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Friday, October 22, 2010

Nanjing Chess Tournament: Carlsen beats Yue, Topalov loses to Anand

Chess news and chess trivia blog (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2010

Not all things can be explained: Magnus Carlsen
at a press conference in Nanjing

Hello Everyone,

The Nanjing Super Chess Tournament is turning out to be just that - Super! Magnus Carlsen continues to lead with two wins. He is closely followed by Viswanathan Anand who posted a nice win over Veselin Topalov in the third round. Check out the nice games.

You can run the moves in our pgnplayer or watch in flash below.

Standings after Round 3
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1. Carlsen, Magnus 2.5
2. Anand, Viswanathan 2
3. Bacrot, Etienne 1.5
4. Wang, Yue 1
5. Topalov, Veselin 1
6. Gashimov, Vugar 1


PGN: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Qh5 Nf6 9. Re1+ Kf8 10. Qe2 Ng4 11. h3 Qh4 12. Qf3 Bh2+ 13. Kf1 Nxf2 14. Qxf2 Bg3 15. Qd2 Qf6+ 16. Kg1 Bxe1 17. Qxe1 Qxd4+ 18. Kh2 Re8 19. Qg3 Qe5 20. Qxe5 Rxe5 21. Bf4 Re1 22. Bxc7 a6 23. Ba5 Rd1 24. a4 Ke7 25. Bd2 Rc8 26. c3 d4 27. c4 g6 28. Be2 Bxa4 29. Bb4+ Ke6 30. Bxd1 Bxd1 31. Nd2 Be2 32. b3 f5 33. Kg3 Rd8 34. Kf2 d3 35. Bc3 Kf7 36. Nf3 f4 37. Ng5+ Kg8 38. Ne6 1-0


PGN: 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bd2 Be6 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. b3 a5 12. Bg2 a4 13. Nxa4 Bxc4 14. Nb6+ cxb6 15. bxc4 Rxa2 16. O-O Ng4 17. Bh3 f5 18. e4 Bd4 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Bxg4 fxg4 21. Bf4 Bc5 22. Ra1 Bxf2+ 23. Kg2 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Bd4 25. Ra8+ Kd7 26. Ra7 Ke6 27. Rxb7 Kf5 28. h3 h5 29. hxg4+ hxg4 30. Rc7 c5 31. Rb7 Ra8 32. Rxb6 Ra4 33. Rb8 Ra2+ 34. Kf1 Ke4 35. Bd6 Kd3 36. Rf8 Ra6 37. Be7 Re6 38. Bh4 Kxc4 39. Rf4 Kd3 40. Rxg4 c4 41. Rg8 c3 42. Bg5 c2 43. Rc8 Be3 44. Bxe3 Rxe3 45. Kf2 Re4 0-1



PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 Rd8 12. c4 Be6 13. c5 b6 14. Rc1 bxc5 15. Qa3 Nd7 16. Bb5 Bg4 17. Bxd7 Rxd7 18. Qxc5 Qe4 19. Rg1 Re8 20. Qb5 Rdd8 21. Qe2 Rb8 22. h3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qf5 24. f4 Rb1 25. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 26. Qd1 Rb8 27. Ke2 Qf5 28. Rh1 Rb2+ 29. Kf3 h5 30. a4 Qe4+ 31. Kg3 h4+ 32. Kxh4 Rxf2 33. Qg4 Rg2 0-1



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