Tradewise Gibraltar – Masters 2013 6th round

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The leaders drew and allowed Georgiev to catch up with them. The three have 5.5 out of 6.

Results of top 10 boards

1 GM Le Quang Liem 2705 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2694
2 GM Tkachiev Vladis 2650 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Ivanchuk Vassi 2758
3 GM Navara David 2710 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Jones Gawain C 2632
4 GM Georgiev Kiril 2643 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Yu Yangyi 2688
5 GM Kamsky Gata 2740 4 1 – 0 4 GM Kulaots Kaido 2587
6 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2555 4 0 – 1 4 GM Adams Michael 2725
7 GM Felgaer Ruben 2557 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Vachier-Lagrave 2711
8 GM Cramling Pia 2518 4 0 – 1 4 GM Shirov Alexei 2708
9 GM Jakubiec Artur 2518 4 0 – 1 4 GM Short Nigel D 2690
10 3GM Stefanova Antoa 2516 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Fridman Daniel 2667

Top 10 boards of the 7th round

1 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2694 5½ – 5½ GM Georgiev Kiril 2643
2 GM Ivanchuk Vassi 2758 5 – 5½ GM Le Quang Liem 2705
3 GM Iturrizaga Edua 2650 5 – 5 GM Kamsky Gata 2740
4 GM Adams Michael 2725 5 – 5 GM Tkachiev Vladis 2650
5 GM Salgado Lopez I 2606 5 – 5 GM Navara David 2710
6 GM Jones Gawain C 2632 5 – 5 GM Shirov Alexei 2708
7 GM Short Nigel D 2690 5 – 5 IM Larino Nieto Da 2497
8 GM Vachier-Lagrave 2711 4½ – 4½ GM Stefanova Antoa 2516
9 GM Yu Yangyi 2688 4½ – 4½ GM Cmilyte Viktori 2515
10 GM Fridman Daniel 2667 4½ – 4½ WGM Ju Wenjun 2505

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Wijk aan Zee – last round

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GM Group A

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Carlsen drew Giri in the last round after getting a very unpleasant position and won the event with 10 out of 13! Aronian was 2nd with 8.5 and 3rd-4th places were shared by Anand and Karjakin.

Results of the last round

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

GM Group B

Naiditsch and Rapport both won their games and shared 1st-2nd places with 9 points. Movsesian and Smeets shared 3rd-4th with 8.5.

Results of the last round

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

GM Group C

Brunello won the event with 11 out of 13! Peralta was 2nd with 10.5 and Swinkels was 3rd with 8.5 points.

Results of the last round

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

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Tradewise Gibraltar – Masters 2013 5th round

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The four leaders played each other, so now we have only two players who share 1st place with 5 out of 5 – Le Quang and Vitiugov. Six players are on 4.5.

Results of the top 10 boards

1 GM Iturrizaga Edua 2650 4 0 – 1 4 GM Le Quang Liem 2705
2 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2694 4 1 – 0 4 GM Swiercz Dariusz 2627
3 GM Ivanchuk Vassil 2758 3½ 1 – 0 3½ GM Ehlvest Jaan 2603
4 GM Sandipan Chanda 2590 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Kamsky Gata 2740
5 GM Adams Michael 2725 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Felgaer Ruben 2557
6 IM Ibarra Jerez Jo 2538 3½ 0 – 1 3½ GM Navara David 2710
7 GM Yu Yangyi 2688 3½ 1 – 0 3½ GM Gordon Stephen 2533
8 GM Tkachiev Vladis 2650 3½ 1 – 0 3½ IM Teran Alvarez I 2399
9 GM Al-Sayed Mohamm 2507 3½ 0 – 1 3½ GM Georgiev Kiril 2643
10 IM Melia Salome 2403 3½ 0 – 1 3½ GM Jones Gawain C 2632

Top 10 pairs of the 6th round

1 GM Le Quang Liem 2705 5 – 5 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2694
2 GM Tkachiev Vladis 2650 4½ – 4½ GM Ivanchuk Vassi 2758
3 GM Navara David 2710 4½ – 4½ GM Jones Gawain C 2632
4 GM Georgiev Kiril 2643 4½ – 4½ GM Yu Yangyi 2688
5 GM Kamsky Gata 2740 4 – 4 GM Kulaots Kaido 2587
6 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2555 4 – 4 GM Adams Michael 2725
7 GM Felgaer Ruben 2557 4 – 4 GM Vachier-Lagrave 2711
8 GM Cramling Pia 2518 4 – 4 GM Shirov Alexei 2708
9 GM Jakubiec Artur 2518 4 – 4 GM Short Nigel D 2690
10 GM Stefanova Antoa 2516 4 – 4 GM Fridman Daniel 2667

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Wijk aan Zee 12th round

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GM Group A

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Carlsen won against Nakamura and secured the 1st place before the last round! He has 9.5 points, Aronian and Anand are on 8.

Results of the 12th round

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

GM Group B

Rapport won against Timman and is back to sharing 1st place. Places 1st to 3rd (before the last round) are – Rapport, Movsesian and Naiditsch with 8.

Results of the 12th round

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

GM Group C

The battle for 1st place continues as both Brunello and Peralta won their games and have 10 points. Swinkels is 3rd with 7.5.

Results of the 12th round

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

Today is the last round and it begins at 12.00pm local time!

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