Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2014

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The 9th round had started over half an hour ago. Pairings of top 15 boards:

1 7 GM Kamsky Gata 2709 6½ – 7 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2739 3
2 2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2745 6 – 6½ GM Rapport Richard 2691 11
3 1 GM Adams Michael 2754 6 – 6 GM Adhiban B. 2590 29
4 23 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2619 6 – 6 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2737 4
5 34 GM Zhao Xue 2567 6 – 6 GM Harikrishna P. 2706 9
6 28 GM Salgado Lopez Ivan 2597 6 – 6 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2682 13
7 39 GM Hansen Eric 2559 6 – 6 GM Li Chao B 2680 14
8 16 GM Dreev Aleksey 2673 6 – 6 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2564 37
9 40 GM Anton Guijarro David 2557 6 – 6 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2672 17
10 20 GM Edouard Romain 2658 6 – 6 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2430 84
11 68 GM Al-Sayed Mohammed 2476 6 – 5½ GM Bologan Viktor 2661 19
12 24 GM Dubov Daniil 2614 5½ – 5½ GM Hoang Thanh Trang 2511 53
13 25 GM Sandipan Chanda 2609 5½ – 5½ IM Muzychuk Mariya 2503 55
14 26 GM Wei Yi 2607 5½ – 5½ WGM Tan Zhongyi 2483 63
15 38 GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2562 5½ – 5½ GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2715 6

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Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2014

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Ivanchuk won against Ganguly and enjoys sole lead with 7 points. Rapport and Kamsky have 6.5.

Top 15 results of the 8th round

1 3 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2739 6 1 – 0 6 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2619 23
2 13 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2682 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Adams Michael 2754 1
3 14 GM Li Chao B 2680 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2745 2
4 4 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2737 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Dreev Aleksey 2673 16
5 75 IM Pardo Simon David 2450 5½ 0 – 1 5½ GM Kamsky Gata 2709 7
6 9 GM Harikrishna P. 2706 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Hansen Eric 2559 39
7 11 GM Rapport Richard 2691 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Wei Yi 2607 26
8 6 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2715 5 ½ – ½ 5½ GM Edouard Romain 2658 20
9 8 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2707 5 0 – 1 5 GM Anton Guijarro David 2557 40
10 44 GM Maze Sebastien 2536 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Navara David 2702 10
11 17 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2672 5 1 – 0 5 GM Khotenashvili Bela 2527 46
12 45 GM Libiszewski Fabien 2533 5 0 – 1 5 GM Salgado Lopez Ivan 2597 28
13 29 GM Adhiban B. 2590 5 1 – 0 5 GM El Debs Felipe De Cresce 2520 48
14 63 WGM Tan Zhongyi 2483 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Mareco Sandro 2582 30
15 33 GM Fier Alexandr 2572 5 0 – 1 5 GM Al-Sayed Mohammed 2476 68

Top 15 players with performance and ELO gain/loss

1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2739 7.0 2911 14.2
2 GM Rapport Richard HUN 2691 6.5 2783 9.4
3 GM Kamsky Gata USA 2709 6.5 2755 4.8
4 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2745 6.0 2781 4.7
5 GM Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2737 6.0 2779 4.0
6 GM Rodshtein Maxim ISR 2682 6.0 2779 11.3
7 GM Adams Michael ENG 2754 6.0 2753 1.1
8 GM Harikrishna P. IND 2706 6.0 2753 5.5
9 GM Li Chao B CHN 2680 6.0 2746 8.0
10 GM Edouard Romain FRA 2658 6.0 2728 8.4
11 GM Dreev Aleksey RUS 2673 6.0 2712 5.1
12 GM Hansen Eric CAN 2559 6.0 2689 15.2
13 GM Adhiban B. IND 2590 6.0 2672 9.5
14 GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2672 6.0 2662 -0.1
15 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2619 6.0 2661 6.4

Top 15 pairings of 9th round

1 7 GM Kamsky Gata 2709 6½ – 7 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2739 3
2 2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2745 6 – 6½ GM Rapport Richard 2691 11
3 1 GM Adams Michael 2754 6 – 6 GM Adhiban B. 2590 29
4 23 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2619 6 – 6 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2737 4
5 34 GM Zhao Xue 2567 6 – 6 GM Harikrishna P. 2706 9
6 28 GM Salgado Lopez Ivan 2597 6 – 6 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2682 13
7 39 GM Hansen Eric 2559 6 – 6 GM Li Chao B 2680 14
8 16 GM Dreev Aleksey 2673 6 – 6 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2564 37
9 40 GM Anton Guijarro David 2557 6 – 6 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2672 17
10 20 GM Edouard Romain 2658 6 – 6 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2430 84
11 68 GM Al-Sayed Mohammed 2476 6 – 5½ GM Bologan Viktor 2661 19
12 24 GM Dubov Daniil 2614 5½ – 5½ GM Hoang Thanh Trang 2511 53
13 25 GM Sandipan Chanda 2609 5½ – 5½ IM Muzychuk Mariya 2503 55
14 26 GM Wei Yi 2607 5½ – 5½ WGM Tan Zhongyi 2483 63
15 38 GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2562 5½ – 5½ GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2715 6

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Zurich Chess Challenge 2014

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Yesterday was the last day of Zurich Classical + Rapid event. Carlsen became the winner with 10 points, Caruana and Aronian had shared 2nd-3rd places with 9.

Final standings

1 Magnus Carlsen 10 2872
2 Fabiano Caruana 9 2782
3 Levon Aronian 9 2812
4 Hikaru Nakamura 7½ 2789
5 Viswanathan Anand 5 2773
6 Boris Gelfand 4½ 2777

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