Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

January 31, 218

Round Nine Results


Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 Dubov Daniil 2694 6.5 .5 - .5 6.5 Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2793
2 Nakamura Hikaru 2781 6.5 .5 - .5 6.5 Rapport Richard 2700
3 Aronian Levon 2797 6 1 - 0 6 Sethuraman S.P. 2646
4 Howell David W L 2682 6 .5 - .5 6 Vitiugov Nikita 2732
5 Grandelius Nils 2647 6 .5 - .5 6 Wang Hao 2711
6 Gelfand Boris 2697 6 .5 - .5 6 Gupta Abhijeet 2610
7 Navara David 2749 5.5 .5 - .5 6 Oparin Grigoriy 2607
8 Le Quang Liem 2737 5.5 1 - 0 5.5 Esipenko Andrey 2571
9 Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2724 5.5 1 - 0 5.5 Grigoriants Sergey 2568
10 Moussard Jules 2571 5.5 0 - 1 5.5 Adams Michael 2709
11 Michalik Peter 2553 5.5 0 - 1 5.5 Cheparinov Ivan 2699
12 Perez Ponsa Federico 2553 5.5 .5 - .5 5.5 Sutovsky Emil 2673
13 Kobo Ori 2477 5.5 1 - 0 5.5 Saric Ivan 2664
14 Akobian Varuzhan 2647 5.5 .5 - .5 5.5 Deac Bogdan-Daniel 2549
15 Vocaturo Daniele 2609 5.5 1 - 0 5.5 Kaidanov Gregory 2548
16 Epishin Vladimir 2536 5.5 .5 - .5 5.5 Bindrich Falko 2605
17 Antipov Mikhail Al. 2588 5.5 1 - 0 5.5 Mikhalevski Victor 2538
18 Sandipan Chanda 2579 5.5 .5 - .5 5.5 Nihal Sarin 2524
19 Batsiashvili Nino 2504 5.5 .5 - .5 5.5 Tregubov Pavel V. 2575
20 Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2429 5.5 .5 - .5 5.5 Narayanan S. L. 2573
21 Ivanchuk Vassily 2726 5 1 - 0 5 Lei Tingjie 2531
22 Gunina Valentina 2502 5 1 - 0 5 Short Nigel D 2681
23 Antal Gergely 2522 5 0 - 1 5 Motylev Alexander 2673
24 Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo 2650 5 0 - 1 5 Debashis Das 2501
25 Praggnanandhaa R 2515 5 .5 - .5 5 Bosiocic Marin 2628
26 Gagare Shardul 2494 5 .5 - .5 5 Gledura Benjamin 2612
27 Svane Rasmus 2595 5 1 - 0 5 Cuenca Jimenez Jose Fernando 2489
28 Zanan Evgeny 2482 5 .5 - .5 5 Gopal G.N. 2593
29 Buhmann Rainer 2587 5 1 - 0 5 Steinberg Nitzan 2512
30 Huschenbeth Niclas 2587 5 .5 - .5 5 Xu Yi 2482
31 Lou Yiping 2462 5 0 - 1 5 Ju Wenjun 2572
32 Prasanna Raghuram Rao 2458 5 .5 - .5 5 Muzychuk Anna 2571
33 Grinberg Eyal 2448 5 .5 - .5 5 Kosteniuk Alexandra 2561
34 Peralta Fernando 2559 5 1 - 0 5 Larino Nieto David 2464
35 Venkatesh M.R. 2445 5 .5 - .5 5 Lagno Kateryna 2556
36 Kozak Adam 2418 5 1 - 0 5 Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 2554
37 Pichot Alan 2552 5 1 - 0 5 Paehtz Elisabeth 2464
38 Moroni Luca Jr 2547 5 0 - 1 5 Cramling Pia 2449
39 Bakalchuk Johnatan 2400 5 .5 - .5 5 Muzychuk Mariya 2540
40 Swapnil S. Dhopade 2533 5 1 - 0 5 De Haan Eric 2304
41 Harikrishna P. 2745 4.5 1 - 0 4.5 Cawdery Daniel 2446
42 Raja Harshit 2427 4.5 .5 - .5 4.5 Banusz Tamas 2641
43 Georgiev Kiril 2623 4.5 .5 - .5 4.5 Gaehwiler Gabriel 2428
44 Sonis Francesco 2425 4.5 .5 - .5 4.5 Papp Gabor 2607
45 Keymer Vincent 2408 4.5 0 - 1 4.5 Donchenko Alexander 2580
81 Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2398 4 1 - 0 4 Plotkin Victor 2242

Standings after Round Nine

Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts

1 Nakamura Hikaru USA 2781 7
2 Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2793 7
3 Rapport Richard HUN 2700 7
4 Aronian Levon ARM 2797 7
5 Dubov Daniil RUS 2694 7
6 Howell David W L ENG 2682 6.5
7 Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 2588 6.5
8 Gupta Abhijeet IND 2610 6.5
9 Grandelius Nils SWE 2647 6.5
10 Duda Jan-Krzysztof POL 2724 6.5
11 Wang Hao CHN 2711 6.5
12 Oparin Grigoriy RUS 2607 6.5
13 Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2732 6.5
14 Adams Michael ENG 2709 6.5
15 Gelfand Boris ISR 2697 6.5
16 Vocaturo Daniele ITA 2609 6.5
17 Le Quang Liem VIE 2737 6.5
18 Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2699 6.5
19 Kobo Ori ISR 2477 6.5
20 Debashis Das IND 2501 6
21 Batsiashvili Nino GEO 2504 6
22 Cramling Pia SWE 2449 6
23 Navara David CZE 2749 6
24 Sethuraman S.P. IND 2646 6
25 Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2726 6
26 Sutovsky Emil ISR 2673 6
27 Deac Bogdan-Daniel ROU 2549 6
28 Pichot Alan ARG 2552 6
29 Sandipan Chanda IND 2579 6
30 Henderson De La Fuente Lance ESP 2429 6
31 Tregubov Pavel V. RUS 2575 6
32 Perez Ponsa Federico ARG 2553 6
33 Narayanan S. L. IND 2573 6
34 Peralta Fernando ARG 2559 6
35 Akobian Varuzhan USA 2647 6
36 Motylev Alexander RUS 2673 6
37 Buhmann Rainer GER 2587 6
38 Svane Rasmus GER 2595 6
39 Swapnil S. Dhopade IND 2533 6
40 Ju Wenjun CHN 2572 6
41 Kozak Adam HUN 2418 6
42 Gunina Valentina RUS 2502 6
43 Bindrich Falko GER 2605 6
44 Epishin Vladimir RUS 2536 6
45 Nihal Sarin IND 2524 6
46 Gledura Benjamin HUN 2612 5.5
47 Moussard Jules FRA 2571 5.5
48 Gagare Shardul IND 2494 5.5
49 Mikhalevski Victor ISR 2538 5.5
50 Grigoriants Sergey RUS 2568 5.5
51 Esipenko Andrey RUS 2571 5.5
52 Prithu Gupta IND 2373 5.5
53 Venkatesh M.R. IND 2445 5.5
54 Lalith Babu M R IND 2542 5.5
55 Dragnev Valentin AUT 2466 5.5
56 Muzychuk Mariya UKR 2540 5.5
57 Saric Ivan CRO 2664 5.5 58
58 Saduakassova Dinara KAZ 2470 5.5
59 Harikrishna P. IND 2745 5.5
60 Huzman Alexander ISR 2561 5.5
61 Xu Yi CHN 2482 5.5
62 Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh IND 2380 5.5
63 Praggnanandhaa R IND 2515 5.5
64 Lagno Kateryna RUS 2556 5.5
65 Prasanna Raghuram Rao IND 2458 5.5
66 Muzychuk Anna UKR 2571 5.5
67 Gopal G.N. IND 2593 5.5
68 Donchenko Alexander GER 2580 5.5
69 Zanan Evgeny ISR 2482 5.5
70 Huschenbeth Niclas GER 2587 5.5
71 Michalik Peter CZE 2553 5.5
72 Salomon Johan NOR 2476 5.5
73 Kaidanov Gregory USA 2548 5.5
74 Kollars Dmitrij GER 2505 5.5
75 Bakalchuk Johnatan ISR 2400 5.5
76 Bosiocic Marin CRO 2628 5.5
77 Kosteniuk Alexandra RUS 2561 5.5
78 Grinberg Eyal ISR 2448 5.5
79 Suarez Gomez Julio ESP 2486 5.5
171 Plotkin Victor CAN 2242 4.0

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

January 31, 2018

Round Nine

Round 9, Jan. 31
Dubov, Daniil - MVL
A35 English, symmetrical, Geller variation

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g3 Qb6 7.e3 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bg2 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Be7 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Qa4 O-O 13.O-O Rb8 14.Ba3 c5 15.Rfd1 Qc7 16.c4 Rb6 17.Rd3 Ra6 18.Qd1 Rd6 19.Rxd6 Bxd6 20.Qa4 Bd7 21.Qc2 Rb8 22.Rd1 Be8 23.Be4 h6 24.Bb2 Be5 25.Bc3 Bxc3 26.Qxc3 Ba4 27.Rd2 Bc6 28.Qd3 Bxe4 29.Qxe4 g6 30.h4 h5 1/2-1/2

Round 9, Jan. 31
Nakamura, Hikaru - Rapport, Richard
E17 Queen's Indian

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.d4 e6 5.c4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Re1 a5 8.Bf4 Na6 9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Nd2 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 Nb8 13.e4 d6 14.Nf3 a4 15.e5 Ra5 16.Qe2 Nc6 17.Rad1 dxe5 18.Bxe5 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Qa8+ 20.Qe4 Qxe4+ 21.Rxe4 Bd6 22.Nc6 Raa8 23.Kf1 a3 24.Ke2 Ra4 25.Kd3 Rfa8 26.f4 Kf8 27.Rf1 h5 28.h3 g6 29.g4 hxg4 30.hxg4 Kg7 31.f5 exf5 32.gxf5 Rh8 33.f6+ 1/2-1/2

Round 9, Jan. 31
Aronian, Levon - Sethuraman, S.P.
A15 English, Neo-Catalan

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qxc4 c5 7.Ne5 Qc8 8.Qd3 Nc6 9.Nxd7 Nxd7 10.Nc3 Be7 11.Qb5 a6 12.Qa4 Nd4 13.O-O O-O 14.d3 Nb6 15.Qd1 Rd8 16.Bd2 Qd7 17.Rc1 Rac8 18.b3 h6 19.Kh1 Nd5 20.Nxd5 exd5 21.e3 Nc6 22.Qh5 Qd6 23.f4 a5 24.a4 Rb8 25.e4 dxe4 26.Bxe4 b6 27.g4 Nd4 28.Bc3 f5 29.gxf5 Bf6 30.Rg1 Re8 31.Qxh6 Rbd8 32.Rce1 Re7 33.Re3 1-0

We waited a long time for the Howell game to finish

Round 9, Jan. 31
Howell, David - Vitiugov, Nikita
A07 Reti, King's Indian Attack, Yugoslav variation

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.h3 Bh5 6.d3 Ngf6 7.Qe1 e5 8.e4 Bd6 9.exd5 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nxd5 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 O-O 13.a4 a5 14.Bg2 Qc7 15.Qe4 f5 16.Qc4+ Kh8 17.Ba3 Bxa3 18.Rxa3 f4 19.Raa1 Nb6 20.Qe4 Nd5 21.c4 Nf6 22.Qe2 fxg3 23.fxg3 e4 24.Bxe4 Nxe4 25.Qxe4 Qxg3+ 26.Qg2 Qe3+ 27.Kh1 Rae8 28.Rab1 h6 29.Rg1 Re7 30.Rbf1 Rff7 31.Qg4 Rf2 32.Rxf2 Qxf2 33.Rg2 Qe1+ 34.Kh2 Qe5+ 35.Qg3 g5 36.Rf2 Kg7 37.Kg2 Qxg3+ 38.Kxg3 Re3+ 39.Kg2 Kg6 40.Rf1 Kh5 41.Rf6 Re1 42.Rf7 Kh4 43.Rxb7 Re2+ 44.Kf3 Rxc2 45.Rh7 h5 46.Ke4 Rh2 47.c5 Rxh3 48.Rh6 Rh1 49.Rxc6 g4 50.d4 Re1+ 51.Kf5 Rd1 52.Ke5 Re1+ 53.Kf5 g3 54.Rg6 Kh3 55.d5 Rc1 56.c6 g2 57.Ke6 h4 58.Kd7 Kh2 59.d6 g1=Q 60.Rxg1 Kxg1 61.c7 h3 62.c8=Q Rxc8 63.Kxc8 h2 64.d7 h1=Q 65.d8=Q Qc6+ 66.Qc7 Qxa4 67.Qc5+ Kf1 68.Kc7 Qb4 69.Kc6 Ke1 70.Qc1+ Ke2 71.Qc2+ Ke3 72.Qc1+ Kd3 73.Qd1+ Kc3 74.Qc1+ Kb3 75.Qb1+ 1/2-1/2

Round 9, Jan. 31
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Lei, Tinglie
C07 French, Tarrasch, open variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.N2f3 Be7 8.Bd3 e5 9.Nb5 O-O 10.O-O e4 11.Nc3 Qc6 12.Nd4 Qb6 13.Bxe4 Rd8 14.Be3 Qxb2 15.Qd3 Na6 16.Rab1 Qa3 17.Bf3 Nb4 18.Qc4 Bd7 19.Ncb5 Qa5 20.Bf4 Bxb5 21.Nxb5 Nbd5 22.Bg3 Rac8 23.Qb3 a6 24.Na7 Rc3 25.Qxb7 Qc5 26.a4 h6 27.Qxa6 Rxc2 28.Nb5 Nb4 29.Qb7 Rd7 30.Qb8+ Rd8 31.Qc7 Rc8 32.Qxc5 Bxc5 33.Nd6 Rf8 34.Rfc1 Rxc1+ 35.Rxc1 Bb6 36.h3 Rd8 1-0

Final position in Ivanchuk - Lei



Round 9, Jan. 31
Gunina, Valentina - Short, Nigel
B03 Alekhine's Defence, Exchange, Karpov variation

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Be2 Bg7 6.c4 Nb6 7.exd6 cxd6 8.O-O O-O 9.Bg5 Nc6 10.h3 Bf5 11.Nc3 h6 12.Be3 d5 13.c5 Nc4 14.Bc1 b6 15.b3 bxc5 16.bxc4 cxd4 17.Nxd5 e6 18.Ba3 exd5 19.Bxf8 Kxf8 20.cxd5 Qxd5 21.Bd3 Nb4 22.Bxf5 Qxf5 23.Rb1 Nd3 24.Rb7 Kg8 25.Qb1 Qd5 26.Rb5 Qc4 27.Rd1 Nf4 28.Rb8+ 1-0

Final position in Gunina-Short




Round 9, Jan. 31
Praggnanandhaa, R. - Bosiocic, Marin
A07 Reti, King's Indian Attack (Barcza System)

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O e6 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 f5 7.d3 Nf6 8.Bg2 Bd6 9.e4 O-O 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.exf5 exf5 12.Qe6+ Kh8 13.Qxf5 Na6 14.Qf3 Qb6 15.c3 Rae8 16.d4 c5 17.Qd1 Ne4 18.Na3 cxd4 19.cxd4 Nb4 20.Bxe4 Rxe4 21.Be3 Bb8 22.Qb3 a5 23.Bd2 Qxd4 24.Bxb4 axb4 25.Nc2 Qe5 26.Rae1 Bd6 27.Rxe4 dxe4 28.Ne3 Bc5 29.Qd5 Qxd5 30.Nxd5 g5 31.Kg2 Ra8 32.Nf6 e3 33.Ne4 Bb6 34.fxe3 Bxe3 35.a3 bxa3 36.bxa3 Ra4 37.Rf8+ Kg7 38.Re8 Bc1 39.Nc5 Rc4 40.Nxb7 Bxa3 41.Re6 Rd4 42.Na5 Kf7 43.Re3 Rd2+ 44.Kf3 Bc5 45.Re5 Be7 1/2-1/2

A birthday win

Round 9, Jan. 31
Lou, Yiping - Ju Wenjun
A32 English, Nimzo-Indian

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nb5 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.e4 Nxc3 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.bxc3 Bc5 11.Bf4 Nc6 12.O-O-O+ Ke7 13.Nc7 Rb8 14.Bb5 Bd7 15.Rd2 Rbc8 16.Rhd1 Rhd8 17.Bg5+ f6 18.Bf4 g5 19.Bg3 h5 20.Bxc6 Bxc6 21.Rxd8 Ba3+ 22.Kc2 Rxd8 23.Rxd8 Kxd8 24.Kb3 Be7 25.Nxe6+ Kd7 26.Nd4 Bxe4 27.f3 Bd3 28.Bf2 Bd6 29.g3 b5 30.Kb2 a6 31.Be3 h4 32.Bf2 h3 33.Bg1 Be7 34.Nb3 Kc6 35.a3 Kd5 36.Bf2 Bd6 37.Nd2 f5 38.Kb3 Be2 39.Kb2 Be5 40.Kc2 Bd6 41.Kb2 Bc7 42.Kc2 a5 43.Bg1 Bd6 44.Kb2 Bd1 45.Bf2 Be5 46.Bg1 Ba4 47.Nb3 Bxb3 48.Kxb3 g4 49.f4 Bd6 50.a4 bxa4+ 51.Kxa4 Ke4 0-1

This is modern chess!

Round 9, Jan. 31
Antipov, Mikhail - Mikhalevski, Victor
A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack

1.b3 g6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.c4 d5 5.cxd5 Qxd5 6.Nc3 Qd7 7.e3 f5 8.d4 Ba3 9.Qd2 O-O 10.h4 f4 11.h5 fxe3 12.fxe3 Qg4 13.Bc4 Be6 14.Nf3 Nc6 15.hxg6 hxg6 16.e4 Qg3+ 17.Kf1 Bxc4+ 18.bxc4 g5 19.Ne2 Qg4 20.d5 f5 21.Rh3 Bd6 22.dxc6 fxe4 23.Qd5+ Rf7 24.Qd4 Kf8 25.cxb7 Rb8 26.c5 1-0

Round 9, Jan. 31
Le, Quang Liem - Esipenko, Andrey
B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.c3 Nd7 7.O-O c5 8.dxc5 Nxc5 9.Nd4 Bg6 10.b4 Nd7 11.f4 Nc6 12.g4 Nxd4 13.cxd4 f5 14.exf6 Qxf6 15.f5 exf5 16.Nc3 Bd6 17.Nxd5 Qh4 18.Bf4 Bxf4 19.Rxf4 O-O 20.gxf5 Qh6 21.Rf2 Bf7 22.Bf3 Qd6 23.Ne3 Qxb4 24.Rb1 Qa3 25.Qc1 Qa4 26.Rxb7 Rac8 27.Qb2 Nf6 28.Qb4 Qa6 29.Rb5 Nd7 30.Nd5 Kh8 31.Kg2 Bxd5 32.Rxd5 Nf6 33.Ra5 Qd3 34.Qd2 Qb1 35.Qb2 Qd3 36.Qd2 Qb1 37.Qb2 Qd3 38.Ra3 Qc4 39.Rxa7 Nd5 40.Qd2 Rce8 41.Re2 Rxe2+ 42.Bxe2 Qc6 43.Kg1 Qb6 44.Ra3 Qb1+ 45.Bd1 Qxf5 46.Rf3 Qg4+ 47.Kh1 Rxf3 48.Qe2 Rf1+ 49.Qxf1 Qe4+ 50.Qf3 Qe1+ 51.Kg2 Qd2+ 52.Kg3 Qg5+ 53.Kf2 Qd2+ 54.Kg1 Qxd4+ 55.Kh1 Qc5 56.Qf5 Kg8 57.Bb3 Qc1+ 58.Kg2 Qd2+ 59.Kg3 Qe3+ 60.Qf3 Qg5+ 61.Kf2 Qd2+ 62.Kf1 Qc1+ 63.Ke2 Qb2+ 64.Kd3 1-0

An opening name I've never heard before!

Round 6, Jan. 28
Plotkin, Victor - Larino Nieto, David
B00 Carr's Defence

1.e4 h6 2.d4 a6 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 cxd4 7.Qxd4 e5 8.Qd3 Nc5 9.Qc2 Bg4 10.Be3 exf4 11.Bxf4 g5 12.Bg3 Ne7 13.O-O-O Nc6 14.e5 Nb4 15.Qf2 Qa5 16.exd6 Bg7 17.Ne5 Bxe5 18.Bxe5 Bxd1 19.d7+ Nxd7 20.Bxh8 O-O-O 21.Bd4 Nxa2+ 22.Kxd1 Nxc3+ 23.bxc3 Qa1+ 24.Ke2 f5 25.g4 Re8+ 26.Kf3 Qb1 27.Kg2 fxg4 28.h4 a5 29.hxg5 hxg5 30.c5 Rf8 31.Qe3 Qa2+ 32.Be2 Qd5+ 33.Kg1 a4 34.c4 Qf7 35.Rh8 Rxh8 36.Bxh8 g3 37.Bg4 a3 38.Qd4 a2 39.Bxd7+ Qxd7 40.Qxd7+ Kxd7 41.Kg2 Ke6 42.Kxg3 Kf5 43.Kf3 g4+ 44.Kg3 Ke4 45.Kxg4 Kd3 46.Kf3 Kxc4 47.Ke2 Kxc5 48.Kd2 Kb4 49.Kc2 Ka3 50.Bb2+ Kb4 1/2-1/2

Round 7, Jan. 29
Ladron De Guevara Pinto, Paolo - Plotkin, Victor
C22 Centre game, Charousek variation

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 Bb4+ 5.c3 Be7 6.c4 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nb4 8.Qe2 d6 9.f3 O-O 10.a3 Na6 11.Be3 c6 12.O-O-O Qa5 13.Qd2 Rd8 14.Kb1 Be6 15.g4 Nd7 16.Nd5 Qxd2 17.Nxe7+ Kf8 18.Rxd2 Kxe7 19.h3 Nac5 20.Rc2 b5 21.cxb5 Bb3 22.Rc3 cxb5 23.Ne2 Bc4 24.Nd4 Ne5 25.f4 Nxe4 26.fxe5 Nxc3+ 27.bxc3 Bd5 28.exd6+ Kxd6 29.Rh2 Be4+ 30.Kb2 a6 31.Rf2 Ke7 32.Rf4 Bd5 33.Nf5+ Kf8 34.Bd4 f6 35.h4 Be6 36.g5 fxg5 37.hxg5 Bxf5 38.Rxf5+ Kg8 39.Bg2 Rf8 40.Bd5+ Kh8 41.Bf7 Rae8 42.Rf2 Re4 43.g6 Rh4 44.Bc5 Rc8 45.Be6 Re8 46.Bd7 Rg8 47.Bf5 hxg6 48.Bxg6 Rh6 49.Bc2 Re8 50.Bd4 Kg8 51.Bb3+ Kh7 52.a4 bxa4 53.Bxa4 Rb8+ 54.Kc1 Rh1+ 55.Kd2 Rb2+ 56.Bc2+ Kh6 57.Rg2 g5 58.c4 Rb8 59.Bf6 Rg8 60.c5 Kh5 61.Bb3 Rc8 62.Bxg5 Kg6 63.Be7+ Kf5 64.Rf2+ Ke4 65.Bd6 Rh4 66.Kc3 Ke3 67.Rf6 a5 68.Be6 Ra8 69.Bd5 Re8 70.c6 Rc8 71.Bg3 1-0

[Hans Jung]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Exciting last round coming up with nothing clear as favorite to win.

[Hans Jung]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Looks like Praggaanand has missed his chance at a GM norm. Sergei Karjakhins record of youngest GM probably remains safe for now.

[Hans Jung]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

After 4 consecutive draws Nakamura still shares first (with Aronian, MVL, and ?

[Hans Jung]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

If you are on one of the top ten boards this round you are facing a 2700+ player. Tough chess.

[Tony Boron]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

There are 10 rounds as usual - the other sections are finished one day earlier.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

January 30, 2018

Round Nine

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 Dubov Daniil 2694 6.5 - 6.5 Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2793
2 Nakamura Hikaru 2781 6.5 - 6.5 Rapport Richard 2700
3 Aronian Levon 2797 6 - 6 Sethuraman S.P. 2646
4 Howell David W L 2682 6 - 6 Vitiugov Nikita 2732
5 Grandelius Nils 2647 6 - 6 Wang Hao 2711
6 Gelfand Boris 2697 6 - 6 Gupta Abhijeet 2610
7 Navara David 2749 5.5 - 6 Oparin Grigoriy 2607
8 Le Quang Liem 2737 5.5 - 5.5 Esipenko Andrey 2571
9 Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2724 5.5 - 5.5 Grigoriants Sergey 2568
10 Moussard Jules 2571 5.5 - 5.5 Adams Michael 2709
11 Michalik Peter 2553 5.5 - 5.5 Cheparinov Ivan 2699
12 Perez Ponsa Federico 2553 5.5 - 5.5 Sutovsky Emil 2673
13 Kobo Ori 2477 5.5 - 5.5 Saric Ivan 2664
14 Akobian Varuzhan 2647 5.5 - 5.5 Deac Bogdan-Daniel 2549
15 Vocaturo Daniele 2609 5.5 - 5.5 Kaidanov Gregory 2548
16 Epishin Vladimir 2536 5.5 - 5.5 Bindrich Falko 2605
17 Antipov Mikhail Al. 2588 5.5 - 5.5 Mikhalevski Victor 2538
18 Sandipan Chanda 2579 5.5 - 5.5 Nihal Sarin 2524
19 Batsiashvili Nino 2504 5.5 - 5.5 Tregubov Pavel V. 2575
20 Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2429 5.5 - 5.5 Narayanan S. L. 2573
21 Ivanchuk Vassily 2726 5 - 5 Lei Tingjie 2531
22 Gunina Valentina 2502 5 - 5 Short Nigel D 2681
23 Antal Gergely 2522 5 - 5 Motylev Alexander 2673
24 Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo 2650 5 - 5 Debashis Das 2501
25 Praggnanandhaa R 2515 5 - 5 Bosiocic Marin 2628
26 Gagare Shardul 2494 5 - 5 Gledura Benjamin 2612
27 Svane Rasmus 2595 5 - 5 Cuenca Jimenez Jose Fernando 2489
28 Zanan Evgeny 2482 5 - 5 Gopal G.N. 2593
29 Buhmann Rainer 2587 5 - 5 Steinberg Nitzan 2512
30 Huschenbeth Niclas 2587 5 - 5 Xu Yi 2482
31 Lou Yiping 2462 5 - 5 Ju Wenjun 2572
32 Prasanna Raghuram Rao 2458 5 - 5 Muzychuk Anna 2571
33 Grinberg Eyal 2448 5 - 5 Kosteniuk Alexandra 2561
34 Peralta Fernando 2559 5 - 5 Larino Nieto David 2464
35 Venkatesh M.R. 2445 5 - 5 Lagno Kateryna 2556
36 Kozak Adam 2418 5 - 5 Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 2554
37 Pichot Alan 2552 5 - 5 Paehtz Elisabeth 2464
38 Moroni Luca Jr 2547 5 - 5 Cramling Pia 2449
39 Bakalchuk Johnatan 2400 5 - 5 Muzychuk Mariya 2540
40 Swapnil S. Dhopade 2533 5 - 5 De Haan Eric 2304
41 Harikrishna P. 2745 4.5 - 4.5 Cawdery Daniel 2446
42 Raja Harshit 2427 4.5 - 4.5 Banusz Tamas 2641
43 Georgiev Kiril 2623 4.5 - 4.5 Gaehwiler Gabriel 2428
44 Sonis Francesco 2425 4.5 - 4.5 Papp Gabor 2607
45 Keymer Vincent 2408 4.5 - 4.5 Donchenko Alexander 2580
46 Erenberg Ariel 2382 4.5 - 4.5 Huzman Alexander 2561
47 Baron Tal 2548 4.5 - 4.5 Melia Salome 2404
48 Lalith Babu M R 2542 4.5 - 4.5 Hoolt Sarah 2400
49 Hemant Sharma (Del) 2348 4.5 - 4.5 Dvirnyy Danyyil 2534
50 Paramzina Anastasya 2225 4.5 - 4.5 Kollars Dmitrij 2505
51 Goryachkina Aleksandra 2493 4.5 - 4.5 Haria Ravi 2374
52 Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2492 4.5 - 4.5 Prithu Gupta 2373
53 Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh 2380 4.5 - 4.5 Khotenashvili Bela 2486
54 Suarez Gomez Julio 2486 4.5 - 4.5 Bjerre Jonas Buhl 2367
55 Salomon Johan 2476 4.5 - 4.5 Perez Flavio 2279
56 Saduakassova Dinara 2470 4.5 - 4.5 Paehtz Thomas 2356
57 Dragnev Valentin 2466 4.5 - 4.5 Padmini Rout 2325
58 Bellahcene Bilel 2494 4 - 4.5 Sahl Sheila Barth 2178
59 Lombaers Peter 2345 4 - 4 Anton Guijarro David 2666
60 Jessel Stephen 2342 4 - 4 Libiszewski Fabien 2530
61 Papp Petra 2324 4 - 4 Dzagnidze Nana 2522
62 Sadhwani Raunak 2321 4 - 4 Blomqvist Erik 2502
63 Stefanova Antoaneta 2489 4 - 4 Devereaux Maxim L 2370
64 Lopez Mulet Inigo 2318 4 - 4 Almagro Llamas Pablo 2479
65 Studer Noel 2476 4 - 4 Lazarne Vajda Szidonia 2362
66 Cernousek Lukas 2468 4 - 4 Tate Alan 2358
67 Yankelevich Lev 2456 4 - 4 Perez Garcia Alejandro 2357
68 Esserman Marc 2446 4 - 4 Gandrud Vegar Koi 2346
69 Akesson Ralf 2443 4 - 4 Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel 2334
70 Goriatchkin Jouri 2310 4 - 4 Docx Stefan 2442
71 Zhukova Natalia 2438 4 - 4 Perez Garcia Rodney Oscar 2320
72 Tarjan James 2432 4 - 4 Gara Ticia 2331
73 Swayams Mishra 2432 4 - 4 De Francesco Klaus 2287
74 Mohota Nisha 2269 4 - 4 Wemmers Xander 2430
75 Ladron De Guevara Pinto Paolo 2427 4 - 4 Merario Alarcon Andres 2298
76 Vega Gutierrez Sabrina 2427 4 - 4 Meszaros Andras 2258
77 Yoo Christopher Woojin 2254 4 - 4 Solomon Kenny 2420
78 Nandhidhaa Pv 2238 4 - 4 Wallace John Paul 2415
79 Shachar Ehud 2401 4 - 4 Mannion Stephen R 2285
80 Martinez Martin David 2399 4 - 4 Lercel Michal 2252
81 Mozelius Peter 1871 1.5 - 1.5 Reuben Stewart 2045
82 Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2398 4 - 4 Plotkin Victor 2242
83 Spence David J 2127 4 - 4 Sukandar Irine Kharisma 2387
84 Hapala Elisabeth 2097 4 - 4 Mkrtchian Lilit 2378
85 Gavrilescu David 2437 3.5 - 4 Movileanu Daniela 2163

Correction: I originally mislabelled this as the Final Round, mixing up the end of the tournament with the end of the month! Thanks to Tony Boron for pointing out my mistake.

[Hans Jung]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Now thats a tight leaderboard.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

January 30, 2018

Round Eight

Ivanchuk loses to Gupta quite early

Round 8, Jan. 30
Gupta, Abhijeet - Ivanchuk, Vassily
E12 Queen's Indian, Petrosian System

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7 9.e4 O-O 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Qc8 12.Qe2 Ba6 13.Rd1 Bxd3 14.Rxd3 Nd7 15.e5 cxd4 16.cxd4 Re8 17.h4 Qb7 18.Bg5 Bf8 19.Nd2 f6 20.exf6 Nxf6 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Ne4 Qf7 23.Rf3 f5 24.Rg3+ Kh8 25.Ng5 Qd7 26.Qh5 Re7 27.Re1 Qe8 28.Qf3 Rd8 29.d5 Rxd5 30.Nxe6 Rxe6 31.Rg8+ Kxg8 32.Qxd5 Qb5 33.Qxe6+ Kg7 34.Rd1 1-0

Rapport beats Howell

Round 8, Jan. 30
Rapport, Richard - Howell, David
E60 King's Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 c6 5.Nc3 d5 6.Qb3 O-O 7.Bg2 Qb6 8.O-O Rd8 9.Bd2 Be6 10.Na4 Qxb3 11.axb3 Na6 12.Rfc1 Ne4 13.Ba5 Rdc8 14.e3 g5 15.Nd2 Nxd2 16.Bxd2 g4 17.Bf1 dxc4 18.bxc4 c5 19.Bg2 Rab8 20.d5 Bd7 21.Bc3 Bxa4 22.Rxa4 Rd8 23.h3 gxh3 24.Bxh3 Rd6 25.e4 Bxc3 26.Rxc3 Rb6 27.b3 e5 28.Rf3 Kg7 29.Ra5 h6 30.Bd7 Rd6 31.Bb5 Nc7 32.Ba4 Na6 33.Rf5 f6 34.f4 exf4 35.gxf4 Kg6 36.b4 Nxb4 37.Bd1 Na6 38.Bh5+ Kh7 39.e5 Rb6 40.Rb5 Rg8+ 41.Kf2 Rxb5 42.cxb5 Nc7 43.d6 Nxb5 44.Rxf6 Rd8 45.Rf7+ Kg8 46.Rxb7 a6 47.Rb6 c4 48.Rxa6 c3 49.Rc6 1-0

Nakamura draws with Wang Hao in 19 moves and Oparin and Aronian draw in 18.

Round 8, Jan. 30
MVL - Moussard, Jules
C01 French, Exchange

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d3 Nf6 6.d4 d5 7.Bd3 Bd6 8.Qe2+ Be6 9.c4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qe7 11.O-O O-O 12.Nc3 h6 13.Re1 Re8 14.d5 Bg4 15.Qxe7 Bxe7 16.Nb5 Na6 17.Bf4 Bb4 18.Rec1 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Ba5 20.Bb3 Re7 21.d6 cxd6 22.Nxd6 Rd8 23.Rc8 Rxc8 24.Nxc8 Re2 25.Kf1 Re8 26.Nxa7 Nc5 27.Bc4 Rd8 28.Nb5 Nd3 29.Bxd3 Rxd3 30.Ke2 Rd5 31.a4 Nd7 32.Rb1 Bb4 33.Rd1 Rxd1 34.Kxd1 Kf8 35.Kc2 Ke7 36.Kd3 g5 37.Bc7 Ke6 38.Kc4 Be1 39.Nd4+ Kf6 40.Bg3 Ne5+ 41.Kb5 Nd3 42.Nc2 Bd2 43.b4 Ke6 44.Kb6 Nb2 45.a5 Nc4+ 46.Kxb7 Bxb4 47.Nxb4 Nxa5+ 48.Kb6 Nb3 49.Nc2 h5 50.Kc6 h4 51.Bc7 h3 52.Bb6 Nd2 53.Nd4+ Ke5 54.Kc5 f5 55.Bc7+ Kf6 56.f4 Ne4+ 57.Kd5 Nxf2 58.Bd8+ Kg6 59.Bxg5 Ng4 60.Nf3 Kh5 61.Kd4 Nf2 62.Bh4 Ne4 63.Ke3 Nc3 64.Bg3 Ne4 65.Be1 1-0

Round 8, Jan. 30
Dubov, Daniil - Antipov, Mikhail
D15 QGD Slav Accepted

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.c5 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 8.O-O Bg4 9.Ne5 Bf5 10.h3 Nfd7 11.f4 b6 12.cxb6 Qxb6 13.Kh2 Be6 14.b3 f6 15.Nxd7 Nxd7 16.Ba3 Rfe8 17.Na4 Qb7 18.Rc1 Rac8 19.e3 Bf7 20.Qf3 Kh8 21.h4 Be6 22.g4 Bg8 23.Bb2 e5 24.dxe5 fxe5 25.g5 Be6 26.h5 exf4 27.Bxg7+ Kxg7 28.h6+ Kg8 29.Qxf4 Bf5 30.Kh1 Qb8 31.Qd4 Qe5 32.Nc5 Nb8 33.Rce1 Rc7 34.Qxe5 Rxe5 35.e4 dxe4 36.Nxe4 Bxe4 37.Rxe4 Rxe4 38.Bxe4 Nd7 39.Bd3 Ne5 40.Bxa6 Rf7 41.Bc4 1-0

Round 8, Jan. 30
Ju Wenjun - Gelfand, Boris
E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 c5 6.e3 cxd4 7.exd4 h6 8.Bh4 d5 9.Rc1 Be7 10.c5 b6 11.b4 a5 12.Na4 axb4 13.Nxb6 Ra3 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Qd2 Rxf3 16.gxf3 Nc6 17.Bb5 Nxd4 18.Qxb4 Nxf3+ 19.Kd1 e5 20.Be2 Nd4 21.c6 Bg5 22.Rc3 Qf6 23.Nd7 Bxd7 24.cxd7 Qxf2 25.Re1 Rd8 26.Rc8 Qf5 27.Qb7 Kh7 28.Rf1 Qe4 29.Qb2 Rxd7 30.Rc3 Nxe2 0-1

Boris Spassky's 81th birthday is today (Jan. 30) and Ju Wenjun (above) celebrates her birthday tomorrow and will be 27.

Round 8, Jan. 30
Sethuraman, S.P. - Praggnanandhaa, R.
C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defence, Fianchetto variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.c3 g6 7.d4 Bg7 8.Re1 b5 9.Bb3 Nf6 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.h3 Re8 12.a3 a5 13.d5 Ne7 14.a4 bxa4 15.Bc2 Qc8 16.Bxa4 Bxa4 17.Rxa4 Nd7 18.Nb3 Nb6 19.Rxa5 f5 20.Nfd2 fxe4 21.c4 Qf5 22.Qe2 Rab8 23.Na1 e3 24.Qxe3 Qd7 25.Nc2 Rf8 26.Qd3 Bh6 27.Ne4 Bxc1 28.Rxc1 Rf4 29.Ne3 c5 30.Rb5 Nec8 31.b4 Na7 32.Rxb6 Rxb6 33.bxc5 dxc5 34.Nxc5 Qf7 35.Ne4 Rb2 36.Ng4 Qf8 37.d6 Kh8 38.d7 Nc6 39.Qd5 Rb6 40.c5 Ra6 41.Nxe5 1-0

Rank after Round 8

Rk. Name Pts.

1 Nakamura Hikaru 6.5
2 Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 6.5
3 Rapport Richard 6.5
4 Dubov Daniil 6.5
5 Howell David W L 6
6 Gupta Abhijeet 6
7 Wang Hao 6
8 Grandelius Nils 6
9 Oparin Grigoriy 6
10 Vitiugov Nikita 6
11 Aronian Levon 6
12 Gelfand Boris 6
13 Sethuraman S.P. 6
14 Antipov Mikhail Al. 5.5
15 Duda Jan-Krzysztof 5.5
16 Mikhalevski Victor 5.5
17 Moussard Jules 5.5
18 Batsiashvili Nino 5.5
19 Grigoriants Sergey 5.5
20 Adams Michael 5.5
21 Esipenko Andrey 5.5
22 Navara David 5.5
23 Vocaturo Daniele 5.5
24 Sutovsky Emil 5.5
25 Saric Ivan 5.5
26 Le Quang Liem 5.5
27 Narayanan S. L. 5.5
28 Sandipan Chanda 5.5
29 Tregubov Pavel V. 5.5
30 Henderson De La Fuente Lance 5.5
31 Akobian Varuzhan 5.5
32 Cheparinov Ivan 5.5
33 Perez Ponsa Federico 5.5
34 Kobo Ori 5.5
35 Bindrich Falko 5.5
36 Epishin Vladimir 5.5
37 Nihal Sarin 5.5
38 Kaidanov Gregory 5.5
39 Michalik Peter 5.5
40 Gledura Benjamin 5
41 Gagare Shardul 5
42 Cramling Pia 5
43 Deac Bogdan-Daniel 5
44 Venkatesh M.R. 5
45 Ivanchuk Vassily 5
46 Pichot Alan 5
47 Muzychuk Mariya 5
48 Short Nigel D 5
49 Antal Gergely 5
50 Peralta Fernando 5
142 Plotkin Victor 4

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

January 30, 2018

Round Eight

There was a glitch on the Chess Results site, so the Round Eight Pairings were not available here until this morning.

They were available at the tournament, of course. This announcement in red above the pairings:

Tuesday 30th January the Masters Round 8 will start at 15:00 regardless of weather conditions & road closures. Please take adequate precautions in order to arrive on time for your game. The default time will be 30 minutes, as usual.

Round Eight Pairings

Bo. Name Pts Pts Name

1 Wang Hao 5.5 - 6 Nakamura Hikaru
2 Rapport Richard 5.5 - 6 Howell David W L
3 Oparin Grigoriy 5.5 - 5.5 Aronian Levon
4 Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 5.5 - 5.5 Moussard Jules
5 Dubov Daniil 5.5 - 5.5 Antipov Mikhail Al.
6 Tregubov Pavel V. 5 - 5 Navara David
7 Vitiugov Nikita 5 - 5 Gledura Benjamin
8 Gupta Abhijeet 5 - 5 Ivanchuk Vassily
9 Narayanan S. L. 5 - 5 Duda Jan-Krzysztof
10 Adams Michael 5 - 5 Sandipan Chanda
11 Ju Wenjun 5 - 5 Gelfand Boris
12 Sutovsky Emil 5 - 5 Vocaturo Daniele
13 Saric Ivan 5 - 5 Epishin Vladimir
14 Esipenko Andrey 5 - 5 Akobian Varuzhan
15 Lagno Kateryna 5 - 5 Grandelius Nils
16 Sethuraman S.P. 5 - 5 Praggnanandhaa R
17 Deac Bogdan-Daniel 5 - 4.5 Motylev Alexander
18 Mikhalevski Victor 4.5 - 4.5 Harikrishna P.
19 Dvirnyy Danyyil 4.5 - 4.5 Le Quang Liem
20 Cheparinov Ivan 4.5 - 4.5 Lalith Babu M R
21 Short Nigel D 4.5 - 4.5 Swapnil S. Dhopade
22 Lei Tingjie 4.5 - 4.5 Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo
23 Bosiocic Marin 4.5 - 4.5 Antal Gergely
24 Nihal Sarin 4.5 - 4.5 Georgiev Kiril
25 Papp Gabor 4.5 - 4.5 Batsiashvili Nino
26 Bindrich Falko 4.5 - 4.5 Goryachkina Aleksandra
27 Steinberg Nitzan 4.5 - 4.5 Svane Rasmus
28 Debashis Das 4.5 - 4.5 Buhmann Rainer
29 Donchenko Alexander 4.5 - 4.5 Kobo Ori
30 Muzychuk Anna 4.5 - 4.5 Venkatesh M.R.
31 Grigoriants Sergey 4.5 - 4.5 Dragnev Valentin
32 Huzman Alexander 4.5 - 4.5 Henderson De La Fuente Lance
33 Cuenca Jimenez Jose Fernando 4.5 - 4.5 Peralta Fernando
34 Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 4.5 - 4.5 Bakalchuk Johnatan
35 Prithu Gupta 4.5 - 4.5 Michalik Peter
36 Paehtz Thomas 4.5 - 4.5 Perez Ponsa Federico
37 Cramling Pia 4.5 - 4.5 Pichot Alan
38 Kaidanov Gregory 4.5 - 4.5 Paramzina Anastasya
39 Gopal G.N. 4 - 4 Ladron De Guevara Pinto Paolo
40 Wemmers Xander 4 - 4 Huschenbeth Niclas
41 Kosteniuk Alexandra 4 - 4 Martinez Martin David
42 Sonis Francesco 4 - 4 Baron Tal
43 Solomon Kenny 4 - 4 Moroni Luca Jr
44 Muzychuk Mariya 4 - 4 Batchimeg Tuvshintugs
45 Santos Ruiz Miguel 4 - 4 Kozak Adam
46 Kollars Dmitrij 4 - 4 Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh
47 Wallace John Paul 4 - 4 Gunina Valentina
48 Mkrtchian Lilit 4 - 4 Gagare Shardul
49 Haria Ravi 4 - 4 Christiansen Johan-Sebastian
50 Khotenashvili Bela 4 - 4 Hemant Sharma (Del)
102 Plotkin Victor 3 3 Tejaswini Sagar

[Hans Jung]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Nakamura is now in full drawing form. Praggnanandhaa (is that the correct spelling - I notice anand and also 5 A's -it will get easier to spell as we get to know him better. Perhaps the nickname: Pragmaticanand ) won a critical game to keep his GM norm chances alive. He still needs a great result in the last 3 rounds. Good Luck!

[Hans Jung]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Walking is the best mode, good for the constitution. Nothing is too far to walk in Gibraltar.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

January 29, 2018

Round Seven

It was stormy on the Rock today. One of the forums said this: This morning it was scaffolding collapsing into a roadway, which may or may not be fixed, but the main bus route was affected. However, this pm there has been a rockfall on the main route into the Calleta and no buses are running. If you're lucky, a taxi will come and take you the wrong way round the mountain. The only other alternative is walking that route with heavy wind and swell plus a risking going through a tunnel which in theory is closed to pedestrians.

I counted 22 byes today - I don't know whether that is because people couldn't make it in to the tournament site.

The premier game was Aronian vs Short

Round 7, Jan. 29
Aronian, Levon - Short, Nigel
A21 English Opening

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.g3 Nc6 5.d4 e4 6.d5 Ne5 7.Nxe5 dxe5 8.g4 Bc5 9.Qb3 Nf6 10.Qb5+ Nd7 11.h4 a6 12.Qb3 e3 13.Bxe3 Bxe3 14.fxe3 fxg4 15.Ne4 Nf6 16.Bg2 O-O 17.c5 Kh8 18.O-O-O Bf5 19.Ng3 Bg6 20.h5 Nxh5 21.Nxh5 Rf2 22.Bf1 Qf8 23.Ng3 Qxc5+ 24.Qc3 Qe7 25.e4 Qg5+ 26.Kb1 Qf4 27.Ka1 Rf8 28.Rg1 Rf7 29.e3 Qg5 30.Bc4 Rd7 31.Qb4 b5 32.Nf5 h5 33.Qe1 Rf3 34.Be2 Rh3 35.Bf1 Bxf5 36.Bxh3 Bxe4 37.Bg2 Bxg2 38.Rxg2 h4 39.Qb4 1-0

Nakamura drew allowing Howell and/or Saric to catch up to him. Antipov was some fifteen minutes late for the opening but he and some other players were allowed to start without penalty when they arrived, because of the weather.

Round 7, Jan. 29
Nakamura, Hikaru - Antipov, Mikhail
C07 French, Tarrasch, open variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.Bb3 Qc7 12.Qf3 Bd6 13.h3 Bh2+ 14.Kh1 Be5 15.c3 Bd7 16.Re1 O-O 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bh4 Bxd4 19.cxd4 Bc6 20.Qe3 Nd5 21.Qe5 Qd7 22.a3 Rac8 23.f3 Ba4 24.Bxd5 exd5 25.Qe7 Rfe8 26.Qxd7 Bxd7 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Re1 Rxe1+ 29.Bxe1 f6 30.Bd2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

It's Howell, with Saric blundering with 42....Qa3

Round 7, Jan. 29
Howell, David - Saric, Ivan
A07 Reti, King's Indian Attack, Barcza System

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O e6 5.c4 Nf6 6.cxd5 Bxf3 7.Bxf3 cxd5 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.d4 Be7 10.e3 O-O 11.Bd2 Rc8 12.Rc1 Ne8 13.Ne2 Nd6 14.Nf4 Qb6 15.Bc3 Rfd8 16.a3 Nb5 17.Bd2 Bg5 18.Nd3 Nd6 19.Bc3 Nb5 20.Bd2 Nd6 21.Rc2 h6 22.Kg2 Nc4 23.Bc1 a5 24.Rc3 Be7 25.Be2 Qa7 26.Qa4 Rb8 27.Qb5 Rdc8 28.Nc5 Bxc5 29.Qxc5 Qa8 30.Qb5 Na7 31.Qb3 b5 32.Qd1 a4 33.b3 b4 34.axb4 Nb5 35.Rd3 a3 36.bxc4 dxc4+ 37.Bf3 Qa6 38.Rd2 a2 39.Bb2 c3 40.Rc2 cxb2 41.Rxb2 Nc3 42.Qa1 Qa3 43.Rc1 Rxb4 44.Rxa2 Qxa2 45.Qxa2 Nxa2 46.Rxc8+ Kh7 47.d5 exd5 48.Rc2 Ra4 49.Bxd5 Nb4 50.Rc4 Ra5 51.Be4+ f5 52.Rxb4 fxe4 53.Rxe4 1-0

Ivanchuk wins the battle of the two Ukrainian chuks

Round 7, Jan. 29
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Muzychuk, Mariya
D76 Neo-Grunfeld

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nb6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.e3 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Re1 a5 11.h3 a4 12.Rb1 a3 13.bxa3 e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Qxd8 Nxf3+ 16.Bxf3 Rxd8 17.Nb5 Be5 18.Nd4 Bxh3 19.Bxb7 Bxd4 20.exd4 Rab8 21.Bf3 Be6 22.Bf4 Nd5 23.Bd2 Rxb1 24.Rxb1 Ra8 25.Rb5 c6 26.Ra5 Rb8 27.Bh6 f5 28.Ra6 Rc8 29.Ra7 Nc3 30.a4 Bd5 31.Bxd5+ cxd5 32.a5 Ne2+ 33.Kg2 Nxd4 34.a6 Nc6 35.Rg7+ Kh8 36.Rb7 d4 37.a7 d3 38.Rc7 1-0

Round 7, Jan. 29
MVL - Sandipan, Chanda
B06 Robatsch Defence

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.h3 Nf6 6.e5 Ne4 7.Nxe4 dxe4 8.Ng5 c5 9.dxc5 Qxd1+ 10.Kxd1 Bxe5 11.Nxe4 O-O 12.c3 Rd8+ 13.Kc2 Bf5 14.f3 Nd7 15.Be3 Rdc8 16.Bd3 Bxe4 17.Bxe4 Nxc5 18.Bxc5 Rxc5 19.Bxb7 Rb8 20.Be4 h5 21.Rhd1 h4 22.Rd5 Rxd5 23.Bxd5 Rd8 24.Rd1 Kg7 25.Rd3 f5 26.b4 Kf6 27.c4 Kg5 28.c5 Kf4 29.a4 Kg3 30.Bf7 Rf8 31.Bxg6 Kf4 32.Rd2 Kg5 33.Rd5 Bb8 34.Bh7 e6 35.Rd7 Kh6 36.Kd3 Rc8 37.a5 a6 38.Re7 Bg3 39.Kc4 Ra8 40.Bg8 Rxg8 41.Rxe6+ Kg5 42.Rxa6 Be5 43.Re6 Kf4 44.b5 Rxg2 45.b6 1-0

Round 7, Jan. 29
Henderson De La Fuente, Lance - Dubov, Daniil
B33 Sicilian, Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Rb8 12.Nc2 Bg5 13.a4 bxa4 14.Ncb4 Nxb4 15.cxb4 O-O 16.Rxa4 a5 17.b5 Bd7 18.Nc3 d5 19.Nxd5 Bxb5 20.Bxb5 Rxb5 21.O-O Rxb2 22.Qa1 Rb5 23.Qxe5 Kh8 24.Qc3 f5 25.Nc7 Bd2 26.Qc4 Re5 27.Ne6 Qe8 28.exf5 Rfxf5 29.Nd4 Rxf2 30.Rxf2 Re1+ 31.Rf1 Qxa4 32.Qd3 Rxf1+ 33.Kxf1 Qd1+ 34.Kf2 Be1+ 35.Ke3 Bf2+ 36.Ke4 Qxd3+ 37.Kxd3 Bxd4 38.Kxd4 g5 39.Kc4 Kg7 40.Kb5 Kf6 41.Kxa5 Ke5 42.Kb5 Ke4 43.Kc5 Ke3 44.Kd5 Kf2 45.g3 g4 0-1

A funny comment from the English Forum linking the storm and a Tarjan move:

A rock must have fallen on Tarjan's head. Hard to explain his final move otherwise in Tarjan - Papp (0-1, 29)


Round 7, Jan. 29
Tarjan, James - Papp, Gabor
A20 English (reversed Sicilian)

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 d6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.e3 exd4 9.Qxd4 Nbd7 10.Nf3 Qa5 11.O-O Ne5 12.b3 Bh3 13.Nh4 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Rfe8 15.e4 Rad8 16.Rad1 b5 17.cxb5 cxb5 18.Nf5 b4 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.Qxd5 Qxa2 21.Rd2 Qa6 22.f4 Ng4 23.Qd4 Nf6 24.e5 Qb7+ 25.Kg1 Ne4 26.exd6 f6 27.Re2 g6 28.Ne7+ Qxe7 29.dxe7 Rxd4 0-1

Praggu's opponent self-destructs at the end:

Round 7, Jan. 29
Praggnanandhaa, R. - Gopal, G.N.
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a3 Nc6 7.Bc4 e6 8.Ba2 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Be3 Qc7 11.f4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 e5 13.Be3 b5 14.f5 Bb7 15.Qd3 h6 16.h3 Rac8 17.Bf2 a5 18.Bb3 Bc6 19.Bh4 Rfd8 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Kh1 Rb8 22.Nd5 Bxd5 23.Bxd5 Qb6 24.c3 Rdc8 25.Rfd1 Rc5 26.Bb3 Rd8 27.g3 Rc7 28.Kg2 Qc5 29.h4 Qb6 30.Rd2 Qb7 31.Kh3 Rdc8 32.Rad1 Rc5 33.Qf3 Be7 34.Rf1 Qd7 35.Kg2 Qb7 36.Bd5 Qd7 37.Bb3 Qc7 38.Qh5 Bf6 39.Rfd1 Rc6 40.Kh3 b4 41.cxb4 axb4 42.a4 Rf8 43.g4 Qb6 44.Re2 d5 45.Bxd5 Rd6 46.g5 Bd8 47.g6 Kh8 48.gxf7 Bf6 49.Kh2 Qd8 50.Rg2 Bxh4 51.Rdg1 Bf6 52.Rg6 Bh4 53.Rxg7 1-0

Round 5, Jan. 27
Gillis Onieva, Celia - Plotkin, Victor
A13 English, Neo-Catalan

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 d4 5.O-O c5 6.e3 Nc6 7.exd4 cxd4 8.d3 Bd6 9.Na3 O-O 10.Rb1 e5 11.Bg5 a6 12.Nd2 h6 13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.Ne4 Qe7 15.Nxd6 Qxd6 16.f4 Bf5 17.fxe5 Qg6 18.Rf4 Bxd3 19.Rc1 Nxe5 20.Rxd4 Qb6 21.Nc2 Rad8 22.Bd5 Rxd5 23.cxd5 Bxc2 24.Rxc2 Qxd4+ 25.Qxd4 Nf3+ 26.Kf2 Nxd4 27.Rc7 Rd8 0-1

Round Seven results and Round Eight pairings to follow

[Hans Jung]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr3012...1&zeilen=99999 I love examing the crosstable of Gibraltar - you can see potential battles shaping up.