Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 – Masters 9th round

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Eight (!!) players share the 1st place with 7 points – Anton Guijarro, Harikrishna, Vachier-Lagrave, Bacrot, Li Chao, , Nakamura, Sethuraman, Maze.

Results of top 10 boards of the 9th round

GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2785 6½ ½ – ½ 6½ GM Bacrot Etienne 2697
GM Anton Guijarro David 2639 6½ ½ – ½ 6½ GM Harikrishna P. 2755
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787 6 1 – 0 6 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2613
GM Li Chao B 2751 6 1 – 0 6 GM Lenic Luka 2611
GM Grandelius Nils 2635 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Yu Yangyi 2747
GM Sethuraman S.P. 2639 6 1 – 0 6 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727
GM Ni Hua 2697 6 0 – 1 6 GM Maze Sebastien 2591
GM Ragger Markus 2689 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Lalith Babu M R 2553
GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2732 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Sandipan Chanda 2583
GM Rapport Richard 2721 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Tregubov Pavel V. 2582

Top 15 players after 9 rounds

GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2785 7,0
GM Bacrot Etienne FRA 2697 7,0
GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2639 7,0
GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2787 7,0
GM Harikrishna P. IND 2755 7,0
GM Maze Sebastien FRA 2591 7,0
GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2639 7,0
GM Li Chao B CHN 2751 7,0
GM Ragger Markus AUT 2689 6,5
GM Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2732 6,5
GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2747 6,5
GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2635 6,5
GM Jones Gawain C B ENG 2625 6,5
GM Lalith Babu M R IND 2553 6,5
GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2642 6,5

Some games of the round

Top 10 pairings of the last round

GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787 7 7 GM Anton Guijarro David 2639
GM Maze Sebastien 2591 7 7 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2785
GM Harikrishna P. 2755 7 7 GM Li Chao B 2751
GM Bacrot Etienne 2697 7 7 GM Sethuraman S.P. 2639
GM Yu Yangyi 2747 6½ 6½ GM Jones Gawain C B 2625
GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2732 6½ 6½ GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2642
GM Grandelius Nils 2635 6½ 6½ GM Ragger Markus 2689
GM Sutovsky Emil 2647 6½ 6½ GM Bachmann Axel 2610
GM Lalith Babu M R 2553 6½ 6 GM Rapport Richard 2721
GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727 6 6 IM Tari Aryan 2556

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Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 – Masters 8th round

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Harikrishna-Vidit (Photo by Sophie Triay)

Harikrishna-Vidit (Photo by Sophie Triay)

Four players lead with 6.5 out of 8 – Anton Guijarro, Harikrishna, Vachier-Lagrave and Bacrot.

Top 10 results of the 8th round

GM Anton Guijarro David 2639 6 ½ – ½ 5½ GM Li Chao B 2751
GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2785 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro 2666
GM Harikrishna P. 2755 5½ 1 – 0 5½ GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2642
GM Yu Yangyi 2747 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Sethuraman S.P. 2639
GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Grandelius Nils 2635
GM Bacrot Etienne 2697 5½ 1 – 0 5½ IM Tari Aryan 2556
GM Gupta Abhijeet 2613 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Ni Hua 2697
GM Maze Sebastien 2591 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ GM Ragger Markus 2689
GM Grigoriants Sergey 2580 5 0 – 1 5 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787
GM Muzychuk Mariya 2554 5 ½ – ½ 5 GM Rapport Richard 2721

Top 15 players after 8 rounds

GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2785 6,5
GM Bacrot Etienne FRA 2697 6,5
GM Harikrishna P. IND 2755 6,5
GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2639 6,5
GM Ragger Markus AUT 2689 6,0
GM Lenic Luka SLO 2611 6,0
GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2787 6,0
GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2639 6,0
GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2727 6,0
GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2613 6,0
GM Maze Sebastien FRA 2591 6,0
GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2747 6,0
GM Ni Hua CHN 2697 6,0
GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2635 6,0
GM Li Chao B CHN 2751 6,0

Some games of the round

Top 10 pairings of the 9th round

GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2785 6½ 6½ GM Bacrot Etienne 2697
GM Anton Guijarro David 2639 6½ 6½ GM Harikrishna P. 2755
GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787 6 6 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2613
GM Li Chao B 2751 6 6 GM Lenic Luka 2611
GM Grandelius Nils 2635 6 6 GM Yu Yangyi 2747
GM Sethuraman S.P. 2639 6 6 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727
GM Ni Hua 2697 6 6 GM Maze Sebastien 2591
GM Ragger Markus 2689 6 6 GM Lalith Babu M R 2553
GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2732 5½ 5½ GM Sandipan Chanda 2583
GM Rapport Richard 2721 5½ 5½ GM Tregubov Pavel V. 2582

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