Norway Chess R01: Caruana and Firouzja take early lead

Fabiano Caruana and Alireza Firouzja are the early leaders of Altibox Norway Chess after winning their classical games with the black pieces. Fabiano bamboozled Aryan Tari with a bold pawn sacrifice in the opening, while Jan-Krzysztof Duda seemed to have dug himself out of an opening disaster only to let Firouzja take over in time trouble. Magnus Carlsen’s unbeaten classical streak stretched to […]