Isle of Man Rd 4 - Shirov takes sole lead with 4.0/4

by Johannes Fischer
10/5/2016 – Alexei Shirov is famous for his wild tactical play and his intuitive sacrifices. However, in the top encounter of round four in the Isle of Man tournament he defeated the young and tremendously talented Indian Grandmaster Santosh Gujrathi Vidit with dry but strong technical chess to take the sole lead with 4.0/4. Half a point behind follow five players with 3.5/4 each. One of them is Wesley So who won with Black against Julio Granda Zuniga, showing very energetic play.
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Isle of Man Round four

Photos by Lennart Ootes

The playing hall

Mr. 100 percent - after four rounds Alexei Shirov leads with 4.0/4.

Vidit Santosh Gujrathi from India

In his game against the young Indian Shirov showed that he is not only a great tactician but also a strong positional player. In a position that seemed to be almost equal Shirov found ways to put his opponent under pressure and though Vidit made no obvious mistake he was not able to hold the game.

 
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1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Ne7 8.0-0 Nbc6 9.Bb5 a6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.c4 Qd7 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nxf5 exf5 14.Bd4 Rb8 15.Nc3 Nc7 A new move. 16.Ne2 At the Olympiad in Baku Maxime Vachier-Lagrave tried 16.Rc1 Ne6 17.Ne2 Be7 18.b3 0-0 19.Be3 Qxd1 20.Rfxd1 Rfd8 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.g3 c5 23.Nf4 Nd4 24.Kg2 g5 25.Nh5 h6 26.Rc4 Ne6 27.h4 Kh7 28.Nf6+ Bxf6 29.exf6 Kg6 30.hxg5 hxg5 31.Bxc5 Rd2 32.a4 Nxc5 33.Rxc5 Rb2 34.Ra5 Rxb3 35.Rxa6 Ra3 36.a5 1/2-1/2 (36) Vachier Lagrave,M (2813)-Navara,D (2742) Baku 2016 16...Ne6 17.Bc3 c5 18.Ng3 g6 19.Qf3 Qb7 20.Qxb7 Rxb7
Objectively the position might be equal but the open d-file, his better development and the weak black pawns on the queenside make it easier to play for White. 21.Rfd1 Be7 22.Nf1 Nd4 23.Ne3 f6 24.exf6 Bxf6 25.Kf1 Kf7 26.Rac1 White puts his sights on the weak pawn on c5 and in the game Black finds no way to defend it in the long run. Rd8 27.Ba5 Rc8 28.b4 Be7 29.Nd5 Ne6 30.Nxe7 Kxe7 31.Rc4 Rd7 32.Rdc1 Rd2 33.a4 Rd4 34.Rxd4 Nxd4 35.bxc5
White won the pawn but still has to win the game. 35...Ke6 Or 35...Nb3 36.Re1+ Kf6 37.Bb6 and Black still cannot take the pawn because of the pin on the c-file. 36.Rd1 Nb3 37.Rd6+ Kf7 38.Rxa6 Rxc5 39.Bb6 Now White is a solid pawn up. Rc6 40.Ra7+ Ke6 41.Be3 h5 42.g3 Nc5 43.a5 Kd5 44.Kg2 Ne6 45.Ra8 Rd6 46.Rb8 Rc6 47.Bb6 Nc5 48.Bxc5 Transposing into a won rook ending. Rxc5 49.a6 Ra5 50.Ra8 Kc5 51.a7 Kb6 52.Rg8 Kxa7 53.Rxg6 Kb7 54.h4 Kc7 55.Kf3 Kd7 56.Kf4 Ke7 57.Kg5 Ra2 58.Rf6 Rxf2 59.Rxf5 Rg2 60.Rf3 1–0
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Shirov,A2679Vidit,S26861–02016B12chess.com IoM Masters4.1

Wesley So

Wesley So impressed with fine energetic play which brought him a convincing victory against Julio Granda Zuniga.

 
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1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.d3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Be3 Re8 10.Rc1 Bf8 11.Na4 Nd4 12.Nc5 a5 13.Bxd4 exd4 14.Nb3
14...g5! Energetic. 15.Qd2 White cannot take the d-pawn. After 15.Nfxd4 (or 15.Nbxd4 g4) a4 White loses a piece. 15...g4 16.Nh4 Re5 17.Qf4 Qd6 18.e3 18.Nxd4 Bh6 loses immediately. but 18.Qxd4 Qxd4 19.Nxd4 c5 20.f4 Re8 21.Nb3 Rxe2 22.Rf2 with approximate equality might have been a better defense. 18...Rb5
Black continues to put White under pressure. 19.Rxc7 Qxf4 20.exf4 a4 21.Nxd4 Rxb2 22.Be4 White is a pawn up but has a lot of problems to solve, e.g. 22.Rc2 a3 23.Rfc1 Rxc2 24.Rxc2 Ra4 25.Nhf5 Rb4 26.Be4 Rb2 27.Ne3 Bg7 28.Nb3 Be6 with advantage to Black. 22...Rxa2 23.Rb1
23...a3! Black ignores the threat against the knight on b6 and continues his energetic play. 24.Nc2 Bd6 25.Rc3 Na4 26.Rc4 Be6 Now White loses material. 27.Nxa3 Rxa3 28.Rc2 Nc5 0–1
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Granda Zuniga,J2648So,W27940–12016A29chess.com IoM Masters4.3

Top pairings and results of Round 4 (October 4, 2016)

Bo. No.   Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts.   Name Rtg No.
1 11 GM Shirov Alexei 2679 3 1 - 0 3 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2686 9
2 16 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2650 2½ ½ - ½ 2½ GM Caruana Fabiano 2813 1
3 18 GM Granda Zuniga Julio E 2648 2½ 0 - 1 2½ GM So Wesley 2794 2
4 22 GM Grandelius Nils 2642 2½ ½ - ½ 2½ GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787 3
5 4 GM Adams Michael 2745 2½ ½ - ½ 2½ GM Hou Yifan 2649 17
6 49 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2459 2½ 0 - 1 2½ GM Eljanov Pavel 2741 5
7 8 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2687 2½ 1 - 0 2½ GM Howell David W L 2644 21
8 10 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2684 2½ 1 - 0 2½ GM Gupta Abhijeet 2626 23
9 12 GM Movsesian Sergei 2677 2½ 1 - 0 2½ GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2593 27
10 24 GM Van Foreest Jorden 2615 2½ ½ - ½ 2½ GM Fressinet Laurent 2676 13
11 14 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2670 2½ ½ - ½ 2½ GM L'ami Erwin 2605 25
12 6 GM Leko Peter 2709 2 1 - 0 2 IM Trent Lawrence 2463 47
13 54 IM Praggnanandhaa R 2442 2 ½ - ½ 2 GM Meier Georg 2648 19
14 20 GM Bachmann Axel 2645 2 1 - 0 2 GM Romanishin Oleg M 2456 51
15 26 GM Bok Benjamin 2594 2 1 - 0 2 IM Lou Yiping 2458 50
16 28 GM Lalith Babu M R 2586 2 1 - 0 2 GM Tarjan James E 2420 61
17 29 GM Donchenko Alexander 2581 2 ½ - ½ 2 IM Tania Sachdev 2414 62
18 64 IM Das Arghyadip 2400 2 ½ - ½ 2 GM Marin Mihail 2569 30
19 31 GM Brunello Sabino 2566 2 ½ - ½ 2 WIM Shvayger Yuliya 2405 63
20 67 IM Houska Jovanka 2386 2 ½ - ½ 2 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. 2564 32

Full results of all 68 games

Top standings after four rounds

Rk. SNo     Name sex FED Rtg  TB1  n w rtg+/-
1 11
 
 GM Shirov Alexei   LAT 2679 4,0 4 4 11,9
2 2
 
 GM So Wesley   USA 2794 3,5 4 3,5 1,4
  5
 
 GM Eljanov Pavel   UKR 2741 3,5 4 3,5 1,3
  8
 
 GM Rodshtein Maxim   ISR 2687 3,5 4 3,5 7,8
  10
 
 GM Naiditsch Arkadij   AZE 2684 3,5 3 3 7,8
  12
 
 GM Movsesian Sergei   ARM 2677 3,5 4 3,5 6,9
7 1
 
 GM Caruana Fabiano   USA 2813 3,0 4 3 -2,0
  3
 
 GM Nakamura Hikaru   USA 2787 3,0 4 3 -1,6
  4
 
 GM Adams Michael   ENG 2745 3,0 4 3 -1,0
  6
 
 GM Leko Peter   HUN 2709 3,0 4 3 -3,7
  9
 
 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi   IND 2686 3,0 4 3 2,1
  13
 
 GM Fressinet Laurent   FRA 2676 3,0 4 3 0,1
  14
 
 GM Sargissian Gabriel   ARM 2670 3,0 4 3 1,5
  16
 
 GM Salem A.R. Saleh   UAE 2650 3,0 4 3 2,1
  17
 
 GM Hou Yifan w CHN 2649 3,0 4 3 5,3
  20
 
 GM Bachmann Axel   PAR 2645 3,0 4 3 -1,3
  22
 
 GM Grandelius Nils   SWE 2642 3,0 4 3 7,5
  24
 
 GM Van Foreest Jorden   NED 2615 3,0 4 3 6,7
  25
 
 GM L'ami Erwin   NED 2605 3,0 4 3 1,8
  26
 
 GM Bok Benjamin   NED 2594 3,0 4 3 3,3
  28
 
 GM Lalith Babu M R   IND 2586 3,0 4 3 -0,9
  35
 
 GM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan   IND 2536 3,0 4 3 5,0
  44
 
 IM Batsiashvili Nino w GEO 2480 3,0 4 3 4,1
  46
 
 GM Illingworth Max   AUS 2465 3,0 4 3 3,6
  71
 
   Hemant Sharma (del)   IND 2371 3,0 4 3 17,0
26 15
 
 GM Melkumyan Hrant   ARM 2653 2,5 4 2,5 -8,0
  18
 
 GM Granda Zuniga Julio E   PER 2648 2,5 4 2,5 -1,9
  19
 
 GM Meier Georg   GER 2648 2,5 4 2,5 -6,8
  21
 
 GM Howell David W L   ENG 2644 2,5 4 2,5 -0,7
  23
 
 GM Gupta Abhijeet   IND 2626 2,5 4 2,5 -3,3
  27
 
 GM Lenderman Aleksandr   USA 2593 2,5 4 2,5 0,9
  29
 
 GM Donchenko Alexander   GER 2581 2,5 4 2,5 -5,8
  30
 
 GM Marin Mihail   ROU 2569 2,5 4 2,5 -6,9

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Hikaru Nakamura drew with Black against Nils Grandelius.

Elisabeth Pähtz from Germany lost with White against...

...Pavel Eljanov

Women's World Champion Hou Yifan had a good start into the tournament:
with 3.0/4 she is one point behind the leader and has gained 5 Elo-points.
In round four she drew against Michael Adams.

Michael Adams

Games of rounds 1 to 4

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.Nge2 Re8 10.0-0 Nf8 11.f3 g6 12.Rad1 Ne6 13.Bh4 b6 14.Qc1 Bb7 15.e4 Nh5 16.Bf2 Bg5 17.Be3 Bxe3+ 18.Qxe3 f6 19.g4 Nhg7 20.Qh6 Qd7 21.f4 Nxd4 22.Nxd4 Qxg4+ 23.Kh1 dxe4 24.Be2 Nf5 25.Bxg4 Nxh6 26.Bd7 c5 27.Nde2 Red8 28.Nd5 Bxd5 29.Rxd5 Kg7 30.Rfd1 f5 31.h3 Ng8 32.Bc6 Rxd5 33.Rxd5 Rc8 34.Rd7+ Kf6 35.Bb5 h6 36.Bc4 g5 37.Kg2 Ne7 38.Kf2 Rb8 39.a4 Ra8 40.Ke3 Rc8 41.b3 Rb8 42.Rd6+ Kg7 43.Ng3 Rb7 44.Nh5+ Kh7 45.Ba6 1–0
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Caruana,F2813Houska,J23861–02016D36chess.com IoM Masters1.1
Brunello,M2382So,W27940–12016C03chess.com IoM Masters1.2
Nakamura,H2787Arakhamia-Grant,K23761–02016D30chess.com IoM Masters1.3
Tate,A2376Adams,M27450–12016C45chess.com IoM Masters1.4
Eljanov,P2741Hemant,S23711–02016D35chess.com IoM Masters1.5
Harsha,B2363Leko,P2709½–½2016C53chess.com IoM Masters1.6
Wang,H2701Paehtz,T23560–12016E94chess.com IoM Masters1.7
Wallace,J2355Rodshtein,M26870–12016D45chess.com IoM Masters1.8
Vidit,S2686Van Foreest,L23501–02016E17chess.com IoM Masters1.9
Balint,V2334Naiditsch,A26840–12016A05chess.com IoM Masters1.10
Shirov,A2679Kavutskiy,K23321–02016E91chess.com IoM Masters1.11
Formento,P2326Movsesian,S26770–12016E95chess.com IoM Masters1.12
Fressinet,L2676L'Ami,A23221–02016B91chess.com IoM Masters1.13
Kolbus,D2321Sargissian,G26700–12016A28chess.com IoM Masters1.14
Melkumyan,H2653Peek,M23191–02016D00chess.com IoM Masters1.15
Karthik,V2317Salem,A2650½–½2016D85chess.com IoM Masters1.16
Hou,Y2649Jackson,J23111–02016C95chess.com IoM Masters1.17
Zozulia,A2303Granda Zuniga,J26480–12016B50chess.com IoM Masters1.18
Meier,G2648Enkhtuul,A23021–02016A05chess.com IoM Masters1.19
Osmanodja,F2299Bachmann,A26450–12016B06chess.com IoM Masters1.20
Howell,D2644Webb,L22801–02016A05chess.com IoM Masters1.21
Strugnell,C2278Grandelius,N26420–12016C88chess.com IoM Masters1.22
Gupta,A2626Von Meijenfeldt,B22651–02016E90chess.com IoM Masters1.23
Gungl,T2257Van Foreest,J26150–12016C66chess.com IoM Masters1.24
L'Ami,E2605Aradhya,G22501–02016C67chess.com IoM Masters1.25
Hill,A2249Bok,B25940–12016B51chess.com IoM Masters1.26
Lenderman,A2593Rakesh,K22471–02016B13chess.com IoM Masters1.27
Lorscheid,G2238Lalith,B25860–12016E32chess.com IoM Masters1.28
Rudd,J2222Taylor,A22360–12016E20chess.com IoM Masters1.29
Allen,K2236Donchenko,A25810–12016A60chess.com IoM Masters1.30
Marin,M2569Parnali,S2228½–½2016E06chess.com IoM Masters1.31
Player,E2227Brunello,S25660–12016B44chess.com IoM Masters1.32
Sunilduth Lyna,N2536Caruana,F28130–12016A80chess.com IoM Masters2.1
So,W2794Harika,D2528½–½2016B30chess.com IoM Masters2.2
Vishnu Prasanna,V2522Nakamura,H27870–12016B90chess.com IoM Masters2.3
Adams,M2745Schroeder,J2514½–½2016C78chess.com IoM Masters2.4
Khmelniker,I2493Eljanov,P2741½–½2016A29chess.com IoM Masters2.5
Rodshtein,M2687Hillarp Persson,T25131–02016E90chess.com IoM Masters2.6
Puranik,A2471Vidit,S26860–12016A07chess.com IoM Masters2.7
Naiditsch,A2684Zumsande,M24901–02016A08chess.com IoM Masters2.8
Trent,L2463Shirov,A26790–12016C84chess.com IoM Masters2.9
Movsesian,S2677Batsiashvili,N24801–02016C55chess.com IoM Masters2.10
Paehtz,E2459Fressinet,L2676½–½2016B09chess.com IoM Masters2.11
Sargissian,G2670Illingworth,M24651–02016D27chess.com IoM Masters2.12
Romanishin,O2456Melkumyan,H2653½–½2016A05chess.com IoM Masters2.13
Praggnanandhaa,R2442Hou,Y26490–12016B83chess.com IoM Masters2.14
Granda Zuniga,J2648Lou,Y2458½–½2016A05chess.com IoM Masters2.15
Daulyte,D2429Meier,G2648½–½2016C07chess.com IoM Masters2.16
Bachmann,A2645Kiewra,K2454½–½2016B50chess.com IoM Masters2.17
Alvarado Diaz,A2425Howell,D26440–12016A45chess.com IoM Masters2.18
Grandelius,N2642Sundararajan,K24291–02016A04chess.com IoM Masters2.19
Karavade,E2421Gupta,A2626½–½2016D85chess.com IoM Masters2.20
Van Foreest,J2615Basso,P24281–02016B12chess.com IoM Masters2.21
Tania,S2414L'Ami,E2605½–½2016D43chess.com IoM Masters2.22
Bok,B2594Gaponenko,I24211–02016B23chess.com IoM Masters2.23
Das,A2400Lenderman,A25930–12016C16chess.com IoM Masters2.24
Lalith,B2586Shvayger,Y2405½–½2016D41chess.com IoM Masters2.25
Donchenko,A2581Kojima,S2399½–½2016D11chess.com IoM Masters2.26
Brunello,S2566Wallace,P22101–02016E94chess.com IoM Masters2.27
Merry,A2388Aravindh,C25641–02016B22chess.com IoM Masters2.28
Paehtz,T2356Svane,R2552½–½2016B18chess.com IoM Masters2.29
Taylor,A2236Marin,M25690–12016A37chess.com IoM Masters2.30
Leko,P2709Karthik,V23171–02016B00chess.com IoM Masters2.31
Salem,A2650McLaren,B21491–02016A85chess.com IoM Masters2.32
Caruana,F2813Grandelius,N2642½–½2016B90chess.com IoM Masters3.1
Nakamura,H2787Van Foreest,J2615½–½2016D10chess.com IoM Masters3.2
Hou,Y2649Rodshtein,M2687½–½2016A09chess.com IoM Masters3.3
Vidit,S2686Bok,B25941–02016D90chess.com IoM Masters3.4
Shirov,A2679Brunello,S25661–02016B12chess.com IoM Masters3.5
Howell,D2644Movsesian,S2677½–½2016A29chess.com IoM Masters3.6
Lenderman,A2593Sargissian,G2670½–½2016A45chess.com IoM Masters3.7
So,W2794Merry,A23881–02016E80chess.com IoM Masters3.8
Harika,D2528Adams,M27450–12016C50chess.com IoM Masters3.9
Eljanov,P2741Gagare,S24801–02016C11chess.com IoM Masters3.10
Schroeder,J2514Leko,P2709½–½2016B90chess.com IoM Masters3.11
Fressinet,L2676Khmelniker,I24931–02016C50chess.com IoM Masters3.12
Melkumyan,H2653Paehtz,E24590–12016D45chess.com IoM Masters3.13
Kiewra,K2454Granda Zuniga,J26480–12016A45chess.com IoM Masters3.14
Meier,G2648Romanishin,O2456½–½2016D73chess.com IoM Masters3.15
Lou,Y2458Bachmann,A2645½–½2016D25chess.com IoM Masters3.16
Gupta,A2626Daulyte,D24291–02016E06chess.com IoM Masters3.17
L'Ami,E2605Karavade,E24211–02016D31chess.com IoM Masters3.18
Kojima,S2399Lalith,B2586½–½2016A15chess.com IoM Masters3.19
Shvayger,Y2405Donchenko,A2581½–½2016B91chess.com IoM Masters3.20
Marin,M2569Tania,S2414½–½2016E06chess.com IoM Masters3.21
Svane,R2552Mannion,S2313½–½2016A20chess.com IoM Masters3.22
Aravindh,C2564Paehtz,T23561–02016C15chess.com IoM Masters3.23
Wang,H2701Van Foreest,L23500–12016A18chess.com IoM Masters3.24
Wallace,J2355Shyam,S2552½–½2016D38chess.com IoM Masters3.25
Kavutskiy,K2332Sunilduth Lyna,N25360–12016E32chess.com IoM Masters3.26
Peek,M2319Vishnu Prasanna,V2522½–½2016D43chess.com IoM Masters3.27
Hillarp Persson,T2513Jackson,J23111–02016A61chess.com IoM Masters3.28
Zumsande,M2490Enkhtuul,A23020–12016B50chess.com IoM Masters3.29
Batsiashvili,N2480Webb,L22801–02016A58chess.com IoM Masters3.30
Von Meijenfeldt,B2265Puranik,A24710–12016C03chess.com IoM Masters3.31
Illingworth,M2465Rakesh,K22471–02016D00chess.com IoM Masters3.32
Shirov,A2679Vidit,S26861–02016B12chess.com IoM Masters4.1
Salem,A2650Caruana,F2813½–½2016D16chess.com IoM Masters4.2
Granda Zuniga,J2648So,W27940–12016A29chess.com IoM Masters4.3
Grandelius,N2642Nakamura,H2787½–½2016D56chess.com IoM Masters4.4
Adams,M2745Hou,Y2649½–½2016B91chess.com IoM Masters4.5
Paehtz,E2459Eljanov,P27410–12016B33chess.com IoM Masters4.6
Rodshtein,M2687Howell,D26441–02016C50chess.com IoM Masters4.7
Naiditsch,A2684Gupta,A26261–02016A48chess.com IoM Masters4.8
Movsesian,S2677Lenderman,A25931–02016C11chess.com IoM Masters4.9
Van Foreest,J2615Fressinet,L2676½–½2016C45chess.com IoM Masters4.10
Sargissian,G2670L'Ami,E2605½–½2016E17chess.com IoM Masters4.11
Leko,P2709Trent,L24631–02016B76chess.com IoM Masters4.12
Praggnanandhaa,R2442Meier,G2648½–½2016C00chess.com IoM Masters4.13
Bachmann,A2645Romanishin,O24561–02016A22chess.com IoM Masters4.14
Bok,B2594Lou,Y24581–02016E60chess.com IoM Masters4.15
Lalith,B2586Tarjan,J24201–02016D37chess.com IoM Masters4.16
Donchenko,A2581Tania,S2414½–½2016E17chess.com IoM Masters4.17
Das,A2400Marin,M2569½–½2016C15chess.com IoM Masters4.18
Brunello,S2566Shvayger,Y2405½–½2016D41chess.com IoM Masters4.19
Houska,J2386Aravindh,C2564½–½2016D30chess.com IoM Masters4.20
Merry,A2388Svane,R2552½–½2016B18chess.com IoM Masters4.21
Sunilduth Lyna,N2536Kojima,S23991–02016D94chess.com IoM Masters4.22
Arakhamia-Grant,K2376Schroeder,J2514½–½2016C48chess.com IoM Masters4.23
Hemant,S2371Hillarp Persson,T25131–02016A14chess.com IoM Masters4.24
Van Foreest,L2350Batsiashvili,N24800–12016C55chess.com IoM Masters4.25
Puranik,A2471Mannion,S2313½–½2016C91chess.com IoM Masters4.26
Enkhtuul,A2302Illingworth,M24650–12016D23chess.com IoM Masters4.27
Rodshtein,T2207Melkumyan,H26530–12016B06chess.com IoM Masters4.28
Shyam,S2552Harsha,B23631–02016C65chess.com IoM Masters4.29
Paehtz,T2356Harika,D25280–12016C03chess.com IoM Masters4.30
Vishnu Prasanna,V2522Wallace,J23550–12016B90chess.com IoM Masters4.31
Khmelniker,I2493Peek,M23191–02016A21chess.com IoM Masters4.32
So,W2794Rodshtein,M2687½–½2016D11chess.com IoM Masters5.1
Eljanov,P2741Naiditsch,A26841–02016C19chess.com IoM Masters5.2
Caruana,F2813Movsesian,S26771–02016B48chess.com IoM Masters5.3
Nakamura,H2787Bok,B25940–12016E60chess.com IoM Masters5.4
Grandelius,N2642Adams,M2745½–½2016D58chess.com IoM Masters5.5
Van Foreest,J2615Leko,P27091–02016C50chess.com IoM Masters5.6
Vidit,S2686Lalith,B25861–02016D37chess.com IoM Masters5.7
Fressinet,L2676Sunilduth Lyna,N2536½–½2016A05chess.com IoM Masters5.8
Batsiashvili,N2480Sargissian,G2670½–½2016E32chess.com IoM Masters5.9
L'Ami,E2605Salem,A2650½–½2016A34chess.com IoM Masters5.10
Hou,Y2649Hemant,S23711–02016B23chess.com IoM Masters5.11
Illingworth,M2465Bachmann,A26451–02016B08chess.com IoM Masters5.12
Melkumyan,H2653Praggnanandhaa,R24421–02016B51chess.com IoM Masters5.13
Sundararajan,K2429Granda Zuniga,J26481–02016A07chess.com IoM Masters5.14
Meier,G2648Paehtz,E2459½–½2016A05chess.com IoM Masters5.15
Howell,D2644Daulyte,D24291–02016E62chess.com IoM Masters5.16
Gupta,A2626Alvarado Diaz,A24251–02016A81chess.com IoM Masters5.17
Lenderman,A2593Karavade,E2421½–½2016A20chess.com IoM Masters5.18
Gaponenko,I2421Donchenko,A2581½–½2016B22chess.com IoM Masters5.19
Marin,M2569Merry,A2388½–½2016A15chess.com IoM Masters5.20
Tania,S2414Brunello,S25660–12016E11chess.com IoM Masters5.21
Aravindh,C2564Das,A2400½–½2016C42chess.com IoM Masters5.22
Shvayger,Y2405Shyam,S2552½–½2016C48chess.com IoM Masters5.23
Svane,R2552Houska,J23861–02016E01chess.com IoM Masters5.24
Harika,D2528Arakhamia-Grant,K23761–02016E69chess.com IoM Masters5.25
Schroeder,J2514Balint,V2334½–½2016C55chess.com IoM Masters5.26
Wallace,J2355Khmelniker,I2493½–½2016A15chess.com IoM Masters5.27
Karthik,V2317Puranik,A24710–12016A05chess.com IoM Masters5.28
Mannion,S2313Hillarp Persson,T2513½–½2016C03chess.com IoM Masters5.29
Kavutskiy,K2332Zumsande,M2490½–½2016D11chess.com IoM Masters5.30
Trent,L2463L'Ami,A23221–02016A45chess.com IoM Masters5.31
Ushenina,A2459Jackson,J23111–02016E08chess.com IoM Masters5.32
Eljanov,P2741Shirov,A26791–02016A07chess.com IoM Masters6.1
Hou,Y2649Caruana,F28130–12016C50chess.com IoM Masters6.2
Bok,B2594So,W2794½–½2016B12chess.com IoM Masters6.3
Rodshtein,M2687Van Foreest,J26151–02016E60chess.com IoM Masters6.4
Illingworth,M2465Vidit,S26860–12016B33chess.com IoM Masters6.5
Adams,M2745Gupta,A26261–02016C07chess.com IoM Masters6.6
Naiditsch,A2684L'Ami,E26051–02016A25chess.com IoM Masters6.7
Movsesian,S2677Svane,R2552½–½2016C11chess.com IoM Masters6.8
Brunello,S2566Fressinet,L2676½–½2016A90chess.com IoM Masters6.9
Sargissian,G2670Harika,D2528½–½2016D45chess.com IoM Masters6.10
Sunilduth Lyna,N2536Melkumyan,H2653½–½2016E15chess.com IoM Masters6.11
Salem,A2650Batsiashvili,N24801–02016E40chess.com IoM Masters6.12
Sundararajan,K2429Howell,D26440–12016E60chess.com IoM Masters6.13
Puranik,A2471Grandelius,N26420–12016A07chess.com IoM Masters6.14
Paehtz,E2459Nakamura,H27870–12016A85chess.com IoM Masters6.15
Leko,P2709Lou,Y24581–02016C11chess.com IoM Masters6.16
Karavade,E2421Meier,G2648½–½2016E32chess.com IoM Masters6.17
Bachmann,A2645Gaponenko,I24211–02016A46chess.com IoM Masters6.18
Romanishin,O2456Lenderman,A2593½–½2016A14chess.com IoM Masters6.19
Lalith,B2586Wallace,J23550–12016A15chess.com IoM Masters6.20
Donchenko,A2581Tarjan,J24201–02016E01chess.com IoM Masters6.21
Hemant,S2371Marin,M25691–02016A36chess.com IoM Masters6.22
Mannion,S2313Aravindh,C25640–12016B93chess.com IoM Masters6.23
Shyam,S2552Kojima,S2399½–½2016B01chess.com IoM Masters6.24
Schroeder,J2514Shvayger,Y2405½–½2016B33chess.com IoM Masters6.25
Khmelniker,I2493Balint,V23340–12016D02chess.com IoM Masters6.26
Trent,L2463Von Meijenfeldt,B22651–02016A45chess.com IoM Masters6.27
Das,A2400Ushenina,A2459½–½2016B31chess.com IoM Masters6.28
Merry,A2388Granda Zuniga,J26480–12016B31chess.com IoM Masters6.29
Vishnu Prasanna,V2522Harsha,B23631–02016A29chess.com IoM Masters6.30
Hillarp Persson,T2513Kavutskiy,K23321–02016E91chess.com IoM Masters6.31
Arakhamia-Grant,K2376Zumsande,M24900–12016C11chess.com IoM Masters6.32
Vidit,S2686Eljanov,P27410–12016E15chess.com IoM Masters7.1
Caruana,F2813Rodshtein,M26871–02016C65chess.com IoM Masters7.2
So,W2794Salem,A26501–02016E60chess.com IoM Masters7.3
Howell,D2644Adams,M2745½–½2016A14chess.com IoM Masters7.4
Grandelius,N2642Naiditsch,A2684½–½2016D50chess.com IoM Masters7.5
Bok,B2594Shirov,A2679½–½2016D44chess.com IoM Masters7.6
Nakamura,H2787Brunello,S25661–02016E34chess.com IoM Masters7.7
Aravindh,C2564Leko,P2709½–½2016C67chess.com IoM Masters7.8
Sunilduth Lyna,N2536Movsesian,S26771–02016E11chess.com IoM Masters7.9
Fressinet,L2676Illingworth,M2465½–½2016B88chess.com IoM Masters7.10
Svane,R2552Sargissian,G2670½–½2016A17chess.com IoM Masters7.11
Melkumyan,H2653Trent,L24631–02016C50chess.com IoM Masters7.12
Harika,D2528Hou,Y26491–02016A10chess.com IoM Masters7.13
Wallace,J2355Bachmann,A26451–02016E16chess.com IoM Masters7.14
Van Foreest,J2615Hemant,S2371½–½2016B35chess.com IoM Masters7.15
Balint,V2334Donchenko,A25810–12016A13chess.com IoM Masters7.16
Granda Zuniga,J2648Romanishin,O24561–02016A01chess.com IoM Masters7.17
Meier,G2648Visakh,N2456½–½2016A14chess.com IoM Masters7.18
Gupta,A2626Praggnanandhaa,R24421–02016A15chess.com IoM Masters7.19
L'Ami,E2605Sundararajan,K24291–02016E00chess.com IoM Masters7.20
Lenderman,A2593Tania,S2414½–½2016E32chess.com IoM Masters7.21
Ushenina,A2459Shyam,S25520–12016E92chess.com IoM Masters7.22
Kiewra,K2454Vishnu Prasanna,V25220–12016A48chess.com IoM Masters7.23
Kojima,S2399Schroeder,J25140–12016D02chess.com IoM Masters7.24
Shvayger,Y2405Hillarp Persson,T25131–02016C03chess.com IoM Masters7.25
Zumsande,M2490Karavade,E2421½–½2016B22chess.com IoM Masters7.26
Batsiashvili,N2480Das,A24001–02016A40chess.com IoM Masters7.27
Hill,A2249Puranik,A24710–12016E60chess.com IoM Masters7.28
Lyell,M2190Lalith,B25860–12016C45chess.com IoM Masters7.29
Marin,M2569Houska,J23860–12016A07chess.com IoM Masters7.30
L'Ami,A2322Khmelniker,I2493½–½2016D86chess.com IoM Masters7.31
Von Meijenfeldt,B2265Gagare,S24800–12016C03chess.com IoM Masters7.32
Eljanov,P2741Caruana,F2813½–½2016D37chess.com IoM Masters8.1
Nakamura,H2787So,W2794½–½2016D70chess.com IoM Masters8.2
Adams,M2745Bok,B25941–02016B91chess.com IoM Masters8.3
Rodshtein,M2687Grandelius,N26421–02016A13chess.com IoM Masters8.4
Howell,D2644Vidit,S2686½–½2016B30chess.com IoM Masters8.5
Naiditsch,A2684Sunilduth Lyna,N25361–02016B91chess.com IoM Masters8.6
Shirov,A2679Harika,D25281–02016C19chess.com IoM Masters8.7
Donchenko,A2581Melkumyan,H2653½–½2016D11chess.com IoM Masters8.8
Leko,P2709Wallace,J2355½–½2016B90chess.com IoM Masters8.9
Shyam,S2552Fressinet,L2676½–½2016B31chess.com IoM Masters8.10
Sargissian,G2670Shvayger,Y24051–02016A07chess.com IoM Masters8.11
Salem,A2650Svane,R25521–02016C11chess.com IoM Masters8.12
Granda Zuniga,J2648Batsiashvili,N24801–02016C78chess.com IoM Masters8.13
Vishnu Prasanna,V2522Gupta,A2626½–½2016A15chess.com IoM Masters8.14
Schroeder,J2514Van Foreest,J2615½–½2016B28chess.com IoM Masters8.15
Puranik,A2471L'Ami,E2605½–½2016C67chess.com IoM Masters8.16
Hemant,S2371Aravindh,C25640–12016A05chess.com IoM Masters8.17
Movsesian,S2677Illingworth,M24651–02016C55chess.com IoM Masters8.18
Paehtz,E2459Hou,Y26490–12016B28chess.com IoM Masters8.19
Tania,S2414Meier,G2648½–½2016D37chess.com IoM Masters8.20
Visakh,N2456Bachmann,A2645½–½2016B30chess.com IoM Masters8.21
Merry,A2388Lenderman,A25930–12016C11chess.com IoM Masters8.22
Lalith,B2586Lou,Y2458½–½2016A33chess.com IoM Masters8.23
Brunello,S2566Karavade,E24211–02016D38chess.com IoM Masters8.24
Houska,J2386Zumsande,M24900–12016D37chess.com IoM Masters8.25
Gagare,S2480Balint,V23341–02016A40chess.com IoM Masters8.26
Enkhtuul,A2302Trent,L24631–02016A04chess.com IoM Masters8.27
Wang,H2701Kojima,S23991–02016B11chess.com IoM Masters8.28
Hillarp Persson,T2513Harsha,B23631–02016A07chess.com IoM Masters8.29
Paehtz,T2356Ushenina,A24590–12016B31chess.com IoM Masters8.30
Romanishin,O2456Formento,P23261–02016A49chess.com IoM Masters8.31
L'Ami,A2322Kiewra,K24540–12016A67chess.com IoM Masters8.32
So,W-Eljanov,P-½–½2016A35chess.com IoM Masters9.1
Caruana,F-Adams,M-2016C65chess.com IoM Masters9.2
Rodshtein,M-Naiditsch,A-0–12016E90chess.com IoM Masters9.3
Sargissian,G-Shirov,A-2016A07chess.com IoM Masters9.4
Aravindh,C-Nakamura,H-2016B90chess.com IoM Masters9.5
Vidit,S-Granda Zuniga,J-½–½2016E32chess.com IoM Masters9.6
Melkumyan,H-Howell,D-2016C55chess.com IoM Masters9.7
Wallace,J-Salem,A-2016A45chess.com IoM Masters9.8
Fressinet,L-Donchenko,A-2016D37chess.com IoM Masters9.9
Sunilduth Lyna,N-Leko,P-½–½2016D38chess.com IoM Masters9.10
Harika,D-Movsesian,S-½–½2016D02chess.com IoM Masters9.11
Hou,Y-Brunello,S-2016B11chess.com IoM Masters9.12
Grandelius,N-Shyam,S-2016E71chess.com IoM Masters9.13
Gupta,A-Schroeder,J-2016D37chess.com IoM Masters9.14
Van Foreest,J-Vishnu Prasanna,V-2016A01chess.com IoM Masters9.15
L'Ami,E-Gagare,S-2016A45chess.com IoM Masters9.16
Bok,B-Puranik,A-2016A38chess.com IoM Masters9.17
Lenderman,A-Enkhtuul,A-1–02016A30chess.com IoM Masters9.18
Zumsande,M-Wang,H-0–12016C45chess.com IoM Masters9.19
Meier,G-Kiewra,K-1–02016E06chess.com IoM Masters9.20
Bachmann,A-Praggnanandhaa,R-0–12016A45chess.com IoM Masters9.21
Kavutskiy,K-Lalith,B-0–12016D52chess.com IoM Masters9.22
Svane,R-Visakh,N-2016D37chess.com IoM Masters9.23
Sundararajan,K-Hillarp Persson,T-1–02016A04chess.com IoM Masters9.24
Batsiashvili,N-Alvarado Diaz,A-1–02016A85chess.com IoM Masters9.25
Illingworth,M-Tania,S-0–12016A20chess.com IoM Masters9.26
Ushenina,A-Hemant,S-1–02016D80chess.com IoM Masters9.27
Lou,Y-Das,A-1–02016D25chess.com IoM Masters9.28
Shvayger,Y-Romanishin,O-2016C48chess.com IoM Masters9.29
Tate,A-Marin,M-2016B12chess.com IoM Masters9.30
Khmelniker,I-Mannion,S-2016A21chess.com IoM Masters9.31
Balint,V-Paehtz,E-0–12016A04chess.com IoM Masters9.32

 

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Johannes Fischer was born in 1963 in Hamburg and studied English and German literature in Frankfurt. He now lives as a writer and translator in Nürnberg. He is a FIDE-Master and regularly writes for KARL, a German chess magazine focusing on the links between culture and chess. On his own blog he regularly publishes notes on "Film, Literature and Chess".

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