The 2015 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival – Masters

Howell-Nakamura

Howell-Nakamura


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Nakamura leads with 6.5 points out of 7, u, Howell, Naroditsky and Bachmann are on 6.

Top results of the 7th round

1 GM Howell David W L 2670 5½ ½ – ½ 6 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2776
2 GM Yu Yangyi 2724 5½ ½ – ½ 5 GM Hou Yifan 2673
3 GM Adhiban B. 2630 5 0 – 1 5 GM Naroditsky Daniel 2622
4 IM Wagner Dennis 2501 5 0 – 1 5 GM Bachmann Axel 2629
5 GM Topalov Veselin 2800 4½ ½ – ½ 4½ GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2614
6 GM Salgado Lopez Ivan 2628 4½ 0 – 1 4½ GM Svidler Peter 2739
7 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2735 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Roiz Michael 2592
8 GM Sethuraman S.P. 2624 4½ 0 – 1 4½ GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2733
9 GM Harikrishna P. 2723 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Muzychuk Anna 2544
10 GM Vazquez Igarza Renier 2592 4½ 0 – 1 4½ GM Rapport Richard 2716

Top 10 players after 7 rounds

1 GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2776 6.5
2 GM Howell David W L ENG 2670 6.0
3 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2724 6.0
4 GM Naroditsky Daniel USA 2622 6.0
5 GM Bachmann Axel PAR 2629 6.0
6 GM Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2735 5.5
7 GM Svidler Peter RUS 2739 5.5
8 GM Harikrishna P. IND 2723 5.5
9 GM Hou Yifan CHN 2673 5.5
10 GM Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2733 5.5

Some games of the round

Top pairings of the 8th round

1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2776 6½ – 6 GM Yu Yangyi 2724
2 GM Bachmann Axel 2629 6 – 6 GM Howell David W L 2670
3 GM Naroditsky Daniel 2622 6 – 5½ GM Vitiugov Nikita 2735
4 GM Svidler Peter 2739 5½ – 5½ GM Hou Yifan 2673
5 GM Rapport Richard 2716 5½ – 5½ GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2733
6 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2681 5½ – 5½ GM Harikrishna P. 2723
7 GM Wei Yi 2675 5½ – 5 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2680
8 GM Ju Wenjun 2547 5 – 5 GM Topalov Veselin 2800
9 GM Spraggett Kevin 2538 5 – 5 GM Matlakov Maxim 2695
10 GM Motylev Alexander 2665 5 – 5 GM Lalith Babu M.R. 2537

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The 2015 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival – Masters

Nakamura-Topalov

Nakamura-Topalov


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Nakamura leads with 6 out of 6 after beating Topalov in the 6th round.u and Howell share 2nd-3rd with 5.5 points.

Top results of the 6th round

1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2776 5 1 – 0 4½ GM Topalov Veselin 2800
2 GM Yu Yangyi 2724 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Vazquez Igarza Renier 2592
3 GM Wei Yi 2675 4½ 0 – 1 4½ GM Howell David W L 2670
4 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2595 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Harikrishna P. 2723
5 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2680 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Roiz Michael 2592
6 GM Hou Yifan 2673 4 1 – 0 4 GM Mareco Sandro 2583
7 IM Muzychuk Mariya 2520 4 0 – 1 4 GM Adhiban B. 2630
8 GM Bachmann Axel 2629 4 1 – 0 4 GM Nabaty Tamir 2579
9 GM Naroditsky Daniel 2622 4 1 – 0 4 GM Sandipan Chanda 2574
10 GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2614 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Oparin Grigoriy 2551

Top 10 players after 6 rounds

1 GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2776 6.0
2 GM Howell David W L ENG 2670 5.5
3 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2724 5.5
4 IM Wagner Dennis GER 2501 5.0
5 GM Adhiban B. IND 2630 5.0
6 GM Hou Yifan CHN 2673 5.0
7 GM Naroditsky Daniel USA 2622 5.0
8 GM Bachmann Axel PAR 2629 5.0
9 GM Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2735 4.5
10 GM Topalov Veselin BUL 2800 4.5

Some games of the round

Top pairings of the 7th round

1 GM Howell David W L 2670 5½ – 6 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2776
2 GM Yu Yangyi 2724 5½ – 5 GM Hou Yifan 2673
3 GM Adhiban B. 2630 5 – 5 GM Naroditsky Daniel 2622
4 IM Wagner Dennis 2501 5 – 5 GM Bachmann Axel 2629
5 GM Topalov Veselin 2800 4½ – 4½ GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2614
6 GM Salgado Lopez Ivan 2628 4½ – 4½ GM Svidler Peter 2739
7 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2735 4½ – 4½ GM Roiz Michael 2592
8 GM Sethuraman S.P. 2624 4½ – 4½ GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2733
9 GM Harikrishna P. 2723 4½ – 4½ GM Muzychuk Anna 2544
10 GM Vazquez Igarza Renier 2592 4½ – 4½ GM Rapport Richard 2716

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