Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2017 – Masters 8th round

Five players lead with 6.5 points:

GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2650 6,5
GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2796 6,5
GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2785 6,5
GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2738 6,5
GM Topalov Veselin BUL 2739 6,5

Top 5 results of the 8th round

GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2650 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2796
GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2738 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2785
GM Short Nigel D ENG 2675 ½ – ½ GM Adams Michael ENG 2751
GM Sutovsky Emil ISR 2628 0 – 1 GM Topalov Veselin BUL 2739
GM Fridman Daniel GER 2594 ½ – ½ GM Gelfand Boris ISR 2721

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Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2017 – Masters 7th round

Four players lead the event with 6 points:

GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2796 6,0
GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2650 6,0
GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2785 6,0
GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2738 6,0

Top 5 results of the 7th round

GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2650 ½ – ½ GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2785
GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2796 5 1 – 0 GM Adams Michael ENG 2751
GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2689 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Topalov Veselin BUL 2739
IM Dragnev Valentin AUT 2492 5 0 – 1 5 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2738
GM Svidler Peter RUS 2748 ½ – ½ 5 GM Short Nigel D ENG 2675

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