Top 100 Players February 2013

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As usual, the 1st day of the month means rating change :). You can view the complete rating list here.

Top 20 players of the February list

Rank Name Title Country Rating Games B-Year
1 Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2872 13 1990
2 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2810 0 1975
3 Aronian, Levon g ARM 2809 13 1982
4 Radjabov, Teimour g AZE 2793 0 1987
5 Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2786 13 1990
6 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2780 13 1969
7 Topalov, Veselin g BUL 2771 0 1975
8 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2767 13 1987
9 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2766 0 1985
10 Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2764 0 1983
11 Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2758 0 1969
12 Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2758 0 1977
13 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2757 13 1992
14 Svidler, Peter g RUS 2747 0 1976
15 Leko, Peter g HUN 2744 13 1979
16 Wang, Hao g CHN 2743 13 1989
17 Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2740 0 1968
18 Kamsky, Gata g USA 2740 0 1974
19 Gashimov, Vugar g AZE 2737 0 1986
20 Jakovenko, Dmitry g RUS 2734 0 1983

Also, you can view the gains and losses of many players here.

Tradewise Gibraltar – Masters 2013 10th, last round

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The leaders drew which allowed Sandipan to catch up with them after winning against Le Quang Liem. The four – Vitiugov, Vachier-Lagrave, Sandipan and Short finished on 8 points. As usual, in Gibraltar event the winner is decided by tie-breaks :). So, first Short eliminated Vachier-Lagrave and Vitiugov won the mini-match against Sandipan and then Vitiugov went on to win the 1st place against Short.

Vitiugov

Results of the top 10 boards

1 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2694 7½ ½ – ½ 7½ GM Vachier-Lagrave 2711
2 GM Navara David 2710 7 ½ – ½ 7½ GM Short Nigel D 2690
3 GM Zhao Xue 2554 7 ½ – ½ 7 GM Ivanchuk Vassil 2758
4 GM Georgiev Kiril 2643 7 ½ – ½ 7 GM Adams Michael 2725
5 GM Le Quang Liem 2705 7 0 – 1 7 GM Sandipan Chanda 2590
6 GM Kamsky Gata 2740 6½ 1 – 0 6½ IM Ibarra Jerez Jo 2538
7 GM Felgaer Ruben 2557 6½ ½ – ½ 6½ GM Wojtaszek Rados 2723
8 GM Cramling Pia 2518 6½ 0 – 1 6½ GM Yu Yangyi 2688
9 GM Gordon Stephen 2533 6½ 0 – 1 6½ GM Fridman Daniel 2667
10 GM Jones Gawain C 2632 6½ ½ – ½ 6½ GM Gallagher Josep 2499

Top 10 players in final standings

1 GM Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2694 8.0 2830
2 GM Vachier-Lagrave FRA 2711 8.0 2788
3 GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2590 8.0 2765
4 GM Short Nigel D ENG 2690 8.0 2730
5 GM Georgiev Kiril BUL 2643 7.5 2745
6 GM Adams Michael ENG 2725 7.5 2744
7 GM Navara David CZE 2710 7.5 2742
8 GM Kamsky Gata USA 2740 7.5 2730
9 GM Ivanchuk Vassil UKR 2758 7.5 2726
10 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2688 7.5 2726

Some interesting games from the top boards

And interesting games from tie-break matches

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Tradewise Gibraltar – Masters 2013 9th round

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Vitiugov and Short drew, so Vachier-Lagrave managed to join them after winning against Kamsky.

Results of top 10 boards of the 9th round

1 1GM Short Nigel D 2690 7 ½ – ½ 7 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2694
2 GM Vachier-Lagrave 2711 6½ 1 – 0 6½ GM Kamsky Gata 2740
3 GM Yu Yangyi 2688 6½ 0 – 1 6 GM Navara David 2710
4 GM Ivanchuk Vassil 2758 6 1 – 0 6 GM Muzychuk Anna 2582
5 GM Adams Michael 2725 6 1 – 0 6 GM Ehlvest Jaan 2603
6 GM Sandipan Chanda 2590 6 1 – 0 6 GM Shirov Alexei 2708
7 GM Vazquez Igarza 2565 6 0 – 1 6 GM Le Quang Liem 2705
8 GM Fridman Daniel 2667 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Felgaer Ruben 2557
9 GM Iturrizaga Edua 2650 6 0 – 1 6 GM Zhao Xue 2554
10 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2555 6 0 – 1 6 GM Georgiev Kiril 2643

The top 10 players after 9 rounds

1 GM Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2694 7.5 2850
2 GM Vachier-Lagrave FRA 2711 7.5 2805
3 GM Short Nigel D ENG 2690 7.5 2738
4 GM Le Quang Liem VIE 2705 7.0 2795
5 GM Adams Michael ENG 2725 7.0 2760
6 GM Navara David CZE 2710 7.0 2753
7 GM Georgiev Kiril BUL 2643 7.0 2752
8 GM Ivanchuk Vassil UKR 2758 7.0 2750
9 GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2590 7.0 2725
10 GM Zhao Xue CHN 2554 7.0 2611

Top 10 pairs of the last, 10th round

1 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2694 7½ – 7½ GM Vachier-Lagrave 2711
2 GM Navara David 2710 7 – 7½ GM Short Nigel D 2690
3 GM Zhao Xue 2554 7 – 7 GM Ivanchuk Vassil 2758
4 GM Georgiev Kiril 2643 7 – 7 GM Adams Michael 2725
5 GM Le Quang Liem 2705 7 – 7 GM Sandipan Chanda 2590
6 GM Kamsky Gata 2740 6½ – 6½ IM Ibarra Jerez Jo 2538
7 GM Felgaer Ruben 2557 6½ – 6½ GM Wojtaszek Rados 2723
8 GM Cramling Pia 2518 6½ – 6½ GM Yu Yangyi 2688
9 GM Gordon Stephen 2533 6½ – 6½ GM Fridman Daniel 2667
10 GM Jones Gawain C 2632 6½ – 6½ GM Gallagher Josep 2499

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