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Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 – Masters last round

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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

GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787 7 1 – 0 7 GM Anton Guijarro David 2639
GM Maze Sebastien 2591 7 0 – 1 7 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2785
GM Harikrishna P. 2755 7 ½ – ½ 7 GM Li Chao B 2751
GM Bacrot Etienne 2697 7 ½ – ½ 7 GM Sethuraman S.P. 2639
GM Yu Yangyi 2747 6½ 0 – 1 6½ GM Jones Gawain C B 2625
GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2732 6½ ½ – ½ 6½ GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2642
GM Grandelius Nils 2635 6½ ½ – ½ 6½ GM Ragger Markus 2689
GM Sutovsky Emil 2647 6½ 1 – 0 6½ GM Bachmann Axel 2610
GM Lalith Babu M R 2553 6½ 0 – 1 6 GM Rapport Richard 2721
GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727 6 ½ – ½ 6 IM Tari Aryan 2556

Top 15 players after the last round

GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2785 8,0
GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2787 8,0
GM Bacrot Etienne FRA 2697 7,5
GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2639 7,5
GM Harikrishna P. IND 2755 7,5
GM Jones Gawain C B ENG 2625 7,5
GM Li Chao B CHN 2751 7,5
GM Sutovsky Emil ISR 2647 7,5
GM Ragger Markus AUT 2689 7,0
GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2613 7,0
GM Maze Sebastien FRA 2591 7,0
GM Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2732 7,0
GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2639 7,0
GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro CUB 2666 7,0
GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2635 7,0

A few games of the round

Playoff games

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Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 – Masters 9th round

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Eight (!!) players share the 1st place with 7 points – Anton Guijarro, Harikrishna, Vachier-Lagrave, Bacrot, Li Chao, , Nakamura, Sethuraman, Maze.

Results of top 10 boards of the 9th round

GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2785 6½ ½ – ½ 6½ GM Bacrot Etienne 2697
GM Anton Guijarro David 2639 6½ ½ – ½ 6½ GM Harikrishna P. 2755
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787 6 1 – 0 6 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2613
GM Li Chao B 2751 6 1 – 0 6 GM Lenic Luka 2611
GM Grandelius Nils 2635 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Yu Yangyi 2747
GM Sethuraman S.P. 2639 6 1 – 0 6 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727
GM Ni Hua 2697 6 0 – 1 6 GM Maze Sebastien 2591
GM Ragger Markus 2689 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Lalith Babu M R 2553
GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2732 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Sandipan Chanda 2583
GM Rapport Richard 2721 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Tregubov Pavel V. 2582

Top 15 players after 9 rounds

GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2785 7,0
GM Bacrot Etienne FRA 2697 7,0
GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2639 7,0
GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2787 7,0
GM Harikrishna P. IND 2755 7,0
GM Maze Sebastien FRA 2591 7,0
GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2639 7,0
GM Li Chao B CHN 2751 7,0
GM Ragger Markus AUT 2689 6,5
GM Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2732 6,5
GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2747 6,5
GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2635 6,5
GM Jones Gawain C B ENG 2625 6,5
GM Lalith Babu M R IND 2553 6,5
GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2642 6,5

Some games of the round

Top 10 pairings of the last round

GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787 7 7 GM Anton Guijarro David 2639
GM Maze Sebastien 2591 7 7 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2785
GM Harikrishna P. 2755 7 7 GM Li Chao B 2751
GM Bacrot Etienne 2697 7 7 GM Sethuraman S.P. 2639
GM Yu Yangyi 2747 6½ 6½ GM Jones Gawain C B 2625
GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2732 6½ 6½ GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2642
GM Grandelius Nils 2635 6½ 6½ GM Ragger Markus 2689
GM Sutovsky Emil 2647 6½ 6½ GM Bachmann Axel 2610
GM Lalith Babu M R 2553 6½ 6 GM Rapport Richard 2721
GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727 6 6 IM Tari Aryan 2556

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Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 – Masters 8th round

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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 5½ GM Li Chao B 2751
GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2785 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro 2666
GM Harikrishna P. 2755 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2642
GM Yu Yangyi 2747 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Sethuraman S.P. 2639
GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Grandelius Nils 2635
GM Bacrot Etienne 2697 5½ 1 – 0 5½ IM Tari Aryan 2556
GM Gupta Abhijeet 2613 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Ni Hua 2697
GM Maze Sebastien 2591 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ 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 6½ 6½ GM Bacrot Etienne 2697
GM Anton Guijarro David 2639 6½ 6½ 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 5½ 5½ GM Sandipan Chanda 2583
GM Rapport Richard 2721 5½ 5½ GM Tregubov Pavel V. 2582

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Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 – Masters 7th round

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Rapport-Anton Guijarro (Photo by John Saunders)

Rapport-Anton Guijarro (Photo by John Saunders)

Anton Guijarro is a sole leader after 7 rounds (6 points).

Results of top 10 boards of the 7th round

GM Ragger Markus 2689 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2785
GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro 2666 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Harikrishna P. 2755
GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2642 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Yu Yangyi 2747
GM Rapport Richard 2721 5 0 – 1 5 GM Anton Guijarro David 2639
GM Gupta Abhijeet 2613 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Bacrot Etienne 2697
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Lenic Luka 2611
GM Li Chao B 2751 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Bachmann Axel 2610
GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2732 4½ 0 – 1 4½ GM Maze Sebastien 2591
GM Perez Ponsa Federico 2577 4½ 0 – 1 4½ GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727
GM Ni Hua 2697 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Vazquez Igarza Renier 2572

Top 15 players after 7 rounds

GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2639 6,0
GM Ragger Markus AUT 2689 5,5
GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2785 5,5
GM Bacrot Etienne FRA 2697 5,5
GM Harikrishna P. IND 2755 5,5
GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2727 5,5
GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2639 5,5
GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2613 5,5
GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro CUB 2666 5,5
GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2747 5,5
IM Tari Aryan NOR 2556 5,5
GM Ni Hua CHN 2697 5,5
GM Maze Sebastien FRA 2591 5,5
GM Li Chao B CHN 2751 5,5
GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2635 5,5

A few games of the round

Top 10 pairings of the 8th round

GM Anton Guijarro David 2639 6 5½ GM Li Chao B 2751
GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2785 5½ 5½ GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro 2666
GM Harikrishna P. 2755 5½ 5½ GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2642
GM Yu Yangyi 2747 5½ 5½ GM Sethuraman S.P. 2639
GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727 5½ 5½ GM Grandelius Nils 2635
GM Bacrot Etienne 2697 5½ 5½ IM Tari Aryan 2556
GM Gupta Abhijeet 2613 5½ 5½ GM Ni Hua 2697
GM Maze Sebastien 2591 5½ 5½ GM Ragger Markus 2689
GM Grigoriants Sergey 2580 5 5 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787
GM Muzychuk Mariya 2554 5 5 GM Rapport Richard 2721

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Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 – Masters 6th round

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Harikrishna-Gupta (Photo by John Saunders)

Harikrishna-Gupta (Photo by John Saunders)

Ten (!!) players share the lead with 5 points out of 6.

Top 10 results of the 6th round

GM Harikrishna P. 2755 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Gupta Abhijeet 2613
GM Ragger Markus 2689 4½ ½ – ½ 4 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787
GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2785 4 1 – 0 4 GM Jones Gawain C B 2625
GM Yu Yangyi 2747 4 1 – 0 4 GM Edouard Romain 2617
GM Grigoriants Sergey 2580 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2732
GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Lenic Luka 2611
GM Demuth Adrien 2535 4 0 – 1 4 GM Rapport Richard 2721
GM Ni Hua 2697 4 ½ – ½ 4 IM Tari Aryan 2556
GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro 2666 4 1 – 0 4 GM Donchenko Alexander 2570
IM Ly Moulthun 2474 4 0 – 1 4 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2642

Top 15 players after 6 rounds

GM Bacrot Etienne FRA 2697 5,0
GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2785 5,0
GM Ragger Markus AUT 2689 5,0
GM Harikrishna P. IND 2755 5,0
GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2613 5,0
GM Rapport Richard HUN 2721 5,0
GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2747 5,0
GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro CUB 2666 5,0
GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2639 5,0
GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2642 5,0
GM Lenic Luka SLO 2611 4,5
GM Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2732 4,5
GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2787 4,5
GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2639 4,5
GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2727 4,5

A few games of the round

Top 10 pairings of the 7th round

GM Ragger Markus 2689 5 5 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2785
GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro 2666 5 5 GM Harikrishna P. 2755
GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2642 5 5 GM Yu Yangyi 2747
GM Rapport Richard 2721 5 5 GM Anton Guijarro David 2639
GM Gupta Abhijeet 2613 5 5 GM Bacrot Etienne 2697
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787 4½ 4½ GM Lenic Luka 2611
GM Li Chao B 2751 4½ 4½ GM Bachmann Axel 2610
GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2732 4½ 4½ GM Maze Sebastien 2591
GM Perez Ponsa Federico 2577 4½ 4½ GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727
GM Ni Hua 2697 4½ 4½ GM Vazquez Igarza Renier 2572

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