Standings after the first round:
1. Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2714 1.0
2-5 Veselin Topalov BUL 2791 0.5
Vassily Ivanchuk UKR 2786
Levon Aronian ARM 2757
Peter Svidle RUS 2727
6. Sergei Movsesian SVK 2732 0.0
Official website: http://www.chess-pearlspring.com/yindex.htm
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
I am still shocked.
Why on earth did Svidler take the perpetual?
His position is absolutely winning.
Instead of Qh1+ he could simply play Rh5 and win the Bb5. A move I saw within 2 sec, when I was following the live feed.
The engine gives Rf6 and Rh4 also as completely winning for black.
Incredible who such strong GMs can miss this – and by the way it was no real time trouble(!) according to the official site Ivanchuk had 10 min left, Svidler 7.