14 June 2019

Altibox Norway Chess Super Tournament Concluded in Stavanger

The winner is Magnus Carlsen.

Photo: Lennart Ootes / Altibox Norway Chess
Photo: Lennart Ootes / Altibox Norway Chess

The Altibox Norway Chess super tournament finished in Stavanger on June 14. In classical chess, Yu Yangyi defeated Shakhriyar Mamedryarov, while the games Caruana - Carlsen, Anand - Aronian, So - Vachier-Lagrave, and Ding Liren - Grischuk were drawn.

Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So celebrated victories in Armageddon. The games Anand - Aronian and Ding Liren - Grischuk ended in draws in favour of Black.



Final standings:

1. Magnus Carlsen - 13.5
2-3. Yu Yangyi, Levon Aronian - 10.5
4-5. Wesley So, Fabiano Caruana - 10
6. Ding Liren - 8.5
7-8. Viswanathan Anand, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 8
9-10. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Alexander Grischuk - 5.5

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