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Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 – Masters 3rd round

By Yelena Dembo | January 29, 2016 - 11:03 |January 29, 2016 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 - Masters

Harika Dronavalli (Photo by John Saunders)

Eleven players lead with perfect score after 3 rounds.

Results of top 10 boards of the 3rd round

GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2787	2	½ – ½	2	GM	Oparin Grigoriy	2565
IM	Tari Aryan	2556	2	0 – 1	2	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2785
GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2732	2	1 – 0	2	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2550
GM	Lalith Babu M R	2553	2	½ – ½	2	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2727
GM	Rapport Richard	2721	2	1 – 0	2	GM	Al-Sayed Mohammed	2530
GM	Muzychuk Anna	2537	2	1 – 0	2	GM	Fressinet Laurent	2700
GM	Bacrot Etienne	2697	2	1 – 0	2	IM	Pichot Alan	2517
GM	Handke Florian Dr.	2533	2	½ – ½	2	GM	Ni Hua	2697
GM	Vishnu Prasanna. V	2518	2	0 – 1	2	GM	Ragger Markus	2689
GM	Howell David W L	2685	2	½ – ½	2	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2515

Top 15 players after 3 rounds

GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	FRA	2785	3,0
GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	RUS	2732	3,0
GM	Rapport Richard	HUN	2721	3,0
GM	Bacrot Etienne	FRA	2697	3,0
GM	Ragger Markus	AUT	2689	3,0
GM	Muzychuk Anna	UKR	2537	3,0
GM	Sethuraman S.P.	IND	2639	3,0
GM	Harika Dronavalli	IND	2511	3,0
GM	Lenic Luka	SLO	2611	3,0
WGM	Goryachkina Aleksandra	RUS	2502	3,0
GM	Aravindh Chithambaram Vr.	IND	2500	3,0
GM	Nakamura Hikaru	USA	2787	2,5
GM	Oparin Grigoriy	RUS	2565	2,5
GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	POL	2727	2,5
GM	Harikrishna P.	IND	2755	2,5

A few games from the 3rd round

  [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.28"]   [Round "3.1"]   [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "B22"]   [WhiteElo "2787"]   [BlackElo "2565"]   [PlyCount "115"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bc4 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Be7 8. O-O     O-O 9. Qe2 b6 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 Na6 12. Nc3 Nc7 13. h3 Bb7 14. Bf4 Ne6 15.   exd6 Bxd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qe5 Rfd8 18. Qxd6 Rxd6 19. Nb5 Rc6 20. Rac1 f6 21.   g3 Rac8 22. Rb1 Ra8 23. Re1 Kf7 24. Rbc1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Ke7 26. Nc3 Kd6 27. Rd1   a5 28. Ne1 Bc6 29. Nc2 Ng5 30. Ne3 Nxh3+ 31. Kg2 Bd7 32. Ncxd5 Bc6 33. Nc4+ Ke6     Kxh3 Bxd5 35. Re1+ Kf5 36. Nxb6 Rd8 37. Nxd5 Rxd5 38. Re7 g5 39. Rxh7 Rxd4   Rb7 a4 41. Rb5+ Ke6 42. a3 f5 43. f3 Rd3 44. Kg2 Rd2+ 45. Kf1 g4 46. fxg4     fxg4 47. Rb4 Kf5 48. Rf4+ Kg5 49. Rxa4 Rxb2 50. Rb4 Ra2 51. Rb3 Kf5 52. Re3 Kg6     Ke1 Kf6 54. Kd1 Kf5 55. Kc1 Rf2 56. Kd1 Ra2 57. Kc1 Rf2 58. Kd1 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.28"]   [Round "3.2"]   [White "Tari, Aryan"]   [Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "D90"]   [WhiteElo "2556"]   [BlackElo "2785"]   [PlyCount "74"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Na4 Bf5 7. Nh4 Bd7 8.     e4 e5 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. Nxe5 Qb4+ 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Qd2 Nxa2 13. Rxa2 Qxd2+ 14.   Bxd2 Be6 15. Ra1 O-O 16. Bc3 Re8 17. Bb5 c6 18. Bd3 Rd8 19. Ke2 Nd7 20. Nxd7   Rxd7 21. e5 Bd5 22. Rhg1 f6 23. f4 c5 24. dxc5 fxe5 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Bb5 Re7     Bxe5 Rxe5+ 28. Kd3 Rd8 29. Kc3 Re3+ 30. Kd2 Rb3 31. Ba4 Rb4 32. b3 a5 33.     Kc3 Rc8 34. Kb2 Rxc5 35. Rgc1 Rxc1 36. Rxc1 b5 37. Rc5 Bc4 0-1

  [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.28"]   [Round "3.3"]   [White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]   [Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "A07"]   [WhiteElo "2732"]   [BlackElo "2550"]   [PlyCount "115"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O c6 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d3 Na6 8. a3     Be7 9. b4 O-O 10. Nbd2 Qc8 11. Re1 Rd8 12. Nb3 Bh3 13. Bh1 h6 14. Bb2 Nc7 15.   Rc1 Ne6 16. Rc2 Qc7 17. Qc1 Qb6 18. Nfd4 Ng4 19. e3 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Qb5 21. Rd1   Qa4 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 Re8 24. Bf3 a5 25. b5 cxb5 26. Qb2 Rac8 27. Ra1 b4     axb4 Qxb4 29. Qxb4 axb4 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Bxd5 Nf6 32. Bb3 Be6 33. Bxe6     fxe6 34. Rb1 Nd5 35. Kg2 Rc2 36. Kf3 Rd2 37. Rb3 b5 38. Bc5 g5 39. e4 Rc2 40.   Bxb4 Nxb4 41. Rxb4 Rc5 42. d4 Rc3+ 43. Kg4 Rd3 44. Kh5 Kg7 45. e5 Rd2 46. Rxb5   Rxf2 47. Rb7+ Kf8 48. Kxh6 g4 49. Kg5 Rxh2 50. Kxg4 Rd2 51. Rb4 Rd3 52. Kg5 Rf3     g4 Rf7 54. Rb8+ Kg7 55. Re8 Rd7 56. Rxe6 Rxd4 57. Re7+ Kf8 58. Ra7 1-0

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.28"]   [Round "3.4"]   [White "Lalith Babu M R"]   [Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D37"]   [WhiteElo "2553"]   [BlackElo "2727"]   [PlyCount "51"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.     Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 11. Kf1 gxf6 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Bb5+ Ke7 14.   e5 fxe5 15. Qh5 Nd7 16. Qg5+ Kf8 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Bxd7 Qd8 19. Nxe6+ fxe6 20.   Qh6+ Kf7 21. Qxe6+ Kf8 22. Qf5+ Ke7 23. Qe6+ Kf8 24. Qf5+ Ke7 25. Qe6+ Kf8 26.   Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.28"]   [Round "3.5"]   [White "Rapport, Richard"]   [Black "Al-Sayed, Mohammed"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "E73"]   [WhiteElo "2721"]   [BlackElo "2530"]   [PlyCount "71"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. h4 Na6   h5 Nc5 10. Qc2 c6 11. O-O-O cxd5 12. Bxc5 d4 13. h6 Bh8 14. Ba3 dxc3 15.     bxc3 Qb6 16. Bxd6 Re8 17. c5 Qc6 18. f3 b5 19. Nh3 Ba6 20. Ng5 b4 21. Qb3 Ra7     Bxa6 Qxa6 23. cxb4 axb4 24. Rd2 Nh5 25. Kb1 Nf4 26. c6 Bf6 27. Bc5 Bxg5 28.     Bxa7 Qxc6 29. Rc1 Qf6 30. Qa4 Rf8 31. Bc5 Bxh6 32. Bxf8 Bxf8 33. Rc8 Qb6 34.   Qe8 Qg1+ 35. Rc1 Qb6 36. Rd8 1-0

Pairings of top 10 boards of the 4th round

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

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Weekend Sale

By Yelena Dembo | January 29, 2016 - 07:03 |January 29, 2016 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Theoretical material, Weekend Sale

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Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 – Masters 2nd round

By Yelena Dembo | January 28, 2016 - 07:01 |January 28, 2016 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 - Masters

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Another very challenging round with a few upsets – GM Zhukova (2484) drawing GM Harikrishna (2755), GM Blomqvist (2492) winning against GM Li Chao B (2751) and WGM Pogonina (2454) winning against GM Naiditsch (2696).

Results of top 10 boards of the 2nd round

GM	Fodor Tamas Jr.	2500	1	0 – 1	1	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2787
GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2785	1	1 – 0	1	GM	Gunina Valentina	2496
GM	Harikrishna P.	2755	1	½ – ½	1	GM	Zhukova Natalia	2484
GM	Blomqvist Erik	2492	1	1 – 0	1	GM	Li Chao B	2751
IM	Nakar Eylon	2479	1	0 – 1	1	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2732
GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2727	1	1 – 0	1	GM	Tarjan James E	2478
IM	Ly Moulthun	2474	1	0 – 1	1	GM	Rapport Richard	2721
GM	Fressinet Laurent	2700	1	1 – 0	1	IM	Prasanna Raghuram Rao	2460
IM	Galyas Miklos	2459	1	0 – 1	1	GM	Bacrot Etienne	2697
GM	Ni Hua	2697	1	1 – 0	1	GM	Krush Irina	2458

Top 15 players (our of 42 (!!) who lead with perfect score after the 2nd round

GM	Nakamura Hikaru	USA	2787	2,0
GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	FRA	2785	2,0
GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	RUS	2732	2,0
GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	POL	2727	2,0
GM	Rapport Richard	HUN	2721	2,0
GM	Fressinet Laurent	FRA	2700	2,0
GM	Bacrot Etienne	FRA	2697	2,0
GM	Ni Hua	CHN	2697	2,0
GM	Ragger Markus	AUT	2689	2,0
GM	Howell David W L	ENG	2685	2,0
GM	Almasi Zoltan	HUN	2684	2,0
GM	Short Nigel D	ENG	2684	2,0
GM	Bruzon Batista Lazaro	CUB	2666	2,0
GM	Sethuraman S.P.	IND	2639	2,0
GM	Jones Gawain C B	ENG	2625	2,0

A few games of the round

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.27"]   [Round "2.1"]   [White "Fodor, Tamas Jr"]   [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "E39"]   [WhiteElo "2500"]   [BlackElo "2787"]   [PlyCount "64"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.     Qxc3 Nxc5 9. b4 Nce4 10. Qd4 d6 11. Bg5 Nxg5 12. Nxg5 a5 13. b5 h6 14. Nf3 e5     Qb2 e4 16. Nd4 e3 17. f3 Bd7 18. g3 Rc8 19. Rc1 Qb6 20. Qc3 Rfe8 21. Bg2     Qc5 22. O-O d5 23. Nb3 Qxa3 24. Nxa5 Qxc3 25. Rxc3 b6 26. Nb7 Rxc4 27. Rxc4   dxc4 28. Rc1 Rc8 29. Nd6 Rc5 30. Rc3 Rd5 31. Nxc4 Rc5 32. Rc2 Bf5 0-1

  [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.27"]   [Round "2.2"]   [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]   [Black "Gunina, Valentina"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "A07"]   [WhiteElo "2785"]   [BlackElo "2496"]   [PlyCount "67"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d4 Nd7 7. c4 Be7 8. cxd5     exd5 9. Nc3 Ngf6 10. Nh4 O-O 11. f4 Ne4 12. Nf5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. Qb3 Nb6     e4 Re8 16. g4 Bf7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. e5 Nc4 19. Qc2 fxe5 20. dxe5 Rad8 21.     Qf2 c5 22. Re1 Qc7 23. f5 Rxe5 24. Bf4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Qa5 26. Qg3 Qxa2 27. Bg5   Rc8 28. f6 gxf6 29. Bxf6 Qd2 30. g5 Nd6 31. g6 Bxg6 32. Qe5 Rf8 33. Bxd5+ Nf7     Bg5 1-0

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.27"]   [Round "2.3"]   [White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]   [Black "Zhukova, Natalia"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C09"]   [WhiteElo "2755"]   [BlackElo "2484"]   [PlyCount "104"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Qe7+ 7. Be2 Qc7 8.     O-O Nf6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Be7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. c3 Rd8 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Nfd4   Bg6 15. Bh4 Ne4 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Bf1 Nc6 18. Qf3 Qb6 19. Qe3 Nd6 20. Rad1 h6     Qf4 a5 22. h4 a4 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Nd4 c5 25. Nf3 Ne4 26. c4 Qxb2 27. cxd5     Nc3 28. Rd2 Qb4 29. Qc4 Ne4 30. Rc2 Nf6 31. Qxc5 Nxd5 32. Qxb4 Nxb4 33. Rc4   Rab8 34. Ra1 a3 35. Ne5 Bf5 36. Rf4 Be6 37. Bc4 Bxc4 38. Nxc4 Nc2 39. Rc1 Nd4     Re4 Rbc8 41. Kf1 Rd5 42. Rc3 f5 43. Nb6 Rxc3 44. Nxd5 Rc1+ 45. Re1 Rc2 46.     Ra1 Rb2 47. Nc3 Kf7 48. Rd1 Nc6 49. Rd7+ Kf8 50. Rc7 Nb4 51. Ra7 Nxa2 52. Rxa3   Nxc3 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.27"]   [Round "2.4"]   [White "Blomqvist, Erik"]   [Black "Li, Chao b"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "B67"]   [WhiteElo "2492"]   [BlackElo "2751"]   [PlyCount "85"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.     O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 b4 12. Nce2 Qb6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. f5   e5 15. Ng3 Qc5 16. Nh5 Ke7 17. Bd3 Rg8 18. Rhe1 a5 19. Qe2 a4 20. Bc4 Ra7 21.   h4 Bh6 22. g4 Bf4 23. Nxf4 exf4 24. g5 f3 25. gxf6+ Kxf6 26. Qxf3 Qxc4 27. Qf4   Qc5 28. Rxd6+ Ke7 29. f6+ Ke8 30. Rxc6 Qxc6 31. Qb8+ Kd7 32. Rd1+ Ke6 33. Qxa7   Kxf6 34. Rf1+ Ke5 35. Qxf7 Rg2 36. Qe7+ Kd4 37. Qxb4+ Ke5 38. Qe7+ Kd4 39. Qa7+   Ke5 40. Qa5+ Kd4 41. Qd8+ Kxe4 42. Qe7+ Kd5 43. c4+ 1-0

  [Event "Gibraltar Masters 2016"]   [Site "Caleta ENG"]   [Date "2016.01.27"]   [Round "2.5"]   [White "Nakar, Eylon"]   [Black "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "B90"]   [WhiteElo "2479"]   [BlackElo "2732"]   [PlyCount "60"]   [EventDate "2016.01.26"]         e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3     Be6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nh5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Nf4 15.   Bxf4 exf4 16. Nd4 O-O 17. Nc6 Qe8 18. a5 Ne5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Qxe5 Rc8 21. Bd3   Rc5 22. Qxf4 Rxg5 23. Qc7 Rc5 24. Qb6 Bh4+ 25. Ke2 Qe5 26. Rag1 g6 27. Rg4 Be7     b3 Rd8 29. Qxa6 Rxa5 30. Qb6 Rxd3 0-1

Top 10 pairings of the 3rd round

GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2787	2	2	GM	Oparin Grigoriy	2565
IM	Tari Aryan	2556	2	2	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2785
GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2732	2	2	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2550
GM	Lalith Babu M R	2553	2	2	GM	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	2727
GM	Rapport Richard	2721	2	2	GM	Al-Sayed Mohammed	2530
GM	Muzychuk Anna	2537	2	2	GM	Fressinet Laurent	2700
GM	Bacrot Etienne	2697	2	2	IM	Pichot Alan	2517
GM	Handke Florian Dr.	2533	2	2	GM	Ni Hua	2697
GM	Vishnu Prasanna. V	2518	2	2	GM	Ragger Markus	2689
GM	Howell David W L	2685	2	2	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2515

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Wijk aan Zee A 2016

By Yelena Dembo | January 28, 2016 - 06:42 |January 28, 2016 Wijk aan Zee A 2016

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Giri-Carlsen (Photo by Alina l’Ami)

Carlsen has 7 out of 10, Caruana – 6.5, Giri, So, Eljanov and Ding have 5.5 points.

Results of the 10th round

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

Standings after 10 rounds

1	Carlsen, M.	7.0 / 10	2844
2	Caruana, F.	6.5 / 10	2787
3	Giri, A.	5.5 / 10	2798
4	So, W.	5.5 / 10	2773
5	Ding, L.	5.5 / 10	2766
6	Eljanov, P.	5.5 / 10	2760
7	Wei, Y.	5.0 / 10	2706
8	Mamedyarov, S.	5.0 / 10	2747
9	Navara, D.	4.5 / 10	2730
10	Karjakin, S.	4.5 / 10	2769
11	Hou, Y.	4.0 / 10	2673
12	Tomashevsky, E.	4.0 / 10	2728
13	Van Wely, L.	4.0 / 10	2640
14	Adams, M.	3.5 / 10	2744

Games of the round

   [Event "78th Tata Steel GpA"]   [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]   [Date "2016.01.27"]   [Round "10.1"]   [White "Giri, Anish"]   [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D38"]   [WhiteElo "2798"]   [BlackElo "2844"]   [PlyCount "68"]   [EventDate "2016.01.16"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 Bxc3+ 8.     Qxc3 c6 9. e3 Nd7 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. Bd3 c5 13. O-O b6 14. Be4 Rb8     b4 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. a3 Rcc7   g3 cxb4 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. axb4 Rb7 24. Ra1 Rxb4 25. Rxa7 Nc5 26. Ra2 Kg7   Kg2 Rb7 28. Rc2 Ne4 29. Nd4 f5 30. Ne2 Rd7 31. Nd4 Rb7 32. h3 Rd7 33. Kf3     Ng5+ 34. Kg2 Ne4 1/2-1/2

   [Event "78th Tata Steel GpA"]   [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]   [Date "2016.01.27"]   [Round "10.2"]   [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]   [Black "Wei, Yi"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "C83"]   [WhiteElo "2787"]   [BlackElo "2706"]   [PlyCount "63"]   [EventDate "2016.01.16"]         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. Bc2 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nd4 Qd7 14. f4 Nxd4 15.   cxd4 f5 16. Be3 O-O 17. Nc3 c6 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. d5 b4 20. dxc6 Qxd1 21. Nxd1   Rfd8 22. Rc1 Rd3 23. Bc5 Bd8 24. e6 Rc8 25. e7 Ba5 26. gxf5 Be8 27. Nf2 Rd5 28.   Nxe4 Bxc6 29. Bxb4 Bxb4 30. Rxc6 Re8 31. f6 Rd4 32. Re6 1-0

  [Event "78th Tata Steel GpA"]   [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]   [Date "2016.01.27"]   [Round "10.3"]   [White "So, Wesley"]   [Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A29"]   [WhiteElo "2773"]   [BlackElo "2728"]   [PlyCount "79"]   [EventDate "2016.01.16"]         c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8.     O-O O-O 9. Na4 Bd6 10. Rd1 Re8 11. d4 exd4 12. Rxd4 Be5 13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Nc3 h6     Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 c5 17. Bd2 d6 18. Bc3 b6 19. Rd3 Bd7 20. Re3 Qf6 21. a4     Re7 22. Rxe5 Rxe5 23. Be4 Qe7 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Bd3 Re8 26. Bc4 Qd4 27. Qc3   Qxc3 28. bxc3 Re4 29. Bb5 Bxb5 30. axb5 Rxe2 31. Rxa7 Rb2 32. c4 Rb4 33. Ra8+   Kh7 34. Ra6 Rxc4 35. Rxb6 Rb4 36. Kf1 Rb2 37. Ke1 c4 38. Rxd6 Rxb5 39. Rc6 Rxd5     Rxc4 1/2-1/2

   [Event "78th Tata Steel GpA"]   [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]   [Date "2016.01.27"]   [Round "10.4"]   [White "Ding, Liren"]   [Black "Van Wely, Loek"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D97"]   [WhiteElo "2766"]   [BlackElo "2640"]   [PlyCount "128"]   [EventDate "2016.01.16"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.     Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Qb6 14. b3 Rfe8     Nd2 Nd7 16. Rac1 Bd4 17. Rfd1 Nb4 18. Nf3 Rxe3 19. fxe3 Bxe3+ 20. Kh1 Bxc1   Rxc1 Qd6 22. Qh4 g5 23. Qf2 Qf4 24. Rd1 Bg6 25. Bb5 Ne5 26. Ne2 Qf6 27.     Qxc5 Nxf3 28. Qxb4 Nh4 29. Ng3 Qb6 30. Rd4 a5 31. Qc4 Rd8 32. a4 Qf6 33. Rd2   Qa1+ 34. Nf1 Nf5 35. Qc7 Rd6 36. Kg1 Rf6 37. d6 Ne3 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qxf6+ Qxf6     Nxe3 Qc3 41. Nf1 Bf5 42. d7 Bxd7 43. Rxd7 Qxb3 44. Rxb7 h5 45. Rd7 h4 46.     h3 Qe6 47. Kh1 Qe4 48. Rc7 Kf8 49. Rc3 Kg7 50. Rf3 Qe1 51. Kh2 Qe5+ 52. Kg1 Qe1     Rf2 Qb1 54. Rd2 f5 55. Kf2 g4 56. Ne3 Qe4 57. hxg4 fxg4 58. Rd5 Kf6 59.     Rf5+ Ke7 60. Ke2 h3 61. gxh3 gxh3 62. Rh5 Qh1 63. Rh7+ Kf8 64. Bc4 h2 1/2-1/2

   [Event "78th Tata Steel GpA"]   [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]   [Date "2016.01.27"]   [Round "10.5"]   [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]   [Black "Adams, Michael"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "A45"]   [WhiteElo "2769"]   [BlackElo "2744"]   [PlyCount "62"]   [EventDate "2016.01.16"]         d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3     b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 Ne7 11. Qf3 Nf5 12. Bf2 Be7 13. g4 Nd6 14. g5 Nfe4 15.   O-O-O c4 16. Bc2 b5 17. Qh3 b4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Be1 Bd5 20. Rg1 b3 21. axb3   cxb3 22. Bb1 f5 23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Rg4 Nf5 25. Kd2 Qa5 26. Ke2 Bxe5 27. dxe5   Rad8 28. Kf2 Qa1 29. Bd2 Bc4 30. Qh5 Qxb2 31. Ke1 Rxd2 0-1

  [Event "78th Tata Steel GpA"]   [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]   [Date "2016.01.27"]   [Round "10.6"]   [White "Hou, Yifan"]   [Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "C53"]   [WhiteElo "2673"]   [BlackElo "2760"]   [PlyCount "136"]   [EventDate "2016.01.16"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bb3     Be6 9. Bc2 h6 10. h3 Re8 11. Re1 d5 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. b4 Ba7 14. a4 b5 15. Bb2   Qb8 16. Nf1 Qb6 17. Ne3 Rad8 18. a5 Qb7 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Nh4 Re6 21. d4 Rf6     Qh5 Qc8 23. Be4 Nf4 24. Qf3 Ng6 25. Qg3 Nxh4 26. Qxh4 exd4 27. Bf3 d3 28.     Rad1 Qf5 29. c4 g5 30. Qe4 Bd4 31. Bxd4 Nxd4 32. Rxd3 Ne2+ 33. Rxe2 Rxd3 34.   Qe8+ Kg7 35. Be4 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ 37. g3 Qd6 38. cxb5 Rd2 39. Bg2 Rxf2 40.   Rxf2 Rxf2 41. Qe3 Rf6 42. bxa6 Qxa6 43. Qc5 Qd6 44. Qc3 Kg8 45. b5 Rf2 46. Qe1   Ra2 47. a6 Qd5 48. Qf1 Qd4 49. Qg1 Qxg1+ 50. Kxg1 Kf8 51. Bd5 Ra3 52. Kf2 Ke7     g4 f6 54. Ke2 Kd6 55. Be4 Kc5 56. Bd3 Kd4 57. Bf5 Rxh3 58. Bd7 Ra3 59. Bc6     Kc5 60. Bd7 Kb6 61. Kf2 c5 62. bxc6 Rxa6 63. Kf3 Ra4 64. Ke3 Kc7 65. Kf3 Kd6     Ke3 Ra5 67. Ke4 Re5+ 68. Kf3 Re7 0-1

   [Event "78th Tata Steel GpA"]   [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]   [Date "2016.01.27"]   [Round "10.7"]   [White "Navara, David"]   [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "C76"]   [WhiteElo "2730"]   [BlackElo "2747"]   [PlyCount "62"]   [EventDate "2016.01.16"]         e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 h6   Nbd2 exd4 10. e5 Nge7 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Ne4 Bg4 13. Nf6+ Bxf6 14. exf6 Nf5   Bxc6 bxc6 16. Re4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf6 18. Bxh6 Rfe8 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. g4     Qh4 21. gxf5 Qxh6 22. Qxc6 Re2 23. fxg6 Qxg6+ 24. Qg2 Rxb2 25. Rc1 Rxa2 26.   Qxg6+ fxg6 27. Rxc7 Ra4 28. d5 Ra1+ 29. Kg2 Ra5 30. Rc6 Rxd5 31. Rxa6 Kg7   1/2-1/2

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Pairings of the 11th round

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

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