2018-06-08

Fabiano Caruana won the Altibox Norway Chess 2018

Fabiano Caruana is the 2018 Altibox Norway Chess Champion! He took the €75,000 first prize after beating Wesley So in the final round in a dramatic turnaround right after the time-control.

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Altibox Norway Chess attracted 13 top ranked players to take part in the tournament in Stavanger, including retired chess-champion, Garry Kasparov as guest of honor.

The game of Caruna against Wesley So was decisive for the whole event. The winner would be champion, if they drew we’d have a 5-player blitz tournament to decide who would get the prize.

In the last round also, Vishy Anand won against Sergey Karjakin and Magnus Carlsen made a quick draw against Vachier-Lagrave.

So, Fabiano Caruana won the Altibox Norway Chess 2018, Magnus Carlsen took the second prize and Hikaru Nakamura became third. Congratulations!


Watch games of the Altibox Norway Chess 2018 with computer analysis  on ChessBomb.