Nanjing Pearl Spring Chess Tournament
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The 2010 Nanjing International tournament takes place from
October 19th to October 30th 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.
Time control: 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.
Game start: Rounds 1-9 at 2:30
PM local time (11:30 PM Pacific daylight / 2:30 AM New York / 8:30
AM Paris), and round 10 at 10 AM local time (7 PM Pacific daylight / 10
PM New York / 4 AM Paris)
Rest day: October 25th (after round 5). |
Round one report
| Round 1:
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 |
Vishy Anand |
½-½ |
Wang Yue |
Magnus Carlsen |
1-0 |
Etienne Bacrot |
Veselin Topalov |
½-½ |
Vugar Gashimov |
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Is Carlsen back to his winning ways?
Iranian GM Elshan Moradiabadi, watching the games on Playchess, wrote us: "It
seems that the World Number One is back to his usual mood. Choosing an odd line
in the Scotch, Magnus showed his willingness to go for something new and not
simply slip into his opponent's preparation. This seems strange to me, but it
worked out even earlier than I expected. Having chosen 7...0-0?! Bacrot showed
that he was not prepared for this line. Later on Magnus played relaxed and well,
not going into unnecessary complications after 8...h6 with 9.h4, which Rublevsky
chose against Anand. He showed what he is looking for. On move 15 it was obvious
that Magnus had accumulated lots of advantage both at the board and on the clock.
He got a decisive advantage and finished the game in style."
Carlsen,M (2826) - Bacrot,E (2716) [C45]
3rd Pearl Spring Nanjing CHN (1), 20.10.2010
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Qe2 0-0
8.Bg5 h6
9.Bh4 [9.h4 d6 10.f3 hxg5 11.hxg5 Ng4 12.fxg4 Qxg5 13.Qf3
Bxg4 14.Qg3 Ne5 15.Be2 f5 16.exf5 Qxf5 17.0-0-0 Bxe2 18.Nxe2 Qf2 19.Qh2 Qxe2
20.Qh8+ Kf7 21.Rdf1+ Bf2 22.Qh7 Ke6 23.Kb1 Qg4 0-1 Rublevsky,S (2649)-Anand,V
(2781)/Bastia 2004/EXT 2005]
Bacrot was caught off-guard by Carlsen's opening choice.
9...a5 10.a4 Nd4 11.Qd3 Nxb3 12.cxb3 Re8 13.0-0-0 d6 14.Qc2 Bd7 15.Bc4
Be6 16.Rhe1 Qe7 17.e5 dxe5 18.Rxe5 Qf8 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Re2 Qg7 21.Bxe6 Rxe6
22.Rxe6 fxe6 23.Rd3 Kh8 24.Rg3 Qh7 25.Qd2 Bc5 26.Ne4 Be7 27.Rh3 Kg7 28.Qd7 Kf7
29.Ng5+ fxg5 30.Rf3+ Kg8 31.Qxe6+ Kh8 32.Rf7 Bd6 33.Rxh7+ Kxh7 34.Qf7+
Kh8 35.g3 Ra6 36.Kb1 Bb4 37.f4 gxf4 38.gxf4 1-0 [Click
to replay]
Pictures from Nanjing
A massive chess tournament for school children before the start of the event
[click to enlarge]
Youthful chess fans – of which there are millions and millions in China...
.... playing in a giant tournament in Nanjing
Posing behind a garden chess set
World Champion Viswanathan Anand plays a simul against local chess fans
Ye Jiangchuan, 49, seven times national champion of China (from 1981 to 1996),
first Chinese player to gain a FIDE rating of over 2600
Former Women's World Champion Xu Yuhua playing a simul
WGM Shen Yang is one of the simultaneous masters
Guest and organiser WGM Shen Yang, 21, rated 2443
Tournament organiser Tian Hongwei (a.k.a Abigail),
Vice General Secretary of the Chinese Chess Federation
Geoffrey Borg, Chief Executive Officer of FIDE
Five participants of the Pearl Spring Chess tournament: Wang Yue, Veselin Topalov,
Etienne Bacrot, Viswanathan Anand, Vugar Gashimov.
The opening spectacle
Impressions from the dance, musical and acrobatic displays at the opening
ceremony.
Top seed Magnus Carlsen in Nanjing
Reigning World Champion Viswanathan Anand
Top Bulgarian GM Veselin Topalov
Top Chinese GM Wang Yue
GM Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan
Pictures by Ren Huan and Yu Feng
Schedule and results
| Round
1: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 |
Vishy Anand |
½-½ |
Wang Yue |
Magnus Carlsen |
1-0 |
Etienne Bacrot |
Veselin Topalov |
½-½ |
Vugar Gashimov |
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| Round
2: Thursday, October 21, 2010 |
Wang Yue |
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Vugar Gashimov |
Etienne Bacrot |
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Veselin Topalov |
Vishy Anand |
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Magnus Carlsen |
Games – Report |
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| Round
3: Friday, October 22, 2009 |
Magnus Carlsen |
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Wang Yue |
Veselin Topalov |
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Vishy Anand |
Vugar Gashimov |
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Etienne Bacrot |
Games – Report |
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| Round
4: Saturday, October 23, 2010 |
Veselin Topalov |
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Wang Yue |
Vugar Gashimov |
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Magnus Carlsen |
Etienne Bacrot |
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Vishy Anand |
Games – Report |
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| Round
5: Sunday, October 24, 2010 |
Wang Yue |
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Etienne Bacrot |
Vishy Anand |
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Vugar Gashimov |
Magnus Carlsen |
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Veselin Topalov |
Games – Report |
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| Round
6: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 |
Wang Yue |
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Vishy Anand |
Etienne Bacrot |
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Magnus Carlsen |
Vugar Gashimov |
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Veselin Topalov |
Games – Report |
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| Round
7: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 |
Vugar Gashimov |
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Wang Yue |
Veselin Topalov |
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Etienne Bacrot |
Magnus Carlsen |
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Vishy Anand |
Games – Report |
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| Round
8: Thursday, October 28, 2010 |
Wang Yue |
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Magnus Carlsen |
Vishy Anand |
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Veselin Topalov |
Etienne Bacrot |
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Vugar Gashimov |
Games – Report |
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| Round
9: Friday, October 29, 2010 |
Etienne Bacrot |
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Wang Yue |
Vugar Gashimov |
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Vishy Anand |
Veselin Topalov |
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Magnus Carlsen |
Games – Report |
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| Round
10: Saturday, October 30, 2010 |
Wang Yue |
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Veselin Topalov |
Magnus Carlsen |
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Vugar Gashimov |
Vishy Anand |
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Etienne Bacrot |
Games – Report |
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