Nanjing Chess Tournament: Carlsen beats Topalov, Bacrot beats Wang Yue

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

Hello Everyone,

The Nanjing Super Chess Tournament has some great games in every round. Round 5 was no different. Magnus Carlsen posted a win over Veselin Topalov while Wang Yue lost to Etienne Bacrot. Viswanathan Anand and Vugar Gashimov settled for a well-fought draw.

The standings after Round 5 in Nanjing are as follows:

Round 5 results

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• Carlsen, Magnus - Topalov, Veselin 1-0
• Anand, Viswanathan - Gashimov, Vugar ½-½
• Wang Yue - Bacrot, Etienne 0-1

Standings after 5 rounds

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1. Carlsen, Magnus 4

2. Bacrot, Etienne 3½

3. Anand, Viswanathan 2½

4. Gashimov, Vugar 2

5. Topalov, Veselin 1½

6. Wang Yue 1½

Here are the nice games that you can watch in the flashplayer below or run the moves through our pgnplayer.

PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 Rd8 12. Rd2 d6 13. Rad1 h6 14. Qb5 Ne8 15. e4 g5 16. Be3 Nd7 17. h4 g4 18. Ne1 Kg7 19. Bf4 Bc6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Nc2 Ne5 22. Ne3 Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 gxf3 24. h5 Bf6 25. Ng4 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Bxe4 27. Bxh6+ Kh7 28. Bg5 Rd7 29. Bf4 f6 30. Kh2 e5 31. Nxe5 fxe5 32. Bxe5 Bf5 33. Bxd6 Rad8 34. Bf4 Rxd2 35. Rxd2 Rxd2 36. Bxd2 Nd6 37. Bf4 Nxc4 38. g4 Bxg4 39. h6 Be6 40. Kg3 Bd5 41. Kg4 Nb2 42. a3 Nd1 43. c4 Nxf2+ 0-1

PGN: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 Bd7 12. c3 Ra8 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. d4 h6 15. Nf1 Re8 16. Ng3 Qc8 17. Nh4 Bf8 18. Ng6 Na5 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 20. Bc2 Re8 21. f4 Bg4 22. Qd3 exf4 23. Bxf4 Nc4 24. Bc1 c5 25. Rf1 cxd4 26. cxd4 Qd8 27. h3 Be6 28. b3 Qa5 29. Kh2 Nh7 30. e5 g6 31. d5 Nxe5 32. dxe6 1-0

PGN: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Qb3 b6 10. h3 Bc8 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Rfc1 Qd7 15. a4 Rfc8 16. a5 bxa5 17. Rxa5 e6 18. Rca1 Bf8 19. Qa2 Rcb8 20. Nd1 Ne4 21. Be1 Rb7 22. Ba6 Rb6 23. Bd3 Rb7 24. Ba6 Rb6 25. Bd3 Rb7 1/2-1/2

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