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Norway 07: Giri dizzies himself

6/11/2014 – Today featured four draws, none particularly shiny. That doesn't mean however that there was no hard fought chess, the contrary, if anything it was too hard fought. The only decisive game today was between Giri and Karjakin. Somehow the Dutch player won an exchange, but he could not make progress. After 131 moves a brutal blunder left him completely lost.

Norway Chess R05: why did Caruana resign?

6/10/2014 – He started this Super-GM tournament with two wins. In round five Fabiano Caruana found himself defending a King's Indian against Vladimir Kramnik. Just when everything seemed safe the young Italian GM blundered, and a few moves later, to the surprise of everyone, resigned. The position was dire, but was it actually lost? Our endgame specialist Karsten Müller clears up this question.

Norway 06: Tournament wide open!

6/9/2014 – As if to add excitement to the tournament, the sole leader fell to the player that was in the bottom of the standings. Topalov dispatched his nemesis Kramnik, with the usual lack of handshakes, and although he remains at the bottom of the leaderboard he is also only one point away from the three leaders, Kramnik, Carlsen and Caruana! It's anyone's tournament.

Norway 05: Blunderful round

6/8/2014 – The quality of today's games was not the highest, and some results were hard to predict especially considering how things were shaping after the opening phase. One man walks away victorious from today and that is Kramnik who received a last minute gift from Caruana and the Russian moves to first place. Carlsen somehow beat Aronian, but it was not the only strange game of the round.

Norway 04: Karjakin lone winner

6/7/2014 – A relatively dull round compared to the excitement of the previous games. However two games stood out from the rest. Caruana and Giri played a very interesting battle that resulted in a strange draw. Karjakin somehow turned around a game that was clearly worse for him into a win. More interesting were the Mindball games that the players participated on the free day.

Norway 03: Fantastic Round!

6/5/2014 – A very hard round to predict. Carlsen barely held on against Caruana who had him against the ropes the majority of the game. Aronian blundered his queen in less than 15 moves and Grischuk mopped up the game. Karjakin miraculously drew against Agdestein who certainly had a winning position. Kramnik meanwhile cannot win Catalans with the white pieces, but he crushes with black!

Kasparov answers questions in Norway (1/2)

6/5/2014 – During the first round of the Norway Chess tournament, Garry Kasparov appeared in the commentary box hosted by Dirk Jan Ten Geuzendam, editor-in-chief of New in Chess, and Nigel Short. While analyzing the games in progress, he also answered questions regarding players such as Caruana and Karjakin, and clarified a number of points on the campaign. He didn't mince words.

Norway 02: Caruana 2.0/2

6/4/2014 – Caruana showed excellent preparation and confused Svidler who could not keep up with the extreme complications over the board, putting the Italian player in a perfect 2.0/2 start. Aronian vanquished Karjakin, the Russian's first loss in 24 games. Topalov and Grischuk was also wild, and time pressure this time did not favor the Bulgarian who committed a series of mistakes.

Norway 01: Caruana strikes first

6/3/2014 – The first round in Stavanger almost saw five draws and a very solid series of games. Carlsen had some chances against Giri but an exceptional defense allowed the Dutchman to hold on to a draw. Grischuk got into his typical time pressure but his solid position should have ended in the players splitting the point, until a colossal move 39 mistake cost him the game Round one report.

Norway Blitz brilliancies and blunders

6/3/2014 – Every chess player enjoys a blitz game, and there is nothing quite like watching the best of the best slug it out between themselves. Chess fans got a major dose of it in the opening day of Norway, where the elite fought for the fun and prestige of it. The predominant feature of blitz games is tactical fireworks and many great shots were made and missed. Can you find them?

Norway Blitz: Carlsen Crushes

6/2/2014 – Magnus Carlsen, who recently announced his goal of being the best player in blitz, rapid and standard time controls, proved that he is definitely capable of dominating all of chess' speeds as he razed his opposition in the blitz tournament in Norway. A crushing 7.5/9 eclipsed even Aronian's 6.5/9, a score that was enough to win last year. Full report with all the blitz games!

Super Chess in Stavanger begins Tomorrow

6/1/2014 – The 2014 edition of Norway's Super Tournament begins tomorrow with the blitz tournament to determine the pairing orders. With some of the best chess players, including the top four in the FIDE rankings, the beautiful city of Stavanger is yet again the center of attention of the chess world. We bring you a preview of the event as well as some fabulous views of the host city.
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