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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Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 – Masters 2nd round

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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

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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