The 2010 Nanjing Pearl Spring Chess Tournament takes place from October 19th to October 30th in Nanjing, China.

Magnus Carlsen (2826), Veselin Topalov (2803), Viswanathan Anand (2800), Wang Yue (2732), Vugar Gashimov (2719), Etienne Bacrot (2716) are participating in the tournament this year.

It is a ten-round double round-robin event.
Time control: 40 moves in two hours then 20 moves in one hour followed by tha rest of the game in 15 minutes with a 30 second increment as of move 61.

Total prize fund is 250 thousand Euros :
First place: 80,000 Euros
Second place: 55,000 Euros
Third place: 40,000 Euros
Fourth place: 30,000 Euros
Fifth place: 25,000 Euros
Sixth place: 20,000 Euros

Official web site: http://www.chess-pearlspring.com/www/chess_pk/2009/en/index.htm

Live broadcast: http://www.chess-pearlspring.com:8081/10_m_en/user/user.asp

Results of Pearl Spring Chess Tournament

	Name	Viswanathan Anand	Present Rating	0.5
	Lot Number	1	Present Ranking	2
	Present Results
	Win		Lost	Draw
	0		0	1

	Name	Carlsen	Present Rating	1
	Lot Number	2	Present Ranking	1
	Present Results
	Win		Lost	Draw
	1		0	0

	Name	Topalov	Present Rating	0.5
	Lot Number	3	Present Ranking	2
	Present Results
	Win		Lost	Draw
	0		0	1

	Name	Vugar Gashimov	Present Rating	0.5
	Lot Number	4	Present Ranking	2
	Present Results
	Win		Lost	Draw
	0		0	1

	Name	Étienne Bacrot	Present Rating	0
	Lot Number	5	Present Ranking	6
	Present Results
	Win		Lost	Draw
	0		1	0

	Name	Wang Yue	Present Rating	0.5
	Lot Number	6	Present Ranking	2
	Present Results
	Win		Lost	Draw
	0		0	1

Source: ChessBase News
Link: http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=6750

Nanjing Pearl Spring Chess Tournament

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 tha 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
Games – Report

Iranian GM Elshan Moradiabadi, watching the games on Playchess, wrote us: "It seems that World Number One is back to his usual mood. Choosing an odd line in Scotch Magnus showed his will 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] 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.

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 Games – Report	Round 2: Thursday, October 21, 2010 Wang Yue     Vugar Gashimov Etienne Bacrot     Veselin Topalov Vishy Anand     Magnus Carlsen Games – Report
Round 3: Friday, October 22, 2009 Magnus Carlsen     Wang Yue Veselin Topalov     Vishy Anand Vugar Gashimov     Etienne Bacrot Games – Report	Round 4: Saturday, October 23, 2010 Veselin Topalov     Wang Yue Vugar Gashimov     Magnus Carlsen Etienne Bacrot     Vishy Anand Games – Report
Round 5: Sunday, October 24, 2010 Wang Yue     Etienne Bacrot Vishy Anand     Vugar Gashimov Magnus Carlsen     Veselin Topalov Games – Report	Round 6: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 Wang Yue     Vishy Anand Etienne Bacrot     Magnus Carlsen Vugar Gashimov     Veselin Topalov Games – Report
Round 7: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 Vugar Gashimov     Wang Yue Veselin Topalov     Etienne Bacrot Magnus Carlsen     Vishy Anand Games – Report	Round 8: Thursday, October 28, 2010 Wang Yue    Magnus Carlsen Vishy Anand     Veselin Topalov Etienne Bacrot      Vugar Gashimov Games – Report
Round 9: Friday, October 29, 2010 Etienne Bacrot     Wang Yue Vugar Gashimov     Vishy Anand Veselin Topalov     Magnus Carlsen Games – Report	Round 10: Saturday, October 30, 2010 Wang Yue     Veselin Topalov Magnus Carlsen     Vugar Gashimov Vishy Anand     Etienne Bacrot Games – Report

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