Isle of Man Rd 6 - Pavel Eljanov leads with 5.5/6

by Johannes Fischer
10/7/2016 – Alexey Shirov started the Isle of Man tournament with 4.0/4 but in round five surprisingly decided to use the option of a "bye". He did not play the round and took a rest which brought - or cost, according to perspective - him half a point. In round six Shirov was back at the board but all his fire seemed gone. He played with Black against Pavel Eljanov and found no recipe against Eljanov's cool and creative positional play and was convincingly outplayed. After six rounds Eljanov is now sole leader with 5.5/6.

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Isle of Man Round six

Photos by Lennart Ootes

The playing hall

Pavel Eljanov showed that sometimes a retreat is the best form of attack

 
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1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 Nd7 4.0-0 Ngf6 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 e6 7.d3 Bd6 8.Bg2 0-0 9.Nd2 c6 10.e4 e5 11.a4 a5 12.exd5 cxd5
13.Nb1! A surprising - and surprisingly strong - retreat. White sends his knight back to its initial square to exploit the weaknesses on d5 and b5. Bb4 14.c3 Bd6 15.Na3 Bxa3 16.Rxa3 White now plays with his bishops against Black's knights and has a clear strategic advantage. Eljanov's seemingly innocuous opening strategy turned out to be a success. Rc8 17.Rb3 b6 18.Rb5 Nc5 19.d4 exd4 20.Qxd4 Nfe4 21.Bf4 Nd6
Black gives a pawn to reduce White's pressure and to entertain hopes of counterplay. But Eljanov shows good technique and convincingly converts his extra-pawn. 22.Bxd6 Qxd6 23.Bxd5 Rfd8 24.Rd1 Qg6 25.Qg4 Qxg4 26.hxg4 Nxa4 27.Rd4 Nc5 28.Rxb6 Kf8 29.g5 Rb8 30.Rxb8 Rxb8
31.Rf4! White refuses to defend his b-pawn passively and counterattacks instead. He realised that Black's a-pawn looks more dangerous than it is. Ke7 32.Rxf7+ Kd6 33.c4 g6 34.Rxh7 Rxb2 35.Rg7 a4 36.Rxg6+ Ke5 37.Rg7 a3 38.Ra7 a2 39.g6 1–0
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Eljanov,P2741Shirov,A26791–02016A07chess.com IoM Masters6.1

Alexey Shirov

With this smooth win against Eljanov took the sole lead with 5.5/6. Half a point behind follow three players with 5.0/6 each. One of them is Fabiano Caruana who won in round six with Black against Women's World Champion Hou Yifan. An interesting game in which both sides tried to seize the initiative by willingly giving material.

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 a5 7.Re1 h6 8.a4 0-0 9.h3 Be6 10.Na3 A new move that invites tactical sequence leading to an equal but interesting position. Bxa3 11.Bxe6 Bxb2 12.Bxf7+ Rxf7 13.Bxb2 Qd7 14.c4 White prevents d5 and opens the diagonal a1-h8 for her bishop. Raf8 15.Nh4 Kh7 16.f4!?
An interesting and energetic pawn sacrifice. White gives the f-pawn to mobilise her center. 16...exf4 17.d4 Re8 18.Qb1 Kg8 19.Nf3 Rfe7 20.d5 Ne5 21.Bxe5 Rxe5!?
Black counters White's interesting and energetic pawn-sacrifice with an interesting exchange sacrifice that gives him good play and attacking chances. 22.Nxe5 Rxe5 23.Qxb7 f3! Black is an exchange down but has good attacking chances, particularly in a practical game. 24.Qb3 fxg2 25.Qf3 Qe8 26.Ra2 Nxe4 27.Rae2 Ng5 28.Qg4? This gives Black a tactical opportunity to reach a winning endgame. Better was 28.Qxg2 e.g. Nxh3+ 29.Kh2 Ng5 30.Rxe5 dxe5 31.Qg4 e4 32.Kg2 Qxa4 with a complicated position that the engines consider to be equal.
How does Black continue now?
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Hou,Y2649Caruana,F28130–12016C54chess.com IoM Masters6.2

Fabiano Caruana

Hou Yifan

The Isle of Man tournament is an extremely strong open and every round a lot of interesting games are played. In the following game the young Indian Grandmaster Aravindh Chithambaram had a chance to play a nice positional queen sacrifice.

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.a4 Qc7 9.Bd3 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Kh1 Nc5 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.Bg5 Be6 14.Qe2 Rac8 15.Bh4 Rfe8 16.Bg3 Nfd7 17.Nd4
White is already slightly worse and now decides to play with fire. 17...exd4! Black gladly accepts the invitation to sacrifice his queen. 18.Bxc7 dxc3 19.Ba5 cxb2 20.Rab1 Nxa4 Black has two minor pieces and two pawns for the queen but has so much play that he is almost winning. 21.e5 b5 22.Rbd1 g6 23.Rfe1 Rc5 24.Qd2 Rxe5 25.Rxe5 Nxe5 26.Be4 Nc4 27.Qe1 Bf8 28.Bf3 Bd7 29.Qg1 Bc5 30.Qf1 Ne3 31.Qe2 Nxd1 32.Qxd1 b4 33.Bd5 Nc3 0–1
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Mannion,S2313Aravindh,C25640–12016B93chess.com IoM Masters6.23

Top pairings and results of Round 6 (October 6, 2016)

Bo. No.   Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts.   Name Rtg No.
1 5 GM Eljanov Pavel 2741 4½ 1 - 0 4½ GM Shirov Alexei 2679 11
2 17 GM Hou Yifan 2649 4 0 - 1 4 GM Caruana Fabiano 2813 1
3 26 GM Bok Benjamin 2594 4 ½ - ½ 4 GM So Wesley 2794 2
4 8 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2687 4 1 - 0 4 GM Van Foreest Jorden 2615 24
5 46 GM Illingworth Max 2465 4 0 - 1 4 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2686 9
6 4 GM Adams Michael 2745 3½ 1 - 0 3½ GM Gupta Abhijeet 2626 23
7 10 GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2684 3½ 1 - 0 3½ GM L'ami Erwin 2605 25
8 12 GM Movsesian Sergei 2677 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ GM Svane Rasmus 2552 34
9 31 GM Brunello Sabino 2566 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ GM Fressinet Laurent 2676 13
10 14 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2670 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ GM Harika Dronavalli 2528 36
11 35 GM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan 2536 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ GM Melkumyan Hrant 2653 15
12 16 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2650 3½ 1 - 0 3½ IM Batsiashvili Nino 2480 44
13 55 GM Sundararajan Kidambi 2429 3½ 0 - 1 3½ GM Howell David W L 2644 21
14 45 IM Puranik Abhimanyu 2471 3½ 0 - 1 3½ GM Grandelius Nils 2642 22
15 49 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2459 3 0 - 1 3 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787 3
16 6 GM Leko Peter 2709 3 1 - 0 3 IM Lou Yiping 2458 50
17 60 IM Karavade Eesha 2421 3 ½ - ½ 3 GM Meier Georg 2648 19
18 20 GM Bachmann Axel 2645 3 1 - 0 3 IM Gaponenko Inna 2421 59
19 51 GM Romanishin Oleg M 2456 3 ½ - ½ 3 GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2593 27
20 28 GM Lalith Babu M R 2586 3 0 - 1 3 IM Wallace John Paul 2355 74
21 29 GM Donchenko Alexander 2581 3 1 - 0 3 GM Tarjan James E 2420 61
22 71   Hemant Sharma (del) 2371 3 1 - 0 3 GM Marin Mihail 2569 30
23 83 IM Mannion Stephen R 2313 3 0 - 1 3 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. 2564 32
24 33 GM Shyam Sundar M. 2552 3 ½ - ½ 3 IM Kojima Shinya 2399 65
25 38 GM Schroeder Jan-Christian 2514 3 ½ - ½ 3 WIM Shvayger Yuliya 2405 63

Full results of all 68 games

Top standings after six rounds

Rk. SNo   Name FED Rtg  TB1  Rp
1 5 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2741 5,5 2929
2 1 GM Caruana Fabiano USA 2813 5,0 2863
  8 GM Rodshtein Maxim ISR 2687 5,0 2868
  9 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2686 5,0 2797
5 2 GM So Wesley USA 2794 4,5 2731
  4 GM Adams Michael ENG 2745 4,5 2749
  10 GM Naiditsch Arkadij AZE 2684 4,5 2799
  11 GM Shirov Alexei LAT 2679 4,5 2798
  16 GM Salem A.R. Saleh UAE 2650 4,5 2669
  21 GM Howell David W L ENG 2644 4,5 2681
  22 GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2642 4,5 2780
  26 GM Bok Benjamin NED 2594 4,5 2759
13 3 GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2787 4,0 2660
  6 GM Leko Peter HUN 2709 4,0 2580
  12 GM Movsesian Sergei ARM 2677 4,0 2693
  13 GM Fressinet Laurent FRA 2676 4,0 2624
  14 GM Sargissian Gabriel ARM 2670 4,0 2624
  15 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2653 4,0 2528
  17 GM Hou Yifan CHN 2649 4,0 2687
  20 GM Bachmann Axel PAR 2645 4,0 2551
  24 GM Van Foreest Jorden NED 2615 4,0 2716
  29 GM Donchenko Alexander GER 2581 4,0 2508
  31 GM Brunello Sabino ITA 2566 4,0 2560
  32 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. IND 2564 4,0 2469
  34 GM Svane Rasmus GER 2552 4,0 2513
  35 GM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan IND 2536 4,0 2636
  36 GM Harika Dronavalli IND 2528 4,0 2646
  46 GM Illingworth Max AUS 2465 4,0 2567
  47 IM Trent Lawrence ENG 2463 4,0 2511
  71   Hemant Sharma (del) IND 2371 4,0 2537
  74 IM Wallace John Paul AUS 2355 4,0 2630
  76   Balint Vilmos HUN 2334 4,0 2534
33 18 GM Granda Zuniga Julio E PER 2648 3,5 2528

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Games of rounds 1 to 6

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Be7 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.Nge2 Re8 10.0-0 Nf8 11.f3 g6 12.Rad1 Ne6 13.Bh4 b6 14.Qc1 Bb7 15.e4 Nh5 16.Bf2 Bg5 17.Be3 Bxe3+ 18.Qxe3 f6 19.g4 Nhg7 20.Qh6 Qd7 21.f4 Nxd4 22.Nxd4 Qxg4+ 23.Kh1 dxe4 24.Be2 Nf5 25.Bxg4 Nxh6 26.Bd7 c5 27.Nde2 Red8 28.Nd5 Bxd5 29.Rxd5 Kg7 30.Rfd1 f5 31.h3 Ng8 32.Bc6 Rxd5 33.Rxd5 Rc8 34.Rd7+ Kf6 35.Bb5 h6 36.Bc4 g5 37.Kg2 Ne7 38.Kf2 Rb8 39.a4 Ra8 40.Ke3 Rc8 41.b3 Rb8 42.Rd6+ Kg7 43.Ng3 Rb7 44.Nh5+ Kh7 45.Ba6 1–0
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Caruana,F2813Houska,J23861–02016D36chess.com IoM Masters1.1
Brunello,M2382So,W27940–12016C03chess.com IoM Masters1.2
Nakamura,H2787Arakhamia-Grant,K23761–02016D30chess.com IoM Masters1.3
Tate,A2376Adams,M27450–12016C45chess.com IoM Masters1.4
Eljanov,P2741Hemant,S23711–02016D35chess.com IoM Masters1.5
Harsha,B2363Leko,P2709½–½2016C53chess.com IoM Masters1.6
Wang,H2701Paehtz,T23560–12016E94chess.com IoM Masters1.7
Wallace,J2355Rodshtein,M26870–12016D45chess.com IoM Masters1.8
Vidit,S2686Van Foreest,L23501–02016E17chess.com IoM Masters1.9
Balint,V2334Naiditsch,A26840–12016A05chess.com IoM Masters1.10
Shirov,A2679Kavutskiy,K23321–02016E91chess.com IoM Masters1.11
Formento,P2326Movsesian,S26770–12016E95chess.com IoM Masters1.12
Fressinet,L2676L'Ami,A23221–02016B91chess.com IoM Masters1.13
Kolbus,D2321Sargissian,G26700–12016A28chess.com IoM Masters1.14
Melkumyan,H2653Peek,M23191–02016D00chess.com IoM Masters1.15
Karthik,V2317Salem,A2650½–½2016D85chess.com IoM Masters1.16
Hou,Y2649Jackson,J23111–02016C95chess.com IoM Masters1.17
Zozulia,A2303Granda Zuniga,J26480–12016B50chess.com IoM Masters1.18
Meier,G2648Enkhtuul,A23021–02016A05chess.com IoM Masters1.19
Osmanodja,F2299Bachmann,A26450–12016B06chess.com IoM Masters1.20
Howell,D2644Webb,L22801–02016A05chess.com IoM Masters1.21
Strugnell,C2278Grandelius,N26420–12016C88chess.com IoM Masters1.22
Gupta,A2626Von Meijenfeldt,B22651–02016E90chess.com IoM Masters1.23
Gungl,T2257Van Foreest,J26150–12016C66chess.com IoM Masters1.24
L'Ami,E2605Aradhya,G22501–02016C67chess.com IoM Masters1.25
Hill,A2249Bok,B25940–12016B51chess.com IoM Masters1.26
Lenderman,A2593Rakesh,K22471–02016B13chess.com IoM Masters1.27
Lorscheid,G2238Lalith,B25860–12016E32chess.com IoM Masters1.28
Rudd,J2222Taylor,A22360–12016E20chess.com IoM Masters1.29
Allen,K2236Donchenko,A25810–12016A60chess.com IoM Masters1.30
Marin,M2569Parnali,S2228½–½2016E06chess.com IoM Masters1.31
Player,E2227Brunello,S25660–12016B44chess.com IoM Masters1.32
Sunilduth Lyna,N2536Caruana,F28130–12016A80chess.com IoM Masters2.1
So,W2794Harika,D2528½–½2016B30chess.com IoM Masters2.2
Vishnu Prasanna,V2522Nakamura,H27870–12016B90chess.com IoM Masters2.3
Adams,M2745Schroeder,J2514½–½2016C78chess.com IoM Masters2.4
Khmelniker,I2493Eljanov,P2741½–½2016A29chess.com IoM Masters2.5
Rodshtein,M2687Hillarp Persson,T25131–02016E90chess.com IoM Masters2.6
Puranik,A2471Vidit,S26860–12016A07chess.com IoM Masters2.7
Naiditsch,A2684Zumsande,M24901–02016A08chess.com IoM Masters2.8
Trent,L2463Shirov,A26790–12016C84chess.com IoM Masters2.9
Movsesian,S2677Batsiashvili,N24801–02016C55chess.com IoM Masters2.10
Paehtz,E2459Fressinet,L2676½–½2016B09chess.com IoM Masters2.11
Sargissian,G2670Illingworth,M24651–02016D27chess.com IoM Masters2.12
Romanishin,O2456Melkumyan,H2653½–½2016A05chess.com IoM Masters2.13
Praggnanandhaa,R2442Hou,Y26490–12016B83chess.com IoM Masters2.14
Granda Zuniga,J2648Lou,Y2458½–½2016A05chess.com IoM Masters2.15
Daulyte,D2429Meier,G2648½–½2016C07chess.com IoM Masters2.16
Bachmann,A2645Kiewra,K2454½–½2016B50chess.com IoM Masters2.17
Alvarado Diaz,A2425Howell,D26440–12016A45chess.com IoM Masters2.18
Grandelius,N2642Sundararajan,K24291–02016A04chess.com IoM Masters2.19
Karavade,E2421Gupta,A2626½–½2016D85chess.com IoM Masters2.20
Van Foreest,J2615Basso,P24281–02016B12chess.com IoM Masters2.21
Tania,S2414L'Ami,E2605½–½2016D43chess.com IoM Masters2.22
Bok,B2594Gaponenko,I24211–02016B23chess.com IoM Masters2.23
Das,A2400Lenderman,A25930–12016C16chess.com IoM Masters2.24
Lalith,B2586Shvayger,Y2405½–½2016D41chess.com IoM Masters2.25
Donchenko,A2581Kojima,S2399½–½2016D11chess.com IoM Masters2.26
Brunello,S2566Wallace,P22101–02016E94chess.com IoM Masters2.27
Merry,A2388Aravindh,C25641–02016B22chess.com IoM Masters2.28
Paehtz,T2356Svane,R2552½–½2016B18chess.com IoM Masters2.29
Taylor,A2236Marin,M25690–12016A37chess.com IoM Masters2.30
Leko,P2709Karthik,V23171–02016B00chess.com IoM Masters2.31
Salem,A2650McLaren,B21491–02016A85chess.com IoM Masters2.32
Caruana,F2813Grandelius,N2642½–½2016B90chess.com IoM Masters3.1
Nakamura,H2787Van Foreest,J2615½–½2016D10chess.com IoM Masters3.2
Hou,Y2649Rodshtein,M2687½–½2016A09chess.com IoM Masters3.3
Vidit,S2686Bok,B25941–02016D90chess.com IoM Masters3.4
Shirov,A2679Brunello,S25661–02016B12chess.com IoM Masters3.5
Howell,D2644Movsesian,S2677½–½2016A29chess.com IoM Masters3.6
Lenderman,A2593Sargissian,G2670½–½2016A45chess.com IoM Masters3.7
So,W2794Merry,A23881–02016E80chess.com IoM Masters3.8
Harika,D2528Adams,M27450–12016C50chess.com IoM Masters3.9
Eljanov,P2741Gagare,S24801–02016C11chess.com IoM Masters3.10
Schroeder,J2514Leko,P2709½–½2016B90chess.com IoM Masters3.11
Fressinet,L2676Khmelniker,I24931–02016C50chess.com IoM Masters3.12
Melkumyan,H2653Paehtz,E24590–12016D45chess.com IoM Masters3.13
Kiewra,K2454Granda Zuniga,J26480–12016A45chess.com IoM Masters3.14
Meier,G2648Romanishin,O2456½–½2016D73chess.com IoM Masters3.15
Lou,Y2458Bachmann,A2645½–½2016D25chess.com IoM Masters3.16
Gupta,A2626Daulyte,D24291–02016E06chess.com IoM Masters3.17
L'Ami,E2605Karavade,E24211–02016D31chess.com IoM Masters3.18
Kojima,S2399Lalith,B2586½–½2016A15chess.com IoM Masters3.19
Shvayger,Y2405Donchenko,A2581½–½2016B91chess.com IoM Masters3.20
Marin,M2569Tania,S2414½–½2016E06chess.com IoM Masters3.21
Svane,R2552Mannion,S2313½–½2016A20chess.com IoM Masters3.22
Aravindh,C2564Paehtz,T23561–02016C15chess.com IoM Masters3.23
Wang,H2701Van Foreest,L23500–12016A18chess.com IoM Masters3.24
Wallace,J2355Shyam,S2552½–½2016D38chess.com IoM Masters3.25
Kavutskiy,K2332Sunilduth Lyna,N25360–12016E32chess.com IoM Masters3.26
Peek,M2319Vishnu Prasanna,V2522½–½2016D43chess.com IoM Masters3.27
Hillarp Persson,T2513Jackson,J23111–02016A61chess.com IoM Masters3.28
Zumsande,M2490Enkhtuul,A23020–12016B50chess.com IoM Masters3.29
Batsiashvili,N2480Webb,L22801–02016A58chess.com IoM Masters3.30
Von Meijenfeldt,B2265Puranik,A24710–12016C03chess.com IoM Masters3.31
Illingworth,M2465Rakesh,K22471–02016D00chess.com IoM Masters3.32
Shirov,A2679Vidit,S26861–02016B12chess.com IoM Masters4.1
Salem,A2650Caruana,F2813½–½2016D16chess.com IoM Masters4.2
Granda Zuniga,J2648So,W27940–12016A29chess.com IoM Masters4.3
Grandelius,N2642Nakamura,H2787½–½2016D56chess.com IoM Masters4.4
Adams,M2745Hou,Y2649½–½2016B91chess.com IoM Masters4.5
Paehtz,E2459Eljanov,P27410–12016B33chess.com IoM Masters4.6
Rodshtein,M2687Howell,D26441–02016C50chess.com IoM Masters4.7
Naiditsch,A2684Gupta,A26261–02016A48chess.com IoM Masters4.8
Movsesian,S2677Lenderman,A25931–02016C11chess.com IoM Masters4.9
Van Foreest,J2615Fressinet,L2676½–½2016C45chess.com IoM Masters4.10
Sargissian,G2670L'Ami,E2605½–½2016E17chess.com IoM Masters4.11
Leko,P2709Trent,L24631–02016B76chess.com IoM Masters4.12
Praggnanandhaa,R2442Meier,G2648½–½2016C00chess.com IoM Masters4.13
Bachmann,A2645Romanishin,O24561–02016A22chess.com IoM Masters4.14
Bok,B2594Lou,Y24581–02016E60chess.com IoM Masters4.15
Lalith,B2586Tarjan,J24201–02016D37chess.com IoM Masters4.16
Donchenko,A2581Tania,S2414½–½2016E17chess.com IoM Masters4.17
Das,A2400Marin,M2569½–½2016C15chess.com IoM Masters4.18
Brunello,S2566Shvayger,Y2405½–½2016D41chess.com IoM Masters4.19
Houska,J2386Aravindh,C2564½–½2016D30chess.com IoM Masters4.20
Merry,A2388Svane,R2552½–½2016B18chess.com IoM Masters4.21
Sunilduth Lyna,N2536Kojima,S23991–02016D94chess.com IoM Masters4.22
Arakhamia-Grant,K2376Schroeder,J2514½–½2016C48chess.com IoM Masters4.23
Hemant,S2371Hillarp Persson,T25131–02016A14chess.com IoM Masters4.24
Van Foreest,L2350Batsiashvili,N24800–12016C55chess.com IoM Masters4.25
Puranik,A2471Mannion,S2313½–½2016C91chess.com IoM Masters4.26
Enkhtuul,A2302Illingworth,M24650–12016D23chess.com IoM Masters4.27
Rodshtein,T2207Melkumyan,H26530–12016B06chess.com IoM Masters4.28
Shyam,S2552Harsha,B23631–02016C65chess.com IoM Masters4.29
Paehtz,T2356Harika,D25280–12016C03chess.com IoM Masters4.30
Vishnu Prasanna,V2522Wallace,J23550–12016B90chess.com IoM Masters4.31
Khmelniker,I2493Peek,M23191–02016A21chess.com IoM Masters4.32
So,W2794Rodshtein,M2687½–½2016D11chess.com IoM Masters5.1
Eljanov,P2741Naiditsch,A26841–02016C19chess.com IoM Masters5.2
Caruana,F2813Movsesian,S26771–02016B48chess.com IoM Masters5.3
Nakamura,H2787Bok,B25940–12016E60chess.com IoM Masters5.4
Grandelius,N2642Adams,M2745½–½2016D58chess.com IoM Masters5.5
Van Foreest,J2615Leko,P27091–02016C50chess.com IoM Masters5.6
Vidit,S2686Lalith,B25861–02016D37chess.com IoM Masters5.7
Fressinet,L2676Sunilduth Lyna,N2536½–½2016A05chess.com IoM Masters5.8
Batsiashvili,N2480Sargissian,G2670½–½2016E32chess.com IoM Masters5.9
L'Ami,E2605Salem,A2650½–½2016A34chess.com IoM Masters5.10
Hou,Y2649Hemant,S23711–02016B23chess.com IoM Masters5.11
Illingworth,M2465Bachmann,A26451–02016B08chess.com IoM Masters5.12
Melkumyan,H2653Praggnanandhaa,R24421–02016B51chess.com IoM Masters5.13
Sundararajan,K2429Granda Zuniga,J26481–02016A07chess.com IoM Masters5.14
Meier,G2648Paehtz,E2459½–½2016A05chess.com IoM Masters5.15
Howell,D2644Daulyte,D24291–02016E62chess.com IoM Masters5.16
Gupta,A2626Alvarado Diaz,A24251–02016A81chess.com IoM Masters5.17
Lenderman,A2593Karavade,E2421½–½2016A20chess.com IoM Masters5.18
Gaponenko,I2421Donchenko,A2581½–½2016B22chess.com IoM Masters5.19
Marin,M2569Merry,A2388½–½2016A15chess.com IoM Masters5.20
Tania,S2414Brunello,S25660–12016E11chess.com IoM Masters5.21
Aravindh,C2564Das,A2400½–½2016C42chess.com IoM Masters5.22
Shvayger,Y2405Shyam,S2552½–½2016C48chess.com IoM Masters5.23
Svane,R2552Houska,J23861–02016E01chess.com IoM Masters5.24
Harika,D2528Arakhamia-Grant,K23761–02016E69chess.com IoM Masters5.25
Schroeder,J2514Balint,V2334½–½2016C55chess.com IoM Masters5.26
Wallace,J2355Khmelniker,I2493½–½2016A15chess.com IoM Masters5.27
Karthik,V2317Puranik,A24710–12016A05chess.com IoM Masters5.28
Mannion,S2313Hillarp Persson,T2513½–½2016C03chess.com IoM Masters5.29
Kavutskiy,K2332Zumsande,M2490½–½2016D11chess.com IoM Masters5.30
Trent,L2463L'Ami,A23221–02016A45chess.com IoM Masters5.31
Ushenina,A2459Jackson,J23111–02016E08chess.com IoM Masters5.32
Eljanov,P2741Shirov,A26791–02016A07chess.com IoM Masters6.1
Hou,Y2649Caruana,F28130–12016C50chess.com IoM Masters6.2
Bok,B2594So,W2794½–½2016B12chess.com IoM Masters6.3
Rodshtein,M2687Van Foreest,J26151–02016E60chess.com IoM Masters6.4
Illingworth,M2465Vidit,S26860–12016B33chess.com IoM Masters6.5
Adams,M2745Gupta,A26261–02016C07chess.com IoM Masters6.6
Naiditsch,A2684L'Ami,E26051–02016A25chess.com IoM Masters6.7
Movsesian,S2677Svane,R2552½–½2016C11chess.com IoM Masters6.8
Brunello,S2566Fressinet,L2676½–½2016A90chess.com IoM Masters6.9
Sargissian,G2670Harika,D2528½–½2016D45chess.com IoM Masters6.10
Sunilduth Lyna,N2536Melkumyan,H2653½–½2016E15chess.com IoM Masters6.11
Salem,A2650Batsiashvili,N24801–02016E40chess.com IoM Masters6.12
Sundararajan,K2429Howell,D26440–12016E60chess.com IoM Masters6.13
Puranik,A2471Grandelius,N26420–12016A07chess.com IoM Masters6.14
Paehtz,E2459Nakamura,H27870–12016A85chess.com IoM Masters6.15
Leko,P2709Lou,Y24581–02016C11chess.com IoM Masters6.16
Karavade,E2421Meier,G2648½–½2016E32chess.com IoM Masters6.17
Bachmann,A2645Gaponenko,I24211–02016A46chess.com IoM Masters6.18
Romanishin,O2456Lenderman,A2593½–½2016A14chess.com IoM Masters6.19
Lalith,B2586Wallace,J23550–12016A15chess.com IoM Masters6.20
Donchenko,A2581Tarjan,J24201–02016E01chess.com IoM Masters6.21
Hemant,S2371Marin,M25691–02016A36chess.com IoM Masters6.22
Mannion,S2313Aravindh,C25640–12016B93chess.com IoM Masters6.23
Shyam,S2552Kojima,S2399½–½2016B01chess.com IoM Masters6.24
Schroeder,J2514Shvayger,Y2405½–½2016B33chess.com IoM Masters6.25
Khmelniker,I2493Balint,V23340–12016D02chess.com IoM Masters6.26
Trent,L2463Von Meijenfeldt,B22651–02016A45chess.com IoM Masters6.27
Das,A2400Ushenina,A2459½–½2016B31chess.com IoM Masters6.28
Merry,A2388Granda Zuniga,J26480–12016B31chess.com IoM Masters6.29
Vishnu Prasanna,V2522Harsha,B23631–02016A29chess.com IoM Masters6.30
Hillarp Persson,T2513Kavutskiy,K23321–02016E91chess.com IoM Masters6.31
Arakhamia-Grant,K2376Zumsande,M24900–12016C11chess.com IoM Masters6.32

Top Pairings of round 7

Bo. No.   Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts.   Name Rtg No.
1 9 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2686 5   5½ GM Eljanov Pavel 2741 5
2 1 GM Caruana Fabiano 2813 5   5 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2687 8
3 2 GM So Wesley 2794 4½   4½ GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2650 16
4 21 GM Howell David W L 2644 4½   4½ GM Adams Michael 2745 4
5 22 GM Grandelius Nils 2642 4½   4½ GM Naiditsch Arkadij 2684 10
6 26 GM Bok Benjamin 2594 4½   4½ GM Shirov Alexei 2679 11
7 3 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2787 4   4 GM Brunello Sabino 2566 31
8 32 GM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. 2564 4   4 GM Leko Peter 2709 6
9 35 GM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan 2536 4   4 GM Movsesian Sergei 2677 12
10 13 GM Fressinet Laurent 2676 4   4 GM Illingworth Max 2465 46
11 34 GM Svane Rasmus 2552 4   4 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2670 14
12 15 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2653 4   4 IM Trent Lawrence 2463 47
13 36 GM Harika Dronavalli 2528 4   4 GM Hou Yifan 2649 17
14 74 IM Wallace John Paul 2355 4   4 GM Bachmann Axel 2645 20
15 24 GM Van Foreest Jorden 2615 4   4   Hemant Sharma (del) 2371 71
16 76   Balint Vilmos 2334 4   4 GM Donchenko Alexander 2581 29
17 18 GM Granda Zuniga Julio E 2648 3½   3½ GM Romanishin Oleg M 2456 51
18 19 GM Meier Georg 2648 3½   3½ IM Visakh N R 2456 52
19 23 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2626 3½   3½ IM Praggnanandhaa R 2442 54
20 25 GM L'ami Erwin 2605 3½   3½ GM Sundararajan Kidambi 2429 55
21 27 GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2593 3½   3½ IM Tania Sachdev 2414 62
22 48 GM Ushenina Anna 2459 3½   3½ GM Shyam Sundar M. 2552 33
23 53 IM Kiewra Keaton F 2454 3½   3½ GM Vishnu Prasanna. V 2522 37
24 65 IM Kojima Shinya 2399 3½   3½ GM Schroeder Jan-Christian 2514 38
25 63 WIM Shvayger Yuliya 2405 3½   3½ GM Hillarp Persson Tiger 2513 39

 

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Johannes 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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