Nanjing: Carlsen wins again, leads with 4.5/5 points

Words fail us: Magnus Carlsen has won again, beating Teimour Radjabov in a ferocious 25-move slugout. At halftime at the Pearl Spring tournament the Norwegian leads by two full points and displays an Elo performance of 3143. The other games were drawn. We have an interesting historical assessment of Carlsen’s performance by chess statistician Jeff Sonas in our illustrated report.

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