Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 – Masters last round

Vachier-Lagrave, Nakamura (Photo by Sophie Triay)

Vachier-Lagrave, Nakamura (Photo by Sophie Triay)

Nakamura shared 1st-2nd places with Vachier-Lagrave (8 points) but then beat him in a very interesting playoff match!

Results of the top 10 boards of the last round

GMNakamura Hikaru278771 – 07GMAnton Guijarro David2639
GMMaze Sebastien259170 – 17GMVachier-Lagrave Maxime2785
GMHarikrishna P.27557½ – ½7GMLi Chao B2751
GMBacrot Etienne26977½ – ½7GMSethuraman S.P.2639
GMYu Yangyi27470 – 1GMJones Gawain C B2625
GMJakovenko Dmitry2732½ – ½GMVidit Santosh Gujrathi2642
GMGrandelius Nils2635½ – ½GMRagger Markus2689
GMSutovsky Emil26471 – 0GMBachmann Axel2610
GMLalith Babu M R25530 – 16GMRapport Richard2721
GMWojtaszek Radoslaw27276½ – ½6IMTari Aryan2556

Top 15 players after the last round

GMVachier-Lagrave MaximeFRA27858,0
GMNakamura HikaruUSA27878,0
GMBacrot EtienneFRA26977,5
GMSethuraman S.P.IND26397,5
GMHarikrishna P.IND27557,5
GMJones Gawain C BENG26257,5
GMLi Chao BCHN27517,5
GMSutovsky EmilISR26477,5
GMRagger MarkusAUT26897,0
GMGupta AbhijeetIND26137,0
GMMaze SebastienFRA25917,0
GMJakovenko DmitryRUS27327,0
GMAnton Guijarro DavidESP26397,0
GMBruzon Batista LazaroCUB26667,0
GMGrandelius NilsSWE26357,0

A few games of the round

Playoff games

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