After three draws in the first four rounds of the tournament, a part of the Grand Chess Tour, Anand's hunt for the victory ended in a delightful manner as the Indian ace crushed Carlsen in all departments of the game to move up to 2.5 points out of a possible four.
With five rounds still remaining in the USD 305000 prize money tournament, Topalov is sitting pretty on a staggering 3.5 points, a half point ahead of Nakamura. Anand and Giri share the third spot on 2.5 points apiece. Caruana, Grischuk and Vachier-Lagrave share the fifth spot on two points each while Aronian and Hammer have just one point to share the eighth spot.
Confirmed Players to Norway Chess 2015
World ranking is based on FIDE statistics from May 2015 |
Magnus Carlsen Country: Norway Born: November 30, 1990 FIDE rating May 2015: 2876 World ranking: 1 |
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Viswanathan “Vishy” Anand Country: India Born: December 11, 1969 FIDE rating May 2015: 2804 World ranking: 2 |
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Levon Aronian Country: Armenia Born: October 6, 1982 FIDE rating May 2015: 2776 World ranking: 10 |
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Veselin Topalov Country: Bulgaria Bornt: March 15, 1975 FIDE rating May 2015: 2798 World ranking: 5 |
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Hikaru Nakamura Country: USA Born: December 9, 1987 FIDE rating May 2015: 2799 World ranking: 4 |
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Fabiano Caruana Country: Italy Born: July 30, 1992 FIDE rating May 2015: 2803 World ranking: 3 |
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Alexander Grischuk Country: Russia Born: October 31, 1983 FIDE rating May 2015: 2780 World ranking: 6 |
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Anish Giri Country: The Netherlands Born: April 28, 1994 FIDE rating May 2015: 2776 World ranking: 9 |
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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Country: France Born: October 21, 1990 FIDE rating May 2015: 2754 World ranking: 12 |
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Jon Ludvig Hammer
Country: Norway Born: June 2, 1990 FIDE rating May 2015: 2665 World ranking: 75 |
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