Tradewise Gibraltar – Masters 2013 1st round

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You can find the complete pairings of the 1st round on http://chess-results.com/tnr89507.aspx?art=2&rd=1&lan=1&wi=821

The first 10 matches are

  1. GM Ivanchuk Vassil 2758  1/2  Zygouris Hristos 2218
  2. Aerni Andreas 2206  1/2  GM Kamsky Gata 2740
  3. GM Adams Michael 2725  1-0  Lind Jan-Olof 2217
  4. CM Urbina Perez Ju 2214  0-1  GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2723
  5. GM Vachier-Lagrave M 2711   1-0  Tscharotschkin Michael 2200
  6. Bird Andrew 2223  0-1  GM Navara David 2710
  7. GM Shirov Alexei 2708  1-0  Valgmae Toomas 2218
  8. Marttala Thomas 2217  0-1  GM Le Quang Liem 2705
  9. GM Short Nigel D 2696  1-0  IM Sanchez Castillo Sarai 2212
  10. Semprun Martinez Fe 2201  0-1  GM Vitiugov Nikita 2694

Among the 10 top boards only Ivanchuk and Kamsky didn’t manage to win.  Still, lower rated opponents have put a great deal of fight!!

Games from the top boards of the 1st round

Top 10 pairings of the 2nd round

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

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

Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2013 – Masters Event

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Today is the arrival day of Gibraltar open tournament. This year the list of players in Masters event (there are 5 tournaments in total there) is again highly impressive – http://chess-results.com/tnr89507.aspx?lan=1. Ivanchuk, Kamsky, Adams, Wojtaszek, Vachier-Lagrave are just a few names from that list! http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/ is the official website of the event. Tomorrow is the first round. Will post pairings as soon as I see them :).

Wijk aan Zee Round 8

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GM Group A

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Carlsen won a very interesting and long game against Karjakin and is leading the event with 6 out of 8. Possibly, Karjakin overlooked a draw as it is stated in http://chess-news.ru/en/node/10840. Anand is 2nd with 5.5 points and Aronian & Nakamura share 3rd-4th.

Results of the 8th round

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

It might be interesting for you to read Aronian’s comments on the game – http://chess-news.ru/en/node/10837

GM Group B

Rapport, who was the leader of the event for many rounds has lost to Smeets and is now sharing 1st-3rd with Movsesian and Timman (who by the way is the oldest participant in all 3 events!!).

Results of the 8th round

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

GM Group C

Peralta drew and Brunello caught up with him after winning against Mekhitarian. They are on 6.5 points out of 8. Klein is 3rd and has 5.5 points.

Results of the 8th round

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

Today is the 2nd rest day.

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