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Nakamura came incredibly close to going 7-0 in this event. Rook endgames are never basic, no matter who you are!
Almost there! Nakamura was grasping victory the entire game.
Board two was a crazy fight between two Chinese stars:
Hou Yifan is still having a great event, keeping herself on the top boards
Yu Yangyi will face Nakamura with black tomorrow
These two draws opened the doors for several people to put pressure on the leader by reaching 6.0/7. Two important victories in boards three and four were in favor of Daniel Naroditsky (over Baskaran Adhiban) and Axel Bachmann (over Dennis Wagner). There's still four rounds left, and anything can happen in Gibraltar.
Only half a point behind: Daniel Naroditsky
17-year old Dennis Wagner lost to Axel Bachmann from Paraguay
Alex Lenderman from USA
On board nine Pentala Harirkrishna defeated Anna Muzychuk
Richard Rapport is back in action with 5.5/7
Kayden Troff has had some problems this tournament, with only 4.0/7
Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. |
1 | Nakamura Hikaru | USA | 2776 | 6.5 |
2 | Howell David W L | ENG | 2670 | 6.0 |
3 | Yu Yangyi | CHN | 2724 | 6.0 |
4 | Naroditsky Daniel | USA | 2622 | 6.0 |
5 | Bachmann Axel | PAR | 2629 | 6.0 |
6 | Vitiugov Nikita | RUS | 2735 | 5.5 |
7 | Svidler Peter | RUS | 2739 | 5.5 |
8 | Harikrishna P. | IND | 2723 | 5.5 |
9 | Hou Yifan | CHN | 2673 | 5.5 |
10 | Jakovenko Dmitry | RUS | 2733 | 5.5 |
11 | Wei Yi | CHN | 2675 | 5.5 |
12 | Rapport Richard | HUN | 2716 | 5.5 |
13 | Cheparinov Ivan | BUL | 2681 | 5.5 |
14 | Topalov Veselin | BUL | 2800 | 5.0 |
15 | Vishnu Prasanna. V | IND | 2463 | 5.0 |
16 | Lenderman Aleksandr | USA | 2614 | 5.0 |
17 | Wagner Dennis | GER | 2501 | 5.0 |
18 | Adhiban B. | IND | 2630 | 5.0 |
19 | Lalith Babu M.R. | IND | 2537 | 5.0 |
20 | Rodshtein Maxim | ISR | 2680 | 5.0 |
Bo. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg |
1 | Nakamura Hikaru | 2776 | 6½ | 6 | Yu Yangyi | 2724 | |
2 | Bachmann Axel | 2629 | 6 | 6 | Howell David W L | 2670 | |
3 | Naroditsky Daniel | 2622 | 6 | 5½ | Vitiugov Nikita | 2735 | |
4 | Svidler Peter | 2739 | 5½ | 5½ | Hou Yifan | 2673 | |
5 | Rapport Richard | 2716 | 5½ | 5½ | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2733 | |
6 | Cheparinov Ivan | 2681 | 5½ | 5½ | Harikrishna P. | 2723 | |
7 | Wei Yi | 2675 | 5½ | 5 | Rodshtein Maxim | 2680 | |
8 | Ju Wenjun | 2547 | 5 | 5 | Topalov Veselin | 2800 | |
9 | Spraggett Kevin | 2538 | 5 | 5 | Matlakov Maxim | 2695 | |
10 | Motylev Alexander | 2665 | 5 | 5 | Lalith Babu M.R. | 2537 | |
11 | Xu Jun | 2523 | 5 | 5 | Sutovsky Emil | 2637 | |
12 | Popilski Gil | 2522 | 5 | 5 | Adhiban B. | 2630 | |
13 | Lenderman Aleksandr | 2614 | 5 | 5 | Wagner Dennis | 2501 | |
14 | Muzychuk Mariya | 2520 | 5 | 5 | Bologan Viktor | 2608 | |
15 | Mareco Sandro | 2583 | 5 | 5 | Vishnu Prasanna. V | 2463 | |
16 | Padmini Rout | 2388 | 5 | 5 | Nabaty Tamir | 2579 | |
17 | Hansen Eric | 2574 | 5 | 5 | Nakar Eylon | 2419 | |
18 | Watson John L | 2319 | 5 | 5 | Bok Benjamin | 2572 | |
19 | Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo | 2649 | 4½ | 5 | Dragnev Valentin | 2344 | |
20 | Edouard Romain | 2638 | 4½ | 4½ | Harika Dronavalli | 2496 |
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