Round 4 results: Xu Yuhua – Fierro Baquero, Martha 1-0 Zhao Xue – Yildiz, Betul Cemre 1-0 Zhu Chen – Ju Wenjun ½-½ Sebag, Marie – Munguntuul, Batkhuyag 1-0 Shen Yang – Mkrtchian, Lilit ½-½ Kovanova, Baira – Dzagnidze,...
Complete domination
Round 4 results: Wang Yue -Leko, Peter ½-½ Radjabov, Teimour – Topalov, Veselin ½-½ Jakovenko, Dmitry – Carlsen, Magnus 0-1 After 4 rounds, none of the other players even scored one single win. But Carlsen managed to win 3...
Magnus “The Red Dragon” Carlsen
Unstoppable! Magnus wins again. This time, with the Black pieces, in an endgame battle against Jakovenko, one of the best endgame players in the world. [Event “Nanjing”][Date “2009.10.01”][Round “4”][White “Jakovenko”][Black “Carlsen”][Result “0-1”][ECO “B92”][WhiteElo “2742”][BlackElo “2772”] 1. e4 c5 2....
Carlsen leads Nanjing
Official website: http://www.chess-pearlspring.com/www/chess_pk/2009/en/index.htm Round 3 results: Wang Yue – Carlsen, Magnus ½-½ Radjabov, Teimour – Jakovenko, Dmitry ½-½ Topalov, Veselin – Leko, Peter ½-½ Standings after 3 rounds: 1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2772 2½ 2-4. Wang Yue g...
Magnus on fire, off to 2-0 start
Carlsen, M (2772) – Topalov, V (2813) [E90]2nd Pearl Spring, Nanjing China (2), 29.09.2009 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0–0 6.h3 Na6 7.Be3 e5 8.d5 c6 9.g4 Nc5 10.Nd2 a5 11.a3 Nfd7 12.Rg1 a4 13.Qc2...
Nanjing update
Round 2 results: Carlsen, Magnus – Topalov, Veselin 1-0 Jakovenko, Dmitry – Wang Yue ½-½ Leko, Peter – Radjabov, Teimour ½-½ Standings after 2 rounds: 1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2772 2 2-4. Wang Yue g CHN 2736 1...
Women’s Grand Prix update
Round 2 results: Zhu Chen – Munguntuul, Batkhuyag 1-0 Xu Yuhua – Shen Yang 1-0 Kovanova, Baira – Fierro Baquero, Martha ½-½ Zhao Xue – Ju Wenjun 0-1 Sebag, Marie – Mkrtchian, Lilit ½-½ Yildiz, Betul Cemre – Dzagnidze,...
Carlsen 1-0 Leko
Carlsen, Magnus 2772 – Leko, Peter 2762Pearl Spring, Nanjing CHN (1), 2009.09.28 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 7.Bc4 Ne5 8.Be2 Qg6 9.O-O d6 10.f4 Qxe4 11.Bf2 Bxd4 12.cxd4 N5g6 13.g3 O-O 14.Nc3...
3-way tie for the lead at Women’s GP
Round 1 results: Dzagnidze, Nana – Ju Wenjun 1-0 Munguntuul, Batkhuyag – Yildiz, Betul Cemre 1-0 Shen Yang – Sebag, Marie 1-0 Fierro Baquero, Martha L – Zhu Chen ½-½ Mkrtchian, Lilit – Kovanova, Baira ½-½ Xu Yuhua –...
Carlsen takes early lead in Nanjing
Round 1 results: Carlsen, Magnus – Leko, Peter 1-0 Topalov, Veselin – Jakovenko, Dmitry ½-½ Wang Yue – Radjabov, Teimour ½-½ Standings after 1 round: 1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2772 1 2. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2742 ½...