Russia’s Karjakin Wins Norway Chess Tournament
By MARK LEWIS Associated Press
STAVANGER, Norway May 18, 2013 (AP)
Russia’s Sergey Karjakin won the €100,000 ($130,000) Norway chess championship on Saturday after drawing against Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria.
Karjakin needed only a draw against Topalov to take the top prize after the world No. 1 player Magnus Carlsen failed to win against Levon Aronian from Armenia, ranked No. 2.
Karjakin led the nine-day tournament from the beginning, winning his first four games and starting the day on 5.5 points, half a point ahead of Carlsen. He took over five hours to secure the draw.
Playing white, Karjakin handed an early initiative to his opponent with a passive bishop move to e3, giving Topalov hope of a first victory in this tournament.
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Nakamura should have won.
Good show by Karjakin,who held on to win. Carlsen did ok. Giant killer Wang should be happy enough. Naka shouldn’t be too disappointed either. Anand displayed his fragility and inconsistency and Carlsen should have no fears come November.