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Caruana

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Caruana was the only winner (Grischuk made a mistake in mutual time pressure) in the first round as all other games ended in a draw!

Results of the first round

Levon Aronian – Simen Agdestein 1/2 – 1/2
Sergey Karjakin – Veselin Topalov 1/2 – 1/2
Alexander Grischuk – Fabiano Caruana 0 – 1
Magnus Carlsen – Anish Giri 1/2 – 1/2
Peter Svidler – Vladimir Kramnik 1/2 – 1/2

Games of the first round

 [Event "2nd Norway Chess 2014"]  [Site "Stavanger NOR"]  [Date "2014.06.03"]  [Round "1.2"]  [White "Grischuk, Alexander"]  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "A62"]  [WhiteElo "2792"]  [BlackElo "2791"]  [PlyCount "78"]  [EventDate "2014.06.03"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nf3 exd5 8. cxd5  d6 9. O-O Re8 10. a4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Rxe4 12. Nd2 Rb4 13. Ra2 a5 14. b3 b5 15.  axb5 Nd7 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Qc2 Rxb5 18. Bg5 Nf6 19. Qd3 Rb7 20. Qe3 h6 21. Bxf6  Bxf6 22. Qf4 Be5 23. Qxh6 Rxb3 24. Nxc5 Rb5 25. Nd3 Bg7 26. Qd2 a4 27. Qc2 a3  28. Rxa3 Rxa3 29. Qxc8+ Kh7 30. Bf3 Rc3 31. Qg4 Rbb3 32. h4 f5 33. Qa4 Ra3 34.  Qd1 Bh6 35. Kg2 Qf6 36. Rh1 Qd4 37. Qb1 Rab3 38. Qa2 Rxd3 39. exd3 Rb2 0-1

 [Event "2nd Norway Chess 2014"]  [Site "Stavanger NOR"]  [Date "2014.06.03"]  [Round "1.1"]  [White "Aronian, Levon"]  [Black "Agdestein, Simen"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E15"]  [WhiteElo "2815"]  [BlackElo "2628"]  [PlyCount "81"]  [EventDate "2014.06.03"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. Nc3  O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rfe1 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Be4 13. Qb2 c6 14. Rac1 h6  15. Bf1 b5 16. Bd2 bxc4 17. bxc4 Re8 18. Red1 Qc7 19. Qa3 c5 20. dxc5 dxc5 21.  Ne1 Bb7 22. f3 e5 23. e4 Nf8 24. Ng2 Ne6 25. Ne3 Nd4 26. Nd5 Qd6 27. Kg2 Nd7  28. Rb1 Reb8 29. Kf2 Bc6 30. Bc3 Rb4 31. Bxb4 axb4 32. Qb2 Bxd5 33. cxd5 Nb6  34. Rbc1 Na4 35. Qd2 Nc3 36. Rxc3 bxc3 37. Qxc3 Rxa2+ 38. Rd2 Rxd2+ 39. Qxd2  Qb6 40. Bc4 g5 41. Kg2 1/2-1/2

 [Event "2nd Norway Chess 2014"]  [Site "Stavanger NOR"]  [Date "2014.06.03"]  [Round "1.3"]  [White "Carlsen, Magnus"]  [Black "Giri, Anish"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A34"]  [WhiteElo "2881"]  [BlackElo "2752"]  [PlyCount "63"]  [EventDate "2014.06.03"]   1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. d4 g6 8.  Bb5+ Bd7 9. a4 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ba3 b6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Qd5 Bxb5 14. axb5  Nd7 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Ng5 e6 17. Qc6 Qxc6 18. bxc6 Ne5 19. c7 Rdc8 20. f4 h6  21. Ne4 Nc4 22. Rd7 Nb6 23. Rad1 Nxd7 24. Rxd7 Bf8 25. c4 a5 26. Nc3 a4 27. Nb5  Re8 28. e4 Rac8 29. Na7 Ra8 30. Nb5 Rac8 31. Na7 Ra8 32. Nb5 1/2-1/2

 [Event "2nd Norway Chess 2014"]  [Site "Stavanger NOR"]  [Date "2014.06.03"]  [Round "1.4"]  [White "Svidler, Peter"]  [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A29"]  [WhiteElo "2753"]  [BlackElo "2783"]  [PlyCount "80"]  [EventDate "2014.06.03"]   1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.  a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2  Rd8 16. Bb2 a4 17. Rfc1 Nd6 18. Nde4 Nf7 19. Ne2 Bf8 20. h4 Rb8 21. N2c3 Bb3  22. Qe2 Qd7 23. Nd2 Be6 24. Nc4 Qxd3 25. Qxd3 Rxd3 26. Nxb6 cxb6 27. Nxa4 Rb3  28. Bf1 Nd6 29. Rc3 Rxc3 30. Bxc3 Nc4 31. Bb4 Nxa3 32. Bxa3 Bxa3 33. Nxb6 Kf7  34. Rd1 Ke7 35. Nd5+ Bxd5 36. Rxd5 Rd8 37. Rxd8 Kxd8 38. Bd3 h6 39. h5 Ke7 40.  Kg2 Ke6 1/2-1/2

 [Event "2nd Norway Chess 2014"]  [Site "Stavanger NOR"]  [Date "2014.06.03"]  [Round "1.5"]  [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Black "Topalov, Veselin"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E10"]  [WhiteElo "2771"]  [BlackElo "2772"]  [PlyCount "95"]  [EventDate "2014.06.03"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 cxd4 7. exd4 g6 8. Bd3  Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. Ndf3 dxc4 13. bxc4 Qc7 14. a4 Rfd8  15. Qb3 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bc6 17. Rfd1 Nd7 18. f4 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Rd7 20. Be2 Qd8 21.  a5 Rc8 22. d5 exd5 23. Bg4 d4 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. Rxd4 Qe7 26. Re1 Re8 27. Rf4  Qc5+ 28. Bd4 Qxa5 29. Qc3 Qxc3 30. Bxc3 Bh6 31. Rf2 b5 32. Rf6 Bd7 33. Rxa6  bxc4 34. Rea1 Be6 35. Kf2 Bf8 36. Ra8 Bc5+ 37. Ke2 Rxa8 38. Rxa8+ Kg7 39. Ra5  Bb6 40. Ra6 Bg1 41. h3 g5 42. g4 Bh2 43. Ra8 h6 44. Rd8 Kg6 45. Kf3 Bf4 46. h4  h5 47. hxg5 Bc1 48. gxh5+ 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 2nd round

Levon Aronian – Sergey Karjakin
Vladimir Kramnik – Magnus Carlsen
Fabiano Caruana – Peter Svidler
Veselin Topalov – Alexander Grischuk
Simen Agdestein – Anish Giri

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Norway Chess 2014

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Participants: Carlsen, Aronian, Grischuk, Caruana, Kramnik, Topalov, Karjakin, Svidler, Giri and Agdestein.

This impressive event started with a blitz tournament. Final results:

Carlsen 7.5 out of 9
Aronian 6.5
Karjakin, Grischuk 5.5
Svidler 5
Giri 4.5
Kramnik, Caruana 3.5
Topalov 2
Agdestein 1.5

Some games from the blitz event

 [Event "2nd Norway Blitz 2014"]  [Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]  [Date "2014.06.02"]  [Round "1.5"]  [White "Aronian, Levon"]  [Black "Svidler, Peter"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A35"]  [WhiteElo "2815"]  [BlackElo "2753"]  [PlyCount "55"]  [EventDate "2014.06.02"]   1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. O-O e5 8. b3  Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Rc1 f6 11. Ne1 Bd7 12. Nd3 Rc8 13. f4 exf4 14. Nxf4 Be8 15.  e3 Bf7 16. Qe2 Re8 17. Ne4 Nb4 18. a3 Nba6 19. Nh5 Nd5 20. g4 Rc6 21. g5 Bxh5  22. Qxh5 g6 23. Qf3 f5 24. Ng3 Nac7 25. Nxf5 gxf5 26. Qxf5 Rf8 27. Qe5 Nf6 28.  Bxc6 1-0

 [Event "2nd Norway Blitz 2014"]  [Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]  [Date "2014.06.02"]  [Round "3.2"]  [White "Svidler, Peter"]  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A04"]  [WhiteElo "2753"]  [BlackElo "2791"]  [PlyCount "49"]  [EventDate "2014.06.02"]   1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. b3 e5 4. Bb2 d6 5. e3 f5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. exd4  e4 9. d5 exf3 10. dxc6 Qe7+ 11. Kd2 bxc6 12. Qxf3 Ne4+ 13. Kc2 Be6 14. Nxe4  fxe4 15. Qxe4 d5 16. Qe5 Qf7 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Re1 Rc8+ 19. Kb1 Qg6+ 20. Ka1  Kf7 21. Bd3 Qh6 22. Bf5 Rc6 23. Bxe6+ Rxe6 24. Qf5+ Ke7 25. Qxd5 1-0

 [Event "2nd Norway Blitz 2014"]  [Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]  [Date "2014.06.02"]  [Round "3.4"]  [White "Giri, Anish"]  [Black "Agdestein, Simen"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B40"]  [WhiteElo "2752"]  [BlackElo "2628"]  [PlyCount "54"]  [EventDate "2014.06.02"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.  dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. c3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Re1 Re8 14. Be3 Bc7  15. Qd2 a5 16. a4 Bb6 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Nfd4 Bg6 19. Kh2 Red8 20. Rad1 Kf8 21.  h4 h6 22. Qf4 Kg8 23. Rd2 Kh8 24. Nb5 Rd7 25. Rde2 Ng8 26. Re8 Rxe8 27. Rxe8  Rd8 1-0

 [Event "2nd Norway Blitz 2014"]  [Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]  [Date "2014.06.02"]  [Round "7.5"]  [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "C60"]  [WhiteElo "2771"]  [BlackElo "2881"]  [PlyCount "67"]  [EventDate "2014.06.02"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bb4 4. c3 Ba5 5. O-O Nge7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 d5 8.  e5 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Bb6 13. Be3 f6 14. exf6 Rxf6  15. Nxg6 Nxg6 16. Qb3 Nce7 17. Ne4 Rf8 18. f4 c6 19. Bd3 Kh8 20. Nc5 Qd6 21.  Bxg6 Nxg6 22. Nd3 Rae8 23. Ne5 Nxf4 24. Kh1 Ng6 25. Nf7+ Rxf7 26. Rxf7 Qe6 27.  Raf1 h5 28. Bg1 hxg4 29. Qg3 gxh3 30. Rxb7 Kg8 31. Rff7 Qe4+ 32. Kh2 Qe2+ 33.  Bf2 Bxd4 34. Kxh3 0-1

 [Event "2nd Norway Blitz 2014"]  [Site "Flor & Fjaere NOR"]  [Date "2014.06.02"]  [Round "9.4"]  [White "Carlsen, Magnus"]  [Black "Agdestein, Simen"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B42"]  [WhiteElo "2881"]  [BlackElo "2628"]  [PlyCount "60"]  [EventDate "2014.06.02"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Qe2 e5 7. Nf5 Nc6 8. O-O  g6 9. Ne3 Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Ned5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 d6 13. Be3 Be6 14. Bc4 b5 15.  Bb3 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. a4 Bd7 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Nb6 Qa7 21.  Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Bd5 h5 23. Ra1 Rb8 24. g3 Bf6 25. Ra6 b4 26. Qc4 Kg7 27. Rc6 Bd8  28. b3 Qa7 29. Rxd6 Bb6 30. Kg2 Rd8 1-0

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