Magnus Carlsen assured himself a share of the first place finish in the ongoing najing Chess tournament by beating local hero Wang Yue. Game was as exciting as Chinese fireworks as both players castle on the opposite sides of the board.
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Round 8: Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Peter Leko vs Veselin Topalov 0-1
Magnus Carlsen vs Wang Yue 1-0
Dmitry Jakovenko vs Teimour Radjabov 1-0
Games – Report
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Carlsen,M (2772) - Wang Yue (2736) [D17]
2nd Pearl Spring Nanjing CHN (8), 06.10.2009
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 0-0-0 14.Qc2 Ng6 15.0-0 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.
Leko,P (2762) - Topalov,V (2813) [D72]
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2nd Pearl Spring Nanjing CHN (8), 06.10.2009
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nb6 7.Ne2 c5 8.d5 e6 9.0-0 0-0 10.Nbc3 Na6 11.Nf4 e5 12.Nd3 c4 13.Ne1 Bd7 14.Qe2 Nc5 15.Be3 Rc8 16.Nf3 Qe8 17.Nd2 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Nxc4 Nxc4 20.Qxc4 Ne4 21.Qb4 Nxc3 22.bxc3 f4 23.Bc5 f3 24.Bxf8 Bxf8 25.Qxb7 fxg2 26.Kxg2 Qf7 27.Rab1 e4 28.f4 Rxc3 29.Rb3 Rd3 30.f5 Rd2+ 31.Rf2 Rxf2+ 32.Kxf2 Qxf5+ 33.Ke1 Bc5 34.Qb8+ Kf7 35.Qf4 Qxf4 36.gxf4 Ke7 37.Rg3 Kd6 38.Rg7 h5 39.Rg5 e3 40.Ke2 Bb5+ 0-1.
Jakovenko,D (2742) - Radjabov,T (2757) [B78]
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2nd Pearl Spring Nanjing CHN (8), 06.10.2009
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0-0 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.0-0-0 Rc8 11.Bb3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.h4 e6 14.a3 a5 15.h5 Qe7 16.hxg6 hxg6 17.g4 b4 18.axb4 axb4 19.Na2 Ra8 20.g5 Nh5 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Qxd6 Qxd6 23.Rxd6 Ba4 24.Bc4 Rfc8 25.b3 Bb5 26.Bxb5 Rxa2 27.Rh2View Blog Rc5 28.Kb1 Ra5 29.Bc4 Rxg5 30.Rb6 Nf4 31.Rxb4 Rg3 32.Rf2 Rh5 33.Rb7 Kf6 34.Kb2 g5 35.b4 Rh8 36.b5 Ke5 37.b6 Kd4 38.Rc7 Rb8 39.b7 Rxb7+ 40.Rxb7 Kxc4 41.Rxf7 Kd4 42.Ra7 Ke3 43.Rf1 Ng6 44.e5 Kf4 45.Ra4+ Kf5 46.c4 Nxe5 47.c5 Rh3 48.Rd4 Kf6 49.Rc1 Rh7 50.Rc3 Rc7 51.Kb3 Nc6 52.Rd6 Ke7 53.Re3 Nd8 54.Kb4 Rc8 55.Ra6 Nc6+ 56.Kb5 Nd4+ 57.Kc4 Nc6 58.Rb6 Kf6 59.Rc3 Ke5 60.Kb5 Nd4+ 61.Ka6 Kf4 62.Kb7 Rf8 63.c6 e5 64.c7 Nxf3 65.c8Q Rxc8 66.Rxc8 g4 67.Rf8+ Kg3 68.Re6 Kg2 69.Rg8 Kh3 70.Kb6 Nd2 71.Rh6+ Kg3 72.Kc5 1-0.
Standings after 8 rounds:
| 1. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2772 | 6½ | |||||||||||||
| 2. | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2813 | 4½ | |||||||||||||
| 3-4. | Wang Yue | g | CHN | 2736 | 3½ | |||||||||||||
| 3-4. | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2742 | 3½ | |||||||||||||
| 5-6. | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2762 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 5-6. | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2757 | 3 |
Second Nanjing Pearl Spring Chess Tournament
Orrganized by the Municipal People’s Government of Nanjing, is taking place from 27th September to 9th October 2009 in Nanjing, China.
Time controls are 90 minutes for 40 moves and 60 minutes for the rest of the game, with no increment.
The tournament is a six-player double round robin and has a total prize fund of 250,000 Euros, with the winner taking 80,000 Euros.
Round eight
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