MAGNUS CARLSEN HITS A DOUBLE WINNER

Magnus Carlsen posed to be the youngest chess player in history to break the 2800 barrier after winning his last round assignment in the prestigious and strong Nanjing Tournament. Not only that he won his last round play, but he also won the championship trophy making him a double winner of the event.

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Carlsen (2772) - Jakovenko (2742) [D31]
Nanjing Grand Slam (10), 08.10.2009

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bxd6 Qxd6 8.e3 Ne7 9.Bd3 b6 10.Nf3 Ba6 11.0–0 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Nd7 13.e4 0–0 14.e5 Qe6 15.Rae1 Rfe8 16.Nh4 Ng6 17.Nxg6 Qxg6 18.Qd2 Nf8 19.f4 Qf5 20.Nd1 f6 21.Ne3 Qd7 22.Qd3 fxe5 23.dxe5 Ne6 24.f5 Nc5 25.Qd4 Ne4 26.Nxd5 Qxd5 27.Qxe4 Rad8 28.e6 Qxe4 29.Rxe4 Rd6 30.g4 Kf8 31.g5 Ke7 32.Kg2 Rd5 33.Kg3 Kd6 34.h4 c5 35.f6 gxf6 36.gxf6 Rd3+ 37.Kh2 Rd2+ 38.Kh1 1–0
　
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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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Nanjing round 8 Results- Magnus nips Yue to assure 1st place finish

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

Taking a second shot at Wang

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In round 8, Magnus will have a second shot at Wang Yue, the only man he did not beat so far in this tournament. Magnus will have White this time.

Round 8 matchups:

Leko - Topalov
Carlsen - Wang Yue
Jakovenko - Radjabov

Standings after 7 rounds:

1.

Carlsen, Magnus

g

NOR

2772

5½

2-3.

Wang Yue

g

CHN

2736

3½

2-3.

Topalov, Veselin

g

BUL

2813

3½

4-5.

Leko, Peter

g

HUN

2762

3

4-5.

Radjabov, Teimour

g

AZE

2757

3

6.

Jakovenko, Dmitry

g

RUS

2742

2½

Nanjing 2009: Carlsen draws, Topalov beats Jakovenko

GM Magnus "the wonder kid" Carlsen drew his game against GM Peter Leko to hold on a 2 point lead from his nearest rivals GM Topalov and GM Wang Yue. Peter Leko pressured Magnus Carlsen's Gruenfeld, but the Norwegian sacrificed an exchange and held the game B

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Leko, P (2762) - Carlsen, M (2772) [D72]
2nd Pearl Spring - Nanjing, China (6), 04.10.2009

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 Nc4 13.Qe2 Qa5 14.a3 Bd7 15.Bg5 Rfc8 16.Be7 Qb6 17.d6 Be6 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.d7 Be6 20.dxc8Q+ Rxc8 21.b4 cxb4 22.axb4 Bf8 23.Bxf8 Rxf8 24.Rfc1 Rd8 25.Bf1 Rd4 26.Rd1 Nxb4 27.Nxb4 Rxd1 28.Qxd1 Qxb4 29.Qa4 Qxa4 30.Rxa4 Nd6 31.Rxa7 Nxe4 32.Rxb7 Kg7 33.Rb5 Kf6 34.f3 Nd6 35.Rb6 Ke7 36.Kf2 h5 37.Bd3 Nf5 38.Ra6 Nd6 39.Ke3 Nc4+ 40.Kf2 Nd6 41.Bb1 Nf5 42.Ba2 Bxa2 43.Rxa2 g5 44.Ra4 h4 45.g4 Nd6 46.Ke3 Ke6 47.Ra6 Kd5 48.Kd3 f6 49.Ra5+ Ke6 50.h3 Nb7 51.Ra6+ Nd6 52.Kc3 Kd5 53.Ra5+ Ke6 54.Kb4 e4 55.fxe4 Nxe4 56.Rf5 Nd6 57.Rf1 f5 58.Kc3 fxg4 59.hxg4 Ne4+ 60.Kd4 Nf6 61.Re1+ Kf7 62.Rg1 h3 63.Rh1 Nxg4 64.Rxh3 Kg6 ½–½

Complete standings are as below:

Rank after Round 6
Rk. Name FED Rtg
1 GM CARLSEN MAGNUS NOR 2772
2 GM TOPALOV VESELIN BUL 2813
3 GM WANG YUE CHN 2736
4 GM LEKO PETER HUN 2762
5 GM RADJABOV TEIMOUR AZE 2757
6 GM JAKOVENKO DMITRY RUS 2742

Magnus Carlsen Domination Continues-2009 China (Nanjing) Pearl Spring Chess Tournament

Magnus Carlsen continues to dominate Nanjing 2009 and this time demolish fellow chess prodigy GM Radjabov with the white pieces in 25 moves after their round 5 encounter.

This is simply amazing as Magnus defeats a fellow SGM with ease and at the same time ahead of the pack with 2 points from his nearest rival GM Wang Yue

Rank after Round 5
Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	CARLSEN MAGNUS	NOR	2772	4.5
2	GM	WANG YUE	CHN	2736	2.5
3	GM	TOPALOV VESELIN	BUL	2813	2
	GM	RADJABOV TEIMOUR	AZE	2757	2
	GM	JAKOVENKO DMITRY	RUS	2742	2
	GM	LEKO PETER	HUN	2762	2

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Carlsen,M (2772) - Radjabov,T (2757) [B30]
2nd Pearl Spring Nanjing CHN (5), 02.10.2009
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.0-0 Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 Bb7 8.Qe2 d5 9.e5 d4 10.Be4 Qb6 11.d3 Rd8 12.a4 Nd5 13.axb5 axb5 14.cxd4 cxd4 15.Nbd2 Nf4 16.Qd1 Nb4 17.Nb3 Bxe4 18.dxe4 Nfd3 19.Bg5 Rc8 20.Nfxd4 Nxb2 21.Qe2 Nc4 22.Rfc1 Bc5 23.Nxb5 0-0 24.Nxc5 Nxe5 25.Be7 1-0.

Leko,P (2762) - Jakovenko,D (2742) [C67]
2nd Pearl Spring Nanjing CHN (5), 02.10.2009
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ke8 10.h3 h5 11.Bf4 Be7 12.Rad1 Nh4 13.Nxh4 Bxh4 14.Ne2 Bd7 15.Rfe1 Rd8 16.Nd4 Bc8 17.c3 Rd5 18.e6 Bf6 19.Bxc7 Bxe6 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Bf4 Ke7 22.Rc1 Rhd8 23.Kf1 Bg5 24.Bxg5+ Rxg5 25.Rc2 Rgd5 26.Rce2 R8d6 27.c4 Rf5 28.Re4 c5 29.R1e3 b6 30.Ke2 g5 31.g4 hxg4 32.hxg4 Rf7 33.Rh3 Rd4 34.Rxd4 cxd4 35.Rh5 d3+ 36.Kxd3 Rxf2 37.Rxg5 Rxb2 38.Rg7+ Kd6 39.Rxa7 Rg2 40.Rg7 Rxa2 41.g5 Rg2 42.g6 Ke5 43.Kc3 Kf5 44.Rb7 Rxg6 45.Rxb6 Rg1 46.c5 Rc1+ 47.Kd4 e5+ 48.Kd5 Rd1+ 49.Kc4 Rc1+ 50.Kd5 Rd1+ 51.Kc4 Rc1+ draw.

Topalov,V (2813) - Wang Yue (2736) [D10]
2nd Pearl Spring Nanjing CHN (5), 02.10.2009
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.Be2 e6 8.h3 Bh5 9.g4 Bg6 10.Ne5 Nfd7 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.Qc2 Be7 13.Bb2 Nf6 14.0-0-0 Nbd7 15.c5 Qc7 16.h4 a5 17.g5 Nh5 18.Bg4 Nf8 19.Rdg1 0-0-0 20.Ne2 f5 21.gxf6 gxf6 22.Bxh5 gxh5 23.Rg7 Rd7 24.Rhg1 Bd8 25.Rg8 Rdh7 26.Nf4 Qf7 27.R8g2 Bc7 28.Nd3 Nd7 29.a3 Kb7 30.Bc3 Ra8 31.f4 f5 32.Ne5 Qe7 33.Nxd7 Qxd7 34.a4 b4 35.Be1 Rf8 36.Rg6 Bd8 37.Qg2 Bf6 38.Bf2 Qe7 39.Qf3 Rff7 40.Kd2 Rfg7 41.Rxg7 Bxg7 42.Qg3 Bf6 43.Qg8 Rh8 44.Qg6 Rh7 45.Qg8 Rh8 46.Qg6 Rh7 draw.

Carlsen on a Rampage at Nanjing 2009

GM Magnus Carlsen is on a rampage on the current Naning Super Chess Tournament. The young chess star is dominating the event by raking up points round per round. His conquest includes a win at the expense of the Hungarian star GM Peter Leko, World Championship match bound Veselin Topalov, and an endgame win against endgame specialist Dmitry Jakovenko. His only draw came after a a hard fought battle with the pride of host China, GM Wang Yue. More exciting details at the official site.

Standings after 4 rounds:

1. Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2772 3½
2-3. Wang Yue g CHN 2736 2
2-3. Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2757 2
4-6. Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2742 1½
4-6. Leko, Peter g HUN 2762 1½
4-6. Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2813 1½

No doubt that Kasparov's coaching has tremendous influence on Magnus play. Its exciting to see the new Magnus Carlsen and see how far his new mentor will take him to the top. i guess the question is, not will he become number 1 but rather when and how soon :) Im a fan of magnus and wish him all the best. Here is a video on the Big K himself on his coaching stint with MC. credits to migstradamus