Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2014

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The games of the 7th round have started about an hour ago. Top 15 pairings:

1 1 GM Adams Michael 2754 5 – 5½ GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2739 3
2 2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2745 5 – 5 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2682 13
3 7 GM Kamsky Gata 2709 5 – 5 GM Dreev Aleksey 2673 16
4 23 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2619 5 – 5 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2707 8
5 26 GM Wei Yi 2607 5 – 5 GM Harikrishna P. 2706 9
6 39 GM Hansen Eric 2559 5 – 5 GM Rapport Richard 2691 11
7 6 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2715 4½ – 4½ GM Adhiban B. 2590 29
8 10 GM Navara David 2702 4½ – 4½ GM Fier Alexandr 2572 33
9 14 GM Li Chao B 2680 4½ – 4½ GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2562 38
10 63 WGM Tan Zhongyi 2483 4½ – 4½ GM Cheparinov Ivan 2672 17
11 20 GM Edouard Romain 2658 4½ – 4½ GM Debashis Das 2494 60
12 24 GM Dubov Daniil 2614 4½ – 4½ IM Pardo Simon David 2450 75
13 78 GM Akesson Ralf 2447 4½ – 4 GM Movsesian Sergei 2677 15
14 59 WGM Pogonina Natalija 2495 4 – 4 GM Short Nigel D 2683 12
15 18 GM Sutovsky Emil 2663 4 – 4 IM Hambleton Aman 2481 65

Watch the games live here.

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Zurich Chess Challenge 2014

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Carlsen-Caruana
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Both Carlsen and Aronian won their games, so there is just 1 point difference between them!

Results of the 4th round

Carlsen 5 1-0 3 Caruana
Aronian 4 1-0 3 Nakamura
Gelfand 2 0-1 1 Anand

Standings after 4 rounds

Carlsen 7
Aronian 6
Nakamura 3
Caruana 3
Anand 3
Gelfand 2

Pairings of the 5th round

Nakamura – Gelfand
Caruana – Aronian
Anand – Carlsen

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Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2014

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Ivanchuk is leading with 5.5 out of 6, 12 players have 5!

Top 15 results of the 6th round:

1 9 GM Harikrishna P. 2706 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2745 2
2 3 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2739 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Li Chao B 2680 14
3 11 GM Rapport Richard 2691 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Vitiugov Nikita 2737 4
4 13 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2682 4½ ½ – ½ 4 GM Navara David 2702 10
5 1 GM Adams Michael 2754 4 1 – 0 4 GM Mareco Sandro 2582 30
6 7 GM Kamsky Gata 2709 4 1 – 0 4 IM Dvirnyy Danyyil 2574 32
7 16 GM Dreev Aleksey 2673 4 1 – 0 4 GM Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag 2566 35
8 17 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2672 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2562 38
9 39 GM Hansen Eric 2559 4 1 – 0 4 GM Agdestein Simen 2627 22
10 23 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2619 4 1 – 0 4 GM Maze Sebastien 2536 44
11 60 GM Debashis Das 2494 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Dubov Daniil 2614 24
12 98 IM Nakar Eylon 2398 4 0 – 1 4 GM Wei Yi 2607 26
13 5 GM Eljanov Pavel 2733 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Oparin Grigoriy 2517 49
14 43 GM Spraggett Kevin 2544 3½ 0 – 1 3½ GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2715 6
15 45 GM Libiszewski Fabien 2533 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Movsesian Sergei 2677 15

Top 15 players after 6 rounds with performance and ELO gain/loss:

1 3 GM Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2739 5.5 2939 10.6
2 8 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco ESP 2707 5.0 2854 6.7
3 2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2745 5.0 2831 6.5
4 9 GM Harikrishna P. IND 2706 5.0 2825 8.9
5 13 GM Rodshtein Maxim ISR 2682 5.0 2805 9.4
6 4 GM Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2737 5.0 2801 4.9
7 11 GM Rapport Richard HUN 2691 5.0 2788 7.4
8 1 GM Adams Michael ENG 2754 5.0 2783 2.3
9 7 GM Kamsky Gata USA 2709 5.0 2757 3.5
10 16 GM Dreev Aleksey RUS 2673 5.0 2724 3.7
11 39 GM Hansen Eric CAN 2559 5.0 2701 11.4
12 26 GM Wei Yi CHN 2607 5.0 2668 4.3
13 23 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar IND 2619 5.0 2656 3.6
14 14 GM Li Chao B CHN 2680 4.5 2713 3.7
15 20 GM Edouard Romain FRA 2658 4.5 2705 4.8

Top 15 pairings of the 7th round

1 1 GM Adams Michael 2754 5 – 5½ GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2739 3
2 2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2745 5 – 5 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2682 13
3 7 GM Kamsky Gata 2709 5 – 5 GM Dreev Aleksey 2673 16
4 23 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2619 5 – 5 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 2707 8
5 26 GM Wei Yi 2607 5 – 5 GM Harikrishna P. 2706 9
6 39 GM Hansen Eric 2559 5 – 5 GM Rapport Richard 2691 11
7 6 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2715 4½ – 4½ GM Adhiban B. 2590 29
8 10 GM Navara David 2702 4½ – 4½ GM Fier Alexandr 2572 33
9 14 GM Li Chao B 2680 4½ – 4½ GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2562 38
10 63 WGM Tan Zhongyi 2483 4½ – 4½ GM Cheparinov Ivan 2672 17
11 20 GM Edouard Romain 2658 4½ – 4½ GM Debashis Das 2494 60
12 24 GM Dubov Daniil 2614 4½ – 4½ IM Pardo Simon David 2450 75
13 78 GM Akesson Ralf 2447 4½ – 4 GM Movsesian Sergei 2677 15
14 59 WGM Pogonina Natalija 2495 4 – 4 GM Short Nigel D 2683 12
15 18 GM Sutovsky Emil 2663 4 – 4 IM Hambleton Aman 2481 65

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