Has Nanjing Pearl Spring Chess event been postponed?
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hi everyone,
According to www.chessdom.com, the Nanjing Pearl Spring Chess tournament, which was expected to take place in the 2nd half of October, will not take place as planned. The sources from China said “that the Nanjing tournament will possibly be postponed to next year”.
It is still unclear whether this means that the event is pushed few months back or canceled altogether until the next October. Chessdom says they are trying to obtain more information.
In any case, the “postponement” doesn’t mean that China is losing enthusiasm in organizing top notch events. This summer Ningbo hosted the World Team Chess Championship, the city of Qin Huangdao is putting a generous 87,000 USD for an open tournament which is starting in two weeks and Beijing is preparing for the 320,000 USD worth 1st SportAccord Mind Games.
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Carlsen wins Nanjing Pearl Spring Chess, Anand second
Chess news and chess trivia blog (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2010
Hello Everyone,
Even the last round was exciting enough at the Nanjing Pearl Spring Chess Tournament in China. Magnus Carlsen had already won the event yesterday with a round to spare but the second place was still to be decided. Viswanathan Anand took the second spot after a win over Etinne Bacrot.
Meanwhile, Veselin Topalov tricked Wang Yue and won a lost game to take the fifth slot. Carlsen earlier had a draw with Vugar Gashimov in the last round.
Final Standings ------------------------
# Name Pts S-B 1. Carlsen, Magnus 7 31.5 2. Anand, Viswanathan 6 27.75 3. Bacrot, Etienne 5 23 4. Gashimov, Vugar 4.5 23 5. Topalov, Veselin 4.5 19.5 6. Wang, Yue 3 15.75
And, here are the nice games from the last round. You can see the moves in our pgnplayer or simply enjoy the games in flash below.
PGN: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 Bxc3 7.bxc3 d6 8.Re1 Bd7 9.Rb1 a6 10.Bxc6 Bxc6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 b6 13.Nd2 g5 14.Bg3 Ne8 15.d4 f6 16.c4 Ng7 17.c3 Qe8 18.f3 Qg6 19.Nf1 g4 20.fxg4 Bxe4 21.Rb2 Rae8 22.Rf2 exd4 23.cxd4 h5 24.gxh5 Nxh5 25.Re3 Bc6 26.Rc3 Re4 27.c5 bxc5 28.dxc5 d5 29.Bxc7 d4 30.Rd3 Rg4 31.Ng3 Re8 32.Rxd4 Rxd4 33.Qxd4 Nxg3 34.Bxg3 Re1+ 35.Rf1 Rxf1+ 36.Kxf1 Qb1+ 37.Be1 Bb5+ 38.Kf2 Qxa2+ 39.Kg3 Kf7 40.Bc3 Qe6 41.Qf4 Bc6 42.h4 a5 43.Qc7+ Bd7 44.Qf4 a4 45.h5 a3 46.Kh2 a2 47.Qh4 Qe7 48.Qf2 Qe6 49.Qc2 Qf5 50.Qxf5 Bxf5 51.c6 Be4 52.c7 Bf5 53.Kg3 Bc8 54.Kf4 Bb7 55.Ba1 Bc8 56.g3 Bb7 57.g4 Ba6 58.Kg3 Bc8 59.Kh4 Ba6 60.Bb2 Bb7 61.h6 Kg6 62.h7 Kxh7 63.Kh5 Bc8 64.Bxf6 Kg8 65.Ba1 Kf7 66.g5 Ke8 67.g6 Be6 68.g7 Kd7 69.Be5 a1B 70.Bxa1 Kxc7 71.g8Q Bxg8 1/2-1/2
PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. h3 e5 12. Ba2 e4 13. Nd2 b6 14. Bb2 Bf5 15. Qe2 Bg6 16. Rfc1 Rad8 17. a4 Bh5 18. Qb5 Rfe8 19. Ba3 g5 20. Nf1 Nd7 21. Ng3 Bg6 22. Rd1 Na5 23. Rd2 h5 24. Rad1 h4 25. dxc5 Nxc5 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27. Nf1 Rb8 28. Rd7 Rxb5 29. Rxc7 Rb2 30. Bd5 Reb8 31. Rxa7 Nb3 32. a5 Bh5 33. Re1 Be2 1-0
PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qa4+ Qxa4 8. Nxa4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nxd5 Na6 11. f3 Nexc5 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 Kf7 15. Ne2 e6 16. Ndc3 Bh6 17. Bf2 e5 18. Kb1 Rhd8 19. e4 f5 20. Ng3 b6 21. Be2 f4 22. Nf1 Bf8 23. a3 Ne6 24. Nd2 Nac5 25. Nd5 a5 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 Ba4 28. Rc1 Rb8 29. Rc3 Nd4 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Ra3 b5 32. bxc5 Bxc5 33. Ra2 d3 34. Bxd3 bxc4+ 35. Kc1 cxd3 36. Rxa4 Be3 37. Nxe3 fxe3 38. Nc4 Rdc8 39. Rd1 Rb3 40. Ra7+ Kg8 41. Ra4 Rc3+ 0-1
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Carlsen wins Nanjing Pearl Spring Chess Tournament with one round to spare
Chess news and chess trivia blog (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2010
 Magnus Carlsen
Hi Everybody,
Carlsen sealed his first place at the Nanjing Pearl Spring Chess Tournament on Friday with a win over Veselin Topalov in the ninth round. A knight fork did it all. Carlsen is now ahead of the rest of the field with 1.5 points and only one round is left.
Meanwhile, in the ninth round, the other two games - Anand-Gashimov and Bacrot-Yue - were drawn. The 2010 Nanjing International tournament is taking place from October 19 to 30 in Nanjing, China.
It is a ten-round double round-robin event, in which each player faces every other player twice, once with the white pieces, and once with black. The time control is 40 moves in two hours then 20 moves in one hour followed by the rest of the game in 15 minutes with a 30 second increment as of move 61.
Carlsen now has 6.5 points while both Bacrot and Anand have 5 points with Bacrot a little better on tie-break. Gashimov has 4 points while Topalov has 3.5 points. Wang Yue has 3 points.
Here are the nice games from Round 9. Check them in flash below or run the moves through our pgnplayer.
PGN: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O 9.Nc3 Ne8 10.Nd5 Bd6 11.Re1 c6 12.Ne3 Bc7 13.c4 Nf6 14.b3 d5 15.cxd5 cxd5 16.Qf3 Be6 17.Ba3 Re8 18.Bb5 Bd7 19.Bxd7 Qxd7 20.Bb2 Be5 21.Bxe5 Rxe5 22.Nc2 Rae8 23.Rxe5 Rxe5 24.Qc3 Re8 25.Qd4 b6 26.f3 Rd8 27.Ne3 Ne8 28.f4 Nc7 29.f5 Ne8 30.Re1 Nf6 31.Ng4 Nxg4 32.Qxg4 h6 33.Qf4 Re8 34.Rxe8+ Qxe8 35.Kf2 f6 36.g4 Qc6 37.Qe3 Kh7 38.a4 Qd6 39.Kg2 a5 40.Qe8 Qb4 41.Qg6+ Kg8 42.Qe8+ 1/2-1/2
PGN: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bg4 10.Re1 O-O 11.Bf4 Bh5 12.Rb1 Rb8 13.Qe2 Bd6 14.Qe3 Qd7 15.Ng5 h6 16.Nh3 Bg4 17.Qg3 Bxh3 18.Bxd6 cxd6 19.Qxh3 Qxh3 20.gxh3 Rfd8 21.Rb5 Kf8 22.Reb1 b6 23.Rxd5 Rbc8 24.c4 Ke7 25.Re1+ Kf8 26.Rb1 Ke7 27.Re1+ Kf8 1/2-1/2
PGN: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d5 6.Bg2 c6 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.O-O b6 9.Rc1 O-O 10.b4 Bb7 11.Qb2 Rb8 12.Nbd2 Qe7 13.e3 Rfc8 14.Rc2 c5 15.bxc5 bxc5 16.Qa3 Rc6 17.Rac1 Ra6 18.Qd3 h6 19.Qe2 dxc4 20.Qxc4 cxd4 21.Nxd4 Rb6 22.Bxb7 R8xb7 23.Kg2 Ne5 24.Qc5 Qxc5 25.Rxc5 Rb2 26.R1c2 Nd3 27.Rc8+ Kh7 28.N4f3 a5 29.h3 a4 30.a3 g5 31.Rxb2 Rxb2 32.Rc3 Nxf2 33.Rc7 N2e4 0-1
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Nanjing Chess Tournament: Three draws in Round 8, Carlsen holds on to lead
Chess news and chess trivia blog (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2010
Hello Everyone,
The Pearl Springs Nanjing Super Chess Tournament had more interesting games in Round 8 on Thursday even though all were draws. You're following all the games at the official website? Here are the games.
You can run through the games in flash below or use our pgnplayer to check out the games against your own analysis. Enjoy.
Before the games, a video of a simul with kids.
PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Bg2 c6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. O-O b6 9. Rc1 O-O 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. a4 Rc8 13. Nb5 Ne4 14.Qf4 Qe7 15. Rc7 Bxb5 16. axb5 Nd6 17. Qc1 Rxc7 18. Qxc7 Rc8 19. Qxa7 Qd8 20. Qa4 h6 21. Qb4 Qf8 22. b3 Ne4 23. Qxf8+ Kxf8 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. dxe5 Rc5 27. Ra8+ Ke7 28. Ra7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2
PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Rc8 14. Nc3 Ng4 15. h3 Nxf2 16. Kxf2 Bc5+ 17. Be3 Bxe3+ 18. Kxe3 b5 19. Qd3 Rc4 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Bxd5 Qg5+ 22. Kf2 Qxe5 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Qd6 Qf5+ 25. Ke1 Qxh3 26. Qxa6 Qxg3+ 27. Kd2 Qf4+ 28. Kc2 Qe4+ 29. Kc1 Qe3+ 30. Kb1 Qe4+ 31. Kc1 1/2-1/2
PGN: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3 Rc8 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qa4 Nc6 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qa4 Nc6 1/2-1/2
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Nanjing Chess Tournament: Topalov wins, Carlsen leads after Round 7
Chess news and chess trivia blog (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2010
 Veselin Topalov
Hello Everyone,
The seventh round of the Pearl Spring Nanjing Super Chess Tournament was truly exciting with Magnus Carlsen allowing Viswanathan Anand to slip away, Veselin Topalov beating Etienne Bacrot while Yue Wang and Vugar Gashimov settled for a fighting draw.
This is the third edition of the tournament in China taking place from October 21-30. The players are going through a double round robin format. You can check the official website for more details both in Chinese and English.
For now, here are the nice games from Wednesday's round. You can run the moves through the pgnplayer or watch in flash below.
As for the standings after Round 7, Magnus is still leading with 5 points, both Bacrot and Anand have 4 points but Bacrot is placed better on the tie-break points, Topalov and Gashimov both have 3 points while Wang Yue has 2 points.
PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Qf5 Nf6 12. e4 d6 13. e5 Qd7 14. Qf4 Nh5 15. Qc4 O-O 16. Nc3 Rae8 17. Be3 Nb4 18. Rd2 Ba6 19. Qb3 Nd3 20. Qa3 Qc8 21. exd6 Bxd6 22. Rad1 Be7 23. Nd5 Nb4 24. Ne5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Nf6 26. Bg2 c4 27. Qc3 Bb5 28. h3 Bc5 29. Bxc5 Qxc5 30. Rd5 Nxd5 31. Rxd5 Qc7 32. Rxb5 Rc8 33. Nc6 Rfe8 34. Rb4 Re2 35. Bf3 Re6 36. Rxc4 Rce8 37. Kg2 1-0
PGN: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Nce7 12. Nbd2 c6 13. Nf1 Ng6 14. Qc2 Nfh4 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. g3 Qd8 17. Ne3 Re8 18. Bd2 Nf8 19. Nf5 Bc7 20. Rxe8 Qxe8 21. Re1 Be6 22. Qc1 f6 23. Qd1 Qd7 24. Qf3 Re8 25. h4 Bf7 26. Rf1 Bg6 27. h5 Bxf5 28. Bxf5 Qf7 29. Kg2 g6 30. Bd3 f5 31. Rh1 Ne6 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. g4 Bf4 34. Be3 fxg4 35. Qxg4 Kg7 36. Rh5 Bxe3 37. fxe3 Nf8 38. Rh3 Kg8 39. Rf3 Qe6 40. Qf4 Kg7 41. b3 Qe7 42. c4 Rd8 43. Rh3 Rd6 44. Qh6+ Kg8 45. cxd5 cxd5 46. e4 Qg7 47. Qe3 Qe7 48. e5 Rc6 49. Qh6 Qg7 50. Qh4 a6 51. Rf3 Qd7 52. b4 b5 53. a3 Qc7 54. Kg3 Kg7 55. Bb1 Nh7 56. Ba2 Qd7 57. Bb3 Rc1 58. Kh2 Rb1 59. Bc2 Rb2 60. Rc3 Qf7 61. Kg3 Nf8 62. Rf3 Qe6 63. Qd8 Nd7 64. Rf2 Ra2 65. Kh2 Qg4 66. Qe7+ Kh6 67. Qd8 Qh5+ 68. Kg2 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2
PGN: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. g3 Bf6 17. Nd2 Qd7 18. Nc4 Bh3 19. Qd3 g5 20. Be3 Qd5 21. Bf1 Bxf1 22. Qxf1 Ne7 23. Rab1 Nf5 24. a4 a6 25. Qd3 b5 26. Na3 c6 27. Nc2 Qf3 28. Qd1 Qxd1 29. Rexd1 Nd6 30. Bd2 Kg7 31. Nb4 bxa4 32. Nd3 a3 33. Rb4 Ne4 34. Ra4 c5 35. Nxc5 Nxc5 36. dxc5 Red8 37. Rxa3 Rc6 38. Ra2 Rxc5 39. Rxa6 Rcd5 40. Ra2 Kg6 41. c4 Rd4 42. Rc2 Be7 43. Kf1 Bc5 44. Ke2 Re8+ 45. Be3 Rxd1 46. Kxd1 Bxe3 47. fxe3 Rxe3 48. c5 Kf6 49. Kd2 Ra3 50. c6 Ra8 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. Kf3 h5 53. Rc5+ Kd6 54. Rxg5 h4 55. gxh4 Kxc6 56. Rf5 Kd6 57. Rxf7 Ke6 58. Rf4 Ke7 59. Kg4 Rf8 60. Ra4 Kf6 61. h5 Kg7 62. Kg5 Rf7 63. Rf4 Rxf4 64. Kxf4 Kh6 65. h4 Kxh5 66. Kf5 Kxh4 67. Ke4 1/2-1/2
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Nanjing Super Chess Tournament: Anand wins, Carlsen leads after Round 6
Chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2010
Hello Everyone,
So, we're back after the rest day at the Nanjing Super Chess Tournament for the sixth round. Viswanathan Anand started the sixth round with a win against Wang Yue while the other games were drawn. However, Magnus Carlsen continues to lead with a half-point more than Etienne Bacrot.
Standings after Round 6 --------------------------------
# Name Pts S-B 1 Carlsen, Magnus 4.5 12.5 2 Bacrot, Etienne 4 10.75 3 Anand, Viswanathan 3.5 7.75 4 Gashimov, Vugar 2.5 6.75 5 Topalov, Veselin 2 5.25 6 Wang, Yue 1.5 4
Here are the nice games from the round which you can enjoy by running the moves in our pgnplayer or watch in flash below. But before you check the games here are nice videos of the Pearl Spring Nanjing Chess Tournament by www.chessvibes.com.
PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 b6 9. Bf4 Ba6 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nd2 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 c5 13. Qa4 Qd7 14. Qxd7 Nxd7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rfe1 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rad8 18. e3 f6 19. f4 fxe5 20. fxe5 Bd3 21. Rad1 Bc2 22. Rc1 Bg6 23. h4 Rfe8 24. Nf3 Be4 25. Rcd1 Bf8 26. Re2 g6 27. b3 Bg7 28. Ng5 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Rxe5 30. Nf3 Re7 31. Red2 Red7 32. Rd3 h6 33. a4 Kf7 34. Ng1 Ke6 35. Ne2 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Kf3 Kf5 38. g4+ Ke6 39. Ng3 Rh8 40. Kg2 Rhd8 41. R3d2 Be5 42. Rf2 Bxg3 43. Kxg3 Rf7 44. Rxf7 Kxf7 45. Kf2 Ke6 46. Rh1 c4 47. Rh6+ Ke5 48. bxc4 dxc4 49. Ke2 c3 50. Rc6 Rd2+ 51. Ke1 Ra2 0-1
PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. e4 dxe4 10. Ng5 Nc6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ndxe4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Rad8 14. Rxd8 Rxd8 15. Nxc5 Rd1+ 16. Bf1 bxc5 17. Bb2 Rxa1 18. Bxa1 Nd7 19. f4 Bb7 20. Kf2 Nd8 21. Bd3 f5 22. Nf3 Nf7 23. a3 g6 24. Be2 Kf8 25. b4 Ke7 26. Ke3 Bxf3 27. Bxf3 Kd6 28. Bg7 Kc7 29. Kd2 Nd6 30. Kd3 Nc8 31. Kc3 Ncb6 32. Bd1 Nc8 33. Bf3 Nd6 34. Kd3 Nc8 35. h4 Nd6 36. Bc3 Nf7 37. h5 Kd6 38. Ke3 Kc7 39. Bg7 Nd6 40. hxg6 hxg6 41. Kd3 Nf7 42. Bc3 Kd6 43. Ke3 g5 44. Bh5 gxf4+ 45. gxf4 Nd8 46. Be2 Kc7 47. Kd3 Kd6 48. Ke3 Kc7 1/2-1/2
PGN: 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qb3 e6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 Bg7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Nce7 13. Rfe1 b6 14. Re2 Kh8 15. Rae1 a6 16. h4 Ra7 17. Bb1 Rc7 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. h5 gxh5 20. Qd3 f5 21. Ng5 Nf6 22. Qg3 Ng4 23. Bf4 Rc4 24. Nf3 Bb7 25. Bg5 Bf6 26. Bxf6+ Rxf6 27. Ng5 Bd5 28. f3 Qg8 29. Nxe6 Bxe6 30. fxg4 Qxg4 31. Qe5 Kg7 32. Rd2 Bf7 33. Rf1 f4 34. d5 Rc8 35. Rdf2 Re8 36. Qxf6+ Kxf6 37. Rxf4+ Qxf4 38. Rxf4+ Kg7 39. d6 Rd8 40. Rd4 Kf6 41. Rf4+ Kg7 42. Rd4 Kf6 43. Rf4+ Kg7 1/2-1/2
You can also keep track of the action at the official website here.
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Nanjing Chess Tournament: Carlsen beats Topalov, Bacrot beats Wang Yue
Chess news and chess trivia blog (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2010
Hello Everyone,
The Nanjing Super Chess Tournament has some great games in every round. Round 5 was no different. Magnus Carlsen posted a win over Veselin Topalov while Wang Yue lost to Etienne Bacrot. Viswanathan Anand and Vugar Gashimov settled for a well-fought draw.
The standings after Round 5 in Nanjing are as follows:
Round 5 results -------------------------- - Carlsen, Magnus - Topalov, Veselin 1-0
- Anand, Viswanathan - Gashimov, Vugar ½-½
- Wang Yue - Bacrot, Etienne 0-1
Standings after 5 rounds ------------------------------- 1. Carlsen, Magnus 4 2. Bacrot, Etienne 3½ 3. Anand, Viswanathan 2½ 4. Gashimov, Vugar 2 5. Topalov, Veselin 1½ 6. Wang Yue 1½
Here are the nice games that you can watch in the flashplayer below or run the moves through our pgnplayer.
PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 Rd8 12. Rd2 d6 13. Rad1 h6 14. Qb5 Ne8 15. e4 g5 16. Be3 Nd7 17. h4 g4 18. Ne1 Kg7 19. Bf4 Bc6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Nc2 Ne5 22. Ne3 Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 gxf3 24. h5 Bf6 25. Ng4 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Bxe4 27. Bxh6+ Kh7 28. Bg5 Rd7 29. Bf4 f6 30. Kh2 e5 31. Nxe5 fxe5 32. Bxe5 Bf5 33. Bxd6 Rad8 34. Bf4 Rxd2 35. Rxd2 Rxd2 36. Bxd2 Nd6 37. Bf4 Nxc4 38. g4 Bxg4 39. h6 Be6 40. Kg3 Bd5 41. Kg4 Nb2 42. a3 Nd1 43. c4 Nxf2+ 0-1
PGN: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 Bd7 12. c3 Ra8 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. d4 h6 15. Nf1 Re8 16. Ng3 Qc8 17. Nh4 Bf8 18. Ng6 Na5 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 20. Bc2 Re8 21. f4 Bg4 22. Qd3 exf4 23. Bxf4 Nc4 24. Bc1 c5 25. Rf1 cxd4 26. cxd4 Qd8 27. h3 Be6 28. b3 Qa5 29. Kh2 Nh7 30. e5 g6 31. d5 Nxe5 32. dxe6 1-0
PGN: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Qb3 b6 10. h3 Bc8 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Rfc1 Qd7 15. a4 Rfc8 16. a5 bxa5 17. Rxa5 e6 18. Rca1 Bf8 19. Qa2 Rcb8 20. Nd1 Ne4 21. Be1 Rb7 22. Ba6 Rb6 23. Bd3 Rb7 24. Ba6 Rb6 25. Bd3 Rb7 1/2-1/2
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Nanjing Chess Tournament: Bacrot beats Anand, Carlsen leads
Chess news and chess trivia blog (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2010
 Etinne Bacrot: Fine win over Anand
Hello Everyone,
Magnus Carlsen continues to lead at the Nanjing Super Chess Tournament in China after drawing with Vugar Gashimov in the fourth round on Saturday. However, Viswanathan Anand slipped to the third spot with a loss to Etienne Bacrot. Topalov and Wang Yue also drew their game.
You can watch these fantastic games in flash below or simply pick the moves to run through the pgnplayer. Enjoy. You've surely got some learning to do with these games.
PGN: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. e4 Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4 11. Nxe4 Qxe4 12. Qe2 Bxd2 13. Kxd2 Qd5 14. Kc3 O-O 15. Qe3 b5 16. Be2 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Rhd1 Qe7 19. Kc2 a5 20. Bf3 Rac8 21. Qe5 g6 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Qxb5 Rc5 24. Qd7 Qg5 25. Qd4 Rfc8 26. Ra3 Rb5 27. Rd2 Rb4 28. Kd1 Rcb8 29. Ke2 Qb5 30. Ke1 Rxb2 31. Rxb2 Qxb2 32. Qxb2 Rxb2 33. Rxa5 c3 34. Rc5 Rb1 35. Ke2 Rc1 36. Kd3 Kg7 37. Rxc3 Rxc3 38. Kxc3 f5 39. Kd4 Kf6 40. Bd1 h5 41. Bf3 h4 42. Be2 g5 43. Ba6 g4 44. Bb7 e5 45. Kd5 f4 46. Ke4 1-0
PGN: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 Be7 16. Ng3 g6 17. Qd2 Kg7 18. Rad1 Nh7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nd4 Qg5 22. Ngf5+ gxf5 23. f4 Nc4 24. fxg5 Nxd2 25. Nxf5+ Kf8 26. Rxd2 hxg5 27. e5 Nf6 28. Rf1 Rxe5 29. Nxd6 Rd8 30. Rxf6 cxd6 31. Bb3 Rd7 32. Kf2 d5 33. Rf3 Kg7 34. Rfd3 Rd6 35. Bd1 Bc8 36. Bf3 Be6 37. Rd4 Kf6 38. a4 bxa4 39. Rxa4 Rb6 40. Be2 Bc8 41. Ra2 Bb7 42. Ra4 Re4 43. Ra3 Re5 44. b4 Rc6 45. Rd4 Kg7 46. Bf3 Rf6 47. Rd3 Rf4 48. Ra5 Rc4 49. Rc5 Rxc5 50. bxc5 Re6 51. Rd2 Re7 52. Rb2 Bc8 53. Bxd5 Re5 54. c4 Be6 55. c6 Bxd5 56. cxd5 Rxd5 57. Rc2 Rd8 58. c7 Rc8 59. Ke3 Kf6 60. g3 a5 61. Kd4 Ke6 62. h4 gxh4 63. gxh4 a4 64. h5 a3 65. h6 a2 66. Rxa2 Rxc7 67. Ra6+ Kf5 68. h7 Rc8 69. Rh6 Rh8 70. Rh1 Kg6 71. Ke5 Re8+ 72. Kf4 Kg7 73. Kf5 Rh8 74. Rg1+ Kf8 75. Rh1 Kg7 1/2-1/2
PGN: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 Qb6 12. Ra3 e6 13. Rb3 Bb4 14. O-O c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Na2 O-O 18. Rd3 Rac8 19. Nxb4 Qxb4 20. b3 Qc5 21. Bb2 Qc2 22. Bxf6 Qxd1 23. Rfxd1 gxf6 24. Rd7 b5 25. Ra7 Rc3 26. Rxa5 Rb8 27. Ra7 Rxb3 28. a5 Ra3 29. g4 b4 30. a6 b3 31. Rb7 Ra8 32. Rdd7 b2 33. Rxb2 R3xa6 34. Rbb7 Rf8 35. Kg2 1/2-1/2
Standings after 4 rounds:
1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2826 3 2. Bacrot, Etienne g FRA 2716 2½ 3. Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2800 2 4. Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2719 1½ 5. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2803 1½ 6. Wang Yue g CHN 2732 1½
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Nanjing Chess Tournament: Carlsen beats Yue, Topalov loses to Anand
Chess news and chess trivia blog (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2010
 Not all things can be explained: Magnus Carlsen at a press conference in Nanjing
Hello Everyone,
The Nanjing Super Chess Tournament is turning out to be just that - Super! Magnus Carlsen continues to lead with two wins. He is closely followed by Viswanathan Anand who posted a nice win over Veselin Topalov in the third round. Check out the nice games.
You can run the moves in our pgnplayer or watch in flash below.
Standings after Round 3 ------------------------------------ 1. Carlsen, Magnus 2.5 2. Anand, Viswanathan 2 3. Bacrot, Etienne 1.5 4. Wang, Yue 1 5. Topalov, Veselin 1 6. Gashimov, Vugar 1
PGN: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Qh5 Nf6 9. Re1+ Kf8 10. Qe2 Ng4 11. h3 Qh4 12. Qf3 Bh2+ 13. Kf1 Nxf2 14. Qxf2 Bg3 15. Qd2 Qf6+ 16. Kg1 Bxe1 17. Qxe1 Qxd4+ 18. Kh2 Re8 19. Qg3 Qe5 20. Qxe5 Rxe5 21. Bf4 Re1 22. Bxc7 a6 23. Ba5 Rd1 24. a4 Ke7 25. Bd2 Rc8 26. c3 d4 27. c4 g6 28. Be2 Bxa4 29. Bb4+ Ke6 30. Bxd1 Bxd1 31. Nd2 Be2 32. b3 f5 33. Kg3 Rd8 34. Kf2 d3 35. Bc3 Kf7 36. Nf3 f4 37. Ng5+ Kg8 38. Ne6 1-0
PGN: 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bd2 Be6 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. b3 a5 12. Bg2 a4 13. Nxa4 Bxc4 14. Nb6+ cxb6 15. bxc4 Rxa2 16. O-O Ng4 17. Bh3 f5 18. e4 Bd4 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Bxg4 fxg4 21. Bf4 Bc5 22. Ra1 Bxf2+ 23. Kg2 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Bd4 25. Ra8+ Kd7 26. Ra7 Ke6 27. Rxb7 Kf5 28. h3 h5 29. hxg4+ hxg4 30. Rc7 c5 31. Rb7 Ra8 32. Rxb6 Ra4 33. Rb8 Ra2+ 34. Kf1 Ke4 35. Bd6 Kd3 36. Rf8 Ra6 37. Be7 Re6 38. Bh4 Kxc4 39. Rf4 Kd3 40. Rxg4 c4 41. Rg8 c3 42. Bg5 c2 43. Rc8 Be3 44. Bxe3 Rxe3 45. Kf2 Re4 0-1
PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 Rd8 12. c4 Be6 13. c5 b6 14. Rc1 bxc5 15. Qa3 Nd7 16. Bb5 Bg4 17. Bxd7 Rxd7 18. Qxc5 Qe4 19. Rg1 Re8 20. Qb5 Rdd8 21. Qe2 Rb8 22. h3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qf5 24. f4 Rb1 25. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 26. Qd1 Rb8 27. Ke2 Qf5 28. Rh1 Rb2+ 29. Kf3 h5 30. a4 Qe4+ 31. Kg3 h4+ 32. Kxh4 Rxf2 33. Qg4 Rg2 0-1
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