Gibraltar 07: Anand loses, Anton leads

by André Schulz
2/2/2016 – In round seven of the Tradewise Gibraltar Open all games at the top boards were drawn, except one: David Anton won against Richard Rapport to become sole leader with 6.0/7. Half a point behind follows a group of 15 players with 5.5/7 each. Viswanathan Anand played against the Hungarian talent Benjamin Gledura and suffered his second loss in the tournament.
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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.

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Nils Grandelius (front), Viswanathan Anand, Laurent Fressinet, and Nigel Short in the back.

Anand played with Black against the 16-year old Gledura and went for a line of the Semi-Slav, with which he had already drawn a couple of games against his "peers" at the very top. However, this time things went differently.

Benjamin Gledura

 
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 e5 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.e4 10.Nb5 Bb8 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Bd2 a6 14.Nd4 Re8 15.Rac1 Ne4 16.Bc3 Nxc3 17.Qxc3 Qd6 18.g3 Bh3 19.Rfd1 Rac8 20.Qb3 Bxd4 21.exd4 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Qe6 23.Bf1 Bxf1 24.Rxf1 Qc6 25.Qb4 g6 26.Re1 Rxe1+ 27.Qxe1 Qa4 28.Qe5 Qxa2 29.Qb8+ Kg7 30.Qe5+ Kg8 31.Qb8+ Kg7 32.Qe5+ 1/2-1/2 (32) So,W (2760)-Anand,V (2803) Bilbao 2015 10...exd4 11.Nxd5 Nxd5 12.exd5 h6 13.Nxd4 Qh4 14.Nf3 Qh5 15.Bh7+ Kh8 16.Qf5 Qxf5 17.Bxf5 A line that recently has been popular among top-players. This probably helped Gledura to prepare for this game. Nf6 18.Bxc8 Rfxc8 19.Rd1 Rd8 20.Be3 Be7 The point of Black's play. White cannot hold the d-pawn - Black equalizes.
21.d6 Rxd6 22.Rxd6 22.Re1 Bf8 23.Rac1 Nd5 24.Bc5 Ra6 25.Bxf8 Rxf8 26.Red1 Nf4 27.Rc7 Rxa2 28.g3 Ne6 29.Rxb7 Kg8 30.Ne5 Re8 31.Rd5 f6 32.Nc6 Kh7 33.Kg2 Rc8 34.Nd4 Nxd4 35.Rxd4 a5 36.Rdd7 Rg8 37.Rd6 Kg6 38.Ra6 h5 39.h4 Rc8 40.Raa7 Rc2 41.Rxg7+ Kf5 42.Rgb7 Rcxb2 43.Rxb2 Rxb2 44.Rxa5+ Kg6 1/2-1/2 (44) Vachier Lagrave,M (2722)-Anand,V (2783) Paris/St Petersburg 2013 22...Bxd6 23.Rd1 23.Bd4 Ne8 24.Rc1 Kg8 25.Kf1 Nc7 26.Rd1 Ne8 27.Be3 a6 28.Nh4 Be5 29.b3 Nf6 30.Nf5 Re8 31.Bd4 g6 32.Nd6 Bxd6 33.Bxf6 Re6 34.Bc3 f5 35.h3 h5 36.Re1 Kf7 37.Rxe6 Kxe6 38.Ke2 Kd5 39.Kd3 b5 40.f3 Bg3 1/2-1/2 (40) Gelfand,B (2739)-Anand,V (2783) Paris/St Petersburg 2013 23.Rc1 a6 24.g3 Rd8 25.Rd1 Rd7 1/2-1/2 (25) Parligras,M (2586)-Motylev,A (2653) Al Ain 2015 23...Bc7 24.Kf1 a6 25.h3 Kg8 26.b3 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8 28.Ke2
28...h5?! Allowing White to exert some pressure. Safer is 28...Nd5 29.Kd3 Nxe3 30.Kxe3 Kf8 31.Ke4 Ke7 32.Kd5 Kd7 33.Ne5+ Ke7 34.Kc5= 29.Bg5 Kf8 30.Kd3 Ke8 31.Bxf6 Bxf6 32.Ke4 Bd8 33.Ne5 Suddenly White is more active. Ke7 34.Kd5 Bb6 34...Bc7!? 35.Nd3 Kd7 36.Nc5+ Kc8 37.Ne4 Kd7 38.g3 Bb8 39.f3 35.Nd3 Kd7 36.Nc5+ Bxc5 36...Kc7 37.Ne4 Kd7 38.Nd6 Bxf2 39.Nxb7± is very unpleasant for Black. 37.Kxc5 However, the pawn-ending is also lost for Black:
37...Kc7 37...h4 does not help either, e.g. 38.Kb6 Kc8 39.g3 g5 40.gxh4 gxh4 41.a4 f6 41...Kb8 42.b4 f6 43.f3 f5 44.f4 Kc8 45.Ka7 Kc7 46.b5 axb5 47.axb5 b6 48.Ka6+- 42.b4 f5 43.Ka7 Kc7 44.b5 axb5 45.axb5 b6 46.Ka6 f4 47.f3 38.h4 Kd7 39.Kb6 Kc8 40.b4 Kb8 41.f3 Kc8 42.g4 hxg4 43.fxg4 Kb8 44.h5 f6 45.a4 Kc8 46.Ka7 Kc7 47.b5 a5 48.Ka8 1–0
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Gledura,B-Anand,V-1–02016D45Gibraltar Masters 20167.14

Austria's number one, Markus Ragger, played against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. The French grandmaster is the second seed but had to concede two draws, one against the Indian GM Sethuraman and one against Swedish GM Nils Grandelius - which shows how strong the field in Gibraltar is.

Markus Ragger vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

 Markus Ragger paid a silent tribute to his oppenent by playing a line against the Grünfeld, which his opponent had tried a couple of years before against Emil Sutovsky. White won an exchange but Black was a pawn up. In the end the point was shared.

At board two Lazaro Bruzon from Cuba played against Pentala Harikrishna from India. With a rating of 2755 the Indian GM is number four on the ranking list in Gibraltar, number two in India, and in the world ranking list not so far away from Vishy Anand. However, against Bruzon he had to content himself with a draw.

Lazaro Bruzon vs Pentala Harikrishna

One of the up-and-coming players of Indian chess is the 22-year old Santosh Gujrathi Vidit. In round seven he had to play the Chinese Yu Yangyi, a real heavyweight. Vidit had White but still was on the defensive for the better part of the game. However, he managed to save the game by defending a rook ending with a pawn down.

Santosh Gujrathi Vidit vs Yu Yangyi

Top seed Hikaru Nakamura played at board six against Luka Lenic. After an English Opening Nakamura tried to complicate the game to play for an advantage but his opponent kept his cool and Nakamura had to settle for a draw.

Hikaru Nakamura gegen Luka Lenic

Richard Rapport v David Anton Guijarro. The Spaniard won the duel of the youngsters.

 
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1.g3 c5 2.Bg2 Nc6 3.e4 g6 4.d3 Bg7 5.f4 d6 6.Nh3 Nf6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Nf2 Nd7 9.Nd2 With a knight on c3 the position would resemble a Closed Sicilian. Rb8 10.h4 b5 11.h5 b4 12.Nf3 Nf6 13.hxg6 hxg6 14.Nh4 Nh5 15.Nf5 e5 16.fxe5 dxe5 Another option was 16...Nxg3!? sacrificing a piece to get an attack: 17.Nxg3 Qh4 18.Nfh1 Bxe5 The engines like 16...Nxe5!? 17.Nxg7 Nxg3 18.Bh6 Nxf1 19.Kxf1 Qf6 17.c3 c4 18.Nxg7 Kxg7 18...Nxg3!? 19.Qf3 cxd3 20.Nxd3 bxc3 21.bxc3 Ba6 22.Rd1 Bxd3 23.Rxd3 Qe7 24.Be3 Na5 25.Rad1 Nc4 26.Rd7 Qf6 27.Bxa7 Rb2
The crucial position. 28.Qd3? This loses. Better was 28.Qxf6+ Nxf6 29.Rc7 Rxa2 30.Bc5 Rfa8 31.Bh3 and although the exposed position of White's king gives Black the better chances, White is not lost yet. 28...Nb6!-+ White probably overlooked this move. Black blocks the diagonal a7-f2, threatening to mate with ...Qf2+ and ...Qxg2#. 29.Rf1
29...Nxd7 Strong was 29...Qc6 30.Rd5 30.Bxb6 Qxb6+ 31.Kh2 Nf6 32.Rd5 Rh8# 30...Ra8 31.Bxb6 Qxb6+ 32.Kh2 Rh8-+ 30.Qxd7 30.Rxf6 Nhxf6 31.Be3 Ra8 32.Bh3 Raxa2-+ is also good for Black. 30...Qe6 30...Qg5! with the idea 31.-- Rxg2+ 32.Kxg2 Qxg3+ 33.Kh1 Nf4 and White is mated. 31.Qxe6 fxe6 32.Rxf8 Kxf8 33.Kh2 Rxa2 34.Bb8 Nf6 35.Kh3 Nd7 36.Bd6+ Kf7 37.Bf1 Rd2 38.Bc7 Rc2 39.Ba5 Nc5 40.Bc7 Nxe4 41.Bxe5 Rc1 0–1
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Rapport,R-Anton Guijarro,D-0–12016A00Gibraltar Masters 20167.4

The Russian top GM Dmitry Jakovenko lost with white against French GM Sebastien Maze.

With her win against Nigel Short Indian GM Harika Dronavalli made the headlines, in round seven she drew against Laurent Fressinet.

Harika Dronavalli

Chinese talents: Lei Tingjie, Xu Xiangyu

Results of round seven

Br. Nr.   Name Elo Pkt. Ergebnis Pkt.   Name Elo Nr.
1 14 GM Ragger Markus 2689 5 ½ - ½ 5 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2785 2
2 18 GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro 2666 5 ½ - ½ 5 GM Harikrishna P. 2755 4
3 23 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2642 5 ½ - ½ 5 GM Yu Yangyi 2747 6
4 9 GM Rapport Richard 2721 5 0 - 1 5 GM Anton Guijarro David 2639 24
5 32 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2613 5 ½ - ½ 5 GM Bacrot Etienne 2697 11
6 1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787 4½ ½ - ½ 4½ GM Lenic Luka 2611 33
7 5 GM Li Chao B 2751 4½ 1 - 0 4½ GM Bachmann Axel 2610 34
8 7 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2732 4½ 0 - 1 4½ GM Maze Sebastien 2591 35
9 39 GM Perez Ponsa Federico 2577 4½ 0 - 1 4½ GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727 8
10 12 GM Ni Hua 2697 4½ 1 - 0 4½ GM Vazquez Igarza Renier 2572 40
11 43 IM Tari Aryan 2556 4½ 1 - 0 4½ GM Almasi Zoltan 2684 16
12 25 GM Sethuraman S.P. 2639 4½ 1 - 0 4½ IM Kelires Andreas 2444 82
13 26 GM Grandelius Nils 2635 4½ 1 - 0 4½ GM Gopal G.N. 2525 51
14 57 IM Gledura Benjamin 2515 4 1 - 0 4 GM Anand Viswanathan 2784 3
15 58 GM Harika Dronavalli 2511 4 ½ - ½ 4 GM Fressinet Laurent 2700 10
16 17 GM Short Nigel D 2684 4 1 - 0 4 GM Bai Jinshi 2507 60
17 19 GM Kamsky Gata 2665 4 1 - 0 4 IM Nakar Eylon 2479 70
18 65 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. 2500 4 ½ - ½ 4 GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2660 20
19 67 GM Gunina Valentina 2496 4 ½ - ½ 4 GM Sutovsky Emil 2647 22
20 28 GM Jones Gawain C B 2625 4 1 - 0 4 WGM Goryachkina Aleksandra 2502 64

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Standings after round seven

Rg. Snr   Name Land Elo Pkt.  Wtg1  w we w-we K rtg+/-
1 24 GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2639 6,0 2777 6 4,94 1,06 10 10,6
2 14 GM Ragger Markus AUT 2689 5,5 2816 5,5 4,35 1,15 10 11,5
3 2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2785 5,5 2805 5,5 5,29 0,21 10 2,1
4 11 GM Bacrot Etienne FRA 2697 5,5 2793 5 4,32 0,68 10 6,8
5 4 GM Harikrishna P. IND 2755 5,5 2769 5,5 5,33 0,17 10 1,7
  8 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw POL 2727 5,5 2769 5,5 5,14 0,36 10 3,6
7 25 GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2639 5,5 2760 5,5 4,41 1,09 10 10,9
  32 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2613 5,5 2760 5,5 4,17 1,33 10 13,3
9 18 GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro CUB 2666 5,5 2749 5,5 4,79 0,71 10 7,1
10 6 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2747 5,5 2741 5,5 5,45 0,05 10 0,5
  43 IM Tari Aryan NOR 2556 5,5 2741 5,5 3,86 1,64 10 16,4
12 12 GM Ni Hua CHN 2697 5,5 2736 5,5 5,18 0,32 10 3,2
  35 GM Maze Sebastien FRA 2591 5,5 2736 5 3,83 1,17 10 11,7
14 5 GM Li Chao B CHN 2751 5,5 2698 5,5 5,80 -0,30 10 -3,0
15 26 GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2635 5,5 2696 5,5 4,91 0,59 10 5,9
16 23 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2642 5,5 2694 5,5 5,03 0,47 10 4,7
17 33 GM Lenic Luka SLO 2611 5,0 2762 4,5 3,25 1,25 10 12,5
18 57 IM Gledura Benjamin HUN 2515 5,0 2729 5 2,94 2,06 10 20,6
19 1 GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2787 5,0 2712 5 5,46 -0,46 10 -4,6
20 28 GM Jones Gawain C B ENG 2625 5,0 2690 5 4,29 0,71 10 7,1
21 9 GM Rapport Richard HUN 2721 5,0 2679 5 5,23 -0,23 10 -2,3
22 44 GM Muzychuk Mariya UKR 2554 5,0 2639 5 4,15 0,85 10 8,5
23 38 GM Grigoriants Sergey RUS 2580 5,0 2625 4,5 4,10 0,40 10 4,0
24 45 GM Lalith Babu M R IND 2553 5,0 2617 5 4,30 0,70 10 7,0
25 19 GM Kamsky Gata USA 2665 5,0 2613 5 5,34 -0,34 10 -3,4
26 91 IM Padmini Rout IND 2427 5,0 2605 5 3,18 1,82 10 18,2
27 17 GM Short Nigel D ENG 2684 5,0 2582 5 5,68 -0,68 10 -6,8
28 36 GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2583 5,0 2576 5 4,97 0,03 10 0,3
29 79 GM Krush Irina USA 2458 5,0 2572 5 3,82 1,18 10 11,8
30 55 GM Libiszewski Fabien FRA 2515 5,0 2543 4,5 4,18 0,32 10 3,2

... 250 players

Pairings of round eight

Bo. No.   Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts.   Name Rtg No.
1 24 GM Anton Guijarro David 2639 6   5½ GM Li Chao B 2751 5
2 2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2785 5½   5½ GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro 2666 18
3 4 GM Harikrishna P. 2755 5½   5½ GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2642 23
4 6 GM Yu Yangyi 2747 5½   5½ GM Sethuraman S.P. 2639 25
5 8 GM Wojtaszek Radoslaw 2727 5½   5½ GM Grandelius Nils 2635 26
6 11 GM Bacrot Etienne 2697 5½   5½ IM Tari Aryan 2556 43
7 32 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2613 5½   5½ GM Ni Hua 2697 12
8 35 GM Maze Sebastien 2591 5½   5½ GM Ragger Markus 2689 14
9 38 GM Grigoriants Sergey 2580 5   5 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787 1
10 44 GM Muzychuk Mariya 2554 5   5 GM Rapport Richard 2721 9
11 45 GM Lalith Babu M R 2553 5   5 GM Short Nigel D 2684 17
12 55 GM Libiszewski Fabien 2515 5   5 GM Kamsky Gata 2665 19
13 79 GM Krush Irina 2458 5   5 GM Jones Gawain C B 2625 28
14 33 GM Lenic Luka 2611 5   5 IM Padmini Rout 2427 91
15 36 GM Sandipan Chanda 2583 5   5 IM Gledura Benjamin 2515 57
16 56 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2515 4½   4½ GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2732 7
17 10 GM Fressinet Laurent 2700 4½   4½ WGM Tan Zhongyi 2504 62
18 72 IM Ly Moulthun 2474 4½   4½ GM Howell David W L 2685 15
19 16 GM Almasi Zoltan 2684 4½   4½ GM Harika Dronavalli 2511 58
20 20 GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2660 4½   4½ GM Zhukova Natalia 2484 69
21 22 GM Sutovsky Emil 2647 4½   4½ GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. 2500 65
22 73 WGM Lei Tingjie 2474 4½   4½ GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2627 27
23 80 WGM Pogonina Natalija 2454 4½   4½ GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo 2624 29
24 30 GM Edouard Romain 2617 4½   4½ GM Gunina Valentina 2496 67
25 34 GM Bachmann Axel 2610 4½   4½ IM Prasanna Raghuram Rao 2460 77
26 37 GM Tregubov Pavel V. 2582 4½   4½ IM Anurag Mhamal 2387 115
27 82 IM Kelires Andreas 2444 4½   4½ GM Perez Ponsa Federico 2577 39
28 40 GM Vazquez Igarza Renier 2572 4½   4½ IM Tan Justin 2446 81
29 84 IM Shytaj Luca 2443 4½   4½ GM Donchenko Alexander 2570 41
30 87 GM Akesson Ralf 2435 4½   4½ GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2550 46
31 90 IM Almagro Llamas Pablo 2429 4½   4½ GM Demuth Adrien 2535 48
32 114 FM Hauge Lars Oskar 2388 4½   4½ GM Handke Florian Dr. 2533 49
33 126 FM Kavutskiy Konstantin 2360 4½   4½ GM Gopal G.N. 2525 51
34 130 IM Wemmers Xander 2352 4½   4½ GM Vishnu Prasanna. V 2518 53
35 54 IM Pichot Alan 2517 4½   4½   Siva Mahadevan 2370 123
36 96 IM Esserman Marc 2419 4   4 GM Anand Viswanathan 2784 3
37 13 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2696 4   4 FM Neef Maximilian 2423 93
38 107 IM Codenotti Marco 2406 4   4 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2660 21
39 110 IM Kuipers Stefan 2399 4   4 GM Erdos Viktor 2613 31
40 42 GM Oparin Grigoriy 2565 4   4 IM Docx Stefan 2416 99
41 47 GM Muzychuk Anna 2537 4   4 GM Vogt Lothar 2409 105
42 52 GM Cramling Pia 2523 4   4 IM Khademalsharieh Sarasadat 2392 112
43 116 WIM Shvayger Yuliya 2381 4   4 GM Sundararajan Kidambi 2508 59
44 60 GM Bai Jinshi 2507 4   4 IM Gaponenko Inna 2393 111
45 118 FM Gulamali Kazim 2379 4   4 GM Zhao Xue 2506 61
46 122   Herman Matthew J 2370 4   4 GM Khotenashvili Bela 2502 63
47 64 WGM Goryachkina Aleksandra 2502 4   4 IM Quillan Gary 2369 124
48 70 IM Nakar Eylon 2479 4   4 WGM Vojinovic Jovana 2352 131
49 169   Midonet Matthieu 2211 4   4 IM Kashlinskaya Alina 2462 75
50 76 IM Carlstedt Jonathan 2461 4   4 FM Nava Pereda Carlos 2262 158

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The tournament attracts a lot of prominent visitors. In round seven the minister of education, Gilbert Licudi, paid a visit.

Stuart Conquest (left), Gilbert Licudi

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