Round 7 matchups Topalov – CarlsenRadjabov – LekoWang Yue – Jakovenko Prediction? Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Leading by 2
Round 6 results: Leko, Peter – Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ Radjabov, Teimour – Wang Yue ½-½ Jakovenko, Dmitry – Topalov, Veselin 0-1 Standings after round 6: 1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2772 5 2-3. Wang Yue g CHN 2736 3...
Topalov’s usual 2nd half surge
Jakovenko, D (2742) – Topalov, V (2813) [D90]2nd Pearl Spring – Nanjing, China (6), 04.10.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 dxc4 7.Qxc4 0–0 8.Bf4 Na6 9.e4 c5 10.e5 Nh5 11.Be3 cxd4 12.Qxd4 Bc6...
Carlsen held to 2nd draw
Leko, P (2762) – Carlsen, M (2772) [D72]2nd Pearl Spring – Nanjing, China (6), 04.10.2009 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 Nc4...
Dzagnidze leads Women’s GP
Round 6 results: Mkrtchian, Lilit – Fierro Baquero, Martha 1-0 Sebag, Marie – Ju Wenjun 1-0 Xu Yuhua – Dzagnidze, Nana 0-1 Zhao Xue – Zhu Chen 1-0 Kovanova, Baira – Yildiz, Betul Cemre 1-0 Shen Yang – Munguntuul,...
The second half
Is there any player who can catch up with Magnus in the 2nd half? Round 6 matchups: Leko – CarlsenJakovenko – TopalovRadjabov – Wang Yue Standings after 5 rounds: 1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2772 4½ 2. Wang Yue...
Carlsen did it again! Amazing!
Carlsen, M (2772) – Radjabov, T (2757) [B30]2nd Pearl Spring – Nanjing, China (5), 02.10.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.0–0 Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 Bb7 8.Qe2 d5 9.e5 d4 10.Be4 Qb6 11.d3 Rd8 12.a4 Nd5...
Playing for 2nd place?
This is simply an amazing performance by Magnus Carlsen. After 5 rounds (half way mark), no other players have scored a single win. But Carlsen won 4 games out of 5 and has a big lead. But Topalov is...
Leaders halted at Women’s GP
Round 5 results: Dzagnidze, Nana – Sebag, Marie 0-1 Ju Wenjun – Kovanova, Baira ½-½ Mkrtchian, Lilit – Zhao Xue 1-0 Munguntuul, Batkhuyag – Xu Yuhua 1-0 Fierro Baquero, Martha – Shen Yang ½-½ Yildiz, Betul Cemre – Zhu...
Nanjing standings
Standings after 4 rounds: 1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2772 3½ 2-3. Wang Yue g CHN 2736 2 2-3. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2757 2 4-6. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2742 1½ 4-6. Leko, Peter g HUN 2762 1½...