World Champion Magnus Carlsen (left) leads Norway Chess after
the 6th round. Magnus played a draw against GM Anish Giri in
the 5th round yesterday. Today he drew GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.
The French player pushed hard as white in a Berlin-wall. He had
a piece for three pawns. In the end the players drew as Vachier-Lagrave
could not win with rook, Knight against rook and a pawn. Magnus
now leads with 4 points.Vachier-Lagrave, Kramnik,Topalov and
Hariskrishna followed with 3,5 Points. Harikrishna with a black victory
against GM Anish Giri, the second loss for Giri. He was smashed by
Vachier-Lagrave the other day. Tuesday is rest day. The 7th round
will be played on Wednesday.The games are Carlsen-Kramnik, Grandelius-
Chao Li, Aronian-Eljanov, Harikrishna-Vachier-Lagrave and Topalov-Giri.
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Photo:Joachim Steinbru
