Oct.8,the 9th round of 2009 Nanjing pearl Spring Chess Tournament has ended. It is said the last second round. Jakovenko drew with Leko, Radjabov drew with Carlson, Wangyue drew with Topalov. The world champion Topalov from Bulgaria now has already accumulated five points to secure the runner-up.

　　Today the first ended game is Carlson to Radjabov. Carlson again used the Greenfield defense, it’s his third used of this defensive. Radjabov abandoned pawns in the middle phrase to take advantage of the problem of retardating black to attack. But Carlson disposed a pawn astutely to exchange a lot of pawns. Both of them drew with each other in the 31th round. Then, Jakovenko fought with Leko to 40th round, and drew with each other with four broken rooks.

　　The last ended fighting is Wangyue to Topalov. It drew of ancient India Defense. In the middle phrase, Wangyue’s plan is not clear. The situation was very passive. But after that, Wang Yue demonstrate their super-class defense capability. He gradually adjusted the sub-edge position, gradually got rid of the dilemma. Although Topalov has been striving to get the opportunity to win. Even took the cost of using Gambit. But in the end ,he still can’t break the line of Wang Yue. After fighting for 70 rounds, they drew with each other .

　　9 rounds later, Carlson accumulated 7 points. Topalov accumulated 5 points and he has secured the runner-up. Wangyue and Jakovenko accumulated the same 4 points. Radjabov and Leko accumulated the same 3.5 points. The rank of the four person depended on the last round. Tomorrow is: Carlson VS Jakovenko, Topalov VS Radjabov, Leko VS Wang Yue.

Source: Sina Sports