The Aker Chess Challenge review.

This tournament being held in the main auditorium of Gjøvik cinema, same building of Thon Hotel conjuction with The Norwegian Chess Festival runs from 29th December to the 7th January 2009. The event is to celebrating and a memorable of the 100th anniversary of the Gjøvik Chess Club. The participart for The Aker Chess challenge is Magnus Carlsen , Hikaru Nakamura, Peter Svidler and Kjetil Lie.

The event will be running with a double-round robin tournament, followed by a bronze final and a final.If the score tie, it will be suddent death in blitz game.
Time controls are 25 minutes per game, with 5 seconds increment per move.

Round 1: Friday, January 2nd 2009,
Peter Svidler 1-0 Hikaru Nakamura
Magnus Carlsen 1-0 Kjetil Lie

Round 2: Friday January 2nd 2009,
Peter Svidler ½-½ Magnus Carlsen
Hikaru Nakamura 1-0 Kjetil Lie

Round 3: Saturday, January 3rd 2009,
Magnus Carlsen 0-1 Hikaru Nakamura
Kjetil Lie 0-1 Peter Svidler

Round 4: Saturday, January 3rd 2009,
Hikaru Nakamura ½-½ Peter Svidler
Kjetil Lie 0-1 Magnus Carlsen

Round 5: Sunday, January 4th 2009,
Magnus Carlsen 1-0 Peter Svidler
Kjetil Lie 0-1 Hikaru Nakamura

Round 6: Sunday, January 4th 2009,
Peter Svidler 1-0 Kjetil Lie
Hikaru Nakamura ½-½ Magnus Carlsen

Standings after the qualification rounds:


Tiebreak blitz games


Final: Monday, January 5th 2009
Peter Svidler ½-½ Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen 0-1 Peter Svidler

Bronze Final: Monday, January 5th 2009
Hikaru Nakamura 1-0 Kjetil Lie
Kjetil Lie ½-½ Hikaru Nakamura

The Winner :Peter Svidler

View some game below.
Round 1:




Round 2:




Round 3:




Round 4:




Round 5:
Round 6:

source from chessbase