6/9/2024 – Magnus Carlsen won the Norway Chess super-tournament for a sixth time in his career after beating Fabiano Caruana in their final-round Armageddon encounter. Hikaru Nakamura grabbed second place despite losing in the rapid tiebreaker against R Praggnanandhaa. It was precisely Pragg who finished third, leaving Alireza Firouzja, Fabiano Caruana and Ding Liren behind, in the bottom half of the tournament standings. | Photo: Stev Bonhage / Norway Chess
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Carlsen wins again
Magnus Carlsen participated in every single one of the twelve editions of the Norway Chess super-tournament. After claiming outright victory on Friday, the local hero has won exactly half the times the event has been held, as he obtained his sixth triumph by outscoring Hikaru Nakamura and R Praggnanandhaa.
Last year, Carlsen entered the event after having obtained four consecutive tournament victories in Stavanger, and had a disappointing performance, grabbing sixth place (out of 10) in a single round-robin won by Nakamura. This time around, the organizers decided to put forth a double round-robin, and the Norwegian representative returned to his winning ways.
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Carlsen finished 2 points ahead of Nakamura after beating Fabiano Caruana with white in the Armageddon tiebreaker of their final-round confrontation. Nakamura faced Praggnanandhaa on the final day of action, and after safely holding a draw with black in the classical game, went on to lose the rapid decider in 31 moves. Pragg’s Armageddon win was not enough to surpass his US colleague in the standings, and thus the Indian GM ended up in third place.
Alireza Firouzja, who got the better of Ding Liren in Armageddon on Friday, finished a mere point behind Pragg, so he should not be as disappointed with his performance as Caruana and especially Ding. The world champion will need to continue working on his health-related issues in time for the world title match at the end of the year. We surely hope he recovers his usual form before facing a highly motivated D Gukesh.
The most dangerous passed pawn. In queen endings king safety and the most dangerous passed pawn are often very important:42...Qb1+?The check just improves White's king.After42...Qd3Black has enough counterplay, e.g.43.Qxh4+Kg644.Qg4+Kh745.Qg5b5=43.Kh2b5?!43...Qd3was more tenacious, but does not defend due to44.Qxh4+Kg845.Qd8+Kf746.Qg5b547.d5b448.Qf5+Kg849.Qe6+Kh750.d6b351.d7b252.Qe7b1Q53.Qh4+Kg654.d8QQxd855.Qxd8Qd356.Qd4+-44.Qxh4+Kg6?!Now the passed d-pawn wins.44...Kg8was more tenacious, but White should win in the long run after45.Qd8+Kh746.d5Qd347.d6b448.Qh4+Kg649.d7Qxd750.Qxe4+Qf551.Qxb4+-45.d5Qd346.Qg4+Kh747.Qf5+g647...Kg8is met by48.Qe6+Kh749.d6b450.Qf5+Kg851.Qc8+Kh752.d7Qd6+53.Kg1Qd1+54.Kf2Qd2+55.Kg3Qxe3+56.Kh2Qf4+57.Kg1Qe3+58.Kh1Qe1+59.Kh2+-and Black's queen is outfoxed.48.Qf7+Kh649.Qf8+Kh750.d6b451.Qe7+Kh652.d752.d7Qxe353.Qh4+
The easiest way, but53.d8Qwins as well:Qf4+54.Kg1Qc1+55.Kf2Qf4+56.Ke2+-53...Kg754.d8Q+-1–0
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Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana | Photo: Stev Bonhage
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1.e4
1,165,570
54%
2421
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1.d4
946,474
55%
2434
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1.Nf3
281,312
56%
2441
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1.c4
181,937
56%
2442
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1.g3
19,688
56%
2427
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1.b3
14,236
54%
2427
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1.f4
5,886
48%
2377
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1.Nc3
3,796
51%
2384
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1.b4
1,753
48%
2380
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1.a3
1,197
54%
2403
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1.e3
1,068
48%
2408
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1.d3
948
50%
2378
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1.g4
662
46%
2361
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1.h4
446
53%
2374
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1.c3
426
51%
2425
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1.h3
279
56%
2416
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1.a4
108
60%
2468
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1.f3
91
47%
2431
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1.Nh3
89
66%
2508
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1.Na3
42
62%
2482
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1.d45Nf622.c47e673.Nf34d564.g36Be714:535.Bg290-0106.0-04c687.Qc212:51b6128.Bf428Bb73:519.Rd11:47Nbd72:1410.Ne51:53Nh51:4111.Bd229Nhf61712.Bf417 The position is equal.Nh52613.Bd22:15Nhf6814.Bf41:52 Not much happened in this game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.00 (flawless) . OK: White=1 Black=1½–½
1.e4c52.Nf3d63.d4cxd44.Nxd4Nf65.Nc3e56.Bb5+B56: Classical Sicilian: Unusual Lines.Nbd77.Nf5a68.Be2Nc59.Ng39.Bg5!?9...b510.a310.b4Ne611.a410...Be7=11.0-00-012.Be3NPredecessor:12.f4Bb713.Bf3Ne614.Nge2Qb6+15.Kh1Rac816.f5Nc517.Be3b418.axb4Qxb4½-½ Mahsheimer,A-Varas,L Villa Gesell Madariaga 5th 1970 (7.3)12...Bb713.Bf3g614.Qd2h515.Bh6Re816.Rfe1Ne617.Rad1Nd417...Nh718.Nf5=Nxf518...gxf519.Qg5+Kh820.Qg7#19.exf5Bxf320.gxf3Qc821.fxg6fxg622.Bg5Qf523.Bxf6Qxf624.Nd5Qxf325.Re3Qf7!26.Rg3Bh427.Rg227.Rh3=Bd828.Nc327...Kh728.Nc3e429.Qe229.Qe329...Qf330.Rxd6Rad8!31.Rxd831.Rgxg6?Rxd632.Rg3Bxg332...Qxe2?33.Nxe2Bxg334.Nxg3-+33.hxg3Qxe234.Nxe2Rd1+35.Kg2Rd2-+31.Rdxg6?Qxe232.Kh1Qxc2-+31.Qd2was worth a try.e332.fxe331...Rxd8-+31...Bxd832.Qe332.Kf1?
32.h332...Qf4?32...a5!-+has better winning chances.33.Rg333.Nxe4?Rd1+-+33...Bxg334.Qxf3exf335.fxg3Rd236.Nxb5Rxc233.Qe333.Qxe4?Rd1+34.Ke2Rd2+35.Ke1Bxf2+36.Kf1Rd1+37.Nxd1Qxe4-+33...Qf333...Qxe334.fxe3Bf635.Nxe4Bxb234.h334.Qxe4?perishes.Rd1+35.Nxd1Qxe4-+34.Qe2!=was the only way to keep the balance.34...Rd635.Rg1?
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