Incredible Geometry! - Viswanathan Anand vs Teimour Radjabov - Norway Chess Round 7, ARMAGEDDON

Norway Chess is one of world’s most prestigious chess tournaments annually hosting a tournament with the global top players.

Every year, the chess elite meets in Stavanger to participate in this action-packed tournament, and for many players it is perhaps the most attractive tournament they participate in.

Through the Norway Chess tournament, Stavanger has become one of the world’s chess metropolises. This annual event has become an important arena for Stavanger and the rest of the region. The organizer still has ambitious goals such as development and utilization of the opportunities it offers.

2022 Norway Chess Blitz is a 10-player round-robin tournament, held 30th of May in Stavanger, Norway. Blitz tournament functions as a seeding tournament for the classical 2022 Norway Chess tournament.

Time control is 3 minutes for the entire game with a 2-second increment starting from move 1.

2022 Norway Chess is a 10-player Round-robin tournament, held from the 30th of May to the 11th of June in Norway.

If a classical game is drawn, the players play one rapid Armageddon game. In an Armageddon game, black starts with less time on the clock than white, but wins the game even if it is drawn.

Time control is 120 minutes for the entire game with a 10-second increment, beginning from move 40.
Time control for the Armageddon game is 10 minutes for white and 7 minutes for black for the entire game with a 1-second increment starting from move 40.

Participants:
Magnus Carlsen
Viswanathan Anand
Veselin Topalov
Aryan Tari
Wesley So
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
Anish Giri
Teimour Radjabov
Maxime Vachier Lagrave
Wang Hao


PGN:

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 { C53 Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo } d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a5 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. O-O g5 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Re1 Nh7 12. h3 h5 13. d4 Qf6 14. Bb5 h4 15. Bh2 g4 16. hxg4 Bxg4 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qa4 h3 19. Bg3 Qh6 20. gxh3 Qxh3 21. Re3 Bd7 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Bxe5 Qh5 24. Rg3+ Bg4 25. Qd1 { White wins. } 1-0