Chess: Carlsen and Nakamura dominate in Stavanger, while Ding falters again
Magnus Carlsen continued his winning streak in Norway as Hikaru Nakamura gained the No2 ranking and a 2800 rating, but China’s world champion finished a poor last of sixNorway Chess, last weekend’s $161,000 event in Stavanger, was Magnus Carlsen’s 10th victory in his last 11 starts, and also a significant success for Hikaru Nakamura. The 36-year-old streamer regained a 2800 rating, and passed Fabiano Caruana to take over as No 2 in the Fide world rankings.Carlsen assessed it as “a good performance, not a sparkling performance by any means, but I feel I was quite professional in the way that I handled the last seven games or so. My mindset went from trying to play fun chess, which wasn’t fun at all, to more of a slow, grinding style.” Continue reading…
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