Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 – Masters 7th round

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Rapport-Anton Guijarro (Photo by John Saunders)

Rapport-Anton Guijarro (Photo by John Saunders)

Anton Guijarro is a sole leader after 7 rounds (6 points).

Results of top 10 boards of the 7th round

GM Ragger Markus 2689 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2785
GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro 2666 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Harikrishna P. 2755
GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2642 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Yu Yangyi 2747
GM Rapport Richard 2721 5 0 – 1 5 GM Anton Guijarro David 2639
GM Gupta Abhijeet 2613 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Bacrot Etienne 2697
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Lenic Luka 2611
GM Li Chao B 2751 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Bachmann Axel 2610
GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2732 4½ 0 – 1 4½ GM Maze Sebastien 2591
GM Perez Ponsa Federico 2577 4½ 0 – 1 4½ GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727
GM Ni Hua 2697 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Vazquez Igarza Renier 2572

Top 15 players after 7 rounds

GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2639 6,0
GM Ragger Markus AUT 2689 5,5
GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2785 5,5
GM Bacrot Etienne FRA 2697 5,5
GM Harikrishna P. IND 2755 5,5
GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2727 5,5
GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2639 5,5
GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2613 5,5
GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro CUB 2666 5,5
GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2747 5,5
IM Tari Aryan NOR 2556 5,5
GM Ni Hua CHN 2697 5,5
GM Maze Sebastien FRA 2591 5,5
GM Li Chao B CHN 2751 5,5
GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2635 5,5

A few games of the round

Top 10 pairings of the 8th round

GM Anton Guijarro David 2639 6 5½ GM Li Chao B 2751
GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2785 5½ 5½ GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro 2666
GM Harikrishna P. 2755 5½ 5½ GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2642
GM Yu Yangyi 2747 5½ 5½ GM Sethuraman S.P. 2639
GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727 5½ 5½ GM Grandelius Nils 2635
GM Bacrot Etienne 2697 5½ 5½ IM Tari Aryan 2556
GM Gupta Abhijeet 2613 5½ 5½ GM Ni Hua 2697
GM Maze Sebastien 2591 5½ 5½ GM Ragger Markus 2689
GM Grigoriants Sergey 2580 5 5 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787
GM Muzychuk Mariya 2554 5 5 GM Rapport Richard 2721

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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

GM Harikrishna P. 2755 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Gupta Abhijeet 2613
GM Ragger Markus 2689 4½ ½ – ½ 4 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787
GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2785 4 1 – 0 4 GM Jones Gawain C B 2625
GM Yu Yangyi 2747 4 1 – 0 4 GM Edouard Romain 2617
GM Grigoriants Sergey 2580 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2732
GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Lenic Luka 2611
GM Demuth Adrien 2535 4 0 – 1 4 GM Rapport Richard 2721
GM Ni Hua 2697 4 ½ – ½ 4 IM Tari Aryan 2556
GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro 2666 4 1 – 0 4 GM Donchenko Alexander 2570
IM Ly Moulthun 2474 4 0 – 1 4 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2642

Top 15 players after 6 rounds

GM Bacrot Etienne FRA 2697 5,0
GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2785 5,0
GM Ragger Markus AUT 2689 5,0
GM Harikrishna P. IND 2755 5,0
GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2613 5,0
GM Rapport Richard HUN 2721 5,0
GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2747 5,0
GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro CUB 2666 5,0
GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2639 5,0
GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2642 5,0
GM Lenic Luka SLO 2611 4,5
GM Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2732 4,5
GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2787 4,5
GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2639 4,5
GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2727 4,5

A few games of the round

Top 10 pairings of the 7th round

GM Ragger Markus 2689 5 5 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2785
GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro 2666 5 5 GM Harikrishna P. 2755
GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2642 5 5 GM Yu Yangyi 2747
GM Rapport Richard 2721 5 5 GM Anton Guijarro David 2639
GM Gupta Abhijeet 2613 5 5 GM Bacrot Etienne 2697
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787 4½ 4½ GM Lenic Luka 2611
GM Li Chao B 2751 4½ 4½ GM Bachmann Axel 2610
GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2732 4½ 4½ GM Maze Sebastien 2591
GM Perez Ponsa Federico 2577 4½ 4½ GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727
GM Ni Hua 2697 4½ 4½ GM Vazquez Igarza Renier 2572

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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

1 Carlsen, M. 9.0 / 13 2844
2 Caruana, F. 8.0 / 13 2787
3 Ding, L. 8.0 / 13 2766
4 So, W. 7.0 / 13 2773
5 Giri, A. 7.0 / 13 2798
6 Eljanov, P. 7.0 / 13 2760
7 Wei, Y. 6.5 / 13 2706
8 Mamedyarov, S. 6.5 / 13 2747
9 Karjakin, S. 6.0 / 13 2769
10 Navara, D. 5.5 / 13 2730
11 Tomashevsky, E. 5.5 / 13 2728
12 Hou, Y. 5.0 / 13 2673
13 Adams, M. 5.0 / 13 2744
14 Van Wely, L. 5.0 / 13 2640

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