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Crouching Carlsen, Returning Seirawan!

Magnus Carlsen looks set to make up for some of the lost ground in his recent ratings hiccup, as the Norwegian teenager takes a one point lead over the field going into the penultimate round of the Pearl Spring Masters in Nanjing, China.

He now looks a safe bet to defend the title he so sensationally won with a winning streak last year that made him the world #1. His closest rivals are World Champion Vishy Anand and tournament outsider Etienne Bacrot - and if they have any chance at all of making a move on Carlsen, they will need to do so in round 9.

That means it could be an explosive round in Nanjing - And ICC will have the formidable commentary team of GMs Yasser Seirawan and Larry Christiansen here to cover all the action for you only on Chess.FM!

Recently Chess.FM was delighted to have GM Yasser Seirawan join our live coverage broadcast team, as he and GM Joel Benjamin expertly broke down the action for us in round 4. Many ICC members asked if they could somehow listen to the show, as they missed it due to it being broadcast during the wee small hours here on ICC. So, for ICC members only, you can listen to all 5 hours of that particular show by clicking here!

Join ICC now to listen to a full rebroadcast of Seirawan-Benjamin from round 4 and live coverage of round 9 with Seirawan-Christiansen - and catch the final round of live action on Chess.FM with GMs Ronenn Har-Zvi and Alex Yermolinskyall from Nanjing (plus upcoming Tal Memorial and London Chess Classic) by clicking here!

Rounds 9 start at 2:30 PM local time (2:30 AM ICC / 11:30 PM Pacific daylight / 8:30 AM CET), and round 10 at 10 AM local time (10 PM ICC / 7 PM Pacific daylight / 4 AM CET). Official site: http://www.chess-pearlspring.com/www/chess_pk/2009/en/

Game of the Day

Rd	Date	Commentator	Game	WATCH	FREE
1	Wed, 20 Oct	GM Alex Yermolinsky	GM Magnus Carlsen vs. GM Etienne Bacrot
2	Thurs, 21 Oct	GM Ronen Har-Zvi	GM Wang Yue vs. GM Vugar Gashimov
3	Fri, 22 Oct	GM Varuzhan Akobian	GM Veselin Topalov vs. GM Vishy Anand
4	Sat, 23 Oct	GM Joel Benjamin	GM Etienne Bacrot vs. GM Vishy Anand
4	Sat, 23 Oct	GM Yasser Seirawan	FULL BROADCAST!		Join ICC!
5	Sun, 24 Oct	GM Varuzhan Akobian	GM Magnus Carlsen vs. GM Veselin Topalov
6	Tue, 26 Oct	GM Larry Christiansen	GM Magnus Carlsen vs. GM Veselin Topalov
7	Wed, 27 Oct	GM David Smerdon	GM Veselin Topalov vs. GM Etienne Bacrot
8	Wed, 28 Oct	GM Jon Speelman	GM Vishy Anand vs. GM Veselin Topalov

Standings after round 8

N	Name	FED	FIDE	1		2		3		4		5		6		PTS	TPR
1	Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	2826	.	.	1	½	½	½	1	.	½	.	1	½	5½	2893
2	Bacrot, Etienne	FRA	2716	0	½	.	.	1	.	½	0	1	½	1	.	4½	2821
3	Anand, Viswanathan	IND	2800	½	½	0	.	.	.	1	½	½	.	½	1	4½	2812
4	Topalov, Veselin	BUL	2803	0	.	½	1	0	½	.	.	½	½	½	.	3½	2710
5	Gashimov, Vugar	AZE	2719	½	.	0	½	½	.	½	½	.	.	½	½	3½	2723
6	Wang Yue	CHN	2732	0	½	0	.	½	0	½	.	½	½	.	.	2½	2635

Schedule

Rd	Date	Host	Commentator
9	10/29 - 2:30AM	GM Larry Christiansen	GM Yasser Seirawan
10	10/29 - 10:00PM	GM Ronen Har-Zvi	GM Alex Yermolinsky

The Transatlantic Cup

The fifth international match between The University of Texas at Dallas in the United States and the University of Belgrade in Serbia takes place Friday, 5th November 2010. This match represents the merging of modern technology, ancient strategies, diverse cultural heritages, and the meeting of some of the finest young academic chess-minds of their generation.

The 16-board match, featuring many young masters, has become something of a tradition here on ICC, and will again be broadcast live on ICC. Play gets underway on Friday, 5th November 2010 at 1PM (server time). For further information on the full line-up please go to the official program for the match in pdf below.

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Seirawan

GM Yasser Seirawan

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Recently on Chess Talk, there was a two-part special featuring Yasser Seirawan and an exclusive ICC member-only competition to win 4 personally autographed copies of his new book, Chess Duels: My Games Against the World Champions. Congratulations to ICC members cantav, BadbI5hOp, Delft & jmscamelot who won the competition.

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