Stavanger [Norway], The seventh round of the Norway chess tournament on Tuesday morning witnessed exciting matches with tense moments that had a huge impact on the standings.
With the top players in high-stakes games, the results of this round set the stage for an exciting finale to the tournament. Both Norway Chess and Norway Chess Women saw intense battles, strategic games and important wins that reshaped the leaderboards and heightened the competition.
The highlight of the day was the match between Koneru Humpy and Vaishali R as Koneru Humpy achieved the only classical win of the day in both the tournaments. With this defeat, the chances of victory of former tournament leader Vaishali have reduced significantly.World champion Ding Liren, who has been on a poor run with four consecutive losses, finally stopped the bleeding with a much-needed draw against India's Praggnanand R. However, he missed a move and lost the Armageddon tie-breaker, while Prague survived. Third place in the standings (11 points).
In the highly anticipated game between Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura, the classic game ended in a draw relatively quickly, as both sides avoided complicated situations. The Armageddon tiebreak was one of the most intense games in the tournament so far, as Nakamura won after Carlsen ran out of time on the clock.The win brought Nakamura to within half a point of Carlsen, who leads the tournament with 13 points.
Fabiano Caruana's sacrifice of his knight against Alireza Firouzja almost backfired, but he managed to force a draw in classical chess before the latter gave him no chance in the decider.
At the Norway Chess Women's Tournament, the classical game between co-leaders Anna Muzychuk and Xu Wenjun ended peacefully. However, it was Muzychuk who took the lead in the standings by winning the Armageddon tiebreak, finishing just half a point ahead of world champion Wenjun. In another close match of the day, Lei Tingjie defeated Pia Kramling in Armageddon.Round 8 Pairs
Norway Chess Main Event
Magnus Carlsen vs Praggnananda R; Ding Liren vs. Fabiano Caruana; Alireza Firozha vs. Hikaru Nakamura
Norway Chess Women's Tournament
Vaishali R vs Anna Muzychuk; Xu Wenjun vs. Pia Cramling; Lei Tingjie vs Koneru Hampi.
With the top players in high-stakes games, the results of this round set the stage for an exciting finale to the tournament. Both Norway Chess and Norway Chess Women saw intense battles, strategic games and important wins that reshaped the leaderboards and heightened the competition.
The highlight of the day was the match between Koneru Humpy and Vaishali R as Koneru Humpy achieved the only classical win of the day in both the tournaments. With this defeat, the chances of victory of former tournament leader Vaishali have reduced significantly.World champion Ding Liren, who has been on a poor run with four consecutive losses, finally stopped the bleeding with a much-needed draw against India's Praggnanand R. However, he missed a move and lost the Armageddon tie-breaker, while Prague survived. Third place in the standings (11 points).
In the highly anticipated game between Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura, the classic game ended in a draw relatively quickly, as both sides avoided complicated situations. The Armageddon tiebreak was one of the most intense games in the tournament so far, as Nakamura won after Carlsen ran out of time on the clock.The win brought Nakamura to within half a point of Carlsen, who leads the tournament with 13 points.
Fabiano Caruana's sacrifice of his knight against Alireza Firouzja almost backfired, but he managed to force a draw in classical chess before the latter gave him no chance in the decider.
At the Norway Chess Women's Tournament, the classical game between co-leaders Anna Muzychuk and Xu Wenjun ended peacefully. However, it was Muzychuk who took the lead in the standings by winning the Armageddon tiebreak, finishing just half a point ahead of world champion Wenjun. In another close match of the day, Lei Tingjie defeated Pia Kramling in Armageddon.Round 8 Pairs
Norway Chess Main Event
Magnus Carlsen vs Praggnananda R; Ding Liren vs. Fabiano Caruana; Alireza Firozha vs. Hikaru Nakamura
Norway Chess Women's Tournament
Vaishali R vs Anna Muzychuk; Xu Wenjun vs. Pia Cramling; Lei Tingjie vs Koneru Hampi.
