Nanjing Round 6 Update

The second half of the Pearl Spring tournament in Nanjing has already brought something new to the event - someone other than Magnus Carlsen won a game!

For a long time it looked as if that person would be Dmitry Jakovenko, but despite defending well against a speculative piece sacrifice from Veselin Topalov (pictured), he finally slipped just when victory seemed within sight. 

Topalov's aggressive strategy was therefore rewarded and he moves back to even score, with 3/6.

In contrast, Magnus Carlsen found himself very much on the back foot against Peter Leko and had to fight a long rearguard action to maintain his unbeaten record.

Finally, Radjabov could make no impression whatsoever on Wang Yue's resolute defence.

The standings after round 6: