Norway Chess 2015

Topalov

Topalov


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Topalov drew the last game and won the event with 6.5 out of 9. Anand and Nakamura shared 2nd-3rd places with 6 points.

Results of the last round

Vachier-Lagrave Maxime – Grischuk Alexander ½ – ½
Aronian Levon – Nakamura Hikaru 0 – 1
Hammer Jon Ludvig – Carlsen Magnus 1 – 0
Topalov Veselin – Anand Viswanathan ½ – ½
Caruana Fabiano – Giri Anish ½ – ½

Final standings

1 GM Topalov Veselin 2798 BUL 6½
2 GM Anand Viswanathan 2804 IND 6
3 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2802 USA 6
4 GM Giri Anish 2773 NED 5½
5 GM Caruana Fabiano 2805 ITA 4
6 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2723 FRA 4
7 GM Carlsen Magnus 2876 NOR 3½
8 GM Grischuk Alexander 2781 RUS 3½
9 GM Aronian Levon 2780 ARM 3
10 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 2677 NOR 3

Games of the round

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Giri-Topalov

Giri-Topalov


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Topalov lost the first game yesterday (remains with 6 points) and now he is just half a point ahead of Anand and 1 point ahead of Nakamura and Giri.

Results of the 8th round

Giri 4 1-0 6 Topalov
Nakamura 4.5 1/2 3 Vachier-Lagrave
Anand 4.5 1-0 2 Hammer
Carlsen 2.5 1-0 3 Aronian
Grischuk 2.5 1/2 3 Caruana

Standings after 5 rounds

Topalov 6
Anand 5.5
Nakamura, Giri 5
Carlsen, Vachier-Lagrave, Caruana 3.5
Aronian, Grischuk 3
Hammer 2

Games of the round

Pairings of the 10th round

Vachier-Lagrave Maxime – Grischuk Alexander
Aronian Levon – Nakamura Hikaru
Hammer Jon Ludvig – Carlsen Magnus
Topalov Veselin – Anand Viswanathan
Caruana Fabiano – Giri Anish

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All 5 games were drawn! Topalov is leading with 6 out of 7.

Results of the 7th round

Topalov 5.5 1/2 2.5 Caruana
Aronian 2.5 1/2 4 Anand
Nakamura 4 1/2 2 Grischuk
Hammer 1.5 1/2 3.5 Giri
Vachier-Lagrave 2.5 1/2 2 Carlsen

Standings after 7 rounds

Topalov 6
Anand, Nakamura 4.5
Giri 4
Vachier-Lagrave, Aronian, Caruana 3
Carlsen, Grischuk 2.5
Hammer 2

Games of the round

Pairings of the 8th round

Grischuk – Caruana
Giri – Topalov
Anand – Hammer
Carlsen – Aronian
Nakamura – Vachier-Lagrave

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Daily sale of various opening, middlegame and endgame material

The games are usually well analysed. If you have any questions while studying the material, let me know and I will help. It is possible to buy it using PayPal and sending payments to [email protected]. Material will be sent in pgn/cbv files directly to your e-mail address.

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