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At The 3rd Norway Chess tournament 2015, Stavanger

Round 9 - 25.06.2015
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA,2723) ½-½ Alexander Grischuk (RUS,2781)
Levon Aronian (ARM,2780) 0-1 Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2802)
Jon Ludvig Hammer (NOR,2677) 1-0 Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2876)
Veselin Topalov (BUL,2798) ½-½ Viswanathan Anand (IND,2804)
Fabiano Caruana (ITA,2805) ½-½ Anish Giri (NED,2773)

Anand and Topalov decide to play safe and agree draw after mere 18 moves ... That gives Topalov the title with ½ point lead over Anand ... Anand also secure second position on better tie-break than Nakamura ... In another shocking match Carlsen lose his match against his countryman Jon Ludvig Hammer.

In this tournament Anand, Nakamura and Giri remain unbeaten.

Final Standing
1. Veselin Topalov (BUL,2798) 6½ pts
2. Viswanathan Anand (IND,2804) 6 pts
3. Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2802) 6 pts
4. Anish Giri (NED,2773) 5½ pts
5. Fabiano Caruana (ITA,2805) 4 pts
6. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA,2723) 4 pts
7. Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2876) 3½ pts
8. Alexander Grischuk (RUS,2781) 3½ pts
9. Levon Aronian (ARM,2780) 3 pts
10. Jon Ludvig Hammer (NOR,2677) 3 pts