Even beating a field full of top 10 players didn\u2019t get much in terms of ranking points for Magnus Carlsen, the reigning world champion who continues to stay ahead of his contemporaries. The triumphant return of 52-year-old Vishy Anand was among the standout storylines at this event, in addition to the massive underperformance of Teimour Radjabov.<\/p>
The unique format employed by the organizers of Norway Chess turned out to be a great way to spice up the proceedings. Winners got three points for winning their classical match instead of the usual one, and if the game was a draw, a lightning-fast Armageddon game was played to determine a winner, who got 1.5 points to the loser\u2019s one point. Here, White has ten minutes to Black\u2019s seven (with a mere one-second increment after move 40), but a drawn game means a win for Black.<\/p>
There was also no added time for the first 40 moves of the classical chess<\/a> games and only 10 seconds after move 40, which scrambled the proceedings somewhat and led to significant time trouble issues and even losses on time in some of the matches.<\/p>
