The 4th edition of the Norway Chess Tournament, is underway, in Stavanger, Norway. It is a round-robin event, played over 9-rounds. The event will be played under classical time controls (100 min for 40 moves + 50 min for 20 moves, + 15 min for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move 61). ‘Sofia’ rules apply.
The tournament has a new sponsor this year, in the form of Altibox, a Norwegian broadband and communications company. That is not the only change, with the event removing itself from the Grand Chess Tour, apparently due to differences in vision for the future of chess events.
Top seed is of course Norway’s chess superstar and current World Champion, Magnus Carlsen. Carlsen’s challenger for the world title, Sergey Karjakin of Russia, was also given a place at this event, but since qualifying to play Carlsen a few weeks ago, (by winning the 2016 Candidates Tournament), has withdrawn. He cited the need to prepare – yes, November is indeed looming.
Needless to say, this has not gone down too well with the organisers. In a statement published on their website, the action was described as ‘disrespectful’. Karjakin has been replaced by Li Chao of China, who has reportedly postponed his wedding in order to play the event … one can only wonder how that decision went down.
The full list of players is given below, (given in order of seeding for the event, world ranking in brackets):
Magnus Carlsen, Norway, 2851 (1)
Vladimir Kramnik, Russia, 2801 (2)
Anish Giri, The Netherlands, 2790 (4)
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, France, 2788 (5)
Levon Aronian, Armenia, 2784 (7)
Pavel Eljanov, Ukraine, 2765 (12)
Pentala Harikrishna, India, 2763 (13)
Li Chao, China, 2755 (15)
Veselin Topalov, Bulgaria, 2754 (16)
Nils Grandelius, Sweden, 2649 (112)
In a nice opening novelty for this event, a blitz competition was played on Monday. Interestingly this would decide the pairings for the main tournament – the five top finishers will have five white games in the 9-rounds and the rest only four. How beneficial this will be remains to be seen.
Magnus Carlsen dominated the blitz event, with a score of 7½ from the 9 rounds. It could have been a better score in all honesty, but the World Champion pushed the boat out a bit in his final round game against Anish Giri, and sank. The full blitz standings are given below (games at the bottom of this report).
Magnus Carlsen — 7½
Anish Giri — 6½
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave — 6
Vladimir Kramnik — 6
Levon Aronian — 4½
Pentala Harikrishna — 4
Veselin Topalov — 3
Nils Grandelius — 2½
Li Chao — 2½
Pavel Eljanov — 2½
This works out in the following line-up for the first round.
Carlsen vs Harikrishna
Giri vs Eljanov
Vachier-Lagrave vs Li Chao
Kramnik vs Grandelius
Aronian vs Topalov
Play begins at 16:00 local time. If you need to, you can check your time, here.
More Information: Altibox Norway Chess 2016 Website
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “1.1”]
[White “Grandelius, Nils”]
[Black “Li, Chao b”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2649”]
[BlackElo “2755”]
[ECO “A37”]
[Opening “English”]
[Variation “symmetrical variation”]
[WhiteFideId “1710400”]
[BlackFideId “8604436”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e6 7. e3 Nge7 8. d4 O-O
9. d5 Na5 10. Nd2 exd5 11. cxd5 b5 12. Nxb5 Ba6 13. a4 Rb8 14. Qc2 Bxb5 15. axb5
Rxb5 16. Rd1 Qb6 17. Qa4 Nb3 18. Nxb3 Rxb3 19. Qxa7 Nf5 20. Qxb6 Rxb6 21. Bh3
Bxb2 22. Bxb2 Rxb2 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Ra6 Rd8 25. Rc1 Rd2 26. Kg2 Rxd5 27. Kf3
Kg7 28. h3 Kf6 29. Rc4 Re5 30. Ke2 Re6 31. Rh4 Kg6 32. Rc4 Rb8 33. Rc2 Kf6 34.
Rc6 Rb7 35. Rd2 Ke7 36. Rd5 Rf6 37. Rd2 Rd7 38. Kf3 Re6 39. Rd5 Re5 40. Rcxc5 f6
41. Ra5 Ke6 42. Rxe5+ fxe5 43. Ra6 Rb7 44. Ra8 Rd7 45. Ra6 Rb7 46. Ra8 Rd7 47.
Ra6 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “1.2”]
[White “Giri, Anish”]
[Black “Eljanov, Pavel”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2790”]
[BlackElo “2765”]
[ECO “C65”]
[Opening “Ruy Lopez”]
[Variation “Berlin defence”]
[WhiteFideId “24116068”]
[BlackFideId “14102951”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Qe2 Nd7 8.
Nc4 Re8 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 Nf8 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Kb1 Qd7 13. Rhg1 a5 14. g4 Bxg4
15. Rg3 Ng6 16. Rdg1 Bh5 17. Qf1 Bf8 18. Ne3 Nf4 19. Nf5 g6 20. Bxf4 exf4 21.
Rh3 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Kh8 23. Qg2 Qf7 24. Nh4 Bd6 25. Rh3 g5 26. Nf5 a4 27. Rh6 Rg8
28. Qf3 Rg6 29. h4 Rxh6 30. Nxh6 Qg6 31. Nf5 a3 32. b3 Rg8 33. hxg5 fxg5 34. Qg4
c5 35. Rh1 Qf6 36. Rxh7+ 1-0
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “1.3”]
[White “Topalov, Veselin”]
[Black “Kramnik, Vladimir”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2754”]
[BlackElo “2801”]
[ECO “D35”]
[Opening “QGD”]
[Variation “exchange variation”]
[WhiteFideId “2900084”]
[BlackFideId “4101588”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 Nc6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nf3 f6 12. Nd4 Kc7 13. Nb3 e5 14. f4
Bd6 15. Be3 Re8 16. Kf2 Ba6 17. Rhe1 Bc4 18. Rab1 exf4 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 20. gxf4
Rab8 0-1
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “1.4”]
[White “Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime”]
[Black “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2788”]
[BlackElo “2851”]
[ECO “A07”]
[Opening “Reti”]
[Variation “King’s Indian attack (Barcza system)”]
[WhiteFideId “623539”]
[BlackFideId “1503014”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 h6 6. Re1 Ngf6 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. dxe4 Be6 11. Qe2 Bc5 12. a3 O-O 13. b4 Bb6 14. Bb2 Qf6 15.
c4 Bc7 16. c5 a5 17. Nd2 axb4 18. axb4 b6 19. cxb6 Bxb6 20. Nf3 Qe7 21. Nxe5
Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Qxb4 23. Rab1 Qc5 24. Rec1 Qxe5 25. Rxb6 c5 26. Rb5 Rfc8 27. h3
Ra1 28. Qe1 Rxc1 29. Qxc1 Qd4 30. Rb2 c4 31. Rd2 Qe5 32. f4 Qc5+ 33. Kh2 c3 34.
Rd3 c2 35. f5 Ba2 36. Rd7 Qb5 37. Ra7 Qb1 0-1
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “1.5”]
[White “Aronian, Levon”]
[Black “Harikrishna, Pentala”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2784”]
[BlackElo “2763”]
[ECO “D35”]
[Opening “QGD”]
[Variation “exchange, positional line, 5…c6”]
[WhiteFideId “13300474”]
[BlackFideId “5007003”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Nh4 Be7 12. Kd2 f5 13. g3 Bxh4 14. gxh4 Ke7
15. Ne2 Nf6 16. Nf4 Nh5 17. Nh3 f4 18. Nxf4 Nxf4 19. exf4 Rhg8 20. Rg1 Bf5 21.
Rg5 Kf6 22. Re1 h6 23. Rg3 Rg4 24. Rxg4 Bxg4 25. Bd3 Rg8 26. Rg1 Rg7 27. Rg3 Bd7
28. f3 Be6 29. b4 b5 30. Ke3 Bd7 31. f5 Bc8 32. Kf4 Bd7 33. Rxg7 Kxg7 34. Ke5 1-0
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “2.1”]
[White “Harikrishna, Pentala”]
[Black “Giri, Anish”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2763”]
[BlackElo “2790”]
[ECO “B90”]
[Opening “Sicilian”]
[Variation “Najdorf”]
[WhiteFideId “5007003”]
[BlackFideId “24116068”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 e5 7. Nf3 b5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nc6 12. Bc4 O-O 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bd5 Bb7
15. Qd2 Rab8 16. O-O h6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. a5 Ne7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Qe3 Rc8 21.
Rd2 Rc6 22. g3 Qe6 23. Kg2 Rbc7 24. Rad1 Kh7 25. Qb3 Qxb3 26. cxb3 Nc8 27. Rd3
Rc2 28. R1d2 R2c5 29. Rd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Rc2 31. Nd2 Rxb2 32. Nc4 Rxb3 33. Nxd6
Rc3 34. Nxf7 b3 35. Rd7 b2 36. Rb7 Rc7 37. Rxb2 Rxf7 38. Rc2 Nd6 39. f3 Nb5 40.
Rc6 Rf6 41. Rc5 Re6 42. Kf2 Kg6 43. Ke3 Kf6 44. f4 g5 45. f5 Rd6 46. Rc8 Nd4 47.
Rf8+ Ke7 48. Rh8 Nb3 49. Rh7+ Kf8 50. Kf3 Nxa5 51. Kg4 Nc4 52. Kh5 Nd2 53. Rh8+
Kg7 54. Re8 Nxe4 55. Re7+ Kf6 0-1
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “2.2”]
[White “Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime”]
[Black “Grandelius, Nils”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2788”]
[BlackElo “2649”]
[ECO “B29”]
[Opening “Sicilian”]
[Variation “Nimzovich-Rubinstein variation”]
[WhiteFideId “623539”]
[BlackFideId “1710400”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. a4 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Re1 a6 11. Bxd7 N6xd7 12. Ne4 Nc6 13. c3 Rc8 14. Bf4 Nf6
15. Qc2 Nd5 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. a5 Rfd8 18. Qa4 Nf6 19. Be3 Qxd3 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21.
Bxc5 Rd5 22. Bb6 Qf5 23. Rad1 h6 24. h3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nd5 26. Nd4 Nxd4 27. Bxd4
e5 28. Bb6 Nxb6 29. axb6 Qe6 30. Qd7 Rc6 31. Qxb7 Rxb6 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Qe4+ f5
34. Qc2 e4 35. c4 Rd6 36. Rxd6 Qxd6 37. c5 Qc6 38. b4 Kg6 39. Qc3 Kf7 40. Qe5 g6
41. Kh2 h5 42. h4 Qb7 43. Qd6 e3 44. fxe3 Qxb4 45. Qd7+ Kg8 46. Qd8+ Kf7 47. c6
Qc5 48. Qc7+ Kf6 49. Qd8+ Kf7 50. Qd7+ Kf6 51. c7 Qe5+ 52. g3 Qb2+ 53. Kh3 Qe2
54. Qd6+ Kf7 55. Qd5+ Kf6 56. c8=Q 1-0
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “2.3”]
[White “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Black “Eljanov, Pavel”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2851”]
[BlackElo “2765”]
[ECO “C65”]
[Opening “Ruy Lopez”]
[Variation “Berlin defence”]
[WhiteFideId “1503014”]
[BlackFideId “14102951”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3 a6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. Re1 Bb6 10. Nbd2 a5 11. Nc4 h6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Re8 14. Qc2 c5 15.
d5 a4 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. Bc3 Bb5 18. b3 Nd7 19. Nfd2 Qe7 20. Re3 c6 21. Rg3 f6 22.
Ne3 Qf8 23. Nf5 g5 24. dxc6 Bxc6 25. Rd1 Ne5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Re3 Bc7 28. Nc4
Re6 29. Qe2 axb3 30. axb3 Kh7 31. Qh5 Be8 32. Qg4 Qf7 33. Nfxd6 Bxd6 34. Nxd6
Qe7 35. e5 fxe5 36. Qe4+ 1-0
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “2.4”]
[White “Kramnik, Vladimir”]
[Black “Aronian, Levon”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2801”]
[BlackElo “2784”]
[ECO “D03”]
[Opening “Torre attack (Tartakower variation)”]
[WhiteFideId “4101588”]
[BlackFideId “13300474”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. dxc5 e6 6. Bd3 Bxc5 7. Nbd2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. c4 h6 10. Bh4 b6 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. a3 dxc4 13. Nxc4 b5 14. Nce5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Qd5 16. Qf3 Qxf3 17. Nxf3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 a6 19. Rc7 Bd6 20. Rc6 Be5 21.
b3 Rfd8 22. Rd1 g5 23. Bg3 Bxg3 24. hxg3 Kg7 25. Kf1 Nd5 26. Ke2 b4 27. axb4
Nxb4 28. Rc4 Nxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Kxd3 Rb8 31. b4 Rb5 32. f4 a5 33. Ke4 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “2.5”]
[White “Li, Chao b”]
[Black “Topalov, Veselin”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2755”]
[BlackElo “2754”]
[ECO “E01”]
[Opening “Catalan”]
[Variation “closed”]
[WhiteFideId “8604436”]
[BlackFideId “2900084”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne5
Be7 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. Ndf3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 c5 13. Rc1 h6 14. a3 a5 15.
Qa4 Qd7 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd4 Rfd8 20. Nb5 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 Bf6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. g4 Kg7 24. Kf3 h5 25. gxh5 f5 26. Nd6 Ra8 27. Nc4 Nb3
28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Rg1+ Kh6 30. Ne5 Nd4+ 31. Ke3 Nc2+ 32. Kf4 Rf8 33. e3 b5 34.
Rc1 Rc8 35. Nxf7+ Kg7 36. Nd6 Rc6 37. Nxb5 Kf6 38. Nc3 e5+ 39. Kg3 f4+ 40. Kh4 1-0
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “3.1”]
[White “Topalov, Veselin”]
[Black “Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2754”]
[BlackElo “2788”]
[ECO “B51”]
[Opening “Sicilian”]
[Variation “Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack”]
[WhiteFideId “2900084”]
[BlackFideId “623539”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. a4 b6 7. Na3 Bb7 8. Re1
e6 9. c3 Be7 10. Bc2 Qc7 11. d4 O-O 12. h3 Rac8 13. Bd3 Rfe8 14. Qe2 Ra8 15. Bf4
g6 16. Bh2 Bf8 17. Nc4 b5 18. Ncd2 c4 19. Bc2 e5 20. Qe3 Bg7 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22.
Nxe5 dxe5 23. b3 cxb3 24. Bxb3 bxa4 25. Bxa4 Red8 26. Rab1 Rac8 27. Rb3 Ba8 28.
Bg3 Qa5 29. Ra1 Qc5 30. Qxc5 Rxc5 31. Bh4 h6 32. Bxf6 Bxf6 33. Ra2 Bg5 34. Nf3
Bxe4 35. Nxg5 hxg5 36. Rb6 Rxc3 37. Rxa6 Kg7 38. Ra7 Bf5 39. Re2 Rc1+ 40. Kh2 g4
41. hxg4 Bxg4 42. Rxe5 Rc4 43. f3 Bf5 44. Bb3 Rh4+ 45. Kg3 Rb4 46. Rxf7+ Kh6 47.
Re3 Rd2 48. Rc7 Kg5 49. Bg8 Rbb2 50. f4+ 1-0
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “3.2”]
[White “Grandelius, Nils”]
[Black “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2649”]
[BlackElo “2851”]
[ECO “A13”]
[Opening “English”]
[Variation “Neo-Catalan accepted”]
[WhiteFideId “1710400”]
[BlackFideId “1503014”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8.
Nc3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 Qe7 11. Rd1 h6 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. gxf4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rd8
15. e3 Nf8 16. Na4 Rb8 17. Qc5 Qxc5 18. Nxc5 g5 19. fxg5 hxg5 20. Nf3 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 b6 22. Nb3 g4 23. Ne5 Bb7 24. Rd4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rc8 26. Nxg4 Nxg4 27. Rxg4+
Ng6 28. Rb4 b5 29. a4 bxa4 30. Rxa4 Rc2 31. Nd4 Rxb2 32. Rxa6 Ne5 33. Kg3 Rb1
34. Nf3 Nxf3 35. Kxf3 Kg7 36. Ra4 Rb2 37. Rg4+ Kh6 38. Kg3 Rb1 39. h3 Rg1+ 40.
Kf4 Rf1 41. f3 Ra1 42. e4 Ra3 43. Rg3 Ra5 44. h4 Rb5 45. Rg5 Rb3 46. Ra5 Kg6 47.
h5+ Kf6 48. h6 Kg6 49. Ra7 Rb5 50. h7 Rh5 51. Ra2 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “3.3”]
[White “Aronian, Levon”]
[Black “Li, Chao b”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2784”]
[BlackElo “2755”]
[ECO “A48”]
[Opening “King’s Indian”]
[Variation “Torre attack”]
[WhiteFideId “13300474”]
[BlackFideId “8604436”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O b6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. Nc3
Bb7 9. Nd2 h6 10. Bh4 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 c5
15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Qe2 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Bxd4 19. exd4 Nf6 20. Rd1 Qd7
21. Bxf6 exf6 22. d5 Qd6 23. Qa6 Re8 24. h3 Re7 25. Qd3 Kg7 26. a3 a5 27. Qc4
Rc7 28. Qd3 h5 29. h4 Re7 30. g3 Rc7 31. Kg2 Re7 32. Qc4 Rc7 33. Qd4 Rd7 34. Rd3
Rc7 35. Rc3 Rc5 36. Rxc5 bxc5 37. Qe4 f5 38. Qd3 Kf6 39. Kf3 Ke5 40. Qc3+ Kxd5
41. Qb3+ Ke5 42. Qxf7 Qc6+ 43. Ke3 Qe4+ 44. Kd2 Qd4+ 45. Ke1 Qe4+ 46. Kd2 Qd4+
47. Ke1 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “3.4”]
[White “Giri, Anish”]
[Black “Kramnik, Vladimir”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2790”]
[BlackElo “2801”]
[ECO “C65”]
[Opening “Ruy Lopez”]
[Variation “Berlin defence”]
[WhiteFideId “24116068”]
[BlackFideId “4101588”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 f6 11. Nf3 Nc5 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nc4 Ne6 14. g3 Qd7
15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 a5 17. Kh1 b6 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Rad8 20. f5 Nc5 21. Qf3
Qd4 22. Rab1 Rfe8 23. Rg1 Rd7 24. Rg3 Ree7 25. Rbg1 Kf8 26. Qh5 Nxe4 27. dxe4
Qxe4+ 28. Ng2 h6 29. c4 Re5 30. Re3 Qxf5 31. Rxe5 Qxe5 32. Qg4 f5 33. Rf1 Rf7
34. Qd1 Kg8 35. Qd2 Kh7 36. Re1 Qf6 37. Nf4 Qh4 38. Ne6 Qg4 39. Qd3 b5 40. Rf1
a4 41. cxb5 cxb5 42. Nd4 Rd7 43. Qxf5+ Qxf5 44. Nxf5 axb3 45. Rf3 Rd1+ 46. Kg2
Rd2+ 47. Rf2 Rd5 48. Ng3 c5 49. Ne4 c4 50. Rd2 Re5 51. Nd6 Rc5 52. Rd4 c3 53.
bxc3 Rxc3 54. Rb4 Rc2+ 55. Kg3 Rc3+ 56. Kg2 Rc2+ 57. Kg3 Rc3+ 58. Kg2 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “3.5”]
[White “Eljanov, Pavel”]
[Black “Harikrishna, Pentala”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2765”]
[BlackElo “2763”]
[ECO “E04”]
[Opening “Catalan”]
[Variation “open, 5.Nf3”]
[WhiteFideId “14102951”]
[BlackFideId “5007003”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bd6 8. Bc3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Bd7 10. Qxc4 b5 11. Qxb5 Nb4 12. Qxb4 Bxb4 13. Bxb4 Re8 14. Bc5 Rb8
15. b3 a6 16. O-O Bc6 17. Rfe1 Nd7 18. Ba3 e5 19. Rac1 Ba8 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21.
Nxe5 Bxg2 22. Ndf3 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Qd5 24. Rxc7 Rbc8 25. Rcc1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 h6 27.
Kf1 Qe4 28. Re1 Rc8 29. Bc1 Rc2 30. Be3 Rxa2 31. Rd1 Qc2 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Nd4
Qe4 34. Nf3 Qb1+ 35. Kg2 Qxb3 36. Nd4 Qb7+ 37. f3 Qe7 0-1
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “4.1”]
[White “Kramnik, Vladimir”]
[Black “Eljanov, Pavel”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2801”]
[BlackElo “2765”]
[ECO “A46”]
[Opening “Queen’s pawn”]
[Variation “Yusupov-Rubinstein system”]
[WhiteFideId “4101588”]
[BlackFideId “14102951”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4
d6 9. d5 e5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Rb1 Nbd7 12. b4 Ne8 13. Bc2 Rc8 14. Qe2 Ba6 15. Nd2
Bg5 16. Bb3 f5 17. Nf3 Bxc1 18. Rbxc1 Kh8 19. a4 Qe7 20. Nd4 Bb7 21. Ncb5 Ra8
22. Ne6 Rf6 23. f4 Rg6 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. c5 bxc5 26. bxc5 Ba6 27. Qf2 1-0
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “4.2”]
[White “Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime”]
[Black “Aronian, Levon”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2788”]
[BlackElo “2784”]
[ECO “D38”]
[Opening “QGD”]
[Variation “Ragozin variation”]
[WhiteFideId “623539”]
[BlackFideId “13300474”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Rc1 Bb2 12. Rxc7 Na6 13. Rc2 Bxd4 14. e3 Bg7
15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. O-O O-O 17. Nb3 Be6 18. Qd3 Rc8 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Rc1 Qb7 21.
Nd4 Qb2 22. Rb1 Qxa2 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qg6 Kh8 25. h4 gxh4 26. Bxh4 d4 27. exd4
Qd5 28. Be7 Qf5 29. Qxf5 Rxf5 30. Bc5 Rd5 31. Rb8+ Kh7 32. Rb7 Kg6 33. Rxa7 Bxd4
34. Bxd4 Rxd4 35. Rxa6 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “4.3”]
[White “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Black “Harikrishna, Pentala”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2851”]
[BlackElo “2763”]
[ECO “B47”]
[Opening “Sicilian”]
[Variation “Taimanov (Bastrikov) variation”]
[WhiteFideId “1503014”]
[BlackFideId “5007003”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. a3 a6 7. Be3 Be7 8. f4
b5 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Nf6 12. Kh1 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Be4 Qd7 15.
Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 exd5 18. Bd4 f6 19. g3 Kf7 20. Kg2 Rhe8 21. Kf3
Rac8 22. Rf2 Bc5 23. Rd1 Re4 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Rd3 b4 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Kxe4 Rb5
28. a4 Ra5 29. b3 Rc5 30. c4 bxc3 31. Rc2 Ke6 32. Kd4 Rd5+ 33. Kxc3 Kf5 34. Kc4
Rd8 35. b4 Kg4 36. b5 axb5+ 37. axb5 h5 38. b6 Rc8+ 39. Kd3 Rb8 40. Rb2 h4 41.
gxh4 Kxf4 42. b7 Ke5 43. h5 f5 1-0
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “4.4”]
[White “Li, Chao b”]
[Black “Giri, Anish”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2755”]
[BlackElo “2790”]
[ECO “B92”]
[Opening “Sicilian”]
[Variation “Najdorf, Opovcensky variation”]
[WhiteFideId “8604436”]
[BlackFideId “24116068”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qd3 Be6 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne8 13. c4 Bg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5
15. Na5 b6 16. Nc6 a5 17. b3 f5 18. f4 exf4 19. Qd4 Nef6 20. Qxf4 Qxf4 21. Rxf4
g6 22. Rff1 Rae8 23. Rae1 Ne4 24. Bf3 Nd2 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Rd1 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3
Kf7 28. Kf2 Kf6 29. a3 g5 30. Nd4 Ne5 31. Nb5 Nf7 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 Ra8 34.
Re1 Ne5 35. Re2 Rd8 36. Kg2 Nxc4 37. Re6+ Kf7 38. Nd4 Re8 39. Rxe8 Kxe8 40. Nxf5
Kf7 41. Kf2 Kf6 42. Nh6 Kg6 43. Ng8 Kf7 44. Nh6+ Kg6 45. Ng8 b5 46. Ke2 Kf7 47.
Nh6+ Kg6 48. Ng8 Nb6 49. Ne7+ Kf6 50. Nc6 Nxd5 51. Na7 Nxb4 52. Nxb5 Ke5 53. Ke3
Nd5+ 54. Kd3 Nf4+ 55. Ke3 Ne6 56. Na7 Nd4 57. Nc8 d5 58. Ne7 Nf5+ 0-1
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “4.5”]
[White “Grandelius, Nils”]
[Black “Topalov, Veselin”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2649”]
[BlackElo “2754”]
[ECO “A14”]
[Opening “English”]
[Variation “Neo-Catalan declined”]
[WhiteFideId “1710400”]
[BlackFideId “2900084”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Qe2 c5 10. Nc3 a6 11. Rfd1 Ra7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. d4 Qa8
15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bd4 a5 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Nxg2 Rc7 19. Qg4 g6 20. Qf4 Rfc8 21.
Be5 Rd7 22. Ne1 Rd5 23. Bb2 Rcd8 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. Bxd4 f6 27. Kf1
Kf7 28. Ke2 e5 29. Bxc5 Bxc5 30. Nd3 Ba3 31. Rd1 Rc8 32. Ne1 Ke6 33. Rd2 Rc1 34.
Rc2 e4 35. Rxc1 Bxc1 36. f3 f5 37. fxe4 fxe4 38. Nc2 Kd5 39. Nd4 Bb2 40. Nc2 b5
41. Kd1 h5 42. Ke2 Be5 43. Kf2 a4 44. Kg2 axb3 45. axb3 g5 46. Kf2 g4 47. Kg2
Bc3 48. Kf2 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “5.1”]
[White “Topalov, Veselin”]
[Black “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2754”]
[BlackElo “2851”]
[ECO “C76”]
[Opening “Ruy Lopez”]
[Variation “modern Steinitz defence, fianchetto (Bronstein) variation”]
[WhiteFideId “2900084”]
[BlackFideId “1503014”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. c3 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 Nf6
9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Nf1 b5 14. Bc2 Rad8 15. Ne3
Be6 16. Qc1 Qc5 17. Re2 Rd7 18. Qe1 Nh5 19. b4 Qb6 20. Bb3 Nf4 21. Rd2 Rxd2 22.
Qxd2 a5 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. a3 g5 25. Bg3 Rd8 26. Qa2 Kf7 27. h4 Bf6 28. hxg5 hxg5
29. Ng4 Rd3 30. Qc2 Rxc3 31. Qb2 axb4 32. axb4 Rc4 33. Bxf4 gxf4 34. Rd1 Ke7 35.
Nxf6 Kxf6 36. Rd7 Nd4 37. Nxd4 Rxd4 38. Rh7 Qc6 39. Qe2 Qc1+ 40. Kh2 Rd1 41.
Rh6+ Ke7 42. Rh7+ Kd6 43. Kh3 Rh1+ 44. Kg4 Rxh7 0-1
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “5.2”]
[White “Harikrishna, Pentala”]
[Black “Kramnik, Vladimir”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2763”]
[BlackElo “2801”]
[ECO “A13”]
[Opening “English opening”]
[Variation “Agincourt variation”]
[WhiteFideId “5007003”]
[BlackFideId “4101588”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Be2 dxc4 7. bxc4 c5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Nc3 b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Rad1 Rc8 12. Qb1 h6 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nc3 Qc7 15. Na4
Nd7 16. Qa1 Bf6 17. Rb1 e5 18. d3 Nb4 19. a3 Nxd3 20. Bxd3 e4 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22.
Qe5 exd3 23. Nxb6 Qxe5 24. Nxe5 Rcd8 25. Rfd1 Rfe8 26. Na4 Be4 27. Nf3 Nd7 28.
Nd2 Bc6 29. Nc3 Ne5 30. Rb6 Rb8 31. Rdb1 Rxb6 32. Rxb6 Bd7 33. f3 Be6 34. Rxa6
Nxc4 35. Nxc4 Bxc4 36. Rc6 Rxe3 37. Rxc5 d2 38. Rxc4 Rxc3 39. Rd4 Rc1+ 0-1
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “5.3”]
[White “Giri, Anish”]
[Black “Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2790”]
[BlackElo “2788”]
[ECO “B51”]
[Opening “Sicilian”]
[Variation “Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack”]
[WhiteFideId “24116068”]
[BlackFideId “623539”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 b6
9. Nd2 Bb7 10. Nc4 O-O 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 d5 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Re8 15.
exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bf3 Nf6 18. Bg3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Qd5 21.
Bh4 Qxf3 22. Rxf3 Nd5 23. Rf2 Re6 24. h3 Rae8 25. Kh2 f6 26. Bg3 Nb4 27. Rd1 Re2
28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Kf7 30. d4 cxd4 31. Bf2 d3 32. c3 Nc6 33. Rxd3 Re2 34.
Bxb6 Ne5 35. Rd6 Rxb2 36. Bd4 Nc4 37. Rxa6 h5 38. Kg3 h4+ 39. Kf3 Kg6 40. Rc6
Nd2+ 41. Kf4 Ra2 42. Ra6 Nb3 43. Kf3 Kf5 44. Ra7 Nd2+ 45. Ke3 Nf1+ 46. Kf3 Nh2+
47. Ke3 Rxg2 48. a5 g5 49. Ra6 g4 50. Rxf6+ Kg5 51. Rf8 Ra2 52. Rg8+ Kf5 53.
Rf8+ Ke6 54. hxg4 h3 55. Kf4 Nf1 56. Rh8 h2 57. Rh6+ 0-1
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “5.4”]
[White “Aronian, Levon”]
[Black “Grandelius, Nils”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2784”]
[BlackElo “2649”]
[ECO “A48”]
[Opening “King’s Indian”]
[Variation “Torre attack”]
[WhiteFideId “13300474”]
[BlackFideId “1710400”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. exd4
d5 9. Nd2 Nc6 10. Nb3 b6 11. a4 Bb7 12. Re1 h6 13. Bh4 e6 14. a5 Nxa5 15. Nxa5
bxa5 16. Na4 g5 17. Bg3 Ne4 18. c3 Bc6 19. Bd3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Rb8 21. Re2 Re8 22.
f4 gxf4 23. gxf4 Qh4 24. Qd2 Bf8 25. Qe3 Bd6 26. g3 Qf6 27. Nc5 Bxc5 28. dxc5 a4
29. Bc2 Bb5 30. Rf2 Red8 31. Qd4 Qxd4 32. cxd4 a5 33. Bxa4 Bxa4 34. Rxa4 Rb5 35.
Rc2 Rdb8 36. c6 Rc8 37. Rc5 Rb6 38. Raxa5 Rcxc6 39. b4 Rd6 40. b5 Rd8 41. Ra6
Rdb8 42. Rxb6 Rxb6 43. Kf2 Rb7 44. Ke3 Ra7 45. f5 Ra4 46. fxe6 fxe6 47. Rc7 Rb4
48. Rb7 h5 49. b6 Kf8 50. Kd3 Rb3+ 51. Kc2 Rb5 52. Kc3 Rb1 53. Kc2 Rb4 54. Kd3
Rb1 55. Ke3 Rb4 56. Kf4 Rxd4+ 57. Ke5 Rb4 58. Kxe6 d4 59. Rf7+ Ke8 60. Re7+ Kd8
61. Rd7+ Kc8 62. b7+ Rxb7 63. Rxd4 Rg7 64. Rd3 Rg4 65. Kf5 Kc7 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “5.5”]
[White “Eljanov, Pavel”]
[Black “Li, Chao b”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2765”]
[BlackElo “2755”]
[ECO “A48”]
[Opening “King’s Indian”]
[Variation “Torre attack”]
[WhiteFideId “14102951”]
[BlackFideId “8604436”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O b6 8. a4 a5
9. Na3 Bb7 10. Nb5 c6 11. Na3 Ne4 12. Bh4 h6 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Nf6 15. Bf3
Qd7 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Rfd1 Rfb8 18. e4 g5 19. Bg3 g4 20. Be2 Nxe4 21. Qc2 f5 22.
Ne3 e6 23. Bc4 Qf7 24. Re1 Nxg3 25. hxg3 d5 26. Bd3 c5 27. Rad1 c4 28. Be2 h5
29. b3 cxb3 30. Qxb3 Bc6 31. c4 Kh8 32. cxd5 Bxd5 33. Bc4 Rd8 34. Nxd5 exd5 35.
Bf1 f4 36. Qxb6 fxg3 37. fxg3 Rf8 38. Qb2 Rab8 39. Qd2 Rb4 40. Kh2 Rxd4 41. Qxa5
h4 42. gxh4 Qf4+ 43. g3 Qf2+ 44. Bg2 Rxd1 45. Rxd1 Be5 46. Rd3 Bd4 47. Rd1 Be5
48. Rd3 Bd4 49. Rxd4 Qxd4 50. Qc7 Qg7 51. Qd6 d4 52. a5 Qf6 53. Qd7 Rd8 54. Qxg4
d3 55. Qh5+ Kg7 56. Qg4+ Kf8 57. Qb4+ Kg7 58. Qd2 Qh6 59. Qc3+ Qf6 60. Qd2 Qh6
61. Qc3+ Qf6 62. Qd2 Qh6 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “6.1”]
[White “Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime”]
[Black “Eljanov, Pavel”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2788”]
[BlackElo “2765”]
[ECO “A01”]
[Opening “Nimzovich-Larsen attack”]
[Variation “classical variation”]
[WhiteFideId “623539”]
[BlackFideId “14102951”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 Be7 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. c4 c6 8. d3
Nbd7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 O-O 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. d4 e5 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nf3 Rfe8 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Bf3 dxc4 20. bxc4 Nd7 21.
Bd4 Bd6 22. Qb2 Ne5 23. Be2 g5 24. h3 Rd7 25. Bb6 Ng6 26. Bxa5 Be5 27. Bc3 Red8
28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Bg4 Bxc3 30. Qxc3 Rd8 31. a4 Ne5 32. Be2 Qc5 33. a5 Rd7 34. g3
g6 35. a6 bxa6 36. Ra5 1-0
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “6.2”]
[White “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Black “Kramnik, Vladimir”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2851”]
[BlackElo “2801”]
[ECO “D35”]
[Opening “QGD”]
[Variation “exchange variation”]
[WhiteFideId “1503014”]
[BlackFideId “4101588”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. a4 Bb7 14. Bd3
Rb8 15. Rfe1 h6 16. a5 b5 17. Rac1 a6 18. Qb4 Rc8 19. Nd2 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Ne5 21.
Bxb5 axb5 22. dxe5 Qd3 23. h3 Rd8 24. Rc7 Ba8 25. Qe7 Rf8 26. Qd6 Qe2 27. f3
Qe3+ 28. Kh2 Qf4+ 29. Kh1 b4 30. a6 h5 31. a7 h4 32. Qxb4 Qxe5 33. Qc5 Qxc5 34.
Rxc5 Rd8 35. Nc4 Kh7 1-0
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “6.3”]
[White “Grandelius, Nils”]
[Black “Giri, Anish”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2649”]
[BlackElo “2790”]
[ECO “A20”]
[Opening “English opening”]
[WhiteFideId “1710400”]
[BlackFideId “24116068”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qe5 8. Bg2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 exf3 11. Rxf3 c5 12. Ne3 Nc6 13. Qf1 Nd4 14. Rf4 Be6 15.
b3 Rab8 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. e3 Nc2 18. Rb1 b5 19. Nb2 a6 20. Nd3 c4 21. Nf2 cxb3 22.
axb3 Nxe3 23. dxe3 Qxc3 24. Bb2 Qxe3 25. Bd4 Qd2 26. Kh1 Qc2 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28.
Bxe4 Qc7 29. Rc1 Qa5 30. Qd3 g6 31. Ra1 Qc7 32. Rxa6 Bg5 33. Rf2 Rfe8 34. Bb2
Rbd8 35. Qxb5 Be3 36. Rc2 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 Qd8 38. Kf3 Bd4 39. Bxd4 Rxd4 40. Qc5
Rxe4 41. Kxe4 Bc8+ 0-1
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “6.4”]
[White “Li, Chao b”]
[Black “Harikrishna, Pentala”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2755”]
[BlackElo “2763”]
[ECO “D41”]
[Opening “QGD”]
[Variation “Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd”]
[WhiteFideId “8604436”]
[BlackFideId “5007003”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1
Rc8 15. Bb3 Nf6 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Rc5 18. Re5 Qd6 19. h3 h6 20. Qf4 Nd7 21.
Re4 Qxf4 22. Rxf4 Nf6 23. d6 Rd8 24. Nh4 Be4 25. Re1 Bc2 26. Bxc2 Rxc2 27. Nf5
Rxa2 28. Nxh6+ gxh6 29. Rxf6 Kg7 30. Rf4 Rxd6 31. Re7 Rf6 32. Rg4+ Kf8 33. Rc7
Rfxf2 34. Rc6 h5 35. Rg5 b5 36. Rc8+ Ke7 37. Rc7+ Kf6 38. Rg3 b4 39. Rc6+ Ke5
40. Rc5+ Kd4 41. Rxh5 a5 42. Rg4+ Kc3 43. Rg3+ Kc4 44. Rg4+ Kb3 45. Rg3+ Ka4 46.
Rgg5 f5 47. Rxf5 Rxg2+ 48. Kf1 Rgc2 49. Rxa5+ Kb3 50. Rxa2 Kxa2 51. Ra5+ Kb2 52.
h4 b3 53. h5 Kc1 54. h6 Rc7 55. Ke2 b2 56. Rb5 b1=Q 0-1
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “6.5”]
[White “Topalov, Veselin”]
[Black “Aronian, Levon”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2754”]
[BlackElo “2784”]
[ECO “D38”]
[Opening “QGD”]
[Variation “Ragozin variation”]
[WhiteFideId “2900084”]
[BlackFideId “13300474”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Bd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e3 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Bd3 Ne5 14. Qc2 Nxd3+
15. Qxd3 Bf5 16. Qb5 Qd7 17. Qxb7 Rab8 18. Qa6 Rb6 19. Qa5 c5 20. O-O Rb5 21.
Qa6 Rb6 22. Qa5 Rb5 23. Qa6 Rb6 24. Qa5 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “7.1”]
[White “Kramnik, Vladimir”]
[Black “Li, Chao b”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2801”]
[BlackElo “2755”]
[ECO “A48”]
[Opening “King’s Indian”]
[Variation “Torre attack”]
[WhiteFideId “4101588”]
[BlackFideId “8604436”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. Bc4 Nbd7 7. O-O b6 8. a4
a5 9. e4 e5 10. c3 Bb7 11. Re1 Qe7 12. d5 c6 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. Bb5 Rfc8 15. Qe2
h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nc4 Bxb5 18. axb5 Rab8 19. Red1 Rd8 20. Ne3 d5 21. exd5 Nh5
22. g3 f5 23. Nc4 f4 24. Nfxe5 fxg3 25. hxg3 Qc5 26. Qg4 Nf6 27. Qxg6 Rf8 28.
Ne3 Rbe8 29. Nf5 1-0
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “7.2”]
[White “Giri, Anish”]
[Black “Topalov, Veselin”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2790”]
[BlackElo “2754”]
[ECO “B30”]
[Opening “Sicilian”]
[Variation “Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without …d6)”]
[WhiteFideId “24116068”]
[BlackFideId “2900084”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d4
Nf6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. a3 Qc7 14. h3 Rad8 15.
Nf3 Bd6 16. b4 Ne5 17. Nd2 Ng6 18. Qc2 Bh2+ 19. Kh1 Bf4 20. Nde4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4
Bc6 22. b5 Bxb5 23. Qb3 Bxe3 24. cxb5 Bd4 25. Rac1 Qb6 26. Rc2 axb5 27. Bxb5 Nf4
28. a4 Nd5 29. Qf3 Nf6 30. Ng3 Rd6 31. Rec1 Rfd8 32. Kg1 Be5 33. Nf1 Nd5 34. Nd2
Nb4 35. Nc4 Qc7 36. Nxd6 Nxc2 37. Qxf7+ Qxf7 38. Nxf7 Kxf7 39. Rxc2 Rd1+ 40. Bf1
b6 41. g3 Rb1 42. Kg2 Rb2 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “7.3”]
[White “Aronian, Levon”]
[Black “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2784”]
[BlackElo “2851”]
[ECO “D31”]
[Opening “QGD”]
[Variation “Janowski variation”]
[WhiteFideId “13300474”]
[BlackFideId “1503014”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 c6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Ng5 Be7 8. Bc4
Nh6 9. Ngxe4 Nf5 10. d5 O-O 11. O-O cxd5 12. Nxd5 Nc6 13. Qh5 Be6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7
15. Ng5 h6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bd2 Nfd4 18. Rad1 Rf5 19. Qh3 Rd8 20. Be3 b5 21.
Bxd4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Qxf5 Rxc4 24. Qd3 Qc5 25. b3 Rc2 26. a4 Rc3 27. Qe4
Qd5 28. Qg6 Qxb3 29. axb5 axb5 30. Ra1 Qa2 31. Rd1 Qd5 32. Qb1 Qb3 33. Rd8+ Kf7
34. Qe1 Qc4 35. Rd7+ Kf6 36. Rd1 b4 37. h3 b3 38. Qd2 Kg6 39. Re1 Rc2 40. Qd7 b2
41. Rxe6+ Kh7 42. Re1 Rc1 43. Qf5+ Kh8 0-1
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “7.4”]
[White “Eljanov, Pavel”]
[Black “Grandelius, Nils”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2765”]
[BlackElo “2649”]
[ECO “A48”]
[Opening “King’s Indian”]
[Variation “Torre attack”]
[WhiteFideId “14102951”]
[BlackFideId “1710400”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e3 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O
b6 9. e4 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. d5 Nb8 12. Re1 Bg7 13. a4 a6 14. Nc4 Bg4 15. h3
Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nd7 17. Qe2 b5 18. Nd2 c4 19. Bc2 Rb8 20. Nf3 Qb6 21. Red1 bxa4
22. Rdb1 Rfc8 23. Bxa4 Nf6 24. Nd4 Rc7 25. Nc6 Rbc8 26. Qxc4 Nh5 27. Nxe7+ Rxe7
28. Qxc8+ Kh7 29. Bc2 Nf4 30. Qg4 Be5 31. h4 Nh5 32. Bd3 Nf6 33. Qf3 a5 34. g3
Nd7 35. Kg2 Bg7 36. Bc2 Ne5 37. Qe2 Rc7 38. h5 g5 39. f4 gxf4 40. gxf4 Nc4 41.
Re1 Qxb2 42. e5+ Kh8 43. Rab1 Qxc3 44. Rb8+ Bf8 45. Rxf8+ Kg7 46. Ra8 Nb6 47.
Qg4# 1-0
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “7.5”]
[White “Harikrishna, Pentala”]
[Black “Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2763”]
[BlackElo “2788”]
[ECO “B90”]
[Opening “Sicilian”]
[Variation “Najdorf”]
[WhiteFideId “5007003”]
[BlackFideId “623539”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. Nd5 Rc8 13. f3 Be6 14. c3 Ne5 15.
b3 Bxd5 16. exd5 Qa5 17. Ne2 Qb5 18. Rab1 Qd3 19. Rfd1 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 b5 21. h3
Rc7 22. Bb6 Rb7 23. Bd4 Rc8 24. Ra2 Nd3 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. a4 b4 27. c4 Nc5 28.
Nd4 e5 29. dxe6 fxe6 30. Rd2 Kf6 31. Nc2 Ke7 32. Ne3 a5 33. Nc2 Rd7 34. Ne3 Rf8
35. Rd4 Kd8 36. Kh2 Kc7 37. Kg3 Kc6 38. Rd2 g5 39. Nc2 h5 40. Nd4+ Kb6 41. h4
gxh4+ 42. Kxh4 d5 43. cxd5 Rxd5 0-1
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “8.1”]
[White “Aronian, Levon”]
[Black “Giri, Anish”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2784”]
[BlackElo “2790”]
[ECO “E60”]
[Opening “King’s Indian, 3.Nf3”]
[WhiteFideId “13300474”]
[BlackFideId “24116068”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nb5 Be6 10. Nd4 Bc8 11. Nb5 Be6 12. Nd4 Bc8 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “8.2”]
[White “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Black “Li, Chao b”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2851”]
[BlackElo “2755”]
[ECO “D75”]
[Opening “Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O c5, 8.Nc3”]
[WhiteFideId “1503014”]
[BlackFideId “8604436”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Bxc6 Rb8 14. Qd5
Qxc3 15. Rac1 Qb2 16. Bxa7 Bh3 17. Rfe1 Rbc8 18. Be3 Be6 19. Qc5 Qxa2 20. Qxe7
Bb2 21. Rc5 Ba3 22. Qf6 Rfd8 23. Ra5 Qb2 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 25. Rb1 Rxc6 26. Rxb2 Bh3
27. Ra1 Rcd6 28. Rbb1 Bg4 29. f3 Bf5 30. Rb2 Bh3 31. Kf2 h5 32. Bg5 Re8 33. Bf4
Rc6 34. Ra7 Kg7 35. Rbb7 Be6 36. Be3 Rd8 37. Ra4 Rcd6 38. Rbb4 R8d7 39. Bd4+ f6
40. e4 Rc6 41. Ke3 Rc2 42. Ra6 Bc4 43. Bxf6+ Kf7 44. Rc6 Re2+ 45. Kf4 Be6 46.
Kg5 Rxh2 47. Rbb6 Ba2 48. Be5 Rf2 49. Rf6+ Ke7 50. Bd6+ Rxd6 51. Rbxd6 Rg2 52.
Rxg6 Rxg3+ 53. Kf4 1-0
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “8.3”]
[White “Grandelius, Nils”]
[Black “Harikrishna, Pentala”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2649”]
[BlackElo “2763”]
[ECO “A13”]
[Opening “English”]
[Variation “Neo-Catalan accepted”]
[WhiteFideId “1710400”]
[BlackFideId “5007003”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Qc2 Rb8 8.
O-O b6 9. d4 Bb7 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. Nc3 a6 12. Bg5 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qc7
15. Rac1 Qb7+ 16. Nf3 Be7 17. Bf4 b5 18. Qd2 Nb6 19. b3 O-O 20. Bd6 Rfd8 21. Qf4
Nbd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Be5 f6 26. Bd4 Qd7 27. Qd2 h5
28. h3 Qe6 29. e3 Qe4 30. Qa5 Qe6 31. a4 bxa4 32. Qxa4 g5 33. Ba1 Kf7 34. Qa2
Qe4 35. Qxa6 Rc2 36. Bd4 g4 37. hxg4 hxg4 0-1
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “8.4”]
[White “Topalov, Veselin”]
[Black “Eljanov, Pavel”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2754”]
[BlackElo “2765”]
[ECO “A11”]
[Opening “English”]
[Variation “Caro-Kann defensive system”]
[WhiteFideId “2900084”]
[BlackFideId “14102951”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. c4 c6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. d3 e6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Ngf3 Bxf3 8. Nxf3
Qa5+ 9. Nd2 Ba3 10. Bxa3 Qxa3 11. e3 O-O 12. Be2 a5 13. Qc1 Qe7 14. a3 e5 15.
O-O Na6 16. Re1 Rfd8 17. Qb2 e4 18. d4 Nc7 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Ne6 21. b5 g6
22. Rec1 h5 23. Ra2 Qe8 24. Rca1 Kg7 25. Ra7 Rxa7 26. Rxa7 cxb5 27. cxd5 Rxd5
28. Rxb7 Qc8 29. Rxb5 Rxb5 30. Qxb5 Qc1+ 31. Nf1 Nc7 32. Qe5 Nd5 33. g4 hxg4 34.
hxg4 Qc7 35. Ng3 Qxe5 36. dxe5 Nd7 37. e6 fxe6 38. Nxe4 e5 39. Kg2 N7f6 40. Nc5
Nc7 41. g5 Nh7 42. f4 exf4 43. exf4 Nf8 44. Bg4 Kf7 45. Kf3 Nb5 46. Ke3 Nc7 47.
Ke4 Nb5 48. Ke5 Nc7 49. Ne4 Nb5 50. Nd6+ Nxd6 51. Kxd6 Kg7 52. Ke7 Nh7 53. Be6
Nf8 54. Bc4 Nh7 55. Be6 Nf8 56. Bg4 Nh7 57. Ke6 Nf8+ 58. Ke5 Nh7 59. Bh3 Nf8 60.
Bg4 Nh7 61. Ke4 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “8.5”]
[White “Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime”]
[Black “Kramnik, Vladimir”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2788”]
[BlackElo “2801”]
[ECO “C67”]
[Opening “Ruy Lopez”]
[Variation “Berlin defence, open variation”]
[WhiteFideId “623539”]
[BlackFideId “4101588”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Bc7 13. Nf5 d5 14. Ne7+ Kh8
15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. d3 f5 17. g3 Nf6 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. Be3 d4 20. Bf4 Nd5 21. Be5 f4
22. g4 Nb4 23. Bxc7 Qxc7 24. Re2 Qb6 25. Rae1 Nd5 26. g5 Rcd8 27. Bh3 Qa5 28. a3
Nc7 29. Re5 Rd5 30. Qe4 f3 31. Bg4 Qd2 32. h4 Rdd8 33. Bxf3 Rf4 34. Qe2 Qxe2 35.
Bxe2 Rxh4 36. Kg2 Rf4 37. Kg3 Rdf8 38. Bg4 Rxf2 39. R1e2 R2f7 40. Re7 Kg8 41. a4
g6 42. a5 Kg7 43. b4 Rxe7 44. Rxe7+ Rf7 45. Re4 Nb5 46. Be6 Re7 47. Kf4 Nc3 48.
Re5 h6 49. gxh6+ Kxh6 50. Bc4 g5+ 51. Rxg5 Re2 52. Rg8 Rxc2 53. Rb8 b6 54. axb6
axb6 55. Rxb6 Rb2 56. Ke5 Kg5 57. Kxd4 Na4 58. Rxc6 Rxb4 59. Ra6 Kf5 60. Ra5+
Kf6 61. Ra6+ Ke7 62. Kd5 Nb2 63. Kc5 Rb8 64. Re6+ Kd7 65. Rh6 Rc8+ 66. Kd5 Nxc4
67. dxc4 Rg8 68. Kc5 Kc7 69. Rh7+ Kb8 70. Kb5 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “9.1”]
[White “Kramnik, Vladimir”]
[Black “Grandelius, Nils”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2801”]
[BlackElo “2649”]
[ECO “A48”]
[Opening “King’s Indian”]
[Variation “Torre attack”]
[WhiteFideId “4101588”]
[BlackFideId “1710400”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 b6 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rfd1 Qc7 11. Rac1 Rad8 12. b4 cxb4 13. cxb4 Qb8 14. a3 Rc8
15. h3 Qa8 16. e4 e6 17. Qe3 Rfe8 18. Bh6 Bh8 19. Nc4 Rcd8 20. e5 Nd5 21. Qe1
dxe5 22. dxe5 Rd7 23. Be4 Red8 24. Bg5 Rf8 25. b5 Na5 26. Nxa5 bxa5 27. Qxa5 Rb8
28. a4 Bg7 29. Nd4 Bxe5 30. Nc6 Bxc6 31. bxc6 Bc7 32. Qc5 Rd6 33. Bxd5 exd5 34.
Rxd5 Rxd5 35. Qxd5 Re8 36. Qd7 Qb8 37. g3 Re6 38. Kg2 Rd6 39. Qg4 Qe8 40. Be3
Rxc6 41. Rd1 Re6 42. Qc4 Bb6 43. Bxb6 axb6 44. Qd4 Qe7 45. Qd8+ Qxd8 46. Rxd8+
Kg7 1/2-1/2
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “9.2”]
[White “Giri, Anish”]
[Black “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2790”]
[BlackElo “2851”]
[ECO “C65”]
[Opening “Ruy Lopez”]
[Variation “Berlin defence”]
[WhiteFideId “24116068”]
[BlackFideId “1503014”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Nb3 Bb6 9. Ng5 Bxb3 10. axb3 Qe7 11. Bd2 O-O-O 12. b4 Kb8 13. c4 Bd4 14. Nf3 Nf8
15. Qa4 a6 16. b5 cxb5 17. cxb5 Qd7 18. bxa6 Qxa4 19. Rxa4 Ne6 20. axb7 Nc5 21.
Ra3 Bxb2 22. Ra2 Nxd3 23. Rb1 c5 1-0
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “9.3”]
[White “Harikrishna, Pentala”]
[Black “Topalov, Veselin”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2763”]
[BlackElo “2754”]
[ECO “D02”]
[Opening “Queen’s bishop game”]
[WhiteFideId “5007003”]
[BlackFideId “2900084”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Na3
a6 9. Nh4 Be4 10. f3 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Nc2 e6 13. Bg3 Be7 14. Ne3 b5 15. a3
Na5 16. Qc2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. O-O Nh5 19. Rae1 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Qc7 21. f4 f5
22. Rf2 Kf7 23. Rfe2 Bf6 24. Nf1 Rae8 25. Nd2 g5 26. fxg5 Bxg5 27. Kf2 f4 28.
Nf3 fxg3+ 29. Kg1 Qf4 30. Qa4 Bf6 31. Qxa6 Qg4 32. Qd6 Rh6 33. Re3 Reh8 34. Kf1
Rh1+ 35. Ke2 Rxe1+ 36. Kxe1 Qf5 37. Qd7+ Kg6 38. Qxe6 Qb1+ 39. Ke2 Qxb2+ 40. Nd2
Qc2 41. Rxg3+ Kh7 42. Rh3+ Kg6 43. Rxh8 1-0
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “9.4”]
[White “Li, Chao b”]
[Black “Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2755”]
[BlackElo “2788”]
[ECO “A45”]
[Opening “Queen’s pawn game”]
[WhiteFideId “8604436”]
[BlackFideId “623539”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. e3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Re8 10. d5 e5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd2 Qe7 14. e4 h5 15. b4
Bh6 16. Qc2 c5 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Nf1 Nf8 20. Ne3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Qg5
22. Qf2 h4 23. a4 a5 24. bxa5 bxa5 25. Nb5 Re6 26. Rf1 Be8 27. Be2 Nd7 28. Bg4
Rf6 29. Qd2 Rc6 30. Kh2 Nc5 31. Qxa5 Kg7 32. Qa8 Nxe4 33. Qxe8 Rxc4 34. Qe7 Rxf1
35. Qxg5 Rxa1 36. Qxh4 Rcc1 37. Bd1 d5 38. Nd6 Nxd6 39. Qe7 Nf5 40. Qxe5+ Kh7
41. e4 dxe4 42. Qf6 Rxd1 43. Qxf7+ Kh6 44. Qf8+ Kg5 45. h4+ Kg4 0-1
[Event “4th Norway Blitz 2016”]
[Site “Stavanger NOR”]
[Date “2016.04.18”]
[Round “9.5”]
[White “Eljanov, Pavel”]
[Black “Aronian, Levon”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[WhiteElo “2765”]
[BlackElo “2784”]
[ECO “E06”]
[Opening “Catalan”]
[Variation “closed, 5.Nf3”]
[WhiteFideId “14102951”]
[BlackFideId “13300474”]
[EventDate “2016.04.18”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e4 Nb4 14. Rad1 g6 15.
h4 Bg7 16. Rfe1 Qd7 17. b3 Rad8 18. Qe2 Qe7 19. Rd2 Bh6 20. Rdd1 Bg7 21. Rd2 Bh6
22. Rdd1 Bg7 23. Rd2 1/2-1/2
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