Nanjing, European Club and US Women 2009

In Asia, Nanjing 2009, 8 is the lucky number yesterday. Its represent a great round where we had three decisive wins, Topalov beat Leko with black, Jakovenko score the first win against Radjabov and of course the game of the round still belong to Carlsen , who beat Wang Yue in a wild fighting game. Carlsen play b4 against Wang’s Slav defence, then looks like a sacrificied a bishop Bxc6. Wang was on good opening advantage but the position is too wild and Wang’s instinct put him on defensive mode. The endgame with R+N+N vs R+N+pawns went wrong for Wang and he must resign the game.

Carslsen – Wang Yue, 1-0, Slav from Chessdom commentary page.
Marie Sebag is replacing Nana Dzagnidze as top woman in Nanjing Women Fide Grand Prix. Marie is winning her last five games in a row, while Nana is slowed down with a draw in round 8 with Lilit Mkrtchian (yes I copy paste the name). Chessbase report.

In Europe, in YROM or Macedonia, a massive chess battles begin. European Club Cup 2009 is a 55 teams with many of top player in playing. Players include Ivanchuk, Aronian, Svidler, Gelfand, Nakamura, Shirov, Adams, Kamsky , Kosteniuk, and many more. See Chessdom preview.

Sargissian-Caruana, 1-0, Benko Gambit
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In America, US Women Chess Championship also begin with Anna Zatonskih in a great chance to defend her title. Anna now on +3/3 , she beat the strongest rival Irina Krush in round 3. Live mon roi page here.

Baginskaite, Camilla- Abrahamyan, Tatev,1-0,Benko Gambit
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Magnus Carlsen masih mendominasi turnamen super kuat di Nanjing dengan mengalahkan si pendekar (remis) Wang Yue. Carlsen bermain tajam dengan korban bidak b4 dan gajah di petak C. Tapi kondisi yang tajam dan tak mudah dimainkan hitam ini tak berhasil dipertahankan Wang dengan baik, permainan akhir Benteng + 2 kuda vs Benteng + Kuda + Bidak-bidak gagal dimainkan Wang. Wang adalah satu-satunya pemain yang “berhasil” selamat dari amukan Carlsen di putaran pertama. Topalov ikutan menang (lagi) lawan Leko dan Jakovenko juga menang lawan Radjabov. Game Carlsen bisa dilihat di atas.
Di Eropa telah dimulai kejuaraan beregu Eropa. Berlainan dengan Olimpiade catur turnamen beregu ini kelihatan jauh lebih seru. Ini karena di Olimpiade Negara kuat seperti Rusia hanya bisa kirim 5-6 pemain tetapi di kejuaraan per klub ini bertaburan pemain-pemain kuat dari berbagai Negara. Bisa dilihat website resmi di atas.

Di Amerika, si Anna Zatonskih memulai kejuaraan wanita Amerika 2009 dengan tiga kali menang. Lawan terdekat si Irina Krush terkena “krush” ama Anna di ronde ketiga. Juga bisa dilhat siaran langsung di atas.