Pearl Spring chess tournament

The Pearl Spring Chess Tournament (simplified Chinese: 中国（南京）国际象棋超级大赛; traditional Chinese: 中國（南京）國際象棋超級大賽; pinyin: Zhōngguó（Nánjīng）guójì xiàngqí chāojí dà sài) was a double round robin chess tournament event featuring six super-GM players that took place in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China three times between 2008 and 2010. The first edition in December 2008 was won by Veselin Topalov. The 2009 and 2010 editions were both won by Magnus Carlsen.

Together with Corus Chess Tournament in the Netherlands, Linares Chess Tournament in Spain, M-Tel Masters in Bulgaria, and Grand Slam Masters Final in Spain, Nanjing Pearl Spring Chess Tournament was one of the five "Grand Slam" tournaments. It was the first in Asia and the only one in China.

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