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Thursday, June 18, 2015

Norway Chess--Nakamura Tied In First; Carlsen Dead Last 0-2

In round one Carlsen lost a winning position against Topolov............On Time!!!!

The end as reported at Chessbase.com

[Event "3rd Norway Chess 2015"]
[Site "Stavanger NOR"]
[Date "2015.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Topalov, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2876"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1b6/1P4k1/8/7Q/5p2/6PK/4Bq2/8 w - - 0 60"]
[PlyCount "2"]
[EventDate "2015.06.17"]
[SourceDate "2015.02.07"]

60. Qg5+ {After a long defence, Topalov can resist no more. The combined threats of the queen and bishop are decisive.} Kf7 {And White lost! He believed to have an extra 15 minutes given to him on move 60, but they simply did not exist.} (60... Kf7 61. Bc4+ Ke8 62. Bb5+ Kf7 63. Qf5+ Ke7 64. Qd7+ Kf6 65. Qd8+ Kg7 66. Qe7+ Kh6 67. Qf6+ Kh7 68. Bd3+ Kg8 69. Bc4+ Kh7 70. Qf7+ Kh6 71. Qf8+ Kg5 72. Qg7+ Kf5 73. g4+ Ke4 74. Qg6+ Ke5 75. Qe6+ Kd4 76. Qb6+ {And Black loses. It might seem like a long sequence, but White should somehow stumble upon it when he sees that other moves are not winning.}) 0-1

Then in Round 2, Fabio Caruna defeated Carlsen. Here's the Round 2 game in pgn format.

[Event "Norway Chess 2015"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2876"]
[Annotator "Robot 3"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:3600+30"]

1. e4 {3} e5 {5} 2. Nf3 {4} Nc6 {6} 3. Bb5 {5} Nf6 {6} 4. O-O {11} Nxe4 {4} 5.
d4 {4} Nd6 {8} 6. Bxc6 {7} dxc6 {6} 7. dxe5 {5} Nf5 {6} 8. Qxd8+ {4} Kxd8 {6}
9. h3 {15} h6 {7} 10. Rd1+ {15} Ke8 {9} 11. Nc3 {5} Ne7 {5} 12. b3 {23} Bf5 {18
} 13. Nd4 {11} Bh7 {8} 14. Bb2 {17} Rd8 {160} 15. Nce2 {20} Nd5 {486} 16. c4 {
14} Nb4 {50} 17. Nf4 {8} Rg8 {852} 18. g4 {644} Na6 {1392} 19. Nf5 {1445} Nc5 {
49} 20. Rxd8+ {460} Kxd8 {2} 21. Rd1+ {51} Kc8 {81} 22. Ba3 {557} Ne6 {584} 23.
Nxe6 {1030} Bxa3 {9} 24. Nexg7 {34} Bf8 {240} 25. e6 {334} Bxf5 {17} 26. Nxf5 {
9} fxe6 {4} 27. Ng3 {66} Be7 {22} 28. Kg2 {73} Rf8 {96} 29. Rd3 {355} Rf7 {193}
30. Nh5 {269} Bd6 {178} 31. Rf3 {104} Rh7 {12} 32. Re3 {151} Re7 {26} 33. f4 {
242} Ba3 {142} 34. Kf3 {89} Bb2 {12} 35. Re2 {146} Bc3 {13} 36. g5 {186} Kd7 {5
} 37. Kg4 {121} Re8 {31} 38. Ng3 {77} Rh8 {40} 39. h4 {112} b6 {6} 40. h5 {0}
c5 {0} 41. g6 {225} Re8 {164} 42. f5 {132} exf5+ {34} 43. Kf4 {117} Rh8 {63}
44. Nxf5 {56} Bf6 {2} 45. Rg2 {107} 1-0

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