Norway Chess 2016

The eighth round in the Altibox Norway Chess Tournament 2016, very much belonged to Levon Aronian. The Armenian Grandmaster came in to the round and would dash the hearts of the home crowd by beating their chess hero, and World Champion, Magnus Carlsen. Carlsen had of course beaten Vladimir Kramnik […check it out!]

Round 7 of the Altibox Norway Chess Tournament, saw home player, Magnus Carlsen, take a big step towards winning the event for the first time. The World Champion, had a disaster here at last year’s event, of course, winning only two games and losing four, finishing on 3½-points and 7th […check it out!]

Round 6 of the Altibox Norway Chess Tournament, was played on Monday the 25th April. It was the last round before the second and final rest day. It was an exciting round, seeing two decisive games, but it could well have been four, with Magnus Carlsen and Veselin Topalov both […check it out!]

Round 5 of the Altibox Norway Chess Tournament 2016, was the first after the rest day. These can always be unpredictable affairs, with some players coming out all fresh and with their sleeves rolled up, while others can try to take a second day off and go for a quick […check it out!]

Round 4 of the Altibox Norway Chess Tournament 2016 took place on Friday 22nd April. It would be the last round before the rest day and would see all games drawn. The Berlin Defence of Vachier-Lagrave–Kramnik was quite interesting. It was Vachier-Lagrave’s second white game on the spin and it […check it out!]

Round 3 of the Altibox Norway Chess Tournament 2016 was held on Thursday 21st April. Going in to the round, there was a three-way tie for the lead. By the end of it, this would be reduced to one. Swedish Grandmaster, Nils Grandelius, has only scored a half point so […check it out!]

Having got his campaign in this year’s Norway Chess Tournament off to a good start with a win in round-1, Anish Giri suffered a setback in this round. The Dutchman would have his +1 wiped out by his French rival, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. They debated the Sicilian Najdorf, in which Vachier-Lagrave’s […check it out!]

The opening round of the Altibox Norway Chess Tournament 2016 was played on Tuesday, 19th April. One is never quite certain how such things will go, as players can take a little time to settle in to their rhythm. However, perhaps the blitz round from the day before had fired […check it out!]

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 […check it out!]