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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, Sophie Triay (Tournament page)
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.
Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
1 | 4 | GM | Harikrishna P. | 2755 | 4½ | ½ - ½ | 4½ | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | 2613 | 32 |
2 | 14 | GM | Ragger Markus | 2689 | 4½ | ½ - ½ | 4 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2787 | 1 |
3 | 2 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2785 | 4 | 1 - 0 | 4 | GM | Jones Gawain C B | 2625 | 28 |
4 | 6 | GM | Yu Yangyi | 2747 | 4 | 1 - 0 | 4 | GM | Edouard Romain | 2617 | 30 |
5 | 38 | GM | Grigoriants Sergey | 2580 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4 | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2732 | 7 |
6 | 8 | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | 2727 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4 | GM | Lenic Luka | 2611 | 33 |
7 | 48 | GM | Demuth Adrien | 2535 | 4 | 0 - 1 | 4 | GM | Rapport Richard | 2721 | 9 |
8 | 12 | GM | Ni Hua | 2697 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4 | IM | Tari Aryan | 2556 | 43 |
9 | 18 | GM | Bruzon Batista Lazaro | 2666 | 4 | 1 - 0 | 4 | GM | Donchenko Alexander | 2570 | 41 |
10 | 72 | IM | Ly Moulthun | 2474 | 4 | 0 - 1 | 4 | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | 2642 | 23 |
11 | 24 | GM | Anton Guijarro David | 2639 | 4 | 1 - 0 | 4 | GM | Harika Dronavalli | 2511 | 58 |
12 | 82 | IM | Kelires Andreas | 2444 | 4 | ½ - ½ | 4 | GM | Grandelius Nils | 2635 | 26 |
13 | 50 | GM | Al-Sayed Mohammed | 2530 | 3½ | 0 - 1 | 3½ | GM | Li Chao B | 2751 | 5 |
14 | 10 | GM | Fressinet Laurent | 2700 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 3½ | IM | Gledura Benjamin | 2515 | 57 |
15 | 51 | GM | Gopal G.N. | 2525 | 3½ | 1 - 0 | 3½ | GM | Howell David W L | 2685 | 15 |
16 | 16 | GM | Almasi Zoltan | 2684 | 3½ | 1 - 0 | 3½ | WGM | Tan Zhongyi | 2504 | 62 |
17 | 60 | GM | Bai Jinshi | 2507 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 3½ | GM | Kamsky Gata | 2665 | 19 |
18 | 20 | GM | Duda Jan-Krzysztof | 2660 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 3½ | GM | Gunina Valentina | 2496 | 67 |
19 | 56 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2515 | 3½ | 0 - 1 | 3½ | GM | Sethuraman S.P. | 2639 | 25 |
20 | 70 | IM | Nakar Eylon | 2479 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 3½ | GM | Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo | 2624 | 29 |
21 | 34 | GM | Bachmann Axel | 2610 | 3½ | 1 - 0 | 3½ | GM | Zhukova Natalia | 2484 | 69 |
22 | 36 | GM | Sandipan Chanda | 2583 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 3½ | GM | Krush Irina | 2458 | 79 |
23 | 64 | WGM | Goryachkina Aleksandra | 2502 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 3½ | GM | Tregubov Pavel V. | 2582 | 37 |
24 | 81 | IM | Tan Justin | 2446 | 3½ | 0 - 1 | 3½ | GM | Perez Ponsa Federico | 2577 | 39 |
25 | 40 | GM | Vazquez Igarza Renier | 2572 | 3½ | 1 - 0 | 3½ | Siva Mahadevan | 2370 | 123 | |
26 | 42 | GM | Oparin Grigoriy | 2565 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 3½ | IM | Padmini Rout | 2427 | 91 |
27 | 87 | GM | Akesson Ralf | 2435 | 3½ | ½ - ½ | 3½ | GM | Handke Florian Dr. | 2533 | 49 |
28 | 3 | GM | Anand Viswanathan | 2784 | 3 | 1 - 0 | 3½ | Fiala Vaclav | 2217 | 168 | |
29 | 86 | Kollars Dmitrij | 2436 | 3 | 0 - 1 | 3 | GM | Short Nigel D | 2684 | 17 | |
30 | 89 | GM | Carlsson Pontus | 2430 | 3 | ½ - ½ | 3 | GM | Ganguly Surya Shekhar | 2660 | 21 |
...
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | |
1 | 11 | GM | Bacrot Etienne | FRA | 2697 | 5,0 | 2867 |
2 | 2 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA | 2785 | 5,0 | 2829 |
3 | 14 | GM | Ragger Markus | AUT | 2689 | 5,0 | 2826 |
4 | 4 | GM | Harikrishna P. | IND | 2755 | 5,0 | 2791 |
5 | 32 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | IND | 2613 | 5,0 | 2775 |
6 | 9 | GM | Rapport Richard | HUN | 2721 | 5,0 | 2774 |
7 | 6 | GM | Yu Yangyi | CHN | 2747 | 5,0 | 2762 |
8 | 18 | GM | Bruzon Batista Lazaro | CUB | 2666 | 5,0 | 2752 |
9 | 24 | GM | Anton Guijarro David | ESP | 2639 | 5,0 | 2699 |
10 | 23 | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | IND | 2642 | 5,0 | 2690 |
11 | 33 | GM | Lenic Luka | SLO | 2611 | 4,5 | 2766 |
12 | 7 | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | RUS | 2732 | 4,5 | 2754 |
13 | 1 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | USA | 2787 | 4,5 | 2738 |
25 | GM | Sethuraman S.P. | IND | 2639 | 4,5 | 2738 | |
15 | 8 | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | POL | 2727 | 4,5 | 2726 |
16 | 51 | GM | Gopal G.N. | IND | 2525 | 4,5 | 2694 |
17 | 12 | GM | Ni Hua | CHN | 2697 | 4,5 | 2688 |
18 | 16 | GM | Almasi Zoltan | HUN | 2684 | 4,5 | 2686 |
19 | 40 | GM | Vazquez Igarza Renier | ESP | 2572 | 4,5 | 2677 |
20 | 43 | IM | Tari Aryan | NOR | 2556 | 4,5 | 2675 |
21 | 26 | GM | Grandelius Nils | SWE | 2635 | 4,5 | 2650 |
35 | GM | Maze Sebastien | FRA | 2591 | 4,5 | 2650 | |
23 | 5 | GM | Li Chao B | CHN | 2751 | 4,5 | 2638 |
24 | 82 | IM | Kelires Andreas | CYP | 2444 | 4,5 | 2637 |
25 | 38 | GM | Grigoriants Sergey | RUS | 2580 | 4,5 | 2625 |
26 | 34 | GM | Bachmann Axel | PAR | 2610 | 4,5 | 2610 |
27 | 39 | GM | Perez Ponsa Federico | ARG | 2577 | 4,5 | 2568 |
28 | 58 | GM | Harika Dronavalli | IND | 2511 | 4,0 | 2664 |
29 | 28 | GM | Jones Gawain C B | ENG | 2625 | 4,0 | 2662 |
30 | 57 | IM | Gledura Benjamin | HUN | 2515 | 4,0 | 2660 |
31 | 30 | GM | Edouard Romain | FRA | 2617 | 4,0 | 2640 |
32 | 42 | GM | Oparin Grigoriy | RUS | 2565 | 4,0 | 2624 |
33 | 44 | GM | Muzychuk Mariya | UKR | 2554 | 4,0 | 2612 |
34 | 41 | GM | Donchenko Alexander | GER | 2570 | 4,0 | 2604 |
60 | GM | Bai Jinshi | CHN | 2507 | 4,0 | 2604 | |
36 | 48 | GM | Demuth Adrien | FRA | 2535 | 4,0 | 2603 |
67 | GM | Gunina Valentina | RUS | 2496 | 4,0 | 2603 | |
38 | 45 | GM | Lalith Babu M R | IND | 2553 | 4,0 | 2597 |
39 | 87 | GM | Akesson Ralf | SWE | 2435 | 4,0 | 2595 |
40 | 72 | IM | Ly Moulthun | AUS | 2474 | 4,0 | 2593 |
41 | 64 | WGM | Goryachkina Aleksandra | RUS | 2502 | 4,0 | 2592 |
42 | 10 | GM | Fressinet Laurent | FRA | 2700 | 4,0 | 2591 |
43 | 49 | GM | Handke Florian Dr. | GER | 2533 | 4,0 | 2585 |
44 | 20 | GM | Duda Jan-Krzysztof | POL | 2660 | 4,0 | 2584 |
45 | 3 | GM | Anand Viswanathan | IND | 2784 | 4,0 | 2578 |
37 | GM | Tregubov Pavel V. | RUS | 2582 | 4,0 | 2578 | |
47 | 19 | GM | Kamsky Gata | USA | 2665 | 4,0 | 2576 |
48 | 65 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | IND | 2500 | 4,0 | 2562 |
49 | 91 | IM | Padmini Rout | IND | 2427 | 4,0 | 2558 |
50 | 46 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | RUS | 2550 | 4,0 | 2551 |
51 | 29 | GM | Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo | VEN | 2624 | 4,0 | 2541 |
52 | 36 | GM | Sandipan Chanda | IND | 2583 | 4,0 | 2536 |
53 | 17 | GM | Short Nigel D | ENG | 2684 | 4,0 | 2535 |
54 | 70 | IM | Nakar Eylon | ISR | 2479 | 4,0 | 2525 |
55 | 131 | WGM | Vojinovic Jovana | SRB | 2352 | 4,0 | 2524 |
56 | 118 | FM | Gulamali Kazim | USA | 2379 | 4,0 | 2522 |
57 | 79 | GM | Krush Irina | USA | 2458 | 4,0 | 2514 |
58 | 114 | FM | Hauge Lars Oskar | NOR | 2388 | 4,0 | 2513 |
59 | 55 | GM | Libiszewski Fabien | FRA | 2515 | 4,0 | 2498 |
60 | 22 | GM | Sutovsky Emil | ISR | 2647 | 4,0 | 2491 |
61 | 126 | FM | Kavutskiy Konstantin | USA | 2360 | 4,0 | 2411 |
62 | 75 | IM | Kashlinskaya Alina | RUS | 2462 | 4,0 | 2410 |
63 | 85 | IM | Stark Lars | GER | 2440 | 4,0 | 2405 |
64 | 56 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | BUL | 2515 | 3,5 | 2603 |
... 250 players
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.
Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
1 | 14 | GM | Ragger Markus | 2689 | 5 | 5 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | 2785 | 2 | |
2 | 18 | GM | Bruzon Batista Lazaro | 2666 | 5 | 5 | GM | Harikrishna P. | 2755 | 4 | |
3 | 23 | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | 2642 | 5 | 5 | GM | Yu Yangyi | 2747 | 6 | |
4 | 9 | GM | Rapport Richard | 2721 | 5 | 5 | GM | Anton Guijarro David | 2639 | 24 | |
5 | 32 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | 2613 | 5 | 5 | GM | Bacrot Etienne | 2697 | 11 | |
6 | 1 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | 2787 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Lenic Luka | 2611 | 33 | |
7 | 5 | GM | Li Chao B | 2751 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Bachmann Axel | 2610 | 34 | |
8 | 7 | GM | Jakovenko Dmitry | 2732 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Maze Sebastien | 2591 | 35 | |
9 | 39 | GM | Perez Ponsa Federico | 2577 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Wojtaszek Radoslaw | 2727 | 8 | |
10 | 12 | GM | Ni Hua | 2697 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Vazquez Igarza Renier | 2572 | 40 | |
11 | 43 | IM | Tari Aryan | 2556 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Almasi Zoltan | 2684 | 16 | |
12 | 25 | GM | Sethuraman S.P. | 2639 | 4½ | 4½ | IM | Kelires Andreas | 2444 | 82 | |
13 | 26 | GM | Grandelius Nils | 2635 | 4½ | 4½ | GM | Gopal G.N. | 2525 | 51 | |
14 | 57 | IM | Gledura Benjamin | 2515 | 4 | 4 | GM | Anand Viswanathan | 2784 | 3 | |
15 | 58 | GM | Harika Dronavalli | 2511 | 4 | 4 | GM | Fressinet Laurent | 2700 | 10 | |
16 | 17 | GM | Short Nigel D | 2684 | 4 | 4 | GM | Bai Jinshi | 2507 | 60 | |
17 | 19 | GM | Kamsky Gata | 2665 | 4 | 4 | IM | Nakar Eylon | 2479 | 70 | |
18 | 65 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. | 2500 | 4 | 4 | GM | Duda Jan-Krzysztof | 2660 | 20 | |
19 | 67 | GM | Gunina Valentina | 2496 | 4 | 4 | GM | Sutovsky Emil | 2647 | 22 | |
20 | 28 | GM | Jones Gawain C B | 2625 | 4 | 4 | WGM | Goryachkina Aleksandra | 2502 | 64 | |
21 | 29 | GM | Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo | 2624 | 4 | 4 | IM | Ly Moulthun | 2474 | 72 | |
22 | 30 | GM | Edouard Romain | 2617 | 4 | 4 | GM | Akesson Ralf | 2435 | 87 | |
23 | 75 | IM | Kashlinskaya Alina | 2462 | 4 | 4 | GM | Sandipan Chanda | 2583 | 36 | |
24 | 41 | GM | Donchenko Alexander | 2570 | 4 | 4 | FM | Hauge Lars Oskar | 2388 | 114 | |
25 | 79 | GM | Krush Irina | 2458 | 4 | 4 | GM | Oparin Grigoriy | 2565 | 42 | |
26 | 85 | IM | Stark Lars | 2440 | 4 | 4 | GM | Muzychuk Mariya | 2554 | 44 | |
27 | 45 | GM | Lalith Babu M R | 2553 | 4 | 4 | FM | Gulamali Kazim | 2379 | 118 | |
28 | 49 | GM | Handke Florian Dr. | 2533 | 4 | 4 | FM | Kavutskiy Konstantin | 2360 | 126 | |
29 | 131 | WGM | Vojinovic Jovana | 2352 | 4 | 4 | GM | Libiszewski Fabien | 2515 | 55 | |
30 | 91 | IM | Padmini Rout | 2427 | 4 | 3½ | GM | Al-Sayed Mohammed | 2530 | 50 |
ChessBase author Tania Sachdev follows the tournament as anchorwoman of "The Day's Play"
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