GM Movesian (2732) – GM Ivanchuk (2786) [B51]Nanjing 2008, China, 20.12.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 Ngf6 5.Nc3 cxd4 6.Qxd4 e5 7.Qd3 h6 8.Be3 Be7 9.0–0–0 a6 10.Bc4 b5 11.Bb3 Bb7 12.g4 Nxg4 13.Rhg1 Nxe3 14.Qxe3 g6...
Bu 1/2 Aronian in Nanjing
GM Bu Xiangzhi (2714) – GM Aronian (2757) [D11]Nanjing 2008, China, 20.12.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 e6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.0–0 Bd6 9.Nd2 0–0 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 Nf6 13.Bc2 e5 14.Bg5...
Topalov leads Nanjing by a full point
Round 8 results: GM Topalov Veselin 1-0 GM Ivanchuk VassilyGM Aronian Levon 1/2 GM Movsesian SergeiGM Svidler Peter 1-0 GM Bu Xiangzhi Standings after 8 rounds: 1. Topalov Veselin 2791 5.5 2887 2-3. Bu Xiangzhi 2714 4.5 27972-3. Aronian...
Topalov wins AGAIN!
Topalov, known for incredible comebacks in the second half of tournaments, has done it again. He now has scored 2.5 out of 3 in the second half of the super Nanjing tournament to lead by a full point with...
Svidler wins back to back games
GM Svidler (2727) – GM Bu Xiangzhi (2714) [D45]Nanjing, China, 19.12.2008 – Round 8 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.c5 b6 7.cxb6 Nbd7 8.Bd3 c5 9.b3 Nxb6 10.Ba3 Nfd7 11.0–0 Bb7 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Re1...
Black day in Nanjing
Black won 2 of 3 games today. Both Svidler and Aronian defeated Movsesian and Ivanchuk respectively. Round 7 results: Bu Xiangzhi 1/2 Topalov VeselinMovsesian Sergei 0-1 Svidler PeterIvanchuk Vassily 0-1 Aronian Levon Standings after 7 rounds: 1-2. Topalov Veselin...
Topalov narrowly escaped loss
GM BuXiangzhi (2714) – GM Topalov (2791) [D43]18.12.2008, Nanjing, China 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 g6 10.0–0 Bg7 11.Qc2 Qe7 12.Rad1 0–0 13.Rfe1 a6 14.a3 b5 15.Ba2...
Ivanchuk 0-1 Aronian in Nanjing
GM Ivanchuk (2786) – GM Aronian (2757) [A20]18.12.2008, Nanjing, China 1.c4 e5 2.g3 f5 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 Nf6 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.0–0 Bc5 8.Nb3 d6 9.Nfxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 0–0 11.Nc2 Qe8 12.b4 Bb6 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.Nxe3 f4 15.Nd5...
Movsesian 0-1 Svidler in Nanjing
GM Movsesian (2732) – GM Svidler (2727) [B12]18.12.2008, Nanjing, China 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 h6 6.0–0 Ne7 7.b3 c5 8.Ba3 Nec6 9.dxc5 Be7 10.Nc3 a6 11.Na4 Nd7 12.b4 0–0 13.Re1 Qc7 14.h3 Rfd8 15.Qd2...
Topalov, Bu extend lead in Nanjing
Round 6 results: GM Topalov Veselin 1-0 GM Aronian LevonGM Svidler Peter 1/2 GM Ivanchuk VassilyGM Bu Xiangzhi 1-0 GM Movsesian Sergei Standings after 6 rounds:1-2. Topalov Veselin 2791 4.0 28701-2. Bu Xiangzhi 2714 4.0 2879 3. Aronian Levon...