Norway Chess is underway, men and women (separate). I think all the men’s classical games drew and winners for the round were determined by armageddon. Hence, Hikaru beat Fabi, Prag beat Firouzja (yay!) and Magnus beat Ding. The Magnus Ding match was strange. Carlsen, who often is late to his board in a dishevelled state, was half an hour early. Then, after a few moves, Magnus left the board and didn’t return for 15 MINUTES. Hikaru said:
Nakamura: “It’s pretty funny to see Magnus… in the back room eating, he spent like 13 minutes eating noodles, salad and a big pepperoni pizza” ?#NorwayChess pic.twitter.com/XxatOZQL45
— chess24 (@chess24com) May 27, 2024
Black to move.
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