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Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 – Masters 5th round

By Yelena Dembo | January 31, 2016 - 06:57 |January 31, 2016 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 - Masters

Bacrot-Ragger (Photo by John Saunders)

Four players share the 1st place with 4.5 points – Ragger, Bacrot, Harikrishna and Gupta.

Results of top 10 games of the 5th round

GM	Bacrot Etienne	2697	4	½ – ½	4	GM	Ragger Markus	2689
GM	Grandelius Nils	2635	3½	½ – ½	3½	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2785
GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2639	3½	0 – 1	3½	GM	Harikrishna P.	2755
GM	Jones Gawain C B	2625	3½	½ – ½	3½	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2727
GM	Rapport Richard	2721	3½	½ – ½	3½	GM	Edouard Romain	2617
GM	Gupta Abhijeet	2613	3½	1 – 0	3½	GM	Almasi Zoltan	2684
GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511	3½	½ – ½	3½	GM	Bruzon Batista Lazaro	2666
GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2787	3	1 – 0	3	GM	Muzychuk Mariya	2554
GM	Anand Viswanathan	2784	3	0 – 1	3	GM	Demuth Adrien	2535
GM	Li Chao B	2751	3	½ – ½	3	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2515

Top 15 players after 5 rounds

GM	Ragger Markus	AUT	2689
GM	Bacrot Etienne	FRA	2697
GM	Harikrishna P.	IND	2755
GM	Gupta Abhijeet	IND	2613
GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	RUS	2732
GM	Lenic Luka	SLO	2611
GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	FRA	2785
GM	Harika Dronavalli	IND	2511
GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	POL	2727
GM	Nakamura Hikaru	USA	2787
GM	Rapport Richard	HUN	2721
GM	Jones Gawain C B	ENG	2625
GM	Ni Hua	CHN	2697
GM	Edouard Romain	FRA	2617
GM	Yu Yangyi	CHN	2747

A few games of the round

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.30"]   [Round "5.1"]   [White "Bacrot, Etienne"]   [Black "Ragger, Markus"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "B51"]   [WhiteElo "2697"]   [BlackElo "2689"]   [PlyCount "39"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. c3 b5 8. Bc2     c4 9. a4 Bb7 10. d4 cxd3 11. Bxd3 bxa4 12. Qxa4 Be7 13. h3 O-O 14. Be3 Qc7 15.   Nbd2 a5 16. Qc4 Qb8 17. Qb5 Qc7 18. Qc4 Qb8 19. Qb5 Qc7 20. Qc4 1/2-1/2

  [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.30"]   [Round "5.2"]   [White "Grandelius, Nils"]   [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "B90"]   [WhiteElo "2635"]   [BlackElo "2785"]   [PlyCount "85"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.     O-O Nc5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Re1 h6 11. Bh4 Nxb3 12. axb3 g5 13. Bg3 e5 14. Nf5 Nxe4     Nxd6+ Qxd6 16. Nxe4 Qxd1 17. Rexd1 f6 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Ke7 20. Rad1     Bf5 21. c3 Rhd8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. f3 Kd7 25. Bf2 Bc2 26. b4 Ke6     b5 a5 28. Bb6 a4 29. Bc5 h5 30. h3 f5 31. b6 e4 32. Kf2 Bd3 33. Bf8 f4 34.     fxe4 Bxe4 35. Bh6 Kf5 36. Bf8 g4 37. hxg4+ hxg4 38. g3 f3 39. c4 Bd3 40. c5 Be4     Bg7 Bc6 42. Bf8 Ke4 43. Be7 1/2-1/2

  [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.30"]   [Round "5.3"]   [White "Sethuraman, S.P."]   [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "A22"]   [WhiteElo "2639"]   [BlackElo "2755"]   [PlyCount "112"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3 c6 7. Qb3 Na6 8.     Ba3 d6 9. Ne2 Rb8 10. O-O Re8 11. Rad1 Bg4 12. Rfe1 Nc5 13. Qc2 Qa5 14. Bb4 Qa6     f3 Be6 16. d4 b6 17. f4 Ng4 18. Nc1 Nb7 19. d5 Bd7 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. Qe2     Nf6 22. Bxd6 Nxd6 23. Rxd6 Qc8 24. fxe5 Rxe5 25. Nd3 Re7 26. e5 Bxg2 27. Qxg2   Ne8 28. Rd4 Qb7 29. Qd2 Nc7 30. Nb4 Rbe8 31. Rd8 Ne6 32. Rd6 Nf8 33. Qd5 Qc8     Nc6 Rc7 35. a4 Ne6 36. Rf1 h6 37. h4 Nc5 38. Nd8 Ne6 39. Nc6 Nc5 40. Kg2     Nxa4 41. Rxf7 Rxf7 42. e6 Rf6 43. e7+ Kh8 44. Rd8 Rxc6 45. Rxc8 Rcxc8 46. Qf7   Nxc3 47. g4 Ne4 48. g5 hxg5 49. Qf5 Nd6 50. Qe6 Rc7 51. Qxd6 Rcxe7 52. hxg5 Kh7     Qd3+ Re4 54. Qd7 R8e5 55. Qxa7 Rxg5+ 56. Kf3 Re6 0-1

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.30"]   [Round "5.4"]   [White "Jones, Gawain C B"]   [Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D31"]   [WhiteElo "2625"]   [BlackElo "2727"]   [PlyCount "63"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8.     Bd3 b6 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. O-O c5 12. f3 Nc7 13. Ng3 Re8 14. Ra2 Nb5     Qd3 Nd6 16. Re2 Qd7 17. e4 Qb5 18. Qxb5 Nxb5 19. Bb2 Nd6 20. e5 Nc4 21.     exf6 Rxe2 22. Nxe2 Nxb2 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Nf4 d4 25. cxd4 cxd4 26. Rb1 Nc4 27.   Rb4 Nxa3 28. Rxd4 Nb5 29. Rb4 Nc7 30. Rc4 Ne8 31. fxg7 Kxg7 32. Nd5 1/2-1/2

  [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.30"]   [Round "5.5"]   [White "Rapport, Richard"]   [Black "Edouard, Romain"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "B23"]   [WhiteElo "2721"]   [BlackElo "2617"]   [PlyCount "100"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Qf2     a6 9. O-O b5 10. Qh4 b4 11. Nd5 e6 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Qh3 Nc6 14. Kh1 Qe7 15.   f5 exf5 16. exf5 Ne5 17. Bg5 f6 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Bd2 e4 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. Qb3   Bxf5 22. Bxb4 Qe5 23. Bxf8 Bxf8 24. Qg3 Qxb2 25. Bb3 Re8 26. Rad1 Bb4 27. a3 e3     Ba4 e2 29. Bxe8 Bxc2 30. Rde1 exf1=Q+ 31. Rxf1 Bxa3 32. h4 Be4 33. Qf2 Qxf2   Rxf2 Be7 35. Ra2 Bd3 36. Rd2 Bb5 37. Bxb5 axb5 38. Rd7 Bc5 39. g4 Bf2 40.     h5 Be3 41. Kg2 b4 42. Kf3 Bg5 43. Ke4 b3 44. Kd3 b2 45. Kc2 Bc1 46. Rf7 gxh5     gxh5 f5 48. Rb7 f4 49. h6 Kg8 50. Rg7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

Top 10 pairings of the 6th round

GM	Harikrishna P.	2755	4½	4½	GM	Gupta Abhijeet	2613
GM	Ragger Markus	2689	4½	4	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2787
GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2785	4	4	GM	Jones Gawain C B	2625
GM	Yu Yangyi	2747	4	4	GM	Edouard Romain	2617
GM	Grigoriants Sergey	2580	4	4	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2732
GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2727	4	4	GM	Lenic Luka	2611
GM	Demuth Adrien	2535	4	4	GM	Rapport Richard	2721
GM	Ni Hua	2697	4	4	IM	Tari Aryan	2556
GM	Bruzon Batista Lazaro	2666	4	4	GM	Donchenko Alexander	2570
IM	Ly Moulthun	2474	4	4	GM	Vidit Santosh Gujrathi	2642

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Sunday Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | January 31, 2016 - 06:41 |January 31, 2016 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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Wijk aan Zee A 2016 11th round

By Yelena Dembo | January 30, 2016 - 06:52 |January 30, 2016 Wijk aan Zee A 2016

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Carlsen-Hou (Photo by Alina l’Ami)

Carlsen leads with 8 out of 11, Caruana is 2nd with 7, while Ding is 3rd with 6.5.

Results of the 11th round

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

Standings after 11 rounds

1	Carlsen, M.	8.0 / 11	2844
2	Caruana, F.	7.0 / 11	2787
3	Ding, L.	6.5 / 11	2766
4	Giri, A.	6.0 / 11	2798
5	So, W.	6.0 / 11	2773
6	Eljanov, P.	6.0 / 11	2760
7	Wei, Y.	5.5 / 11	2706
8	Mamedyarov, S.	5.5 / 11	2747
9	Navara, D.	5.0 / 11	2730
10	Karjakin, S.	5.0 / 11	2769
11	Van Wely, L.	4.5 / 11	2640
12	Hou, Y.	4.0 / 11	2673
13	Tomashevsky, E.	4.0 / 11	2728
14	Adams, M.	4.0 / 11	2744

Games of the round

  [Event "78th Tata Steel GpA"]   [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]   [Date "2016.01.29"]   [Round "11.1"]   [White "Carlsen, Magnus"]   [Black "Hou, Yifan"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "C42"]   [WhiteElo "2844"]   [BlackElo "2673"]   [PlyCount "107"]   [EventDate "2016.01.16"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6   Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. b3 Bf6 11. h3 O-O-O 12. g4 h6 13. Bg2 Kb8 14. Rhe1     Rhe8 15. Kb2 a6 16. Re2 Qe7 17. Rde1 Qf8 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4   Bd7 21. f4 Rxe2 22. Rxe2 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. Qb4 c6 25. Bf1 Kc8 26. g5 Qe7     gxh6 gxh6 28. Qd4 f6 29. Qa7 Bd7 30. a4 Qd8 31. Qg1 Qe7 32. Qg6 Qe1 33. Bd3     Qh4 34. Bf5 Bxf5 35. Qxf5+ Kb8 36. c4 Kc7 37. Qa5+ Kc8 38. Qd2 Kd7 39. c5 d5     Qe3 Qh5 41. Qg3 Qf7 42. Qg4+ f5 43. Qg3 Qf6+ 44. Qc3 Qxc3+ 45. Kxc3 h5 46.     Kb4 Kc8 47. Ka5 Kc7 48. h4 Kb8 49. Kb6 Kc8 50. b4 Kb8 51. b5 cxb5 52. axb5 axb5     Kxb5 Kc7 54. c3 1-0

  [Event "78th Tata Steel GpA"]   [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]   [Date "2016.01.29"]   [Round "11.2"]   [White "Adams, Michael"]   [Black "Giri, Anish"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "B31"]   [WhiteElo "2744"]   [BlackElo "2798"]   [PlyCount "83"]   [EventDate "2016.01.16"]         e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.     h3 f5 9. e5 Nf7 10. d3 Ba6 11. c4 d6 12. e6 Ne5 13. Nc3 Rb8 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15.   Na4 Qc7 16. Bh6 Rf6 17. Rxe5 dxe5 18. Nxc5 Bc8 19. d4 g5 20. Bxg5 Rg6 21. Qh5   Qd6 22. Re1 Qxd4 23. Be3 Qxc4 24. b3 Qb4 25. Rd1 Bxe6 26. Nxe6 Rxe6 27. Qxf5   Rd6 28. Rc1 Qa5 29. Rc4 Rg6 30. Rg4 Rxg4 31. Qxg4+ Kh8 32. Qe6 Re8 33. Qxc6 Rd8     a4 Qd5 35. Qxd5 Rxd5 36. Bxa7 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Rb1 38. Bc5 Rxb3 39. Bxe7 Rb2   Bf6+ Kg8 41. Bxe5 Rxf2 42. a5 1/2-1/2

   [Event "78th Tata Steel GpA"]   [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]   [Date "2016.01.29"]   [Round "11.3"]   [White "Van Wely, Loek"]   [Black "Navara, David"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A04"]   [WhiteElo "2640"]   [BlackElo "2730"]   [PlyCount "74"]   [EventDate "2016.01.16"]         Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nb3 d6 7. O-O h5 8. h3     Be6 9. e4 Qd7 10. Kh2 f5 11. exf5 gxf5 12. N1d2 h4 13. gxh4 Nf6 14. Nf3 Ne4 15.   Bg5 Bc4 16. Re1 Bxb2 17. Nbd2 Nc3 18. Nxc4 Nxd1 19. Raxd1 Bg7 20. Nxd6+ Kf8 21.   Nb5 Qc8 22. Bf4 Bf6 23. Nc7 e5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Rh7 27.   Nxa8 Qxa8 28. c4 Qc8 29. Bd6+ Kf7 30. Bd5+ Kf6 31. Re1 Qd7 32. Be5+ Ke7 33.   Bf4+ Kd8 34. Bg5+ Kc7 35. Bf4+ Kd8 36. Bg5+ Kc7 37. Bf4+ Kd8 1/2-1/2

  [Event "78th Tata Steel GpA"]   [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]   [Date "2016.01.29"]   [Round "11.4"]   [White "Eljanov, Pavel"]   [Black "So, Wesley"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D92"]   [WhiteElo "2760"]   [BlackElo "2773"]   [PlyCount "120"]   [EventDate "2016.01.16"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e4 c5 8. dxc5     Qa5 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Bxc4 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Qxc5 12. b3 Nc6 13. Be3 Qh5 14. Qxh5 Nxh5     g4 Nf6 16. f3 Rfd8 17. Ke2 Nd4+ 18. Kf2 Nc6 19. a4 Kf8 20. h4 Rd3 21. e5     Nd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. f4 Rad8 24. Ke2 Ke8 25. Rhe1 f6 26. exf6 exf6 27. Red1   Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxd1 29. Kxd1 Kd7 30. f5 gxf5 31. gxf5 b6 32. Bf2 Ne7 33. a5 b5     Nd2 a6 35. Ne4 Nxf5 36. Nc5+ Kc6 37. Nxa6 Bf8 38. h5 Bd6 39. b4 Ng7 40. Bc5     Ne6 41. Be3 Kb7 42. Nc5+ Bxc5 43. bxc5 Ka6 44. Bd2 Nxc5 45. Ke2 Ne6 46. Kf3 f5     Be1 Kb7 48. Bd2 Kc7 49. Kg3 Kd6 50. Bb4+ Kd7 51. Kh4 Nc7 52. Kg5 Ke6 53.     Bc3 Na6 54. h6 b4 55. Ba1 b3 56. Bb2 Nb4 57. Ba1 Na6 58. Bb2 Nc5 59. Ba1 Ne4+     Kf4 Nc5 1/2-1/2

   [Event "78th Tata Steel GpA"]   [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]   [Date "2016.01.29"]   [Round "11.5"]   [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]   [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "B22"]   [WhiteElo "2747"]   [BlackElo "2787"]   [PlyCount "99"]   [EventDate "2016.01.16"]         e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bd3 dxe5 8.     dxe5 Nb4 9. Be4 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nd7 11. Bd2 a5 12. a3 Nc5 13. axb4 Nxe4 14. Be1   b6 15. Nc3 Nxc3+ 16. Bxc3 a4 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. f3 Bd5 19. Kc1 b5 20. b3 a3 21.   Kb1 Be7 22. Ka2 O-O 23. Rac1 Rfc8 24. Nb1 Bg5 25. Bd2 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Bxb3+ 27.   Kxb3 a2 28. Na3 Bxd2 29. Ra1 Bf4 30. h3 Bxe5 31. Rxa2 Rb8 32. Rc2 Bd6 33. Rc6   Be7 34. Rc7 Bf8 35. Ra7 g6 36. Ra5 Rd8 37. Rxb5 Rd2 38. Rb8 Kg7 39. Nc4 Rxg2     b5 Rg1 41. Rxf8 Kxf8 42. b6 Rg5 43. Kb4 Rg1 44. Nd2 Rd1 45. b7 Rxd2 46.     b8=Q+ Kg7 47. Qe5+ Kg8 48. Qb8+ Kg7 49. Qe5+ Kg8 50. Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

   [Event "78th Tata Steel GpA"]   [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]   [Date "2016.01.29"]   [Round "11.6"]   [White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]   [Black "Ding, Liren"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "D30"]   [WhiteElo "2728"]   [BlackElo "2766"]   [PlyCount "106"]   [EventDate "2016.01.16"]         d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4     Nbd7 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. e4 Re8 11. a4 b6 12. Qe2 Ba6 13. Rfd1 Bb4 14. Ne1 Qc8 15.   Nc2 Bf8 16. Ne3 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. f4 Re8 20. e5 Qe6 21. Kh1   Nd7 22. Nc2 Nc5 23. Nd4 Qc8 24. Bxc6 Nd3 25. Qf3 Rb8 26. Rd2 Bb7 27. Rf1 Rd8     Bxb7 Rxb7 29. Nf5 Rc7 30. Ne3 Qe6 31. Ne4 h6 32. Rc2 Rcc8 33. Re2 a6 34. g4     Nc5 35. Nc3 Rd3 36. Qg2 Rcd8 37. f5 Qxe5 38. Nxc4 Qf6 39. Ne5 R3d6 40. Nf3 b5     axb5 axb5 42. Nxb5 Rd1 43. Nc3 Rxf1+ 44. Qxf1 Qc6 45. Re3 Rb8 46. Qg2 Qa6   Ne4 Nxe4 48. Rxe4 Rb3 49. Re1 Qb5 50. Nd4 Qb4 51. Qe4 Rxb2 52. f6 Qd6 53.     Qe5 Rb1 0-1

  [Event "78th Tata Steel GpA"]   [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]   [Date "2016.01.29"]   [Round "11.7"]   [White "Wei, Yi"]   [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C67"]   [WhiteElo "2706"]   [BlackElo "2769"]   [PlyCount "145"]   [EventDate "2016.01.16"]         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 Nc7 14. d4 d6   g3 Bf6 16. Bg2 g6 17. Qd3 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. b3 Be6 20. Bb2 Qd7 21. Rac1     Rac8 22. f4 Bg7 23. Rc2 Na6 24. Rf2 Nb4 25. Qd1 Nc6 26. f5 gxf5 27. Ref1 Ne7     Ba3 Bh6 29. Qd3 Rfe8 30. Bxe7 Qxe7 31. Nxf5 Bxf5 32. Rxf5 Qe2 33. Qf3 Qxf3   Bxf3 Re7 35. Kg2 Be3 36. Bxd5 Rcc7 37. Rd1 Rc1 38. Rxc1 Bxc1 39. Bc4 Rd7   d5 Ba3 41. g4 Kg7 42. Rg5+ Kh8 43. Rh5 Kg7 44. Bd3 h6 45. g5 hxg5 46. Rxg5+     Kh6 47. Rf5 Kg7 48. Kf3 Rd6 49. Rg5+ Kh6 50. Kg4 Bc1 51. Re5 Bb2 52. Rh5+ Kg7     Rg5+ Kf8 54. Rh5 Kg7 55. Kf4 Rf6+ 56. Ke3 Ba3 57. h4 Bc5+ 58. Ke4 Rf2 59.     Ke5 Rd2 60. Rg5+ Kf8 61. Rg3 Rh2 62. Rg4 Ke7 63. a4 Rh3 64. Bc2 Bd6+ 65. Kf5   Rf3+ 66. Kg5 Be5 67. Rb4 b6 68. h5 Rh3 69. Rc4 Bf6+ 70. Kh6 Be5 71. Kg5 Bf6+     Kh6 Be5 73. Kg5 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 12th round

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

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Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 – Masters 4th round

By Yelena Dembo | January 30, 2016 - 06:23 |January 30, 2016 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 - Masters

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Oparin-Anand (Photo by John Saunders)

Bacrot and Ragger share the lead with 4 out of 4.

Top 10 results of the 4th round

GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2785	3	½ – ½	3	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2639
GM	Lenic Luka	2611	3	½ – ½	3	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2732
GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511	3	½ – ½	3	GM	Rapport Richard	2721
WGM	Goryachkina Aleksandra	2502	3	0 – 1	3	GM	Bacrot Etienne	2697
GM	Ragger Markus	2689	3	1 – 0	3	GM	Muzychuk Anna	2537
GM	Harikrishna P.	2755	2½	1 – 0	3	GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	2500
GM	Vazquez Igarza Renier	2572	2½	½ – ½	2½	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2787
GM	Oparin Grigoriy	2565	2½	½ – ½	2½	GM	Anand Viswanathan	2784
GM	Yu Yangyi	2747	2½	½ – ½	2½	GM	Maze Sebastien	2591
GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2727	2½	1 – 0	2½	GM	Tregubov Pavel V.	2582

Top 15 players after 4 rounds

GM	Ragger Markus	AUT	2689	4,0
GM	Bacrot Etienne	FRA	2697	4,0
GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	FRA	2785	3,5
GM	Sethuraman S.P.	IND	2639	3,5
GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	RUS	2732	3,5
GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	POL	2727	3,5
GM	Harika Dronavalli	IND	2511	3,5
GM	Lenic Luka	SLO	2611	3,5
GM	Harikrishna P.	IND	2755	3,5
GM	Rapport Richard	HUN	2721	3,5
GM	Almasi Zoltan	HUN	2684	3,5
GM	Bruzon Batista Lazaro	CUB	2666	3,5
GM	Jones Gawain C B	ENG	2625	3,5
GM	Edouard Romain	FRA	2617	3,5
GM	Gupta Abhijeet	IND	2613	3,5

A few games of the round

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.29"]   [Round "4.1"]   [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]   [Black "Sethuraman, S.P."]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C83"]   [WhiteElo "2785"]   [BlackElo "2639"]   [PlyCount "65"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5     Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qxd1     Rxd1 O-O 16. Nd4 Rfd8 17. Be3 Bd5 18. Rac1 Ne6 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. a3 b4 21.     axb4 Bxb4 22. Nd4 a5 23. f4 g6 24. f5 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Bf3 26. gxf3 Rxd4 27. Be4   Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Re8 29. f4 gxf5 30. Bxf5 f6 31. Bd7 Rf8 32. Be6+ Kh8 33. exf6   1/2-1/2

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.29"]   [Round "4.2"]   [White "Lenic, Luka"]   [Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D37"]   [WhiteElo "2611"]   [BlackElo "2732"]   [PlyCount "116"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Ne4 8. h3     f5 9. Be2 c6 10. O-O b6 11. cxb6 axb6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6     Qc2 Bd7 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Qc3 c5 18. f3 exf3 19. Rxf3 c4 20. Rxf8+ Rxf8 21.     Rf1 Rb8 22. a3 b5 23. Qa5 Be8 24. Qa7 Bg6 25. Bg4 Re8 26. Qa5 h5 27. Bd1 Kh7     Qd2 Rf8 29. Rxf8 Qxf8 30. Bc2 h4 31. Qe2 Bxc2 32. Qxc2+ Kh6 33. Qd2 Qf5 34.     Qe1 Qe4 35. Qf2 Kg5 36. Kh2 Qf5 37. Qd2 Qf8 38. Kg1 Qd6 39. Qe2 Qg3 40. Qd2 Kf5     Qc2+ Kf6 42. Qd2 g5 43. Qe2 e5 44. dxe5+ Qxe5 45. Qd2 Ke6 46. Kf2 Qf5+ 47.     Ke2 g4 48. hxg4 Qxg4+ 49. Kf2 Ke5 50. Qc3+ Kf5 51. Qc2+ Qe4 52. Qc3 Qe5 53.   Qc2+ Kg5 54. Qd2 Kf5 55. Qc2+ Kf6 56. Qd2 Ke6 57. Kg1 Qg5 58. Kf2 Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.29"]   [Round "4.3"]   [White "Harika, Dronavalli"]   [Black "Rapport, Richard"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A10"]   [WhiteElo "2511"]   [BlackElo "2721"]   [PlyCount "73"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         c4 d6 2. Nc3 c5 3. e3 g6 4. g3 h5 5. h3 Bd7 6. Bg2 Qc8 7. Nge2 Bg7 8. b3 Nf6   Bb2 Bc6 10. f3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Rd8 13. Rc1 Nbd7 14. e4 Nf8 15. d4 cxd4   Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Qd7 18. Nxd4 e6 19. dxe6 Nxe6 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Bd4 Rac8   Qd3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 h4 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. f4 Qb2 26. Rb1 Qa2 27. Rc1 Bb2 28.     Rf1 Rc8 29. e5 Ba3 30. e6 Rc2 31. exf7+ Kxf7 32. Qd5+ Kf8 33. f5 Bc5+ 34. Kh1   Rf2 35. fxg6 Rxf1+ 36. Bxf1 Qf2 37. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.29"]   [Round "4.4"]   [White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]   [Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "A40"]   [WhiteElo "2502"]   [BlackElo "2697"]   [PlyCount "90"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O     Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qc2 Re8 11. a3 Bf8 12. Ne5 c5 13. Bb5 Re7 14. Qf5 Rc7 15.   Rfd1 Nc6 16. Be1 Ne7 17. Qh3 Ng6 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. g3 c4 20. Ba4 Ne4 21. f3   Nxc3 22. bxc3 b5 23. Bc2 Bd6 24. Rdb1 Bc6 25. e4 Qf8 26. e5 Bxa3 27. f4 b4 28.   f5 gxf5 29. Bxf5 g6 30. Qg4 Re8 31. h4 Qg7 32. Bc2 b3 33. Rxa3 bxc2 34. Rc1 Bd7     Qf4 Bf5 36. Rxa5 Be4 37. Rb5 g5 38. Qg4 gxh4 39. Qxh4 Rc6 40. Bd2 Rg6 41.     Kf2 Rg4 42. Qh2 Qg6 43. Rb7 Rg5 44. Qh4 Rh5 45. Rb6 Rf5+ 0-1

  [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.29"]   [Round "4.5"]   [White "Ragger, Markus"]   [Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "D45"]   [WhiteElo "2689"]   [BlackElo "2537"]   [PlyCount "77"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O     b6 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Bb7 12. Bf4 Nf6 13. Qe3 c5 14. Rad1 Bxf4     Qxf4 Qe7 16. Qe5 cxd4 17. Rxd4 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. a3 Kf8 20. b4 h6 21.     h3 Rxd4 22. Nxd4 a6 23. Nb3 Nd7 24. Qe3 Rc7 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 a5 27. bxa5   bxa5 28. Nxa5 Qc5 29. Qa8+ Rc8 30. Qb7 Ne5 31. Nb3 Qc6 32. Qb4+ Kg8 33. c5 Qa6     a4 Qe2 35. Rd2 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Nd3 37. Qd4 Nxc5 38. Rc2 e5 39. Qe3 1-0

Top 10 pairings of the 5th round

GM	Bacrot Etienne	2697	4	4	GM	Ragger Markus	2689
GM	Grandelius Nils	2635	3½	3½	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2785
GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2639	3½	3½	GM	Harikrishna P.	2755
GM	Jones Gawain C B	2625	3½	3½	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2727
GM	Rapport Richard	2721	3½	3½	GM	Edouard Romain	2617
GM	Gupta Abhijeet	2613	3½	3½	GM	Almasi Zoltan	2684
GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511	3½	3½	GM	Bruzon Batista Lazaro	2666
GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2787	3	3	GM	Muzychuk Mariya	2554
GM	Anand Viswanathan	2784	3	3	GM	Demuth Adrien	2535
GM	Li Chao B	2751	3	3	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2515

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