Magnus Carlsen wins Nanjing 2009 with 1 more round to spare

Magnus Carlsen assures himself the solo winner for the Nanjing 2009 chess tournament. During the penultimate round encounter with fellow prodigy T Radjabov, Magnus employed the ultra solid Gruendfeld defense but was only able to get a draw however sufficient to assure me of the Champs trophy. Below is the tourney standings as well as the games.

Standings after 9 rounds:

1.	Carlsen, Magnus	g	NOR	2772													7
2.	Topalov, Veselin	g	BUL	2813													5
3-4.	Wang Yue	g	CHN	2736													4
3-4.	Jakovenko, Dmitry	g	RUS	2742													4
5-6.	Leko, Peter	g	HUN	2762													3½
5-6.	Radjabov, Teimour	g	AZE	2757													3½

Radjabov, T (2757) - Carlsen, M (2772) [D86]
2nd Pearl Spring Nanjing, China (9), 08.10.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 0–0 10.0–0 Qc7 11.Rc1 Rd8 12.h3 a6 13.Bf4 Qa5 14.Qb3 e6 15.a4 cxd4 16.cxd4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Rxd4 18.Be3 Rd6 19.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 b5 21.axb5 axb5 22.Qxb5 Qxb5 23.Rd8+ Bf8 24.Bxb5 Bb7 25.Rxa8 Bxa8 26.f3 f5 27.Bd3 fxe4 28.Bxe4 Bxe4 29.fxe4 Kf7 30.Kf1 h5 31.Kg1 Bd6 32.Kf1 Bf8 33.Kg1 Bd6 34.Kf1 Bf8 ½–½
　
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Wang Yue (2736) - Topalov, V (2813) [E92]
2nd Pearl Spring Nanjing, China (9), 08.10.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0–0 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 c6 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Qxd8 Rxd8 10.h3 Nh5 11.g3 Na6 12.Nd2 Bf8 13.0–0–0 Ng7 14.a3 Ne6 15.Nf3 f6 16.Rxd8 Nxd8 17.b4 b6 18.Kb2 Ne6 19.Rd1 Kf7 20.h4 c5 21.b5 Nac7 22.Nd5 Ne8 23.Bd3 Nd6 24.Bd2 Bb7 25.g4 Bg7 26.Bc3 Bxd5 27.exd5 Nf4 28.Bf1 e4 29.Bd2 g5 30.Ne1 f5+ 31.Kb3 fxg4 32.hxg5 Be5 33.Ng2 Nh3 34.Be3 Nf5 35.Be2 Nd4+ 36.Bxd4 cxd4 37.Rf1 Nxg5 38.Bxg4 Rf8 39.Nh4 Kg8 40.Rg1 Kh8 41.Bf5 Bf6 42.Rh1 Kg7 43.Bg4 Nf7 44.Nf5+ Kg6 45.Ng3 Nd6 46.Re1 e3 47.fxe3 Bh4 48.Rg1 dxe3 49.Be2 Kh6 50.Rh1 Rf4 51.Bd3 Kg5 52.Ne2 Rg4 53.Rh3 h5 54.Rxe3 Bf2 55.Re5+ Kh4 56.Nc3 Bc5 57.a4 Rg5 58.Rxg5 Kxg5 59.Ne4+ Nxe4 60.Bxe4 Kf4 61.Bh1 h4 62.a5 bxa5 63.Ka4 Bb6 64.c5 Bxc5 65.Kxa5 Ke5 66.Ka6 h3 67.Bf3 Kd6 68.Be4 Ke5 69.Bf3 Kd6 70.Be4 Ke5 ½–½
　
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Jakovenko, D (2742) - Leko, P (2762) [D45]
2nd Pearl Spring Nanjing, China (9), 08.10.2009

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 h6 8.h3 e5 9.Bd2 0–0 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.0–0–0 Qe7 13.Kb1 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 Be6 16.Bxe6 Qxe6 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Rd7 Qf3 19.Rhd1 Qxh3 20.Qf5 b6 21.a3 a5 22.Rc7 b5 23.Rxc6 b4 24.a4 b3 25.Rc3 Rab8 26.Rdc1 g6 27.Qf4 h5 28.Rc4 Qxg4 29.Qxg4 hxg4 30.Rxg4 Rfd8 31.Rg5 Rd2 32.Rxa5 Rxf2 33.Rb5 Ra8 34.Rb4 Re2 35.e4 Kg7 36.Rc3 Re1+ 37.Rc1 Re3 38.Rc3 Re1+ 39.Rc1 Re3 40.Rc3 Re1+ ½–½

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