Gibraltar 06: Ten players lead with 5.0/6

by Marco Baldauf
2/1/2016 – In round six of the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival two Indians played on top board - but Vishy Anand was not one of them. The former World Champion scored a smooth win on board 28 while Pentala Harikrishna and Abijheet Gupta (photo) drew on board one. On board two Markus Ragger and Hikaru Nakamura discussed the King's Indian and showed deep preparation.
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Play in the Tradewise Gibraltar Masters starts at 15.00 local time (GMT+1) on Tuesday 26 January 2016, with live commentary from GM Simon Williams and IM Elisabeth Paehtz throughout. There is play every subsequent day at this time until Thursday 4 February 2016, when the tenth final round starts earlier at 11.00 (GMT+1). Live coverage may be found via the official website.

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Pictures: John Saunders, Sophie Triay (Tournament page)

The two draws on the top boards (and Etienne Bacrot's bye that gave him half a point without play) allowed a number of players to catch up to the leaders. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Richard Rapport and Yu Yangyi all won their games to join the group of ten players with 5.0/6 who share the lead. Half a point behind the leaders is an even larger group of players with 4.5/6.

Results of round six

Bo. No.   Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts.   Name Rtg No.
1 4 GM Harikrishna P. 2755 4½ ½ - ½ 4½ GM Gupta Abhijeet 2613 32
2 14 GM Ragger Markus 2689 4½ ½ - ½ 4 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787 1
3 2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2785 4 1 - 0 4 GM Jones Gawain C B 2625 28
4 6 GM Yu Yangyi 2747 4 1 - 0 4 GM Edouard Romain 2617 30
5 38 GM Grigoriants Sergey 2580 4 ½ - ½ 4 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2732 7
6 8 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727 4 ½ - ½ 4 GM Lenic Luka 2611 33
7 48 GM Demuth Adrien 2535 4 0 - 1 4 GM Rapport Richard 2721 9
8 12 GM Ni Hua 2697 4 ½ - ½ 4 IM Tari Aryan 2556 43
9 18 GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro 2666 4 1 - 0 4 GM Donchenko Alexander 2570 41
10 72 IM Ly Moulthun 2474 4 0 - 1 4 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2642 23
11 24 GM Anton Guijarro David 2639 4 1 - 0 4 GM Harika Dronavalli 2511 58
12 82 IM Kelires Andreas 2444 4 ½ - ½ 4 GM Grandelius Nils 2635 26
13 50 GM Al-Sayed Mohammed 2530 3½ 0 - 1 3½ GM Li Chao B 2751 5
14 10 GM Fressinet Laurent 2700 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ IM Gledura Benjamin 2515 57
15 51 GM Gopal G.N. 2525 3½ 1 - 0 3½ GM Howell David W L 2685 15
16 16 GM Almasi Zoltan 2684 3½ 1 - 0 3½ WGM Tan Zhongyi 2504 62
17 60 GM Bai Jinshi 2507 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ GM Kamsky Gata 2665 19
18 20 GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2660 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ GM Gunina Valentina 2496 67
19 56 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2515 3½ 0 - 1 3½ GM Sethuraman S.P. 2639 25
20 70 IM Nakar Eylon 2479 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo 2624 29
21 34 GM Bachmann Axel 2610 3½ 1 - 0 3½ GM Zhukova Natalia 2484 69
22 36 GM Sandipan Chanda 2583 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ GM Krush Irina 2458 79
23 64 WGM Goryachkina Aleksandra 2502 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ GM Tregubov Pavel V. 2582 37
24 81 IM Tan Justin 2446 3½ 0 - 1 3½ GM Perez Ponsa Federico 2577 39
25 40 GM Vazquez Igarza Renier 2572 3½ 1 - 0 3½   Siva Mahadevan 2370 123
26 42 GM Oparin Grigoriy 2565 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ IM Padmini Rout 2427 91
27 87 GM Akesson Ralf 2435 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ GM Handke Florian Dr. 2533 49
28 3 GM Anand Viswanathan 2784 3 1 - 0 3½   Fiala Vaclav 2217 168
29 86   Kollars Dmitrij 2436 3 0 - 1 3 GM Short Nigel D 2684 17
30 89 GM Carlsson Pontus 2430 3 ½ - ½ 3 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2660 21

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Standings after round six

Rk. SNo   Name FED Rtg Pts.  TB1 
1 11 GM Bacrot Etienne FRA 2697 5,0 2867
2 2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2785 5,0 2829
3 14 GM Ragger Markus AUT 2689 5,0 2826
4 4 GM Harikrishna P. IND 2755 5,0 2791
5 32 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2613 5,0 2775
6 9 GM Rapport Richard HUN 2721 5,0 2774
7 6 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2747 5,0 2762
8 18 GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro CUB 2666 5,0 2752
9 24 GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2639 5,0 2699
10 23 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2642 5,0 2690
11 33 GM Lenic Luka SLO 2611 4,5 2766
12 7 GM Jakovenko Dmitry RUS 2732 4,5 2754
13 1 GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2787 4,5 2738
  25 GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2639 4,5 2738
15 8 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2727 4,5 2726
16 51 GM Gopal G.N. IND 2525 4,5 2694
17 12 GM Ni Hua CHN 2697 4,5 2688
18 16 GM Almasi Zoltan HUN 2684 4,5 2686
19 40 GM Vazquez Igarza Renier ESP 2572 4,5 2677
20 43 IM Tari Aryan NOR 2556 4,5 2675
21 26 GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2635 4,5 2650
  35 GM Maze Sebastien FRA 2591 4,5 2650
23 5 GM Li Chao B CHN 2751 4,5 2638
24 82 IM Kelires Andreas CYP 2444 4,5 2637
25 38 GM Grigoriants Sergey RUS 2580 4,5 2625
26 34 GM Bachmann Axel PAR 2610 4,5 2610
27 39 GM Perez Ponsa Federico ARG 2577 4,5 2568
28 58 GM Harika Dronavalli IND 2511 4,0 2664
29 28 GM Jones Gawain C B ENG 2625 4,0 2662
30 57 IM Gledura Benjamin HUN 2515 4,0 2660
31 30 GM Edouard Romain FRA 2617 4,0 2640
32 42 GM Oparin Grigoriy RUS 2565 4,0 2624
33 44 GM Muzychuk Mariya UKR 2554 4,0 2612
34 41 GM Donchenko Alexander GER 2570 4,0 2604
  60 GM Bai Jinshi CHN 2507 4,0 2604
36 48 GM Demuth Adrien FRA 2535 4,0 2603
  67 GM Gunina Valentina RUS 2496 4,0 2603
38 45 GM Lalith Babu M R IND 2553 4,0 2597
39 87 GM Akesson Ralf SWE 2435 4,0 2595
40 72 IM Ly Moulthun AUS 2474 4,0 2593
41 64 WGM Goryachkina Aleksandra RUS 2502 4,0 2592
42 10 GM Fressinet Laurent FRA 2700 4,0 2591
43 49 GM Handke Florian Dr. GER 2533 4,0 2585
44 20 GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof POL 2660 4,0 2584
45 3 GM Anand Viswanathan IND 2784 4,0 2578
  37 GM Tregubov Pavel V. RUS 2582 4,0 2578
47 19 GM Kamsky Gata USA 2665 4,0 2576
48 65 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2500 4,0 2562
49 91 IM Padmini Rout IND 2427 4,0 2558
50 46 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra RUS 2550 4,0 2551
51 29 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo VEN 2624 4,0 2541
52 36 GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2583 4,0 2536
53 17 GM Short Nigel D ENG 2684 4,0 2535
54 70 IM Nakar Eylon ISR 2479 4,0 2525
55 131 WGM Vojinovic Jovana SRB 2352 4,0 2524
56 118 FM Gulamali Kazim USA 2379 4,0 2522
57 79 GM Krush Irina USA 2458 4,0 2514
58 114 FM Hauge Lars Oskar NOR 2388 4,0 2513
59 55 GM Libiszewski Fabien FRA 2515 4,0 2498
60 22 GM Sutovsky Emil ISR 2647 4,0 2491
61 126 FM Kavutskiy Konstantin USA 2360 4,0 2411
62 75 IM Kashlinskaya Alina RUS 2462 4,0 2410
63 85 IM Stark Lars GER 2440 4,0 2405
64 56 GM Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 2515 3,5 2603

... 250 players

The Indian duel on the top-board: Pentala Harikrishna vs Abijheet Gupta (draw).

Pentala Harikrishna openend with 1.e4 and a couple of moves later an Italian Game was on the board.

In top-tournaments the Italian Game seems to become fashionable again - maybe because it is an alternative to the notoriously solid Berlin? In Wijk aan Zee Carlsen, So, Karjakin and Hou preferred 3.Bc4 to 3.Bb5. On amateur level the Italian game has always been popular: White does not need to memorize long variations - it is more important to know the strategic plans and ideas. Sergey Tiviakov explained them on a ChessBase DVD.

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d3 a6 6.c3 Ba7 7.Bb3 h6 8.Be3 d6 9.Nbd2 0-0 10.h3 Re8 11.Bxa7 Rxa7 12.Re1 Ne7 13.Nf1 Ng6 14.Ng3 Be6 15.d4 Bxb3 16.Qxb3 Qd7 17.Rad1 Qb5 18.Qc2 Raa8 19.c4 Qb6 20.Re3 Rad8 21.Qd2 c5 22.d5 Diagram
White enjoys a space advantage and now tries to make progress on the kingside. 22...Qc7 23.Nh2 b5 24.Rc1 b4 25.Rce1 Kh7 26.Qd1 Qd7 27.Ng4 Ng8 27...Nxg4 28.hxg4± is a typical motive - White now has the lever g4-g5 and he can also occupy the h-file. 28.Nf5 N6e7 29.Ng3 Rf8 30.Rf3 g6 31.Qd3 Kg7 32.Ne3 h5 33.Nef5+!? Kh7 33...gxf5 34.Nxh5+ Kh8 35.exf5 f6 34.Qd2 Inviting Black once more to take on f5. f6 34...gxf5 35.exf5 f6 36.Re4 35.Nh4 Nh6 36.a3 White opens the a-file but Black is not unhappy about that. The white rook on f3 is not ideally placed to occupy the a-file. a5 37.axb4 axb4 38.Ra1 Neg8 39.Qd1 Qe7 40.Rd3 Ra8 41.Rxa8 Rxa8 Diagram
42.Nxg6!? A drastic measure but otherwise Black is the only one who can play for an advantage - thanks to the open a-file. Kxg6 43.Nxh5 43.Qxh5+! is safer if White is happy with a draw: Kg7 43...Kh7 44.Nf5 Qf7 45.Qh4 44.Nf5+ Nxf5 45.exf5 Qf7 46.Rg3+ Kf8 47.Qh8 Ra2 48.Rxg8+ Qxg8 49.Qxf6+ Ke8 50.Qxd6 and White is forced to give a perpetual. 43...Kh7 44.Rg3 Ra7 45.Rg7+ Qxg7 46.Nxg7 Kxg7 47.g3 The black position is very solid and Black can try to make progress. Ne7 48.Kg2 Ra2 49.Qb1 b3 50.Qc1 Ra4 51.h4 Nc8 52.Qd1 Rb4 53.Qh5! Forcing the draw. Ne7 54.Qe8 Neg8 55.Qd7+ Nf7 56.Qg4+ Kh7 57.Qe6 Kg7 58.Qg4+ Kh7 59.Qe6 Kg7 60.Qg4+ ½–½
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Harikrishna,P-Gupta,A-½–½2016C50Gibraltar Masters 20166.1

Well prepared: Austria's number one Markus Ragger

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bd2 g5 13.Rc1 Ng6 14.c5 Nf6 15.Nb5 Rf7 16.Ba5 b6 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Be1 Diagram
Both players were happy to enter a theoretical discussion about the sharp and double-edged position. King's Indian positions such as this often defy analysis. The engines as a rule much prefer White and do not consider Black's mating attack to be particularly dangerous. 18...g4 18...a6 19.Nc3 a5 20.Bf2 Rb8 21.a4 Bf8 22.Nb5 g4 23.Rc6 Rg7 24.Qc2 Bd7 25.fxg4 Nxg4 26.Bxg4 Bxg4 27.Ne1 Nh8 28.Kh1 Nf7 29.h3 Bd7 30.Nf3 Ng5 31.Bh4 h6 32.Nxd6 Bxc6 33.Nf5 Be8 34.Nxh6+ Kh8 35.Nf5 Rc8 36.Qd3 Rg8 37.Nxe5 Qf6 38.Nf3 Bd7 39.Qd2 Bxf5 40.Qxf4 Bh6 41.exf5 Rcd8 42.Ne5 Rxd5 43.Ng4 Qd6 44.Qxd6 Rxd6 45.Bg3 Rc6 46.Be5+ Kh7 47.Nf6+ Rxf6 48.Bxf6 Ne4 49.Be5 Bg7 50.f6 Re8 51.fxg7 Rxe5 52.Rf3 Nc5 53.Rf6 Re6 54.Rf4 Re4 55.Rf6 Re6 56.Rf4 Kxg7 57.Rg4+ Kf7 58.Rf4+ Ke7 59.Kh2 Re4 0-1 (59) Ragger,M (2698)-Grischuk,A (2774) Skopje MKD 2015 19.fxg4 19.Nb4 g3 20.Nc6 Qf8 21.Bb4 Bh8∞ 19...Nxe4 20.Nb4 a6 21.Bf3 Ng3N Nakamura only took four seconds for this move - but Ragger was not particularly impressed and continued to play quickly. 21...Ng5 22.Nc3 Bb7 23.Ne4 Nxe4 24.Bxe4 Bh6 25.Rc3 Qg5 26.h4 Nxh4 27.Rh3 f3 28.Rxh4 Qe3+ 29.Rf2 Rc8 30.Nc6 Qxe4 31.Rxh6 Bxc6 32.dxc6 Rxc6 33.gxf3 Qf4 34.Bd2 Qd4 35.Qb3 1-0 (35) Ragger,M (2651)-Papaioannou,I (2592) Eretria 2011 22.Nxd6 Qxd6 23.Rc6 Qf8 24.hxg3 fxg3 25.d6 25.-- e4 ist die schwarze Drohung 26.Be2 Rxf1+ 27.Bxf1 Bxg4 28.Qxg4 Bd4+ 29.Kh1 Qxf1# 25...e4 26.Be2 Rxf1+ 27.Bxf1 Bxg4 28.Qd5+ Kh8 29.Rc7 Be6 30.Qxe4 30.Qxe6?? Bd4+ 31.Kh1 Qxf1# 30...Bf5 31.Qd5 The white queen sticks to d5. Be4 Both players were still in blitz-mode, but now Ragger invested 14 minutes for 32.Qd2! 32.Qxe4? Re8 33.Re7 Nxe7 34.d7 34.dxe7 Rxe7-+ 34...Rd8 35.Bxg3 Rxd7 32...Be5 33.Rc4 Bb7 Diagram
Time to take stock: With dynamic play Black managed to keep the pawn on g3 - moves such ...Bd4+ or ...Qh6-h2 force White to guard the black squares. In turn White has a dangerous passed pawn on d6. Black is able to win this pawn but only with further exchanges. 34.d7 Rd8 35.Nc6 Bxc6 36.Rxc6 Qf5 37.Rc8 Rxc8 38.Qd3 Qf8 39.dxc8Q Qxc8 White will win the pawns on g3 and a6, Black will get the pawn on b2. This will lead to further exchanges and simplify the position and therefore the players agreed to a draw. Ragger still had 50 minutes on the clock, Nakamura even 83. ½–½
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Ragger,M-Nakamura,H-½–½2016E98Gibraltar Masters 20166.2

 

Gawain Jones opening preparation

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Bc5 A transposition to avoid the lines arising after 5...b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.d4 Bxd4 10.Qxd4 d6∞ 6.c3 b5 But this move-order gives White the additional option 7.Bc2 and because the bishop is in principle on c2 better placed than on b3 Black now has to justify his play. d5 7...d6 8.d4 Bb6 9.h3 0-0 10.Be3 Re8 11.Nbd2 h6 12.Re1 Rb8 13.a3 Bd7 14.Bd3 Qc8 15.b4 Qb7 16.Qc2 Qc8 17.Bf1 Qd8 18.Rac1 d5 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Rxe5 21.Bd4 Re6 22.e5 Nh5 23.g3 Rg6 24.Bg2 Nf4 25.gxf4 Bxh3 26.Qxg6 fxg6 27.Bxh3 Qh4 28.Bg2 Qxf4 29.Bxb6 cxb6 30.Rcd1 Rf8 31.Re2 d4 32.cxd4 Qxd4 33.e6 a5 34.Rde1 Re8 35.Nf3 Qd6 36.e7 g5 37.Re6 Qf4 38.Nh2 axb4 39.Bc6 Rxe7 40.Rxe7 bxa3 41.Bd5+ Kh7 42.Be4+ 1-0 (42) So,W (2755)-Gareev,T (2612) Las Vegas 2014 8.d4 dxe4 9.Nbd2 9.Nxe5 is the most popular move and leads to a rather unusual position. Nxe5 10.dxe5 Qxd1 11.Rxd1 Ng4 12.Bxe4 Nxf2 13.Bc6+ Ke7 14.Rd5 Bb6 15.Bg5+ 15.Bxa8 Nd3+ 16.Kf1 Nxc1 17.Na3 Be6 18.Rxc1 Rxa8 19.Rd3 Bf5 20.Rdd1 Be3 21.Ra1 Bf4 1/2-1/2 (34) Galkin,A (2606)-Lastin,A (2621) Dagomys 2008 15...f6 16.exf6+ gxf6 17.Bh4 Ng4+ 18.Kh1 Rb8 19.Nd2 Be6 20.Rh5∞ 1/2-1/2 (40) Dominguez Perez,L (2757)-Leko,P (2730) Loo 2014 9.dxe5!? Qxd1 10.Rxd1 exf3 11.exf6 gxf6 12.Be4 Bd7 13.a4 0-0-0 14.axb5 Ne5! 1-0 (48) Svidler, P (2758)-Topalov,V (2785) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014 CBM 160 [Negi,P] 9...exf3 10.Qxf3 Be7 11.Qxc6+ Bd7 12.Qf3 exd4 13.Ne4 13.cxd4 0-0 14.Ne4 Be6 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Be4 Bxd4! 17.Rd1 c5 18.Bxa8 Qxa8 1/2-1/2 (34) Topalov,V (2718)-Anand,V (2790) Wijk aan Zee 2001 CBM 081 [Wedberg] 13...0-0 14.Rd1 Up to now both players were playing rather swiftly but now Jones pondered for a half an hour before venturing Re8 14...dxc3? gives White too much initiative: 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.bxc3 Re8 17.g3! ∆17.Qd3? Bf5! 18.Qxf5 Qxd1+ 19.Bxd1 Re1# 17...g6 18.Bb3± 18.Rxd7? Qxd7 19.Qxf6 Re1+ 20.Kg2 Qd5+ 21.Kh3 Rg1 14...c5!? 15.Bg5 ∆15.cxd4 c4= 15...Re8 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Nxc5 Bc6! 18.Qxc6 Rc8 19.Qxa6 Rxc5= 15.Rxd4 c5 16.Rd1 Qc8 17.Qd3! White has a lot of dynamic play - which he must either maintain or transform into a static advantage. 17.Bg5? Bg4! 18.Nxf6+ Bxf6 19.Qd3 Bxg5 20.Qxh7+ Kf8 21.Qh8+ Ke7 22.Qxg7 Bf6 23.Re1+ Be6 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Bf4 Bg4 19.Qd3 g6= 17...Nxe4 17...g6 18.Nd6 Bxd6 19.Qxd6 seems even better. The black squares around Black's king are extremely weak. 18.Qxd7 Qxd7 19.Rxd7 Nf6 20.Rd1 c4 21.Bf4 Diagram
a textbook position to illustrate the strength of the bishops pair - the Nf6 has no outpost to go to. 21...Bc5 22.Kf1 a5 23.Re1 Rxe1+ 24.Rxe1 Kf8 25.Bd1! Bringing the bishop to f3 where it stands almost ideally. Re8 26.Bf3± The bishop of f3 restrains the knight on f6 and always threatens to jump to c6. b4 27.Rc1!? 27.Rxe8+ Kxe8 28.Bc7 bxc3 29.bxc3 a4 30.Bc6+ Ke7 31.Bxa4 Ne4 32.Bb5 Nxc3 33.Bxc4± 27...bxc3 28.Rxc3 Bb4 29.Rc1 Ne4 30.Rc2 a4 31.Be3 f5 32.g3 Rc8 33.Be2 Nd6 34.a3 Ba5 35.Bf4 Ke7 36.Bd1 Diagram
36.Bxd6+? Kxd6 37.Bxc4± and the opposite colored bishops give Black good reason to hope for a draw. 36...c3 37.bxc3 Ne4 38.c4 Nc3 39.Be2 Nxe2 40.Kxe2 Bb6 41.Rb2 Bc5 42.Rb7+ Ke6 43.Bc1 Be7 44.Rb6+ Kf7 45.Kd3 Rd8+ 46.Kc3 Rd1 47.Be3 Bxa3 48.Ra6 Be7 49.c5 g5 50.Rxa4 Rd8 51.Kc4 h5 52.Ra7 Rg8 53.Kd5 Rd8+ 54.Ke5 f4 55.gxf4 gxf4 56.Bxf4 Rc8 57.Be3 Ke8 58.Kd5 Kf7 59.c6 Rd8+ 60.Ke5 1–0
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Vachier-Lagrave,M-Jones,G-1–02016C78Gibraltar Masters 20166.3

 

Harika Dronavelli lost against ...

... Spanish talent Anton Guijarro David.

The young German Dmitrij Kollars lost against chess legend...

... Nigel Short.

Bruzon Batista Lazaro from Cuba won a wild and messy game against....

... the young German GM Alexander Donchenko.

 
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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 a6 4.d3 b5 5.e4 Bb7 6.e5 The first new move in an unorthodox opening. Ng4 7.d4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 c5 9.Bg2 Nc6 10.dxc5 Ncxe5!? Inviting White to sacrifice an exchange and play a messy position full of tactical possibilities. 10...Bxc5 11.Nxe5 Bxg2 12.Qxg4 Qf6 13.Qd4 Bxh1 14.Bg5 Qf5 14...Qxg5?? 15.Qxd7+ Kf8 16.Qxf7# 15.Qxd7+ Kf8 16.Be7+ Kg8 17.0-0-0
White has a pawn for the exchange, the knight e5 is hanging, the bishop h1 is hanging, Black's king is under attack, White's king is exposed - and White has a potentially strong passed pawn on c6 - the engines evaluate the position as equal, but at any rate it's complicated. 17...h5 18.Bd6 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Bf3 20.Rd4 With the idea 21.Rf4. Be4 21.f3 Bb1 Now White gets the upper hand. Fritz15 recommends 21...Qg5+ 22.Kb2 Bg6 23.Rf4 bxc4 24.Ka3 Kh7 25.Nxf7 Qd5 and evaluates this position as completely equal (0. 00). 22.Rd2 Rh6 23.c6 Suddenly it's very simple: White advances his passed pawn and Black is helpless. Kh7 24.c7 h4 25.g4 25.c8Q immediately gives Black unnecessary counterchances after Rxc8 26.Qxc8 hxg3 27.Ng4 g2 25...Qf4 26.Nxf7 Qe3 27.Be5 Bxa2 28.Qd3+ Qxd3 29.Rxd3 1–0
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Bruzon Batista,L-Donchenko,A-1–02016A15Gibraltar Masters 20166.9

Wojtaszek draws against Lenic (in the back), Rapport wins with
Black against Adrian Demuth who in round five won against Anand.

15000 pounds - that the women's prize in Gibraltar and it led almost all top women players to Gibraltar.

Women's World Champion Mariya Muzychuk has 4.0/6.

Valentina Gunina also has 4.0/6.

Natalia Zhukova from Ukraine has 3.5/6.

Former Women's World Champion Antoneta Stefanova from Bulgaria also has 3.5/6.

Top pairings of round seven

Bo. No.   Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts.   Name Rtg No.
1 14 GM Ragger Markus 2689 5   5 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2785 2
2 18 GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro 2666 5   5 GM Harikrishna P. 2755 4
3 23 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2642 5   5 GM Yu Yangyi 2747 6
4 9 GM Rapport Richard 2721 5   5 GM Anton Guijarro David 2639 24
5 32 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2613 5   5 GM Bacrot Etienne 2697 11
6 1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787 4½   4½ GM Lenic Luka 2611 33
7 5 GM Li Chao B 2751 4½   4½ GM Bachmann Axel 2610 34
8 7 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2732 4½   4½ GM Maze Sebastien 2591 35
9 39 GM Perez Ponsa Federico 2577 4½   4½ GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727 8
10 12 GM Ni Hua 2697 4½   4½ GM Vazquez Igarza Renier 2572 40
11 43 IM Tari Aryan 2556 4½   4½ GM Almasi Zoltan 2684 16
12 25 GM Sethuraman S.P. 2639 4½   4½ IM Kelires Andreas 2444 82
13 26 GM Grandelius Nils 2635 4½   4½ GM Gopal G.N. 2525 51
14 57 IM Gledura Benjamin 2515 4   4 GM Anand Viswanathan 2784 3
15 58 GM Harika Dronavalli 2511 4   4 GM Fressinet Laurent 2700 10
16 17 GM Short Nigel D 2684 4   4 GM Bai Jinshi 2507 60
17 19 GM Kamsky Gata 2665 4   4 IM Nakar Eylon 2479 70
18 65 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. 2500 4   4 GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2660 20
19 67 GM Gunina Valentina 2496 4   4 GM Sutovsky Emil 2647 22
20 28 GM Jones Gawain C B 2625 4   4 WGM Goryachkina Aleksandra 2502 64
21 29 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo 2624 4   4 IM Ly Moulthun 2474 72
22 30 GM Edouard Romain 2617 4   4 GM Akesson Ralf 2435 87
23 75 IM Kashlinskaya Alina 2462 4   4 GM Sandipan Chanda 2583 36
24 41 GM Donchenko Alexander 2570 4   4 FM Hauge Lars Oskar 2388 114
25 79 GM Krush Irina 2458 4   4 GM Oparin Grigoriy 2565 42
26 85 IM Stark Lars 2440 4   4 GM Muzychuk Mariya 2554 44
27 45 GM Lalith Babu M R 2553 4   4 FM Gulamali Kazim 2379 118
28 49 GM Handke Florian Dr. 2533 4   4 FM Kavutskiy Konstantin 2360 126
29 131 WGM Vojinovic Jovana 2352 4   4 GM Libiszewski Fabien 2515 55
30 91 IM Padmini Rout 2427 4   3½ GM Al-Sayed Mohammed 2530 50

ChessBase author Tania Sachdev follows the tournament as anchorwoman of "The Day's Play"

Episode 8

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Marco Baldauf, born 1990, has been playing since he was eight. In 2000 and 2002 he became German Junior Champion, in 2014 he became International Master. He plays for SF Berlin in the Bundesliga.

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