Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Chess News
At Norway Tournament 2013,

Round 5 (May 13, 2013) in Sandnes
Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2775) - Veselin Topalov (BUL,2793) ½-½
Jon Ludvig Hammer (NOR,2608) - Wang Hao (CHN,2743) 1-0
Peter Svidler (RUS,2769) - Viswanathan Anand (IND,2783) ½-½
Teimour Radjabov (AZE,2745) - Levon Aronian (ARM,2813) ½-½
Sergey Karjakin (RUS,2767) - Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2868) 0-1

Leader Karjakin lost his first match with White despite taking early initiative in a Ruy Lopez against Carlsen ... He failed to handle complications on the board in end game and lost in 46 moves ... Lower rated local player Jon Ludvig Hammer scored win over Chinese Wang Hao in 49 moves ... Other three games ended in a draw ... Anand decided to stick with a Najdorf but agreed draw after 30 moves.

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