Altibox Norway Chess 2017/Blitz:
World No .1 Magnus Carlsen dominates with 7.5/9 and with a performance rating of 3069 .Finished a full two-points over Nakamura and Aronian…..
Rd1 Carlsen -Nakamura 1/2- 1/2
1. Nc3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. cxd3 e6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. e4 Be7 12. Qb3 Nb6 13. Rac1 c6 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. h3 Nfd7 16. Bg3 Re8 17. a3 Bf8 18. Qa2 Nf6 19. b4 Ra8 20. Qb2 Nh5 21. Bh2 Nf6 22. Red1 Qe7 23. Nd2 Rec8 24. Nb3 Nfd7 25. Re1 Qd8 26. Nc5 Ra7 27. a4 Nxc5 28. dxc5 Nd7 29. exd5 exd5 30. d4 b6 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 bxc5 33. bxc6 Rxc6 34. Nxd5 Rg6 35. Qb5 Ra5 36. Qb7 Ra2 37. Bc7 Qa8 38. Qxa8 Rxa8 39. Ne7+ Bxe7 40. Rxe7 Nf6 41. dxc5 Nd5 42. Rd7 Rc6 43. Rxd5 Rxc7 44. c6 Rac8 45. Rdc5 Kf8 46. Kh2 Ke7 47. R5c3 Kd6 48. Rg3 g5 49. Rf3 Ke7 50. Rfc3 Kd6 51. Kg3 f5 52. h4 Rxc6 53. Rxc6+ Rxc6 54. Rxc6+ Kxc6 55. hxg5 hxg5 56. f4 g4 57. Kh4 Kd5 58. Kg5 Ke4 59. g3 Kf3 60. Kxf5 Kxg3 61. Ke5 Kh2 62. f5 g3 63. f6 g2 64. f7 g1=Q 65. f8=Q Qg3+ 66. Qf4 Qxf4+ 67. Kxf4 1/2-1/2
Rd5 Karjakin – Carlsen 0-1
1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 d5 5. Nd2 Bd6 6. Nh3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3 b6 9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 Ba6 11. Nf4 Bxf4 12. exf4 Ne4 13. Re1 Re8 14. Re3 Qd7 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. f3 dxc4 17. fxe4 cxb3 18. d5 exd5 19. Qxb3 a4 20. Qxa4 Bf1 21. Qd1 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Na5 23. Rc3 d4 24. e5 Nc4 25. Rf3 c5 26. Bc1 Qd5 27. Kh3 Rad8 28. Rd3 Re6 29. Qf3 Qxf3 30. Rxf3 d3 31. Be3 d2 32. Rd1 Rd3 33. f5 Rxe5 0-1
Rd9 So – Carlsen 0-1
1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. c4 Bd6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Bf4 Bxf4 8. gxf4 O-O 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Qb3 b6 11. Ng5 Nb8 12. O-O-O Kh8 13. Kb1 Qe7 14. Rc1 h6 15. Nf3 Nbd7 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Ne4 19. Rc2 Ba6 20. Bf1 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Rac8 22. f4 Nxc3+ 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Qh4 25. Qa3 Rc8 26. Qxa7 Qxh2 27. a3 Qg2 28. Re1 Qf2 29. Rh1 Qxe3 30. Ka2 Qxd4 31. Qd7 Qc4+ 32. Ka1 d4 33. Rg1 Rg8 34. Rd1 d3 35. Rxd3 Qxf4 36. Qd6 Qc1+ 37. Ka2 Qc4+ 38. Ka1 f4 39. Rc3 Qd5 40. Qxb6 Qxe5 41. a4 Rf8 42. Qb4 Kg8 43. Rf3 Qf5 44. Qc4 Kh7 0-1
Rd8 Carlsen vs Caruana 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. Nc3 a6 4. e3 e6 5. g4 c5 6. g5 Nfd7 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. a3 b5 9. h4 Bb7 10. h5 Nb6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Rg1 f6 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. h6 O-O-O 17. Qe2 cxd4 18. exd4 Qxd4 19. Rd1 Qxf4 20. Qxe6+ Kc7 21. Qf7+ Be7 22. Qxe7+ Kc8 23. hxg7 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Rg8 25. Qf8+ Kc7 26. Qxg8 1-0
Altibox Norway Chess BLITZ / FINAL STANDINGS
Name Rating Performance Rating
| 1 | Carlsen,Magnus | 2914 | 3069 | G | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.5/9 | ||
| 2 | Nakamura,Hikaru | 2865 | 2874 | ½ | A | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.5/9 | 21.75 | |
| 3 | Aronian,Levon | 2753 | 2886 | 0 | ½ | M | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5.5/9 | 21.00 | |
| 4 | Vachier-Lagrave,Maxime | 2825 | 2838 | 0 | ½ | ½ | B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.0/9 | ||
| 5 | Kramnik,Vladimir | 2744 | 2809 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | I | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 4.5/9 | 20.50 | |
| 6 | Karjakin,Sergey | 2791 | 2803 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | T | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.5/9 | 17.00 | |
| 7 | Anand,Viswanathan | 2766 | 2767 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | Z | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4.0/9 | 17.25 | |
| 8 | So,Wesley | 2791 | 2766 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 4.0/9 | 13.25 | |
| 9 | Caruana,Fabiano | 2800 | 2683 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | 3.0/9 | ||
| 10 | Giri,Anish | 2776 | 2526 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1.5/9 |
