Pearl Spring tournament Round 2

When announce his cooperation with Garry Kasparov, Magnus Carlsen made his aim obvious to become the world’s number one in the near future. In Nanjing the Norwegian is still on agenda with a subsequent victory, this time over the present number one, Veselin Topalov. Again it’s a six-player, twice round-robin with this year Veselin Topalov (2813), Magnus Carlsen (2772), Peter Leko (2762), Teimour Radjabov (2757), Dmitry Jakovenko (2742) and Wang Yue (2736) playing for a € 250,000 prize support.

Fully profit from his lot number 1, which forever gives two white games at the begin of a round-robin, Magnus Carlsen increased his guide to a full point with another smooth succeed, against Veselin Topalov. The Bulgarian sacrifice a hock for which he never in fact saw true compensation and in an attempt to find counterplay over the f-file, his kingside was damaged too much. Carlsen has become a very efficient and precise player in positions where he’s deliberately winning, leaving his challenger not a single possibility to get back into the game.