |
Simen Agdestein |
2628 |
½-½
|
Anish Giri |
2752 |
Vladimir Kramnik |
2783 |
½-½
|
Magnus Carlsen |
2881 |
Fabiano Caruana |
2791 |
1-0
|
Peter Svidler |
2753 |
Veselin Topalov |
2772 |
0-1
|
Alexander Grischuk |
2792 |
Levon Aronian |
2815 |
1-0
|
Sergey Karjakin |
2771 |
Round 03 – June 05 2014, 15:30h |
Sergey Karjakin |
2771 |
½-½
|
Simen Agdestein |
2628 |
Alexander Grischuk |
2792 |
1-0
|
Levon Aronian |
2815 |
Peter Svidler |
2753 |
½-½
|
Veselin Topalov |
2772 |
Magnus Carlsen |
2881 |
½-½
|
Fabiano Caruana |
2791 |
Anish Giri |
2752 |
0-1
|
Vladimir Kramnik |
2783 |
Round 04 – June 07 2014, 15:30h |
Simen Agdestein |
2628 |
½-½
|
Vladimir Kramnik |
2783 |
Fabiano Caruana |
2791 |
½-½
|
Anish Giri |
2752 |
Veselin Topalov |
2772 |
½-½
|
Magnus Carlsen |
2881 |
Levon Aronian |
2815 |
½-½
|
Peter Svidler |
2753 |
Sergey Karjakin |
2771 |
1-0
|
Alexander Grischuk |
2792 |
Round 05 – June 08 2014, 15:30h |
Alexander Grischuk |
2792 |
½-½
|
Simen Agdestein |
2628 |
Peter Svidler |
2753 |
½-½
|
Sergey Karjakin |
2771 |
Magnus Carlsen |
2881 |
1-0
|
Levon Aronian |
2815 |
Anish Giri |
2752 |
1-0
|
Veselin Topalov |
2772 |
Vladimir Kramnik |
2783 |
1-0
|
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 |
|
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 |