GMs Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, and Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu lead 2024 Norway Chess after armageddon wins in spherical one, with the much-anticipated conflict between Carlsen and GM Ding Liren marked by the Norwegian consuming dinner after the sport started. Nakamura took down GM Fabiano Caruana, whereas GM Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu beat GM Alireza Firouzja in a wild time scramble.
All of the classical video games have been additionally drawn within the Girls’s Norway Chess, with GM Humpy Koneru surviving a misplaced place towards GM Pia Cramling to win in armageddon. There have been additionally wins for Girls’s World Champion Ju Wenjun over GM Vaishali Rameshbabu and GM Lei TIngjie over GM Anna Muzychuk.
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Spherical two begins Tuesday, Could 28, at 11 a.m. ET / 17:00 CEST / 8:30 p.m. IST.
Norway Chess Open: Standings After Spherical 1
Nakamura survived some furry moments in classical chess towards Caruana, however he turned on the model to win the armageddon recreation with the black items and decide up 1.5 factors. That is our Recreation of the Day, with evaluation by GM Rafael Leitao beneath:
Nakamura additionally, by way of the confessional, gave one of the best commentary on the unusual spectacle of Carlsen taking a dinner break on transfer 4.
Nakamura: “It is fairly humorous to see Magnus… within the again room consuming, he spent like 13 minutes consuming noodles, salad and an enormous pepperoni pizza” 🍕#NorwayChess pic.twitter.com/XxatOZQL45
— chess24 (@chess24com) Could 27, 2024
Carlsen went on to make a 14-move draw earlier than holding Ding with ease with the black items to win the armageddon.
Probably the most dramatic recreation noticed Praggnanandhaa virtually lose a successful place towards Firouzja since each gamers forgot about their clocks. Ultimately, nonetheless, he had a second to spare when Firouzja flagged.
Praggnanandhaa wins a wild time scramble the place he had 1 second left to Firouzja’s 0 on the finish! #NorwayChess pic.twitter.com/QnDpyUC2py
— chess24 (@chess24com) Could 27, 2024
Norway Chess Girls: Standings After Spherical 1
Ju, Koneru, and Lei lead the Girls’s standings after armageddon wins, with Cramling simply lacking out on a dream begin.
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Norway Chess 2024 options Open and Girls’s six-player tournaments for equal prize funds of 1,690,000 NOK (~$160,000). It runs Could 27 to June 7 in Stavanger, with gamers going through their opponents twice at classical chess (120 minutes/40 strikes, with a 10-second increment from transfer 41). The winner of a classical recreation will get three factors, the loser, zero; after a draw, the gamers get one level and battle for an additional half-point in armageddon (10 minutes for White, seven for Black, who has draw odds).
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