Rd 8 at Norway - Caruana beat Anand & Nakamura beat Karjakin. Carlsen-Mamedyarov and So-VLM drew. 4-way tie for 1st with Nakamura, So, Carlsen, and Caruana who all have 4. Final rd pairings: MVL-Carlsen, Caruana-So, Karjakim-Anand, and Aronian-Nakamura. Mamedyarov has the bye

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🔹ROUND 8
🔹Nakamura join to first win in Altibox Norway Chess 2018 against Karjakin!!
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🔹 Nakamura, Hikaru (2769) - Karjakin, Sergey (2782)
🔹 Altibox Norway Chess | Stavanger | Round 8 | 6 Jun 2018
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🔹 Nakamura, Hikaru (2769) - Karjakin, Sergey (2782)
🔹 Altibox Norway Chess | Stavanger | Round 8 | 6 Jun 2018
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🔹 Altibox Norway Chess 2018
🔹 ROUND 9 - LAST ROUND (today)


Round nine pairings : 👇🏼

1️⃣ ▫️ GM Vachier-Lagr. (2½) 2789
▪️ GM Carlsen, M. (4) 2843

2️⃣ ▫️ GM Caruana, F. (4) 2822
▪️ GM So, Wesley (4) 2778

3️⃣ ▫️ GM Karjakin, S. (3) 2782
▪️GM Anand, V. (3½) 2760

4️⃣ ▫️GM Aronian, L. (3½) 2764
▪️GM Nakamura, H. (4) 2769
🔹Shakhriyar Mamedyarov is rest!!

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Congratulations to Fabiano Caruana on winning the 75,000 euro #NorwayChess 1st prize despite losing to Magnus Carlsen in the 1st round!🥇🎉🏆

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🔸Altibox Norway Chess 2018
🔸Round 4
⚪️Anand,Viswanathan (2760)
⚫️So,Wesley (2778)
🔸½-½

13...a5 14.Qa4!
Preventing Black from playing ...a4 and also putting pressure on the light squares in Black's camp.
14...Bd6 15.Ng5 B×g2 16.Qc4 Qe7 17.K×g2

🔸Altibox Norway Chess 2018
🔸Round 5
⚪️Caruana,Fabiano (2822)
⚫️Karjakin,Sergey (2782)
🔸1-0

22.b4!
Setting an interesting trap.
22...a×b4 23.a×b4 Re7
23...N×b4?? 24.B×f7+ K×f7 25.Q×c5+ Re7 26.Ng5+ Q×g5 27.Q×d6 +-
24.b5 Ne5 25.Nd4 Bc8 26.Kh1 Kg7 27.Be2 +-

🔸Altibox Norway Chess 2018
🔸Round 6
⚪️So,Wesley (2778)
⚫️Carlsen,Magnus (2843)
🔸1-0

23...Bd8?!
23...h6!
A precise move with the idea of Kh7 and then f6.
A) 24.e4 Kh7 25.Rfd1 f6
B) 24.Qd5 Qb5 25.Q×e5 Bf6
C) 24.B×e5 B×c5 25.b×c5 Q×e5
24.Qd5 Qb5 25.B×e5 Be7 26.Qd2 Rfd8 27.Bd6 +/-

🔸Altibox Norway Chess 2018
🔸Round 6
⚪️So,Wesley (2778)
⚫️Carlsen,Magnus (2843)
🔸1-0

40... Qc6??
An unnecessary loss of tempo. Black would have better chances to hold the position after:
40... Qd7
A)41. Reb1 Bf3 43.R×b7 Qc6
B)41. Qd5 Qc6
C)41. Rb6 Bg4 42.Rf1 Be2 43. Rf2 Bb5 44. e5 Bc6 45. e6 Qc8
41. Rb6 Qc8 42. Qd5 a4 43. Rxb7 Rg8 44. c6 1-0