The Nanjing Chess Super
Tournament takes place in Nanjing, China.
The total
prize fund is 250,000€, winner takes 80,000€, last
one takes 20,000 €,
The 6-player double round
robin event: Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria
2813), Magnus Carlsen (Norway 2772), Peter Leko
(Hungary 2762), Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan 2757), Dmitry
Jakovenko (Russia 2742), Wang Yue (China 2736). The average rating
is 2763, which makes the event a category 21 tournament
and is part
of the Grand Slam series, with the winner getting an automatic seat
into next year’s Grand Slam Masters
Final. Official
site: http://www.chess-pearlspring.com/ Live
games commentary with GM Li Chao 2612 and WG Gu
Xiaobing 2339, and other GM, WG in
English, parings and
results download pgn download photos and
more photos
GM Carlsen wins the tournament and takes
home 80,000€
...and his live rating now over 2800 elo points, he is the 5th
player in histroy to get that high, but he is just
18 years old of age, soon he will be N°1 in the
world?!!! His next tournament will be Tal
Memorial: http://russiachess.org/content/view/3900/ which
takes place from 13th to 18th November 2009 in
Russia.
Last round games
replay
Final Ranking after 10
Rounds Pearl Spring Nanjing CHN
Rk.
Name
FED Rtg Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
w
we w-we
K rtg+/-
1 GM CARLSEN MAGNUS NOR
2772 8,0
6
0,0 35,00 8 5,
12 2,88 10
28,8
2 GM TOPALOV
VESELIN BUL 2813
5,5
2
0,0 24,50 5,5
5,84 -0,34 10 -3,4
3 GM WANG YUE
CHN 2736 4,5
0
0,0 21,50 4,5
4,52 -0,02 10 -0,2
4 GM JAKOVENKO DMITRY RUS 2742
4,0
1
0,0 17,25
4 4,64 -0,64
10 -6,4
5 GM RADJABOV TEIMOUR AZE 2757
4,0
0
1,0 20,00
4 4,88 -0,88
10 -8,8
6 GM LEKO PETER
HUN 2762 4,0
0
1,0 19,25
4 5,00 -1,00
10 -10,0
Rk.
1 GM CARLSEN MAGNUS
3 GM WANG YUE
4 GM JAKOVENKO DMITRY
5 GM RADJABOV TEIMOUR
6 GM LEKO PETER
Carlsen, Magnus - Wang
Yue
Pearl Spring Nanjing CHN (8), 2009.10.06
1.d4 d5 2.c4
c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5
9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Ne3 gxf4 13.Nxf5 O-O-O 14.Qc2
Ng6 15.O-O Kb8 16.Rfc1 a5 17.b4 axb4 18.Nb5 Qe5 19.Nbd4 Bc5 20.Nb3
h5 21.Rab1 Ba7 22.Bxc6 fxg3 23.hxg3 Rc8 24.Qd3 bxc6 25.Qxd7 Rc7
26.Qd3 h4 27.Nbd4 hxg3 28.Rxb4+ Ka8 29.Nxg3 Rd8 30.e3 Nh4 31.Kf1
Qa5 32.Rcb1 Nf3 33.Nb3 Qd5 34.Qxd5 cxd5 35.Rd1 Rc2 36.Rf4 Ne5
37.Nd4 Rc4 38.Nde2 Rxf4 39.Nxf4 d4 40.Nge2 Nc6 41.e4 Rb8 42.Nd5 Rb2
43.Nef4 Kb7 44.Nd3 Rb3 45.Ke2 Ra3 46.f4 Rxa4 47.Rb1+ Kc8 48.Rc1 Kb7
49.e5 Ra3 50.Rh1 Ra5 51.Nf6 Bb8 52.Rb1+ Kc8 53.Rc1 Kb7 54.Ne4 Ra3
55.Rh1 Bxe5 56.fxe5 Nxe5 57.Nd6+ Ka6 58.Nb4+ Kb6 59.Rc1 Re3+ 60.Kd1
Rb3 61.Nd5+ Ka7 62.Ra1+ Kb8 63.Kc2 Rh3 64.Rb1+ Ka7 65.Rb7+ Ka6
66.Rb6+ Ka5 67.Rb5+ Ka4 68.Nb6+ Ka3 69.Rxe5
1-0 replay the game

Carlsen: winner of the Nanjing Chess Super
Tournament ©Photo sports.sina.com.cn

Carlsen receives the Cup and prize:
80,000€ ©Photo
sports.sina.com.cn
Carlsen against
Jakowenko ©Photo
by GM Ye Rongguang
Carlsen's easy
game? ©Photo by
WGM Gu Xiaobing
Carlsen presses
hard? ©Photo by
WGM Gu Xiaobing
Carlsen's first win in the
tournament ©Photo
by WGM Gu Xiaobing
Carlsen drinks homemade orange
juice! full
of energy!
©Photo by GM Ye Rongguang

Topalov watching the game, before this Carlsen
already wins the tournament!

WG Zhang Jilin interviews
with Henrik Carlsen ©Photo
by GM Ye Rongguang
Carlsen playing
with Henrik Carlsen ©Photo
by GM Ye Rongguang
The bast game of the
tournament!
©Photo by GM Ye Rongguang
Wang Yue and Radjabov did not win any
game! ©Photo by
WGM Gu Xiaobing
Topalov vs
Jakowenko ©Photo
by WGM Gu Xiaobing
Radjabov deep
thinking ©Photo
by WGM Gu Xiaobing
Topalov and Dinalov
©Photo by GM Ye Rongguang
Father of Euro(€), Nobel Prize winnner for
economist and chess fan Professor Robert Mundell who recommended a
international chess super tournament to Nanjing,
that is why the prize money in Euro. The local presses interview
with him at this tournament.

So the second Nanjing chess super tournament has ended with
great success and it prodeced a new super chess star: Carlsen, the
chess world will remember this tournament and Carlsen, surely he
will come back next year to defence his first
place! Next year the tournament will
have 5 top 10 players and one
Chinese player to compete, hopefully it will be
nice to see, finally congratulations to Carlsen
and Nanjing! See you super GMs and chess fans next
year!
