TWIC is 30. First issue 17th September 1994.
3rd Norway Chess 2015 (4)
Topalov leads Norway Chess on 3.5/4 Anand beats Carlsen
Mark Crowther - Friday 19th June 2015
Anand defeats Carlsen in round 4. Photo © | http://2015.norwaychess.com/
Veselin Topalov won the final game of the day to finish against Levon Aronian to move to 3.5/4. Topalov got control of an ending from a Ragozin Defence just before first time control and brought home the full point.
Again the story of the day was the poor score of World Champion Magnus Carlsen who was beat again, this time by Viswanathan Anand. This is his poorest start since 2005. After some early move order issues caused both players to consume time they ended up in a known structure. Carlsen probably tried a bit too hard with black to make things complicated and quickly had the harder position to play. Anand was comfortable and Carlsen was steadily outplayed. Carlsen said afterwards "Horrible play. I misjudged the position completely, then I continued to play badly."
Alexander Grischuk outplayed Jon Ludwig Hammer pretty much from the opening. Fabiano Caruana doesn't have a very good record in main line Najdorf's as white and seemed happy enough to draw against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Anish Giri and Hikaru Nakamura played out a draw where for the most part Giri was pressing even if he was unhappy with some of his play.
There is a rest day on Saturday.
Round 4 Standings: Topalov 3.5pts, Nakamura 3pts, Giri, Anand 2.5pts, Caruana, Grischuk, Vachier-Lagrave 2pts, Aronian, Hammer 1pt Carlsen 0.5pts.
Round 5 Sunday 21st June 2015. 4pm local time. I will be in commentary with IM John Watson on ICC. Pairings: Carlsen-Grischuk, Nakamura-Anand, Vachier-Lagrave-Giri, Aronian-Caruana, Hammer-Topalov.
| 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 | . | . | . | . | 1 | 1 | . | 1 | 3½ | 3131 | |||
| 2. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2802 | ½ | * | ½ | . | 1 | . | . | . | 1 | . | 3 | 2956 | |||
| 3. | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2773 | . | ½ | * | ½ | . | 1 | . | . | . | ½ | 2½ | 2910 | |||
| 4. | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2804 | . | . | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | . | . | . | 1 | 2½ | 2903 | |||
| 5. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2805 | . | 0 | . | ½ | * | . | ½ | . | . | 1 | 2 | 2801 | |||
| 6. | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2781 | . | . | 0 | ½ | . | * | . | ½ | 1 | . | 2 | 2758 | |||
| 7. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2723 | 0 | . | . | . | ½ | . | * | 1 | ½ | . | 2 | 2765 | |||
| 8. | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2780 | 0 | . | . | . | . | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | . | 1 | 2551 | |||
| 9. | Hammer, Jon Ludvig | g | NOR | 2677 | . | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | . | 1 | 2578 | |||
| 10. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2876 | 0 | . | ½ | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | * | ½ | 2473 | |||
| Round 4 (June 19, 2015) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topalov, Veselin | - Aronian, Levon | 1-0 | 58 | D38 | QGD Ragozin | |
| Giri, Anish | - Nakamura, Hikaru | ½-½ | 59 | C78 | Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence | |
| Anand, Viswanathan | - Carlsen, Magnus | 1-0 | 47 | C84 | Ruy Lopez Centre Attack | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½-½ | 42 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
| Grischuk, Alexander | - Hammer, Jon Ludvig | 1-0 | 49 | A20 | English Opening | |
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