GM Aronian (2757) – GM Ivanchuk (2786) [B36]Nanjing, China (round 2), 12.12.2008 1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.e4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Nc2 Bg7 8.Be2 Nd7 9.Bd2 a5 10.0–0 Nc5 11.Qc1 h5 12.Rd1 Bd7 13.Ne1 Nd4 14.Bf1...
Svidler 0-1 Movsesian in Nanjing
GM Svidler (2727) – GM Movsesian (2732) [B83]Nanjing, China (2), 12.12.2008 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 Be7 7.0–0 0–0 8.f4 Nc6 9.Be3 e5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Kh1 exf4 12.Bxf4 Be6 13.Bf3 Qb8 14.b3 Qb4...
Topalov 1/2 Bu in Nanjing
GM Topalov (2791) – GM Bu (2714) [D19]Nanjing, China (round 2), 12.12.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.0–0 0–0 9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.e4 Bg6 11.Bd3 Bh5 12.e5 Nd5 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Qe3...
A spectacular event
The word is the Nanjing Super Tournament is a first class event all the way through. There are many pictures and updated news about the tournament here http://blog.sina.com.cn/chessnews and http://www.chess-pearlspring.com/yindex.htm. Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nanjing standings
Standings after the first round: 1. Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2714 1.02-5 Veselin Topalov BUL 2791 0.5Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2786Levon Aronian ARM 2757Peter Svidle RUS 2727 6. Sergei Movsesian SVK 2732 0.0 Official website: http://www.chess-pearlspring.com/yindex.htm Chess Daily News from Susan...
Bu leads Nanjing
The lowest rated player Bu Xiangzhi (2714) of China is the early leader of the super Nanjing tournament. He scored a victory in the first round with the black pieces against Movsesian. GM Movsesian (2732) – GM Bu (2714)...
Aronian 1/2 Topalov in Nanjing
GM Aronian (2757) – GM Topalov (2791) [D12]Nanjing, China, 11.12.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.g3 Bd6 9.0–0 0–0 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Qc2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Rd1 Rc8 15.Qb3...
Ivanchuk 1/2 Svidler in Nanjing
GM Ivanchuk (2786) – GM Svidler (2727) [C99]Nanjing, China, 11.12.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nb3 a5 15.Be3...
The most prestigious tournament in China
Player Name Country Rating Rank Veselin Topalov g BUL 2791 1Vassily Ivanchuk g UKR 2786 3Levon Aronian g ARM 2757 7Movsesian Sergei g SVK 2732 13Peter Svidler g RUS 2727 17Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2714 26 The total prize...
Nanjing Pairings
The full pairings have been posted on the official website (http://www.chess-pearlspring.com/yscb.htm) Round 1 on 2008/12/11 at 15:00-19:00 SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo. 1 GM Aronian Levon 2757 – GM Topalov Veselin 2791 6 2 GM...