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Altibox Norway Chess 2018 – last round

By Yelena Dembo | June 8, 2018 - 06:49 |June 8, 2018 Altibox Norway Chess 2018
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Caruana won the event with 5 points.

Results of the last round

GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2789 1/2 GM Carlsen Magnus 2843
GM Caruana Fabiano 2822 1-0 GM So Wesley 2778
GM Karjakin Sergey 2782 0-1 GM Anand Viswanathan 2760
GM Aronian Levon 2764 1/2 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2769

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Altibox Norway Chess 2018 – 8th round

By Yelena Dembo | June 7, 2018 - 07:06 |June 7, 2018 Altibox Norway Chess 2018
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Nakamura, Carlsen, Caruana and So lead with 4 points.

Results of the 8th round

GM Nakamura Hikaru 2769 1-0 GM Karjakin Sergey 2782
GM Anand Viswanathan 2760 0-1 GM Caruana Fabiano 2822
GM So Wesley 2778 1/2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2789
GM Carlsen Magnus 2843 1/2 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2808

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Altibox Norway Chess 2018 – 7th round

By Yelena Dembo | June 6, 2018 - 07:04 |June 6, 2018 Altibox Norway Chess 2018
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Anand, Aronian, Carlsen and So are leading with 3.5 points.

Results of the 7th round

GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2808 1/2 GM So Wesley 2778
GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2789 0-1 GM Anand Viswanathan 2760
GM Caruana Fabiano 2822 1/2 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2769
GM Karjakin Sergey 2782 1/2 GM Aronian Levon 2764

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Altibox Norway Chess 2018 – 6th round

By Yelena Dembo | June 4, 2018 - 07:01 |June 4, 2018 Altibox Norway Chess 2018
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Carlsen leads with 3.5 points. Today is a rest day.

Results of the 6th round

GM Aronian Levon 2764 1/2 GM Caruana Fabiano 2822
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2769 1/2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2789
GM Anand Viswanathan 2760 1/2 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2808
GM So Wesley 2778 1-0 GM Carlsen Magnus 2843

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Altibox Norway Chess 2018 – 5th round

By Yelena Dembo | June 3, 2018 - 07:13 |June 3, 2018 Altibox Norway Chess 2018
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Carlsen is leading with 3.5 points.

Results of the 5th round

GM Carlsen Magnus 2843 1/2 GM Anand Viswanathan 2760
GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2808 1/2 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2769
GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2789 1/2 GM Aronian Levon 2764
GM Caruana Fabiano 2822 1-0 GM Karjakin Sergey 2782

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