Round 9 pairings Radjabov – CarlsenWang Yue – TopalovJa kovenko – Leko Standings after 8 rounds: 1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2772 6½ 2. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2813 4½ 3-4. Wang Yue g CHN 2736 3½ 3-4. Jakovenko,...
Smashing job by Carlsen in Nanjing
Carlsen, M (2772) – Wang Yue (2736) [D17]2nd Pearl Spring – Nanjing, China (8), 06.10.2009 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Ne3 gxf4...
Carlsen wins Nanjing with 2 to go
Magnus has earned at least a share of 1st with 2 rounds to go in Nanjing. Standings after 8 rounds: 1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2772 6½ 2. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2813 4½ 3-4. Wang Yue g CHN...
Topalov wins again
Leko, P (2762) – Topalov, V (2813) [D72]2nd Pearl Spring – Nanjing, China (8), 06.10.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb6 7.Ne2 c5 8.d5 e6 9.0–0 0–0 10.Nbc3 Na6 11.Nf4 e5 12.Nd3 c4...
Jakovenko scores 1st win
Jakovenko, D (2742) – Radjabov, T (2757) [B78]2nd Pearl Spring – Nanjing, China (8), 06.10.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0–0 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.0–0–0 Rc8 11.Bb3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5...
Sebag leads Nanjing Women’s GP
Round 8 results: Sebag, Marie – Zhu Chen 1-0 Xu Yuhua – Yildiz, Betul Cemre 1-0 Mkrtchian, Lilit – Dzagnidze, Nana ½-½ Shen Yang – Ju Wenjun 0-1 Fierro Baquero, Martha – Munguntuul, Batkhuyag 0-1 Standings after 8 rounds:...
Taking a second shot at Wang
In round 8, Magnus will have a second shot at Wang Yue, the only man he did not beat so far in this tournament. Magnus will have White this time. Round 8 matchups: Leko – TopalovCarlsen – Wang YueJakovenko...
Dzagnidze caught
Round 7 results: Dzagnidze, Nana – Shen Yang 0-1 Zhu Chen – Kovanova, Baira 1-0 Munguntuul, Batkhuyag – Mkrtchian, Lilit ½-½ Ju Wenjun – Xu Yuhua 0-1 Fierro Baquero, Martha – Zhao Xue 0-1 Yildiz, Betul Cemre – Sebag,...
Hard fought
Radjabov, T (2757) – Leko, P (2762) [A05]2nd Pearl Spring – Nanjing, China (7), 05.10.2009 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 0–0 5.Bg2 d5 6.c4 c6 7.0–0 Bg4 8.d3 Nbd7 9.Nbd2 Re8 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 e5 12.e3 e4...
All out draw
Topalov, V (2813) – Carlsen, M (2772) [B33]2nd Pearl Spring – Nanjing, China (7), 05.10.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.Bd3 Ne7 12.Nxe7 Qxe7...