Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

[Wayne Komer]

Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

November 27, 2017

The Festival takes place from Monday 22 January to Thursday 1 February 2018

The schedule for the Masters Tournament is:

Tue Jan 23 Round 1 15:00
Wed Jan 24 Round 2 15:00
Thu Jan 25 Round 3 15:00
Fri Jan 26 Round 4 15:00
Sat Jan 27 Round 5 15:00
Sun Jan 28 Round 6 15:00
Mon Jan 29 Round 7 15:00
Tue Jan 30 Round 8 15:00
Wed Jan 31 Round 9 15:00
Thu Feb 01 Round 10 11:00 (followed by play-off for 1st Prize, if required)

When it is 15:00 in Gibraltar, it is 9:00 AM in Toronto/Montreal

http://www.gibchess.com/index.htm

The list of players for the Masters is pending

Gibraltar Masters

Rate of play: 40 moves in 100 minutes plus 20 moves in 50 minutes plus 15 minutes for all remaining moves with 30 seconds per move added from the start.

The first prize may not be shared.

In the event of a tie for first place, there shall be a play-off. If there are four or fewer players tied for first place, there will be a speed knock-out play-off for the first prize of Ł25,000.

If three players tie for first place, the player with the highest performance rating will be seeded directly into the Final of the Play-Off; the other two players will contest the Semi-Final.

If more than four players tie for first place, the four players with the highest performance ratings shall qualify for the play-off to decide the first prize.

All other prizes shall be shared where players have the same score (except the Women’s First Prize).

Women's Awards

If there is a tie for the top women’s prize, the tie is resolved in favour of the woman with the highest performance rating, who will receive the prize of Ł15,000. All other prizes will not be subject to a tiebreak and prize money other than the first prize will be divided equally amongst the players.

Masters Regulations: Important!

Draws by mutual agreement in fewer than 30 moves are not allowed. There must be no pre-arranged or tacit agreements to draw games of any length, by repetition or otherwise.

Warning: penalties may involve loss of prize money.

Byes:

Players who wish to take up to two half-point byes in rounds 1-7 of the Masters may do so, provided they give adequate notice, but the second requested bye makes a player ineligible for a prize. No player may request a bye in the last three rounds.

The Opening Ceremony and drawing of lots will take place at 20.30hrs on Monday 22 January 2018 in the main restaurant.

Please note that Round 10 starts at 11.00hrs on the final day (not at 15.00hrs as with rounds 1-9).
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A Brief History of Gibraltar

Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. A peninsula with an area of 6.843 square kilometres (2.642 sq mi), it has a northern border with Andalusia, Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region. At its foot is the densely populated city area, home to almost 30,000 Gibraltarians and other nationalities.

An Anglo-Dutch force captured Gibraltar in 1704 during the War of the Spanish Succession. The territory was subsequently ceded to Britain by Spain "in perpetuity" under the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. It was an important base for the British Royal Navy; today its economy is based largely on tourism, financial services, and shipping.

The sovereignty of Gibraltar is a major point of contention in Anglo-Spanish relations as Spain asserts a claim to the territory. Gibraltarians resoundingly rejected proposals for Spanish sovereignty in referenda held in 1967 and 2002. Under its 2006 constitution Gibraltar governs its own affairs, though some powers, such as defence and foreign relations, remain the responsibility of the UK Government

Evidence of Neanderthal habitation in Gibraltar between 128,000 and 24,000 BC has been discovered at Gorham's Cave, making Gibraltar the last known holdout of the Neanderthals. Within recorded history, the first inhabitants were the Phoenicians, around 950 BC. Subsequently, Gibraltar became known as one of the Pillars of Hercules, after the Greek legend of the creation of the Strait of Gibraltar by Heracles. The Carthaginians and Romans also established semi-permanent settlements. After the collapse of the Roman Empire, Gibraltar came briefly under the control of the Vandals. The area later formed part of the Visigothic Kingdom of Hispania until the Islamic conquest of Iberia in 711 AD. Seven centuries of Arab Muslims control ended when Gibraltar was recaptured by the Duke of Medina Sidonia in 1462 as part of the Spanish Reconquista.

Gibraltar is a British overseas territory. The British Nationality Act 1981 granted Gibraltarians full British citizenship.
Under its current Constitution, Gibraltar has almost complete internal democratic self-government through an elected parliament, elected for a term of up to four years. The unicameral Parliament presently consists of seventeen elected members, and the Speaker who is not elected, but appointed by a resolution of the Parliament.

The Government consists of ten elected members. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who is represented by the Governor of Gibraltar. Defence, foreign policy and internal security are formally the responsibility of the Governor; judicial and other appointments are also made on behalf of the Queen in consultation with the head of the elected government.

[Wayne Komer]

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Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

December 12, 2017

Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2018 – Masters

Last update 12.12.2017 23:36:16

Starting rank

No. Name FED Rtg

1 GM Aronian Levon ARM 2805
2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2789
3 GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2781
4 GM Harikrishna P. IND 2744
5 GM Navara David CZE 2740
6 GM Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2726
7 GM Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2722
8 GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof POL 2717
9 GM Adams Michael ENG 2715
10 GM Cheparinov Ivan FID 2710
11 GM Wang Hao CHN 2709
12 GM Rapport Richard HUN 2707
13 GM Gelfand Boris ISR 2697
14 GM Dubov Daniil RUS 2683
15 GM Short Nigel D ENG 2678
16 GM Howell David W L ENG 2676
17 GM Sutovsky Emil ISR 2673
18 GM Bruzon Batista Lazaro CUB 2672
19 GM Saric Ivan CRO 2669
20 GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2666
21 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo VEN 2665
22 GM Piorun Kacper POL 2651
23 GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2647
24 GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2646
25 GM Banusz Tamas HUN 2629
26 GM Zvjaginsev Vadim RUS 2629
27 GM Bosiocic Marin CRO 2624
28 GM Georgiev Kiril FID 2623
29 GM Edouard Romain FRA 2621
30 GM Gledura Benjamin HUN 2613
31 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2610
32 GM Vocaturo Daniele ITA 2609
33 GM Bindrich Falko GER 2604
34 GM Papp Gabor HUN 2602
35 GM Svane Rasmus GER 2597
36 GM Huschenbeth Niclas GER 2594
37 GM Gopal G.N. IND 2593
38 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2588
39 GM Buhmann Rainer GER 2584
40 GM Muzychuk Anna UKR 2582
41 GM Ibarra Jerez Jose Carlos ESP 2577
42 GM Moussard Jules FRA 2576
43 GM Tregubov Pavel V. RUS 2575
44 GM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan IND 2573
45 GM Donchenko Alexander GER 2569
46 GM Ju Wenjun CHN 2567
47 GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2566
48 GM Grigoriants Sergey RUS 2561
49 GM Huzman Alexander ISR 2561
50 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra RUS 2557
51 GM Michalik Peter CZE 2557
52 GM Peralta Fernando ARG 2556
53 GM Perez Ponsa Federico ARG 2553
54 GM Pichot Alan ARG 2552
55 GM Baron Tal ISR 2548
56 GM Kaidanov Gregory USA 2548
57 GM Lagno Kateryna RUS 2547
58 GM Muzychuk Mariya UKR 2544
59 GM Lalith Babu M R IND 2542
60 GM Libiszewski Fabien FRA 2540
61 GM Spraggett Kevin CAN 2534
62 GM Swapnil S. Dhopade IND 2533
63 GM Dvirnyy Danyyil ITA 2532
64 GM Moroni Luca Jr ITA 2530
65 GM Lei Tingjie CHN 2528
66 GM Antal Gergely HUN 2523
67 GM Dzagnidze Nana GEO 2522
68 IM Praggnanandhaa R IND 2517
69 IM Abdusattorov Nodirbek UZB 2516
70 GM Steinberg Nitzan ISR 2512
71 GM Al-Sayed Mohammed FID 2511
72 GM Gunina Valentina RUS 2510
73 IM Santos Ruiz Miguel ESP 2509
74 GM Cuenca Jimenez Jose Fernando ESP 2508
75 IM Nihal Sarin IND 2507
76 IM Bellahcene Bilel FRA 2504
77 IM Batsiashvili Nino GEO 2502
78 GM Kollars Dmitrij GER 2501
79 GM Stefanova Antoaneta FID 2500
80 IM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian NOR 2495
81 GM Gagare Shardul IND 2494
82 IM Suarez Gomez Julio ESP 2486
83 WGM Goryachkina Aleksandra RUS 2486
84 IM Xu Yi CHN 2482
85 IM Zanan Evgeny ISR 2482
86 GM Kobo Ori ISR 2477
87 GM Salomon Johan NOR 2475
88 IM Almagro Llamas Pablo ESP 2475
89 IM Abel Dennes GER 2473
90 GM Studer Noel SUI 2467
91 IM Paehtz Elisabeth GER 2464
92 IM Lou Yiping CHN 2462
93 IM Saduakassova Dinara KAZ 2460
94 IM Dragnev Valentin AUT 2458
95 IM Prasanna Raghuram Rao IND 2458
96 IM Cernousek Lukas CZE 2456
97 GM Akesson Ralf SWE 2450
98 GM Cramling Pia SWE 2450
99 IM Grinberg Eyal ISR 2448
100 IM Cawdery Daniel RSA 2447
101 GM Zhukova Natalia UKR 2444
102 IM Docx Stefan BEL 2440
103 FM Gavrilescu David ROU 2437
104 GM Tarjan James USA 2432
105 IM Swayams Mishra IND 2432
106 IM Wemmers Xander NED 2431
107 IM Vega Gutierrez Sabrina ESP 2427
108 IM Gaehwiler Gabriel SUI 2426
109 FM Ladron De Guevara Pinto Paolo ESP 2422
110 IM Sonis Francesco ITA 2420
111 Henderson De La Fuente Lance ESP 2419
112 IM Pigott John C ENG 2418
113 IM Kozak Adam HUN 2417
114 IM Wallace John Paul AUS 2415
115 GM Solomon Kenny RSA 2412
116 IM Khademalsharieh Sarasadat IRI 2406
117 IM Keymer Vincent GER 2405
118 WGM Hoolt Sarah GER 2405

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr3012...1&zeilen=99999

[Hans Jung]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Any other Canadians?

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

January 5, 2018

The “Who’s Playing” tables are up on the website at:

https://www.gibchess.com/whos-playing?tournament=1

and there appear currently to be no Canadians playing in the Challengers A & B and Amateurs A & B and only Kevin Spraggett in the Masters.

And this note on the broadcast:

Live commentaries on the leading Masters' games take place in the Archie Suite (past the Catalan Lounge on the ground floor), hosted by GM Simon Williams and IM Jovanka Houska. All are welcome.

[Wayne Komer]

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Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

January 20, 2018

The first round of the Masters tournament begins at 15:00 (local) on Tuesday, Jan. 23.

The Gibraltar Chronicle has a feature on Ramesh Praggnanandhaa's quest for a GM norm at the tournament.

http://chronicle.gi/2018/01/young-ch...ar-tournament/

Praggu, as he is known, needs a strong performance at Gibraltar if he has any chance of breaking the long-standing mark.

Yet time is running out for the boy from Chennai, India.

The current record stands at 12 years, seven months and is held by the Russian world title challenger Sergey Karjakin, who is not competing at Gibraltar.

Praggu has until March 10 to beat that milestone and Gibraltar represents one of the last elite-level tournaments left where is will be able to pick up a GM "norm" to qualify.

Praggu already has one "norm", or high-level performance, but needs two more. He is currently in Charlotte, US, North Carolina, at a tournament hoping to pick up his second before heading to Gibraltar where failure would make it nearly impossible.

Praggu will be up against some of the biggest names in the game at this year's Gibraltar Masters, a 10-round open event held at The Caleta Hotel.

"There are some big names but all eyes will definitely be on Praggu, and he's really up against it," said David Kramaley, who runs chess learning site Chessable. "It's a real battle against the clock for him and Gibraltar could be his last chance."

"If he manages to break the record that will be an incredible feat and a big honour for the Gibraltar festival which is already firmly established as one of the most important events in the chess calendar."

On January 10 the super talent will be exactly 12 years and five months old, meaning he has just two months left to qualify.

[Wayne Komer]

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Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

January 22, 2018

Round One Pairings

Bo. Name Rtg Result Name Rtg

1 IM Gara Anita 2350 - GM Aronian Levon 2797
2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2793 - FM Blohberger Felix 2367
3 FM Tate Alan 2358 - GM Nakamura Hikaru 2781
4 GM Navara David 2749 - GM Paehtz Thomas 2356
5 IM Hemant Sharma (Del) 2348 - GM Harikrishna P. 2745
6 GM Le Quang Liem 2737 - FM Prithu Gupta 2373
7 IM Devereaux Maxim L 2370 - GM Vitiugov Nikita 2732
8 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2726 - FM Bjerre Jonas Buhl 2367
9 IM Lazarne Vajda Szidonia 2362 - GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2724
10 GM Wang Hao 2711 - IM Perez Garcia Alejandro 2357
11 IM Renman Nils-Gustaf 2350 - GM Adams Michael 2709
12 GM Rapport Richard 2700 - FM Gandrud Vegar Koi 2346
13 FM Lombaers Peter 2345 - GM Cheparinov Ivan 2699
14 GM Gelfand Boris 2697 - IM Bellin Robert 2343
15 IM Quillan Gary 2340 - GM Dubov Daniil 2694
16 GM Howell David W L 2682 - GM Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel 2334
17 WGM Gara Ticia 2331 - GM Short Nigel D 2681
18 GM Motylev Alexander 2673 - FM Sanchez Jerez Emilio Miguel 2330
19 FM Horvath Dominik 2329 - GM Sutovsky Emil 2673
20 GM Anton Guijarro David 2666 - IM Padmini Rout 2325
21 WGM Papp Petra 2324 - GM Saric Ivan 2664
22 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo 2650 - WIM Garcia Martin Marta 2323
23 FM Sadhwani Raunak 2321 - GM Akobian Varuzhan 2647
24 GM Grandelius Nils 2647 - IM Perez Garcia Rodney Oscar 2320
25 FM Lopez Mulet Inigo 2318 - GM Sethuraman S.P. 2646
26 GM Banusz Tamas 2641 - IM Povah Nigel E 2310
27 FM Goriatchkin Jouri 2310 - GM Bosiocic Marin 2628
28 GM Georgiev Kiril 2623 - WGM Rapport Jovana 2305
29 FM De Haan Eric 2304 - GM Edouard Romain 2613
30 GM Gledura Benjamin 2612 - FM Merario Alarcon Andres 2298
31 FM De Francesco Klaus 2287 - GM Gupta Abhijeet 2610
32 GM Vocaturo Daniele 2609 - IM Mannion Stephen R 2285
33 FM Perez Flavio 2279 - GM Oparin Grigoriy 2607
34 GM Papp Gabor 2607 - FM Bergstrom Rolf 2276
35 Bliumberg Vladislav 2276 - GM Bindrich Falko 2605
36 GM Svane Rasmus 2595 - WIM Heinemann Josefine 2270
37 IM Mohota Nisha 2269 - GM Gopal G.N. 2593
38 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. 2588 - FM Schwartz Ylon 2267
39 FM Antova Gabriela 2260 - GM Buhmann Rainer 2587
40 GM Huschenbeth Niclas 2587 - IM Meszaros Andras 2258
41 FM Yoo Christopher Woojin 2254 - GM Donchenko Alexander 2580
42 GM Sandipan Chanda 2579 - Lercel Michal 2252
43 FM Gavilan Diaz Mario 2251 - GM Ibarra Jerez Jose Carlos 2577
44 GM Tregubov Pavel V. 2575 - Mifsud T. 2250
45 Oglaza Oskar 2245 - GM Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan 2573
46 GM Ju Wenjun 2572 - FM Plotkin Victor 2242
47 WIM Nandhidhaa Pv 2238 - GM Moussard Jules 2571
48 GM Muzychuk Anna 2571 - FM Serarols Mabras Bernat 2235
49 WGM Maisuradze Nino 2234 - FM Esipenko Andrey 2571
50 GM Grigoriants Sergey 2568 - FM Kvisla Johannes Luangtep 2234
51 WGM Paramzina Anastasya 2225 - GM Huzman Alexander 2561
52 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2561 - WIM Richards Heather S 2223
53 IM Estrada Nieto Julian 2222 - GM Peralta Fernando 2559
54 GM Lagno Kateryna 2556 - Midonet Matthieu 2213
55 Semprun Martinez Fernando 2209 - GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 2554
56 GM Michalik Peter 2553 - Longa Yauca Javier 2198
57 FM Van Zyl-Rudd Jack 2197 - GM Perez Ponsa Federico 2553
58 GM Pichot Alan 2552 - CM Walton Alan J 2194
59 Gonzalez Gonzalez Alfonso 2192 - GM Deac Bogdan-Daniel 2549
60 GM Baron Tal 2548 - Bendayan Claros Aaron 2191
61 Barthel Ansgar 2187 - GM Kaidanov Gregory 2548
62 GM Moroni Luca Jr 2547 - Pinho Paulo 2186
63 Barraza Caracuel Ignacio 2185 - GM Lalith Babu M R 2542
64 GM Muzychuk Mariya 2540 - Guthrie David 2181
65 WIM Sahl Sheila Barth 2178 - GM Mikhalevski Victor 2538
66 GM Epishin Vladimir 2536 - Weisbuch Udi 2177
67 Lochte Thomas 2169 - GM Dvirnyy Danyyil 2534
68 GM Swapnil S. Dhopade 2533 - WIM Makka Ioulia 2167
69 FM Baert Andy 2164 - GM Lei Tingjie 2531
70 GM Libiszewski Fabien 2530 - WFM Movileanu Daniela 2163
71 Verneuil Pascal 2159 - IM Nihal Sarin 2524
72 GM Antal Gergely 2522 - Bopp Thomas Dr. 2154
73 Pein Jonathan 2153 - GM Dzagnidze Nana 2522
74 IM Praggnanandhaa R 2515 - De Graaf Dick 2152
75 Maloberti David 2148 - GM Steinberg Nitzan 2512

In the Challengers A Tournament, David Coleman - Victor Plotkin was a draw and Victor is scheduled tomorrw:

13 Plotkin, Victor (2242) - Fathallah, Joe (1962)

He also seems to be scheduled to play on board 46 of the Masters tomorrow. How can this be?

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

He also seems to be scheduled to play on board 46 of the Masters tomorrow. How can this be?

That only Canadians can do after practicing in weekend opens :) As I see the schedule - Challengers play in morning (9:45) and only 5 days , Master afternoon (15) (9 days).

[Andrei Botez]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Any other Canadians?

46 GM Ju Wenjun 2572 - FM Plotkin Victor 2242

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

January 23, 2018

Round One

Jovanka Housa and Simon Williams are the commentators.

A bloody ending!

The final position of Quillan - Dubov:



Gibraltar Masters 2018
Round 1, Jan. 23
Quillan, Gary - Dubov, Daniil
B06 Robatsch Defence, Three Pawns Attack

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.f4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.c3 Nd7 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O Ne7 8.Qe1 O-O 9.Bb3 Bxf3 10.Rxf3 c5 11.Be3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nf6 13.Nc3 Ng4 14.Rd1 Qb6 15.Na4 Qa6 16.Bc1 b5 17.Nc3 Qb6 18.Qh4 Nf6 19.g4 Qb7 20.Rh3 h5 21.gxh5 Nxh5 22.f5 exf5 23.exf5 Nxf5 24.Qg5 Ne7 25.Rxh5 gxh5 26.Rd2 d5 27.Nxd5 Rfe8 28.Rg2 Ng6 29.Nf6+ Kf8 30.Nh7+ Kg8 31.Qxg6 1-0

Only a draw in Gara-Aronian

Round 1, Jan. 23
Gara, Anita - Aronian, Levon
B08 Pirc, Classical System

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Be2 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.O-O a6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bf4 Nc6 9.h3 e6 10.Qc1 Kh7 11.e5 dxe5 12.dxe5 Nd7 13.Rd1 Qe7 14.Qe3 Qc5 15.Qe4 Qb4 16.Qxb4 Nxb4 17.Rd2 Nc6 18.Re1 Ndxe5 19.Nxe5 Nxe5 20.Bf1 Nc6 21.Bxc7 b5 22.Ne4 f5 23.Nd6 e5 24.c4 e4 25.cxb5 axb5 26.Bxb5 Ne5 27.Nxc8 Rfxc8 28.Bxe5 Bxe5 29.a4 h5 30.g3 Rc5 31.Kg2 Rac8 32.b3 Kh6 33.Ree2 h4 34.Bc4 hxg3 35.fxg3 R8c7 36.Rd8 Bc3 37.Rc2 Ba5 38.Rd6 Re7 39.Re2 Bc7 40.Rd1 g5 41.Rd5 Rxd5 42.Bxd5 Re5 1/2-1/2

The other top players do the job:

Round 1, Jan. 23
MVL - Blohberger, Felix
C11 French, Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 a6 8.Ne2 Qb6 9.Qc1 g5 10.fxg5 cxd4 11.Nexd4 Ncxe5 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.c3 Ng4 14.Be2 Nxe3 15.Qxe3 Bg7 16.O-O e5 17.Nf5 Qxe3+ 18.Nxe3 Be6 19.c4 d4 20.Nf5 Bf8 21.Bd3 h6 22.g6 fxg6 23.Nh4 g5 24.Ng6 Bg7 25.Nxh8 Bxh8 26.b3 Rd8 27.Be4 b6 28.Kf2 Ke7 29.Ke2 Kd6 30.Kd3 Bg7 31.Rac1 Rb8 32.Rc2 a5 33.Rfc1 Kc7 34.Rf1 Kd6 35.a3 b5 36.c5+ Kc7 37.b4 a4 38.Rcf2 Bc4+ 39.Kd2 Rd8 40.Rc1 Rd7 41.Rxc4 bxc4 42.b5 d3 43.b6+ Kd8 44.c6 c3+ 45.Kxc3 d2 46.Rxd2 1-0

Round 1, Jan. 23
Tate, Alan - Nakamura, Hikaru
A004 Reti Opening

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bd3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.Re1 Nc6 7.d5 Nb8 8.c4 e5 9.Nc3 h6 10.c5 Ne8 11.b4 f5 12.Nd2 Nd7 13.c6 bxc6 14.dxc6 Ndf6 15.Bc4+ Kh8 16.Nf3 fxe4 17.Nxe5 Kh7 18.Nf7 Qe7 19.Qb3 d5 20.Nxd5 Qxf7 21.Nb6 Nd5 0-1

Round 1, Jan. 23
Navara, David - Paehtz, Thomas
E90 King's Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.h3 Na6 7.Bg5 c5 8.d5 e6 9.Bd3 Nb4 10.Be2 h6 11.Be3 exd5 12.cxd5 Re8 13.Nd2 Bd7 14.O-O Rb8 15.Bf4 Qe7 16.Re1 b5 17.a3 Na6 18.a4 Nc7 19.axb5 Nxb5 20.Bxb5 Bxb5 21.Nxb5 Rxb5 22.Nc4 Rb4 23.Qd3 Rd8 24.Bd2 1-0

Round 1, Jan. 23
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Bjerre, Jonas
E11 Bogo-Indian Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e3 Bxd2 9.Qxd2 O-O 10.Nc3 Re8 11.Rad1 Qe7 12.e4 Nb6 13.b3 Bg4 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 exd4 16.Qxd4 Qe5 17.Qe3 Nbd7 18.Rfe1 Re7 19.Qd2 Rae8 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.cxd5 f5 22.exf5 Qxe1+ 23.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24.Kg2 Ra1 25.Qxa5 Ree1 26.Qxc7 Ne5 27.Qc8+ Kf7 28.Qe6+ Kf8 29.Qxd6+ Kg8 30.Qb8+ Kf7 31.Qxb7+ Kf6 32.d6 Rh1 33.Qe7+ Kxf5 34.g4+ Kf4 35.Qf8+ Kg5 36.Qf5+ Kh4 37.Qh5# 1-0

Round 1, Jan. 23
Rapport, Richard - Gandrud, Begar
B38 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Maroczy bind

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Bd7 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.Bd3 Nd7 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Rae1 Ne5 15.Be2 Qa5 16.Kh1 Nd7 17.f4 Qc5 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Nf6 20.Bd3 b5 21.b3 bxc4 22.Bxc4 Rae8 23.a4 e6 24.Bb5 Re7 25.Bc6 Rc7 26.b4 Qb6 27.a5 Qb8 28.Qd4 exd5 29.b5 a6 30.f5 axb5 31.fxg6 fxg6 32.Bxd5 Qa7 33.Qa1 b4 34.a6 Rc3 35.Bb7 Rf7 36.Qb2 Qc5 37.Ra1 Ra3 38.Rac1 Rc3 39.Qa1 Ng4 40.Rxf7+ Kxf7 41.Rf1+ Nf2+ 42.Rxf2+ Qxf2 43.a7 Qf4 44.Bd5+ Kf6 45.Qg1 Rc1 46.a8=Q Rxg1+ 47.Kxg1 Qc1+ 48.Kf2 Qd2+ 49.Kg3 Qg5+ 50.Kf3 Qh5+ 51.Kf2 Qxh2 52.Qd8+ Ke5 53.Bf3 Qf4 54.Qh8+ Kf5 55.Qxh7 Qd4+ 56.Kg3 Qe5+ 57.Kh3 Qc3 58.Qh6 Kf6 59.g3 Qc8+ 60.Bg4 Qa8 61.Bf3 Qc8+ 62.Kh4 Qc4+ 63.Bg4 Qe4 64.Qf8+ Ke5 65.Kg5 Qe3+ 66.Qf4+ Qxf4+ 67.gxf4+ Ke4 68.Bd1 d5 69.Bc2+ Ke3 70.Bxg6 d4 71.f5 d3 72.f6 b3 73.f7 b2 74.Bxd3 1-0

Round 1, Jan. 23
Gelfand, Boris - Bellin, Robert
A40 Queen's Pawn, Franco-Indian Defence

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Nd2 f5 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 a5 6.Nf3 b6 7.Ne5 Ra7 8.O-O Bb7 9.Ndf3 Bd6 10.Bg5 O-O 11.Rc1 Qe8 12.Nd3 Be7 13.c5 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.cxb6 cxb6 16.Qb3 Ra6 17.Nfe5 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 Kh7 19.a4 d6 20.Nc4 Qc6+ 21.Kg1 Bxd4 22.Nxa5 Qd7 23.Nc4 d5 24.Qb4 Bc5 25.Nxb6 Bxb4 26.Nxd7 Nxd7 27.Rc7 Nf6 28.Nxb4 Rxa4 29.Nd3 Re8 30.Rfc1 d4 31.R1c6 Nd5 32.Rd7 Raa8 33.Nc5 Nf6 34.Rdc7 Nd5 35.Rd7 Nf6 36.Rxd4 Ra1+ 37.Kg2 Rc1 38.Rdd6 Rc2 39.Nxe6 Rxe2 40.Nxg7 1-0

And Victor Plotkin is playing in the Masters too and draws with Women's World Number 2.

Round 1, Jan. 23
Ju Wenjun - Plotkin, Victor
A18 English, Mikenas-Carls, Flohr variation

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 d4 5.exf6 dxc3 6.bxc3 Qxf6 7.Nf3 c5 8.d4 h6 9.Bd3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.Qxd2 O-O 13.O-O Nc6 14.Be4 Bd7 15.c5 Rfd8 16.Rab1 Rab8 17.Rfc1 Be8 18.Qe3 Qe7 19.h4 Qc7 20.Bc2 Ne7 21.Qd3 g6 22.h5 Qf4 23.hxg6 Nxg6 24.Qe3 Qxe3 25.fxe3 Ne7 26.Ne5 b6 27.Be4 bxc5 28.Rxb8 Rxb8 29.Rxc5 Rc8 30.Kf2 f6 31.Nd3 Rxc5 32.dxc5 Bc6 33.Bxc6 Nxc6 34.Kg3 Kf7 35.Kg4 e5 36.Kh5 Ne7 37.e4 f5 38.exf5 e4 39.Nf2 e3 40.Nd3 Nxf5 41.g4 Ne7 42.Kxh6 Ke6 43.g5 Kd5 44.g6 Kd4 45.Nf4 Kxc5 46.g7 Nf5+ 47.Kg6 Nxg7 48.Kxg7 Kb4 49.Nd5+ Ka3 50.Nxe3 Kxa2 51.Kf6 1/2-1/2

Final position of Ju Wenjun - Plotkin:




Round Two pairings to come

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

January 23, 2018

Pairings Round 2

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Blomqvist Erik 2502 1 - 1 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2793
2 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2781 1 - 1 GM Gunina Valentina 2502
3 GM Debashis Das 2501 1 - 1 GM Navara David 2749
4 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2732 1 - 1 GM Gagare Shardul 2494
5 WGM Goryachkina Aleksandra 2493 1 - 1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2726
6 GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2724 1 - 1 IM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2492
7 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2489 1 - 1 GM Wang Hao 2711
8 GM Adams Michael 2709 1 - 1 IM Suarez Gomez Julio 2486
9 GM Khotenashvili Bela 2486 1 - 1 GM Rapport Richard 2700
10 IM Xu Yi 2482 1 - 1 GM Gelfand Boris 2697
11 IM Zanan Evgeny 2482 1 - 1 GM Howell David W L 2682
12 GM Kobo Ori 2477 1 - 1 GM Motylev Alexander 2673
13 GM Salomon Johan 2476 1 - 1 GM Anton Guijarro David 2666
14 GM Studer Noel 2476 1 - 1 GM Grandelius Nils 2647
15 GM Sethuraman S.P. 2646 1 - 1 IM Cernousek Lukas 2468
16 IM Saduakassova Dinara 2470 1 - 1 GM Banusz Tamas 2641
17 IM Dragnev Valentin 2466 1 - 1 GM Georgiev Kiril 2623
18 GM Edouard Romain 2613 1 - 1 GM Larino Nieto David 2464
19 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2464 1 - 1 GM Gledura Benjamin 2612
20 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2610 1 - 1 IM Lou Yiping 2462
21 GM Oparin Grigoriy 2607 1 - 1 IM Yankelevich Lev 2456
22 IM Prasanna Raghuram Rao 2458 1 - 1 GM Papp Gabor 2607
23 GM Cramling Pia 2449 1 - 1 GM Svane Rasmus 2595
24 IM Grinberg Eyal 2448 1 - 1 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. 2588
25 GM Buhmann Rainer 2587 1 - 1 IM Esserman Marc 2446
26 GM Venkatesh M.R. 2445 1 - 1 GM Huschenbeth Niclas 2587
27 GM Donchenko Alexander 2580 1 - 1 GM Zhukova Natalia 2438
28 IM Docx Stefan 2442 1 - 1 GM Tregubov Pavel V. 2575
29 GM Narayanan S. L. 2573 1 - 1 GM Tarjan James 2432
30 GM Moussard Jules 2571 1 - 1 IM Wemmers Xander 2430
31 FM Gavrilescu David 2437 1 - 1 GM Muzychuk Anna 2571
32 FM Esipenko Andrey 2571 1 - 1 IM Gaehwiler Gabriel 2428
33 IM Swayams Mishra 2432 1 - 1 GM Grigoriants Sergey 2568
34 GM Huzman Alexander 2561 1 - 1 IM Vega Gutierrez Sabrina 2427
35 GM Peralta Fernando 2559 1 - 1 IM Pigott John C 2418
36 IM Ladron De Guevara Pinto Paolo 2427 1 - 1 GM Lagno Kateryna 2556
37 GM Perez Ponsa Federico 2553 1 - 1 IM Keymer Vincent 2408
38 IM Sonis Francesco 2425 1 - 1 GM Pichot Alan 2552
39 GM Deac Bogdan-Daniel 2549 1 - 1 IM Shachar Ehud 2401
40 IM Kozak Adam 2418 1 - 1 GM Baron Tal 2548
41 GM Kaidanov Gregory 2548 1 - 1 FM Bakalchuk Johnatan 2400
42 IM Wallace John Paul 2415 1 - 1 GM Moroni Luca Jr 2547
43 GM Lalith Babu M R 2542 1 - 1 IM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2398
44 IM Melia Salome 2404 1 - 1 GM Muzychuk Mariya 2540
45 GM Mikhalevski Victor 2538 1 - 1 IM Erenberg Ariel 2382
46 WGM Hoolt Sarah 2400 1 - 1 GM Epishin Vladimir 2536
47 GM Dvirnyy Danyyil 2534 1 - 1 IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh 2380
48 IM Sukandar Irine Kharisma 2387 1 - 1 GM Swapnil S. Dhopade 2533
49 IM Stark Lars 2381 1 - 1 GM Libiszewski Fabien 2530
50 IM Nihal Sarin 2524 1 - 1 IM Haria Ravi 2374
51 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2378 1 - 1 GM Antal Gergely 2522
52 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2522 1 - 1 FM Lombaers Peter 2345
53 IM Quillan Gary 2340 1 - 1 IM Praggnanandhaa R 2515
54 GM Steinberg Nitzan 2512 1 - 1 FM Goriatchkin Jouri 2310
55 GM Kollars Dmitrij 2505 1 - 1 FM Baert Andy 2164
56 WIM Richards Heather S 2223 1 - 1 IM Batsiashvili Nino 2504
57 GM Aronian Levon 2797 1/2 - 1/2 IM Hemant Sharma (Del) 2348
58 GM Harikrishna P. 2745 1/2 - 1/2 IM Gara Anita 2350
59 WIM Garcia Martin Marta 2323 1/2 - 1/2 GM Le Quang Liem 2737
60 GM Short Nigel D 2681 1/2 - 1/2 FM Horvath Dominik 2329
61 GM Sutovsky Emil 2673 1/2 - 1/2 WGM Gara Ticia 2331
63 FM Prithu Gupta 2373 1/2 - 1/2 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo 2650
64 GM Akobian Varuzhan 2647 1/2 - 1/2 WGM Papp Petra 2324
65 Lercel Michal 2252 1/2 - 1/2 GM Vocaturo Daniele 2609
66 GM Bindrich Falko 2605 1/2 - 1/2 IM Mohota Nisha 2269
67 GM Gopal G.N. 2593 1/2 - 1/2 Bliumberg Vladislav 2276
68 IM Mannion Stephen R 2285 1/2 - 1/2 GM Sandipan Chanda 2579
69 GM Ibarra Jerez Jose Carlos 2577 1/2 - 1/2 Semprun Martinez Fernando 2209
70 Longa Yauca Javier 2198 1/2 - 1/2 GM Ju Wenjun 2572
71 GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 2554 1/2 - 1/2 FM Gavilan Diaz Mario 2251
72 FM Plotkin Victor 2242 1/2 - 1/2 GM Michalik Peter 2553

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

January 24, 2018

Round Two

Pairings/Results

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Blomqvist Erik 2502 1 1/2 - 1/2 1 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2793
2 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2781 1 1 - 0 1 GM Gunina Valentina 2502
3 GM Debashis Das 2501 1 1 - 0 1 GM Navara David 2749
4 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2732 1 0 - 1 1 GM Gagare Shardul 2494
5 WGM Goryachkina Aleksandra 2493 1 1/2 - 1/2 1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2726
6 GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2724 1 1 - 0 1 IM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2492
7 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2489 1 1 - 0 1 GM Wang Hao 2711
8 GM Adams Michael 2709 1 1 - 0 1 IM Suarez Gomez Julio 2486
9 GM Khotenashvili Bela 2486 1 0 - 1 1 GM Rapport Richard 2700
10 IM Xu Yi 2482 1 1/2 - 1/2 1 GM Gelfand Boris 2697
11 IM Zanan Evgeny 2482 1 0 - 1 1 GM Howell David W L 2682
12 GM Kobo Ori 2477 1 1/2 - 1/2 1 GM Motylev Alexander 2673
13 GM Salomon Johan 2476 1 1 - 0 1 GM Anton Guijarro David 2666
14 GM Studer Noel 2476 1 0 - 1 1 GM Grandelius Nils 2647
15 GM Sethuraman S.P. 2646 1 1 - 0 1 IM Cernousek Lukas 2468
16 IM Saduakassova Dinara 2470 1 1 - 0 1 GM Banusz Tamas 2641
17 IM Dragnev Valentin 2466 1 1 - 0 1 GM Georgiev Kiril 2623
18 GM Edouard Romain 2613 1 1 - 0 1 GM Larino Nieto David 2464
19 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2464 1 0 - 1 1 GM Gledura Benjamin 2612
20 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2610 1 1/2 - 1/2 1 IM Lou Yiping 2462
21 GM Oparin Grigoriy 2607 1 1 - 0 1 IM Yankelevich Lev 2456
22 IM Prasanna Raghuram Rao 2458 1 0 - 1 1 GM Papp Gabor 2607
23 GM Cramling Pia 2449 1 1/2 - 1/2 1 GM Svane Rasmus 2595
24 IM Grinberg Eyal 2448 1 0 - 1 1 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. 2588
25 GM Buhmann Rainer 2587 1 1 - 0 1 IM Esserman Marc 2446
26 GM Venkatesh M.R. 2445 1 1 - 0 1 GM Huschenbeth Niclas 2587
27 GM Donchenko Alexander 2580 1 1/2 - 1/2 1 GM Zhukova Natalia 2438
28 IM Docx Stefan 2442 1 1/2 - 1/2 1 GM Tregubov Pavel V. 2575
29 GM Narayanan S. L. 2573 1 1 - 0 1 GM Tarjan James 2432
30 GM Moussard Jules 2571 1 1 - 0 1 IM Wemmers Xander 2430
31 FM Gavrilescu David 2437 1 1/2 - 1/2 1 GM Muzychuk Anna 2571
32 FM Esipenko Andrey 2571 1 1 - 0 1 IM Gaehwiler Gabriel 2428
33 IM Swayams Mishra 2432 1 1/2 - 1/2 1 GM Grigoriants Sergey 2568
34 GM Huzman Alexander 2561 1 1/2 - 1/2 1 IM Vega Gutierrez Sabrina 2427
35 GM Peralta Fernando 2559 1 1 - 0 1 IM Pigott John C 2418
36 IM Ladron De Guevara Pinto Paolo 2427 1 1/2 - 1/2 1 GM Lagno Kateryna 2556
37 GM Perez Ponsa Federico 2553 1 1 - 0 1 IM Keymer Vincent 2408
38 IM Sonis Francesco 2425 1 1/2 - 1/2 1 GM Pichot Alan 2552
39 GM Deac Bogdan-Daniel 2549 1 1/2 - 1/2 1 IM Shachar Ehud 2401
40 IM Kozak Adam 2418 1 1/2 - 1/2 1 GM Baron Tal 2548
41 GM Kaidanov Gregory 2548 1 1/2 - 1/2 1 FM Bakalchuk Johnatan 2400
42 IM Wallace John Paul 2415 1 0 - 1 1 GM Moroni Luca Jr 2547
43 GM Lalith Babu M R 2542 1 1 - 0 1 IM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2398
44 IM Melia Salome 2404 1 0 - 1 1 GM Muzychuk Mariya 2540
45 GM Mikhalevski Victor 2538 1 1 - 0 1 IM Erenberg Ariel 2382
46 WGM Hoolt Sarah 2400 1 1 - 0 1 GM Epishin Vladimir 2536
47 GM Dvirnyy Danyyil 2534 1 1/2 - 1/2 1 IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh 2380
48 IM Sukandar Irine Kharisma 2387 1 0 - 1 1 GM Swapnil S. Dhopade 2533
49 IM Stark Lars 2381 1 1/2 - 1/2 1 GM Libiszewski Fabien 2530
50 IM Nihal Sarin 2524 1 1/2 - 1/2 1 IM Haria Ravi 2374
51 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2378 1 1/2 - 1/2 1 GM Antal Gergely 2522
52 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2522 1 1 - 0 1 FM Lombaers Peter 2345
53 IM Quillan Gary 2340 1 1/2 - 1/2 1 IM Praggnanandhaa R 2515
54 GM Steinberg Nitzan 2512 1 1 - 0 1 FM Goriatchkin Jouri 2310
55 GM Kollars Dmitrij 2505 1 1 - 0 1 FM Baert Andy 2164
56 WIM Richards Heather S 2223 1 0 - 1 1 IM Batsiashvili Nino 2504
57 GM Aronian Levon 2797 1/2 1 - 0 1/2 IM Hemant Sharma (Del) 2348
58 GM Harikrishna P. 2745 1/2 1/2 - 1/2 1/2 IM Gara Anita 2350
59 WIM Garcia Martin Marta 2323 1/2 0 - 1 1/2 GM Le Quang Liem 2737
60 GM Short Nigel D 2681 1/2 1 - 0 1/2 FM Horvath Dominik 2329
61 GM Sutovsky Emil 2673 1/2 1 - 0 1/2 WGM Gara Ticia 2331
63 FM Prithu Gupta 2373 1/2 1/2 - 1/2 1/2 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo 2650
64 GM Akobian Varuzhan 2647 1/2 1 - 0 1/2 WGM Papp Petra 2324
65 Lercel Michal 2252 1/2 0 - 1 1/2 GM Vocaturo Daniele 2609
66 GM Bindrich Falko 2605 1/2 1 - 0 1/2 IM Mohota Nisha 2269
67 GM Gopal G.N. 2593 1/2 1 - 0 1/2 Bliumberg Vladislav 2276
68 IM Mannion Stephen R 2285 1/2 1/2 - 1/2 1/2 GM Sandipan Chanda 2579
69 GM Ibarra Jerez Jose Carlos 2577 1/2 1 - 0 1/2 Semprun Martinez Fernando 2209
70 Longa Yauca Javier 2198 1/2 0 - 1 1/2 GM Ju Wenjun 2572
71 GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 2554 1/2 1 - 0 1/2 FM Gavilan Diaz Mario 2251
72 FM Plotkin Victor 2242 1/2 1/2 - 1/2 1/2 GM Michalik Peter 2553


Gibraltar 2018
Round 2, Jan. 24
Nakamura, Hikaru - Gunina, Valentina
B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.Bd3 Bxd3 6.Qxd3 e6 7.Bg5 Qa5+ 8.Nd2 Ne7 9.Nf3 Nf5 10.O-O Qa6 11.c4 Bb4 12.b3 Nd7 13.Rfc1 O-O 14.a3 Be7 15.Bxe7 Nxe7 16.Nf1 Rad8 17.Ng3 dxc4 18.bxc4 c5 19.Qe3 cxd4 20.Nxd4 Ng6 21.Nf3 Qa5 22.Re1 Rc8 23.Rad1 Nb6 24.Qg5 Rxc4 25.Qxh5 Qa4 26.Ne2 Nd5 27.g3 Re8 28.Ned4 Nf8 29.Ng5 Re7 30.Nf5 exf5 31.Rxd5 Rd4 32.e6 f6 33.Qf7+ Rxf7 34.exf7+ Kh8 35.Re8 Rd1+ 36.Kg2 fxg5 37.Rxd1 Kh7 38.Rxf8 Qc6+ 39.Kg1 Kg6 40.hxg5 f4 41.gxf4 Qe6 42.Rd3 Qg4+ 43.Rg3 Qxf4 44.Rd8 Kxf7 45.Rd7+ Kg6 46.Rxb7 Qc1+ 47.Kh2 Qf4 48.Rb2 Qh4+ 49.Kg1 Qd4 50.Rb1 Qd2 51.Rbb3 Qe1+ 52.Kg2 Qe4+ 53.Kh2 Qe2 54.Rbf3 Qd2 55.Rf8 Qd6 56.Rc8 Qd4 57.Rc6+ Kf5 58.Rf3+ Kxg5 59.Kg2 Qe4 60.Rc7 Kh6 61.Rc3 Kh7 62.Re3 Qd5 63.Kh2 Qd6+ 64.Rg3 Kg8 65.Rc3 Qf4 66.Kg1 Qe5 67.Rc4 Qe1+ 68.Kg2 Qe5 69.Rcg4 Qd5+ 70.Kg1 Kf8 71.Rxg7 Qd1+ 72.Kh2 Qd2 73.Rg8+ Kf7 74.R3g7+ Kf6 75.Rg6+ Kf7 76.R6g7+ Kf6 77.Rg2 Qf4+ 78.R8g3 Qh6+ 79.Rh3 Qf4+ 80.Kh1 Qe4 81.Re3 Qd5 82.Kh2 Qh5+ 83.Rh3 Qe2 84.Rh4 Qf3 85.a4 a5 86.Rd4 Qf5 87.Kg3 Qc2 88.Rf4+ Ke6 89.f3 Qg6+ 90.Rg4 Qb1 91.Re2+ Kf5 92.Kg2 Qd3 93.Rge4 Qd1 94.Rb2 Qc1 95.Rb5+ Kf6 96.Rd4 Ke6 97.Rdd5 Qc2+ 98.Kg3 Qxa4 99.Re5+ Kf6 100.Rf5+ Kg6 101.Rfc5 Kf7 102.Rxa5 Qd7 103.Rf5+ Kg6 104.Rfd5 Qe6 105.Re5 Qd6 106.Rd5 Qc7 107.f4 Qc1 108.Re2 Qg1+ 109.Rg2 Qb1 110.Kg4 Kf6 111.Rd6+ Kf7 112.Rgd2 Qg1+ 113.Kf5 Qb1+ 114.R2d3 Qc2 115.Rd7+ Kg8 116.Kf6 Qb2+ 117.R3d4 Qa1 118.Rd8+ Kh7 119.f5 Qc3 120.Kf7 Qh3 121.R4d5 Qg4 122.R8d7 Qh5+ 123.Ke7 Qh4+ 124.Kf7 Qh5+ 125.Kf6+ Kh6 126.R5d6 Qe2 127.Kf7+ Kg5 128.f6 Qh5+ 129.Ke7 Qe2+ 130.Kf8 Kg6 131.Rg7+ Kf5 132.f7 Qa2 133.Kg8 Ke5 134.Ra6 Qc4 135.Rgg6 1-0

White wins in 10 moves after 35..Kf5

Round 2, Jan. 24
Debashis, Das - Navara, David
E52 Nimzo-Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.a3 Bd6 10.b4 Re8 11.Qb3 a6 12.Rb1 Nbd7 13.a4 Nf8 14.Ba3 Ne4 15.Rfc1 Nxc3 16.Rxc3 c6 17.Bf1 b5 18.Qc2 Nd7 19.a5 Nf6 20.Nd2 h5 21.Be2 Re6 22.Bd3 g6 23.Bc1 Qe7 24.Ba3 Re8 25.Bf1 h4 26.Rcb3 Bc8 27.Re1 Ng4 28.Nf3 Rf6 29.h3 Bf5 30.Qd2 Nxf2 31.Qxf2 Bg3 32.Qe2 Be4 33.Ne5 Rf2 34.Qxf2 Bxf2+ 35.Kxf2 Qg5 36.Kg1 Bf5 37.e4 Qd2 38.Nf3 Qa2 39.Rbe3 Rxe4 40.Bc1 Kg7 41.Ra3 Qc2 42.Bd2 Qb2 43.Rc3 Bd7 44.Rec1 f6 45.R3c2 Qa3 46.Rc3 Qb2 47.Bd3 Rxd4 48.R3c2 Qxc1+ 49.Rxc1 Rxd3 50.Rc3 Bf5 51.Rxd3 Bxd3 52.Nd4 1-0

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

January 24, 2018

Round Three Pairings

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 Perez Ponsa Federico 2553 2 - 2 Nakamura Hikaru 2781
2 Moroni Luca Jr 2547 2 - 2 Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2724
3 Lalith Babu M R 2542 2 - 2 Adams Michael 2709
4 Rapport Richard 2700 2 - 2 Mikhalevski Victor 2538
5 Howell David W L 2682 2 - 2 Dzagnidze Nana 2522
6 Grandelius Nils 2647 2 - 2 Steinberg Nitzan 2512
7 Muzychuk Mariya 2540 2 - 2 Sethuraman S.P. 2646
8 Swapnil S. Dhopade 2533 2 - 2 Edouard Romain 2613
9 Gledura Benjamin 2612 2 - 2 Kollars Dmitrij 2505
10 Batsiashvili Nino 2504 2 - 2 Oparin Grigoriy 2607
11 Papp Gabor 2607 2 - 2 Debashis Das 2501
12 Antipov Mikhail Al. 2588 2 - 2 Stefanova Antoaneta 2489
13 Gagare Shardul 2494 2 - 2 Buhmann Rainer 2587
14 Salomon Johan 2476 2 - 2 Narayanan S. L. 2573
15 Saduakassova Dinara 2470 2 - 2 Moussard Jules 2571
16 Dragnev Valentin 2466 2 - 2 Esipenko Andrey 2571
17 Venkatesh M.R. 2445 2 - 2 Peralta Fernando 2559
18 Aronian Levon 2797 1 1/2 - 2 Hoolt Sarah 2400
19 Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2793 1 1/2 - 1 1/2 Goryachkina Aleksandra 2493
20 Le Quang Liem 2737 1 1/2 - 1 1/2 Blomqvist Erik 2502
21 Ivanchuk Vassily 2726 1 1/2 - 1 1/2 Xu Yi 2482
22 Gelfand Boris 2697 1 1/2 - 1 1/2 Almagro Llamas Pablo 2479
23 Praggnanandhaa R 2515 1 1/2 - 1 1/2 Short Nigel D 2681
24 Motylev Alexander 2673 1 1/2 - 1 1/2 Cramling Pia 2449
25 Santos Ruiz Miguel 2510 1 1/2 - 1 1/2 Sutovsky Emil 2673
26 Bellahcene Bilel 2494 1 1/2 - 1 1/2 Saric Ivan 2664
27 Akobian Varuzhan 2647 1 1/2 - 1 1/2 Kobo Ori 2477
28 Cawdery Daniel 2446 1 1/2 - 1 1/2 Gupta Abhijeet 2610
29 Vocaturo Daniele 2609 1 1/2 - 1 1/2 Docx Stefan 2442
30 Lou Yiping 2462 1 1/2 - 1 1/2 Bindrich Falko 2605
31 Svane Rasmus 2595 1 1/2 - 1 1/2 Gavrilescu David 2437
32 Akesson Ralf 2443 1 1/2 - 1 1/2 Gopal G.N. 2593
33 Swayams Mishra 2432 1 1/2 - 1 1/2 Donchenko Alexander 2580
34 Zhukova Natalia 2438 1 1/2 - 1 1/2 Ibarra Jerez Jose Carlos 2577
35 Tregubov Pavel V. 2575 11/2 - 11/2 Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2429
36 Ju Wenjun 2572 1 1/2 - 1 1/2 Ladron De Guevara Pinto Paolo 2427
37 Muzychuk Anna 2571 1 1/2 - 1 1/2 Raja Harshit 2427
38 Grigoriants Sergey 2568 1 1/2 - 1/2 Sonis Francesco 2425
39 Solomon Kenny 2420 1 1/2 - 1 1/2 Huzman Alexander 2561
40 Lagno Kateryna 2556 1 1/2 - 1 1/2 Kozak Adam 2418
41 Vega Gutierrez Sabrina 2427 1 1/2 - 1 1/2 Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 2554
42 Pichot Alan 2552 1 1/2 - 1 1/2 Martinez Martin David 2399
43 Bakalchuk Johnatan 2400 1 1/2 - 1 1/2 Deac Bogdan-Daniel 2549
44 Baron Tal 2548 1 1/2 - 1 1/2 Stark Lars 2381
45 Shachar Ehud 2401 1 1/2 - 1 1/2 Kaidanov Gregory 2548
46 Haria Ravi 2374 1 1/2 - 1 1/2 Dvirnyy Danyyil 2534
47 Libiszewski Fabien 2530 1 1/2 - 1 1/21/2 Mkrtchian Lilit 2378
48 Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh 2380 1 1/2 - 1 1/2 Nihal Sarin 2524
49 Antal Gergely 2522 1 1/2 - 1 1/2 Quillan Gary 2340
50 Navara David 2749 1 - 1 Tate Alan 2358
51 Renman Nils-Gustaf 2350 1 - 1 Harikrishna P. 2745
52 Gara Anita 2350 1 - 1 Vitiugov Nikita 2732
53 Wang Hao 2711 1 - 1 Gandrud Vegar Koi 2346
54 Jessel Stephen 2342 1 - 1 Cheparinov Ivan 2699
55 Lombaers Peter 2345 1 - 1 Dubov Daniil 2694
56 Anton Guijarro David 2666 1 - 1 Bellin Robert 2343
57 Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo 2650 1 - 1 Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel 2334
58 Banusz Tamas 2641 1 - 1 Padmini Rout 2325
59 Lopez Mulet Inigo 2318 1 - 1 Bosiocic Marin 2628
60 Georgiev Kiril 2623 1 - 1 Perez Garcia Rodney Oscar 2320
61 Huschenbeth Niclas 2587 1 - 1 Goriatchkin Jouri 2310
62 Sandipan Chanda 2579 1 - 1 De Haan Eric 2304
63 Kosteniuk Alexandra 2561 1 - 1 De Francesco Klaus 2287
64 Michalik Peter 2553 1 - 1 Mannion Stephen R 2285
65 Epishin Vladimir 2536 1 - 1 Perez Flavio 2279
66 Yoo Christopher Woojin 2254 1 - 1 Lei Tingjie 2531
67 Gunina Valentina 2502 1 - 1 Bergstrom Rolf 2276
68 Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2492 1 - 1 Meszaros Andras 2258
69 Oglaza Oskar 2245 1 - 1 Cuenca Jimenez Jose Fernando 2489
70 Nandhidhaa Pv 2238 1 - 1 Khotenashvili Bela 2486
71 Suarez Gomez Julio 2486 1 - 1 Plotkin Victor 2242

Round 2, Jan. 24
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof - Christiansen Johan-Sebastian
A37 English, symmetrical variation

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 e6 6.d3 Nge7 7.Bd2 O-O 8.h4 h6 9.Qc1 Kh7 10.Ne4 Qb6 11.Bc3 e5 12.h5 Nd4 13.hxg6+ Nxg6 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.Bd2 Ne5 16.Bxh6 Bxh6 17.Qg5 f5 18.Qe7+ Kg8 19.Nd6 Rf7 20.Qxe5 Bd2+ 21.Kf1 1-0

Round 2, Jan. 24
Khotenashvili, Bela - Rapport, Richard
E00 Queen's Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.Bg2 d5 6.Nf3 Ne4 7.Nc3 c6 8.O-O f5 9.e3 Nd7 10.Qc2 O-O 11.Rab1 Qe8 12.b4 Nd6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.a4 Kh8 15.Rfc1 Nb6 16.Ne5 Bd7 17.b5 a5 18.Ne2 Ndc4 19.Nxc4 Nxc4 20.Qa2 Rc8 21.Nf4 b6 22.Nd3 Bd6 23.Rc2 Qh5 24.Rbc1 g5 25.Ne5 Bxe5 26.dxe5 Be8 27.Qa1 f4 28.exf4 Bg6 29.Rc3 Rcd8 30.Be1 gxf4 31.Rb3 Ne3 32.Rxe3 fxe3 33.Qd4 exf2+ 34.Bxf2 Be4 35.Rc6 Rf3 36.Rxe6 Rd3 37.Qxb6 Rd1+ 38.Bf1 Rg8 39.Re7 Rxf1+ 40.Kxf1 Qd1+ 41.Be1 Rf8+ 42.Qf6+ Rxf6+ 43.exf6 Qd3+ 0-1

Round 2, Jan. 24
Narayanan, S. - Tarjan, James
C49 four Knights, symmetrical, Metger unpin

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 Bxc3 7.bxc3 d6 8.Bg5 Qe7 9.Re1 a6 10.Bc4 Na5 11.Bb3 h6 12.Bh4 Nxb3 13.cxb3 g5 14.Bg3 Bg4 15.d4 Nd7 16.Qd3 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Qe6 18.Rad1 f6 19.h4 a5 20.Qe2 a4 21.b4 a3 22.c4 Ra4 23.dxe5 dxe5 24.Qd3 Rf7 25.Qb3 Ra8 26.Rd3 Nb6 27.Rc1 Nc8 28.c5 Qxb3 29.Rxb3 Rd7 30.Rcc3 Ra4 31.Rxa3 Rxb4 32.Rd3 Rbd4 33.Rxd4 Rxd4 34.Ra8 Rd8 35.f3 Kf7 36.Rb8 Ke6 37.Rxb7 Rd1+ 38.Kh2 Kd7 39.Rb2 Ne7 40.Bf2 Ng6 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.Be3 Kc6 43.Kg3 Re1 44.Bf2 Rh1 45.Kg4 Ne7 46.Rd2 Rh2 47.a4 Rh8 48.Ra2 Ra8 49.Be3 Ra6 50.a5 Kb5 51.Rd2 Nc6 52.Rd7 Nxa5 53.Rxc7 Nc4 54.Bf2 Ra2 55.Kg3 Nd2 56.Rb7+ Kc6 57.Rb6+ Kd7 58.Bg1 Ke7 59.Rb7+ Ke6 60.c6 Rc2 61.c7 Kd7 62.Bb6 Nc4 63.c8=Q+ Kxc8 64.Rc7+ Kb8 65.Rc5 Kb7 66.Bd8 Rd2 67.Rc7+ Kb8 68.Rxc4 Rxd8 69.Rc6 g4 70.Kxg4 Rg8+ 71.Kf5 Rxg2 72.Rxf6 1-0

Plotkin's and Aronian's games are not immediately available.

[Hans Jung]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Incredible field and already a lot of upsets.

[Hans Jung]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

With today a rest day at Tata Steel I'll be following closely Gibraltar. I expect plenty of interesting games and the occasional eye popper!

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

January 25, 2018

Round Three

Round 3, Jan. 25
Perez Ponsa, Frederico - Nakamura, Hikaru
B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.Be2 g6 7.O-O Bg7 8.Rd1 d4 9.Nb1 Ne7 10.d3 c5 11.a4 Nbc6 12.Na3 O-O 13.Qg3 a6 14.Bf4 e5 15.Bd2 Rb8 16.Rf1 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.f4 Bh6 19.Qh4 Bxf4 20.Bxf4 exf4 21.Rxf4 Ne5 22.Raf1 N7c6 23.Qf2 b4 24.Nb1 b3 25.c4 Nb4 26.Qg3 f6 27.Kh2 Qd6 28.Na3 Nc2 29.Nb5 Qe7 30.R4f2 Ra8 31.Rb1 Ne3 32.Na3 Rf7 33.Re1 Kh8 34.Bf1 Re8 35.Nb1 f5 36.Nd2 Qc7 37.Kg1 f4 38.Qh4 Ref8 39.Be2 Qa5 40.Qg5 Qxd2 41.Qxe5+ Kg8 42.Rb1 Qc2 43.Rbf1 Nxf1 44.Bxf1 Qc1 45.Qxc5 f3 46.g3 Qe3 47.Qd5 h5 48.h4 Kh7 49.Qg5 Ra7 50.Qc5 Ra1 51.Qe7+ Kg8 52.Qe6+ Kg7 53.Qe7+ Rf7 0-1

Round 3, Jan. 25
Aronian, Levon - Hoolt, Sarah
A80 Dutch

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Bd3 Ne4 7.Bxe7 Qxe7 8.O-O O-O 9.Ne2 c5 10.b3 Nd7 11.c4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd6 13.Qc2 Nxc4 14.Qxc4 Re8 15.Nf4 cxd4 16.exd4 Qd6 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Qxe5 19.Rfe1 Qf6 20.Rad1 Qf7 21.Qb5 a6 22.Qb6 a5 23.Nd3 Ra6 24.Qd4 b5 25.Qc5 Qb7 26.Ne5 Qb6 27.Qc1 Ra7 28.Qg5 Rae7 29.Rd3 Qc7 30.Qe3 Bb7 31.Rc1 Qb8 32.Nd7 Qa8 33.Qg5 Kh8 34.Nf6 Rc8 35.Rcd1 Rf7 36.Nd7 Rg8 37.Rh3 h6 38.Ne5 Rf6 39.Rxh6+ Rxh6 40.Nf7+ Kh7 41.Nxh6 Bf3 42.Nf7 Rf8 43.Qh4+ 1-0

Round 3, Jan. 25
Praggnanandhaa, R. - Short, Nigel
C15 French, Winawer, Nimzowitsch variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 b6 8.Bd2 Bb7 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.Qe2 O-O 11.O-O c5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.Bc4 Qf5 14.Nd4 Qe4 15.Qxe4 Ncxe4 16.Bb4 Rfc8 17.Bd3 Nc5 18.Be2 Na4 19.Ba3 Nd5 20.Bf3 a6 21.Rfd1 b5 22.c3 g6 23.Rab1 Ra7 24.Ne2 h5 25.Rbc1 Nf6 26.Bxb7 Rxb7 27.b3 Nb6 28.Bd6 Nfd5 29.Be5 f6 30.Bd4 Kf7 31.f4 Nd7 32.c4 bxc4 33.Rxc4 Rxc4 34.bxc4 Ne7 35.Nc3 f5 36.Ne2 Nc6 37.Bc3 Nc5 38.Kf2 Ne4+ 39.Ke3 Ke8 40.g3 Rc7 41.Be1 Nf6 1/2-1/2

Round 3, Jan. 25
MVL - Goryachkina, Aleksandra
D78 Neo-Grunfeld

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 c6 7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Nc3 Rd8 9.Rd1 Qxb3 10.axb3 Bf5 11.Ne1 Na6 12.Bf4 Ne4 13.Ra5 e6 14.e3 h6 15.h3 g5 16.g4 gxf4 17.gxf5 Nd6 18.fxe6 fxe6 19.Bf1 fxe3 20.fxe3 Nc7 21.Ng2 Rf8 22.Be2 a6 23.Raa1 Nf5 24.Bg4 Rad8 25.Na4 h5 26.Bxh5 e5 27.dxe5 d4 28.exd4 Nxd4 29.Nc5 Bxe5 30.Nxb7 Rb8 31.Nc5 Nxb3 32.Nd7 Nxa1 33.Nxe5 Nc2 34.Bg6 Rxb2 35.Rd7 Rc8 36.Nf4 Rb1+ 37.Kf2 1-0

Round 3, Jan. 25
Antipov, Mikhail - Stefanova, Antoaneta
D10 QGD Slav Defence, Exchange variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bg5 Nf6 5.Bxf6 gxf6 6.Nc3 f5 7.e3 e6 8.Nf3 Bd6 9.a3 a6 10.h3 Nd7 11.g4 Nf6 12.Ne5 Ne4 13.gxf5 exf5 14.Qb3 Be6 15.Rg1 b5 16.Nc6 Qc8 17.Nb4 f4 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.d5 Bxh3 20.Bxh3 Qxh3 21.Qc3 Rf8 22.Qc6+ Ke7 23.Qb7+ Kf6 24.Qb6 Qd7 25.Nc6 Rg8 26.Qd4+ Kf5 27.O-O-O Rac8 28.Kb1 f3 29.Rg7 h6 30.Rh1 Bf4 31.Rh5+ Bg5 32.Qe5+ Kg4 33.Rhxg5+ hxg5 34.Qxg5+ 1-0

Round 3, Jan. 25
Navara, David - Tate, Alan
A11 English

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.b3 Bd6 6.d4 Ne4 7.Nxe4 dxe4 8.Nd2 f5 9.c5 Be7 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Qh6 Bf8 12.Qf4 Bg7 13.Nc4 O-O 14.Qd6 Nd7 15.Qxe6+ Kh8 16.Bd2 Nxc5 17.Qd6 Ne6 18.Rc1 Qf6 19.Bb4 Re8 20.a3 Bf8 21.Qe5 Qxe5 22.Nxe5 Bxb4+ 23.axb4 a6 24.h4 Kg7 25.h5 Nf8 26.hxg6 hxg6 27.Bc4 Be6 28.g4 Nd7 29.gxf5 Nxe5 30.fxe6 Nxc4 31.bxc4 Rxe6 32.Ke2 Rh8 33.Rxh8 Kxh8 34.f3 Kg7 35.fxe4 Rxe4 36.Kd3 Re7 37.Rf1 g5 38.e4 Kg6 39.e5 g4 40.Ke4 Kg5 41.d5 cxd5+ 42.cxd5 Rc7 43.d6 1-0

Round 3, Jan. 25
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Xu, Yi
E51 Nimzo-Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.e3 O-O 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 c5 8.Bb2 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Qc7 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.e4 e5 12.d5 Ne7 13.c4 Ng6 14.Nd2 Ne8 15.O-O f6 16.a4 Nd6 17.Ra3 Bd7 18.Re1 Rae8 19.Bc2 Qc8 20.Rae3 Nf4 21.h4 Bg4 22.f3 Bh5 23.g3 Qh3 24.gxf4 Qg3+ 25.Kf1 exf4 26.Rb3 Qh2 27.Re2 Qh1+ 28.Kf2 Qh2+ 29.Kf1 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

A four queen game:

Round 3, Jan. 25
Keymer, Vincent - Makka, Koulia
E15 Queen's Indian, Nimzowitsch variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Nbd2 Na5 7.Qc3 c5 8.dxc5 bxc5 9.e4 Bb7 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Bxe4 12.Bg2 Nc6 13.O-O h6 14.Qe3 Bh7 15.Bd2 Be7 16.Bc3 O-O 17.Nd2 Qb6 18.Ne4 Rfd8 19.Rfd1 Rab8 20.Rd2 Nd4 21.Rad1 Bxe4 22.Qxe4 d6 23.exd6 Bf6 24.b4 e5 25.Qd5 Rbc8 26.d7 Rc7 27.Bh3 cxb4 28.Bxd4 exd4 29.Re2 g6 30.Re8+ Kg7 31.Rxd8 Bxd8 32.Re1 Qf6 33.Re8 h5 34.Qa8 d3 35.Rxd8 d2 36.Rg8+ Kh7 37.d8=Q Qa1+ 38.Kg2 d1=Q 39.Rg7+ Kh6 40.Qh8+ Kg5 41.f4+ Kf6 42.Rxg6+ 1-0

Final position in Keymer-Makka



From Round Two

Round 2, Jan. 24
Aronian, Levon - Hemant, Sharma
D02 Queen's Bishop game

1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bd3 b6 6.Nbd2 Bb7 7.Ne5 a6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.c3 O-O 10.Qf3 Ne8 11.Qh3 f5 12.Ndf3 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Nd6 14.g4 c5 15.Kh1 Bg5 16.Bxg5 Qxg5 17.gxf5 Nxf5 18.Rg1 Qe7 19.Rxg7+ Qxg7 20.Rg1 cxd4 21.Rxg7+ Kxg7 22.Qg4+ Kh8 23.Bxf5 dxe3 24.Qd4 Rxf5 25.Nf7+ Kg8 26.Nh6+ Kf8 27.Nxf5 exf5 28.fxe3 1-0

Round 2, Jan. 24
Quillan, Gary - Praggnanandhaa, R.
A04 Neo-Closed Sicilian, King's Indian Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O Nge7 7.Re1 O-O 8.c3 e5 9.a3 d6 10.b4 a6 11.Nbd2 h6 12.Rb1 b6 13.Nc4 b5 14.Ne3 Be6 15.Nd2 Rb8 16.Nb3 cxb4 17.axb4 a5 18.bxa5 Nxa5 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Bf5 21.Be3 Kh7 22.Nxa5 Qxa5 23.Qd2 Rfc8 24.Rb3 Ra8 25.d4 exd4 26.Bxd4 Re8 27.Rxe8 Rxe8 28.h3 Bxd4 29.Qxd4 Re5 30.Kh2 Bd7 31.c4 bxc4 32.Qxc4 Qa7 33.Rf3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

Round 2, Jan. 24
Narayanan, S. - Tarjan, James
C49 Four Knights, symmetrical, Metger unpin

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 Bxc3 7.bxc3 d6 8.Bg5 Qe7 9.Re1 a6 10.Bc4 Na5 11.Bb3 h6 12.Bh4 Nxb3 13.cxb3 g5 14.Bg3 Bg4 15.d4 Nd7 16.Qd3 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Qe6 18.Rad1 f6 19.h4 a5 20.Qe2 a4 21.b4 a3 22.c4 Ra4 23.dxe5 dxe5 24.Qd3 Rf7 25.Qb3 Ra8 26.Rd3 Nb6 27.Rc1 Nc8 28.c5 Qxb3 29.Rxb3 Rd7 30.Rcc3 Ra4 31.Rxa3 Rxb4 32.Rd3 Rbd4 33.Rxd4 Rxd4 34.Ra8 Rd8 35.f3 Kf7 36.Rb8 Ke6 37.Rxb7 Rd1+ 38.Kh2 Kd7 39.Rb2 Ne7 40.Bf2 Ng6 41.hxg5 hxg5 42.Be3 Kc6 43.Kg3 Re1 44.Bf2 Rh1 45.Kg4 Ne7 46.Rd2 Rh2 47.a4 Rh8 48.Ra2 Ra8 49.Be3 Ra6 50.a5 Kb5 51.Rd2 Nc6 52.Rd7 Nxa5 53.Rxc7 Nc4 54.Bf2 Ra2 55.Kg3 Nd2 56.Rb7+ Kc6 57.Rb6+ Kd7 58.Bg1 Ke7 59.Rb7+ Ke6 60.c6 Rc2 61.c7 Kd7 62.Bb6 Nc4 63.c8=Q+ Kxc8 64.Rc7+ Kb8 65.Rc5 Kb7 66.Bd8 Rd2 67.Rc7+ Kb8 68.Rxc4 Rxd8 69.Rc6 g4 70.Kxg4 Rg8+ 71.Kf5 Rxg2 72.Rxf6 1-0

Round 2, Jan. 24
Plotkin, Victor - Michalik, Peter
C50 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O d6 5.d3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Na5 7.Bb3 c6 8.Be3 Bxe3 9.fxe3 b5 10.Qe1 O-O 11.h3 Nxb3 12.axb3 a5 13.Qh4 h6 14.Ne2 Re8 15.g4 Ra7 16.Ng3 Nh7 17.Qxd8 Rxd8 18.Ra3 Be6 19.Rfa1 Rda8 20.Nf5 Bxf5 21.exf5 Nf6 22.e4 Nd7 23.Kf2 Kf8 24.h4 Ke7 25.Ke3 d5 26.g5 Kd6 27.Rg1 h5 28.g6 f6 29.Rga1 d4+ 30.Ke2 c5 31.Nd2 Nb8 32.Nf1 1/2-1/2

Ranking after Round Three

1-7 Nakamura, Duda, Howell, Grandelius, Gledura, Antipov, Batsiashvili 3.0

8-41 Debashis, Gagare, MVL, Adams, Rapport, Sethuraman, Salomon, Gelfand, Lalith, Saduakassova, Mikhalevski, Dragnev, Papp, Muzychuk,M., Le Quang, Buhmann, Aronian, Venkatesh, Swayams, Sutovsky, Svane, Narayan, Vega, Saric, Moussard, Esipenko, Akobian, Grigoriants, Peralta, Pichot Baron Vocaturo, Antal, Ju Wenjun 2.5

Victor Plotkin is in a group of 48 with 1.5 points
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The junior most eyes are focussed on is 12-year-old Praggnanandhaa from India, who started with a win and two draws. One of those was against Nigel Short, a player 40 years his senior! Nigel was talking up the fight before it began…

Nigel Short - Up against a very talented Indian player today, but I will do my best to thrash the little Pragga.

…but although he had an edge he was unable to convert it into a full point, citing Raymond Keene’s 70th birthday party the night before as a factor (“I had to attend and drink copious amounts of alcohol”). A lot of the focus is on whether Praggnanandhaa can beat Sergey Karjakin’s record as the youngest ever grandmaster, but as Nigel put it, “In my book anyone over 2500 is a GM – he’s already considerably stronger than a number of grandmasters”. He was asked whether it was disconcerting to play such a young player:

I was a prodigy myself once upon a time, and it doesn’t bother me that much. He’s obviously a very strong player. I was looking at his games and he has what I would call a mature style of playing. Sometimes these kids don’t have too much understanding and he has a very good feel of where to put the pieces. Actually I think his strength is his strategic understand rather than tactics. Youngsters tend to excel in tactics. Of course he can play a good tactical game, but I think his real ability is his understanding.

Colin McGourty at

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/gib...mong-perfect-7