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...
Breaking 2800
Having already won the tournament with a round to spare, Magnus does have an incentive to go all out in his final game. He needs to beat Jakovenko to break 2800. And he did it in style. Magnus is...
Carlsen wins Nanjing with 1 to go
Standings after 9 rounds: 1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2772 7 2. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2813 5 3-4. Wang Yue g CHN 2736 4 3-4. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2742 4 5-6. Leko, Peter g HUN 2762 3½...
Nanjing round 9 games
Radjabov, T (2757) – Carlsen, M (2772) [D86]2nd Pearl Spring Nanjing, China (9), 08.10.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 0–0 10.0–0 Qc7 11.Rc1 Rd8 12.h3 a6 13.Bf4...
All draw for the guys
Round 9 results: Radjabov, Teimour – Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ Jakovenko, Dmitry – Leko, Peter ½-½ Wang Yue – Topalov, Veselin ½-½ Official website: http://www.chess-pearlspring.com/www/chess_pk/2009/en/ Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Xu Yuhua leads Women’s Grand Prix
After leading the Women’s Grand Prix throughout most of the tournament, a weak finish in the past few rounds took Dzagnidze out of the top spot. Marie Sebag of France also lost her last two games to fall behind....
Dramatic WGP round 10
Round 10 results: Zhao Xue – Sebag, Marie 1-0 Xu Yuhua – Kovanova, Baira 1-0 Mkrtchian, Lilit – Yildiz, Betul Cemre 1-0 Munguntuul, Batkhuyag – Dzagnidze, Nana ½-½ Shen Yang – Zhu Chen 1-0 Fierro Baquero, Martha – Ju...
Carlsen wins Nanjing Pearl Spring
Chess: Carlsen wins Nanjing Pearl Spring Chess TournamentThu, 08-Oct-2009The Norway Norway’s chess ace Magnus Carlsen (18) on Thursday secured visctory in the Nanjing Pearl Spring Chess Tournament in China, when his game against Teimur Radjabov from Aserbaidjan ended in...
WGP round 9
Round 9 results: Dzagnidze, Nana – Fierro Baquero, Martha 1-0 Munguntuul, Batkhuyag – Zhao Xue ½-½ Ju Wenjun – Mkrtchian, Lilit ½-½ Kovanova, Baira – Sebag, Marie 1-0 Zhu Chen – Xu Yuhua 0-1 Yildiz, Betul Cemre – Shen...
FIDE President’s visit to Nanjing
FIDE President’s visit to NanjingMonday, 05 October 2009 11:40 FIDE President, Head of Republic of Kalmykia, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov visited Nanjing, where he participated in the Opening Ceremony of the second Women’s FIDE Grand Prix and Nanjing Pearl Spring Chess...