Norway Chess: Magnus slo Kramnik


Verdensmester Magnus Carlsen viser storform i Norway Chess. I gårsdagens runde, den
7.runden, vant han med hvit mot eksverdensmester Vladimir Kramnik. Magnus og Kramnik
diskuterte en variant i avbyttevarianten i dronninggambit (6.-Lf5). Magnus fikk tidlig en
fordel med en sterk springer på f5. Kramnik fikk trøbbel på klokka og fordelen til Magnus
økte.Etter tidskontrollen fikk Magnus skjøvet sin fribonde i h-linjen til h7 og da gav russeren
opp. En overbevisende seier som fører til at Magnus har 5 poeng av 7 og leder med 1 poeng
på forfølgerne. Blant disse er GM Levon Aronian som vant over GM Pavel Eljanov med de
hvite brikkene. GM Pentala Harikrishna har også 4 poeng etter remis mot GM Maxime Vachier-
Lagrave.En annen på 4 poeng er GM Veselin Topalov, som remiserte GM Anish Giri i går.
Rundens siste møte mellom GM Nils Grandelius og GM Chao Li. var en duell i Larsen-varianten
i caro-kann (5.-gxf6). Svensken presset i lang tid, men partiet endte remis etter over 90 trekk.
Les mer om runden hos ChessBase. 8.runde spilles i dag kl.16. Partiene er Aronian-Carlsen,
Kramnik-Harikrishna, Eljanov-Chao Li, Vachier-Lagrave-Topalov og Giri-Grandelius.
Følg partiene live på ChessBomb.
Foto:Arrangøren

 

Norway Chess: Magnus leads


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.
Follow the games live Wednesday from 16.00 in ChessBomb
Photo:Joachim Steinbru

 

1.Bundesliga:Solingen wins


GM Artur Jussupov (right) and his teammates in SV Solingen
beat Griesheim 1976 6-2 in the last round of the 1.Bundesliga
yesterday. Solingen is champion and has broken the dominance
of Baden-Baden.Solingen scored 28 teampoints in 15 matches,
without a loss. Baden-Baden was second With 27 Points. Werder
Bremen was Third With 25 Points. Grisheim, Bayern Munich and
Norderstedt will be relegated. Erfurter SK saved the plae as Turm
Emsdetten withdraws from the League.
On the photo we see Jussupov against FM Stephan Rausch from
SG Leipzig in the German teamchmpionships in blitz in Garching
May 2015.