14 June 2019
Magnus Carlsen Wins Altibox Norway Chess with One Round to Go
The World Champion defeated Yu Yangyi in classical chess.
Photo: Lennart Ootes / Altibox Norway Chess
The penultimate 8th round of the Altibox Norway Chess super tournament was played in Stavanger on June 13. In classical chess, Magnus Carlsen beat Yu Yangyi to win (with one round to spare) his 6th super tournament in a row.
Fabiano Caruand defeated Levon Aronian. The games Mamedyarov - So, Vachier-Lagrave - Ding Liren, and Grischuk - Anand were drawn.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Viswanathan Anand excelled in Armageddon. The game Mamedyarov - So ended in a draw in favour of the American grandmaster.
Standings after round 8:
1. Magnus Carlsen - 13
2. Levon Aronian - 9
3-5. Yu Yangyi, Wesley So, Fabiano Caruana - 8.5
6. Ding Liren - 8
7-8. Viswanathan Anand, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 7.5
9. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov - 5.5
10. Alexander Grischuk - 4.
Round 9 pairings:
Caruana - Carlsen, Anand - Aronian, So - Vachier-Lagrave, Yu Yangyi - Mamedyarov, Ding Liren - Grischuk.
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