Norway Chess 2014

Caruana-Karjakin

Caruana-Karjakin


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Karjakin won against Caruana and became the winner of the event with 6 points out of 9 games! Carlsen was 2nd with 5,5 and Grischuk 3rd with 5.

Results of the 9th round

Magnus Carlsen – Simen Agdestein 1-0
Anish Giri – Peter Svidler ½-½
Vladimir Kramnik – Alexander Grischuk 0-1
Fabiano Caruana – Sergey Karjakin 0-1
Veselin Topalov – Levon Aronian ½-½

Final standings

1. Karjakin 6
2. Carlsen 5.5
3. Grischuk 5
4-5. Caruana, Topalov 4.5
6-9. Aronian, Svidler, Giri, Kramnik 4
10. Agdestein 3.5

Games of the last round

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Karjakin-Kramnik

Karjakin-Kramnik


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Karjakin leads the event with 5 points out of 8 games after winning against Kramnik. Carlsen and Caruana share 2nd-3rd with 4.5 points.

Results of the 8th round

Levon Aronian – Fabiano Caruana ½-½
Sergey Karjakin – Vladimir Kramnik 1-0
Alexander Grischuk – Anish Giri ½-½
Peter Svidler – Magnus Carlsen ½-½
Simen Agdestein – Veselin Topalov 0-1

Standings after 8 rounds

1. Karjakin 5
2-3. Carlsen, Caruana 4.5
4-6. Topalov, Kramnik, Grischuk 4
7-10. Aronian, Svidler, Giri, Agdestein 3.5

Games of the 8th round

Pairings of the 9th round

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

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Giri-Karjakin

Giri-Karjakin


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Karjakin was the only winner last night (White resigned on move 131!) and now 4 players share 1st place with 4 points out of 7 games.

Results of the 7th round

Peter Svidler – Simen Agdestein ½-½
Magnus Carlsen – Alexander Grischuk ½-½
Anish Giri – Sergey Karjakin 0-1
Vladimir Kramnik – Levon Aronian ½-½
Fabiano Caruana – Veselin Topalov ½-½

Standings after 7 rounds

1-4. Kramnik, Carlsen, Karjakin, Caruana 4
5-6. Agdestein, Grischuk 3.5
7-10. Topalov, Aronian, Svidler, Giri 3

Games of the 7th round

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Pairings of the 8th round

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

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Topalov-Kramnik

Topalov-Kramnik


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Kramnik lost to Topalov but remained on shared 1st place with Caruana and Carlsen. They have 3.5 points out of 6 games.

Results of the 6th round

Levon Aronian – Anish Giri ½-½
Sergey Karjakin – Magnus Carlsen ½-½
Alexander Grischuk – Peter Svidler ½-½
Veselin Topalov – Vladimir Kramnik 1-0
Simen Agdestein – Fabiano Caruana ½-½

Standings after 6 rounds

1-3. Kramnik, Caruana, Carlsen 3.5
4-7. Agdestein, Karjakin, Giri, Grischuk 3
8-10. Topalov, Aronian, Svidler 2.5

Games of the 6th round

Pairings of the 7th round

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

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Carlsen

Carlsen


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Kramnik won against Caruana and is now the sole leader (3.5 points out of 5 games). Caruana and Carlsen share 2nd-3rd with 3.

Results of the 5th round

Alexander Grischuk – Simen Agdestein ½-½
Peter Svidler – Sergey Karjakin ½-½
Magnus Carlsen – Levon Aronian 1-0
Anish Giri – Veselin Topalov 1-0
Vladimir Kramnik – Fabiano Caruana 1-0

Standings after 5 rounds

1. Kramnik 3.5
2-3. Caruana, Carlsen 3
4-7. Agdestein, Giri, Karjakin, Grischuk 2.5
8-9. Aronian, Svidler 2
10. Topalov 1.5

Games of the 5th round

Pairings of the 6th round

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

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