Tradewise Gibraltar – Masters 2013 2nd round

This was another very fighting round! So far, there are 45 (!) players on 2 out of 2 :).

Results of top 10 pairs

1 IM Telljohann Sven 2423 0 – 1 GM Adams Michael 2725
2 GM Wojtaszek Rados 2723 1 – 0 IM Docx Stefan 2426
3 IM Kjartansson Gud 2408 0 – 1 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2711
4 GM Navara David 2710 1 – 0 IM Houska Jovanka 2416
5 GM Bellon Lopez Ju 2404 ½ – ½ GM Shirov Alexei 2708
6 GM Le Quang Liem 2705 1 – 0 IM Roser Kevin 2409
7 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2694 1 – 0 GM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan 2405
8 IM Teran Alvarez I 2399 1 – 0 GM Short Nigel D 2690
9 IM Nezad Husein Az 2394 0 – 1 GM Yu Yangyi 2688
10 GM Sutovsky Emil 2684 ½ – ½ IM Melia Salome 2403

Top 10 pairs of the 3rd round

1 GM Adams Michael 2725 – GM Kanep Meelis 2512
2 GM Stefanova Antoa 2516 – GM Wojtaszek Rados 2723
3 GM Vachier-Lagrave 2711 – WGM Ju Wenjun 2505
4 GM Al-Sayed Mohamm 2507 – GM Navara David 2710
5 GM Gallagher Josep 2499 – GM Le Quang Liem 2705
6 GM Mastrovasilis A 2498 – GM Vitiugov Nikita 2694
7 GM Yu Yangyi 2688 – IM Zatonskih Anna 2491
8 IM Gunina Valenti 2490 – GM Iturrizaga Edua 2650
9 GM Tkachiev Vladi 2650 – IM Paehtz Elisabet 2482
10 IM Oparin Grigoriy 2478 – GM Georgiev Kiril 2643

The official website of the event is http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/

Wijk aan Zee 10th round

GM Group A

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Carlsen won again and this time it was L’Ami who had to resign. Now Carlsen is 1.5 points ahead of Anand and Aronian who have 6.5.

Results of the 10th round

van Wely, L. – Giri, A. ½-½
Caruana, F. – Nakamura, H. 0-1
Aronian, L. – Wang, H. 1-0
Carlsen, M. – L’Ami, E. 1-0
Harikrishna, P. – Hou, Y. 0-1
Anand, V. – Karjakin, S. ½-½
Sokolov, I. – Leko, P. 0-1

GM Group B

Rapport won against Ipatov of Turkey and caught up with Movsesian. Both have 7 points out of 10 now. Naiditsch and Smeets are on 6.5.

Results of the 10th round

van Kampen, R. – Timman, J. 1-0
Nikolic, P. – Naiditsch, A. ½-½
Rapport, R. – Ipatov, A. 1-0
Edouard, R. – Grandelius, N. 1-0
Ernst, S. – Smeets, J. 0-1
Movsesian, S. – Dubov, D. ½-½
Tiviakov, S. – Turov, M. ½-½

GM Group C

Brunello is leading the event with 8.5 out of 10, Peralta is 2nd with 8. Swinkels and Klein share 3rd-4th and have 6.5 points.

Results of the 10th round

Goryachkina, A. – Klein, D. 0-1
Kovchan, A. – Admiraal, M. ½-½
Peralta, F. – Romanishin, O. 1-0
Swinkels, R. – Burg, T. 1-0
Brunello, S. – van der Werf, M. 1-0
Schut, L. – Gretarsson, H. 0-1
Bitensky, I. – Mekhitarian, K. 1-0

Today is the rest day :).

The official website of the event is http://www.tatasteelchess.com/

Wijk aan Zee 9th round

GM Group A

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Carlsen was surprised by Hou’s Ponziani but got a very good position and won later. He is a sole leader and has 7 out of 9, Anand has 6 points, Aronian and Nakamura are on 5.5.

Results of round 9

Sokolov, I. – van Wely, L. 0-1
Leko, P. – Anand, V. ½-½
Karjakin, S. – Harikrishna, P. ½-½
Hou, Y. – Carlsen, M. 0-1
L’Ami, E. – Aronian, L. ½-½
Wang, H. – Caruana, F. ½-½
Nakamura, H. – Giri, A. ½-½

GM Group B

Movsesian is leading the event with 7 points, Smeets and Naiditsch are on 6.5.

Results of round 9

Tiviakov, S. – van Kampen, R. 1-0
Turov, M. – Movsesian, S. 0-1
Dubov, D. – Ernst, S. 1-0
Smeets, J. – Edouard, R. 1-0
Grandelius, N. – Rapport, R. ½-½
Ipatov, A. – Nikolic, P. 1-0
Naiditsch, A. – Timman, J. 1-0

GM Group C

Brunello is the sole leader with 7.5 points out of 9, 2nd is Peralta with 7. Swinkels and Klein share 3rd-4th and are on 6.5 points.

Results of round 9

Bitensky, I. – Goryachkina, A. 1-0
Mekhitarian, K. – Schut, L. 1-0
Gretarsson, H. – Brunello, S. 0-1
van der Werf, M. – Swinkels, R. 0-1
Burg, T. – Peralta, F. ½-½
Romanishin, O. – Kovchan, A. ½-½
Admiraal, M. – Klein, D. 1-0

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