28 May 2018
Magnus Carlsen Defeats Fabiano Caruana in Round 1 of Altibox Norway Chess 2018
Other games drawn.
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The first round of the Altibox Norway Chess 2018 was played in Stavanger on May 28.
Magnus Carlsen outplayed his future rival in the world championship match Fabiano Caruana with the white pieces. The American was persistently defending the queen vs. queen endgame without a pawn, then without two and even three pawns, but eventually he resigned on the 77th move.
The games Nakamura - Ding Liren, Anand - Aronian, So - Karjakin, and Mamedyarov - Vachier-Lagrave were drawn.
Standings after round 1:
1. Magnus Carlsen - 1
2-9. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Ding Liren, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Sergey Karjakin, Wesley So, Hikaru Nakamura, Levon Aronian, Viswanathan Anand - 0.5
10. Fabiano Caruana - 0.
Round 2 pairings:
Ding Liren - Vachier-Lagrave, Caruana - Mamedyarov, Karjakin - Carlsen, Aronian - So, Nakamura - Anand
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