With a +6 score (8 / 10 points), Magnus’ performance is over 3,000. He also gained enough points to officially break 2800. Well done by the unstoppable “Red Dragon”.
Final round results:
| Carlsen, Magnus | 1-0 Jakovenko, Dmitry | ||||
| Topalov, Veselin | ½-½ Radjabov, Teimour | ||||
| Leko, Peter | ½-½ Wang Yue |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
All hail Magnus!
What’s with the “Red Dragon” thing?
Martha Fierro is a bitter disappointment.
Magnus Carlsen, age 18:
+6 score in a category 21 tournament.
-Not bad. Not bad, at all.
He is Chess God!
Superb show by the young Viking. May he go on to greater heights! What we need is Anand – Carlsen & not Topailov – Anand. Topailov bit the dust,but then he is hiding his preparation I suppose.
India
A tournament performance rating of more than 3000 would beat Karpov’s Linares 1994 record performance of 2985. Is Carlsen’s Nanjing the strongest tournament performance ever?
The end results would even more show Carlsen’s total dominance of the field with the scoring system awarding 3pts for a win.
Carlsen : 8 (6w 4d) –> 22
Topalov : 5,5 (2w 7d 1l) –>13
Wang Yue : 4,5 (1l 9d) –> 9
Jakovenko : 4 (1 w, 3l, 6d) –> 9
Radjabov : 4 (2l 8d) –> 8
Leko : 4 (2l 8d) –> 8
Carlen’s play made it look really easy to play chess. A perfect blend of talent, excellent preparation and inspiration made the day… day after day, against some of the greatest players in the world (for let’s not forget that most commentators here would not last 30 moves against any of them).
In the end, congrats to the winner !!! I can’t wait until the next grand slam event to see if it reaches the same intensity.
Nobel Peace Prize 2009 for Barack Obama:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8298580.stm
Only World champions can achieve such great performances.
For sure, Magnus Carlsen will one of them and the Nanjing tournement will be part of his legend.
Jean-Charles
Kasparov, Kramnik, Topalov, Anand and now Carlsen. Magnus joined a rather impressive gang.
What does “officially mean here?
“A tournament performance rating of more than 3000 would beat Karpov’s Linares 1994 record performance of 2985. Is Carlsen’s Nanjing the strongest tournament performance ever?”
In terms of Elo rating performance, Carlsen’s Nanjing victory is the best ever. However, Alekhine won San Remos, 1930 by a score of 13 out of 14 against strong competition such as Nimzovich and Rubinstein. It is difficult to make comparisons across such long spans of time. Even in the case of Karpov’s 1994 Linares result, it is difficult to accurately estimate the possibility of “rating inflation.”
Magnus is the KING!
What kind of joke this Nobel Peace Prize is!
Hey, he deserves the peace prize.
He got elected as King of America.
He needs to be elected the Emperor of the world.
Hail Obama.
I’m still waiting for my free block of cheese.
Im from Norway and I think this peace prize nomination is super embarassing for our country.I feel pity for Obama,a great president but Im sure he more than anyone wished he hadnt won it.