In the seventh round of the 2013 Norway Chess tournament, Karjakin got back to winning ways with an excellent result against Nakamura, while Carlsen kept the pressure up in 2nd place, beating compatriot Jon Ludvig Hammer.
Here are Karjakin and Carlsen’s wins from round seven:
See the 2013 Norway Chess tournament for all the games.
2013 Gibraltor Chess Festival
- Adams vs Ehlvest – Ruy Lopez Steinitz – 2013 Gibraltar Festival Rd9 – crushing win for the English Super-GM
- Telljohann vs Adams – London System – 2013 Gibraltar Festival Rd2 – instructive play against an unambitious white
2012 Bilbao Masters
- Vallejo-Pons vs Carlsen – Pirc Defence – 2012 Bilbao Masters Rd2 – made to look easy
- Caruana vs Carlsen – Sicilian Defence – 2012 Bilbao Masters Blitz Tiebreak Rd2
- Caruana vs Carlsen – Ruy Lopez Berlin – 2012 Bilbao Masters Blitz Tiebreak Rd1 – blitz blunder
- Aronian vs Carlsen – Queen’s Indian – 2012 Bilbao Masters Rd10 – tame draw
- Vallejo-Pons vs Caruana – Ruy Lopez closed – 2012 Bilbao Masters Rd10 – disappointing draw
- Carlsen vs Anand – Sicilian Canal Attack – 2012 Bilbao Masters Rd9 – outplaying the World Champion
- Vallejo-Pons vs Aronian – Modern Defence – 2012 Bilbao Masters Rd8
- Caruana vs Vallejo-Pons – French Defence Advance – 2012 Bilbao Masters – a flying start
- Carlsen vs Aronian – Ruy Lopez Berlin – 2012 Bilbao Masters – double blunder
2012 FIDE London Grand Prix
- Gelfand vs Kasimdzhanov – Semi-Slav – 2012 FIDE London Grand Prix Rd11 – a must-win to take the title
- Grischuk vs Gelfand – Closed Sicilian – 2012 FIDE London Grand Prix Rd9 – offbeat Closed Sicilian
- Endgame: Gelfand vs Wang Hao – Indian Game – 2012 FIDE London Grand Prix Rd5 – outplayed in then ending
- Topalov vs Leko – Queen’s Indian Defence – 2012 FIDE London Grand Prix Rd5 – interesting draw
- Ending: Topalov vs Dominguez-Perez – Slav Defence – 2012 FIDE London Grand Prix Rd6 – mis-assessed ending
- Grischuk vs Mamedyarov – Ruy Lopez – FIDE Grand Prix London 2012 – overly provocative
- Mamedyarov vs Giri – Slav Defence – FIDE Grand Prix London, 2012 – astonishing demolition
- Ending: Leko vs Ivanchuk – French Defence Steinitz – FIDE Grand Prix London, 2012
- Ending: Nakamura vs Gelfand – Sicilian Sveshnikov – FIDE Grand Prix London, 2012
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