Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 – Masters

Nakamura-Bellin

Nakamura-Bellin (Photo by John Saunders)

Already the first round was very interesting and challenging! The hero of the round was definitely IM Lazarne-Vajda from Hungary, who drew Anand with Black!

Results of top 10 boards

GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787 1 – 0 IM Bellin Robert 2350
FM Shachar Ehud 2353 0 – 1 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2785
GM Anand Viswanathan 2784 ½ – ½ IM Lazarne Vajda Szidonia 2359
FM Tate Alan 2345 0 – 1 GM Harikrishna P. 2755
GM Li Chao B 2751 1 – 0 IM Wemmers Xander 2352
IM Vuilleumier Alexandre 2356 ½ – ½ GM Yu Yangyi 2747
GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2732 1 – 0 WGM Vojinovic Jovana 2352
GM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan 2346 0 – 1 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727
GM Rapport Richard 2721 1 – 0 IM Gara Anita 2339
IM Foisor Cristina-Adela 2338 0 – 1 GM Fressinet Laurent 2700

A few games from the 1st round

Pairings of top 10 boards of the 2nd round

GM Fodor Tamas Jr. 2500 1  – 1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787
GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2785 1  – 1 GM Gunina Valentina 2496
GM Harikrishna P. 2755 1 1 GM Zhukova Natalia 2484
GM Blomqvist Erik 2492 1  – 1 GM Li Chao B 2751
IM Nakar Eylon 2479 1  – 1 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2732
GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727 1  – 1 GM Tarjan James E 2478
IM Ly Moulthun 2474 1  – 1 GM Rapport Richard 2721
GM Fressinet Laurent 2700 1  – 1 IM Prasanna Raghuram Rao 2460
IM Galyas Miklos 2459 1  – 1 GM Bacrot Etienne 2697
GM Ni Hua 2697 1  – 1 GM Krush Irina 2458

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