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Norway Chess (Blitz) (2016) Background The Norway Blitz was played immediately prior to the main event, Norway Chess (2016), basically to determine who got five starts as White and four starts as Black. When Monday 18 April 2016. Where Scandic Stavanger City Hotel, Stavanger, Norway. Format Round robin, nine rounds. Time Control 3 min, + 2 sec increment for each move. Chief arbiter: Karl-Johan Rist. Tie Breaks 1. Sonneborn-Berger 2. Most wins 3. Most wins with black 4. Drawing of lots Comments Carlsen had 7.5/8 leading into the final round. He overplayed his game in an attempt to win and lost to Giri. However, he still won the event and lifted his blitz rating to over 2900. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 Carlsen 2890 * 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 7½ 2 Giri 2793 1 * 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 6½ 3 Vachier-Lagrave 2872 0 1 * ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 1 6 4 Kramnik 2817 0 ½ ½ * ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 6 5 Aronian 2814 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 6 Harikrishna 2774 0 0 0 0 0 * 1 1 1 1 4 7 Topalov 2647 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 * ½ 0 ½ 3 8 Grandelius 2604 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 0 2½ 9 Li Chao 2633 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ * ½ 2½ 10 Eljanov 2679 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ * 2½ Regulations: https://norwaychess.no/en/reglement/ Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/car... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/norwa... chess24: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... Wikipedia article: Norway Chess#2016 Previous: Norway Chess (Blitz) (2015). Next: Norway Chess (Blitz) (2017). Main event: Norway Chess (2016)  page 1 of 1; 15 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Giri vs Eljanov 1-0 36 2016 Norway Chess (Blitz) C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 2. Aronian vs Harikrishna   1-0 34 2016 Norway Chess (Blitz) D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 3. Vachier-Lagrave vs N Grandelius   1-0 56 2016 Norway Chess (Blitz) B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein 4. Carlsen vs Eljanov 1-0 36 2016 Norway Chess (Blitz) C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 5. C Li vs Topalov   1-0 40 2016 Norway Chess (Blitz) E01 Catalan, Closed 6. Topalov vs Vachier-Lagrave   1-0 50 2016 Norway Chess (Blitz) B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 7. Kramnik vs Eljanov 1-0 27 2016 Norway Chess (Blitz) A46 Queen's Pawn Game 8. Carlsen vs Harikrishna 1-0 44 2016 Norway Chess (Blitz) B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 9. Vachier-Lagrave vs Eljanov 1-0 36 2016 Norway Chess (Blitz) A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 10. Carlsen vs Kramnik 1-0 35 2016 Norway Chess (Blitz) D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 11. Kramnik vs C Li   1-0 29 2016 Norway Chess (Blitz) A48 King's Indian 12. Eljanov vs N Grandelius   1-0 47 2016 Norway Chess (Blitz) A48 King's Indian 13. Carlsen vs C Li 1-0 53 2016 Norway Chess (Blitz) D75 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O c5, 8.dxc5 14. Giri vs Carlsen 1-0 23 2016 Norway Chess (Blitz) C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 15. Harikrishna vs Topalov   1-0 43 2016 Norway Chess (Blitz) D02 Queen's Pawn Game   REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Apr-19-16    notyetagm: Damn, Aronian played 7(!) draws in 9 blitz games. Norway Blitz (2016)/Levon Aronian Apr-19-16    Penguincw: I thought Giri would be the one with the most draws... Anyway, Carlsen, Giri, MVL, Kramnik and Aronian finish in the top half of the tournament, so they'll get white in their R1 game. Harikrishna with no draws. Apr-19-16    thegoodanarchist: Congratulations to the Champ! Good show. Apr-19-16    john barleycorn: wow, Carlsen now rated at 2915 in blitz. Apr-21-16    scholes: Carlsen now Nor 1 in all formats of the game NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. 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