Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2017 – Masters last round

Nakamura won the event (8 points) after two tie-break matches.

Top 5 results of the last round

GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2650 ½ – ½ 7 GM Adams Michael ENG 2751
GM Gelfand Boris ISR 2721 7 ½ – ½ 7 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2796
GM Edouard Romain FRA 2613 7 0 – 1 7 GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2785
GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2738 7 1 – 0 7 GM Ju Wenjun CHN 2583
GM Matlakov Maxim RUS 2701 ½ – ½ 7 GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2689

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Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2017 – Masters 9th round

Anton Guijarro leads with 7.5 points, while 8 players are half a point behind.

GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2785 7,0
GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2796 7,0
GM Adams Michael ENG 2751 7,0
GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2738 7,0
GM Ju Wenjun CHN 2583 7,0
GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2689 7,0
GM Gelfand Boris ISR 2721 7,0
GM Edouard Romain FRA 2613 7,0

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Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2017 – Masters 8th round

Five players lead with 6.5 points:

GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2650 6,5
GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2796 6,5
GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2785 6,5
GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2738 6,5
GM Topalov Veselin BUL 2739 6,5

Top 5 results of the 8th round

GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2650 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2796
GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2738 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2785
GM Short Nigel D ENG 2675 ½ – ½ GM Adams Michael ENG 2751
GM Sutovsky Emil ISR 2628 0 – 1 GM Topalov Veselin BUL 2739
GM Fridman Daniel GER 2594 ½ – ½ GM Gelfand Boris ISR 2721

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Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2017 – Masters 7th round

Four players lead the event with 6 points:

GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2796 6,0
GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2650 6,0
GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2785 6,0
GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2738 6,0

Top 5 results of the 7th round

GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2650 ½ – ½ GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2785
GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2796 5 1 – 0 GM Adams Michael ENG 2751
GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2689 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Topalov Veselin BUL 2739
IM Dragnev Valentin AUT 2492 5 0 – 1 5 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2738
GM Svidler Peter RUS 2748 ½ – ½ 5 GM Short Nigel D ENG 2675

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