Wei,Yi (2737) China - Bu,Xiangzhi (2710) China

1st China King Match 2015 Taizhou – Ronda (3.2), 30.11.2015
 
Wei,Yi (2737) China - Bu,Xiangzhi (2710) China


El talentoso GM. Wei Yi de China con sólo 16 años ganó el torneo de los reyes de China en Taizhou

1st China King Match 2015 Taizhou – Ronda (3.2), 30.11.2015

Wei,Yi (2737) China - Bu,Xiangzhi (2710) China

 1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Ab5 a6 4.Aa4 Cf6 5.0–0 Ae7 6.Te1 b5 7.Ab3 d6 8.c3 0–0 9.h3 Ab7 10.d4 Te8 11.Cg5 Tf8 12.Cf3 Te8 13.Cbd2 exd4 14.cxd4 Cd7 15.Cf1 Ca5 16.Ac2 Af6 17.C1h2 c5 18.d5 Cc4 19.Tb1 Cde5 20.Cxe5 Axe5 21.b3 Cb6 22.Cg4 Ad4 23.Ae3 Ac3 24.Te2 b4 25.Af4 a5 26.Te3 Ac8 27.Tg3 Axg4 28.hxg4 a4 29.g5 axb3 30.axb3 g6 31.Ae3 c4 32.Th3 Ta2 33.g3 Dc7 34.Rg2 Tea8 35.Tc1 Tb2 36.Ad4 f6 37.gxf6 Axd4 38.Dxd4 Taa2 39.Txh7 Dxh7 40.Dxb6 Df7 41.Th1 Ta8 42.Ad1 Dxf6 43.Ag4 Te8 44.Da7 De5 45.Th7 Txf2+ 46.Rxf2 Tf8+ 47.Rg2 Dxe4+ 48.Rh2 Tf2+ 49.Dxf2 Rxh7 50.Df7+ Rh8 51.Df4 Dc2+ 52.Rh3 Rg7 53.Dd4+ Rh7 54.Dxc4 Df2 55.Df4 Dg1 56.Df3 1–0

1st China King Match 2015 Taizhou – Round (3.2), 30.11.2015

Wei,Yi (2737) China - Bu,Xiangzhi (2710) China

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nbd2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nd7 15. Nf1 Na5 16. Bc2 Bf6 17. N1h2 c5 18. d5 Nc4 19. Rb1 Nde5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. b3 Nb6 22. Ng4 Bd4 23. Be3 Bc3 24. Re2 b4 25. Bf4 a5 26. Re3 Bc8 27. Rg3 Bxg4 28. hxg4 a4 29. g5 axb3 30. axb3 g6 31. Be3 c4 32. Rh3 Ra2 33. g3 Qc7 34. Kg2 Rea8 35. Rc1 Rb2 36. Bd4 f6 37. gxf6 Bxd4 38. Qxd4 Raa2 39. Rxh7 Qxh7 40. Qxb6 Qf7 41. Rh1 Ra8 42. Bd1 Qxf6 43. Bg4 Re8 44. Qa7 Qe5 45. Rh7 Rxf2+ 46. Kxf2 Rf8+ 47. Kg2 Qxe4+ 48. Kh2 Rf2+ 49. Qxf2 Kxh7 50. Qf7+ Kh8 51. Qf4 Qc2+ 52. Kh3 Kg7 53. Qd4+ Kh7 54. Qxc4 Qf2 55. Qf4 Qg1 56. Qf3 1-0

Wei,Yi (2737) China - Bu,Xiangzhi (2710) ChinaEl talentoso GM. Wei Yi de China con sólo 16 años ganó el torneo de los reyes de China en Taizhou1st China King Match 2015 Taizhou – Ronda (3.2), 30.11.2015Wei,Yi (2737) China - Bu,Xiangzhi (2710) China1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cc6 3.Ab5 a6 4.Aa4 Cf6 5.0–0 Ae7 6.Te1 b5 7.Ab3 d6 8.c3 0–0 9.h3 Ab7 10.d4 Te8 11.Cg5 Tf8 12.Cf3 Te8 13.Cbd2 exd4 14.cxd4 Cd7 15.Cf1 Ca5 16.Ac2 Af6 17.C1h2 c5 18.d5 Cc4 19.Tb1 Cde5 20.Cxe5 Axe5 21.b3 Cb6 22.Cg4 Ad4 23.Ae3 Ac3 24.Te2 b4 25.Af4 a5 26.Te3 Ac8 27.Tg3 Axg4 28.hxg4 a4 29.g5 axb3 30.axb3 g6 31.Ae3 c4 32.Th3 Ta2 33.g3 Dc7 34.Rg2 Tea8 35.Tc1 Tb2 36.Ad4 f6 37.gxf6 Axd4 38.Dxd4 Taa2 39.Txh7 Dxh7 40.Dxb6 Df7 41.Th1 Ta8 42.Ad1 Dxf6 43.Ag4 Te8 44.Da7 De5 45.Th7 Txf2+ 46.Rxf2 Tf8+ 47.Rg2 Dxe4+ 48.Rh2 Tf2+ 49.Dxf2 Rxh7 50.Df7+ Rh8 51.Df4 Dc2+ 52.Rh3 Rg7 53.Dd4+ Rh7 54.Dxc4 Df2 55.Df4 Dg1 56.Df3 1–01st China King Match 2015 Taizhou – Round (3.2), 30.11.2015Wei,Yi (2737) China - Bu,Xiangzhi (2710) China1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nbd2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nd7 15. Nf1 Na5 16. Bc2 Bf6 17. N1h2 c5 18. d5 Nc4 19. Rb1 Nde5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. b3 Nb6 22. Ng4 Bd4 23. Be3 Bc3 24. Re2 b4 25. Bf4 a5 26. Re3 Bc8 27. Rg3 Bxg4 28. hxg4 a4 29. g5 axb3 30. axb3 g6 31. Be3 c4 32. Rh3 Ra2 33. g3 Qc7 34. Kg2 Rea8 35. Rc1 Rb2 36. Bd4 f6 37. gxf6 Bxd4 38. Qxd4 Raa2 39. Rxh7 Qxh7 40. Qxb6 Qf7 41. Rh1 Ra8 42. Bd1 Qxf6 43. Bg4 Re8 44. Qa7 Qe5 45. Rh7 Rxf2+ 46. Kxf2 Rf8+ 47. Kg2 Qxe4+ 48. Kh2 Rf2+ 49. Qxf2 Kxh7 50. Qf7+ Kh8 51. Qf4 Qc2+ 52. Kh3 Kg7 53. Qd4+ Kh7 54. Qxc4 Qf2 55. Qf4 Qg1 56. Qf3 1-0
Posted by Ajedrez Brillante on Thursday, December 3, 2015

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Pearl Sparing Chess Tournament 2008 - Nanjing - China: Topalov vencedor antecipado !

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Ronda 9 (penúltima)

Topalov é o vencedor antecipado deste torneio ! O ELO de Topalov é agora de 2810 (in "live rating"), 20 pontos à frente de do campeão do mundo Anand !

Round 9: Saturday, 20 December 2008
Peter Svidler	0-1	Veselin Topalov
Bu Xiangzhi	½-½	Levon Aronian
Sergei Movsesian	½-½	Vassily Ivanchuk
Games – Report

Svidler,P (2727) - Topalov,V (2791) [B12] Pearl Spring Nanjing CHN (9), 20.12.2008
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 Nd7 7.Nbd2 c4 8.a4N. An early novelty by Peter Svidler, who is attempting to avoid Topalov's excellent home openings preparation. 8...h6 9.b3 cxb3 10.Nxb3 Rc8 11.Ra2 Qc7 12.Bd3 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Ne7 14.0-0 Qc4 15.Rb1 b6 16.Qf1 Nc6 17.c3 Qxc3 18.a5 Be7 19.axb6 axb6 20.Qd1 Qc4 21.Nc1 Nb4 22.Ra7 Qc2 23.Qxc2 Nxc2 24.Bd2 Na3 25.Ra1 Nc4 26.Rb7 Nb8 27.Ra8

This looks quite dangerous, and it is – for White. 27...0-0. Black cooly castles our of the attack. Now his rooks are connected and White's initiative for the pawn is no longer a tangible factor. 28.Raxb8 Nxd2 29.Rxc8 Nxf3+ 30.gxf3 Rxc8 31.Ne2 Bd8. The game is virtually decided, Black will mobilise his rook and go after the white pawns. 32.f4 g6 33.Kg2 Kf8 34.Kf3 Ra8

35.Ke3? An ignominious end to a lost game. 35...Ra3+ 36.Kd2 Bh4 0-1.

The winner in round nine and in Nanjing: Veselin Topalov

Bu and Aronian played a quick draw – 29 moves, mostly theory

Movsesian,S (2732) - Ivanchuk,V (2786) [B51] Pearl Spring Nanjing CHN (9), 20.12.2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 Ngf6 5.Nc3 cxd4 6.Qxd4 e5 7.Qd3 h6 8.Be3 Be7 9.0-0-0 a6 10.Bc4 b5 11.Bb3 Bb7 12.g4 Nxg4 13.Rhg1 Nxe3 14.Qxe3 g6 15.Bd5 Rb8 16.Bxb7 Rxb7 17.Nd5 Nb6

18.Nxe5 dxe5 19.Nf6+ Bxf6 20.Rxd8+ Bxd8. White has a queen for rook, bishop and knight. Black should be better here, but Ivanchuk is unable to coordinate his pieces force a win. 21.Qc5 Nd7 22.Qc8 Ra7 23.Qc6 h5 24.a3 h4 25.h3 Ke7 26.Rd1 Rh5 27.Kb1 Rg5 28.Ka2 Rg2 29.c3 Rh2 30.f4 exf4 31.e5 Re2 32.Rxd7+ Rxd7 33.Qf6+ ½-½.

Another missed chance: Vassily Ivanchuk in round nine

Ronda 10 e última !

Finalmente Ivanchuck ganhou e ganhou ao chinês Bu Xiangzhi.

Aronian-Svidler empataram em 45 lances.

Topalov vs. Movsesian durou 32 lances e o empate foi acordado.

Round 10: Sunday, 21 December 2008
Veselin Topalov	½-½	Sergei Movsesian
Vassily Ivanchuk	1-0	Bu Xiangzhi
Levon Aronian	½-½	Peter Svidler
Games – Report

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Pearl Sparing Chess Tournament 2008 - Nanjing - China: Round 7 & 8

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Na ronda 7 Svidler e Aronian ganharam, Bu-Topalov empataram em 70 lances ! A ronda 7 ficou ainda marcada por um acidente com Ivanchuck...

Round 7: Thursday, 18 December 2008
Bu Xiangzhi	½-½	Veselin Topalov
Sergei Movsesian	0-1	Peter Svidler
Vassily Ivanchuk	0-1	Levon Aronian
Games – Report

Ivanchuk,V (2786) - Aronian,L (2757) [A20] Pearl Spring Nanjing CHN (7), 18.12.2008
1.c4 e5 2.g3 f5 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Nbd2 Nf6 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.0-0 Bc5 8.Nb3 d6 9.Nfxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 0-0 11.Nc2 Qe8 12.b4 Bb6 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.Nxe3 f4 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.Qxd5+ Kh8 17.Rfe1 Rf6 18.Rad1 c6 19.Qe4 Qf7 20.Rd4 Bg4 21.Qd3 Rf8 22.Qd2 h5 23.Bf3 fxg3 24.hxg3 Bxf3 25.exf3 Rxf3 26.Re2 c5 27.bxc5 dxc5 28.Rd8 Qxc4 29.Rxf8+ Rxf8 30.Re5 b6 31.Rxh5+ Kg8 32.Rh4 Qe6 33.a4 a6 34.Rh5 c4 35.Qd4 Qf7 36.Rd5 c3 37.Rd6 b5

Ivanchuk has been struggling, but after 38.axb5 axb5 he can hope to hold the position to s draw. Not, however, after 38.Rxa6?, which hands over the point on a platter to Aronian: 38...Rc8 39.Qg4 Qc4 0-1.

An accident during the game (not the one at move 38): Ivanchuk's chair collapses

A flimsy Chinese chair for a strapping Ukrainian GM? Not such a good idea...

Na ronda 8 Veselin Topalov ganhou a Vassily Ivanchuk e ficou agora 1 ponto à frente de toda a gente ! Peter Svidler impôs ao GM chinês a sua primeira derrota.

Round 8: Friday, 19 December 2008
Veselin Topalov	1-0	Vassily Ivanchuk
Levon Aronian	½-½	Sergei Movsesian
Peter Svidler	1-0	Bu Xiangzhi
Games – Report

Topalov,V (2791) - Ivanchuk,V (2786) [B45] Pearl Spring Nanjing CHN (8), 19.12.2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Ndb5 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 d5 9.exd5 exd5 10.Bd3 0-0 11.0-0 d4 12.Ne2 Bg4 13.f3 Bh5 14.Nf4 Re8

15.Nxh5. The new move. The only previous game we have been able to find continued 15.b4 Qd6 16.Nxh5 Nxh5 17.Qd2 Re7 18.b5 Ne5 19.a4 Nxd3 20.cxd3 Re3 21.Qf2 Rxd3 22.Qh4 Qg6 23.a5 Nf6 24.Ra4 Rd8 25.b6 axb6 26.axb6 h6 27.Bf4 Re8 28.Re1 Rxe1+ 29.Qxe1 Qf5 30.Be5 Re3 0-1 Koepke,C (2457)-Lantzsch,C, playchess.com, INT 2008]

15...Nxh5 16.f4 Nf6 17.Qf3 Nd5 18.Qh3 g6 19.f5 Ne3 20.Qh6

20...Qe7. 20...Nxf1 21.fxg6 hxg6 22.Bg5 threatening Bf6 followed by mate on g7. 21.Rf4 gxf5 22.Bd2 Rad8 23.Bxf5 Nxf5 24.Rxf5 Rd6 25.Qf4 Rg6 26.Rf1 tripling on the f7 pawn. 26...Qe2 27.g3 Rf8

28.Rf2. 28.Rxf7 Qxf1+ 29.Qxf1 Rxf7 30.Bf4 is also good for White. 28...Qe6 29.h4 Ne7 30.Re5 Qd7 31.h5 Rg7 32.Rg5 f5 33.Rxg7+ Kxg7 34.Qe5+ Kg8 35.Bh6 Nc6 36.Qf4 Rf7 37.g4 d3 38.cxd3 Kh8 39.gxf5 Qxd3 40.Kg2 Qd5+ 41.Qf3 Ne7 42.Qxd5 Nxd5 43.Rc2 Rc7 44.Rxc7 Nxc7

This is a winnable endgame, and Topalov is the one to win it: 45.Kf3 Kg8 46.Ke4 Ne8 47.Ke5 Kf7 48.Bg5 Nc7 49.h6 Nb5 50.Be3 b6 51.a4 Nc7 52.Kd6 Na6 53.Kc6 Nb4+ 54.Kb7 Nd5 55.Bg5 a5 56.Kc6 Nb4+ 57.Kxb6 Nd3 58.b3 1-0.

Peter Svidler played another very fine positional game, gaining a small advantage and then slowly developing it into a full-point advantage.

Faltam agora 2 rondas para o final:

Round 9: Saturday, 20 December 2008
Peter Svidler	-	Veselin Topalov
Bu Xiangzhi	-	Levon Aronian
Sergei Movsesian	-	Vassily Ivanchuk
Round 10: Sunday, 21 December 2008
Veselin Topalov	-	Sergei Movsesian
Vassily Ivanchuk	-	Bu Xiangzhi
Levon Aronian	-	Peter Svidler

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Round 6: Pearl Sparing Chess Tournament 2008 - Nanjing - China

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Veselin Topalov depois de ter empatado os primeiros 4 jogos ganhou agora 2 de seguida e está no comando! Acompanhado do "amigo" GM chinês Bu Xiangzhi, pois está claro. BU ganhou a Sergei Movsesian pela segunda vez neste torneio. Assim, ambos estão 1 ponto à frente de todos os outros.

Round 6: Wednesday, 17 December 2008
Veselin Topalov	1-0	Levon Aronian
Peter Svidler	½-½	Vassily Ivanchuk
Bu Xiangzhi	1-0	Sergei Movsesian
Games – Report

Topalov,V (2791) - Aronian,L (2757) [D47] Pearl Spring Nanjing CHN (6), 17.12.2008
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bd6 9.0-0 0-0 10.Qc2 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.h3 Re8 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Be3 Qe7 16.Rfd1 a6 17.Ne2 c5 18.Bxc5 Qc7 19.f3 Bxb2 20.Qxb2 Qxc5+ 21.Qd4 Qe7 22.Bc2 Bd5 23.exd5 Qxe2 24.Bb3 a5 25.d6 a4 26.Bd5 Rac8 27.Rd2 Qe5 28.Qxe5 Rxe5 29.Bb7 Rd8 30.Rb1 g6 31.Bc6 Rc5 32.Bxb5 Rb8 33.Rdb2 a3 34.Rb3 Rc2 35.Rxa3 Rd2 36.Ra7 Nd5 37.d7 Kg7 38.Re1 Ne3 39.a4 Nxg2 40.Re4 g5 41.Rc7 Nh4 42.Rc3 Rb7

White is a pawn up and has essentially a winning position. But now Topalov blunders: 43.Re2? Rbxd7 44.Kf2 R7d5 45.Rxd2 Rxd2+. Now the game should be a draw. 46.Ke3 Ra2 47.Kd4 Ng2 48.Kc4 Nf4 49.Kb3 Ra1 50.Kb2 Re1 51.Rc5 Kf6 52.a5

52...Re5? 52...Re7 is the better defence. 53.Rxe5 Kxe5. This is going to be very difficult to hold – White can get the knight for his a-pawn and then win the bishop + two pawns against three pawns ending. 54.a6 Ne6 55.a7 Nc7 56.Bc6 f5 57.Kb3 Kd6 58.Bb7 Kc5 59.Kc2 Kd4 60.Kd2 h6 61.Ke2 Ke5 62.Ke3 Kf6 63.Bc6 Ke7 64.a8Q Nxa8 65.Bxa8 Kf6 66.Bc6 Ke5 67.Bb5 Kd5 68.Ba6 Ke5 69.h4 Kd5 "Mate in 30" says Prof. Dr. Fritz. 70.hxg5 hxg5 71.Bc8 Ke5 72.Bd7 1-0.

Levon Aronian na ronda 6 deste super torneio

Slovakian GM Sergei Movsesian

Bu Xiangzhi (2714) - Movsesian,S (2732) [D15] Pearl Spring Nanjing CHN (6), 17.12.2008
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.a5 Bb4 8.Qa4 Be7 9.e3 0-0 10.Be2 b5 11.axb6 Nxb6 12.Qc2 Nxc4 13.Bxc4 dxc4 14.0-0 c5 15.dxc5 Bxc5 16.Rfd1 Qc7 17.Ra4 Be7 18.Bf4 Qc5 19.Ne5 Bb7 20.Rxc4 Qa5 21.Qb3 Rad8 22.Rxd8 Rxd8 23.Ra4 Qc7 24.Rc4 Qa5 25.h3 Qa1+ 26.Kh2 Ba8 27.Nc6 Bxc6 28.Rxc6 Qf1 29.Qb7 Bf8 30.Bg3 a5 31.Rc7 h5 32.Rxf7 Qd3

33.Rxf6 gxf6 34.Ne4 Bg7 35.Qe7 Rf8 36.Qxe6+ Kh8 37.Qf5 a4 38.Bd6 Rf7 39.Qe6 Qb3 40.Qc8+ Kh7 41.Qf5+ Kg8 42.Ba3 h4 43.Nd6 Rc7 44.Qe4 Qb8 45.Qxa4 Bf8 46.Qg4+ Rg7 47.Qc4+ Kh7 48.Qxh4+. White now has a knight and four pawns for his rook. 48...Kg6 49.Qe4+ Kh6 50.Qe6 Kh7 51.Qxf6. Knight and five pawns for the rook. 51...Rg6 52.Qf7+ Bg7 53.Qf4 Bh6 54.Qe5 Bg7 55.Qe7 Kh8 56.e4 Bf6 57.Qe6 Kh7 58.Qf5 Qg8 59.g3 Qb3 60.e5 Bg7 61.Nf7 Qd5 62.h4 1-0.

Vitória: Bu vs Movsesian - lance 53

Peter Svidler -ronda 6

Vassily Ivanchuk, que ficou feliz por empatar na ronda 6

Senhoras Comentadoras: WGM Gu Xiaobin (2283) e WGM Shen Yang (2450)

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Pearl Sparing Chess Tournament 2008 - Nanjing - China: Rounds 4 & 5

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Na ronda 4 - e mais uma vez - todos os jogos acabaram empatados. Sergei Movsesian empatou por repetição de lances ao 28 contra Veselin Topalov; Bu Xiangzhi empatou em 30 lances contra Vassily Ivanchuk; e Peter Svidler empatou contra Levon Aronian em 48 lances.

Round 4: Sunday, 14 December 2008
Sergei Movsesian	½-½	Veselin Topalov
Bu Xiangzhi	½-½	Vassily Ivanchuk
Peter Svidler	½-½	Levon Aronian
Games – Report

Movsesian,S (2732) - Topalov,V (2791) [B52] Pearl Spring Nanjing CHN (4), 14.12.2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nf6 9.h3 0-0 10.0-0 a6 11.a4 e6 12.Be3 Rc8 13.b3 Qd8 14.Nde2 Nc6 15.Qd2 Bf8 16.Rfd1 Nd7 17.Rab1 Qa5 18.Bh6 Be7 19.Qb2 Qh5 20.Bf4 Qc5 21.Qd2 Qb4 22.Qb2 Rd8 23.Bd2 Qc5 24.Be3 Qa5 25.Bd2 Qc5 26.Be3 Qa5 27.Bd2 Qc5 28.Be3 draw.

Bu Xiangzhi (2714) - Ivanchuk,V (2786) [D73] Pearl Spring Nanjing CHN (4), 14.12.2008
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.d4 c6 6.b3 dxc4 7.bxc4 c5 8.0-0 Nc6 9.d5 Nd7 10.dxc6 bxc6 11.Nc3 Bxc3 12.Rb1 0-0 13.Bh6 Bg7 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Qa4 Qc7 16.Nd2 Nb6 17.Qa5 Rd8 18.Nb3 Be6 19.Qxc5 Bxc4 20.Rfc1 Bd5 21.Nd4 Rac8 22.Nb5 Qd7 23.Nxa7 Qxa7 24.Rxb6 Qxa2 25.Qxe7 Re8 26.Bxd5 Qxd5 27.Qc5 Qxc5 28.Rxc5 Rxe2 29.Rbxc6 Rxc6 30.Rxc6 h5 draw.

Svidler,P (2727) - Aronian,L (2757) [C86] Pearl Spring Nanjing CHN (4), 14.12.2008
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Qe2 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 Re8 9.d4 Bf8 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 cxd5 14.exd5 g5 15.Bg3 d6 16.Nbd2 Bg4 17.h3 Bh5 18.Ne4 Rc8 19.a4 Nxe4 20.Qxe4 Bg6 21.Qe2 Bxc2 22.Qxc2 b4 23.Nd2 bxc3 24.bxc3 Nc4 25.Rfb1 Qc7 26.Ne4 Bg7 27.Bh2 Qa5 28.Rd1 Rb8 29.Qe2 Qc7 30.g4 Rb2 31.Qd3 Reb8 32.Bg3 R2b6 33.Qf3 Na5 34.h4 Nb3 35.hxg5 Nxa1 36.gxh6 Bxh6 37.Rxa1 Rb1+ 38.Rxb1 Rxb1+ 39.Kg2 Bg7 40.Bh4 Re1 41.Qf5 Rxe4 42.Qxe4 Qxc3 43.Be7 Bf8 44.Bg5 Qb3 45.Bf6 Bg7 46.Be7 Bf8 47.Bf6 Bg7 48.Be7 draw.

Na ronda 5 a história mudou ! Veselin Topalov bateu Peter Svidler (com uma novidade na Grünfeld ao lance 13) e juntamente com BU, têm agora os três, 3 pontos em 5 .
Ivanchuk-Movsesian e Aronian-Bu acabaram empatados.

Round 5: Monday, 15 December 2008
Veselin Topalov	1-0	Peter Svidler
Levon Aronian	½-½	Bu Xiangzhi
Vassily Ivanchuk	½-½	Sergei Movsesian
Games – Report

Topalov,V (2791) - Svidler,P (2727) [D86] Pearl Spring Nanjing CHN (5), 15.12.2008
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 Bd7 11.Rb1 Qc7 12.Bd3 Rfd8 13.h3 Be8 14.d5 Ne5 15.c4 e6 16.Nf4 Rab8 17.Be2 Rd6 18.Qc2 Ra6 19.Rb5 Bf8 20.a4 Bxb5 21.cxb5 Rd6 22.Qc3 Bg7 23.Qxc5 Rc8 24.Qxa7 b6 25.Qxc7 Rxc7 26.Rd1 Bf6 27.dxe6 Rxd1+ 28.Bxd1 fxe6 29.Bb3 1-0.

Ivanchuk,V (2786) - Movsesian,S (2732) [B80] Pearl Spring Nanjing CHN (5), 15.12.2008
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 Nc6 7.f4 a6 8.Qf3 Qa5 9.Bd3 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 e5 11.Be3 exf4 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.Qxf4 Be6 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Bxd5 16.0-0-0 Be6

17.Rhe1 Be7 18.Bc3 0-0-0 19.Kb1 Kb8 20.g3 h5 21.Bxg7 Rhg8 22.Bf6 Rg4 23.Qf2 Bxf6 24.Qxf6 Rc8 25.Bf5 Ra4 26.a3 Ra5 27.Bxe6 Qxc2+ 28.Ka2 fxe6 29.Rc1 Qf5 30.Rxc8+ Kxc8 31.Rxe6 Qd5+ 32.Ka1 Qd1+ 33.Ka2 Qd5+ 34.Ka1 Qd1+ 35.Ka2 1/2-1/2.

Aronian,L (2757) - Bu Xiangzhi (2714) [D17] Pearl Spring Nanjing CHN (5), 15.12.2008
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.Bxe5 Nxe5 13.Qd4 f6 14.0-0-0 Rd8 15.Qe3 Be7 16.Rxd8+ Kxd8 17.Rd1+ Kc8 18.Be4 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 h5 20.Ne3 Kb8 21.Qf5 Rd8 22.f4 Rxd1+ 23.Kxd1 Qb6 24.Qe6 Qxe3 25.Qxe7 Qd4+ 26.Kc2 gxf4 27.Qxf6 f3 28.exf3 Qd3+ 29.Kb3 Nxf3 30.Ka2 a6 31.Qf8+ Ka7

32.Qc5+ Kb8 33.Qxh5 Qc4+ 34.Ka1 Qf1+ 35.Nb1 Qf2 36.Qf5 Ka7 37.Qf4 c5 38.h4 Qe2 39.Qf8 Qe3 40.h5 Ne1 41.Qf5 Qc1 42.h6 Nc2+ 43.Ka2 Nb4+ 44.Ka1 Nc2+ 45.Ka2 Nb4+ 46.Ka1 1/2-1/2.

Standings after five rounds

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Round 3: Pearl Sparing Chess Tournament 2008 - Nanjing - China

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Os 3 jogos terminaram empatados. Assim, Levon Aronian e Bu Xiangzhi vão na frente com 2 pontos em 5 possíveis.

Veselin Topalov empatou os seus três jogos já disputados e junto com Sergei Movsesian, que ganhou 1, empatou outro e perdeu 1, estão no meio da tabela.

Ivanchuk e Svidler tem 1 ponto em 3 cada.

Round 3: Saturday, 13 December 2008
Vassily Ivanchuk	½-½	Veselin Topalov
Sergei Movsesian	½-½	Levon Aronian
Bu Xiangzhi	½-½	Peter Svidler
Games – Report

Ivanchuk,V (2786) - Topalov,V (2791) [B10]
Pearl Spring Nanjing CHN (3), 13.12.2008
1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bb5 e6 8.0-0 Be7 9.d4 0-0 10.Re1 Bd7 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.Bf4 Bf6 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Bxb5 15.exf6 Qxf6 16.Qxd5 Bc6 17.Qg5 Qxg5 18.Bxg5 Rfe8 19.Bd2 a6 20.Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.Re1 Rxe1+ 22.Bxe1 draw.

Movsesian,S (2732) - Aronian,L (2757) [C55]

Pearl Spring Nanjing CHN (3), 13.12.2008
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.0-0 d6 6.c3 Be7 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 Nh7 9.Be3 Kh8 10.d4 f5 11.exf5 e4 12.Nh2 Bxf5 13.Nd2 Qe8 14.Bc2 Nf6 15.Ng4 d5 16.f3 Qg6 17.fxe4 Bxg4 18.e5 Bxd1 19.Bxg6 Bh5 20.exf6 Bxg6 21.fxe7 Rfe8 22.Bf4 Rxe7 23.Rae1 Rae8 24.Nf3 Be4 25.Ne5 Nxe5 26.Bxe5 Kg8 27.Rf2 Rf8 28.Ref1 Rxf2 29.Rxf2 c6 30.h4 Rf7 31.Rxf7 Kxf7 32.Kf2 draw.

Bu Xiangzhi (2714) - Svidler,P (2727) [A15]

Pearl Spring Nanjing CHN (3), 13.12.2008
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qh4 Nxc3 7.dxc3 Nc6 8.Bf4 f6 9.Bh6 e5 10.Bxf8 Kxf8 11.Qh6+ Kg8 12.e4 Qe7 13.Bc4+ Be6 14.Bxe6+ Qxe6 15.0-0 Nd8 16.Qe3 Nf7 17.Rfd1 Kg7 18.Rd5 b6 19.b3 Rhd8 20.Rad1 Rd6 21.Rxd6 Nxd6 22.Nd2 Rd8 23.Qe2 a5 24.Nc4 Qe7 25.Nxd6 Rxd6 26.g3 draw.

Standings after three rounds

Site oficial: Pearl Sparing Chess Tornament 2008

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Round 2: Pearl Sparing Chess Tournament 2008 - Nanjing - China

Peter Svidler entrou em apuros de tempo a jogar contra GM Sergey Movsesian e perdeu de brancas.

Levon Aronian ganhou a Ivanchuck.

O heroi local Bu Xiangzhi de negras e com uma Eslava, conseguiu um empate seguríssimo.

Round 2: Friday, 12 December 2008
Veselin Topalov	½-½	Bu Xiangzhi
Peter Svidler	0-1	Sergei Movsesian
Levon Aronian	1-0	Vassily Ivanchuk
Games – Report

Site oficial: Pearl Sparing Chess Tornament 2008

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Pearl Sparing Chess Tournament 2008 - Nanjing - China

Está a decorrer mais um forte torneio. Desta vez, na China. É um torneio a seis jogadores e onde participa o talentoso e promissor Xiangzhi BU. Se bem se lembram, ele já nos visitou há uns anos, onde participou num dos Festivais de Xadrez de Lisboa.

Para além dele ainda participam neste Pearl Sparing Chess Tornament 2008 (site oficial):
- Levon Aronian
- Veselin Topalov
- Vassily Ivanchuk
- Peter Svidler
- Sergei Movsesian

A 1ª ronda jogou-se hoje, dia 11:

Round 1: Thursday, 11 December 2008
Levon Aronian	½-½	Veselin Topalov
Vassily Ivanchuk	½-½	Peter Svidler
Sergei Movsesian	0-1	Bu Xiangzhi
Games – Report

As partidas Aronian-Topalov e Ivanchuk-Svidler acabaram empatados, mas o GM prodígio chinês Xiangzhi Bu ganhou - e bem - a Sergey Movsesian (Slovakia) num final muito interessante.

Movsesian,S (2732) - Bu Xiangzhi (2714) [C24]
Pearl Spring Nanjing CHN (1), 11.11.2008
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb3 Bd6 6.Nc3 dxe4 7.Ng5 0-0 8.Ncxe4 Nxe4 9.Nxe4 Bf5 10.Qf3 Bxe4 11.dxe4 Nd7 12.c3 a5 13.0-0 a4 14.Bc2 Qe7 15.Rd1 Rfd8 16.h4 h6 17.g3 b5 18.Bd2 Nf8 19.Qg4 Qe6 20.Qxe6 Nxe6 21.Kf1 Kf8 22.Be1 Ke7 23.Rd2 g5 24.hxg5 hxg5 25.Bd1 b4 26.Bg4 bxc3 27.bxc3 Rab8 28.Rad1 Nc5 29.f3 a3 30.Bf2 Na4 31.Be3 f6 32.c4 Nb2 33.Rc1 Bb4 34.Rh2 Rh8 35.Rxh8 Rxh8 36.Kg2 Rd8 37.Rh1 Nxc4 38.Rh7+ Kd6 39.Ba7 c5 40.Bh5 Ba5 41.Rf7 Kc6 42.Rxf6+ Kb5 43.Kh3 Rh8 44.g4 Ra8 45.Rf7 Nd6 46.Rd7 Kc6 47.Rh7 Bb4 48.f4 exf4 49.e5 Nc8 50.e6 Kd6 51.Rh8 Kxe6 52.Bg6 Kd5 53.Rd8+ Kc4 54.Bf5 Rxa7 55.Rxc8 Kc3 56.Rc6 Kb2 57.Be6 Re7 58.Kg2 Rxe6 0-1.

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