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Tradewise Gibraltar – Masters 2013 6th round

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The leaders drew and allowed Georgiev to catch up with them. The three have 5.5 out of 6.

Results of top 10 boards

1 GM Le Quang Liem 2705 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2694
2 GM Tkachiev Vladis 2650 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Ivanchuk Vassi 2758
3 GM Navara David 2710 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Jones Gawain C 2632
4 GM Georgiev Kiril 2643 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Yu Yangyi 2688
5 GM Kamsky Gata 2740 4 1 – 0 4 GM Kulaots Kaido 2587
6 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2555 4 0 – 1 4 GM Adams Michael 2725
7 GM Felgaer Ruben 2557 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Vachier-Lagrave 2711
8 GM Cramling Pia 2518 4 0 – 1 4 GM Shirov Alexei 2708
9 GM Jakubiec Artur 2518 4 0 – 1 4 GM Short Nigel D 2690
10 3GM Stefanova Antoa 2516 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Fridman Daniel 2667

Top 10 boards of the 7th round

1 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2694 5½ – 5½ GM Georgiev Kiril 2643
2 GM Ivanchuk Vassi 2758 5 – 5½ GM Le Quang Liem 2705
3 GM Iturrizaga Edua 2650 5 – 5 GM Kamsky Gata 2740
4 GM Adams Michael 2725 5 – 5 GM Tkachiev Vladis 2650
5 GM Salgado Lopez I 2606 5 – 5 GM Navara David 2710
6 GM Jones Gawain C 2632 5 – 5 GM Shirov Alexei 2708
7 GM Short Nigel D 2690 5 – 5 IM Larino Nieto Da 2497
8 GM Vachier-Lagrave 2711 4½ – 4½ GM Stefanova Antoa 2516
9 GM Yu Yangyi 2688 4½ – 4½ GM Cmilyte Viktori 2515
10 GM Fridman Daniel 2667 4½ – 4½ WGM Ju Wenjun 2505

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Wijk aan Zee – last round

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GM Group A

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Carlsen drew Giri in the last round after getting a very unpleasant position and won the event with 10 out of 13! Aronian was 2nd with 8.5 and 3rd-4th places were shared by Anand and Karjakin.

Results of the last round

Karjakin, S. – van Wely, L. 1-0
Hou, Y. – Leko, P. ½-½
L’Ami, E. – Sokolov, I. ½-½
Wang, H. – Anand, V. 1-0
Nakamura, H. – Harikrishna, P. ½-½
Giri, A. – Carlsen, M. ½-½
Caruana, F. – Aronian, L. ½-½

GM Group B

Naiditsch and Rapport both won their games and shared 1st-2nd places with 9 points. Movsesian and Smeets shared 3rd-4th with 8.5.

Results of the last round

Dubov, D. – van Kampen, R. ½-½
Smeets, J. – Turov, M. 1-0
Grandelius, N. – Tiviakov, S. ½-½
Ipatov, A. – Movsesian, S. ½-½
Naiditsch, A. – Ernst, S. 1-0
Timman, J. – Edouard, R. ½-½
Nikolic, P. – Rapport, R. 0-1

GM Group C

Brunello won the event with 11 out of 13! Peralta was 2nd with 10.5 and Swinkels was 3rd with 8.5 points.

Results of the last round

Gretarsson, H. – Goryachkina, A. ½-½
van der Werf, M. – Mekhitarian, K. 0-1
Burg, T. – Bitensky, I. 1-0
Romanishin, O. – Schut, L. 1-0
Admiraal, M. – Brunello, S. 0-1
Klein, D. – Swinkels, R. 0-1
Kovchan, A. – Peralta, F. ½-½

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Tradewise Gibraltar – Masters 2013 5th round

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The four leaders played each other, so now we have only two players who share 1st place with 5 out of 5 – Le Quang and Vitiugov. Six players are on 4.5.

Results of the top 10 boards

1 GM Iturrizaga Edua 2650 4 0 – 1 4 GM Le Quang Liem 2705
2 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2694 4 1 – 0 4 GM Swiercz Dariusz 2627
3 GM Ivanchuk Vassil 2758 3½ 1 – 0 3½ GM Ehlvest Jaan 2603
4 GM Sandipan Chanda 2590 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Kamsky Gata 2740
5 GM Adams Michael 2725 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Felgaer Ruben 2557
6 IM Ibarra Jerez Jo 2538 3½ 0 – 1 3½ GM Navara David 2710
7 GM Yu Yangyi 2688 3½ 1 – 0 3½ GM Gordon Stephen 2533
8 GM Tkachiev Vladis 2650 3½ 1 – 0 3½ IM Teran Alvarez I 2399
9 GM Al-Sayed Mohamm 2507 3½ 0 – 1 3½ GM Georgiev Kiril 2643
10 IM Melia Salome 2403 3½ 0 – 1 3½ GM Jones Gawain C 2632

Top 10 pairs of the 6th round

1 GM Le Quang Liem 2705 5 – 5 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2694
2 GM Tkachiev Vladis 2650 4½ – 4½ GM Ivanchuk Vassi 2758
3 GM Navara David 2710 4½ – 4½ GM Jones Gawain C 2632
4 GM Georgiev Kiril 2643 4½ – 4½ GM Yu Yangyi 2688
5 GM Kamsky Gata 2740 4 – 4 GM Kulaots Kaido 2587
6 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2555 4 – 4 GM Adams Michael 2725
7 GM Felgaer Ruben 2557 4 – 4 GM Vachier-Lagrave 2711
8 GM Cramling Pia 2518 4 – 4 GM Shirov Alexei 2708
9 GM Jakubiec Artur 2518 4 – 4 GM Short Nigel D 2690
10 GM Stefanova Antoa 2516 4 – 4 GM Fridman Daniel 2667

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