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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.
Pictures: John Saunders (Tournament page)
Tamas Fodor vs Hikaru Nakamura
Top seed Hikaru Nakamura played with black against GM Tamas Fodor but scored an easy win. He improved a known line of the Nimzo-Indian with 4.Qc2, seized the initiative and finally won with a nice tactical maneuver.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs Valentina Gunina
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave showed his attacking skills in his game against Valentina Gunina. The French number one sacrificed two pawns and then calmly build a strong attack against which Gunina found no defense.
Nigel Short (Picture: Sophie Triay)
Part of being successful in open tournaments is the ability to win equal or slightly better positions. In round 2 of the Gibraltar Chess Festival Nigel Short showed how to do this.
GM Pentala Harikrishna (in front) follows the theoretical
debate between Erik Blomqvist and Li Chao
However, not all favorites could win their games. Chinese GM Li Chao, for instance, fell victim to a well-prepared and tactically alert opponent.
Natalia Pogonina
The other big upset of the round was Natalia Pogonina's win against Arkadij Naiditsch.
Women's World Champion Mariya Muzychuk
Former Women's World Champion Antoaneta Stefanova from Bulgaria
Natalia Zhukova...
... drew with Black against Indian GM Pentala Harikrishna
After his first round Anand did not play on the top boards but had no trouble to win against...
... German FM Matthias Bach.
Focused: Vishy Anand (Picture: Sophie Triay)
Ni Hua
Alexandra Kosteniuk vs Jovanka Houska
Br. | Nr. | Name | Elo | Pkt. | Ergebnis | Pkt. | Name | Elo | Nr. | ||
1 | 66 | GM | Fodor Tamas Jr. | 2500 | 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2787 | 1 |
2 | 2 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2785 | 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 | GM | Gunina Valentina | 2496 | 67 |
3 | 4 | GM | Harikrishna P. | 2755 | 1 | ½ - ½ | 1 | GM | Zhukova Natalia | 2484 | 69 |
4 | 68 | GM | Blomqvist Erik | 2492 | 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 | GM | Li Chao B | 2751 | 5 |
5 | 70 | IM | Nakar Eylon | 2479 | 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2732 | 7 |
6 | 8 | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | 2727 | 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 | GM | Tarjan James E | 2478 | 71 |
7 | 72 | IM | Ly Moulthun | 2474 | 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 | GM | Rapport Richard | 2721 | 9 |
8 | 10 | GM | Fressinet Laurent | 2700 | 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 | IM | Prasanna Raghuram Rao | 2460 | 77 |
9 | 78 | IM | Galyas Miklos | 2459 | 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 | GM | Bacrot Etienne | 2697 | 11 |
10 | 12 | GM | Ni Hua | 2697 | 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 | GM | Krush Irina | 2458 | 79 |
11 | 80 | WGM | Pogonina Natalija | 2454 | 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 | GM | Naiditsch Arkadij | 2696 | 13 |
12 | 14 | GM | Ragger Markus | 2689 | 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 | IM | Tan Justin | 2446 | 81 |
13 | 82 | IM | Kelires Andreas | 2444 | 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 | GM | Howell David W L | 2685 | 15 |
14 | 16 | GM | Almasi Zoltan | 2684 | 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 | IM | Salomon Johan | 2444 | 83 |
15 | 84 | IM | Shytaj Luca | 2443 | 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 | GM | Short Nigel D | 2684 | 17 |
16 | 18 | GM | Bruzon Batista Lazaro | 2666 | 1 | 1 - 0 | 1 | IM | Stark Lars | 2440 | 85 |
17 | 86 | Kollars Dmitrij | 2436 | 1 | ½ - ½ | 1 | GM | Kamsky Gata | 2665 | 19 | |
18 | 20 | GM | Duda Jan-Krzysztof | 2660 | 1 | ½ - ½ | 1 | GM | Akesson Ralf | 2435 | 87 |
19 | 88 | GM | Tischbierek Raj | 2433 | 1 | ½ - ½ | 1 | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | 2642 | 23 |
20 | 92 | FM | Santos Ruiz Miguel | 2427 | 1 | 0 - 1 | 1 | GM | Sethuraman S.P. | 2639 | 25 |
...
1 | 1 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | USA | 2787 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,76 | 0,24 | 10 | 2,4 |
2 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA | 2785 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,76 | 0,24 | 10 | 2,4 | |
7 | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | RUS | 2732 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,72 | 0,28 | 10 | 2,8 | |
8 | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | POL | 2727 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,72 | 0,28 | 10 | 2,8 | |
9 | GM | Rapport Richard | HUN | 2721 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,72 | 0,28 | 10 | 2,8 | |
10 | GM | Fressinet Laurent | FRA | 2700 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,70 | 0,30 | 10 | 3,0 | |
11 | GM | Bacrot Etienne | FRA | 2697 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,70 | 0,30 | 10 | 3,0 | |
12 | GM | Ni Hua | CHN | 2697 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,70 | 0,30 | 10 | 3,0 | |
14 | GM | Ragger Markus | AUT | 2689 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,69 | 0,31 | 10 | 3,1 | |
15 | GM | Howell David W L | ENG | 2685 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,69 | 0,31 | 10 | 3,1 | |
16 | GM | Almasi Zoltan | HUN | 2684 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,69 | 0,31 | 10 | 3,1 | |
17 | GM | Short Nigel D | ENG | 2684 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,70 | 0,30 | 10 | 3,0 | |
18 | GM | Bruzon Batista Lazaro | CUB | 2666 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,68 | 0,32 | 10 | 3,2 | |
25 | GM | Sethuraman S.P. | IND | 2639 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,67 | 0,33 | 10 | 3,3 | |
28 | GM | Jones Gawain C B | ENG | 2625 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,64 | 0,36 | 10 | 3,6 | |
29 | GM | Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo | VEN | 2624 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,65 | 0,35 | 10 | 3,5 | |
32 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | IND | 2613 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,64 | 0,36 | 10 | 3,6 | |
33 | GM | Lenic Luka | SLO | 2611 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,64 | 0,36 | 10 | 3,6 | |
36 | GM | Sandipan Chanda | IND | 2583 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,60 | 0,40 | 10 | 4,0 | |
40 | GM | Vazquez Igarza Renier | ESP | 2572 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,59 | 0,41 | 10 | 4,1 | |
41 | GM | Donchenko Alexander | GER | 2570 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,60 | 0,40 | 10 | 4,0 | |
42 | GM | Oparin Grigoriy | RUS | 2565 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,60 | 0,40 | 10 | 4,0 | |
43 | IM | Tari Aryan | NOR | 2556 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,60 | 0,40 | 10 | 4,0 | |
45 | GM | Lalith Babu M R | IND | 2553 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,60 | 0,40 | 10 | 4,0 | |
46 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | RUS | 2550 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,59 | 0,41 | 10 | 4,1 | |
47 | GM | Muzychuk Anna | UKR | 2537 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,58 | 0,42 | 10 | 4,2 | |
49 | GM | Handke Florian Dr. | GER | 2533 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,59 | 0,41 | 10 | 4,1 | |
50 | GM | Al-Sayed Mohammed | QAT | 2530 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,58 | 0,42 | 10 | 4,2 | |
53 | GM | Vishnu Prasanna. V | IND | 2518 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,58 | 0,42 | 10 | 4,2 | |
54 | IM | Pichot Alan | ARG | 2517 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,58 | 0,42 | 10 | 4,2 | |
56 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | BUL | 2515 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,58 | 0,42 | 10 | 4,2 | |
57 | IM | Gledura Benjamin | HUN | 2515 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,59 | 0,41 | 10 | 4,1 | |
58 | GM | Harika Dronavalli | IND | 2511 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,59 | 0,41 | 10 | 4,1 | |
59 | GM | Sundararajan Kidambi | IND | 2508 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,59 | 0,41 | 10 | 4,1 | |
60 | GM | Bai Jinshi | CHN | 2507 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,58 | 0,42 | 10 | 4,2 | |
62 | WGM | Tan Zhongyi | CHN | 2504 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,59 | 0,41 | 10 | 4,1 | |
63 | GM | Khotenashvili Bela | GEO | 2502 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,59 | 0,41 | 10 | 4,1 | |
64 | WGM | Goryachkina Aleksandra | RUS | 2502 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,82 | 0,18 | 10 | 1,8 | |
65 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | IND | 2500 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,80 | 0,20 | 10 | 2,0 | |
68 | GM | Blomqvist Erik | SWE | 2492 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,08 | 0,92 | 10 | 9,2 | |
80 | WGM | Pogonina Natalija | RUS | 2454 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,10 | 0,90 | 10 | 9,0 | |
115 | IM | Anurag Mhamal | IND | 2387 | 2,0 | 0 | 2 | 1,24 | 0,76 | 10 | 7,6 |
... 250 players
ChessBase author Tania Sachdev, anchorwoman of "The Day's Play"
Episode 3
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