Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 – Masters 4th round

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Oparin-Anand (Photo by John Saunders)

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

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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Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 – Masters 3rd round

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Harika Dronavalli (Photo by John Saunders)

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

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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