Nakamura Wins BNBank Blitz
The BNBank Blitz: This one day event in Oslo, Norway, was a repeat triumph for Hikaru Nakamura. Last year he defeated Magnus Carlsen in the final by a 2.5-1.5 score; this year, neither M.C. nor (Jon Ludvig) Hammer played (can't touch this [tournament]), so it looked as if Nakamura would have a comparatively easy time of things. Sure enough, he blew through the prelims 10-0 and drubbed Leif Johannessen 3-0 in the semis, but he had a very tough time against Simen Agdestein in the finals. Agdestein won game 1, Nakamura games 2 and 3, and then Agdestein won the final game to send it to Armaggedon. Here Nakamura pulled it out and won, and in the 3rd-4th match Kateryna Lahno "won" her match against Johannessen by drawing her Armaggedon game with Black. (Games are on TWIC and ChessBomb.)
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