Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 – Masters 2nd round

Another very challenging round with a few upsets – GM Zhukova (2484) drawing GM Harikrishna (2755), GM Blomqvist (2492) winning against GM Li Chao B (2751) and WGM Pogonina (2454) winning against GM Naiditsch (2696).

Results of top 10 boards of the 2nd round

GMFodor Tamas Jr.250010 – 11GMNakamura Hikaru2787
GMVachier-Lagrave Maxime278511 – 01GMGunina Valentina2496
GMHarikrishna P.27551½ – ½1GMZhukova Natalia2484
GMBlomqvist Erik249211 – 01GMLi Chao B2751
IMNakar Eylon247910 – 11GMJakovenko Dmitry2732
GMWojtaszek Radoslaw272711 – 01GMTarjan James E2478
IMLy Moulthun247410 – 11GMRapport Richard2721
GMFressinet Laurent270011 – 01IMPrasanna Raghuram Rao2460
IMGalyas Miklos245910 – 11GMBacrot Etienne2697
GMNi Hua269711 – 01GMKrush Irina2458

Top 15 players (our of 42 (!!) who lead with perfect score after the 2nd round

GMNakamura HikaruUSA27872,0
GMVachier-Lagrave MaximeFRA27852,0
GMJakovenko DmitryRUS27322,0
GMWojtaszek RadoslawPOL27272,0
GMRapport RichardHUN27212,0
GMFressinet LaurentFRA27002,0
GMBacrot EtienneFRA26972,0
GMNi HuaCHN26972,0
GMRagger MarkusAUT26892,0
GMHowell David W LENG26852,0
GMAlmasi ZoltanHUN26842,0
GMShort Nigel DENG26842,0
GMBruzon Batista LazaroCUB26662,0
GMSethuraman S.P.IND26392,0
GMJones Gawain C BENG26252,0

A few games of the round

Top 10 pairings of the 3rd round

GMNakamura Hikaru278722GMOparin Grigoriy2565
IMTari Aryan255622GMVachier-Lagrave Maxime2785
GMJakovenko Dmitry273222GMKosteniuk Alexandra2550
GMLalith Babu M R255322GMWojtaszek Radoslaw2727
GMRapport Richard272122GMAl-Sayed Mohammed2530
GMMuzychuk Anna253722GMFressinet Laurent2700
GMBacrot Etienne269722IMPichot Alan2517
GMHandke Florian Dr.253322GMNi Hua2697
GMVishnu Prasanna. V251822GMRagger Markus2689
GMHowell David W L268522GMStefanova Antoaneta2515

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