4 June 2019
First Games of Altibox Norway Chess Played in Stavanger
All encounters were decided in Armageddon.
Photo: Lennart Ootes/Altibox Norway Chess
The first round of the Altibox Norway Chess super tournament was played in Stavanger on June 4. The games Aronian - Grischuk, Carlsen - Anand, Mamedyarov - Caruana, Vachier-Lagrave - Yu Yangyi, and Ding Liren - So were drawn. Thus all the participants had to play Armageddon, where Magnus Carlsen, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Ding Liren, Yu Yangyi, and Levon Aronian were victorious.
Standings after round 1:
1-5. Levon Aronian, Ding Liren, Magnus Carlsen, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Yu Yangyi - 1.5
6-10. Viswanathan Anand, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Alexander Grischuk, Fabiano Caruana, Wesley So - 0.5.
Round 2 pairings:
Aronian – Carlsen, Yu Yangyi – Ding Liren, Anand – Mamedyarov, Caruana – Vachier-Lagrave, Grischuk – So.
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