Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 – Masters 8th round

Harikrishna-Vidit (Photo by Sophie Triay)

Harikrishna-Vidit (Photo by Sophie Triay)

Four players lead with 6.5 out of 8 – Anton Guijarro, Harikrishna, Vachier-Lagrave and Bacrot.

Top 10 results of the 8th round

GM Anton Guijarro David 2639 6 ½ – ½ GM Li Chao B 2751
GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2785 1 – 0 GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro 2666
GM Harikrishna P. 2755 1 – 0 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2642
GM Yu Yangyi 2747 ½ – ½ GM Sethuraman S.P. 2639
GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727 ½ – ½ GM Grandelius Nils 2635
GM Bacrot Etienne 2697 1 – 0 IM Tari Aryan 2556
GM Gupta Abhijeet 2613 ½ – ½ GM Ni Hua 2697
GM Maze Sebastien 2591 ½ – ½ GM Ragger Markus 2689
GM Grigoriants Sergey 2580 5 0 – 1 5 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787
GM Muzychuk Mariya 2554 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Rapport Richard 2721

Top 15 players after 8 rounds

GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2785 6,5
GM Bacrot Etienne FRA 2697 6,5
GM Harikrishna P. IND 2755 6,5
GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2639 6,5
GM Ragger Markus AUT 2689 6,0
GM Lenic Luka SLO 2611 6,0
GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2787 6,0
GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2639 6,0
GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2727 6,0
GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2613 6,0
GM Maze Sebastien FRA 2591 6,0
GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2747 6,0
GM Ni Hua CHN 2697 6,0
GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2635 6,0
GM Li Chao B CHN 2751 6,0

Some games of the round

Top 10 pairings of the 9th round

GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2785 GM Bacrot Etienne 2697
GM Anton Guijarro David 2639 GM Harikrishna P. 2755
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787 6 6 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2613
GM Li Chao B 2751 6 6 GM Lenic Luka 2611
GM Grandelius Nils 2635 6 6 GM Yu Yangyi 2747
GM Sethuraman S.P. 2639 6 6 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727
GM Ni Hua 2697 6 6 GM Maze Sebastien 2591
GM Ragger Markus 2689 6 6 GM Lalith Babu M R 2553
GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2732 GM Sandipan Chanda 2583
GM Rapport Richard 2721 GM Tregubov Pavel V. 2582

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