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.
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.
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.
Well prepared: Austria's number one Markus Ragger
Gawain Jones opening preparation
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.
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.
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