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Pearl Spring chess tournament
The Pearl Spring Chess Tournament (simplified Chinese: 中国（南京）国际象棋超级大赛; traditional Chinese: 中國（南京）國際象棋超級大賽; pinyin: Zhōngguó（Nánjīng）guójì xiàngqí chāojí dà sài) was a double round robin chess tournament event featuring six super-GM players that took place in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. The first edition in December 2008 was won by Veselin Topalov. According to ChessVibes website, Silvio Danailov - the manager and coach of Topalov - said the Pearl Spring tournament has been "guaranteed for five years and will enter in Grand Slam [in 2009]."[1][2] The second and third tournaments in 2009 and 2010 were both won by Magnus Carlsen, with his first win being rated as one of the best performances in chess history.[3]
Together with Corus Chess Tournament in the Netherlands, Linares Chess Tournament in Spain, M-Tel Masters in Bulgaria, and Grand Slam Masters Final in Spain, Nanjing Pearl Spring Chess Tournament became one of the five Grand Slam Tournaments in the world. It was the first in Asia and the only one in China.[4]
- ^ "Topalov wins again (and Bu too!)". ChessVibes. Archived from the original on 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
- ^ "Nanjing Enters Grand Slam Association". Chessdom. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
- ^ "Facts and figures: Magnus Carlsen's performance in Nanjing". ChessBase. 12 October 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
- ^ "Nanjing 2014 YOG - Athletes, Medals & Results". 4 October 2018.
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