Norway Chess is one of world’s most prestigious chess tournaments annually hosting a tournament with the global top players.
Every year, the chess elite meets in Stavanger to participate in this action-packed tournament, and for many players it is perhaps the most attractive tournament they participate in.
Through the Norway Chess tournament, Stavanger has become one of the world’s chess metropolises. This annual event has become an important arena for Stavanger and the rest of the region. The organizer still has ambitious goals such as development and utilization of the opportunities it offers.
2022 Norway Chess Blitz is a 10-player round-robin tournament, held 30th of May in Stavanger, Norway. Blitz tournament functions as a seeding tournament for the classical 2022 Norway Chess tournament.
Time control is 3 minutes for the entire game with a 2-second increment starting from move 1.
2022 Norway Chess is a 10-player Round-robin tournament, held from the 30th of May to the 11th of June in Norway.
If a classical game is drawn, the players play one rapid Armageddon game. In an Armageddon game, black starts with less time on the clock than white, but wins the game even if it is drawn.
Time control is 120 minutes for the entire game with a 10-second increment, beginning from move 40.
Time control for the Armageddon game is 10 minutes for white and 7 minutes for black for the entire game with a 1-second increment starting from move 40.
Participants:
Magnus Carlsen
Viswanathan Anand
Veselin Topalov
Aryan Tari
Wesley So
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Anish Giri
Teimour Radjabov
Maxime Vachier Lagrave
Wang Hao
PGN OF THE GAME:
[Event “Norway Chess 2022”]
[Site “Chess.com”]
[Date “2022.06.05”]
[Round “10”]
[White “Anand, Viswanathan”]
[Black “Carlsen, Magnus”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “2751”]
[BlackElo “2864”]
[Variant “Standard”]
[TimeControl “-“]
[ECO “C50”]
[Opening “Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Normal”]
[Termination “Unknown”]
[Annotator “lichess.org”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 { C50 Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Normal } 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 O-O 8. a5 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd4 11. Qd1 c6 12. O-O b5 13. Ba2 Ne6 14. Be3 a6 15. Qf3 Qd7 16. Ne2 d5 17. c3 Bc5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. d4 e4 21. Qe3 Nd3 22. Qd2?! { (0.17 → -0.49) Inaccuracy. b4 was best. } (22. b4 Rae8 23. f3 Nb2 24. Ng3 exf3 25. Qxf3 Qe6 26. Nh5 Nxh5 27. Qxh5 Nc4 28. Bxc4 dxc4) 22… Rae8 23. f3 Nf2 24. fxe4?! { (-0.37 → -1.19) Inaccuracy. Qe3 was best. } (24. Qe3) 24… N2xe4 25. Qd3 Qd6 26. Rf3 g6 27. Raf1 Nh5 28. g4 Nhf6 29. Nf4?! { (-1.31 → -2.11) Inaccuracy. Qd1 was best. } (29. Qd1 Re6) 29… Ng5?? { (-2.11 → -0.49) Blunder. Re7 was best. } (29… Re7) 30. R3f2 Nge4?! { (-0.64 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. Qd8 was best. } (30… Qd8) 31. Rg2 h6?! { (0.00 → 0.73) Inaccuracy. g5 was best. } (31… g5 32. Ne2 Re6 33. Ng3 Nxg3 34. Qxg3 Qe7 35. Qf3 Rd8 36. Qf5 h6 37. h4 Re1 38. Rf2) 32. h4 g5 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Nh3 Kg7 35. Rf5? { (-0.02 → -1.10) Mistake. Qe3 was best. } (35. Qe3 Ng8 36. Nf2 f6 37. Nxe4 Rxe4 38. Qg3 Qe6 39. Bb1 Re3 40. Bf5 Qe7 41. Rf3 Rxf3) 35… Rh8 36. Nxg5?! { (-0.85 → -1.55) Inaccuracy. Qf3 was best. } (36. Qf3) 36… Rh4?? { (-1.55 → 1.95) Blunder. Nxg5 was best. } (36… Nxg5 37. Rxg5+ Kf8 38. Qf1 Re6 39. Bb1 Rh3 40. Bd3 Rhe3 41. Rf5 Qe7 42. Kh2 Qc7+ 43. Kh1) 37. Bxd5 Nxg5 38. Rxg5+ Kf8 39. Bf3?? { (2.01 → -0.07) Blunder. Qg3 was best. } (39. Qg3 Qxg3) 39… Qf4 40. Re5 Rxe5 41. dxe5 Qxe5 42. Kf2 Rh3? { (0.00 → 1.06) Mistake. Rh1 was best. } (42… Rh1 43. Qd2 Kg8 44. b4 Kh7 45. Rg3 Rh2+ 46. Rg2) 43. g5?! { (1.06 → 0.47) Inaccuracy. Qd4 was best. } (43. Qd4 Qg5) 43… Nh5 44. g6 fxg6?? { (0.96 → 4.85) Blunder. Qc5+ was best. } (44… Qc5+) 45. Qd8+ Qe8 46. Qxe8+ Kxe8 47. Rxg6 Nf4 48. Rxa6 Nd3+ 49. Ke3?? { (5.19 → 2.19) Blunder. Ke2 was best. } (49. Ke2 Nxb2 50. Ra8+ Ke7 51. a6 Rh2+ 52. Ke3 Nc4+ 53. Kd4 Rd2+ 54. Kc5 Rc2 55. a7 Nd6) 49… Ne5?? { (2.19 → 11.82) Blunder. Nxb2 was best. } (49… Nxb2 50. Ra7 Nc4+ 51. Kf4 Rh6 52. Bg4 Kd8 53. a6 Rf6+ 54. Ke4 Rg6 55. Bh3 Rd6 56. Bf5) 50. Re6+ { White wins. } 1-0
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