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Magnus Carlsen drew 4 out of the 8 classical games he has played so far at the Norway Chess super-tournament. Out of the 4 Armageddon deciders he played, he prevailed in three of them — the one player who beat him in this stage of the mini-matches was Hikaru Nakamura in round 7. In Tuesday’s eighth round, Carlsen drew R Praggnanandhaa in their classical encounter and then beat him in Armageddon.
The strong performance of Carlsen in the rapid tiebreakers in this edition mimics his previous showings in the rapid stages of the event, as noted by Tarjei J. Svensen, who shared the following stats on X:
Carlsen only has six Armageddon losses out of 32 games in #NorwayChess history:
❎Nakamura (with black) in 2024
❎Abdusattorov (with white) in 2023 (draw)
❎So (with black) in 2022
❎Anand (with black) in 2022
❎Tari (with black) in 2022
❎Caruana (with black) in 2019
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Tuesday’s Armageddon victory allowed Carlsen to get a full-point lead over Nakamura in the standings. With two rounds to go and with classical wins granting 3 points, it is still all to play for in Stavanger.
The two remaining mini-matches in round 8 were also decided in the rapid tiebreakers, though there was no lack of excitement in the drawn classical encounters. In the end, it was Fabiano Caruana and Alireza Firouzja who prevailed in the deciders, over Ding Liren and Nakamura respectively.
While Firouzja outplayed Nakamura in a tactical struggle in Armageddon, Ding missed chances in both games against Caruana and ended up drawing with white in the tiebreaker — this is the second consecutive round that sees the world champion getting promising positions and failing to convert them into victories.
Following the rest day, Carlsen will play black against a resurgent Firouzja, while Nakamura will get the white pieces against Ding.
Alireza Firouzja | Photo: Stev Bonhage
Analysis by André Schulz
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Magnus Carlsen | Photo: Stev Bonhage
Analysis by André Schulz
Fabiano Caruana | Photo: Stev Bonhage
Analysis by GM Daniel King
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| Rk | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts |
| 1 | Magnus Carlsen | NOR | 2830 | 14.5 |
| 2 | Hikaru Nakamura | USA | 2794 | 13.5 |
| 3 | R Praggnanandhaa | IND | 2747 | 12 |
| 4 | Alireza Firouzja | FRA | 2737 | 11 |
| 5 | Fabiano Caruana | USA | 2805 | 9 |
| 6 | Ding Liren | CHN | 2762 | 4.5 |
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