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3rd Norway Chess 2015 (Blitz)

Vachier-Lagrave wins the opening blitz of the 3rd Norway Chess tournament

Carlsen against Nakamura in blitz always has some tension and Carlsen won the full point. Photo ©

Carlsen against Nakamura in blitz always has some tension and Carlsen won the full point. Photo © | http://2015.norwaychess.com/

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won the blitz tournament that acts as a curtain raiser for the Norway Chess tournament and also helps decide the pairings for main event. Vachier-Lagrave had spent much of the previous 24 hours travelling having to dash from Leon where he had just lost a four game rapid match to Wei Yi.

Hikaru Nakamura took clear second ahead of Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri and Viswanathan Anand who tied for third. These five players are sure to choose a draw number that will give them five whites and four blacks in the main event starting tomorrow.

Carlsen had a strange event missing wins against Giri and Vachier-Lagrave in the early rounds and winning from a a completely lost position against Anand. One shouldn't take the result of these events too seriously. The 3 minutes plus 2 seconds a move time control is very fast and there were lots of mistakes.

Games and results below.

Round one of the 3rd Norway Chess tournament starts at 4pm local time 3pm UK time on Tuesday 16th June.

Round 1 Pairings Giri-Grischuk, Anand-Caruana, Carlsen-Topalov, Nakamura-Hammer, Vachier-Lagrave-Aronian.

3rd Norway Blitz 2015 Stavanger NOR Mon 15th Jun 2015 - Mon 15th Jun 2015
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg12345678910PtsTPR
1Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeGMFRA2723#01==1=1116.52954
2Nakamura, HikaruGMUSA28021#0==1011162905
3Carlsen, MagnusGMNOR287601#=1=01=15.52851
4Giri, AnishGMNED2773===#10==115.52863
5Anand, ViswanathanGMIND2804==00#11=115.52859
6Aronian, LevonGMARM278000=10#=11152825
7Grischuk, AlexanderGMRUS2781=11=0=#00=42739
8Topalov, VeselinGMBUL2798000==01#0132655
9Caruana, FabianoGMITA280500=00011#02.52613
10Hammer, Jon LudvigGMNOR2677000000=01#1.52521
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