Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2018 – Masters

First round was yesterday and here are the top results:

IMGara Anita2350½ – ½GMAronian Levon2797
GMVachier-Lagrave Maxime27931 – 0FMBlohberger Felix2367
FMTate Alan23580 – 1GMNakamura Hikaru2781
GMNavara David27491 – 0GMPaehtz Thomas2356
IMHemant Sharma (Del)2348½ – ½GMHarikrishna P.2745
GMLe Quang Liem2737½ – ½FMPrithu Gupta2373
IMDevereaux Maxim L23700 – 1GMVitiugov Nikita2732
GMIvanchuk Vassily27261 – 0FMBjerre Jonas Buhl2367
IMLazarne Vajda Szidonia23620 – 1GMDuda Jan-Krzysztof2724
GMWang Hao27111 – 0IMPerez Garcia Alejandro2357

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Tata Steel Masters, Wijk aan Zee 2018 9th round

Giri leads with 6.5 points.

Results of the 9th round

Jones, Gawain C B – Hou, Yifan½-½
Anand, Viswanathan – Carlsen, Magnus½-½
So, Wesley – Svidler, Peter½-½
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar – Kramnik, Vladimir½-½
Matlakov, Maxim – Giri, Anish0-1
Karjakin, Sergey – Wei, Yi½-½
Caruana, Fabiano – Adhiban, B.½-½

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Tata Steel Masters, Wijk aan Zee 2018 8th round

Mamedyarov, Giri and Carlsen lead with 5.5. Today is a rest day.

Results of the 8th round

Hou, Yifan – Caruana, Fabiano0-1
Adhiban, B. – Karjakin, Sergey½-½
Wei, Yi – Matlakov, Maxim½-½
Giri, Anish – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar1-0
Kramnik, Vladimir – So, Wesley½-½
Svidler, Peter – Anand, Viswanathan½-½
Carlsen, Magnus – Jones, Gawain C B1-0

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