Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2014

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Upd. The 3rd round is on the way in Gibraltar. Pairings of top 15 boards:

1 33 GM Fier Alexandr 2572 2 – 2 GM Adams Michael 2754 1 1/2
2 2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2745 2 – 2 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2564 37 1-0
3 4 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2737 2 – 2 GM Gopal G.N. 2550 41
4 38 GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2562 2 – 2 GM Kamsky Gata 2709 7 1/2
5 8 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2707 2 – 2 GM Spraggett Kevin 2544 43 1/2
6 40 GM Anton Guijarro David 2557 2 – 2 GM Harikrishna P. 2706 9 0-1
7 10 GM Navara David 2702 2 – 2 GM Libiszewski Fabien 2533 45 1-0
8 49 GM Oparin Grigoriy 2517 2 – 2 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2682 13
9 14 GM Li Chao B 2680 2 – 2 IM Muzychuk Mariya 2503 55
10 50 GM Gordon Stephen J 2516 2 – 2 GM Movsesian Sergei 2677 15
11 54 GM Xu Jun 2510 2 – 2 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2672 17
12 20 GM Edouard Romain 2658 2 – 2 GM Popilski Gil 2492 61
13 22 GM Agdestein Simen 2627 2 – 2 WGM Tan Zhongyi 2483 63
14 26 GM Wei Yi 2607 2 – 2 IM Henrichs Thomas 2477 67
15 60 GM Debashis Das 2494 2 – 2 GM Van Kampen Robin 2602 27

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Zurich Chess Challenge 2014

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Carlsen-Gelfand
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Results of the 1st round

Magnus Carlsen – Boris Gelfand 1-0
Levon Aronian – Viswanathan Anand 1-0
Hikaru Nakamura – Fabiano Caruana 1/2

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Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2014

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Adams-Al Sayed
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Many lower rated players managed to get half points from the elite ones this round! Take a look at the results of the first 15 boards:

1 1 GM Adams Michael 2754 1 1 – 0 1 GM Al-Sayed Mohammed 2476 68
2 70 GM Flear Glenn C 2471 1 0 – 1 1 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2745 2
3 3 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2739 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Larino Nieto David 2465 72
4 71 GM Galego Luis 2465 1 0 – 1 1 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2737 4
5 5 GM Eljanov Pavel 2733 1 ½ – ½ 1 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2458 74
6 73 IM Docx Stefan 2458 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2715 6
7 7 GM Kamsky Gata 2709 1 1 – 0 1 WGM Guo Qi 2450 76
8 75 IM Pardo Simon David 2450 1 0 – 1 1 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2707 8
9 9 GM Harikrishna P. 2706 1 1 – 0 1 GM Akesson Ralf 2447 78
10 77 GM Zhukova Natalia 2449 1 0 – 1 1 GM Navara David 2702 10
11 11 GM Rapport Richard 2691 1 ½ – ½ 1 IM Tania Sachdev 2442 80
12 79 IM Porper Edward 2446 1 ½ – ½ 1 GM Short Nigel D 2683 12
13 13 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2682 1 1 – 0 1 IM Kohlweyer Bernd 2437 82
14 81 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2438 1 0 – 1 1 GM Li Chao B 2680 14
15 15 GM Movsesian Sergei 2677 1 1 – 0 1 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2430 84

As many as 38 players lead after 2 rounds 🙂 .

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Top 15 pairings of the 3rd round

1 33 GM Fier Alexandr 2572 2 – 2 GM Adams Michael 2754 1
2 2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2745 2 – 2 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2564 37
3 4 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2737 2 – 2 GM Gopal G.N. 2550 41
4 38 GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2562 2 – 2 GM Kamsky Gata 2709 7
5 8 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2707 2 – 2 GM Spraggett Kevin 2544 43
6 40 GM Anton Guijarro David 2557 2 – 2 GM Harikrishna P. 2706 9
7 10 GM Navara David 2702 2 – 2 GM Libiszewski Fabien 2533 45
8 49 GM Oparin Grigoriy 2517 2 – 2 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2682 13
9 14 GM Li Chao B 2680 2 – 2 IM Muzychuk Mariya 2503 55
10 50 GM Gordon Stephen J 2516 2 – 2 GM Movsesian Sergei 2677 15
11 54 GM Xu Jun 2510 2 – 2 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2672 17
12 20 GM Edouard Romain 2658 2 – 2 GM Popilski Gil 2492 61
13 22 GM Agdestein Simen 2627 2 – 2 WGM Tan Zhongyi 2483 63
14 26 GM Wei Yi 2607 2 – 2 IM Henrichs Thomas 2477 67
15 60 GM Debashis Das 2494 2 – 2 GM Van Kampen Robin 2602 27

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Zurich Chess Challenge 2014

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A blitz tournament was played yesterday in Zurich to determine the colors for the Classical event. You can replay the games here.

So, after the drawing of lots/blitz we have the following order:

1 Carlsen, M.3 2872
2 Aronian, L. 3 2812
3 Nakamura, H. 2½ 2789
4 Caruana, F. 2½ 2782
5 Anand, V. 2½ 2773
6 Gelfand, B. 1½ 2777

This is indeed the highest rated tournament in chess history with an average ELO of 2801!

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