Norway Chess, Round 2: Mamedyarov grabs the lead

by Antonio Pereira
6/6/2019 – Plenty of fighting chess was seen in (almost) all the classical games of round two at the Altibox Norway Chess Tournament. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Fabiano Caruana were the first ones to pick up two points by winning "slow" games in Stavanger. Meanwhile, Magnus Carlsen barely saved a draw against Levon Aronian in the Classical, but then went on to win in Armageddon. Wesley So and Yu Yangyi also got 1½ points after winning in sudden death. | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Altibox Norway Chess

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To fight or not to fight?

After round one finished with draws in all classical games, some chess fans started to question whether this system will in fact discourage the players from signing "strategical" draws. In the second day of action, however, four out of five games were strongly contested, but the one match-up that went down the non-fighting path was rather disheartening — Alexander Grischuk, playing White, offered Wesley So a draw after fifteen moves and under ten minutes of play. However, Grischuk lived to regret his decision, as his opponent drew with Black in the Armageddon, thus getting the extra point awarded in that phase of the confrontation.

Standings after Round 2

Rk Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts
1 S. Mamedyarov x             2  
2 Yu Yangyi   x             3
3 M. Carlsen     x           3
4 F. Caruana ½     x           2
5 L. Aronian     ½   x         2
6 Ding Liren   ½       x       2
7 W. So           ½ x     2
8 A. Grischuk         ½   ½ x     1
9 V. Anand 0   ½           x   ½
10 M. Vachier-Lagrave   ½   0           x ½

Leaving Grischuk's debacle aside, the games did not disappoint. Fabiano Caruana showed some great preparation against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Magnus Carlsen got in trouble against Levon Aronian, Vishy Anand faced Shakriyar Mamedyarov's fearless play in the Berlin Defence and the Chinese participants — Yu Yangyi and Ding Liren — played two tense games. Four hours later, the round was over, with some surprising results on the score board.

Arkady Dvorkovich, Magnus Carlsen

FIDE President Arkady Dvorkovich made the first move in Levon Aronian v Magnus Carlsen | Photo: Lennart Ootes 

Aronian ½:1½ Carlsen

The Armenian played the Rossolimo against Carlsen's Sicilian and the players left theory on move eight, when Levon transferred his queen from d1 to e1. Three moves later, he surprised the world champion by relocating his queen to b1 (8.e1, 11.b1)! White had won the psychological battle, inducing Black to spend over 23 minutes on move eleven (do not forget that there is no increment in Stavanger):

 
Aronian vs. Carlsen - Classical
Position after 11...Nf4

White started expanding on the queenside with 12.b4, while Magnus saw it necessary to look for immediate counterplay with 14...g5. Aronian had a clear edge, but it was hard to make something out of it, especially against a player who has not lost a classical game in almost eleven months. Levon increased his advantage, but missed some good chances along the way — for example, he could have gone for a shocker on move 45:

 
Position after 44...Rb6

Aronian played 45.f5+, but 45.♖d5 would have pretty much forced his opponent to exchange the rooks with 45...cxd5 46.♘cxd5+ K♚6 47.♘xb6. After the text, White ended up getting into a rook endgame a pawn up but was never able to overcome Carlsen's defences. The draw was signed after 68 moves.

On to the Armageddon...

Levon Aronian

Levon Aronian had a winning edge against the world champion | Photo: Lennart Ootes 

Aronian needed a win with White and repeated the Rossolimo. Carlsen, true to his "2019 style", played actively, pushing his kingside pawns and giving up an exchange (correctly) on move 26. Aronian avoided the Norwegian's deadly traps only to find himself in a losing endgame:

 
Aronian vs. Carlsen - Armageddon
Position after 33.Nxh4

The material is equal, but Black's rook, bishop and passed a-pawn are too much to handle for White. Levon resigned on move 43.

Magnus Carlsen

Magnus Carlsen is a hero in Norway | Photo: Lennart Ootes 

Anand 0:2 Mamedyarov

Vishy came from losing in round one against Carlsen, while Shak had defeated Caruana with the white pieces. A tense struggle with chances for both sides seemed to be en route to finish after some sort of skirmish in an unbalanced endgame...until Anand blundered, giving up a piece for nothing:

 
Anand vs. Mamedyarov - Classical
Position after 32...Kd5

The former world champion reflected for over three minutes before playing 33.f7?, with the idea of responding to 33...♝c8 (forking rook and knight) with 34.♖xe5+ ♚c4 35.♘d6+, saving his piece with consecutive checks. What the legend from Madras missed was the intermezzo 33...e4, when after 34.fxg4 c8 there is no way to save the material. An unfortunate mistake by the Indian ace.

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

A smiling Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, the leader in Stavanger | Photo: Lennart Ootes 

Caruana 2:0 Vachier-Lagrave

To no one's surprise, Fabiano and Maxime explored the Najdorf Variation of the Sicilian. MVL captured the "poisoned pawn" on b2 and the players quickly got to move fifteen, when Fabiano uncorked a surprising novelty:

 
Caruana vs. Vachier-Lagrave - Classical
Position after 14...Nc5

Instead of defending the e4-pawn with 15.♗f5 — like Ian Nepomniachtchi had recently done against Wei Yi at the Moscow Grand Prix — Caruana instantly responded with 15.c4. Vachier-Lagrave realized he was about to face some deep preparation by the 2018 World Championship challenger and thought for twelve minutes before capturing the central pawn with 15...cxe4.

Fabiano kept playing quickly, successfully handling the initiative he had gained in the opening. With a queen, a rook and four pawns per side, White was trying to make the most of his active pieces. Eventually, he exchanged down into a rook endgame in which his passer on the a-file was key. Vachier-Lagrave resigned on move sixty, in the following position:

 
Position after 60.Rd4

Fabiano Caruana

Fabiano Caruana having a stroll | Photo: Lennart Ootes 

Grischuk ½:1½ So

The runner-up of the recent Moscow Grand Prix, Alexander Grischuk, confessed after his loss in Armageddon against Wesley So that he had looked for a quick draw in the Classical due to his disappointment regarding his round one match-up against Levon Aronian. On Tuesday, the Russian lost on time in sudden death, despite having a considerable edge on the clock a few moves prior to the end of the game. Grischuk described that loss as one of the three worst defeats he had suffered in his career.

In the Armageddon game against So, Alexander erred and had to give up his queen in the middlegame:

 
Grischuk vs. So - Armageddon
Position after 29...Nxc5

30.e1 allowed Black to penetrate with his queen and doubled rooks on the b-file after 30...xc2. Better was 30...♞xc5, simplifying the position — however, we should not forget that in Armageddon White is obliged to win...which explains Grischuk's decision. After this mistake, though, So got the upper hand and signed a draw after 55 moves, despite having a huge advantage on the board.

Alexander Grischuk, Wesley So

It was quick — Wesley So beat Alexander Grischuk in no time | Photo: Lennart Ootes 

Yu Yangyi 1½:½ Ding Liren

Both Chinese players had won their tie-breaker games in round one and, after drawing their classical encounter out of a Catalan, they went to Armageddon once again. This time, however, Yu Yangyi — the lowest rated player in Stavanger — took advantage of his compatriot's passive play in the middlegame:

 
Yu Yangyi vs. Ding Liren - Armageddon
Position after 28.Rb3

Perhaps the fact that Black only needs a draw had a psychological effect on Ding Liren, who played 28...ac8 — instead of 28...♜cc8 or 28...♜c2 — in order to keep his rook on a8, defending the a7-pawn. 

A series of exchanges followed — 29.xe6 c4 30.xc3 xe6 31.xc8+ xc8 — and White was left with a pawn to the good. The presence of opposite-coloured bishops, though, gave Ding some hopes:

 
Position after 31...Bxc8

Nevertheless, White had no issues converting his advantage, with his active king playing a key role in the endgame. Ding Liren resigned on move 56.

Ding Liren

China's number one Ding Liren | Photo: Lennart Ootes

Constantin Lupulescu annotates

The Romanian Grandmaster Constantin Lupulescu, winner of the Reykjavik Open 2019, annotated the games from round 2.

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 when faced with this move against the same opponent in a blitz game in 2018 Aronian chose 3.Nc3 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 Carlsen has had quite an extensive experience in this positions from his match with Caruana 5.d3 Qc7 Black's idea is to play a quick e5 and then perhaps Nf6-h5 to prevent in advance f4 ideas. Compared to the previous game where he chose 6... Qc7, he keeps his B on f8 to protect c5 5...Bg7 6.0-0 Qc7 was the similar idea played in the World Championship match 7.Re1 e5 8.a3 Nf6 9.b4 0-0 10.Nbd2 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Nxf3 cxb4 13.axb4 a5 14.bxa5 Rxa5 15.Bd2 15.Rxa5 Qxa5 16.Bd2 was at least interesting 15...Raa8 16.Qb1 Nd7 17.Qb4 Rfe8 18.Bc3 b5= 1/2-1/2 (49) Caruana,F (2832)-Carlsen,M (2835) London 2018 6.0-0 e5 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Qe1!? practically a novelty. White's idea is the typical Qc3 putting some pressure on e5. 8.Nbd2?! Ng4 White has to give up his pride and joy 8.h3 was possible as well 8...Bg4 of course Carlsen doesn't allow his opponent to execute his idea ≤8...Be7 9.Qc3 Nd7 10.a4 White has a harmonious position 9.Nbd2 Nh5! a strong move that is keeping an eye of f4 breaks while also preparing f6 9...Be7?! 10.h3 Bxf3 10...Be6 11.Ng5± 11.Nxf3 0-0 12.Nh2 10.a3 10.h3 Be6 11.Ng5 Bd7 10...Be7? a move like 10...f6! to consolidate e5 was needed for exemple 11.Qb1 11.h3 Be6 12.Qe2 does not make a lot of use of 8.Qe1 11...a5 12.b4 cxb4 13.axb4 Bxb4 14.Qb3 14.Qxb4 it's interesting but doesn't give White more than compensation axb4 15.Rxa8+ Bc8 16.Nc4 Kf7 17.Bc5 Kg7 Black's K is quite safe 14...Qc8∞ 11.Qb1! not only original but also very strong. Now Black cannot stop the thematic b4 and he faces serious problems 11.Rb1 a5 goes nowhere 11...Nf4 Black is also trying to get some counterplay we can see White idea after 11...a5 12.b4 axb4 12...cxb4 13.axb4 a4 14.Qb2 f6 15.d4± 13.axb4 Rxa1 14.Qxa1 cxb4 15.Nxe5 Bf6 16.Bd4± 12.b4 Ne2+ 12...b6 13.bxc5 bxc5 the engine claims just a small edge but I am pretty sure nobody would really enjoy his time as Black in this position. However, it was probably the lesser evil as Black's activity after 12...Ne2 will not amount to much 13.Kh1 Nd4 14.Ng1! Also introducing c3 ideas and the N cannot go back to e6 14.bxc5 Nxf3 15.Nxf3 Bxf3 16.gxf3 was also possible but it is understandable that Aronian didn't want to spoil the pawn strucuture around his K 14...g5 since his strategical position is compromised Black needs to try something 14...cxb4 15.axb4 g5 preventing f4 15...0-0 16.f4 16.c3 Ne6 would for exemple keep the material equal but Black is still facing a difficult struggle 17.Nc4 b5 17...0-0 18.Bxa7 is already possible b5 19.Bb6 Rxa1 20.Qxa1 Qb8 21.Ne3 Bh5 22.Qa6± 18.Na5± 15.bxc5 Bxc5 16.Bxg5 White needs to accept the gift one way or the other. However it's not at all clear how Black will take advantage of the opening of the g file Rg8 17.Bh4 Be7 18.Bg3 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.f3 Be6 19...Bh5 20.Nb3 Qg5 21.Rf2 Qe3 22.Nh3 Black's attack ends here 20.c3± also looked grim for Black 18...0-0-0 Black needs also a shelter for his K 19.Nc4 f6 20.a4 20.f4 Be6 21.fxe5 Rxg3 even though White would still be close to winning, it would create some unnecessary mess 20...Ne6 20...h5 was perhaps worth a try to muddy the waters a little for exemple 21.f3 Be6 22.c3 Bxc4 23.cxd4 Ba6 and at least Black has some active play 21.f3 Bh5 22.Bf2 now, after all the dust has settled, White is a clear pawn up with easier play Bc5 22...Kb8 23.a5 doesn't make Black's life any easier 23.Bxc5 Nxc5 24.Ne2 getting the second N back into play Bf7 25.Ne3 Qa5 25...h5 26.a5 h4 is not doing much after 27.h3 White's two N around his K assure him against any attacking Black options 26.Qe1 Qxe1 the Q swap was the only chance for Black to create some resemblance of counterplay on the queenside 27.Rfxe1 a5 28.Kg1 White continues the logical play activating his K h5 29.h4 White could allow the pawn to get to h4 but it is more logical to block in on a light square Kc7 30.Kf2 Be6 now White makes a few passing moves with the R before returning to the right plan of the d4 break 31.Rg1 Rh8 32.Rh1 Rd7 33.Rhd1 Bf7 33...Rhd8 34.Ng3 Bf7 it was an idea to make it harder for White to achieve the central break although it would still be a rather desperate fight 35.Ngf5 Ne6 36.Rdb1 now White can play at his leisure combining play on the queenside with a g4 break at the right moment 34.d4 exd4 35.Rxd4 Rxd4 36.Nxd4 Rd8 37.Ne2 a good regrouping 37.Nef5 Bg6 38.Ke3 was also nice for White 37...Rd2 38.Ke1 Rd8 39.Nf5 Ra8 Black tries to activate his R via a6, b6 40.Nc3 Be6 41.Ne3 Kd6 Black take his K closer to the kingside to be better place against g4 ideas 41...Ra6 doesn't achieve its aim 42.Kf2 Rb6 43.Rh1!+- the White Knights are doing a very good job protecting White's weaknesses and now g4 become unstoppable 43.g4 hxg4 44.fxg4 Rb4 45.Kf3 Bg8 would give Black some chances 42.Rd1+ Ke7 43.Rd4 White has centralised his pieces and is ready for the winning Nf5 following by g4 Ra6 44.Kd2 Rb6 45.Nf5+ this is also winning 45.Rd5! would finish off the world champion in style cxd5 46.Nexd5+ 45...Bxf5 46.exf5 Rb2 47.Rc4 Kd6 48.Ne4+ here it is, I believe, where things started to go wrong for Aronian. Objectively 48.Ne4 was the best choice. However, playing with such a demanding time control, it feels like he invested too much of his remaining time on this move 48.g4 was also a valid choice b5 48...Rb4 49.Rxb4 axb4 50.Na2 Nxa4 51.Nxb4 also White looks totally winning 49.axb5 cxb5 50.Rd4+ Ke7 51.Rd5+- 48...Nxe4+ 49.Rxe4 Ra2 50.g4 hxg4 51.fxg4 Kd5 52.Kd3 Ra3+ 53.c3 b5 54.h5? left with just a few minutes on the clock White goes wrong 54.g5 b4 55.Rg4! b3 56.g6 Ra1 57.g7 perhaps Aronian forgot he would be queening with check?! 54...b4? very tempting but giving White chances again 54...Ra1 55.axb5 cxb5 56.Re6 56.Re8 Rd1+ 57.Ke2 Rh1 58.Kf3 a4 Black has enough activity to draw 56...Rg1 57.Rxf6 Rxg4 58.Rb6 Rg3+ 59.Kd2 b4 60.cxb4 axb4 61.f6 Ra3 62.Ke2 Ra7 63.Kf3 Kc5 64.Re6 b3 65.Kg4 b2 66.Re1 Kd5 66...Ra1? 67.f7+- 67.Rb1 Ke6 was not such a trivial draw 55.Rd4+ Ke5 56.Rc4 Rxa4 56...b3 57.Re4+ Kd6 58.h6 Ra1 59.Re2 Rh1 60.Kc4 Rxh6 61.Re6+ Kc7 62.Kxb3 would be very difficult for Black 57.h6?! White misses his last winning chance 57.Re4+! Kd5 58.g5 Ra3 58...fxg5 59.f6+- 59.Re3‼+- would be not that easy to find even with time on the clock 59.gxf6?? Rxc3+ 60.Kd2 Kxe4 61.f7 Rd3+ 62.Kc2 Rd8 would end tragic for White 57...Ra1 58.cxb4 58.Re4+! was the last practical chance that would still be a draw if both players found amazing resources Kd5 59.g5 b3 59...fxg5 60.c4+ Kd6 61.f6+- 60.Re2 fxg5 61.c4+ Kd6 62.c5+ Kd5 63.f6 b2 64.Rxb2 Ke6 65.Rb6 Kxf6 66.Rxc6+ Kf5 66...Ke5? allows White to push his h pawn to the 7th rank 67.Rg6 Kf5 68.h7 Rh1 69.Rg7+- 67.Rd6 Rh1 68.Kd2 Rh2+ 69.Kc3 Ke5 69...Rh1? 70.Kb3 Rh4 71.c6+- 70.Kb3 Rh4 71.Rg6 Kf5 72.c6 Kxg6 73.c7 Rxh6 73...Rh3+ 74.Kc2 Rh2+= 74.c8Q Rh4! would still be a draw 58...axb4 59.Rxc6 now is very easy for Black 59.Re4+ Kd5 60.g5 fxg5 61.f6?? Ra3+-+ is where we see the difference with 58.cb4 included 59...Ra3+ 60.Kc4 Rc3+ 61.Kb5 Rh3 62.Kxb4 Rxh6 63.Kc5 Rh1 64.Re6+ Kf4 65.Rxf6 Kxg4 66.Kd6 Kg5 67.Ke7 Ra1 68.Rf8 Ra7+ After Aronian's brilliant 11.Qb1! the World champion looked in very big danger. To say he managed a miraculous escape it would probably be a small understatement. ½–½
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Aronian,L-Carlsen,M-½–½2019B312
Caruana,F-Vachier Lagrave,M-1–02019B972
Yu,Y-Ding,L-½–½2019E012
Anand,V-Mamedyarov,S-0–12019B312

Recap of round 2 by Lawrence Trent

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1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 d6 6.Qd2 A36: Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4 Bg2 Bg7 6.e3 Nf6 7.Nge2 Bd7 8.b3 Qc8 9.h3 0-0 10.Bb2 a6 11.Qd2 Rb8 12.Rd1 b5 13.Nf4 Re8 14.Ncd5 e5 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Nd5 Bg7 17.Ba1 Ne7 18.Nxe7+ Rxe7 19.h4 h5 20.0-0 ½-½ (20) Rakhmanov,A (2653)-Mamedov,R (2709) Riadh 2017 6...Qd7 7.b3 b6 8.Bb2 Bb7 9.Nd5 e5 10.f4N Predecessor: 10.e3 Nge7 11.Ne2 Nxd5 12.Bxd5 Ne7 13.Bxb7 Qxb7 0-1 (31) Hansen,S (2583)-Hillarp Persson,T (2546) Malmo 2018 10...Nge7 11.e4 Nxd5 12.cxd5 Nd4 13.Nf3 Nxf3+ 14.Bxf3 Qe7 15.h4 15.0-0 15...f5 16.h5 0-0-0 17.0-0-0 exf4 18.gxf4 Bxb2+ 19.Qxb2
Black must now prevent hxg6. 19...Rhf8 20.Rde1 Qf7 21.Rh4 Qe7 Black should play 21...fxe4 22.hxg6 22.dxe4 Qe7 22...Qxg6 23.Bxe4 Qg3 22.Rhh1= The position is equal. Qf7 23.Ref1 Kb8 24.Rhg1 fxe4 25.Bxe4 Bxd5 26.hxg6 hxg6 27.Bxg6 Qf6 27...Qe6 seems wilder. 28.f5 Qe3+ 29.Qd2 Qd4 30.Kc2 Qf6 28.f5 Rd7 29.Qxf6 Rxf6 30.Bh5 Kc7 31.Rg6 Rdf7 32.Rxf6 Rxf6 33.Bg6 Kd7 34.Kd2 Rf8 35.d4 Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 54%.
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Aronian,L2752Grischuk,A2775½–½20197th Altibox Norway Chess 20191.1
Carlsen,M2875Anand,V2767½–½20197th Altibox Norway Chess 20191.2
Mamedyarov,S2774Caruana,F2819½–½20197th Altibox Norway Chess 20191.3
Vachier-Lagrave,M2779Yu,Y2738½–½20197th Altibox Norway Chess 20191.4
Ding,L2805So,W2754½–½20197th Altibox Norway Chess 20191.5
Caruana,F2819Vachier-Lagrave,M27791–02019B977th Altibox Norway Chess 20192
Grischuk,A2775So,W2754½–½2019C677th Altibox Norway Chess 20192
Anand,V2767Mamedyarov,S27740–12019B317th Altibox Norway Chess 20192
Aronian,L2752Carlsen,M2875½–½2019B317th Altibox Norway Chess 20192
Yu,Y2738Ding,L2805½–½2019E007th Altibox Norway Chess 20192
Carlsen,M2875Grischuk,A27751–02019D857th Altibox Norway Chess 20193.1
So,W2754Yu,Y27381–02019C427th Altibox Norway Chess 20193.2
Ding,L2805Caruana,F28191–02019A467th Altibox Norway Chess 20193.3
Mamedyarov,S2774Aronian,L27520–12019A287th Altibox Norway Chess 20193.4
Vachier-Lagrave,M2779Anand,V2767½–½2019C787th Altibox Norway Chess 20193.5
Carlsen,M2875Mamedyarov,S2774½–½2019D857th Altibox Norway Chess 20194.1
Aronian,L2752Vachier-Lagrave,M2779½–½2019A367th Altibox Norway Chess 20194.2
Caruana,F2819So,W2754½–½2019C547th Altibox Norway Chess 20194.3
Anand,V2767Ding,L2805½–½2019C547th Altibox Norway Chess 20194.4
Grischuk,A2775Yu,Y27380–12019C427th Altibox Norway Chess 20194.5
Vachier-Lagrave,M2779Carlsen,M2875½–½2019B337th Altibox Norway Chess 20195.1
So,W2754Anand,V2767½–½2019C787th Altibox Norway Chess 20195.2
Yu,Y2738Caruana,F2819½–½2019E047th Altibox Norway Chess 20195.3
Ding,L2805Aronian,L2752½–½2019D027th Altibox Norway Chess 20195.4
Mamedyarov,S2774Grischuk,A2775½–½2019A287th Altibox Norway Chess 20195.5
Carlsen,M2875Ding,L2805½–½2019A207th Altibox Norway Chess 20196.1
Anand,V2767Yu,Y2738½–½2019C427th Altibox Norway Chess 20196.2
Aronian,L2752So,W2754½–½2019A207th Altibox Norway Chess 20196.3
Mamedyarov,S2774Vachier-Lagrave,M2779½–½2019D757th Altibox Norway Chess 20196.4
Grischuk,A2775Caruana,F2819½–½2019B337th Altibox Norway Chess 20196.5
So,W2754Carlsen,M2875½–½2019B337th Altibox Norway Chess 20197.1
Yu,Y2738Aronian,L2752½–½2019C477th Altibox Norway Chess 20197.2
Ding,L2805Mamedyarov,S27741–02019D707th Altibox Norway Chess 20197.3
Caruana,F2819Anand,V2767½–½2019C837th Altibox Norway Chess 20197.4
Vachier-Lagrave,M2779Grischuk,A2775½–½2019B317th Altibox Norway Chess 20197.5
Carlsen,M2875Yu,Y27381–02019D157th Altibox Norway Chess 20198.1
Aronian,L2752Caruana,F28190–12019A227th Altibox Norway Chess 20198.2
Vachier-Lagrave,M2779Ding,L2805½–½2019C547th Altibox Norway Chess 20198.3
Mamedyarov,S2774So,W2754½–½2019D007th Altibox Norway Chess 20198.4
Grischuk,A2775Anand,V2767½–½2019C807th Altibox Norway Chess 20198.5
Caruana,F2819Carlsen,M2875½–½2019B317th Altibox Norway Chess 20199.1
Anand,V2767Aronian,L2752½–½2019C547th Altibox Norway Chess 20199.2
So,W2754Vachier-Lagrave,M2779½–½2019A347th Altibox Norway Chess 20199.3
Yu,Y2738Mamedyarov,S27741–02019C477th Altibox Norway Chess 20199.4
Ding,L2805Grischuk,A2775½–½2019D787th Altibox Norway Chess 20199.5

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Antonio is a freelance writer and a philologist. He is mainly interested in the links between chess and culture, primarily literature. In chess games, he skews towards endgames and positional play.

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