Pearl Spring Nanjing
A Super GM Six-player double round robin Tournament event took place in Nanjing, China 10–22 December 2008. The six players were Veselin Topalov g BUL 2791; Vassily Ivanchuk g UKR 2786; Levon Aronian g ARM 2757; Sergei Movsesian g 2732 SVK; Peter Svidler g 2727; Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2714. It was the strongest tournament ever held in China (at least by Elo average, 2751.6, making it a category 21 tournament). The Nanjing tournament will become one of tha grand slam events similar to Corus chess tournament, M-Tel Masters, and Linares chess tournament.
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