Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2018 – Masters 2nd round

By Yelena Dembo | January 25, 2018 - 07:55 |January 25, 2018 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2018 - Masters

Top 10 results of the 2nd round

GM	Blomqvist Erik	2502	1	½ – ½	1	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2793
GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2781	1	1 – 0	1	GM	Gunina Valentina	2502
GM	Debashis Das	2501	1	1 – 0	1	GM	Navara David	2749
GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2732	1	0 – 1	1	GM	Gagare Shardul	2494
WGM	Goryachkina Aleksandra	2493	1	½ – ½	1	GM	Ivanchuk Vassily	2726
GM	Duda Jan-Krzysztof	2724	1	1 – 0	1	IM	Christiansen Johan-Sebastian	2492
GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2489	1	1 – 0	1	GM	Wang Hao	2711
GM	Adams Michael	2709	1	1 – 0	1	IM	Suarez Gomez Julio	2486
GM	Khotenashvili Bela	2486	1	0 – 1	1	GM	Rapport Richard	2700
IM	Xu Yi	2482	1	½ – ½	1	GM	Gelfand Boris	2697

Top 10 players after 2 rounds

GM	Nakamura Hikaru	USA	2781	2,0
GM	Duda Jan-Krzysztof	POL	2724	2,0
GM	Adams Michael	ENG	2709	2,0
GM	Rapport Richard	HUN	2700	2,0
GM	Howell David W L	ENG	2682	2,0
GM	Grandelius Nils	SWE	2647	2,0
GM	Sethuraman S.P.	IND	2646	2,0
GM	Edouard Romain	FRA	2613	2,0
GM	Gledura Benjamin	HUN	2612	2,0
GM	Oparin Grigoriy	RUS	2607	2,0

Some games of the round

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2018"]  [Site "Caleta ENG"]  [Date "2018.01.24"]  [Round "2.2"]  [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Black "Gunina, Valentina"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B12"]  [WhiteElo "2781"]  [BlackElo "2502"]  [PlyCount "269"]  [EventDate "2018.01.23"]   1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Qa5+ 8. Nd2  Ne7 9. Ngf3 Nf5 10. O-O Qa6 11. c4 Bb4 12. b3 Nd7 13. Rfc1 O-O 14. a3 Be7 15.  Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Nf1 Rad8 17. Ng3 dxc4 18. bxc4 c5 19. Qe3 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Ng6 21.  Nf3 Qa5 22. Re1 Rc8 23. Rad1 Nb6 24. Qg5 Rxc4 25. Qxh5 Qa4 26. Ne2 Nd5 27. g3  Re8 28. Ned4 Nf8 29. Ng5 Re7 30. Nf5 exf5 31. Rxd5 Rd4 32. e6 f6 33. Qf7+ Rxf7  34. exf7+ Kh8 35. Re8 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 fxg5 37. Rxd1 Kh7 38. Rxf8 Qc6+ 39. Kg1 Kg6  40. hxg5 f4 41. gxf4 Qe6 42. Rd3 Qg4+ 43. Rg3 Qxf4 44. Rd8 Kxf7 45. Rd7+ Kg6  46. Rxb7 Qc1+ 47. Kh2 Qf4 48. Rb2 Qh4+ 49. Kg1 Qd4 50. Rb1 Qd2 51. Rbb3 Qe1+  52. Kg2 Qe4+ 53. Kh2 Qe2 54. Rbf3 Qd2 55. Rf8 Qd6 56. Rc8 Qd4 57. Rc6+ Kf5 58.  Rf3+ Kxg5 59. Kg2 Qe4 60. Rc7 Kh6 61. Rcc3 Kh7 62. Rce3 Qd5 63. Kh2 Qd6+ 64.  Rg3 Kg8 65. Rc3 Qf4 66. Kg1 Qe5 67. Rc4 Qe1+ 68. Kg2 Qe5 69. Rcg4 Qd5+ 70. Kg1  Kf8 71. Rxg7 Qd1+ 72. Kh2 Qd2 73. Rg8+ Kf7 74. R3g7+ Kf6 75. Rg6+ Kf7 76. R6g7+  Kf6 77. Rg2 Qf4+ 78. R8g3 Qh6+ 79. Rh3 Qf4+ 80. Kh1 Qe4 81. Re3 Qd5 82. Kh2  Qh5+ 83. Rh3 Qe2 84. Rh4 Qf3 85. a4 a5 86. Rd4 Qf5 87. Kg3 Qc2 88. Rf4+ Ke6 89.  f3 Qg6+ 90. Rg4 Qb1 91. Re2+ Kf5 92. Kg2 Qd3 93. Rge4 Qd1 94. Rb2 Qc1 95. Rb5+  Kf6 96. Rd4 Ke6 97. Rdd5 Qc2+ 98. Kg3 Qxa4 99. Re5+ Kf6 100. Rf5+ Kg6 101. Rfc5  Kf7 102. Rxa5 Qd7 103. Rf5+ Kg6 104. Rfd5 Qe6 105. Re5 Qd6 106. Rad5 Qc7 107.  f4 Qc1 108. Re2 Qg1+ 109. Rg2 Qb1 110. Kg4 Kf6 111. Rd6+ Kf7 112. Rgd2 Qg1+  113. Kf5 Qb1+ 114. R2d3 Qc2 115. Rd7+ Kg8 116. Kf6 Qb2+ 117. R3d4 Qa1 118. Rd8+  Kh7 119. f5 Qc3 120. Kf7 Qh3 121. R4d5 Qg4 122. R8d7 Qh5+ 123. Ke7 Qh4+ 124.  Kf7 Qh5+ 125. Kf6+ Kh6 126. R5d6 Qe2 127. Kf7+ Kg5 128. f6 Qh5+ 129. Ke7 Qe2+  130. Kf8 Kg6 131. Rg7+ Kf5 132. f7 Qa2 133. Kg8 Ke5 134. Ra6 Qc4 135. Rgg6 1-0

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2018"]  [Site "Caleta ENG"]  [Date "2018.01.24"]  [Round "2.3"]  [White "Debashis, Das"]  [Black "Navara, David"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "E52"]  [WhiteElo "2501"]  [BlackElo "2749"]  [PlyCount "103"]  [EventDate "2018.01.23"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5  exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 Re8 11. Qb3 a6 12. Rb1 Nbd7 13. a4 Nf8 14. Ba3 Ne4 15.  Rfc1 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 c6 17. Bf1 b5 18. Qc2 Nd7 19. a5 Nf6 20. Nd2 h5 21. Be2 Re6  22. Bd3 g6 23. Bc1 Qe7 24. Ba3 Re8 25. Bf1 h4 26. Rcb3 Bc8 27. Re1 Ng4 28. Nf3  Rf6 29. h3 Bf5 30. Qd2 Nxf2 31. Qxf2 Bg3 32. Qe2 Be4 33. Ne5 Rf2 34. Qxf2 Bxf2+  35. Kxf2 Qg5 36. Kg1 Bf5 37. e4 Qd2 38. Nf3 Qa2 39. Rbe3 Rxe4 40. Bc1 Kg7 41.  Ra3 Qc2 42. Bd2 Qb2 43. Rc3 Bd7 44. Rec1 f6 45. R3c2 Qa3 46. Rc3 Qb2 47. Bd3  Rxd4 48. R3c2 Qxc1+ 49. Rxc1 Rxd3 50. Rc3 Bf5 51. Rxd3 Bxd3 52. Nd4 1-0

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2018"]  [Site "Caleta ENG"]  [Date "2018.01.24"]  [Round "2.4"]  [White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]  [Black "Gagare, Shardul"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "C95"]  [WhiteElo "2732"]  [BlackElo "2494"]  [PlyCount "106"]  [EventDate "2018.01.23"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3  O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Bg5 h6 15.  Bh4 Qc8 16. N3d2 a5 17. d5 c6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Ne3 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Ne4  Nf4 22. Bg3 Ra6 23. Qg4 h5 24. Qf3 Nc5 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Nf6+ gxf6 27. Qxh5 Be4  28. Bxe4 Nxe4 29. Nf5 Ng5 30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31. h4 Qe4 32. Nd4 Ne6 33. Qxb5 Rd6 34.  Nf3 Rd5 35. Qf1 Bc5 36. Re1 Qa4 37. a3 Qb3 38. Qe2 a4 39. Rc1 Rd6 40. Kh2 Qa2  41. Rc2 Qb1 42. Nd4 f3 43. Qxf3 Bxd4 44. Qg3+ Kh7 45. Qd3+ Kh6 46. cxd4 Rxd4  47. Qe3+ Kh7 48. Rc7 Rxh4+ 49. Kg3 Re4 50. Rxf7+ Kg6 51. Qa7 Qd3+ 52. f3 Qd6+  53. Kf2 Qd2+ 0-1

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2018"]  [Site "Caleta ENG"]  [Date "2018.01.24"]  [Round "2.6"]  [White "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]  [Black "Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A37"]  [WhiteElo "2724"]  [BlackElo "2492"]  [PlyCount "41"]  [EventDate "2018.01.23"]   1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Bd2 O-O 8. h4  h6 9. Qc1 Kh7 10. Ne4 Qb6 11. Bc3 e5 12. h5 Nd4 13. hxg6+ Nxg6 14. Nxd4 exd4  15. Bd2 Ne5 16. Bxh6 Bxh6 17. Qg5 f5 18. Qe7+ Kg8 19. Nd6 Rf7 20. Qxe5 Bd2+ 21.  Kf1 1-0

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2018"]  [Site "Caleta ENG"]  [Date "2018.01.24"]  [Round "2.7"]  [White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]  [Black "Wang, Hao"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D00"]  [WhiteElo "2489"]  [BlackElo "2711"]  [PlyCount "123"]  [EventDate "2018.01.23"]   1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bg3 Be7 7. Bd3 c4 8. Bc2 b5  9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 Nd7 11. f4 g6 12. Ne2 Nb6 13. O-O a5 14. Nf3 b4 15. Qe1 b3 16.  axb3 cxb3 17. Bxb3 Ba6 18. Nd2 O-O 19. Rf3 a4 20. Bd1 Bb5 21. Nc1 Na5 22. Bc2  Rc8 23. Bf2 Rb8 24. Rh3 Nbc4 25. Nxc4 Bxc4 26. Rb1 Nb3 27. Nd3 Ra8 28. Nb4 Qb6  29. Nd3 Rfb8 30. Bh4 Qd8 31. Bxe7 Qxe7 32. Nf2 h5 33. g4 hxg4 34. Nxg4 Kg7 35.  Nf6 Rh8 36. Rg3 Rh6 37. f5 exf5 38. Bxf5 Ra6 39. Bc2 Rxf6 40. exf6+ Qxf6 41.  Qe3 Bb5 42. Bd3 Qh4 43. Rg2 Bxd3 44. Qxd3 Qe4 45. Qf1 Na5 46. Re1 Qh4 47. Rf2  Qg4+ 48. Qg2 Qxg2+ 49. Kxg2 Nc4 50. Re7 Nd6 51. Ra7 Rh8 52. Ra5 Ne4 53. Rc2 Rd8  54. Rxa4 g5 55. Ra7 Kg6 56. b4 Nd6 57. Ra6 Kf5 58. Rf2+ Ke4 59. Rf6 Nb5 60.  Rac6 Rd7 61. Kg3 Ra7 62. Rc5 1-0

Top 10 pairings of the 3rd round

GM	Perez Ponsa Federico	2553	2	2	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2781
GM	Moroni Luca Jr	2547	2	2	GM	Duda Jan-Krzysztof	2724
GM	Lalith Babu M R	2542	2	2	GM	Adams Michael	2709
GM	Rapport Richard	2700	2	2	GM	Mikhalevski Victor	2538
GM	Howell David W L	2682	2	2	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2522
GM	Grandelius Nils	2647	2	2	GM	Steinberg Nitzan	2512
GM	Muzychuk Mariya	2540	2	2	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2646
GM	Swapnil S. Dhopade	2533	2	2	GM	Edouard Romain	2613
GM	Gledura Benjamin	2612	2	2	GM	Kollars Dmitrij	2505
IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2504	2	2	GM	Oparin Grigoriy	2607

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