Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 – Masters – Page 2

Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 – Masters 5th round

By Yelena Dembo | January 31, 2016 - 06:57 |January 31, 2016 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 - Masters

Bacrot-Ragger (Photo by John Saunders)

Four players share the 1st place with 4.5 points – Ragger, Bacrot, Harikrishna and Gupta.

Results of top 10 games of the 5th round

GM	Bacrot Etienne	2697	4	½ – ½	4	GM	Ragger Markus	2689
GM	Grandelius Nils	2635	3½	½ – ½	3½	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2785
GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2639	3½	0 – 1	3½	GM	Harikrishna P.	2755
GM	Jones Gawain C B	2625	3½	½ – ½	3½	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2727
GM	Rapport Richard	2721	3½	½ – ½	3½	GM	Edouard Romain	2617
GM	Gupta Abhijeet	2613	3½	1 – 0	3½	GM	Almasi Zoltan	2684
GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511	3½	½ – ½	3½	GM	Bruzon Batista Lazaro	2666
GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2787	3	1 – 0	3	GM	Muzychuk Mariya	2554
GM	Anand Viswanathan	2784	3	0 – 1	3	GM	Demuth Adrien	2535
GM	Li Chao B	2751	3	½ – ½	3	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2515

Top 15 players after 5 rounds

GM	Ragger Markus	AUT	2689
GM	Bacrot Etienne	FRA	2697
GM	Harikrishna P.	IND	2755
GM	Gupta Abhijeet	IND	2613
GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	RUS	2732
GM	Lenic Luka	SLO	2611
GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	FRA	2785
GM	Harika Dronavalli	IND	2511
GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	POL	2727
GM	Nakamura Hikaru	USA	2787
GM	Rapport Richard	HUN	2721
GM	Jones Gawain C B	ENG	2625
GM	Ni Hua	CHN	2697
GM	Edouard Romain	FRA	2617
GM	Yu Yangyi	CHN	2747

A few games of the round

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.30"]   [Round "5.1"]   [White "Bacrot, Etienne"]   [Black "Ragger, Markus"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "B51"]   [WhiteElo "2697"]   [BlackElo "2689"]   [PlyCount "39"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c3 b5 8. Bc2     c4 9. a4 Bb7 10. d4 cxd3 11. Bxd3 bxa4 12. Qxa4 Be7 13. h3 O-O 14. Be3 Qc7 15.   Nbd2 a5 16. Qc4 Qb8 17. Qb5 Qc7 18. Qc4 Qb8 19. Qb5 Qc7 20. Qc4 1/2-1/2

  [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.30"]   [Round "5.2"]   [White "Grandelius, Nils"]   [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "B90"]   [WhiteElo "2635"]   [BlackElo "2785"]   [PlyCount "85"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.     O-O Nc5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Re1 h6 11. Bh4 Nxb3 12. axb3 g5 13. Bg3 e5 14. Nf5 Nxe4     Nxd6+ Qxd6 16. Nxe4 Qxd1 17. Rexd1 f6 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Ke7 20. Rad1     Bf5 21. c3 Rhd8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. f3 Kd7 25. Bf2 Bc2 26. b4 Ke6     b5 a5 28. Bb6 a4 29. Bc5 h5 30. h3 f5 31. b6 e4 32. Kf2 Bd3 33. Bf8 f4 34.     fxe4 Bxe4 35. Bh6 Kf5 36. Bf8 g4 37. hxg4+ hxg4 38. g3 f3 39. c4 Bd3 40. c5 Be4     Bg7 Bc6 42. Bf8 Ke4 43. Be7 1/2-1/2

  [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.30"]   [Round "5.3"]   [White "Sethuraman, S.P."]   [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "A22"]   [WhiteElo "2639"]   [BlackElo "2755"]   [PlyCount "112"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3 c6 7. Qb3 Na6 8.     Ba3 d6 9. Ne2 Rb8 10. O-O Re8 11. Rad1 Bg4 12. Rfe1 Nc5 13. Qc2 Qa5 14. Bb4 Qa6     f3 Be6 16. d4 b6 17. f4 Ng4 18. Nc1 Nb7 19. d5 Bd7 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. Qe2     Nf6 22. Bxd6 Nxd6 23. Rxd6 Qc8 24. fxe5 Rxe5 25. Nd3 Re7 26. e5 Bxg2 27. Qxg2   Ne8 28. Rd4 Qb7 29. Qd2 Nc7 30. Nb4 Rbe8 31. Rd8 Ne6 32. Rd6 Nf8 33. Qd5 Qc8     Nc6 Rc7 35. a4 Ne6 36. Rf1 h6 37. h4 Nc5 38. Nd8 Ne6 39. Nc6 Nc5 40. Kg2     Nxa4 41. Rxf7 Rxf7 42. e6 Rf6 43. e7+ Kh8 44. Rd8 Rxc6 45. Rxc8 Rcxc8 46. Qf7   Nxc3 47. g4 Ne4 48. g5 hxg5 49. Qf5 Nd6 50. Qe6 Rc7 51. Qxd6 Rcxe7 52. hxg5 Kh7     Qd3+ Re4 54. Qd7 R8e5 55. Qxa7 Rxg5+ 56. Kf3 Re6 0-1

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.30"]   [Round "5.4"]   [White "Jones, Gawain C B"]   [Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D31"]   [WhiteElo "2625"]   [BlackElo "2727"]   [PlyCount "63"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8.     Bd3 b6 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. O-O c5 12. f3 Nc7 13. Ng3 Re8 14. Ra2 Nb5     Qd3 Nd6 16. Re2 Qd7 17. e4 Qb5 18. Qxb5 Nxb5 19. Bb2 Nd6 20. e5 Nc4 21.     exf6 Rxe2 22. Nxe2 Nxb2 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Nf4 d4 25. cxd4 cxd4 26. Rb1 Nc4 27.   Rb4 Nxa3 28. Rxd4 Nb5 29. Rb4 Nc7 30. Rc4 Ne8 31. fxg7 Kxg7 32. Nd5 1/2-1/2

  [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.30"]   [Round "5.5"]   [White "Rapport, Richard"]   [Black "Edouard, Romain"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "B23"]   [WhiteElo "2721"]   [BlackElo "2617"]   [PlyCount "100"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Qf2     a6 9. O-O b5 10. Qh4 b4 11. Nd5 e6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Qh3 Nc6 14. Kh1 Qe7 15.   f5 exf5 16. exf5 Ne5 17. Bg5 f6 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Bd2 e4 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. Qb3   Bxf5 22. Bxb4 Qe5 23. Bxf8 Bxf8 24. Qg3 Qxb2 25. Bb3 Re8 26. Rad1 Bb4 27. a3 e3     Ba4 e2 29. Bxe8 Bxc2 30. Rde1 exf1=Q+ 31. Rxf1 Bxa3 32. h4 Be4 33. Qf2 Qxf2   Rxf2 Be7 35. Ra2 Bd3 36. Rd2 Bb5 37. Bxb5 axb5 38. Rd7 Bc5 39. g4 Bf2 40.     h5 Be3 41. Kg2 b4 42. Kf3 Bg5 43. Ke4 b3 44. Kd3 b2 45. Kc2 Bc1 46. Rf7 gxh5     gxh5 f5 48. Rb7 f4 49. h6 Kg8 50. Rg7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

Top 10 pairings of the 6th round

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

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Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 – Masters 4th round

By Yelena Dembo | January 30, 2016 - 06:23 |January 30, 2016 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 - Masters

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Oparin-Anand (Photo by John Saunders)

Bacrot and Ragger share the lead with 4 out of 4.

Top 10 results of the 4th round

GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2785	3	½ – ½	3	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2639
GM	Lenic Luka	2611	3	½ – ½	3	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2732
GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511	3	½ – ½	3	GM	Rapport Richard	2721
WGM	Goryachkina Aleksandra	2502	3	0 – 1	3	GM	Bacrot Etienne	2697
GM	Ragger Markus	2689	3	1 – 0	3	GM	Muzychuk Anna	2537
GM	Harikrishna P.	2755	2½	1 – 0	3	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2500
GM	Vazquez Igarza Renier	2572	2½	½ – ½	2½	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2787
GM	Oparin Grigoriy	2565	2½	½ – ½	2½	GM	Anand Viswanathan	2784
GM	Yu Yangyi	2747	2½	½ – ½	2½	GM	Maze Sebastien	2591
GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2727	2½	1 – 0	2½	GM	Tregubov Pavel V.	2582

Top 15 players after 4 rounds

GM	Ragger Markus	AUT	2689	4,0
GM	Bacrot Etienne	FRA	2697	4,0
GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	FRA	2785	3,5
GM	Sethuraman S.P.	IND	2639	3,5
GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	RUS	2732	3,5
GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	POL	2727	3,5
GM	Harika Dronavalli	IND	2511	3,5
GM	Lenic Luka	SLO	2611	3,5
GM	Harikrishna P.	IND	2755	3,5
GM	Rapport Richard	HUN	2721	3,5
GM	Almasi Zoltan	HUN	2684	3,5
GM	Bruzon Batista Lazaro	CUB	2666	3,5
GM	Jones Gawain C B	ENG	2625	3,5
GM	Edouard Romain	FRA	2617	3,5
GM	Gupta Abhijeet	IND	2613	3,5

A few games of the round

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.29"]   [Round "4.1"]   [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]   [Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C83"]   [WhiteElo "2785"]   [BlackElo "2639"]   [PlyCount "65"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5     Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qxd1     Rxd1 O-O 16. Nd4 Rfd8 17. Be3 Bd5 18. Rac1 Ne6 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. a3 b4 21.     axb4 Bxb4 22. Nd4 a5 23. f4 g6 24. f5 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Bf3 26. gxf3 Rxd4 27. Be4   Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Re8 29. f4 gxf5 30. Bxf5 f6 31. Bd7 Rf8 32. Be6+ Kh8 33. exf6   1/2-1/2

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.29"]   [Round "4.2"]   [White "Lenic, Luka"]   [Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D37"]   [WhiteElo "2611"]   [BlackElo "2732"]   [PlyCount "116"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Ne4 8. h3     f5 9. Be2 c6 10. O-O b6 11. cxb6 axb6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6     Qc2 Bd7 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Qc3 c5 18. f3 exf3 19. Rxf3 c4 20. Rxf8+ Rxf8 21.     Rf1 Rb8 22. a3 b5 23. Qa5 Be8 24. Qa7 Bg6 25. Bg4 Re8 26. Qa5 h5 27. Bd1 Kh7     Qd2 Rf8 29. Rxf8 Qxf8 30. Bc2 h4 31. Qe2 Bxc2 32. Qxc2+ Kh6 33. Qd2 Qf5 34.     Qe1 Qe4 35. Qf2 Kg5 36. Kh2 Qf5 37. Qd2 Qf8 38. Kg1 Qd6 39. Qe2 Qg3 40. Qd2 Kf5     Qc2+ Kf6 42. Qd2 g5 43. Qe2 e5 44. dxe5+ Qxe5 45. Qd2 Ke6 46. Kf2 Qf5+ 47.     Ke2 g4 48. hxg4 Qxg4+ 49. Kf2 Ke5 50. Qc3+ Kf5 51. Qc2+ Qe4 52. Qc3 Qe5 53.   Qc2+ Kg5 54. Qd2 Kf5 55. Qc2+ Kf6 56. Qd2 Ke6 57. Kg1 Qg5 58. Kf2 Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.29"]   [Round "4.3"]   [White "Harika, Dronavalli"]   [Black "Rapport, Richard"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A10"]   [WhiteElo "2511"]   [BlackElo "2721"]   [PlyCount "73"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         c4 d6 2. Nc3 c5 3. e3 g6 4. g3 h5 5. h3 Bd7 6. Bg2 Qc8 7. Nge2 Bg7 8. b3 Nf6   Bb2 Bc6 10. f3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Rd8 13. Rc1 Nbd7 14. e4 Nf8 15. d4 cxd4   Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Qd7 18. Nxd4 e6 19. dxe6 Nxe6 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Bd4 Rac8   Qd3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 h4 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. f4 Qb2 26. Rb1 Qa2 27. Rc1 Bb2 28.     Rf1 Rc8 29. e5 Ba3 30. e6 Rc2 31. exf7+ Kxf7 32. Qd5+ Kf8 33. f5 Bc5+ 34. Kh1   Rf2 35. fxg6 Rxf1+ 36. Bxf1 Qf2 37. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.29"]   [Round "4.4"]   [White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]   [Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "A40"]   [WhiteElo "2502"]   [BlackElo "2697"]   [PlyCount "90"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O     Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qc2 Re8 11. a3 Bf8 12. Ne5 c5 13. Bb5 Re7 14. Qf5 Rc7 15.   Rfd1 Nc6 16. Be1 Ne7 17. Qh3 Ng6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. g3 c4 20. Ba4 Ne4 21. f3   Nxc3 22. bxc3 b5 23. Bc2 Bd6 24. Rdb1 Bc6 25. e4 Qf8 26. e5 Bxa3 27. f4 b4 28.   f5 gxf5 29. Bxf5 g6 30. Qg4 Re8 31. h4 Qg7 32. Bc2 b3 33. Rxa3 bxc2 34. Rc1 Bd7     Qf4 Bf5 36. Rxa5 Be4 37. Rb5 g5 38. Qg4 gxh4 39. Qxh4 Rc6 40. Bd2 Rg6 41.     Kf2 Rg4 42. Qh2 Qg6 43. Rb7 Rg5 44. Qh4 Rh5 45. Rb6 Rf5+ 0-1

  [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.29"]   [Round "4.5"]   [White "Ragger, Markus"]   [Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "D45"]   [WhiteElo "2689"]   [BlackElo "2537"]   [PlyCount "77"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O     b6 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Bb7 12. Bf4 Nf6 13. Qe3 c5 14. Rad1 Bxf4     Qxf4 Qe7 16. Qe5 cxd4 17. Rxd4 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. a3 Kf8 20. b4 h6 21.     h3 Rxd4 22. Nxd4 a6 23. Nb3 Nd7 24. Qe3 Rc7 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 a5 27. bxa5   bxa5 28. Nxa5 Qc5 29. Qa8+ Rc8 30. Qb7 Ne5 31. Nb3 Qc6 32. Qb4+ Kg8 33. c5 Qa6     a4 Qe2 35. Rd2 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Nd3 37. Qd4 Nxc5 38. Rc2 e5 39. Qe3 1-0

Top 10 pairings of the 5th round

GM	Bacrot Etienne	2697	4	4	GM	Ragger Markus	2689
GM	Grandelius Nils	2635	3½	3½	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2785
GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2639	3½	3½	GM	Harikrishna P.	2755
GM	Jones Gawain C B	2625	3½	3½	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2727
GM	Rapport Richard	2721	3½	3½	GM	Edouard Romain	2617
GM	Gupta Abhijeet	2613	3½	3½	GM	Almasi Zoltan	2684
GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511	3½	3½	GM	Bruzon Batista Lazaro	2666
GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2787	3	3	GM	Muzychuk Mariya	2554
GM	Anand Viswanathan	2784	3	3	GM	Demuth Adrien	2535
GM	Li Chao B	2751	3	3	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2515

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Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 – Masters 3rd round

By Yelena Dembo | January 29, 2016 - 11:03 |January 29, 2016 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 - Masters

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Harika Dronavalli (Photo by John Saunders)

Eleven players lead with perfect score after 3 rounds.

Results of top 10 boards of the 3rd round

GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2787	2	½ – ½	2	GM	Oparin Grigoriy	2565
IM	Tari Aryan	2556	2	0 – 1	2	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2785
GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2732	2	1 – 0	2	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2550
GM	Lalith Babu M R	2553	2	½ – ½	2	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2727
GM	Rapport Richard	2721	2	1 – 0	2	GM	Al-Sayed Mohammed	2530
GM	Muzychuk Anna	2537	2	1 – 0	2	GM	Fressinet Laurent	2700
GM	Bacrot Etienne	2697	2	1 – 0	2	IM	Pichot Alan	2517
GM	Handke Florian Dr.	2533	2	½ – ½	2	GM	Ni Hua	2697
GM	Vishnu Prasanna. V	2518	2	0 – 1	2	GM	Ragger Markus	2689
GM	Howell David W L	2685	2	½ – ½	2	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2515

Top 15 players after 3 rounds

GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	FRA	2785	3,0
GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	RUS	2732	3,0
GM	Rapport Richard	HUN	2721	3,0
GM	Bacrot Etienne	FRA	2697	3,0
GM	Ragger Markus	AUT	2689	3,0
GM	Muzychuk Anna	UKR	2537	3,0
GM	Sethuraman S.P.	IND	2639	3,0
GM	Harika Dronavalli	IND	2511	3,0
GM	Lenic Luka	SLO	2611	3,0
WGM	Goryachkina Aleksandra	RUS	2502	3,0
GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	IND	2500	3,0
GM	Nakamura Hikaru	USA	2787	2,5
GM	Oparin Grigoriy	RUS	2565	2,5
GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	POL	2727	2,5
GM	Harikrishna P.	IND	2755	2,5

A few games from the 3rd round

  [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.28"]   [Round "3.1"]   [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "B22"]   [WhiteElo "2787"]   [BlackElo "2565"]   [PlyCount "115"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bc4 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Be7 8. O-O     O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 Na6 12. Nc3 Nc7 13. h3 Bb7 14. Bf4 Ne6 15.   exd6 Bxd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qe5 Rfd8 18. Qxd6 Rxd6 19. Nb5 Rc6 20. Rac1 f6 21.   g3 Rac8 22. Rb1 Ra8 23. Re1 Kf7 24. Rbc1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Ke7 26. Nc3 Kd6 27. Rd1   a5 28. Ne1 Bc6 29. Nc2 Ng5 30. Ne3 Nxh3+ 31. Kg2 Bd7 32. Ncxd5 Bc6 33. Nc4+ Ke6     Kxh3 Bxd5 35. Re1+ Kf5 36. Nxb6 Rd8 37. Nxd5 Rxd5 38. Re7 g5 39. Rxh7 Rxd4   Rb7 a4 41. Rb5+ Ke6 42. a3 f5 43. f3 Rd3 44. Kg2 Rd2+ 45. Kf1 g4 46. fxg4     fxg4 47. Rb4 Kf5 48. Rf4+ Kg5 49. Rxa4 Rxb2 50. Rb4 Ra2 51. Rb3 Kf5 52. Re3 Kg6     Ke1 Kf6 54. Kd1 Kf5 55. Kc1 Rf2 56. Kd1 Ra2 57. Kc1 Rf2 58. Kd1 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.28"]   [Round "3.2"]   [White "Tari, Aryan"]   [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "D90"]   [WhiteElo "2556"]   [BlackElo "2785"]   [PlyCount "74"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Na4 Bf5 7. Nh4 Bd7 8.     e4 e5 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. Nxe5 Qb4+ 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Qd2 Nxa2 13. Rxa2 Qxd2+ 14.   Bxd2 Be6 15. Ra1 O-O 16. Bc3 Re8 17. Bb5 c6 18. Bd3 Rd8 19. Ke2 Nd7 20. Nxd7   Rxd7 21. e5 Bd5 22. Rhg1 f6 23. f4 c5 24. dxc5 fxe5 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Bb5 Re7     Bxe5 Rxe5+ 28. Kd3 Rd8 29. Kc3 Re3+ 30. Kd2 Rb3 31. Ba4 Rb4 32. b3 a5 33.     Kc3 Rc8 34. Kb2 Rxc5 35. Rgc1 Rxc1 36. Rxc1 b5 37. Rc5 Bc4 0-1

  [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.28"]   [Round "3.3"]   [White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]   [Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "A07"]   [WhiteElo "2732"]   [BlackElo "2550"]   [PlyCount "115"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O c6 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d3 Na6 8. a3     Be7 9. b4 O-O 10. Nbd2 Qc8 11. Re1 Rd8 12. Nb3 Bh3 13. Bh1 h6 14. Bb2 Nc7 15.   Rc1 Ne6 16. Rc2 Qc7 17. Qc1 Qb6 18. Nfd4 Ng4 19. e3 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Qb5 21. Rd1   Qa4 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 Re8 24. Bf3 a5 25. b5 cxb5 26. Qb2 Rac8 27. Ra1 b4     axb4 Qxb4 29. Qxb4 axb4 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Bxd5 Nf6 32. Bb3 Be6 33. Bxe6     fxe6 34. Rb1 Nd5 35. Kg2 Rc2 36. Kf3 Rd2 37. Rb3 b5 38. Bc5 g5 39. e4 Rc2 40.   Bxb4 Nxb4 41. Rxb4 Rc5 42. d4 Rc3+ 43. Kg4 Rd3 44. Kh5 Kg7 45. e5 Rd2 46. Rxb5   Rxf2 47. Rb7+ Kf8 48. Kxh6 g4 49. Kg5 Rxh2 50. Kxg4 Rd2 51. Rb4 Rd3 52. Kg5 Rf3     g4 Rf7 54. Rb8+ Kg7 55. Re8 Rd7 56. Rxe6 Rxd4 57. Re7+ Kf8 58. Ra7 1-0

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.28"]   [Round "3.4"]   [White "Lalith Babu M R"]   [Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D37"]   [WhiteElo "2553"]   [BlackElo "2727"]   [PlyCount "51"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.     Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 11. Kf1 gxf6 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Bb5+ Ke7 14.   e5 fxe5 15. Qh5 Nd7 16. Qg5+ Kf8 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Bxd7 Qd8 19. Nxe6+ fxe6 20.   Qh6+ Kf7 21. Qxe6+ Kf8 22. Qf5+ Ke7 23. Qe6+ Kf8 24. Qf5+ Ke7 25. Qe6+ Kf8 26.   Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.28"]   [Round "3.5"]   [White "Rapport, Richard"]   [Black "Al-Sayed, Mohammed"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "E73"]   [WhiteElo "2721"]   [BlackElo "2530"]   [PlyCount "71"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. h4 Na6   h5 Nc5 10. Qc2 c6 11. O-O-O cxd5 12. Bxc5 d4 13. h6 Bh8 14. Ba3 dxc3 15.     bxc3 Qb6 16. Bxd6 Re8 17. c5 Qc6 18. f3 b5 19. Nh3 Ba6 20. Ng5 b4 21. Qb3 Ra7     Bxa6 Qxa6 23. cxb4 axb4 24. Rd2 Nh5 25. Kb1 Nf4 26. c6 Bf6 27. Bc5 Bxg5 28.     Bxa7 Qxc6 29. Rc1 Qf6 30. Qa4 Rf8 31. Bc5 Bxh6 32. Bxf8 Bxf8 33. Rc8 Qb6 34.   Qe8 Qg1+ 35. Rc1 Qb6 36. Rd8 1-0

Pairings of top 10 boards of the 4th round

GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2785	3	3	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2639
GM	Lenic Luka	2611	3	3	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2732
GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511	3	3	GM	Rapport Richard	2721
WGM	Goryachkina Aleksandra	2502	3	3	GM	Bacrot Etienne	2697
GM	Ragger Markus	2689	3	3	GM	Muzychuk Anna	2537
GM	Harikrishna P.	2755	2½	3	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2500
GM	Vazquez Igarza Renier	2572	2½	2½	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2787
GM	Oparin Grigoriy	2565	2½	2½	GM	Anand Viswanathan	2784
GM	Yu Yangyi	2747	2½	2½	GM	Maze Sebastien	2591
GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2727	2½	2½	GM	Tregubov Pavel V.	2582

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Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 – Masters 2nd round

By Yelena Dembo | January 28, 2016 - 07:01 |January 28, 2016 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 - Masters

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Another very challenging round with a few upsets – GM Zhukova (2484) drawing GM Harikrishna (2755), GM Blomqvist (2492) winning against GM Li Chao B (2751) and WGM Pogonina (2454) winning against GM Naiditsch (2696).

Results of top 10 boards of the 2nd round

GM	Fodor Tamas Jr.	2500	1	0 – 1	1	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2787
GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2785	1	1 – 0	1	GM	Gunina Valentina	2496
GM	Harikrishna P.	2755	1	½ – ½	1	GM	Zhukova Natalia	2484
GM	Blomqvist Erik	2492	1	1 – 0	1	GM	Li Chao B	2751
IM	Nakar Eylon	2479	1	0 – 1	1	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2732
GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2727	1	1 – 0	1	GM	Tarjan James E	2478
IM	Ly Moulthun	2474	1	0 – 1	1	GM	Rapport Richard	2721
GM	Fressinet Laurent	2700	1	1 – 0	1	IM	Prasanna Raghuram Rao	2460
IM	Galyas Miklos	2459	1	0 – 1	1	GM	Bacrot Etienne	2697
GM	Ni Hua	2697	1	1 – 0	1	GM	Krush Irina	2458

Top 15 players (our of 42 (!!) who lead with perfect score after the 2nd round

GM	Nakamura Hikaru	USA	2787	2,0
GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	FRA	2785	2,0
GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	RUS	2732	2,0
GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	POL	2727	2,0
GM	Rapport Richard	HUN	2721	2,0
GM	Fressinet Laurent	FRA	2700	2,0
GM	Bacrot Etienne	FRA	2697	2,0
GM	Ni Hua	CHN	2697	2,0
GM	Ragger Markus	AUT	2689	2,0
GM	Howell David W L	ENG	2685	2,0
GM	Almasi Zoltan	HUN	2684	2,0
GM	Short Nigel D	ENG	2684	2,0
GM	Bruzon Batista Lazaro	CUB	2666	2,0
GM	Sethuraman S.P.	IND	2639	2,0
GM	Jones Gawain C B	ENG	2625	2,0

A few games of the round

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.27"]   [Round "2.1"]   [White "Fodor, Tamas Jr"]   [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "E39"]   [WhiteElo "2500"]   [BlackElo "2787"]   [PlyCount "64"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.     Qxc3 Nxc5 9. b4 Nce4 10. Qd4 d6 11. Bg5 Nxg5 12. Nxg5 a5 13. b5 h6 14. Nf3 e5     Qb2 e4 16. Nd4 e3 17. f3 Bd7 18. g3 Rc8 19. Rc1 Qb6 20. Qc3 Rfe8 21. Bg2     Qc5 22. O-O d5 23. Nb3 Qxa3 24. Nxa5 Qxc3 25. Rxc3 b6 26. Nb7 Rxc4 27. Rxc4   dxc4 28. Rc1 Rc8 29. Nd6 Rc5 30. Rc3 Rd5 31. Nxc4 Rc5 32. Rc2 Bf5 0-1

  [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.27"]   [Round "2.2"]   [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]   [Black "Gunina, Valentina"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "A07"]   [WhiteElo "2785"]   [BlackElo "2496"]   [PlyCount "67"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 Nd7 7. c4 Be7 8. cxd5     exd5 9. Nc3 Ngf6 10. Nh4 O-O 11. f4 Ne4 12. Nf5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. Qb3 Nb6     e4 Re8 16. g4 Bf7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. e5 Nc4 19. Qc2 fxe5 20. dxe5 Rad8 21.     Qf2 c5 22. Re1 Qc7 23. f5 Rxe5 24. Bf4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qa5 26. Qg3 Qxa2 27. Bg5   Rc8 28. f6 gxf6 29. Bxf6 Qd2 30. g5 Nd6 31. g6 Bxg6 32. Qe5 Rf8 33. Bxd5+ Nf7     Bg5 1-0

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.27"]   [Round "2.3"]   [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]   [Black "Zhukova, Natalia"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C09"]   [WhiteElo "2755"]   [BlackElo "2484"]   [PlyCount "104"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Qe7+ 7. Be2 Qc7 8.     O-O Nf6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Be7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. c3 Rd8 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Nfd4   Bg6 15. Bh4 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Bf1 Nc6 18. Qf3 Qb6 19. Qe3 Nd6 20. Rad1 h6     Qf4 a5 22. h4 a4 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Nd4 c5 25. Nf3 Ne4 26. c4 Qxb2 27. cxd5     Nc3 28. Rd2 Qb4 29. Qc4 Ne4 30. Rc2 Nf6 31. Qxc5 Nxd5 32. Qxb4 Nxb4 33. Rc4   Rab8 34. Ra1 a3 35. Ne5 Bf5 36. Rf4 Be6 37. Bc4 Bxc4 38. Nxc4 Nc2 39. Rc1 Nd4     Re4 Rbc8 41. Kf1 Rd5 42. Rc3 f5 43. Nb6 Rxc3 44. Nxd5 Rc1+ 45. Re1 Rc2 46.     Ra1 Rb2 47. Nc3 Kf7 48. Rd1 Nc6 49. Rd7+ Kf8 50. Rc7 Nb4 51. Ra7 Nxa2 52. Rxa3   Nxc3 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.27"]   [Round "2.4"]   [White "Blomqvist, Erik"]   [Black "Li, Chao b"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "B67"]   [WhiteElo "2492"]   [BlackElo "2751"]   [PlyCount "85"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.     O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 b4 12. Nce2 Qb6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. f5   e5 15. Ng3 Qc5 16. Nh5 Ke7 17. Bd3 Rg8 18. Rhe1 a5 19. Qe2 a4 20. Bc4 Ra7 21.   h4 Bh6 22. g4 Bf4 23. Nxf4 exf4 24. g5 f3 25. gxf6+ Kxf6 26. Qxf3 Qxc4 27. Qf4   Qc5 28. Rxd6+ Ke7 29. f6+ Ke8 30. Rxc6 Qxc6 31. Qb8+ Kd7 32. Rd1+ Ke6 33. Qxa7   Kxf6 34. Rf1+ Ke5 35. Qxf7 Rg2 36. Qe7+ Kd4 37. Qxb4+ Ke5 38. Qe7+ Kd4 39. Qa7+   Ke5 40. Qa5+ Kd4 41. Qd8+ Kxe4 42. Qe7+ Kd5 43. c4+ 1-0

  [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.27"]   [Round "2.5"]   [White "Nakar, Eylon"]   [Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "B90"]   [WhiteElo "2479"]   [BlackElo "2732"]   [PlyCount "60"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3     Be6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nh5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Nf4 15.   Bxf4 exf4 16. Nd4 O-O 17. Nc6 Qe8 18. a5 Ne5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Qxe5 Rc8 21. Bd3   Rc5 22. Qxf4 Rxg5 23. Qc7 Rc5 24. Qb6 Bh4+ 25. Ke2 Qe5 26. Rag1 g6 27. Rg4 Be7     b3 Rd8 29. Qxa6 Rxa5 30. Qb6 Rxd3 0-1

Top 10 pairings of the 3rd round

GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2787	2	2	GM	Oparin Grigoriy	2565
IM	Tari Aryan	2556	2	2	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2785
GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2732	2	2	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2550
GM	Lalith Babu M R	2553	2	2	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2727
GM	Rapport Richard	2721	2	2	GM	Al-Sayed Mohammed	2530
GM	Muzychuk Anna	2537	2	2	GM	Fressinet Laurent	2700
GM	Bacrot Etienne	2697	2	2	IM	Pichot Alan	2517
GM	Handke Florian Dr.	2533	2	2	GM	Ni Hua	2697
GM	Vishnu Prasanna. V	2518	2	2	GM	Ragger Markus	2689
GM	Howell David W L	2685	2	2	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2515

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Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 – Masters

By Yelena Dembo | January 27, 2016 - 06:34 |January 27, 2016 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 - Masters

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Nakamura-Bellin (Photo by John Saunders)

Already the first round was very interesting and challenging! The hero of the round was definitely IM Lazarne-Vajda from Hungary, who drew Anand with Black!

Results of top 10 boards

GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2787	1 – 0	IM	Bellin Robert	2350
FM	Shachar Ehud	2353	0 – 1	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2785
GM	Anand Viswanathan	2784	½ – ½	IM	Lazarne Vajda Szidonia	2359
FM	Tate Alan	2345	0 – 1	GM	Harikrishna P.	2755
GM	Li Chao B	2751	1 – 0	IM	Wemmers Xander	2352
IM	Vuilleumier Alexandre	2356	½ – ½	GM	Yu Yangyi	2747
GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2732	1 – 0	WGM	Vojinovic Jovana	2352
GM	Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan	2346	0 – 1	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2727
GM	Rapport Richard	2721	1 – 0	IM	Gara Anita	2339
IM	Foisor Cristina-Adela	2338	0 – 1	GM	Fressinet Laurent	2700

A few games from the 1st round

  [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.26"]   [Round "1.1"]   [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Black "Bellin, Robert"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "A92"]   [WhiteElo "2787"]   [BlackElo "2350"]   [PlyCount "77"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d5 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. a3 a5   Nbd2 Ne4 10. e3 Kh8 11. b3 Bd7 12. Bb2 Be8 13. Rac1 Bg6 14. Ne1 Bf7 15. Nd3     a4 16. b4 Bd6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Nf3 Qe8 19. Nfe5 Nd8 20. Nc5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nxc5     bxc5 Qb5 23. Rfd1 c6 24. Bf1 Qa5 25. Bc3 Qxc5 26. e6 Nxe6 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7   Qb2+ Kg8 29. Rxc5 Nxc5 30. Qb6 Bh5 31. Rd4 Nd7 32. Qxb7 Ne5 33. Rb4 Nf3+   Kh1 Ne1 35. Qxc6 Bf3+ 36. Kg1 Be4 37. Be2 Nf3+ 38. Bxf3 Bxf3 39. Rb7 1-0

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.26"]   [Round "1.2"]   [White "Shachar, Ehud"]   [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "B50"]   [WhiteElo "2353"]   [BlackElo "2785"]   [PlyCount "84"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. d3 Nc6 6. O-O g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Bf1     O-O 9. h3 e5 10. Nbd2 b5 11. a3 a5 12. a4 b4 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Ng5 Bc8 15. Be3   Rb8 16. Qc1 Ba6 17. Bd2 Re8 18. Nf3 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. g3 Qd7 21. h4 Rbd8 22.   Bg5 f6 23. Be3 Qe7 24. Nh2 Bxc4 25. dxc4 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 f5 27. Rad1 e4 28. Rd5   Rxd5 29. cxd5 Ne5 30. cxb4 axb4 31. Qb3 Qd6 32. a5 Rc8 33. Rc1 Bh6 34. Rc2 f4     Bh3 Ra8 36. Be6+ Kh8 37. Re2 e3 38. g4 f3 39. Rxe3 c4 40. Qd1 Bxe3 41. fxe3     Nd3 42. Qxf3 Rf8 0-1

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.26"]   [Round "1.3"]   [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]   [Black "Lazarne Vajda, Szidonia"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D16"]   [WhiteElo "2784"]   [BlackElo "2359"]   [PlyCount "90"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O     cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bd7 14. Ne5 Be8 15.   a5 Nfd5 16. Bg3 Rc8 17. a6 bxa6 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bxa6 Rc2 20. Rd2 Rxd2 21.   Qxd2 Qb6 22. Bf1 a5 23. h4 Bf6 24. Ra3 Nc6 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Rxa5 Qxd4 27. Qxd4   Bxd4 28. b4 Ra8 29. Bd3 Bb6 30. Rxa8+ Bxa8 31. Kf1 f6 32. h5 Kf7 33. Ke2 Bc6     Bf4 Ke7 35. f3 Bd4 36. Be3 Bxe3 37. Kxe3 Bb7 38. Kd4 Kd6 39. b5 Bc8 40. g4     Bd7 41. b6 Bc8 42. Bg6 Kc6 43. Bf5 Bb7 44. Be6 Kxb6 45. Bxd5 Bc8 1/2-1/2

  [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.26"]   [Round "1.4"]   [White "Tate, Alan"]   [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "A05"]   [WhiteElo "2345"]   [BlackElo "2755"]   [PlyCount "90"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Bg2 Bd7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Bxf6 exf6 8. e4     dxe4 9. Nxe4 f5 10. Ned2 Bh6 11. Ne5 Bc8 12. c3 O-O 13. O-O a5 14. a4 Be6 15.   Re1 Na6 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Nb3 Rd6 19. Nd3 b6 20. Nbc1 c5 21. dxc5   bxc5 22. Ne5 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 Rd8 24. Qe2 c4 25. Nf3 Bd7 26. Bf1 Rc8 27. Qd1 Nc5     Bxc4 Bxa4 29. b3 Be8 30. Bf1 Ne4 31. c4 Rd8 32. Nd3 Bg7 33. Qc2 Bc6 34. Bg2     Qb6 35. Nf4 Qc5 36. Rf1 Bf6 37. Nd3 Qd6 38. Rd1 Nc3 39. Rd2 Be4 40. Nfe1 Qd4     Qb2 Rb8 42. c5 a4 43. b4 Qc4 44. Kh1 Bxd3 45. Nxd3 Ne4 0-1

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.26"]   [Round "1.5"]   [White "Li, Chao b"]   [Black "Wemmers, Xander"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "A05"]   [WhiteElo "2751"]   [BlackElo "2352"]   [PlyCount "99"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Be7 6. e4 d6 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Nd4     c6 9. g4 g6 10. h3 e5 11. Ne2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. c4 Nc7 14. Nbc3 b4 15. Ne4   h5 16. d4 hxg4 17. hxg4 Kf8 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxd8+ Rxd8 20. Bf4 f6 21. g5 Kf7     gxf6 Bxf6 23. Rad1 Ba6 24. Nxf6 Kxf6 25. Nd4 Rde8 26. Nxc6 Nxc6 27. Bxc6     Ne6 28. Rfe1 Nxf4 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Bxe8 Bxc4 31. b3 Be6 32. Bb5 Ke5 33. Rd8   Bf5 34. Bc4 Bb1 35. Kh2 a5 36. Ra8 Kd4 37. Rxa5 Nh5 38. Ra6 Kc3 39. Bf7 Nf4 40.   a4 bxa3 41. Rxa3 Bf5 42. Ra7 Nd3 43. Kg3 Nc5 44. Kf4 Nd3+ 45. Ke3 Ne5 46. Rc7+   Kb4 47. f4 Nxf7 48. Rxf7 Bc2 49. Kd4 Kxb3 50. Rb7+ 1-0

Pairings of top 10 boards of the 2nd round

GM	Fodor Tamas Jr.	2500	1	–	1	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2787
GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2785	1	–	1	GM	Gunina Valentina	2496
GM	Harikrishna P.	2755	1	–	1	GM	Zhukova Natalia	2484
GM	Blomqvist Erik	2492	1	–	1	GM	Li Chao B	2751
IM	Nakar Eylon	2479	1	–	1	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2732
GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2727	1	–	1	GM	Tarjan James E	2478
IM	Ly Moulthun	2474	1	–	1	GM	Rapport Richard	2721
GM	Fressinet Laurent	2700	1	–	1	IM	Prasanna Raghuram Rao	2460
IM	Galyas Miklos	2459	1	–	1	GM	Bacrot Etienne	2697
GM	Ni Hua	2697	1	–	1	GM	Krush Irina	2458

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