Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 – Masters

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Nakamura-Bellin

Nakamura-Bellin (Photo by John Saunders)

Already the first round was very interesting and challenging! The hero of the round was definitely IM Lazarne-Vajda from Hungary, who drew Anand with Black!

Results of top 10 boards

GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787 1 – 0 IM Bellin Robert 2350
FM Shachar Ehud 2353 0 – 1 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2785
GM Anand Viswanathan 2784 ½ – ½ IM Lazarne Vajda Szidonia 2359
FM Tate Alan 2345 0 – 1 GM Harikrishna P. 2755
GM Li Chao B 2751 1 – 0 IM Wemmers Xander 2352
IM Vuilleumier Alexandre 2356 ½ – ½ GM Yu Yangyi 2747
GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2732 1 – 0 WGM Vojinovic Jovana 2352
GM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan 2346 0 – 1 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727
GM Rapport Richard 2721 1 – 0 IM Gara Anita 2339
IM Foisor Cristina-Adela 2338 0 – 1 GM Fressinet Laurent 2700

A few games from the 1st round

Pairings of top 10 boards of the 2nd round

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

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Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 – Masters

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A number of tournaments has already begun in Caleta but the Masters event starts today. The first 21 participants has over 2660 and overall 253 players have registered to play!

The first 15 players are:

1 GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2787
2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2785
3 GM Anand Viswanathan IND 2784
4 GM Harikrishna P. IND 2755
5 GM Li Chao B CHN 2751
6 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2747
7 GM Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2732
8 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2727
9 GM Rapport Richard HUN 2721
10 GM Fressinet Laurent FRA 2700
11 GM Bacrot Etienne FRA 2697
12 GM Ni Hua CHN 2697
13 GM Naiditsch Arkadij AZE 2696
14 GM Ragger Markus AUT 2689
15 GM Howell David W L ENG 2685

Pairings of top 10 boards of the first round

GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787  – IM Bellin Robert 2350
FM Shachar Ehud 2353 – GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2785
GM Anand Viswanathan 2784 – IM Lazarne Vajda Szidonia 2359
FM Tate Alan 2345  – GM Harikrishna P. 2755
GM Li Chao B 2751  – IM Wemmers Xander 2352
IM Vuilleumier Alexandre 2356  – GM Yu Yangyi 2747
GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2732  – WGM Vojinovic Jovana 2352
GM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan 2346  – GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727
GM Rapport Richard 2721  – IM Gara Anita 2339
IM Foisor Cristina-Adela 2338  – GM Fressinet Laurent 2700

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Wijk aan Zee A 2016

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Navara

Navara (Photo taken from chess-news.ru)

Carlsen leads with 5.5 out of 8, Caruana is 2nd with 5 points and Ding, So & Giri share 3rd and have 4.5.

Results of the 8th round

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

Standings after 8 rounds

1 Carlsen, M. 5.5 / 8 2844
2 Caruana, F. 5.0 / 8 2787
3 So, W. 4.5 / 8 2773
4 Giri, A. 4.5 / 8 2798
5 Ding, L. 4.5 / 8 2766
6 Navara, D. 4.0 / 8 2730
7 Wei, Y. 4.0 / 8 2706
8 Karjakin, S. 4.0 / 8 2769
9 Mamedyarov, S. 4.0 / 8 2747
10 Eljanov, P. 4.0 / 8 2760
11 Hou, Y. 3.5 / 8 2673
12 Tomashevsky, E. 3.0 / 8 2728
13 Van Wely, L. 3.0 / 8 2640
14 Adams, M. 2.5 / 8 2744

Games of the round

Today is a rest day!

Pairings of the 9th round

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

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