Norway Chess, Round 3: Carlsen leads

by Johannes Fischer
6/7/2019 – Magnus Carlsen was close to losing against Levon Aronian in round two of the Altibox Norway Chess tournament, but in round three he appeared to be well-recovered, and won a seemingly effortless game against Alexander Grischuk. With this win Carlsen now leads the field. Aronian also appeared to be well-recovered and defeated Shakhriyar Mamedyarov with Black. Ding Liren won against Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So got the better of Yu Yangyi, and Vishy Anand defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the only match-up that went to Armageddon. Analyses by CONSTANTIN LUPULESCU. | Photo: Lennart Ootes / Altibox Norway Chess

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Altibox Norway Chess, Round 3

On Friday, the players are having a rest-day, but before that they showed fighting chess: four of the five classical games in round three had a winner and all four wins were interesting.

Results of Round 3 - Classical
NameRtg.Nt.Pts.Pts.NameRtgNt.
Ding,L
2805
1
1-0
1½
Caruana,F
2819
Mamedyarov,S
2774
1½
0-1
1
Aronian,L
2752
Carlsen,M
2875
1
1-0
1
Grischuk,A
2775
So,W
2754
1
1-0
1
Yu,Y
2738
Vachier-Lagrave,M
2779
½
½-½
½
Anand,V
2767
Results of Round 3 - Armageddon
NameRtg.Nt.Pts.Pts.NameRtgNt.
Vachier-Lagrave,M
2779
0
½-½
0
Anand,V
2767

M. Carlsen 2:0 A. Grischuk

Carlsen opened with 1.d4 which Grischuk countered with a Grünfeld. However, he soon was in trouble and in the middlegame Carlsen used his strong pawn centre to launch an attack against Black's king. Grischuk found no defense and lost quickly.

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1.d4 1.e4 is much more common in Carlsen's games lately. This could mean an invitation for his opponent to go for his favourite fianchetto defence. Nf6 2.c4 g6 ...and Grischuk picks up the gauntlet! 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 c5 8.Rc1 8.Nf3 0-0 9.Rc1 is a more usual move order. 8...Qa5 8...0-0 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.Be2 Qa5 11.0-0 Qxa2 12.Rb1 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Rxb7 Rab8 15.Rxb8 Rxb8 16.h3 Bd7 17.d5 Ne5 18.Bf4 Nxf3+ 19.Bxf3 got to a very complex position in Carlsen, M (2862)-Vachier Lagrave, M (2757), Wijk aan Zee 2015. 9.Qd2 0-0 10.Nf3 and we transposed back to the main line Bg4 I think this is riskier. I am wondering what was Carlsen's plan against the more reliable 10...Rd8 which Grischuk already played in the past. 11.d5 e6 12.Bg5 f6 13.Be3 Nc6 14.Bd3 b6! 14...exd5 was considered dangerous for some time because of the following queen sacrifice: 15.exd5 c4 16.Bxc4 Be6 17.Rd1 Ne7 18.dxe6! Rxd2 19.Rxd2 Qxc3 20.Bb3 Qc1+ 20...Qa1+? 21.Bd1 Nf5 22.0-0 Qc3 23.Bb3+- 1-0 (35) Lupulescu, C (2626) -Bukavshin, I (2501), Aix les Bains 2011 21.Rd1 Qc3+ 22.Rd2 Qc1+ 23.Rd1 Qc3+ 24.Ke2 a5 25.Rd7 a4 26.Rc1 Qb2+ 26...Qb4 is probably a better try for Black, though White is still the one pressing. 27.Rc2 Qb1 28.Nd2 axb3 29.Nxb1 bxc2 30.Nc3 Nf5 31.Bd2± Leko,P (2720)-Topalov,V (2768) Porto Carras 2011. 15.0-0 Ba6 16.Bxa6 Qxa6 was fine for Black in Kasimdzhanov,R (2700) -Grischuk,A (2792) Dubai 2014. 11.d5 11.Ng5 Na6!? 12.h3 12.d5 c4!? 12...Bd7 ≤13.Bd3 Rac8 14.d5 c4 was at least fine for Black in Karjakin, S (2771)-Grischuk,A (2792) Stavanger 2014 11...b5 11...Bxf3?! would not be that good. 12.gxf3 b5 13.f4± planning to block the important g7-bishop. 13.h4 is not that good because Black is in time with b4 12.Be2 12.Bxc5 would not impress Grunfeld players too much: Bxf3 13.gxf3 Rc8 14.Bb4 14.Bd4 Bxd4 15.Qxd4 Qxa2 16.Bh3 Rc4∞ 14...Qc7 and thanks to his active pieces and better play on the dark squares, Black gets typical compensation. 12...Nd7 13.0-0 Bxf3!? connected with the following queenside play. Instead 13...c4 14.Nd4 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Ne5 16.f4 Nd3 17.Rc2 looks dubious for Black. 17.Rb1!? 14.Bxf3 c4 with Nc5/e5 ideas and the pressure on c3 - Black looks fine. 15.Be2 White makes room for the f2-f4 push. Rfd8?! feels like the wrong rook. Not only will this rook be missed on the kingside, also the rook on a8 could sometimes (after f4-e5) become a target. 15...Rad8 looked more normal. 16.f4 Qa3 17.Bf3 Nc5 18.e5 f6 Here we see a clear difference between the two rook moves. 16.f4 Now Grischuk went into the thinking tank mode, using for his next three moves a whopping one hour! Nb6?! is a move that feels quite slow as the knight is preventing e5 but not doing much else. Now White can play for h4-h5 or even f5 and things start to look really dangerous for the black king. 16...Qa3!? was probably needed. 17.Bf3 Rab8 and in case of 17...Nc5 18.e5 Nd3 18...f6?? 19.d6+- 19.Rb1 Rab8 20.Bd4 18.e5 18.h4!? looks like an interesting try with good attacking chances. 18...Nb6∞ uses the rook on b8. 16...Rac8 17.Bf3 Nc5 18.e5 Nd3 19.Rb1 17.Bf3 17.f5 was also tempting, but the world champion is in no need to rush. 17...Qa3 18.h4!± Now Black's position looks critical. e6 doesn't achieve its aim as White's attack is faster. In case of 18...b4 the most direct would be 19.h5 Bxc3 20.Qf2 Bg7 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.Bg4 19.h5 Na4 Now it was the turn of the world champion to sink into a deep think. 20.hxg6 After 20 minutes Carlsen chose the most straightforward approach. hxg6 21.f5! preparing to completely shatter Black's kingside defences. exf5 22.exf5 Qd6 If Black decided to get greedy 22...Nxc3 23.fxg6 fxg6 the easiest would probably be 24.d6! Rxd6 25.Rxc3 Qxc3 25...Bxc3 26.Bd5+ Kh7 27.Rf7+ Bg7 28.Rxg7+ Kxg7 29.Qd4+ Rf6 30.Bxa8+- 26.Qxc3 Bxc3 27.Bxa8± 23.Bf4! The most sensible approach - once the pawn gets to d6 it's all over. 23.fxg6 Qxg6 24.Bd1 was also a strong engine suggestion. 23...Qb6+ 24.Kh1 gxf5 25.d6+- Now Black is completely lost. Rab8 26.Bd5 naturally building up the attack. Nc5 27.Bg3 Ne6 27...Ne4 would allow the world champion to finish the game with a nice rook sacrifice. 28.Bxe4 fxe4 29.Rxf7! Kxf7 30.Qd5+ Kg6 31.Qxe4++- 28.Rxf5 Rxd6 29.Bxd6 Qxd6 30.Qe3 Not only does White have extra material, but also he continues the attack! Qb6 31.Qf3 Rf8 32.Rf1 Nd8 33.Rh5 Qc7 34.Qe4 It took but a small hesitation from Grischuk in the middlegame for the World Champion to show us his true strength! 1–0
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Carlsen,M-Grischuk,A-1–02019D853

Magnus Carlsen, Judit Polgar, Anna Rudolf

Magnus Carlsen analyzing with Judit Polgar (centre) and Anna Rudolf | Photo: Lennart Ootes

Ding Liren 2:0 F. Caruana

Ding Liren played energetically, showed a number of original ideas and converted with good technique.

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.g3 This is the second time the Chinese player uses this very rare move order. e6 2...d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.c4 6.b3 c5 7.Bb2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qb6 9.c4 dxc4 10.Nd2 cxb3 11.Nc4 Qd8 12.axb3± was quite a similar idea to the game Berkes-Petrisor 2018. 6...dxc4 transposed back to Catalan in Ding,L (2804)-Giri,A (2780) Batumi 2018. Using this move order, White avoided the quick 4...dc4 and also 4...Bb4+, which are often played against the Catalan. 3.Bg2 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 And we get by transposition (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e3 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 cd4) to a variation that was used several times by Aronian. 5.0-0 5.Nxd4 d5 6.0-0 e5 7.Nb3 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.c4 d4 takes us to the line we saw in Yu-Ding in the second round. 7...Be6 8.Bg5 Nbd7!∞ was played by Caruana as White in internet blitz in 2017. 5...Qc7 was seen in quite a few games, but it looks already like a step in the wrong direction as Black will also need to lose time with a6 to secure himself against Nb5 ideas. 5...d5 is normal, when White could play 6.Nxd4 and transpose back to the game mentioned before. 6.Nxd4 a6 7.b3 The right approach planning to build a strong queenside pressure. 7.c4 would transpose back to lines from 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3. Qxc4 8.Nc3 White gets compensation but maybe not more. 7...d5 7...Be7 8.c4 0-0 9.Bb2 gives White a very nice version of an English, though it was preferable to what Black got in the game. 8.c4! White needs this to prove his advantage in development. dxc4 9.Bb2 cxb3 10.Qxb3 also introducing Rc1 ideas. White could also consider 10.Nd2 with more than adequate compensation. However, one does not want to allow the liquidation of queenside when he has at least a similar alternative. 10...Nc6?! 10...Bc5 11.Nd2 0-0 12.Rac1 Qe7 looks quite dubious for Black, but nothing terrible happened yet. 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bxf6! White gives up the pair of bishops, but he is getting his pawn back while also damaging Black's kingside structure. gxf6 13.Qc3 Bd7 14.Qxf6 Rg8 15.Nc3± Even though Black has the pair of bishops, the black king is rather weak, his pawn structure ruined and Bd7 looks at the moment like an overgrown pawn. Rg6 15...Bg7 16.Qf3 is not an improvement for Black. 16.Qf3 16.Qh4 putting more pressure on Black's kingside was definitely worth considering. h6 16...Rh6 17.Qc4± Rh6 looks a bit offside. 17.Rfd1± 16...Be7 seems like the right place for the bishop. 16...Bg7 17.Rad1 Kf8 18.Ne4 now the knight can land on d6, creating havoc. 17.Rac1 Kf8 Finally Black's king is getting somewhere that resembles safety. 18.Ne4 Be8 19.Nc5 19.Rfd1!? 19.Rc2!? is a more flexible approach, defending a2 in advance. 19...Qa5 20.Qe3 following up on his idea. However, as said before, White shouldn't necessarily allow the liquidation of his queenside. 20.Nd3 was also a solid option, as now Black cannot really take on a2, for example. Qxa2 20...Rd8 is a more sensible approach. 21.Nf4 Rf6 22.Qh5 h6 23.Qe5+- Rf6 is very awkward and Black will lose material. 20...Qxa2! Now at least Black can hope for some suffering in a drawish endgame 21.Be4 Rg7 22.Rc2 White has no way to trap Black's queen. 22.Ra1 Qc4 23.Rfc1?! 23.Nd3± 23...Bxc5 22...Qa5 23.Rb1 Qc7 Black managed to consolidate somehow and also snatched the a2 pawn in the meantime. Still, White's pieces are now very active making Black's position very dangerous. 24.Qf3 24.Nd3 eyeing Black's queenside weaknesses was also a solid option. Qd6 24...Rc8 25.Bxc6 Bxc6 26.Ne5± Qd6 25.Qb6± 24...Kg8 25.Rb7 Qd6 26.Bd3 Bd8 26...Kh8! was important to find, in order to get out of the potential tricks that annoyed Black in the game. 27.Qe3 27.Ne4 Qa3! 28.Qe3 f5 27...Bf8 with chances to survive. 27.Ne4 now Caruana's position becomes critical. Qe5 27...Qa3 is now impossible due to 28.Nf6+ 28.Rc5 28.Qe3!? It was interesting to take the d4-square from the queen. 28...Qd4 29.Rc4 Qe5 30.Rc5 Qd4 Repeating the position once never hurts. 31.Qf4 31.Bc4! was, according to the engine, winning immediately. Kh8 32.e3 Qa1+ 33.Kg2 and Black is paralyzed. 31...a5 31...f5 would probably put on more resistance. 32.Rc4 Qd5 33.Rxg7+ Kxg7 34.Nd6 Bg6 35.Rb4± Although Black's position still looks like it could collapse anytime 32.Rb8 Rxb8 33.Qxb8 Kf8 34.Nd6!+- could be what Caruana missed. Ke7 35.Nxe8 Qxc5 35...Kxe8 36.Rxc6 The black king will not survive for long. 36.Nxg7 a4 The endgame is not as trivial as it looks because of Black's strong a4-pawn. With 36...Qg5 Black could recover his piece but after 37.Qa7+ Kf8 38.Nxe6+ fxe6 39.Qxh7+- his position is hopeless, as even if he miraculously swaps the queens he would still lose most of the endgames. 37.g4?! unnecesarily giving Black some counterplay. 37.Qa8 a3 37...Qg5 38.Qxc6 Qxg7 39.Qc5++- 38.Bxh7 Qc1+ 39.Kg2 Qb2 40.Qxc6 Qxg7 41.Qc5+ Ke8 42.Be4 f5 43.Bc6+ Kf7 44.Qxa3+- is a typical winning engine line that no human would ever play. 37.Qf4 a3 38.Bc4 38.Qc4? is surprinsingly just a draw. Qxc4 39.Bxc4 Kd6 40.Ba2 Kc5= Black's king is very fast. 38...Bb6 38...Qb4 39.Qh4++- 39.e3 Qb4 40.Kg2 would keep the control as Black's king is still very weak. Qb2 41.Qb8+- 41.Qh4+ Kf8 42.Nxe6+ fxe6 43.Qh6+ Qg7 44.Qxe6 again looks easily winning for White. 37...a3 38.Qb3 Bb6 39.e3 Qg5 40.Nh5 Qxg4+ 41.Ng3 Bc5 42.Kg2 h5?! allowing White a quick finish. 42...Qb4 was another version of the endgame we saw in the game. As the pawn on c6 is not getting very far, it should be an inferior version. However, White cannot easily get to the a3-pawn while keeping f2 and e3 alive. 43.h3 43.Qb7+! Kf6 43...Kd8 44.Qxc6 a2 45.Qxc5 ∆a1Q 46.Qd6++- would win on spot 43...Kf8 44.Qb8+ Kg7 45.Qe5++- 44.Be2 Qg5 44...Qg8 45.Kf1+- 45.h4 Qe5 46.Bxh5+- 43...Qg5 44.Kf1 Qd5 45.Qxd5 45.Bc4 was probably to be prefered. 45...cxd5 This structural change was for sure in Black's favour. Since the white bishop needs to babysit the a3-pawn constantly, I believe White's winning chances to be really doubtful. 46.Bb1 h4 46...d4 47.exd4 Bxd4 48.Nxh5 could also be close to a draw. but I like how Caruana played just the same. 47.Ne2 f5 48.Nf4 Kf7 49.Ba2 Be7 50.Ke2 Bf6 51.Kd3 Be5 52.Ng2 Bf6 53.Ne1 Be7 54.Kc2 Kf6 54...Bd6 I believe the simplest for Black was to continue his waiting strategy, as I cannot really see how White will make progess. 55.Kb3 Bc5 55...f4? 56.exf4 Bxf4 57.Kxa3 looks like a step in the wrong direction, as now White can fully use his bishop. 56.Ng2 Be7 55.Nf3 f4 55...Kf7 56.Nxh4 fxe3 57.fxe3 Kg5 58.Nf3+ Kf5 White at least managed to win a pawn, but at the price of swapping one more pawn on the kingside. 59.Kd3 Bc5 60.Ke2 Kf6 61.Bb1 e5? The decisive mistake. Now Black will lose one of his kingside pawns, which will prove fatal. However, it's very hard to judge this active decision considering that Caruana has been down to the last second starting from around move 40. 61...Bd6 62.Kd3 62.h4 Be7! would not be so easy to find. The idea is to prevent the h-pawn from getting too far. 62...Kg7 63.h5 Kh6 64.Nd4 Kxh5 65.Nxe6+- 62...Bc5 63.Nh2 Bd6 64.Ng4+ Kg7 65.h5+- 63.h5 63.Nh2 Kg7 64.Nf3 Bf6 transposes. 63.Kd3 Bc5 64.e4 dxe4+ 65.Kxe4 Bd6= 63...Bf8 64.Nd4 Bg7 65.Nb5 Bf8 66.Nc7 Bh6 67.Ba2 Bf8 68.Kd2 Bh6 69.Kd3 Bf8 70.Ke2 70.e4 Bh6 71.exd5 exd5= 70...Ke5 71.Bb1 Kf6 72.Nb5 Kf7 Again it's not clear how White will proceed. 62...Bb4 63.Kc2 Bd6 63...Bc5! stops White in his tracks. 64.Kb3 Bc5 65.e4 dxe4 66.Bxe4 Bd6 67.h4 Kg7 68.h5 68.Nd4 Kf6 69.Nf3 68...Kh6 69.Bg6 e5 70.Nd2 Bc5 71.Ne4 Be7 72.Nf2 Kg5 still looks drawn. 62.Ba2 e4 62...d4 63.e4+- 63.Nd4 Ke5 64.Nb5 Be7 65.Bb3 Bc5 66.h4 d4 67.exd4+ Bxd4 68.Nxa3 Kf5 69.h5 Since White can use both his bishop and knight to promote the h-pawn, now it is easily winning. Kg5 70.Bf7+- Kf4 71.Nc4 Bg7 72.Bg6 Bd4 73.Nd6 e3 74.Nf7 Bg7 75.Bd3 By using a rare line, Ding managed to get his opponent under pressure from the first moves. After missing his chance to end the game quickly, we got to a very complex endgame that looked close to a draw only to be finally decided by a time-trouble blunder. 1–0
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Ding,L-Caruana,F-1–02019A463

S. Mamedyarov 0:2 L. Aronian

Levon Aronian easily equalized in the opening and outplayed Shakhriyar Mamedyarov after a tactical sequence which gave Black a queen for two rooks. In principle, two rooks are enough material for the queen but White failed to co-ordinate his pieces and lost.

 
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1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Bb4 5.Qc2 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 6.bxc3!? was featured before in one of Aronian's games with White. 0-0 7.d3 d6 8.Be2 Re8 9.e4 Ne7 10.Nh4 Ng6 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.0-0 c6 13.f4 Aronian,L (2799) -Matlakov,M (2728) Tbilisi 2017. 6...Qe7 7.d4 7.a3 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Qb3 Nb6 10.d3 Bf5 11.Be2 0-0-0∞ 1/2-1/2 (18) Mamedyarov,S (2753)-Rublevsky,S (2695) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013. 7.Be2 d5 8.d4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 c5 11.Qh4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Be6 was pretty level in two of Aronian's games. 7...Ne4 7...exd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 c5 10.Qh4 d5 11.f3 0-0 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Qxe7 Nxe7 14.Bc4 Nc6 15.b3 Re8 16.Kf2 Be6 17.Bb5 Red8 18.Bxc6 bxc6 19.e4 c4 was marginally better for White in Mamedyarov,S (2781)-Wojtaszek,R (2724) Moscow RUS 2019. 8.Qd3 exd4 9.Nxd4 0-0 10.Be2 Nxd4 In the previous year, Aronian chose 10...Qb4+ but got a slightly unpleasant position after 11.Kf1 Qe7 12.f3 Nc5 13.Qd2 d6 14.b4 Nxd4 15.exd4 Nd7 15...Na4!? 16.Bb2 So,W (2765)-Aronian,L (2765) Kolkata 2018. 11.Qxd4 b6 Black's point in this setup. 12.0-0 Bb7 13.Rd1 ≤13.f3 Nc5 14.b4 Ne6 15.Qc3 a5 13...d6 Strangely enough, this natural move looks like a small inaccuracy, as White's c4-c5 ideas gain in strength. 13...Qh4!? 14.Rf1 14.g3?! would weaken his position too much. Qg5 14...Qh3 is also possible. 15.Qxd7 Nxf2 16.Qxh3 Nxh3+ 15.Qxd7 Qf6 16.Rf1 Ng5 14...Qe7 would probably convince White to choose something else than Rd1. 14.f3! A move like 14.b3?! would be clearly inferior. f5 Black can continue on the kingside while White's counterplay is rather slow. 14...Ng5 15.b4 Now White's play is easier. Rae8 continuing his idea, but White can strike first. 15...f5 16.c5 opens the position for White's bishop pair. 15...Ne6 16.Qc3 f5 17.a4 a5 18.c5! dxc5 19.bxa5 Rxa5 20.Bc4 15...a5 16.a3 16.c5?! dxc5 17.bxc5 Rad8 16...f5 /~~ 16.a4 f5 17.c5! 17.a5 Rf6 17...f4 18.e4± 18.axb6 Rg6 19.Kh1 axb6 20.Ra7 also looked promising for White. 17...dxc5 18.bxc5 Ne6 19.Bc4? A serious oversight that turned the tables. 19.Qc4! Qxc5 19...bxc5 20.Ba3± 20.Qb3 Qe7 21.Ba3 c5 22.Bb5 Rd8 23.Bc4 Bc8 24.a5 bxa5 25.Qb5 /+/- Now White's bishop pair is very strong and he is also likely to recover his material deficit soon. 19...Rd8! 20.Bxe6+ Qxe6 21.Qxd8 Rxd8 22.Rxd8+ Kf7 23.Rd1 Unfortunately for White 23.cxb6 doesn't work because of the intermezzo Qf6 24.Rd4 c5-+ Something more active like 23.Bb2 was to be considered. For example Qxe3+ 24.Kh1 Qe2 25.Rd7+ Ke6 26.Rxc7 Bxf3 26...Qxb2 27.Re1+= 27.gxf3 Qxb2 28.Re1+ Kf6 29.Rxa7 bxc5 30.Rae7 White has some decent drawing chances. 23...bxc5 Now we have an approximate material balance. However, Black is much better due to his attacking chances offered by his queen vs rooks, and also the presence of opposite-coloured bishops. The c-pawn could become a factor as well. 24.Re1 c4 25.Bd2 g5! preparing to soften up the white king. 26.Bc3 26.e4 fxe4 27.fxe4 Qe5! 28.Rf1+ Ke6 still looks very bad. 26...g4 27.fxg4 Qe4! Of course Black must not allow something like 27...fxg4? 28.e4 when White finally has some active pieces. 28.Ra2 Qd3 28...Qxg4 was perhaps simpler. 29.Ba1?! 29.Bd4 was more resilient. fxg4 29...h5‼ Even with the engine on, it's not immediately clear what is the point. 30.gxh5 c3 31.Rc1 c5! 32.Bxc5 Qd5-+ 29...c3? 30.Rc1 c5 31.Bxc5 Qd5? 32.Rf2+- is an important difference withough h5 included. 30.Rf2+ Ke7 29...c3 Now it's over, as White cannot play Rc1 anymore. 30.Rf2 Be4 31.Rc1 c2 After an interesting opening, Mamedyarov seemed to be enjoying a pleasant position. However, he suddenly allowed Black the nasty 19...Rd8 and everything went downhill afterwards. 0–1
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Levon Aronian

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W. So 2:0 Yu Yangyi

A Petroff Defence with 5.♘c3 gave White a slightly more pleasant position after the opening but after a couple of inaccuracies by Black White got a better endgame which So won after 66 moves.

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Be6 9.0-0-0 Qd7 10.Kb1 Bf6 11.h4 11.Ng5 Bxg5 12.Bxg5 f6 13.Bf4 was Vachier-Yu in the first round. 11...0-0-0 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Be5 14.Qe3 Qa4 15.b3 Qa5 15...Bxd4 is another solid option. 16.cxd4 Qa5 17.Qg5 Qxg5 18.hxg5 Bf5 19.Kb2 Bg6 20.Bd3 Rde8 21.Kc3 (21) Hansen,L (2239) -Gagliardi,V (2148) ICCF 2016 was a correspondence game in which White could claim a small edge. 16.Bxe5 dxe5 17.Be2 g6 The first new move of the game, and it feels like White got the most from a Petroff. 17...Bf5 18.Bd3 Bxd3 19.Rxd3 Rxd3 20.Qxd3 Qa6 21.Qxa6 bxa6 22.Kc1 Rd8 23.Rh3 Rd6 24.Rf3 f6 25.h5 Kb7 26.c4 a5 27.Kb2 c5 28.Rg3 1/2-1/2 (28) Eschert,U (2325)-Koch,H (2328) ICCF 2017. 18.c4 18.h5!? was definitely to be considered. If Black continues like in the game Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Rd8 20.Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.Kb2± he already faces serious problems. White's king is much safer than his opponent's, while White's queen can look forward to some kingside action. 18...Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Rd8 20.Bd3 20.Rxd8+ Kxd8 21.h5 Ke7 Black is now fine. 20...Qb6 A logical move to swap White's active queen, but Black's queenside structure could sometimes become problematic. 20...f6 21.f4 20...Kb8!? 21.Qxb6 axb6 22.Re1 f6 23.f4 Re8 is also a reasonable option. 23...Rd4!? 24.fxe5 f5 25.g3 Kd7 Thanks to the active Rd4 and the weak pawn on e5, Black is not worse. 24.fxe5 Bg8 Starting with this move, Black begins creating problems for himself. 24...Bd7 25.Rf1 25.h5 gxh5 26.Bxh7 Rxe5 Black should be fine. 25...fxe5 26.Be4 Be6 White can still try but also Black's pieces are well placed. 25.h5! gxh5 25...f5 26.hxg6 hxg6 27.Kb2 27.g4 Be6 28.gxf5 Bxf5 29.Bxf5+ gxf5 30.e6 Kd8 31.Re5 f4 32.Kb2 Ke7 33.Rf5 Kxe6 34.Rxf4 Kd7 should be a draw. 27...Kd7 28.Kc3 Ke6 with good drawing chances. 26.Bf5+ Kb8 27.e6 c5 28.Re3 Kc7 29.Rg3 29.g3 h4! 29...Kd6? 30.Rd3+ Ke5? 31.Rd5# 30.gxh4 Kd6 31.h5 Bxe6 32.Bxh7 Rh8 33.Bg6 Bg4 34.Re4 f5 35.Re1 f4 36.Re4 Bxh5 37.Bxh5 Rxh5 38.Rxf4 should also be a draw. 29...Bxe6 30.Rg7+ Kb8 30...Kd6! as with many endgames, king activity is vital. 31.Bxe6 Rxe6 32.Rxb7 32.Rxh7 Re2 33.Rxb7 Rxg2 34.Rxb6+ Ke5= 32...Ke5 33.Rxh7 f5 34.Rxh5 Rg6 35.Rh2 Kf4= Despite being two pawns down, Black's activity allows him to draw comfortably. 31.Be4 Bc8 32.Bd5?! 32.Bf3! was to be prefered as to not allow Black's rook invasion on the second rank. 32...Re2 33.Bf3 Rd2 33...Rf2! was the right square for the rook. 34.Bxh5 Bf5 35.Bf3 Bxc2+ 36.Ka1 Kc8 37.Bxb7+ Kd8= 34.Bxh5 Bf5 35.Bf3 Rd7 With the rook on d2 35...Bxc2+ doesn't work because of 36.Kc1+- 36.Rg8+ Ka7?! 36...Kc7 looked more normal, keeping good drawing chances. 37.Kc1! Now it finally becomes really difficult. Re7 37...Bg6 38.Rf8 Rd6 39.a3 Re6 40.Kb2 Rd6 It's not so easy for White to break through, although it is quite a bad sign for Black to be so passive. 38.Rf8 Be4? looks like the decisive mistake. 38...Re6! 39.Rf7 Be4 40.Bxe4 Rxe4 makes a substantial difference compared to the game: White cannot get his dangerous passed pawn on the kingside anymore. 39.Rxf6 Bxf3 39...Ka6 40.Rf4± /+- was obviously not Black's point. 40.gxf3 Re2 Now we get to a rather unusual rook endgame. If the b6 would be, say, on a6 Black would not have many problems getting a draw. As it is, the endgame is very difficult for him, if not altogether losing. Black cannot allow 40...h5 41.Kd2+- 41.Rh6 Rf2 42.Rh3 h5 43.Kb2 Ka6 A good practical chance. 43...Kb8 would make it easy for White. 44.Kc3 Kc7 45.Kd3 Kd6 46.a4! 46.Ke4? Rxc2 is just a draw. 46...Ke6 47.Rxh5 Rxf3+ 48.Ke2 Rf6 49.Rh7 Kd6 49...Rf7 50.Rxf7 Kxf7 51.Ke3+- The pawn endgame is easily winning, as White also has several reserve tempi. 50.Rxb7 Kc6 51.Ra7+- 44.a4! 44.a3? b5 45.Rxh5 bxc4 46.bxc4 Rxf3 47.Rxc5 White could at best (although it's a bit unlikely) get into a drawn endgame of R+a,c vs R. 44...h4 The starting point of what White probably thought to be a mutual zugzwang position. 45.Kc3 Ka5 46.Kb2 The starting point of an interesting (though definitely not needed) triangulation idea. 46.Kd3! Kb4 47.Ke4 Rxc2 48.f4 Re2+ 49.Kf5 Rb2 50.Kg4!+- White's rook on h3 is perfectly placed to deal with Black's counterplay. 46...Ka6 47.Kc1? Practically the drawing move. White can still transpose back to the winning line, but then Black could claim a threefold repetition. 47.Kc3 was needed. 47...Ka7! 48.Kb1 White mananged his triangulation...but spoiled the win. 48.Kb2 Ka6 Threefold repetition. 48...Ka6? 48...Kb8 would not be too easy, but looks like a draw nevertheless. 49.Kb2 Kc7 50.Kc3 Kd6 51.Kd3 Ke5 52.c3 52.Rxh4 Rxf3+ 53.Ke2 Rf6 54.Rh7 Kd4 Compared to the 43...Kb8 option for Black, now his king is too active. 55.Kd2 Rf2+ 56.Kc1 Kc3 57.Rh3+ Kb4 58.Kb2 Rf8! But not 58...Ka5?? 59.Rh8+- 59.Rh7 Rb8= 52...Ke6! 52...Kf5 53.Rxh4 Rxf3+ 54.Kc2 Rf2+ 55.Kc1 Ke6 56.Rh7 Rf7 57.Rxf7 Kxf7 The engine claims it's a draw, but in practical play you usually try to keep the rooks on. 52...Kd6? 53.Ke4 Re2+ 54.Kf5!+- is a clear difference compared to 52...Ke6. 53.Ke3 53.Ke4 Re2+ 54.Kf4 Rb2= 53...Rc2 49.Kb2+- Now for Black it really is zugzwang, and the rest is trivial. Ka7 49...Ka5 50.Kc3 Rf1 51.Kd3 Rf2 52.Ke4+- 50.Kc3 Kb8 51.Kd3 Kc7 52.Ke4 Re2+ 53.Kd3 Rf2 54.Ke4 Re2+ 55.Kf5 Rxc2 56.f4! An important move. Rf2 57.Rxh4 Rf3 58.Kg5 Rxb3 Material balance has been restored, but Black's queenside will not get far. 59.f5 Rg3+ 60.Rg4 Ra3 61.f6 Rxa4 62.f7 Ra8 63.Kf6 b5 64.Rg8 Ra1 65.f8Q Rf1+ 66.Ke5 So managed to win the theoretical debate, which rather fast became a complex endgame. Even though White was always better, Black should have had enough resources to hold a draw. 1–0
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So,W-Yu,Y-1–02019C423

M. Vachier-Lagrave ½:1½ V. Anand

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave struggled to get an advantage with the white pieces, both in the Classical and in the Armageddon game. In both games Anand equalized comfortably and two easy draws brought him 1½ points.

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.d4 Bb6 9.a4 Bb7 C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences 9...Rb8 10.a5 Ba7 11.h3 0-0 12.Be3 Ra8 13.Nbd2 h6 14.Re1 Re8 15.Qc2 exd4 16.Nxd4 Nxd4 17.cxd4 c5 1-0 (63) Saric,I (2689)-Maghsoodloo,P (2649) Batumi 2018 10.axb5 axb5 11.Rxa8 Bxa8 12.Na3 Nxe4N Predecessor: 12...0-0 13.Bg5 Re8 14.Bd5 Ne7 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Bxa8 Qxa8 1/2-1/2 (43) Landaw,J (2362)-Kavutskiy,K (2307) Arcadia 2014 13.Nxb5 13.Qe2 13...0-0= 14.Qe2 Nf6 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Qe8
Pin 17.Nd4 Qxe5 18.Qxe5 dxe5 19.Nf3 Re8 20.Ba4 c6 21.Nd2 Bb7 22.Nc4 Bc7 23.Rd1 Nd5 24.Ne3
aiming for Nxd5. 24...Rd8 25.c4 Nf4 Strongly threatening ...Ne2+. 26.Rxd8+ Bxd8 27.Bd2 The position is equal. c5 28.b4 cxb4 29.Bxb4 Nd3 30.Bd6 Bb6 31.Kf1 Bc5 32.Bxc5 Accuracy: White = 65%, Black = 80%. ½–½
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Vachier Lagrave,M2779Anand,V2767½–½20197th Altibox Norway Chess 20193.5
Vachier-Lagrave,M2779Anand,V2767½–½20197th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20193.5

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Standings after Round 3

Rk Player Classical Armageddon Pts
W D L W L
1 M. Carlsen 1 2 0 2 0 5
2 Ding Liren 1 2 0 1 1 4
3 L. Aronian 1 2 0 1 1 4
4 W. So 1 2 0 1 1 4
5 S. Mamedyarov 1 1 1 1 0 3½
6 Yu Yangyi 0 2 1 2 0 3
7 F. Caruana 1 1 1 0 1 2½
8 V. Anand 0 2 1 1 1 2
9 A. Grischuk 0 2 1 0 2 1
10 M. Vachier-Lagrave 0 2 1 0 2 1

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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%. ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
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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1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 Be7 4.d4 exd4 5.Qxd4 Nf6 6.Nxe7 A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3 Qxe7 7.Bg5 Nc6 8.Qc3 The position is equal. Ne5 9.Nf3N Predecessor: 9.g3 d6 10.Bg2 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.Nh3 Bxh3 13.Bxh3 1-0 (65) Dubov,D (2703)-Erdos,V (2612) Skopje 2019 9...d6 10.e3 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Nxe5
Bg3 is the strong threat. 12...dxe5 12...Ne4= 13.Ng6 Nxc3 14.Nxe7 Kxe7 13.Bg3 Nd7 13...0-0 14.h4 g4 15.c5 h5 16.Rc1 c6 17.Bd3 0-0 18.0-0 Re8 19.Rfd1 Nf6 20.Bb1 Nd5 21.Qc2 Qh7+ would kill now. 21.Qb3 is interesting. a5 22.Qa4 e4 23.Bd6 Qe6 24.a3 21...e4! 22.Rd4 f5! 23.a3 Be6 24.Rcd1 Rad8 25.Ba2 Rd7 26.b4 a6 27.a4 Red8 28.b5 axb5 29.axb5 Nf6?       Better is 29...Ra8 30.Rd6 Bxa2 31.Qxa2+ 31.bxc6 Rxd6 32.Qxa2+ 32.cxd6 Qe6± 32.Bxd6 Qf7 32...Rd5+- 31...Qf7 32.Qa5 Rxd6 33.cxd6 Less strong is 33.Rxd6 Rxd6 34.cxd6 cxb5+- 33...Qd7 34.bxc6 bxc6 35.Rb1 Hoping for Rb7! Rf8 36.Qc7 Rf7? 36...Rc8 37.Qa5 Rf8 37.Rb8++- Kh7 38.Be5 Nd5 39.Rh8+ White mates. Kg6 40.Qb8 Nf6 41.Bxf6      
Overworked Piece 41...Kxf6 42.Rh6+ Ke5 43.Qh8+ Accuracy: White = 74%, Black = 45%. 43.Qb2+ Kd5 44.Qd4# 1–0
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Carlsen,M2875Anand,V27671–020197th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20191.1
Mamedyarov,S2774Caruana,F28191–02019A457th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20191.2
Vachier-Lagrave,M2779Yu,Y27380–120197th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20191.4
Ding,L2805So,W27541–020197th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20191.5
Aronian,L2752Grischuk,A27751–02019A227th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20191.5
Grischuk,A2775So,W2754½–½2019A087th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20192
Yu,Y2738Ding,L28051–020197th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20192
Aronian,L2752Carlsen,M28750–120197th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20192.1
Vachier-Lagrave,M2779Anand,V2767½–½20197th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20193.5
Carlsen,M2875Mamedyarov,S27741–020197th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20194.1
Aronian,L2752Vachier-Lagrave,M2779½–½2019A367th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20194.2
Caruana,F2819So,W2754½–½2019C427th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20194.3
Anand,V2767Ding,L28051–02019C547th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20194.4
Vachier-Lagrave,M2779Carlsen,M2875½–½20197th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20195.1
So,W2754Anand,V2767½–½2019D117th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20195.2
Yu,Y2738Caruana,F28191–02019B307th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20195.3
Ding,L2805Aronian,L2752½–½2019A287th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20195.4
Mamedyarov,S2774Grischuk,A27750–120197th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20195.5
Carlsen,M2875Ding,L28051–02019C777th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20196.1
Anand,V2767Yu,Y27380–12019C247th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20196.2
Aronian,L2752So,W27541–02019A257th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20196.3
Mamedyarov,S2774Vachier-Lagrave,M2779½–½2019E607th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20196.4
Grischuk,A2775Caruana,F28190–12019C777th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20196.5
So,W2754Carlsen,M2875½–½2019D707th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20197.1
Yu,Y2738Aronian,L2752½–½2019E327th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20197.2
Caruana,F2819Anand,V27671–02019C547th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20197.4
Vachier-Lagrave,M2779Grischuk,A27751–02019D737th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20197.5
Vachier-Lagrave,M2779Ding,L28051–02019A227th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20198.3
Mamedyarov,S2774So,W2754½–½20197th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20198.4
Grischuk,A2775Anand,V27670–12019A387th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20198.5
Caruana,F2819Carlsen,M28751–020197th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20199.1
Anand,V2767Aronian,L2752½–½2019C547th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20199.2
So,W2754Vachier-Lagrave,M27791–02019E617th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20199.3
Ding,L2805Grischuk,A2775½–½20197th Altibox Norway Chess Armageddon 20199.5

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Johannes Fischer was born in 1963 in Hamburg and studied English and German literature in Frankfurt. He now lives as a writer and translator in Nürnberg. He is a FIDE-Master and regularly writes for KARL, a German chess magazine focusing on the links between culture and chess. On his own blog he regularly publishes notes on "Film, Literature and Chess".

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