Norway Chess 9: Carlsen wins 4th in a row, Firouzja in Top 10
Magnus Carlsen goes into the final round of Norway Chess against Ian Nepomniachtchi as the tournament leader after picking up a 4th win in a row, but he admitted he’d been outplayed and in huge danger against Sergey Karjakin. Richard Rapport trails Magnus by 1.5 points after losing to Ian Nepomniachtchi in Armageddon, while the only other player who can catch Magnus is 18-year-old Alireza Firouzja, who broke into the Top 10 for the first time with a 3rd win in a row, this time against Aryan Tari.
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Norway Chess 6: Carlsen storms back to beat Firouzja
Magnus Carlsen picked up his first classical win of Norway Chess 2021 by beating Alireza Firouzja in Round 6 with a trademark endgame grind. Richard Rapport extended his lead to three points with four rounds to go by outplaying Arya...
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Norway Chess 5: Karjakin takes down Carlsen
Sergey Karjakin played a brilliant exchange sacrifice on the way to defeating Magnus Carlsen in a classical game for the first time since Game 8 of their World Championship match in 2016. It was a dramatic turnaround for Sergey, who...
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Dominguez takes Chess9LX title as Kasparov cries, “Damn it!”
Leinier Dominguez beat Levon Aronian in the final round to clinch victory in the Champions Showdown: Chess9LX in Saint Louis. 58-year-old Garry Kasparov had gone into that round in a 4-way tie for 1st place, but dropped to 5th after...
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Norway Chess 4: Carlsen gets to torture Nepomniachtchi
“I thought it would be nice to torture him!” said Magnus Carlsen of the endgame kill he chose to defeat his World Championship Challenger Ian Nepomniachtchi in Armageddon. The first game of their Round 4 Norway Chess clash was a dra...
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Chess 9LX 2: Kasparov is back! Dominguez leads
“The rumours of my chess death probably have been slightly exaggerated!” said Garry Kasparov as he stormed back to defeat Sam Shankland and Levon Aronian on Day 2 of Chess 9LX in Saint Louis. After being one of just two players not ...
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Norway Chess 3: Magnus & Nepo scrape wins before showdown
Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi meet in Round 4 of Norway Chess in their penultimate classical game before the 2021 World Chess Championship match with neither player currently in top form. Bother Magnus and Nepo were losing t...
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Chess 9LX 1: Fabi top as Kasparov & Nakamura suffer
Fabiano Caruana was the only unbeaten player on Day 1 of Chess 9LX in Saint Louis as he topped the table with 2.5/3. MVL, Mamedyarov and Shankland all lost one game but won two to share 2nd place, while the only players who ended wi...
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Norway Chess 2: Nepo beats Firouzja with King’s Gambit
Ian Nepomniachtchi spoilt great winning chances in classical chess against Alireza Firouzja, but called it “my small revenge” to unleash the King’s Gambit in Armageddon. Alireza hadn’t studied Nepo’s Chessable course and was crushed...
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Norway Chess 1: Carlsen beats Firouzja, Rapport enters Top 10
Richard Rapport is the early leader of Norway Chess 2021 after easing to a victory over Aryan Tari that took him up to world no. 9 on the live rating list. The match of the day saw World Champion Magnus Carlsen facing an opening nov...
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Firouzja-Carlsen in Norway Chess, Nepo late arrival
Alireza Firouzja will have the white pieces against World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen as the 8th edition of Norway Chess begins today at 17:00 CEST/11:00 ET. We'll also have Tari-Rapport, while Nepomniachtchi-Karjakin has been pos...
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