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The 5th Altibox Norway Chess took place May 27 - June 8 2018. The 10 player field is: Aronian, Anand, Carlsen, Mamedyarov, MVL, Caruana, Karjakin, Nakamura and Wesley So, Ding Liren injured himself cycling on the rest day and had to withdraw after 3 rounds. Fabiano Caruana won a thrilling game against Wesley So to take clear first place and avoid a five way blitz tie-break. Wesley So blundered finally on move 41 when he still had a draw in hand.

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6th Norway Chess 2018 Stavanger NOR Sun 27th May 2018 - Fri 8th Jun 2018 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Rtg	Gms	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Pts	TB1
1	Caruana, Fabiano	2822	8	*	0	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	5
2	Carlsen, Magnus	2843	8	1	*	½	½	0	1	½	½	½	4.5	18.25
3	Nakamura, Hikaru	2769	8	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	4.5	17.25
4	Anand, Viswanathan	2760	8	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	4.5	16.25
5	So, Wesley	2778	8	0	1	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	4	15.75
6	Aronian, Levon	2764	8	½	0	½	½	½	*	1	½	½	4	15.5
7	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	2808	8	½	½	½	½	½	0	*	½	½	3.5
8	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2789	8	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	*	0	3	12.75
9	Karjakin, Sergey	2782	8	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	1	*	3	11
9 players

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6th Norway Blitz 2018 Stavanger NOR Sun 27th May 2018 - Fri 8th Jun 2018 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	Gms	Pts
1	So, Wesley	GM	9	6
2	Nakamura, Hikaru	GM	9	5.5
3	Anand, Viswanathan	GM	9	5.5
4	Carlsen, Magnus	GM	9	5
5	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	GM	9	4.5
6	Vachier Lagrave, Maxime	GM	9	4.5
7	Caruana, Fabiano	GM	9	4.5
8	Karjakin, Sergey	GM	9	3.5
9	Aronian, Levon	GM	9	3
10	Ding, Liren	GM	9	3
10 players

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