Nanjing Super Grandmaster Tournament
China now has 4 players over 2700! And it will certainly not stop there. Now, China is about to host the strongest tournament in its chess history, a category 21 (6-player DRR) event which include Veselin Topalov g BUL 2791, Vassily Ivanchuk g UKR 2786, Levon Aronian g ARM 2757, Movsesian Sergei g 2732 SVK, Peter Svidler g 2727, and Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2714 (2752 average).
It will take place from December 10 to 22, 2008.
Official site: http://www.64ge.net/
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Only one Chinese player means the money is going into the wrong pockets, from the Chinese point of view.
Laundering?
Great! Let’s support all the Chinese chess players! How can we do it? Do they have a blog where Americans can write?
Isn’t everything in China polluted? Milk, water, toys for children, chairs they sit on? They are years behind civilization, use child labour? Corruption all inside the country? It’s like a hell place to go, if you ask me.
Their language is also under-civilized. I’d jail them all.
Leave China be. Let them rot in their own country.
Who is giving so much moneys for people moving wood around a board?? And why, oh why, do younever post about moneys in a tournament, when this is the ONLY important thing in a chess players life. You even go to court to sue because of moneys.
‘Isn’t everything in China polluted?’
Not everything, but you’re right. It’s not a safe place to go. Without bodyguards. HIV is alo high, with many males and females infected, after having unprotected sex rituals.
Chinese have pretty small you know whats.
So many stupid comments! wake up!
You guys are unbelievable!! You come here and post arrant nonsense as reply to what was a simple news about chess?? I can’t believe how many completely ignorant people there are on here.
Talking crap about how uncivilized someone’s language is just goes to show how isolated and compartmentalized you are in your ignorant world. Every country has its issues, from China to Brazil, from Saudi Arabia to the USA, from Lithuania to Papua New Guinea.
Obviously, some of you guys need help to learn about, objectively understand and appreciate other cultures and peoples. And I thought chess was supposed to increase an individual’s intelligence quotient??! Good luck guys!
Indeed there are many social environmental problems in China. But it is also a place full of history and hope. If you have a chance to visit China, you will have the different look.
May China produce more super GM!
The official site does not provide an English version, for the moment. I expect that there would be 3 battles- between Topalov and Ivanchuk for the first place, between Svidler and Aronian for the third, and between Bu and Movsesian for the fifth. I am surprised that Movsesian was invited, he is not a good player, maybe an otsider was needed so that Bu would not finish last…
The official site does not provide an English version, for the moment. I expect that there would be 3 battles- between Topalov and Ivanchuk for the first place, between Svidler and Aronian for the third, and between Bu and Movsesian for the fifth. I am surprised that Movsesian was invited, he is not a good player, maybe an otsider was needed so that Bu would not finish last…