Altibox Norway Chess 2018 / Round 4

 

Sergey Karjakin winning against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

 

There were two decisive games in the fourth round of the Altibox Norway Chess 2018.  One above; the second was Levon Aronian’s win against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.   From what I’ve been able to gather, the game Liren Ding playing White against Fabiano Caruana did not take place today as Ding apparently is in the hospital undergoing surgery for a broken hip.  Please see Comments below for further clarification.

 

[Event “Altibox Norway Chess 2018”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2018.06.01”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Karjakin, Sergey (RUS)”]
[Black “Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime (FRA)”]
[Result “1-0”]
[PlyCount “75”]
[EventDate “2018.05.28”]
[SourceDate “2018.06.01”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Be2 bxc5 15. Rb1 a6 16. Na3 Qc7 17. f4 Rd8 18. Qc2 Ng4 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. f5 gxf5 21. Nc4 e6 22. h3 Bh5 23. exf5 exf5 24. Bg5 f4 25. Qf2 f3 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 27. Qh4 fxg2 28. Rfe1 Bf3 29. Re3 Bc6 30. Rbe1 Rf8 31. Ne5 Bd5 32. Rg3 f6 33. Nd3 Bxa2 34. c4 Qd6 35. Nf4 Qd4+ 36. Kh2 Bxc4 37. Qh6 f5 38. Nh5 1-0

Final Position

 

 

Levon Aronian

 

[Event “Altibox Norway Chess 2018”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2018.06.01”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Aronian, Levon (ARM)”]
[Black “Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (AZE)”]
[Result “1-0”]
[PlyCount “139”]
[EventDate “2018.05.28”]
[SourceDate “2018.06.01”]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Rc1 e5 13. dxc5 Be6 14. c4 bxc5 15. Bxc5 Bh6 16. Rc3 Re8 17. Qc2 Qc7 18. Ba3 Rab8 19. h3 Red8 20. Bc1 Bf8 21. Bg5 Rd7 22. c5 h6 23. Be3 Nc6 24. Bc4 Nd4 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Bxe6 dxc3 27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28. Nxc3 Qd4 29. c6 Qc4 30. Rc1 Qxc6 31. Nd5 Qxc2 32. Rxc2 Rb1+ 33. Kh2 Kg7 34. f4 Re1 35. e5 g5 36. g3 Rd1 37. Ne3 Rd3 38. Ng4 Be7 39. f5 Bd8 40. f6+ Kh7 41. e6 fxe6 42. Rf2 Bc7 43. f7 Bxg3+ 44. Kg2 Bd6 45. f8=Q Bxf8 46. Rxf8 Ra3 47. Rf2 Kg6 48. Re2 Kh5 49. Nf6+ Kg6 50. Ne4 e5 51. Rc2 Kf5 52. Ng3+ Ke6 53. Rf2 Kd5 54. Nf5 Ra6 55. Kf3 Ra3+ 56. Kg4 h5+ 57. Kxh5 Rxh3+ 58. Kxg5 e4 59. Kg4 Ra3 60. Re2 Ke5 61. Ng3 Ra4 62. Kh3 Kf4 63. Kg2 e3 64. Rb2 Ra3 65. Ne2+ Ke4 66. Kf1 Kd3 67. Ke1 Ra6 68. Kd1 Rh6 69. Rb3+ Ke4 70. Rb4+ 1-0

Final Position

 

 

#	Name	Pts	SB
1	Carlsen, Magnus	3	5.25
2	Karjakin, Sergey	2.5	4.75
3	Nakamura, Hikaru	2	4.25
	So, Wesley	2	4.25
	Anand, Viswanathan	2	3.75
	Aronian, Levon	2	3.5
7	Ding, Liren	1.5	2.75
	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	1.5	2.5
	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	1.5	2
10	Caruana, Fabiano	1	1.5

 

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