The 6th Altibox Norway Chess takes place in Stavanger , May 27 – June 8 2018.
Once again Altibox Norway Chess proves it’s the world’s strongest 10-person tournament. Two of the 2018 participants debuts at Altibox Norway Chess. Shahriyar Mamedyarov from Azerbaijan, currently number 2 in the world and Ding Liren from China, who is currently ranked 11th in the world (FIDE).
Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
Shahriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)
Wesley So (USA)
Levon Aronian (Armenia)
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)
Hikaru Nakamura (USA)
Fabiano Caruana (USA)
Vishy Anand (India)
Ding Liren (China)
Sergey Karjakin (Russia)
LAST YEAR’S Winner GM Levon Aronian with 6/9……….
[Event “5th Norway Chess 2017”]
[Site “?”]
[Date “2017.06.14”]
[Round “7”]
[White “Karjakin, Sergey (RUS)”]
[Black “Aronian, Levon (ARM)”]
[Result “0-1”]
[PlyCount “82”]
[EventDate “2017.06.10”]
[SourceDate “2017.06.14”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 a5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Bg3 d6 10. h3 Kh8 11. c3 Nh7 12. Qb3 f5 13. exf5 Bf6 14. Be6 Ne7 15. Nh4 Qe8 16. Bxc8 Rxc8 17. Ng6+ Nxg6 18. fxg6 Qxg6 19. Qxb7 Ng5 20. h4 Ne6 21. Qe4 Qh5 22. Nd2 Nf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Qf3 Qxh4 25. Rfe1 Rb8 26. Nc4 g5 27. Re6 Bg7 28. Rg6 Rbe8 29. d4 Kh7 30. Qd3 Kg8 31. d5 f3 32. gxf3 Rf4 33. Kg2 Ref8 34. Nd2 g4 35. Kg1 R8f5 36. Ne4 Rxf3 37. Qd4 Re5 38. Ng3 Rxg3+ 39. fxg3 Qxg3+ 40. Kf1 Kh7 41. Rxg7+ Kxg7 0-1
