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Vachier-Lagrave, Nakamura (Photo by Sophie Triay)

Nakamura shared 1st-2nd places with Vachier-Lagrave (8 points) but then beat him in a very interesting playoff match!

Results of the top 10 boards of the last round

GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2787	7	1 – 0	7	GM	Anton Guijarro David	2639
GM	Maze Sebastien	2591	7	0 – 1	7	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2785
GM	Harikrishna P.	2755	7	½ – ½	7	GM	Li Chao B	2751
GM	Bacrot Etienne	2697	7	½ – ½	7	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2639
GM	Yu Yangyi	2747	6½	0 – 1	6½	GM	Jones Gawain C B	2625
GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2732	6½	½ – ½	6½	GM	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	2642
GM	Grandelius Nils	2635	6½	½ – ½	6½	GM	Ragger Markus	2689
GM	Sutovsky Emil	2647	6½	1 – 0	6½	GM	Bachmann Axel	2610
GM	Lalith Babu M R	2553	6½	0 – 1	6	GM	Rapport Richard	2721
GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2727	6	½ – ½	6	IM	Tari Aryan	2556

Top 15 players after the last round

GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	FRA	2785	8,0
GM	Nakamura Hikaru	USA	2787	8,0
GM	Bacrot Etienne	FRA	2697	7,5
GM	Sethuraman S.P.	IND	2639	7,5
GM	Harikrishna P.	IND	2755	7,5
GM	Jones Gawain C B	ENG	2625	7,5
GM	Li Chao B	CHN	2751	7,5
GM	Sutovsky Emil	ISR	2647	7,5
GM	Ragger Markus	AUT	2689	7,0
GM	Gupta Abhijeet	IND	2613	7,0
GM	Maze Sebastien	FRA	2591	7,0
GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	RUS	2732	7,0
GM	Anton Guijarro David	ESP	2639	7,0
GM	Bruzon Batista Lazaro	CUB	2666	7,0
GM	Grandelius Nils	SWE	2635	7,0

A few games of the round

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.02.04"]   [Round "10.1"]   [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "A85"]   [WhiteElo "2787"]   [BlackElo "2639"]   [PlyCount "59"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Qc2 g6 6. h4 Bg7 7. O-O-O c6 8. Nh3     Nf8 9. e3 Qa5 10. Kb1 Ne6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. g4 O-O-O 14. gxf5 gxf5     Bd3 Kb8 16. Ne2 Bxh4 17. Bxf5 Bf6 18. e4 c5 19. d5 Nc7 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. f4     Rhd8 22. Nf2 b5 23. Ng4 Bh8 24. Rxh7 Qb4 25. Ne3 a6 26. a3 Qa5 27. Nf5 Re8 28.   e5 bxc4 29. Rdh1 Nb5 30. a4 1-0

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.02.04"]   [Round "10.2"]   [White "Maze, Sebastien"]   [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "B51"]   [WhiteElo "2591"]   [BlackElo "2785"]   [PlyCount "86"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. O-O Nf6   Nc3 e5 9. Qd3 h6 10. Nd2 b5 11. a3 Be7 12. Rd1 Bg4 13. f3 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Be6   Nf1 O-O 16. Ne3 Rac8 17. Qe2 Rc5 18. Bd2 Rfc8 19. Be1 Qb7 20. Rd2 a5 21.     Bf2 b4 22. Na4 R5c6 23. Nd5 Bd8 24. b3 bxa3 25. Qd1 Ra6 26. Rxa3 Nxd5 27. exd5   Bf5 28. c4 Bg5 29. Rda2 e4 30. fxe4 Bxe4 31. Nc3 Bf5 32. Nb5 Bd7 33. Nc3 Re8     h3 Qb4 35. Qc2 Be3 36. Nd1 Bc5 37. Kh2 Re1 38. Ra4 Bxa4 39. Rxa4 Bxf2 40.     Rxb4 Bg1+ 41. Kg3 axb4 42. Qd2 Re8 43. Qxb4 Rb6 0-1

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.02.04"]   [Round "10.3"]   [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]   [Black "Li, Chao b"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C42"]   [WhiteElo "2755"]   [BlackElo "2751"]   [PlyCount "133"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.     Nbd2 Bf5 9. Re1 Nd6 10. Nf1 O-O 11. Bf4 Qc8 12. c3 Rd8 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Ng5 Bxg5     Bxg5 f6 16. Bf4 Ne7 17. Qh5 Ne4 18. Qe2 Ng6 19. Bg3 c6 20. Qc2 Re8 21. Bxe4     dxe4 22. Qxe4 Bxa2 23. Qf3 Bf7 24. h4 Ne7 25. c4 Qd7 26. Red1 Red8 27. d5 cxd5     cxd5 Qb5 29. d6 Nc6 30. Nf5 Be6 31. Ne7+ Nxe7 32. dxe7 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 Re8   Rd8 Kf7 35. Bd6 a5 36. Qg3 a4 37. Ba3 Qc6 38. Qe3 Bd5 39. Qd2 Be6 40. Qf4     h5 41. Qd2 Qb5 42. Qd1 Kg8 43. Qc2 Bf7 44. Qe4 Qc6 45. Qxc6 bxc6 46. f4 Kh7 47.   f5 g6 48. Kf2 gxf5 49. Ke3 Kg7 50. Kf4 Bg6 51. Rd4 Rg8 52. Rd6 Be8 53. Kxf5   Bg6+ 54. Ke6 Bf7+ 55. Kd7 Be8+ 56. Kd8 Kf7 57. Bc5 Rxg2 58. Bd4 Rg6 59. Bc3 c5     Rd5 Rg8 61. Rxh5 Bb5+ 62. Kc7 Kxe7 63. Rf5 Be8 64. Rxf6 a3 65. Ra6 axb2 66.     Bxb2 Rg6 67. Rxg6 1/2-1/2

Playoff games

  [Event "Gibraltar Masters TB"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.02.04"]   [Round "1"]   [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "B22"]   [WhiteElo "2787"]   [BlackElo "2785"]   [PlyCount "88"]   [EventDate "2016.02.04"]         e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 c4 8. Bc2     Qxd6 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Re1 e6 12. b3 Be7 13. Qe2 cxb3 14. axb3 O-O 15.   d4 Rfd8 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Ng5+ Bxg5 18. Qxh5+ Bh6 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qxf7+ Kh8     Qf6+ Kh7 22. Qf7+ Kh8 23. Rxe6 Rf8 24. Rxd6 Rxf7 25. d5 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Nxd8   c4 a6 28. Nc3 Re7 29. c5 Nd7 30. c6 bxc6 31. Rxa6 Nb8 32. Rb6 Rb7 33. Rxb7     Nxb7 34. dxc6 Nxc6 35. Nd5 Kg7 36. b4 Nd6 37. g4 Kf7 38. Kg2 Ke6 39. Nc7+ Kd7     Na6 Ke6 41. f4 Kd5 42. f5 Ke5 43. Kg3 h5 44. Nc5 Nxf5+ 1/2-1/2

  [Event "Gibraltar Masters TB"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.02.04"]   [Round "2"]   [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]   [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C67"]   [WhiteElo "2785"]   [BlackElo "2787"]   [PlyCount "73"]   [EventDate "2016.02.04"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5   Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3     Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. h4 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bf4 Rc8 19. Kh2 Kf7 20. Ne4 b6     Rfe1 Rgg8 22. b3 Rge8 23. f3 c5 24. c3 a5 25. Kg2 Re7 26. Rd2 Bd7 27. Kf2     Bc6 28. Rde2 Rce8 29. Nd2 Rc8 30. Nc4 Rxe2+ 31. Rxe2 Bb5 32. Rd2 Bc6 33. a4 Ne7     Rd3 Ng6 35. Bc1 Ke6 36. Re3+ Kf7 37. Rd3 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters TB"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.26"]   [Round "3"]   [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]   [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C67"]   [WhiteElo "2785"]   [BlackElo "2787"]   [PlyCount "102"]   [EventDate "2016.02.04"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.     Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. g3 Re8 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Ne2 Bf6 13. c3 Nd6 14. Nf4 Bg4 15.   Rxe8+ Nxe8 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Ng2 h6 18. Ne3 Be6 19. Bd2 Nd6 20. Qc2 Re8 21. Re1   g6 22. b3 Bg7 23. Bc1 a6 24. a4 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. b4 Nc4 27. Nxc4 bxc4 28.   Bf1 Bg4 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Bg2 Bf5 31. Qa4 Bd7 32. Qd1 Na7 33. Ne5 Be6 34. Be3   Nb5 35. Qc1 f6 36. Nf3 g5 37. h4 c6 38. Bd2 Bf5 39. Qa1 Be4 40. hxg5 hxg5 41.   Ne1 Bxg2 42. Nxg2 Nd6 43. Ne3 Ne4 44. Qa2 Qh5 45. Be1 g4 46. Qa8+ Kh7 47. Qxc6   Ng5 48. Kf1 Qh1+ 49. Ke2 Qf3+ 50. Kf1 Qh1+ 51. Ke2 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters TB"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.26"]   [Round "4"]   [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "B92"]   [WhiteElo "2787"]   [BlackElo "2785"]   [PlyCount "66"]   [EventDate "2016.02.04"]         e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Qd3     Be6 9. Be3 Nc6 10. a3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 Bxd5 14. O-O O-O     Rad1 Be4 16. Nc5 Bxc2 17. Rd2 Bf5 18. Nxb7 Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Rxd4 Bf6   Rb4 a5 22. Rb5 Bd7 23. Rb6 Rab8 24. Bf3 Rfc8 25. Rd1 Be6 26. h3 a4 27. Rb4     Bb3 28. Rb1 Rc2 29. Nc5 Rxb4 30. axb4 Rxb2 31. Rxb2 Bxb2 32. Nxb3 axb3 33. Bd1   Bc3 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters TB"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.26"]   [Round "5"]   [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]   [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "C67"]   [WhiteElo "2785"]   [BlackElo "2787"]   [PlyCount "82"]   [EventDate "2016.02.04"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5   Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Bf6 14. d4 d5   cxd5 cxd5 16. g3 Be6 17. Bg2 Nc7 18. b3 Qd7 19. Ba3 Rfe8 20. Rc1 Nb5 21.     Bb2 Rac8 22. Qd3 Nc7 23. Re2 g6 24. Rce1 Bg7 25. h4 h5 26. Bf3 Red8 27. Ng2 Bf5     Qd2 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Nxe8 30. Ne3 Be4 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. d5 Bxb2 33. Qxb2 Nd6   Qf6 Qd8 35. Qf4 Kg7 36. g4 Qf6 37. Qg3 hxg4 38. Nxg4 Qc3 39. Qxd6 Qxe1+ 40.     Kg2 Qc3 41. Ne5 Qc7 0-1

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