Month: June 2018

The 2018 edition of the Norway Chess Tournament, has been won by American Grandmaster, Fabiano Caruana. One of four players leading the tournament going into this final round, Fabiano beat countryman Wesley So to take first place outright. The game was not the best we have seen from either player […check it out!]

The penultimate (8th) round of the 2018 edition of Norway Chess, was held on Wednesday 6th June in Stavanger. It saw two decisive games out of the four, with points going to Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura. The Petrov’s Defence tends to make many groan in pain, the likes of […check it out!]

Norway Chess 2018 resumed after the final rest day, with round seven on Tuesday 5th June. The players had been taken for a bit of R&R by boat the previous day, so it was interesting to see who would be feeling fresh and who would still be a bit green […check it out!]

Norway Chess 2018, had been something of an eventful affair so far, but mostly away from the board. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov had been suffering from toothache and had to experience Norwegian dental care. And then, Ding Liren had injured himself while out on a bike ride and was forced to withdraw […check it out!]

Round five of the 2018 edition of Norway Chess, was held in Stavanger on the 2nd of June. It saw all games drawn bar one, that of Fabiano Caruana against Sergey Karjakin. There was interest around this game, not least because it was the current challenger to Magnus Carlsen’s World […check it out!]

Play resumed in Norway Chess after the first rest day, with the field minus one player. It turns out that Ding Liren had fallen off of his bike while out for a ride with his Father. Ding had taken part in the rest day activities (more on that shortly) with […check it out!]

Round three of the 2018 Norway Chess tournament was held on the 30th of June.  As it had in round one, the win of the round came from Magnus Carlsen. Actually, the World Champion is so far the only player to have taken points and this puts him in a […check it out!]

Round two of the 2018 Norway Chess Super GM Tournament, took place in Stavanger on the 29th of May. It is to be said, that to call it a ’round’ is perhaps a little bit of an exaggeration because it was all done and dusted in just over two and […check it out!]

Round 1 of Norway Chess 2018, was played on Monday 28th May. The tournament was already getting quite eventful away from the board, with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov suffering with severe pain in a tooth and Fabiano Caruana attempting to withdraw. The latter did not go without remark from Magnus Carlsen, whom […check it out!]

The sixth edition of the ‘Norway Chess’ Super GM Tournament, opened in Stavanger on Sunday 27th May, with its trademarked blitz round robin. It will run until Sunday 10th June. The field this year comprised (ratings taken from FIDE May ratings list): Magnus Carlsen (2843), Fabiano Caruana (2822), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov […check it out!]