Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 – Masters 6th round

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Harikrishna-Gupta (Photo by John Saunders)

Harikrishna-Gupta (Photo by John Saunders)

Ten (!!) players share the lead with 5 points out of 6.

Top 10 results of the 6th round

GMHarikrishna P.27554½½ – ½4½GMGupta Abhijeet2613
GMRagger Markus26894½½ – ½4GMNakamura Hikaru2787
GMVachier-Lagrave Maxime278541 – 04GMJones Gawain C B2625
GMYu Yangyi274741 – 04GMEdouard Romain2617
GMGrigoriants Sergey25804½ – ½4GMJakovenko Dmitry2732
GMWojtaszek Radoslaw27274½ – ½4GMLenic Luka2611
GMDemuth Adrien253540 – 14GMRapport Richard2721
GMNi Hua26974½ – ½4IMTari Aryan2556
GMBruzon Batista Lazaro266641 – 04GMDonchenko Alexander2570
IMLy Moulthun247440 – 14GMVidit Santosh Gujrathi2642

Top 15 players after 6 rounds

GMBacrot EtienneFRA26975,0
GMVachier-Lagrave MaximeFRA27855,0
GMRagger MarkusAUT26895,0
GMHarikrishna P.IND27555,0
GMGupta AbhijeetIND26135,0
GMRapport RichardHUN27215,0
GMYu YangyiCHN27475,0
GMBruzon Batista LazaroCUB26665,0
GMAnton Guijarro DavidESP26395,0
GMVidit Santosh GujrathiIND26425,0
GMLenic LukaSLO26114,5
GMJakovenko DmitryRUS27324,5
GMNakamura HikaruUSA27874,5
GMSethuraman S.P.IND26394,5
GMWojtaszek RadoslawPOL27274,5

A few games of the round

Top 10 pairings of the 7th round

GMRagger Markus268955GMVachier-Lagrave Maxime2785
GMBruzon Batista Lazaro266655GMHarikrishna P.2755
GMVidit Santosh Gujrathi264255GMYu Yangyi2747
GMRapport Richard272155GMAnton Guijarro David2639
GMGupta Abhijeet261355GMBacrot Etienne2697
GMNakamura Hikaru27874½4½GMLenic Luka2611
GMLi Chao B27514½4½GMBachmann Axel2610
GMJakovenko Dmitry27324½4½GMMaze Sebastien2591
GMPerez Ponsa Federico25774½4½GMWojtaszek Radoslaw2727
GMNi Hua26974½4½GMVazquez Igarza Renier2572

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Wijk aan Zee A 2016 last round

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Carlsen (Photo by Alina l'Ami)

Carlsen (Photo by Alina l’Ami)

Carlsen won the event with 9 out of 13. Caruana and Ding shared 2nd-3rd with 8 points.

Results of the last round

Mamedyarov, S. – Karjakin, S.½-½
Van Wely, L. – Wei, Y.½-½
Tomashevsky, E. – Caruana, F.1-0
Eljanov, P. – Navara, D.1-0
Carlsen, M. – Ding, L.½-½
Adams, M. – So, W.½-½
Giri, A. – Hou, Y.½-½

Games of the round

Full standings

1Carlsen, M.9.0 / 132844
2Caruana, F.8.0 / 132787
3Ding, L.8.0 / 132766
4So, W.7.0 / 132773
5Giri, A.7.0 / 132798
6Eljanov, P.7.0 / 132760
7Wei, Y.6.5 / 132706
8Mamedyarov, S.6.5 / 132747
9Karjakin, S.6.0 / 132769
10Navara, D.5.5 / 132730
11Tomashevsky, E.5.5 / 132728
12Hou, Y.5.0 / 132673
13Adams, M.5.0 / 132744
14Van Wely, L.5.0 / 132640

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Wijk aan Zee A 2016 12th round

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So-Carlsen (Photo by Alina l'Ami)

So-Carlsen (Photo by Alina l’Ami)

Carlsen leads with 8.5 out of 12, Caruana is 2nd with 8 and Ding is on 7.5. Let’s see what the last round brings! 🙂

Results of the 12th round

Karjakin, S. – Giri, A.½-½
Hou, Y. – Adams, M.½-½
So, W. – Carlsen, M.½-½
Ding, L. – Eljanov, P.1-0
Navara, D. – Tomashevsky, E.½-½
Caruana, F. – Van Wely, L.1-0
Wei, Y. – Mamedyarov, S.½-½

Standings after 12 rounds

1Carlsen, M.8.5 / 122844
2Caruana, F.8.0 / 122787
3Ding, L.7.5 / 122766
4So, W.6.5 / 122773
5Giri, A.6.5 / 122798
6Wei, Y.6.0 / 122706
7Mamedyarov, S.6.0 / 122747
8Eljanov, P.6.0 / 122760
9Navara, D.5.5 / 122730
10Karjakin, S.5.5 / 122769
11Hou, Y.4.5 / 122673
12Tomashevsky, E.4.5 / 122728
13Van Wely, L.4.5 / 122640
14Adams, M.4.5 / 122744

Games of the round

Pairings of the last round

Mamedyarov, S. – Karjakin, S.
Van Wely, L. – Wei, Y.
Tomashevsky, E. – Caruana, F.
Eljanov, P. – Navara, D.
Carlsen, M. – Ding, L.
Adams, M. – So, W.
Giri, A. – Hou, Y.

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