Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana from Italy was the only winner in the 1st
round of Norway Chess yesterday. He beat GM Alexander Grischuk who
blundered in time trouble.The games Karjakin-Topalov, Aronian-Agdestein,
Carlsen-Giri and Svidler-Kramnik all ended with draw. Agdestein had a
comfortable edge against Aronian, but with little time left he chose to
secure the draw. A fine start for Simen! World Champion Magnus Carlsen
got little from the opening against Giri. He sacrificed the exchange, but
never really came close to victory. The pairings for today`s 2nd round will
be Kramnik-Carlsen, Agdestein-Giri, Caruana-Svidler, Topalov-Grischuk
and Aronian-Karjakin. The games will be shown live on the homepage or
ChessBomb from 3.30 p.m. (15.30). Read the 1st round report in Chessbase.
Photo:Organizer
