The Norway Chess 2024 is a 6-player double round-robin tournament, held from the 27th of May to the 7th of June in Stavanger, Norway, featuring the former and current World Champions Magnus Carlsen and Ding Liren, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, R Praggnanandhaa and Alireza Firouzja.
Time control is 120 minutes for the entire game with a 10-second increment from move 41.
Mutually agreed draws are not allowed until both players have made at least 30 moves.
In the event of a draw, an Armageddon game is played to determine the winner of the round. Players keep the colour from the classical game. Time control is 10 minutes for White and 7 minutes for Black with a 1-second increment from move 41.
PGN OF THE GAME:
[Event “Norway Chess”]
[Site “Stavanger, Norway”]
[Date “2024.05.29”]
[Round “5.1”]
[White “Praggnanandhaa R”]
[Black “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “2747”]
[BlackElo “2830”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “B42”]
[Opening “Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Modern Variation”]
[Termination “Unknown”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 { B42 Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Modern Variation } Qc7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ne5 10. h3 b6 11. f4 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Bb7 13. f5 Qd7?! { (0.67 → 1.34) Inaccuracy. e5 was best. } (13… e5 14. Nc2 Rc8 15. Ne3 Qc5 16. Rd1 Be7 17. a4 O-O 18. Ra3 Rfe8 19. Kh2) 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Qe2 e5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nc2 Qc6 19. Ne3 Bg5 20. Kh1 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 f6 22. b3 b5 23. Nd5 Qc5 24. Qf3 bxc4 25. Qh5+ Kf8 26. Rf3 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 Qb6 28. bxc4 Rxc4 29. Rb3 Rb4 30. Rdd3 Rxb3? { (2.16 → 3.64) Mistake. a5 was best. } (30… a5 31. Kh2 Rg8 32. Rbc3 Rb1 33. Re3 Qb8 34. Qxh7 Kf7 35. Rb3 Rxb3 36. Rxb3) 31. Rxb3 Qc7 32. Qd1 g6 33. Qb1 Qc5?! { (3.32 → 5.17) Inaccuracy. Qc4 was best. } (33… Qc4 34. Rb7 Rg8 35. Rxh7 Qc8 36. Kh2 Rg7 37. Rh8+ Rg8 38. Rh6 gxf5 39. Rxf6+) 34. Rb7 gxf5 35. Kh2 Rg8?! { (5.21 → 7.14) Inaccuracy. fxe4 was best. } (35… fxe4 36. Rb8+ Kf7 37. Rxh8 Qb5 38. Qxe4 Ke6 39. Qg4+ Kd5 40. Qg8+ Ke4 41. Qg3) 36. Qb3 d5 37. Rxh7 { White wins. } 1-0
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