Nanjing will join Grand Slam in 2009 https://webcast.chessclub.com/blog/ Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
General Tso, myth or real?
GENERAL TSO IS KNOWN FOR WAR, NOT CHICKEN General Tso’s chicken is a dish that is all but unknown in China. If you go to General Tso’s hometown in Hunan Province, almost nobody, even those hundreds of his family...
Topalov 1st, Aronian 2nd, Bu 3rd
Nanjing final round results: Topalov 1/2 MovsesianAronian 1/2 SvidlerIvanchuk 1-0 Bu Nanjing Final Standings:1. Topalov Veselin 2791 7.0 2892 2. Aronian Levon 2757 5.5 2786 3. Bu Xiangzhi 2714 5.0 2758 4. Svidler Peter 2727 4.5 2720 5-6. Movsesian...
Ivanchuk finally wins one
GM Ivanchuk (2786) – GM Bu Xiangzhi (2714) [C26]Nanjing, China, 21.12.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bb4 4.Nf3 0–0 5.0–0 d6 6.Nd5 Be6 7.d4 Bxd5 8.exd5 e4 9.Nh4 c6 10.c3 Ba5 11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.Nf5 Nb6 13.f3 h6 14.Bh4 e3...
Aronian 1/2 Svidler in Nanjing
GM Aronian (2757) – GM Svidler (2727) [A29]Nanjing, China, 21.12.2008 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.0–0 Be7 8.a3 0–0 9.b4 Be6 10.Rb1 f6 11.d3 Nd4 12.Nd2 c6 13.Nde4 Nd5 14.e3 Nf5 15.Bd2...
Topalov wins Nanjing, draws final game
GM Topalov (2791) – GM Movsesian (2731) [D15]Nanjing, China, 21.12.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Bf4 Nc6 7.Rc1 Bf5 8.e3 Rc8 9.Be2 e6 10.0–0 Bd6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.a3 0–0 13.Nd2 Nd7 14.b4 a5 15.Nb5...
Final day in Nanjing
Final round matchups: Topalov Veselin (6.5) – Movsesian Sergei (3.5)Ivanchuk Vassily (3.0) – Bu Xiangzhi (5.0)Aronian Levon (5.0) – Svidler Peter (4.0) Prediction? Official sites: http://www.chess-pearlspring.com/yindex.htm and http://blog.sina.com.cn/chessnews Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
China block NY Times website
China Blocks New York Times Web SiteAPposted: 8 MINUTES AGO BEIJING (Dec. 20) – China has blocked access to the New York Times Web site, the newspaper said Saturday, days after the central government defended its right to censor...
Topalov wins Nanjing with 1 to go
Topalov is on a tear. He scored 3.5 points in his last 4 games and is leading by 1.5 points going into the last round. Round 9 results: Svidler 0-1 TopalovBu 1/2 AronianMovsesian 1/2 Ivanchuk Standings after 9 rounds:...
Topalov 3.5/4 in 2nd half
GM Svidler (2727) – GM Topalov (2791) [B12]Nanjing 2008, China, 20.12.2008 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 Nd7 7.Nbd2 c4 8.a4 h6 9.b3 cxb3 10.Nxb3 Rc8 11.Ra2 Qc7 12.Bd3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Ne7 14.0–0 Qc4...