1/30/2016 – After three rounds eleven players shared the lead with 3.0/3 at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016, after four rounds only two remain at the top: Markus Ragger from Austria and Etienne Bacrot from France. Ragger won with White against Anna Muzychuk while Bacrot beat Aleksandra Goryachkina with Black. The other top boards all drew.
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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.
Markus Ragger kept his 100% result by playing a straightforward positional game against Anna Muzychuk.
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1.e4
1,185,008
54%
2421
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1.d4
959,510
55%
2434
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1.Nf3
286,503
56%
2441
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1.c4
184,834
56%
2442
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1.g3
19,892
56%
2427
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1.b3
14,600
54%
2428
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1.f4
5,954
48%
2377
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1.Nc3
3,911
50%
2384
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1.b4
1,791
48%
2379
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1.a3
1,250
54%
2406
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1.e3
1,081
49%
2409
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1.d3
969
50%
2378
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1.g4
670
46%
2361
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1.h4
466
54%
2382
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1.c3
439
51%
2425
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1.h3
289
56%
2420
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1.a4
118
60%
2461
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1.f3
100
47%
2427
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1.Nh3
93
66%
2506
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1.Na3
47
62%
2476
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1.d4d52.c4c63.Nf3Nf64.Nc3e65.e3Nbd76.Qc2Bd67.Be20-08.0-0b69.e4Nxe410.Nxe4dxe411.Qxe4Bb712.Bf4Nf613.Qe3c514.Rad1Bxf415.Qxf4Qe716.Qe5cxd417.Rxd4Rfd818.Rfd1Rac8Black equalized. His
pieces are harmoniously placed and the bishop on b7 makes a particularly good
impression. However, the position is easier to play for White who has a
straightforward plan: exchanging the white-squared bishops and advancing his
queenside majority.19.a3Kf820.b4h621.h3Rxd422.Nxd4a623.Nb3Nd724.Qe3Rc725.Bf3!Bxf326.Qxf3a5!?With the exchange of the
white-squared bishops White achieved his strategic goal and now enjoys an
advantage and the better game. Moreover, Black is in an uncomfortable position:
without real counterplay she has to guard against the advance of White's
queenside majority. Taking the pawn on c4 does not improve things. After26...Rxc4?27.Qb7!Ke828.Qxa6White is clearly better. Therefore Black
decides to give a pawn to create counterplay. But in the course of the game
White manages to neutralize all threats and remains a pawn up.27.bxa5bxa528.Nxa5Qc529.Qa8+Rc830.Qb7Ne531.Nb3Qc631...Qxc4??32.Rc1+-32.Qb4+Kg833.c5Qa634.a4Qe235.Rd2Qe1+36.Kh2Nd337.Qd4This
loses material.Nxc5But37...Qe5+38.Qxe5Nxe5is not much fun either.38.Rc2e539.Qe31–0
Etienne Bacrot had a tough and interesting positional battle against Aleksandra Goryachkina, in which he showed a feeling for unexpected pawn-breaks.
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1.d4e62.c4Bb4+3.Bd2a54.Nf3Nf65.Nc3d56.e30-07.Bd3b68.0-0Bb79.cxd5exd510.Qc2Bacrot played this position - with White:10.a3Be711.Qb3Nbd712.Rfd1Re813.Rac1h614.Be1Bf815.Bf1c616.Na4b517.Nc3a418.Qc2Nb619.Na2g620.Bb4Bg721.Nc3Bc822.Ne5Bd723.h3Ra624.Re1Qa825.Bd3Nc426.f4Be627.Qf2Qc828.e4dxe429.Nxe4Nxe430.Bxe4Bd531.Bd3Ra832.f5gxf533.Bxf5Qc734.Nd3Be635.Bxe6Rxe636.Rxe6fxe637.Re1Qf738.Qg3Kh739.Bc3Rg8Bacrot,E (2704)-Miton,K (2606)
Montpellier 2015 1/2-1/210...Re811.a3Bf812.Ne5c513.Bb5Re7A new
move.A previous game continued13...Re614.Rad1Na615.f4Nc716.Bd3Re817.Be1c418.Bf5g619.Bh3b520.Bh4b41/2-1/2 (20) Lomineishvili,M
(2425)-Javakhishvili,L (2295) Tbilisi 200114.Qf5Rc715.Rfd1Nc616.Be1Ne717.Qh3Ng618.Nxg6hxg619.g3?!Perhaps White wanted to have a safe
retreat for her queen. But now all white pawns are on black squares and
White's black-squared bishop suffers till the very end of the game.c420.Ba4Ne421.f3Nxc322.bxc3b5!With this surprising advance Black mobilizes
his queenside majority and seizes the initiative.23.Bc2Taking the
offered pawn does not lose immediately, but after e.g.23.Bxb5a424.Qg2Ra525.Rdb1Qf6the bishop on b5 is cut off from its colleagues and is always in
danger of being caught. Fritz 15 gives Black only a slight advantage but
humans would probably feel uncomfortable to play this position.23...Bd624.Rdb1Bc625.e4Qf826.e5Bxa327.f4b428.f5gxf529.Bxf5g630.Qg4Re831.h4Qg732.Bc2b3!Giving back a pawn to establish a strong passed pawn
on c2 that is supported by Black's white-squared bishop.33.Rxa3bxc234.Rc1Bd735.Qf4Bf536.Rxa5Be4In this position the opposite-colored bishops
definitely do not make the position drawish.37.Rb5g5!After the strong
and surprising pawn-break on the queenside (22...b5!) follows a strong and
surprising pawn-break on the kingside.38.Qg4After38.Qxg5Qxg539.hxg5Ra740.Bd2Rea841.Kf2Ra1Black penetrates on the queenside and White
suffers heavy material losses.38...gxh439.Qxh4Rc6After opening up the
kingside Black brings his rooks into play which decides the game.40.Bd2Rg641.Kf2Rg442.Qh2Qg643.Rb7Rg544.Qh4Rh545.Rb6Rf5+0–1
In the Indian duel between Pentala Harikrishna (left, with White) and talented junior Aravindh Chithambaram
Pentala Harikrishna mated his young opponent with bishop and knight.
Harika Dronavalli and Richard Rapport did not take long to leave the well-trodden theoretical paths.
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and S.P. Sethuraman drew
Vishy Anand drew with Black against...
...the young Russian GM Grigoriy Oparin.
Reinier Vazquez Igarza had no particular difficulties to draw against...
...Hikaru Nakamura.
Anand and Nakamura will both play in the Candidates Tournament in March and therefore might be unwilling to show much of their preparation.
Former Women's World Champion Antoaneta Stefanova from Bulgaria und Lazaro Bruzon
from Cuba. Stefanova drew with Gata Kamsky, Bruzon won against Florian Handke from Germany.
Gata Kamsky
So far Indian IM Rout Padmini has a good tournament. She won in round one and in round four and drew
in round two against GM Edouard Romain from France and in round three against GM Axel Bachmann from Paraguay.
The current Women's World Champion Mariya Muzychuk drew against English Champion David Howell.
Alexandra Kosteniuk concentrates in her game against Italian IM Marco Codenotti.
The game ended in a draw and Kosteniuk now has 2.5/4.
Bai Jinshi
Bai Jinshi is one of the many young talents from China. Born in 1999 he is a grandmaster with a current rating of 2507.
In round four he won against English IM Gary Quillan and now has 3.0/4. In round five
another English player waits for him: David Howell.
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Johannes FischerJohannes 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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