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At 6th Altibox Norway Masters Blitz 2018, Stavanger

[R1] GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2760) dw GM Levon Aronian (ARM,2764) ½-½
[R2] GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2760) dw GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2769) ½-½
[R3] GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2760) dw GM Liren Ding (CHN,2791) ½-½
[R4] GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2760) vs GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2843) ½-½
[R5] GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2760) dw GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar (AZB,2808) ½-½
[R4] GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2760) dw GM Wesley So (USA,2778) ½-½
[R7] GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2760) bt GM Maxime Vachier Lagrave (FRA,2789) 1-0
[R8] GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2760) l GM Fabiano Caruana (USA,2822) 0-1
[R9] GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2760) bt GM Sergey Karjakin (RUS,2782) 1-0

Anand finished on tied 2nd position in Norway Masters with 4.5 pts with Carlsen and Nakamura ... Fabiano Caruana won the tournament with 5 pts, so Anand's loss against him turned to be crucial ... Chinese Liren Ding withdrew in the middle of the tournament.