Magnus Carlsen wins Gausdal Masters!

Norway prodigy continues with excellent displays. Latest in a row was first place at Gausdal Bygger'n Masters tournament with performance of 2794!


Final standings:
1. GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR 2570) 8 points out of 9 games
2. GM Vladimir Dobrov (RUS 2515) 7
3-4. GM Kaido Kulaots (EST 2558) and GM Vladimir Burmakin (RUS 2508) 6,5
5-8. GM Ralf Akesson (SWE 2486), FM Oystein Hole (NOR 2336), GM Dejan Antic (SCG 2519) and GM Stellan Brynell (SWE 2496) 6 etc


Some nice games were played at Gausdal, here are two of them:

GM Dobrov 2515 - GM Carlsen 2570
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g4 d6 5. g5 Bxc3 6. bxc3 Nfd7 7. d4 b6 8. a4 Nc6 9. e4 Qe7 10. Be3 f5 11. gxf6 Nxf6 12. a5 O-O 13. axb6 cxb6 14. Rg1 e5 15. Nd2 Kh8 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Qe2 Be8 18. f4 Bh5 19. Qf2 Ng4 20. Rxg4 Bxg4 21. Qg3 Bh5 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. d5 Na5 24. c5 Nb7 25. c6 Nc5 26. Be2 Bg6 27. Bg5 Qf7 28. d6 Bxe4 29. c7 Qd5 30. Be7 Bd3 31. Bf3 e4 32. Bxf8 Rxf8 33. Qg4 exf3 34. Kf2 Bf5 35. Qd4 Nd3+ 36. Kg3 Qe6 37. Kxf3 Be4+ 38. Ke3 Bg6+ 39. Ne4 Nc5 40. c8=Q Rxc8 41. Rxa7 Qxe4+ 0-1

GM Westerinen 2410 - GM Dobrov 2515
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. d4 Bxe4 9. Bg5 Bd5 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qd7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qh5 e5 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. Rxe4 O-O-O 16. Nf5 d5 17. Rg4 Bc5 18. b4 Bb6 19. Rg7 Rhf8 20. Rxh7 Kb8 21. Rh6 Rc8 22. Rxf6 Rc6 23. Qh6 Rfc8 24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25. Qh8+ Ka7 26. Qxe5 f6 27. Qf4 Rxc3 28. Ne3 Qe6 29. Re1 d4 30. Nc2 Qc4 31. Na1 Qxa2 32. g3 Rc8 33. Qf5 d3 34. Rf1 d2 35. Qd3 Rc1 36. Nb3 d1=Q 37. Rxd1 Qxf2+ 38. Kh1 Qg1+ 0-1