4/22/2016 – The fourth round of the Altibox Norway Chess tournament was the first without any decided games. Perhaps Pentala Harikrishna, who played against Nils Grandelius, came closest to a win but his advantage vanished after he forced the Swedish Grandmaster to give his queen for rook and minor piece. With 3.0/4 Magnus Carlsen remains sole leader.
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The fourth round was the last round before the first rest day. And Chinese Grandmaster Li Chao was the one who had to play against the World Champion - with White. Li Chao answered Carlsen's Queen's Gambit Slav with the exchange variation - not a system to play for a win at all costs. After 14 moves the position was almost symmetrical - the only difference was that Li Chao had played his queen's rook to the c-file whereas Carlsen had decided to move his king's rook to the c-file. However, the structure did not offer much play and gradually one piece after the other was exchanged which finally led to a rook ending in which Carlsen forced a repetition of moves and a draw.
Anish Giri and Levon Aronian discussed a well-known and often played lined of the Queen's Gambit with Bf4, in which White tries to squeeze Black's position with c5. With this opening the players rekindled a discussion which they had begun at the Candidates Tournament in Moscow. However, with 14... Qb7 deviated from the previous game - apparently he was not too keen to know what Giri had prepared.
Black wound up in a slightly cramped position (which is not unusual in this line) but gradually managed to free himself. White was settled with an isolated pawn on d4 but as this was no serious disadvantage the game finally ended in a draw.
Anish Giri (Photo Gegga)
Pavel Eljanov and Veselin Topalov played a line of the Tartakower-Variation of the Queen's Gambit which might trigger memories to the 6th game of the legendary Fischer-Spassky match in Reykjavik 1972. But the Eljanov-Topalov took a different course than its predecessor. One piece after the other vanished from the board and the game soon petered out to a draw.
The two pursuers of Carlsen, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Vladimir Kramnik, had the chance to catch with the World Champion - if they won and Carlsen drew. Unfortunately they played against each other which reduced the chances that they might catch up to Carlsen.
The first topic of the game was - yes, indeed, the Berlin Defense, or, to be more precise, the attempt to play the Berlin Defense. But the French Grandmaster preferred 4.d3, which led to the usual patterns. Kramnik brought his bishop to c5 and then followed ideas which had been seen in a couple of previous, in which Black copied White's usual strategy in the Spanish: Black played the bishop to c7 and the knight to g6. This led to a complicated, rich game, in which both sides were looking for chances. But after a long game the point was split.
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1.e4
1,185,008
54%
2421
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1.d4
959,510
55%
2434
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1.Nf3
286,503
56%
2441
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1.c4
184,834
56%
2442
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1.g3
19,892
56%
2427
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1.b3
14,600
54%
2428
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1.f4
5,954
48%
2377
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1.Nc3
3,911
50%
2384
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1.b4
1,791
48%
2379
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1.a3
1,250
54%
2406
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1.e3
1,081
49%
2409
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1.d3
969
50%
2378
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1.g4
670
46%
2361
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1.h4
466
54%
2382
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1.c3
439
51%
2425
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1.h3
289
56%
2420
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1.a4
118
60%
2461
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1.f3
100
47%
2427
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1.Nh3
93
66%
2506
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1.Na3
47
62%
2476
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1.e4e52.Nf3Nc63.Bb5Nf64.d3Bc55.c30-06.0-0d67.h3Ne78.d4Bb69.Bd3Ng610.Re1Re811.Qc2c611...exd412.cxd4c513.dxc5Bxc514.Nc3Be615.Be3Qc816.Bxc5Qxc517.Qd2Ne518.Be2Nxf3+19.Bxf3Rad820.Red1h521.Qd4Qg522.Qd2Qe523.Qe3a624.Rd4Bd725.Rad1Bc626.g3Re627.Bg2h428.gxh4Rde829.Bf3a530.a4Qc531.Qf4Re532.R1d3R8e633.Kh2Qb634.Rd2Qd835.Qg3Bxe436.Bxe4Nxe437.Nxe4Rxe438.Rxe4Rxe439.Rxd6Qxh440.Qxh41/2-1/2 (40) Anand,V (2762)-Caruana,F (2794) Moscow 201612.Na312.Be3d513.dxe5Nxe514.Nxe5Rxe515.Bxb6axb616.f4Rh517.e5Nd718.Qe2Rh419.e6Nc520.exf7+Kxf721.Nd2Nxd322.Qxd3Rxf423.Qxh7Bf524.Qh5+Bg625.Qe5Rf626.Nf3Kg827.Ng5Qd728.a3Raf829.Rad1Qf530.Qe3Qf2+31.Qxf2Rxf232.Re6Be433.Nxe4dxe434.Rxe4Rxb235.Rd7Rff236.Rg4Rf737.Rxf7Kxf738.Rb4Ra239.Rxb6Rxa340.Rxb7+Kg841.c4Ra442.c5Ra543.Rc7Rxc51/2-1/2 (43) Adams,M (2725)-Anand,V (2780)
Baden-Baden 201312...Bc713.dxe5Nxe514.Nxe5dxe515.Be2h616.Nc4Nh717.Rd1Qf618.Ne3Qg619.Bg4Bxg420.Nxg4Bb621.a4h522.Nh2Nf623.a5Bc524.b4Bf8The bishop stood here before.25.Re1a626.Nf3Nd527.Qb3Nf428.Bxf4exf429.Rad1Rad829...Rxe430.Rxe4Qxe431.Rd7Be732.Rxb7±was not to Black's liking.30.e5Rxd131.Rxd1
31...Qf5Preparing to
advance the g-pawn.32.Re1g533.Nd4Qg634.e6Kh835.Qd1fxe636.Nf3g437.Ne5Qf538.hxg4hxg439.Nxg4Bg740.Qd7Rf841.f3c5
The game between Nils Grandelius and Pentala Harikrishna led to positions which you rarely see in top tournaments. The Indian Grandmaster opted for the Rubinstein-Variation in the French and after 6.Bxf6 recaptured with ...gxf6. Later both kings castled queenside. But before Black did he had lost the pawn on h7 - though he got very active piece play in return. Black's pressure became so great that White was forced to give his queen for rook and minor piece - but then Black gradually gave his advantage away and the game ended in a draw.
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1.e4Nils Grandelius and Pentala Harikrishna know each other well and
already have played a couple of games against each other. However, this is the
first time Grandelius opens with 1.e4.e62.d4d53.Nc3Nf64.Bg5dxe45.Nxe4Be76.Bxf6gxf67.Qd2More common is7.Nf3and now, e.g.:f58.Nc3a69.Qe2b510.0-0-0b411.Na4Qd512.b3Nd713.Qe3Rg814.Rg1Bb715.Bc4Qe416.Qd2Qg417.h3Qh518.Be2Qg619.Kb1Qf620.Ne1Qg521.f4Qg322.Nd3a523.c3Nf624.cxb4axb425.Qc1Bd626.Ndc5Bd527.Bf3Bxf4
0-1 (27) Libiszewski,F (2515) -Harikrishna,P (2755) Gibraltar 20167...b68.0-0-0Bb79.Nc3c610.Nf310.Kb1was played in a couple of correspondence
games.10...Nd711.Qh6Qc712.Qg7Rf813.Qxh7f5Now, the white queen
is a bit out of play.14.Bc4Here the bishop can be easily attacked.Nf615.Qh6Ng416.Qd20-0-017.h3Nf618.Ne5Kb819.Rhe1b520.Bb3b421.Ne2c522.Qe3Ne423.f4cxd424.Nxd4Bc525.Nef3Rg826.g426.Re2Qb6
followed by27.--Ng326...fxg427.hxg4Rxg428.Ne5Rxd4!28...Rgg8?!29.Ndc6+Bxc630.Nxc6+Qxc631.Rxd8+Rxd832.Qxe429.Rxd4Rg3
White is in trouble and has to give queen for rook and minor piece.30.Qxe430.Qe2Bxd4-+winning a piece.30...Bxe431.Rdxe4Rg1?!With this
somewhat hasty offer to exchange rooks Black gives up the pawn on b4.31...Ka8!?or31...Qb732.Rc4Be3+33.Kb1a5- that's what the
engines want to play. But is this enough to win?But not31...a5?32.Rc4and Black has problems to escape the pin without damage.32.Rxg1Bxg133.Rxb4+Bb634.a4Ka835.Kb1In this position Black's queen is not
particularly dangerous.Qe736.Rc4Bc737.Nd3Bd638.a5Kb839.Ba4Qb740.Rc6Bxf441.Nc541.Nxf4Qb442.Nd3Qxa443.Rc541...Qe742.Na6+Kb743.Nc5+Kb844.Na6+Kb745.Nc5+½–½
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