Karjakin won in the fourth round against Aronian. As mention earlier in another blog post, Aronian had before this game won against Karjakin 6 times against 1 and 13 draws.
Today Karjakin played the black pieces. 4 points out of 4 is a good summary after four rounds, but as mentioned earlier, he has yet to play the biggest names in the tournament. Today he won against one of the biggest names. Let see how he plays against Magnus Carlsen tomorrow!
Carlsen has yet to win in Norway chess tournament. 4 draws in 4 rounds isn't good enough if he wants to be in the top after the tournament. Today he got a draw against Svidler. Now Carlsen has some pressure on him to win in the next round.
Hammer got his first draw today, after three rounds of losing. Topalov had a big advantage after 35 moves, but blundered a little bit and only got a draw against Hammer.
Anand lost against Nakamura.
Showing posts with label Levon Aronian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Levon Aronian. Show all posts
Before Round 4 in Norway Chess tournament
The leader of the Norway Chess tournament, Karjakin, will today play against Aronian.
They have played 2 games during 2013, both ended up in a draw (Karjakin white both times).
Their first game was played in the Tata steel chess tournament in January. The game was played in the Spanish opening (the game can be watched here: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1705175)
The second game was an blitz game, in Norway. Before the Norway Chess tournament began, the order of players was decided by a blitz tournament. Their second game can be watched here: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1716658
According to chessgames.com Aronian and Karjakin has played 13 draws, Aronian has 6 wins and Karjakin has 1 win.
This puts Aronian in big favor to win this game and catch up Karjakin in total points.
Karjakin is aiming for a draw since he then keeps his lead in the tournament.
Karjakin plays black in todays game.
They have played 2 games during 2013, both ended up in a draw (Karjakin white both times).
Their first game was played in the Tata steel chess tournament in January. The game was played in the Spanish opening (the game can be watched here: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1705175)
The second game was an blitz game, in Norway. Before the Norway Chess tournament began, the order of players was decided by a blitz tournament. Their second game can be watched here: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1716658
According to chessgames.com Aronian and Karjakin has played 13 draws, Aronian has 6 wins and Karjakin has 1 win.
This puts Aronian in big favor to win this game and catch up Karjakin in total points.
Karjakin is aiming for a draw since he then keeps his lead in the tournament.
Karjakin plays black in todays game.
Aronian wins Alekhine Memorial 2013
Last week one of my favorit player, Levon Aronian, won the Alekhine Memorial 2013 tournament that was played in both Franch (Paris, round 1-5) and Russia (Saint Petersburg, round 6-9).
Aronian won his final game against the player GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, while GM Boris Gelfand only got a draw against World Champion Vishy Anand.
Aronian and Gelfand both ended up on 5.5 out of 9 point, but Aronian won on tie break.
Aronian (white) winning position.
Aronian won his final game against the player GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, while GM Boris Gelfand only got a draw against World Champion Vishy Anand.
Aronian and Gelfand both ended up on 5.5 out of 9 point, but Aronian won on tie break.
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