3rd Norway Chess 2015 (9)
Topalov wins Norway Chess 2015
Mark Crowther - Thursday 25th June 2015
Jon Ludwig Hammer beat Magnus Carlsen in the final round. Carlsen's bad form and Topalov's win were the stories of the event. :Photo © | http://2015.norwaychess.com/
Veselin Topalov managed to steer his final round game against Viswanathan Anand into a quick draw which gave him clear first place in the Norway Chess tournament 2015. The game saw the same moves seen in Ivanchuk-Carlsen Wijk aan Zee 2015 but also as far back as 2007 in Roiz-Adams. Anand didn't seem too displeased to secure second place either and didn't really have an opportunity to make a fight of it. Anand seems really back in form and should be a danger for the rest of the year.
Magnus Carlsen played very poorly again losing to Jon Ludwig Hammer for the first time since he was 10. Carlsen was surprised in the opening but also continued to make mistakes. 5...dxc4 was poor but after Hammer's reaction 10...Qd7 may have been reasonaly alright for Carlsen, instead he spent a lot of time before playing 10...Kh8?! after which he was in big trouble. However a few inferior moves culminating in 27.b3 should have led to a draw with the fairly obvious 27...c5, instead 27...Rd8 led to the loss. Afterwards on Facebook Carlsen said "It's just extremely frustrating not to be able to show anything close to what I am capable of in my home country." All this following on from a great result in Shamkir. Hammer finished on 3/10 and performed to about his rating.
Hikaru Nakamura beat Levon Aronian in a sharp interesting game. Aronian's 19.Rc1 was a very poor move and Nakamura took full advantage of it. Nakamura's result are very good and very stable at the moment. Aronian seems a long way off his best.
Fabiano Caruana and Anish Giri drew an interesting Open Ruy Lopez. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave had the better of his draw against Alexander Grischuk.
Final Standings: 1st Topalov 6.5pts, 2nd Anand 6pts, 3rd Nakamura 6pts, 4th Giri 5.5pts, 5th Caruana 4pts, 6th Vachier-Lagrave 4pts, 7th Carlsen 3.5pts, 8th Grischuk 3.5pts, 9th Aronian 3pts, 10th Hammer 3pts.
Next major events Dortmund Round 1 Saturday 27th June: Nepomniachtchi-Caruana, Meier-Hou, Kramnik-Naiditsch, Nisipeanu-So.
Next Grand Tour event 21st August, the Sinquefield Cup in St Louis.
3rd Norway Chess 2015 Stavanger NOR (NOR), 17-25 vi 2015 | cat. XXII (2782) | ||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
1. | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2798 | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 2946 | |||
2. | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2804 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 6 | 2904 | |||
3. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2802 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2904 | |||
4. | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2773 | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5½ | 2862 | |||
5. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2805 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 4 | 2736 | |||
6. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2723 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4 | 2745 | |||
7. | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2781 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 3½ | 2702 | |||
8. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2876 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | 1 | 0 | 3½ | 2691 | |||
9. | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2780 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 3 | 2657 | |||
10. | Hammer, Jon Ludvig | g | NOR | 2677 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | 3 | 2668 |
Round 9 (June 25, 2015) | ||||||
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Topalov, Veselin | - Anand, Viswanathan | ½-½ | 18 | D38 | QGD Ragozin | |
Caruana, Fabiano | - Giri, Anish | ½-½ | 43 | C80 | Ruy Lopez Open | |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Grischuk, Alexander | ½-½ | 38 | D38 | QGD Ragozin | |
Aronian, Levon | - Nakamura, Hikaru | 0-1 | 40 | A25 | English Sicilian Attack | |
Hammer, Jon Ludvig | - Carlsen, Magnus | 1-0 | 34 | D30 | Queen's Gambit (without Nc3) |
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