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The 2015 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival – Masters

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Nakamura-Topalov

Nakamura-Topalov


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Nakamura leads with 6 out of 6 after beating Topalov in the 6th round.u and Howell share 2nd-3rd with 5.5 points.

Top results of the 6th round

1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2776 5 1 – 0 4½ GM Topalov Veselin 2800
2 GM Yu Yangyi 2724 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Vazquez Igarza Renier 2592
3 GM Wei Yi 2675 4½ 0 – 1 4½ GM Howell David W L 2670
4 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2595 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Harikrishna P. 2723
5 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2680 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Roiz Michael 2592
6 GM Hou Yifan 2673 4 1 – 0 4 GM Mareco Sandro 2583
7 IM Muzychuk Mariya 2520 4 0 – 1 4 GM Adhiban B. 2630
8 GM Bachmann Axel 2629 4 1 – 0 4 GM Nabaty Tamir 2579
9 GM Naroditsky Daniel 2622 4 1 – 0 4 GM Sandipan Chanda 2574
10 GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2614 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Oparin Grigoriy 2551

Top 10 players after 6 rounds

1 GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2776 6.0
2 GM Howell David W L ENG 2670 5.5
3 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2724 5.5
4 IM Wagner Dennis GER 2501 5.0
5 GM Adhiban B. IND 2630 5.0
6 GM Hou Yifan CHN 2673 5.0
7 GM Naroditsky Daniel USA 2622 5.0
8 GM Bachmann Axel PAR 2629 5.0
9 GM Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2735 4.5
10 GM Topalov Veselin BUL 2800 4.5

Some games of the round

Top pairings of the 7th round

1 GM Howell David W L 2670 5½ – 6 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2776
2 GM Yu Yangyi 2724 5½ – 5 GM Hou Yifan 2673
3 GM Adhiban B. 2630 5 – 5 GM Naroditsky Daniel 2622
4 IM Wagner Dennis 2501 5 – 5 GM Bachmann Axel 2629
5 GM Topalov Veselin 2800 4½ – 4½ GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2614
6 GM Salgado Lopez Ivan 2628 4½ – 4½ GM Svidler Peter 2739
7 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2735 4½ – 4½ GM Roiz Michael 2592
8 GM Sethuraman S.P. 2624 4½ – 4½ GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2733
9 GM Harikrishna P. 2723 4½ – 4½ GM Muzychuk Anna 2544
10 GM Vazquez Igarza Renier 2592 4½ – 4½ GM Rapport Richard 2716

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The 2015 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival – Masters

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Adhiban-Nakamura

Adhiban-Nakamura


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Nakamura leads with 5 out of 5, while 5 players are on 4.5 points.

Top results of the 5th round

1 GM Adhiban B. 2630 4 0 – 1 4 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2776
2 GM Vazquez Igarza Renier 2592 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Wei Yi 2675
3 GM Anton Guijarro David 2617 3½ 0 – 1 3½ GM Topalov Veselin 2800
4 GM Bologan Viktor 2608 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Svidler Peter 2739
5 GM Lalith Babu M.R. 2537 3½ 0 – 1 3½ GM Yu Yangyi 2724
6 GM Harikrishna P. 2723 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2614
7 GM Oparin Grigoriy 2551 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Hou Yifan 2673
8 GM Howell David W L 2670 3½ 1 – 0 3½ GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2603
9 GM Chirila Ioan-Cristian 2548 3 0 – 1 3 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2735
10 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2733 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Muzychuk Anna 2544

Top 10 players after 5 rounds

1 GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2776 5.0
2 GM Topalov Veselin BUL 2800 4.5
3 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2724 4.5
4 GM Wei Yi CHN 2675 4.5
5 GM Howell David W L ENG 2670 4.5
6 GM Vazquez Igarza Renier ESP 2592 4.5
7 GM Oparin Grigoriy RUS 2551 4.0
8 GM Harikrishna P. IND 2723 4.0
9 GM Roiz Michael ISR 2592 4.0
10 GM Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2735 4.0

Some games of the round

Top pairings of the 6th round

1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2776 5 – 4½ GM Topalov Veselin 2800
2 GM Yu Yangyi 2724 4½ – 4½ GM Vazquez Igarza Renier 2592
3 GM Wei Yi 2675 4½ – 4½ GM Howell David W L 2670
4 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2595 4 – 4 GM Harikrishna P. 2723
5 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2680 4 – 4 GM Roiz Michael 2592
6 GM Hou Yifan 2673 4 – 4 GM Mareco Sandro 2583
7 IM Muzychuk Mariya 2520 4 – 4 GM Adhiban B. 2630
8 GM Bachmann Axel 2629 4 – 4 GM Nabaty Tamir 2579
9 GM Naroditsky Daniel 2622 4 – 4 GM Sandipan Chanda 2574
10 GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2614 4 – 4 GM Oparin Grigoriy 2551

Official site.