Author: Gu Xiaobing

　　The last round of both tournaments ended today.

　　In the male’s games, Chinese top player Wang Yue(black) drew successfully with Leko Peter and gained his performance with 9 draws and one loss. Norwegian prodigy Carlsen Magnus(white) who had locked the champion was still initiative and presented an excellent performance against Jakovenko Dmitry, creating a perfect ending to his trip in Nanjing with 6 wins and 4 draws. Topalov Veselin was against Radjabov Teimour and ended up the game in draw. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd places went to Carlsen Magnus, Topalov Veselin, and Wang Yue respectively.

　　In the women’s games, Chinese player Xu Yuhua drew with French player Sebag Marie in the showdown, crowning the women’s champion with 8 points. Dzagnidze Nana drew with Zhao Xue after a fierce competition, ranking second and third respectively.

　　This round only witnessed two victories. After failing ten rounds, Yildiz Betul(white)defeated Fierro Martha who was also in downturn, which helped her achieve a breakthrough from zero points. Chinese player Ju Wenjun beat Munguntuul Batkhuyag who fell ill today. The focus of this round came to Xu Yuhua(black) and Sebag Marie who failed two previous rounds. In the mid-game, Xu Yuhua made some little mistakes and the situation was in danger at a time. But at the same time, she showed rich experience and good psychological quality, and she decisively abandoned soldiers to counterattack and ended up the game in a draw skillfully. Zhu Chen fought with Mkrtchian Lilit within 85 steps. Under favorable situation, Mkrtchian Lilit made serious mistakes in the endgame with the remaining Rooks and Pawns. Finally, she had no choice but drew with Zhu Chen which made her lose the opportunity for the third place. The Russian player Kavanova Baira and Chinese player Shen Yang competed for 24 steps in the French Defense and ended earliest in draw through exchanging many Pieces. The last game was between Zhao Xue and Dzagnidze Nana, both with the highest ratings. They competed for 103 steps. Zhao Xue defensed tenaciously and withstood the repeated attacks from Dzagnidze Nana. The game finally ended up in a draw, thus ensuring Zhao Xue’s teammate Xu Yuhua win the championship.

　　After 11 fierce rounds, Chinese player Xu Yuhua won the championship with 7 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, accumulating 8 points. Dzagnidze Nana who was ahead at the previous rounds ranked second for lacking semi-points. Chinese player Zhao Xue ranked third with 7 points.