Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

[Hans Jung]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Aronian - Short rd 7 (right now) What an interesting fighting game. Nigel found a complex trick (or perhaps very deeply it was the only way for Black to fight!?) It looks now like Levon will hang on to the piece but kudos to Nigel for a nice try and definitely interesting chess.

[Hans Jung]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Evidence of GM Howells strength. Nakamura couldnt work an advantage and had to concede a draw. Great fighting chess nonetheless.

[Wayne Komer]

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Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

January 28, 2018

Round Six

David Howell with black, had a good game against Nakamura. It ended in a draw:

Round 6, Jan. 28
Nakamura, Hikaru - Howell, David
C45 Scotch game

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qf6 5.Nb3 Qg6 6.Qe2 Nf6 7.f3 a5 8.Be3 d5 9.Nc3 dxe4 10.O-O-O Be7 11.Nb5 O-O 12.Nxc7 Rb8 13.Qb5 Bd7 14.Nc5 Nd4 15.Qb6 Bxc5 16.Qxc5 Ne6 17.Nxe6 Bxe6 18.Qg5 exf3 19.gxf3 Rfc8 20.Qxg6 hxg6 21.a3 b5 22.Bd4 b4 23.axb4 axb4 24.Bd3 Nd7 25.Rhe1 Rc6 26.Be4 Ra6 27.b3 Nf6 28.Be5 Re8 29.Bd3 Ra5 30.Kb2 Nd5 31.Bc4 Rea8 32.Bxd5 Bxd5 1/2-1/2

Most of the top ten matches were drawn.

Vassily Ivanchuk went down to Sandipan in a miniature. Castling on his 21st move seems to have been a mistake. Jovanka said that 19.Ra7 was an outstanding sacrifice to win.

Round 6, Jan. 28
Sandipan, Chanda - Ivanchuk, Vassily
E42 Nimzo-Indian, Rubinstein

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.c5 Ne4 8.Bd2 Nxd2 9.Qxd2 a5 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Nxc3 a4 12.Nxa4 Rxa4 13.Bb5+ Bd7 14.Bxa4 Bxa4 15.Qb4 Qd7 16.O-O Qb5 17.b3 Qxb4 18.axb4 Bb5 19.Ra7 Bxf1 20.Rxb7 Nc6 21.Kxf1 O-O 22.b5 Na5 23.Rc7 1-0

Round 6, Jan. 28
Gagare, Shardul - Aronian, Levon
E11 Bogo-Indian Defence, Grunfeld variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.a3 Be7 6.e4 d6 7.Qc2 Nfd7 8.Be2 e5 9.b3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ne5 11.f4 Nbc6 12.Nxc6 Nxc6 13.Nf3 Bf6 14.Ra2 Nd4 15.Qd3 Ne6 16.Be3 b6 17.O-O Bb7 18.Qb1 Nc5 19.e5 dxe5 20.fxe5 Be7 21.Rd2 Qe8 22.Rd5 f5 23.b4 Ne6 24.Rfd1 Qg6 25.Qb3 Rae8 26.Kh1 Kh8 27.Qd3 h6 28.Bf1 Bg5 29.Qd2 Re7 30.Qf2 Bxe3 31.Qxe3 Bxd5 32.cxd5 Ng5 33.Nxg5 Qxg5 34.Qxg5 hxg5 35.d6 Rxe5 36.d7 Rd8 37.Kg1 c6 38.Ba6 Rd5 39.Rc1 R8xd7 40.Rxc6 Kh7 41.h3 g6 42.a4 Rd4 43.Bc4 g4 44.hxg4 Rxg4 45.a5 Rd2 46.Bf1 Rd1 47.Rc7+ Kh6 0-1

Round 4, Jan. 26
Plotkin, Victor - Tarjan, James
C55 Two Knights Defence (Modern Bishop's Opening)

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.Nc3 d6 6.h3 Na5 7.Bb3 c6 8.O-O O-O 9.Ne2 Re8 10.Ng3 Nxb3 11.axb3 h6 12.Bd2 Bf8 13.Re1 Qc7 14.Bc3 c5 15.b4 b5 16.Qd2 Bb7 17.Nf5 a5 18.b3 cxb4 19.Bb2 a4 20.Rac1 a3 21.Ba1 d5 22.exd5 Nxd5 23.Bxe5 Qd7 24.Ng3 Ra6 25.Ba1 Rae6 26.Rxe6 Rxe6 27.Re1 g6 28.Rxe6 Qxe6 29.Qe2 Nf4 30.Qxe6 fxe6 31.Ne1 Kf7 32.Kf1 Bg7 33.d4 e5 34.dxe5 Ke6 35.Ne2 Nxe2 36.Kxe2 Bxe5 37.Bxe5 Kxe5 38.Nd3+ Kd4 0-1

Round Six Pairings and Results

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2781 5 .5 - .5 4.5 GM Howell David W L 2682
2 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. 2588 4.5 .5 - .5 4 GM Harikrishna P. 2745
3 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2610 4 .5 - .5 4 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2793
4 GM Gledura Benjamin 2612 4 .5 - .5 4 GM Navara David 2749
5 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2732 4 .5 - .5 4 GM Vocaturo Daniele 2609
6 GM Sandipan Chanda 2579 4 1 - 0 4 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2726
7 GM Narayanan S. L. 2573 4 0 - 1 4 GM Wang Hao 2711
8 Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2429 4 .5 - .5 4 GM Rapport Richard 2700
9 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2699 4 .5 - .5 4 GM Ju Wenjun 2572
10 GM Dubov Daniil 2694 4 .5 - .5 4 GM Moussard Jules 2571
11 GM Saric Ivan 2664 4 1 - 0 4 IM Batsiashvili Nino 2504
12 GM Gagare Shardul 2494 4 0 - 1 3.5 GM Aronian Levon 2797
13 GM Le Quang Liem 2737 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 GM Lei Tingjie 2531
14 GM Antal Gergely 2522 3.5 0 - 1 3.5 GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2724
15 GM Adams Michael 2709 3.5 1 - 0 3.5 IM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2492
16 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2522 3.5 0 - 1 3.5 GM Gelfand Boris 2697
17 GM Short Nigel D 2681 3.5 1 - 0 3.5 IM Zanan Evgeny 2482
18 GM Steinberg Nitzan 2512 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 GM Motylev Alexander 2673
19 GM Kollars Dmitrij 2505 3.5 0 - 1 3.5 GM Sutovsky Emil 2673
20 GM Debashis Das 2501 3.5 3.5 GM Akobian Varuzhan 2647
21 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2464 3.5 0 - 1 3.5 GM Grandelius Nils 2647
22 GM Oparin Grigoriy 2607 3.5 3.5 GM Kobo Ori 2477
23 GM Bindrich Falko 2605 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 IM Dragnev Valentin 2466
24 FM Prithu Gupta 2373 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 GM Svane Rasmus 2595
25 GM Gopal G.N. 2593 3.5 .5 - .5 3.5 IM Saduakassova Dinara 2470
65 FM Plotkin Victor 2242 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 GM Larino Nieto David 2464

[Wayne Komer]

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Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

January 27, 2018

Round Six Pairings

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2781 5 - 4.5 GM Howell David W L 2682
2 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. 2588 4.5 - 4 GM Harikrishna P. 2745
3 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2610 4 - 4 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2793
4 GM Gledura Benjamin 2612 4 - 4 GM Navara David 2749
5 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2732 4 - 4 GM Vocaturo Daniele 2609
6 GM Sandipan Chanda 2579 4 - 4 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2726
7 GM Narayanan S. L. 2573 4 - 4 GM Wang Hao 2711
8 Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2429 4 - 4 GM Rapport Richard 2700
9 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2699 4 - 4 GM Ju Wenjun 2572
10 GM Dubov Daniil 2694 4 - 4 GM Moussard Jules 2571
11 GM Saric Ivan 2664 4 - 4 IM Batsiashvili Nino 2504
12 GM Gagare Shardul 2494 4 - 3.5 GM Aronian Levon 2797
13 GM Le Quang Liem 2737 3.5 - 3.5 GM Lei Tingjie 2531
14 GM Antal Gergely 2522 3.5 - 3.5 GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2724
15 GM Adams Michael 2709 3.5 - 3.5 IM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2492
16 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2522 3.5 - 3.5 GM Gelfand Boris 2697
17 GM Short Nigel D 2681 3.5 - 3.5 IM Zanan Evgeny 2482
18 GM Steinberg Nitzan 2512 3.5 - 3.5 GM Motylev Alexander 2673
19 GM Kollars Dmitrij 2505 3.5 - 3.5 GM Sutovsky Emil 2673
20 GM Debashis Das 2501 3.5 - 3.5 GM Akobian Varuzhan 2647
21 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2464 3.5 - 3.5 GM Grandelius Nils 2647
22 GM Oparin Grigoriy 2607 3.5 - 3.5 GM Kobo Ori 2477
23 GM Bindrich Falko 2605 3.5 - 3.5 IM Dragnev Valentin 2466
24 FM Prithu Gupta 2373 3.5 - 3.5 GM Svane Rasmus 2595
25 GM Gopal G.N. 2593 3.5 - 3.5 IM Saduakassova Dinara 2470
26 FM Esipenko Andrey 2571 3.5 - 3.5 GM Venkatesh M.R. 2445
27 GM Huzman Alexander 2561 3.5 - 3.5 IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh 2380
28 GM Cramling Pia 2449 3.5 - 3.5 GM Perez Ponsa Federico 2553
29 GM Deac Bogdan-Daniel 2549 3.5 - 3.5 IM Haria Ravi 2374
30 GM Paehtz Thomas 2356 3.5 - 3.5 GM Epishin Vladimir 2536
65 FM Plotkin Victor 2242 2.5 - 2.5 GM Larino Nieto David 2464

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

January 27, 2018

Round Five

Jovanka Houska and Simon Williams are the commentators. Simon has grown a full beard - not as luxurious as Aman Hambleton's but quite acceptable - beardwise.

Ivan Cheparinov comes in to analyze his game with Ivana.

Round 5, Jan. 27
Pichot, Alan - Cheparinov, Ivan
B96 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 h6 8.Bh4 Qb6 9.Qd2 Qxb2 10.Rb1 Qa3 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 g5 13.exf6 gxh4 14.Be2 Qa5 15.O-O h3 16.Bf3 Nd7 17.Kh1 Ne5 18.Rfe1 Nxf3 19.gxf3 Rg8 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Rxb7 Rg1+ 22.Kxg1 Qc5+ 23.Kh1 Bxb7 24.Rxe6+ Kf7 25.Qd7+ Kg8 26.f7+ Kg7 27.Qd3 Qg5 28.Qd4+ Kxf7 0-1

Ivan is the 31-year old Bulgarian GM, who was involved in the great Handshake Controversy of 2008 with Nigel Short.

Nakamura won again - a snap mate - and now is clear of the field:

Round 5, Jan. 27
Duda, Jan-Krzysztof - Nakamura, Hikaru
B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, Rauser variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.O-O-O d5 10.Qe1 e5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Bc4 Be6 14.Kb1 Rb8 15.Ne4 Qc7 16.Bc5 Rfd8 17.g4 h6 18.h4 f5 19.gxf5 gxf5 20.Ng3 Qf7 21.Bb3 Rd7 22.Ne2 Rbd8 23.h5 Kh7 24.Qa5 Nf4 25.Rxd7 Rxd7 26.Nxf4 exf4 27.Qe1 Bd5 28.Bb4 c5 29.Bxd5 Qxd5 30.Ba3 Qxf3 31.Bxc5 Rb7 32.b3 Qd5 33.Ba3 Qd4 34.c3 Qd3+ 35.Kb2 f3 36.Bc5 f2 37.Bxf2 Re7 38.Qxe7 Qxc3+ 39.Ka3 Qa5# 0-1

Final position in Duda-Nakamura:



Vassily Ivanchuk had a nice game vs Baron

Round 5, Jan. 27
Ivanchuk, Vassily - Baron, Tal
E60 King's Indian

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg2 cxd4 6.Nxd4 O-O 7.Nc2 Nc6 8.Nc3 d6 9.Bd2 Rb8 10.b3 Qd7 11.Rc1 b6 12.O-O Bb7 13.e4 a6 14.Qe2 Rfc8 15.Rfd1 Ba8 16.h3 Na7 17.Nb4 a5 18.Nbd5 Re8 19.Be3 Qd8 20.f4 Nd7 21.Bf2 Bc6 22.Kh2 Nc5 23.e5 dxe5 24.fxe5 Ba8 25.e6 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Qc7 27.Bxc5 bxc5 28.Rd7 1-0

Another draw for Aronian:

Round 5, Jan. 27
Aronian, Levon - Huzman, Alexander
A34 English, symmetrical variation

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e4 Nc6 6.Nge2 O-O 7.O-O Ne8 8.d3 Nc7 9.Be3 Ne6 10.Qd2 Ned4 11.Bh6 d6 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.f4 Rb8 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.f5 b5 16.cxb5 Nxb5 17.g4 Nd4 18.Rf2 f6 19.h4 h6 20.Re1 g5 21.hxg5 hxg5 22.e5 dxe5 23.Rxe5 Qc7 24.Re3 Bb7 25.Qe1 Rbe8 26.Bxb7 Qxb7 27.Qf1 Rh8 28.Qg2 Qc7 29.Qg3 Qc6 30.Qg2 Qc7 31.Qg3 Qc6 32.Qg2 1/2-1/2

David Howell and the French:

Round 5, Jan. 27
Howell, David - Svane, Rasmus
C01 French, Exchange

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.Qe2+ Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 Nc6 9.c3 Re8 10.Bg5 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Nbd2 a6 13.Qf1 Bg6 14.Re3 Nh5 15.Rae1 Qd7 16.Bxe7 Rxe7 17.Rxe7 Nxe7 18.Ne5 Qd6 19.Ndf3 Nf4 20.Nxg6 hxg6 21.Bc2 Qf6 22.h4 Nf5 23.g3 Ne6 24.Qd3 Nd6 25.Ne5 Nf8 26.Ng4 Qd8 27.Kg2 Qd7 28.Qf3 Re8 29.Ne5 Qb5 30.b3 Qa5 31.a4 c6 32.h5 gxh5 33.Qxh5 f6 34.Nc4 Qc7 35.Rxe8 Nxe8 36.Qxe8 dxc4 37.bxc4 Qd7 38.Qxd7 Nxd7 39.c5 b5 40.Bf5 Nb8 41.a5 1-0

Round 5, Jan. 27
Sutovsky, Emil - Antipov, Mikhail
C16 French, Winawer, Petrosian variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Qd7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 b6 7.a4 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6 9.Qd3 Nb8 10.a5 Ne7 11.Nf3 Nbc6 12.axb6 cxb6 13.Ba3 Na5 14.Nd2 Rc8 15.O-O Nf5 16.g4 Nh4 17.Qg3 Qd8 18.f4 h5 19.h3 hxg4 20.hxg4 Nc4 21.Nxc4 Rxc4 22.f5 Qc8 23.fxe6 Qxe6 24.Bd6 a5 25.Rab1 Rc6 26.c4 Qh6 27.Qf4 Qxf4 28.Rxf4 Ng6 29.Rf2 Rxc4 30.c3 Rh4 31.Rxb6 Rxg4+ 32.Kh2 Rh4+ 33.Kg2 Rg4+ 34.Kf1 Rxc3 35.Rb8+ Kd7 36.Rxf7+ Ke6 37.Rxg7 Kf5 38.Rf7+ Ke4 39.Rb2 Rc1+ 40.Kf2 Nf4 41.Rxf4+ Rxf4+ 42.Kg2 Rg4+ 43.Kf2 Rcg1 44.Re2+ Kxd4 0-1

Another youngster, Antipov, was officially awarded his grandmaster title in October 2013, which at the age of 16, made him the youngest grandmaster in Russia at the time.

Andrey Esipenko (15) beat Karjakin at the World Rapids in Riyadh. Today he went down to David Navara:

Round 5, Jan. 27
Navara, David - Esipenko, Andrey
B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.Be3 Qb6 7.c4 Qxb2 8.O-O Ne7 9.Qb3 Qxb3 10.axb3 Bxb1 11.Rfxb1 Nf5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Bb5+ Nc6 14.Rc1 Be7 15.dxc5 a6 16.Bxc6+ bxc6 17.Bd2 h5 18.h3 h4 19.Ra5 Kd7 20.Rca1 Kc7 21.R1a4 Rhb8 22.e6 Rxb3 23.exf7 Rf8 24.Bb4 Bf6 25.Rxa6 Kd7 26.Rb6 Nd4 27.Nxd4 Bxd4 28.Ba3 Rd3 29.Kf1 Rd2 30.Ra7+ Ke6 31.Rxc6+ Kf5 32.Rd6 Ke4 33.Re7+ Kd3 34.Rxd5 Rxf2+ 35.Ke1 Ra2 36.Bc1 Rxg2 37.Rxd4+ Kxd4 38.c6 Rg1+ 39.Kd2 Rg2+ 40.Kd1 Kc3 41.c7 Rf2 42.Re8 Kd3 43.Rd8+ 1-0

If you have trouble with spelling, this tournament is not for you. Three players in particular, whose names give me difficulty - Danyyil Dvirnyy, Praggnanandhaa and Mkrtchian!

Round 5, Jan. 27
Praggnanandhaa, R. - Mkrtchian, Lilit
A07 Reti, King's Indian Attack, Yugoslav variation

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 e5 7.d3 Ngf6 8.e4 dxe4 9.dxe4 Bc5 10.Qe2 O-O 11.a4 a5 12.Nd2 Qc7 13.Bg2 Rfe8 14.Nc4 Nf8 15.h4 Ne6 16.c3 Bf8 17.Rd1 Rad8 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.b4 axb4 21.cxb4 Ncd7 22.Rb1 Ne8 23.Qc2 Nd6 24.Nd2 Ra8 25.Bf1 Nb6 26.Ra1 Qd8 27.a5 Nbc8 28.Rd1 Qe8 29.Nb3 Na7 30.Nc5 Nab5 31.Qb3 Qc8 32.f3 Qc7 33.Na4 g6 34.Nb6 Rd8 35.Kg2 Nd4 36.Bxd4 exd4 37.Na4 Bg7 38.Rc1 Kh8 39.Bd3 f5 40.Nc5 fxe4 41.fxe4 Re8 42.Rf1 Qe7 43.Qd1 Nf7 44.h5 gxh5 45.Qxh5 Ne5 46.Rf4 Rb8 47.Bc2 d3 48.Nxd3 Nxd3 49.Bxd3 Qxb4 50.Rf3 Qd2+ 51.Kh3 Qc1 52.Rf1 Qc3 53.Bb1 Qe5 54.Qxe5 Bxe5 55.Rf7 Ra8 1/2-1/2

Round 5, Jan. 27
Raport, Richard - Dvirnyy, Danyyil
D23 QGA (Neo-Mannheim)

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.O-O Be7 9.e3 O-O 10.Rd1 h6 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Nc3 Ne4 13.Bd2 Rad8 14.Rac1 Rfe8 15.Be1 Nxc3 16.Bxc3 Be4 17.Bf1 c5 18.Nd2 Bc6 19.Nb3 b6 20.e4 Bg5 21.f4 Be7 22.Bg2 Ba4 23.Kh1 c4 24.Bd2 b5 25.Rf1 Bxb3 26.axb3 Nb6 27.bxc4 bxc4 28.Be3 Qd7 29.g4 Rb8 30.g5 Na4 31.gxh6 g6 32.Qg4 Rb3 33.Bg1 Bf8 34.f5 exf5 35.exf5 Nxb2 36.fxg6 1-0

Top 25 Rank after Round Five

Rk. Name FED Pts.

1 GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 5
2 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. RUS 4.5
3 GM Howell David W L ENG 4.5
4 GM Gledura Benjamin HUN 4
5 GM Gagare Shardul IND 4
6 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 4
7 GM Rapport Richard HUN 4
8 IM Batsiashvili Nino GEO 4
9 GM Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 4
10 GM Navara David CZE 4
11 GM Saric Ivan CRO 4 12 G
M Vitiugov Nikita RUS 4
13 GM Moussard Jules FRA 4
14 GM Wang Hao CHN 4
15 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 4
16 GM Harikrishna P. IND 4
17 GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 4
18 GM Narayanan S. L. IND 4
19 GM Dubov Daniil RUS 4
20 GM Vocaturo Daniele ITA 4
21 Henderson De La Fuente Lance ESP 4
22 GM Ju Wenjun CHN 4
23 GM Sandipan Chanda IND 4
24 GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof POL 3.5
25 GM Debashis Das IND 3.5

[Hans Jung]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

The risks Nakamura takes to win always makes his game interesting to look at. White or Black doesnt seem to matter.

[Hans Jung]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Nakamura! Only one with a perfect score.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

January 26, 2018

Round Five Pairings


Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2724 3.5 - 4 Nakamura Hikaru 2781
2 Gledura Benjamin 2612 3.5 - 3.5 Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2793
3 Howell David W L 2682 3.5 - 3.5 Svane Rasmus 2595
4 Sutovsky Emil 2673 3.5 - 3.5 Antipov Mikhail Al. 2588
5 Moussard Jules 2571 3.5 - 3.5 Saric Ivan 2664
6 Navara David 2749 3 - 3.5 Esipenko Andrey 2571
7 Aronian Levon 2797 3 - 3 Huzman Alexander 2561
8 Harikrishna P. 2745 3 - 3 Grigoriants Sergey 2568
9 Le Quang Liem 2737 3 - 3 Deac Bogdan-Daniel 2549
10 Peralta Fernando 2559 3 - 3 Vitiugov Nikita 2732
11 Ivanchuk Vassily 2726 3 - 3 Baron Tal 2548
12 Wang Hao 2711 3 - 3 Mikhalevski Victor 2538
13 Perez Ponsa Federico 2553 3 - 3 Adams Michael 2709
14 Rapport Richard 2700 3 - 3 Dvirnyy Danyyil 2534
15 Pichot Alan 2552 3 - 3 Cheparinov Ivan 2699
16 Lei Tingjie 2531 3 - 3 Gelfand Boris 2697
17 Lalith Babu M R 2542 3 - 3 Dubov Daniil 2694
18 Antal Gergely 2522 3 - 3 Short Nigel D 2681
19 Akobian Varuzhan 2647 3 - 3 Kollars Dmitrij 2505
20 Grandelius Nils 2647 3 - 3 Debashis Das 2501
21 Batsiashvili Nino 2504 3 - 3 Sethuraman S.P. 2646
22 Edouard Romain 2613 3 - 3 Gagare Shardul 2494
23 Gunina Valentina 2502 3 - 3 Gupta Abhijeet 2610
24 Vocaturo Daniele 2609 3 - 3 Prasanna Raghuram Rao 2458
25 Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2492 3 - 3 Oparin Grigoriy 2607
26 Papp Gabor 2607 3 - 3 Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2429
27 Saduakassova Dinara 2470 3 - 3 Bindrich Falko 2605
28 Dragnev Valentin 2466 3 - 3 Gopal G.N. 2593
29 Venkatesh M.R. 2445 3 - 3 Buhmann Rainer 2587
30 Sandipan Chanda 2579 3 - 3 Sukandar Irine Kharisma 2387
31 Erenberg Ariel 2382 3 - 3 Narayanan S. L. 2573
32 Lazarne Vajda Szidonia 2362 3 - 3 Ju Wenjun 2572
33 Muzychuk Anna 2571 3 - 3 Prithu Gupta 2373
34 Motylev Alexander 2673 2.5 - 2.5 Gavrilescu David 2437
35 Tarjan James 2432 2.5 - 2.5 Donchenko Alexander 2580
36 Swayams Mishra 2432 2.5 - 2.5 Ibarra Jerez Jose Carlos 2577
37 Gaehwiler Gabriel 2428 2.5 - 2.5 Lagno Kateryna 2556
38 Ladron De Guevara Pinto Paolo 2427 2.5 - 2.5 Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 2554
39 Michalik Peter 2553 2.5 - 2.5 Sonis Francesco 2425
40 Muzychuk Mariya 2540 2.5 - 2.5 Kozak Adam 2418
41 Epishin Vladimir 2536 2.5 - 2.5 Melia Salome 2404
42 Swapnil S. Dhopade 2533 2.5 - 2.5 Stark Lars 2381
43 Vega Gutierrez Sabrina 2427 2.5 - 2.5 Dzagnidze Nana 2522
44 Praggnanandhaa R 2515 2.5 - 2.5 Mkrtchian Lilit 2378
102 Gillis Onieva Celia 1848 1.5 - 1.5 Plotkin Victor 2242

Ranking after Round Four

1 Nakamura 4.0
2-11 Duda, Gedura, Howell, MVL, Antipov, Sutovsky, Saric, Svane, Moussard, Esipenko 3.5
12-67 56 players 3.0
182 Plotkin 1.5

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

January 26, 2018

Round Four

Round 4 Results

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2781 3 1 - 0 3 GM Grandelius Nils 2647
2 GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2724 3 .5 - .5 3 GM Gledura Benjamin 2612
3 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. 2588 3 .5 - .5 3 GM Howell David W L 2682
4 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2793 2.5 1 - 0 3 IM Batsiashvili Nino 2504
5 GM Grigoriants Sergey 2568 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 GM Aronian Levon 2797
6 GM Peralta Fernando 2559 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 GM Le Quang Liem 2737
7 GM Adams Michael 2709 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 GM Pichot Alan 2552
8 GM Baron Tal 2548 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 GM Rapport Richard 2700
9 GM Gelfand Boris 2697 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 GM Lalith Babu M R 2542
10 GM Sutovsky Emil 2673 2.5 1 - 0 2.5 GM Muzychuk Mariya 2540
11 GM Saric Ivan 2664 2.5 1 - 0 2.5 GM Swapnil S. Dhopade 2533
12 GM Mikhalevski Victor 2538 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 GM Akobian Varuzhan 2647
13 GM Sethuraman S.P. 2646 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 GM Antal Gergely 2522
14 GM Debashis Das 2501 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 GM Vocaturo Daniele 2609
15 GM Gagare Shardul 2494 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 GM Papp Gabor 2607
16 GM Svane Rasmus 2595 2.5 1 - 0 2.5 GM Salomon Johan 2476
17 GM Buhmann Rainer 2587 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 IM Saduakassova Dinara 2470
18 GM Narayanan S. L. 2573 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 IM Dragnev Valentin 2466
19 GM Ju Wenjun 2572 2.5 .5 - .5 2.5 GM Venkatesh M.R. 2445
20 GM Moussard Jules 2571 2.5 1 - 0 2.5 IM Swayams Mishra 2432
21 FM Esipenko Andrey 2571 2.5 1 - 0 2.5 IM Vega Gutierrez Sabrina 2427
22 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2489 2 0 - 1 2 GM Navara David 2749
23 GM Harikrishna P. 2745 2 1 - 0 2 GM Studer Noel 2476
24 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2732 2 1 - 0 2 IM Cernousek Lukas 2468
25 GM Larino Nieto David 2464 2 0 - 1 2 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2726
26 IM Xu Yi 2482 2 0 - 1 2 GM Wang Hao 2711
27 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2699 2 1 - 0 2 IM Lou Yiping 2462
28 GM Dubov Daniil 2694 2 1 - 0 2 IM Grinberg Eyal 2448
29 GM Short Nigel D 2681 2 1 - 0 2 IM Cawdery Daniel 2446
30 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2464 2 .5 - .5 2 GM Motylev Alexander 2673
31 IM Prasanna Raghuram Rao 2458 2 1 - 0 2 GM Anton Guijarro David 2666
32 GM Cramling Pia 2449 2 1 - 0 2 GM Banusz Tamas 2641
33 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2610 2 1 - 0 2 IM Esserman Marc 2446
34 GM Oparin Grigoriy 2607 2 1 - 0 2 GM Akesson Ralf 2443
35 GM Bindrich Falko 2605 2 1 - 0 2 GM Zhukova Natalia 2438
36 GM Gopal G.N. 2593 2 1 - 0 2 IM Wemmers Xander 2430
37 Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2429 2 1 - 0 2 GM Huschenbeth Niclas 2587
38 IM Raja Harshit 2427 2 0 - 1 2 GM Sandipan Chanda 2579
39 GM Ibarra Jerez Jose Carlos 2577 2 .5 - .5 2 IM Gaehwiler Gabriel 2428
40 IM Kozak Adam 2418 2 .5 - .5 2 GM Tregubov Pavel V. 2575
41 IM Wallace John Paul 2415 2 0 - 1 2 GM Muzychuk Anna 2571
42 GM Huzman Alexander 2561 2 1 - 0 2 IM Keymer Vincent 2408
43 IM Melia Salome 2404 2 .5 - .5 2 GM Michalik Peter 2553
44 WGM Hoolt Sarah 2400 2 0 - 1 2 GM Perez Ponsa Federico 2553
45 GM Deac Bogdan-Daniel 2549 2 1 - 0 2 GM Solomon Kenny 2420
46 GM Kaidanov Gregory 2548 2 0 - 1 2 IM Erenberg Ariel 2382
47 IM Sukandar Irine Kharisma 2387 2 1 - 0 2 GM Moroni Luca Jr 2547
48 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2378 2 .5 - .5 2 GM Epishin Vladimir 2536
49 GM Dvirnyy Danyyil 2534 2 1 - 0 2 IM Shachar Ehud 2401
50 GM Lei Tingjie 2531 2 1 - 0 2 FM Bakalchuk Johnatan 2400
51 FM Prithu Gupta 2373 2 1 - 0 2 GM Libiszewski Fabien 2530
52 IM Nihal Sarin 2524 2 0 - 1 2 IM Lazarne Vajda Szidonia 2362
53 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2522 2 .5 - .5 2 IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh 2380
54 FM Blohberger Felix 2367 2 .5 - .5 2 IM Praggnanandhaa R 2515
55 GM Steinberg Nitzan 2512 2 .5 - .5 2 IM Haria Ravi 2374
56 GM Kollars Dmitrij 2505 2 1 - 0 2 Oglaza Oskar 2245
57 WIM Richards Heather S 2223 2 0 - 1 2 GM Gunina Valentina 2502
58 Weisbuch Udi 2177 2 0 - 1 2 IM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2492
59 IM Perez Garcia Rodney Oscar 2320 1.5 .5 - .5 1.5 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo 2650
60 GM Bosiocic Marin 2628 1.5 0 - 1 1.5 IM Hemant Sharma (Del) 2348
61 GM Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel 2334 1.5 .5 - .5 1.5 GM Georgiev Kiril 2623
62 GM Donchenko Alexander 2580 1.5 1 - 0 1.5 IM Quillan Gary 2340
63 WIM Garcia Martin Marta 2323 1.5 0 - 1 1.5 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2561
64 GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 2554 1.5 1 - 0 1.5 WGM Gara Ticia 2331
65 WGM Rapport Jovana 2305 1.5 .5 - .5 1.5 IM Santos Ruiz Miguel 2510
66 GM Blomqvist Erik 2502 1.5 1 - 0 1.5 FM Horvath Dominik 2329
67 FM Merario Alarcon Andres 2298 1.5 .5 - .5 1.5 IM Bellahcene Bilel 2494
68 WGM Goryachkina Aleksandra 2493 1.5 .5 - .5 1.5 FM Sadhwani Raunak 2321
69 GM Khotenashvili Bela 2486 1.5 1 - 0 1.5 FM Lopez Mulet Inigo 2318
70 FM De Francesco Klaus 2287 1.5 1 - 0 1.5 IM Suarez Gomez Julio 2486
71 WIM Heinemann Josefine 2270 1.5 0 - 1 1.5 IM Zanan Evgeny 2482
72 IM Almagro Llamas Pablo 2479 1.5 1 - 0 1.5 Bliumberg Vladislav 2276
73 Lercel Michal 2252 1.5 0 - 1 1.5 GM Kobo Ori 2477
74 IM Docx Stefan 2442 1.5 .5 - .5 1.5 IM Mohota Nisha 2269
75 FM Gavrilescu David 2437 1.5 1 - 0 1.5 FM Gavilan Diaz Mario 2251
76 FM Plotkin Victor 2242 1.5 0 - 1 1.5 GM Tarjan James 2432

Round Four games

Round 4, Jan. 26
Nakamura, Hikaru = Grandelius, Nils
B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Byrne Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.Qd2 b4 9.Na4 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Qa5 11.b3 Bb7 12.a3 Qc7 13.axb4 d5 14.Bf2 Bd6 15.exd5 Nxd5 16.Bg3 Rc8 17.c4 Bxb4 18.Qg5 Qa5 19.Qxg7 Rf8 20.Nc2 Bc6 21.Qa1 Nc5 22.Nxc5 Qxa1+ 23.Nxa1 Ba3+ 24.Kd2 Bb4+ 25.Kd3 Nc3 26.Nxa6 Rd8+ 27.Kc2 Rxd1 28.Nxb4 Rxa1 29.Kxc3 Kd7 30.Nc2 Rb1 31.Ne1 Ra8 32.Bd3 Rc1+ 33.Kd2 Raa1 34.Be5 Rd1+ 35.Ke2 Rac1 36.Bb2 1-0

Round 4, Jan. 26
MVL - Batsiashvili, Nino
C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 g6 7.Bg5 f6 8.Be3 Nh6 9.Bb3 Bg7 10.a4 Qe7 11.O-O Nd8 12.c4 Ng4 13.Bc1 exd4 14.Nxd4 Nc6 15.Nc3 Qe5 16.Nf3 Qh5 17.c5 Qxc5 18.Nd5 Ne7 19.h3 Nxd5 20.Bxd5 c6 21.b4 Qb6 22.Bb3 Ne5 23.Nxe5 fxe5 24.Qxd6 Qd4 25.Qc7 Rf8 26.Bg5 Bf6 27.Bxf6 Rxf6 28.Rad1 1-0

Round 4, Jan. 26
Girogiants, Sergey - Aronian, Levon
C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall Counter Attack

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 Bb7 12.d4 Bf6 13.Re1 Re8 14.Bd2 Rxe1+ 15.Qxe1 Qd7 16.Na3 Re8 17.Qf1 Ne7 18.Re1 c5 19.Be3 cxd4 20.Bxd4 Bxd4 21.cxd4 Rc8 22.Nc2 Bd5 23.Qd3 g6 24.h3 Bxb3 25.axb3 Rd8 26.Rd1 Nd5 27.Ne3 Qe6 28.Nxd5 Rxd5 29.Qe3 Qd7 30.Qe4 Kg7 31.h4 h5 32.g3 Qd6 33.Rd3 Qd8 34.Kg2 Qd6 35.Rd1 Qd8 36.Kh2 Qd6 37.Kg1 a5 38.Kg2 Qd7 39.Rd2 Qd6 40.Rd3 Qd7 41.Qe1 a4 42.bxa4 bxa4 43.Qe4 Qd6 1/2-1/2

Round 4, Jan. 26
Larino Nieto, David - Ivanchuk, Vassily
A00 Van't Kruijs Opening

1.e3 c5 2.b3 Nc6 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 b6 6.O-O Bb7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Bc5 10.Qf4 Be7 11.c4 Qb8 12.Qxb8+ Rxb8 13.Rd1 O-O 14.Be5 Rbd8 15.Nc3 d6 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Rac1 Be7 18.Rc2 Rd7 19.Bf3 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Rc8 21.Rcd2 a6 22.a4 Kf8 23.Ne4 Rc6 24.Rd3 Ke8 25.f4 g6 26.Nd2 Rd8 27.Kf1 Rd7 28.Ke2 Rc8 29.Ne4 Rc6 30.Nd2 Rc8 31.Ne4 Rcd8 32.Nc3 f5 33.Na2 Rc7 34.R1d2 Ra8 35.Rd4 Rb7 36.Nb4 b5 37.Nc6 bxa4 38.bxa4 Bf8 39.Rxd6 Bxd6 40.Rxd6 Rd7 41.Rxe6+ Kf7 42.Re5 Rc7 43.Na5 Rb8 44.c5 Rb2+ 45.Kf3 Rb4 46.c6 Rxa4 47.Nb7 Kf6 48.Nc5 Rc4 49.Nd7+ Kg7 50.Nb8 Kh6 51.Rd5 Rc8 52.Nxa6 R8xc6 53.Nb8 Rb6 54.Nd7 Rb2 55.Ne5 Rcc2 56.Nd3 Ra2 57.Rd7 Re2 58.Kg3 Rad2 59.h3 Rxf2 60.Rxh7+ Kxh7 61.Nxf2 Kh6 62.e4 Kh5 63.Kf3 Kh4 64.Ke3 Ra2 65.Nd3 Kxh3 66.e5 Ra4 67.Kf3 Rc4 68.e6 Rc6 69.e7 Re6 70.Ne5 Rxe7 71.Nxg6 Ra7 72.Ne5 Ra3+ 73.Kf2 Rb3 74.Nc6 Kg4 75.Nd4 Rb4 76.Ne2 Rxf4+ 0-1

Round 3, Jan. 25
Suarez Gomez, Julio - Plotkin, Victor
E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.a3 O-O 8.e3 a5 9.Be2 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.O-O Qe7 12.Rd1 Rd8 13.Nb5 Bg4 14.Nfd4 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Nxd4 16.Nxd4 Ne4 17.Nf3 Qf6 18.Rb1 Rac8 19.Bd2 Bb6 20.Be1 Qc6 21.Rd3 Qc2 22.Qxc2 Rxc2 23.Rb3 Rd6 24.Rd1 f6 25.Rb5 Rc5 26.Nd4 Rxb5 27.Nxb5 Rc6 28.Rxd5 Rc2 29.b4 axb4 30.axb4 Nxf2 31.Na3 Ra2 32.Nc4 Ba7 33.Rd8+ Kf7 34.Bxf2 Ra1+ 35.Be1 Rxe1+ 36.Kf2 Rc1 37.Rc8 Ke6 38.Rc7 b5 39.Rxa7 Rxc4 40.Rxg7 h5 41.Rh7 h4 42.g3 1/2-1/2

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

January 25, 2018

Round 4 Pairings/Results

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2781 3 - 3 GM Grandelius Nils 2647
2 GM Duda Jan-Krzysztof 2724 3 - 3 GM Gledura Benjamin 2612
3 GM Antipov Mikhail Al. 2588 3 - 3 GM Howell David W L 2682
4 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2793 2.5 - 3 IM Batsiashvili Nino 2504
5 GM Grigoriants Sergey 2568 2.5 - 2.5 GM Aronian Levon 2797
6 GM Peralta Fernando 2559 2.5 - 2.5 GM Le Quang Liem 2737
7 GM Adams Michael 2709 2.5 - 2.5 GM Pichot Alan 2552
8 GM Baron Tal 2548 2.5 - 2.5 GM Rapport Richard 2700
9 GM Gelfand Boris 2697 2.5 - 2.5 GM Lalith Babu M R 2542
10 GM Sutovsky Emil 2673 2.5 - 2.5 GM Muzychuk Mariya 2540
11 GM Saric Ivan 2664 2.5 - 2.5 GM Swapnil S. Dhopade 2533
12 GM Mikhalevski Victor 2538 2.5 - 2.5 GM Akobian Varuzhan 2647
13 GM Sethuraman S.P. 2646 2.5 - 2.5 GM Antal Gergely 2522
14 GM Debashis Das 2501 2.5 - 2.5 GM Vocaturo Daniele 2609
15 GM Gagare Shardul 2494 2.5 - 2.5 GM Papp Gabor 2607
16 GM Svane Rasmus 2595 2.5 - 2.5 GM Salomon Johan 2476
17 GM Buhmann Rainer 2587 2.5 - 2.5 IM Saduakassova Dinara 2470
18 GM Narayanan S. L. 2573 2.5 - 2.5 IM Dragnev Valentin 2466
19 GM Ju Wenjun 2572 2.5 - 2.5 GM Venkatesh M.R. 2445
20 GM Moussard Jules 2571 2.5 - 2.5 IM Swayams Mishra 2432
21 FM Esipenko Andrey 2571 2.5 - 2.5 IM Vega Gutierrez Sabrina 2427
22 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2489 2 - 2 GM Navara David 2749
23 GM Harikrishna P. 2745 2 - 2 GM Studer Noel 2476
24 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2732 2 - 2 IM Cernousek Lukas 2468
25 GM Larino Nieto David 2464 2 - 2 GM Ivanchuk Vassily 2726
26 IM Xu Yi 2482 2 - 2 GM Wang Hao 2711
27 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2699 2 - 2 IM Lou Yiping 2462
28 GM Dubov Daniil 2694 2 - 2 IM Grinberg Eyal 2448
29 GM Short Nigel D 2681 2 - 2 IM Cawdery Daniel 2446
30 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2464 2 - 2 GM Motylev Alexander 2673
31 IM Prasanna Raghuram Rao 2458 2 - 2 GM Anton Guijarro David 2666
32 GM Cramling Pia 2449 2 - 2 GM Banusz Tamas 2641
33 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2610 2 - 2 IM Esserman Marc 2446
34 GM Oparin Grigoriy 2607 2 - 2 GM Akesson Ralf 2443
35 GM Bindrich Falko 2605 2 - 2 GM Zhukova Natalia 2438
36 GM Gopal G.N. 2593 2 - 2 IM Wemmers Xander 2430
37 Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2429 2 - 2 GM Huschenbeth Niclas 2587
38 IM Raja Harshit 2427 2 - 2 GM Sandipan Chanda 2579
39 GM Ibarra Jerez Jose Carlos 2577 2 - 2 IM Gaehwiler Gabriel 2428
40 IM Kozak Adam 2418 2 - 2 GM Tregubov Pavel V. 2575
41 IM Wallace John Paul 2415 2 - 2 GM Muzychuk Anna 2571
42 GM Huzman Alexander 2561 2 - 2 IM Keymer Vincent 2408
43 IM Melia Salome 2404 2 - 2 GM Michalik Peter 2553
44 WGM Hoolt Sarah 2400 2 - 2 GM Perez Ponsa Federico 2553
45 GM Deac Bogdan-Daniel 2549 2 - 2 GM Solomon Kenny 2420
46 GM Kaidanov Gregory 2548 2 - 2 IM Erenberg Ariel 2382
47 IM Sukandar Irine Kharisma 2387 2 - 2 GM Moroni Luca Jr 2547
48 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2378 2 - 2 GM Epishin Vladimir 2536
49 GM Dvirnyy Danyyil 2534 2 - 2 IM Shachar Ehud 2401
50 GM Lei Tingjie 2531 2 - 2 FM Bakalchuk Johnatan 2400
51 FM Prithu Gupta 2373 2 - 2 GM Libiszewski Fabien 2530
52 IM Nihal Sarin 2524 2 - 2 IM Lazarne Vajda Szidonia 2362
53 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2522 2 - 2 IM Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh 2380
54 FM Blohberger Felix 2367 2 - 2 IM Praggnanandhaa R 2515
55 GM Steinberg Nitzan 2512 2 - 2 IM Haria Ravi 2374
56 GM Kollars Dmitrij 2505 2 - 2 Oglaza Oskar 2245
57 WIM Richards Heather S 2223 2 - 2 GM Gunina Valentina 2502
58 Weisbuch Udi 2177 2 - 2 IM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2492
59 IM Perez Garcia Rodney Oscar 2320 1.5 - 1.5 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo 2650
60 GM Bosiocic Marin 2628 1.5 - 1.5 IM Hemant Sharma (Del) 2348
61 GM Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel 2334 1.5 - 1.5 GM Georgiev Kiril 2623
62 GM Donchenko Alexander 2580 1.5 - 1.5 IM Quillan Gary 2340
63 WIM Garcia Martin Marta 2323 1.5 - 1.5 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2561
64 GM Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo 2554 1.5 - 1.5 WGM Gara Ticia 2331
65 WGM Rapport Jovana 2305 1.5 - 1.5 IM Santos Ruiz Miguel 2510
66 GM Blomqvist Erik 2502 1.5 - 1.5 FM Horvath Dominik 2329
67 FM Merario Alarcon Andres 2298 1.5 - 1.5 IM Bellahcene Bilel 2494
68 WGM Goryachkina Aleksandra 2493 1.5 - 1.5 FM Sadhwani Raunak 2321
69 GM Khotenashvili Bela 2486 1.5 - 1.5 FM Lopez Mulet Inigo 2318
70 FM De Francesco Klaus 2287 1.5 - 1.5 IM Suarez Gomez Julio 2486
71 WIM Heinemann Josefine 2270 1.5 - 1.5 IM Zanan Evgeny 2482
72 IM Almagro Llamas Pablo 2479 1.5 - 1.5 Bliumberg Vladislav 2276
73 Lercel Michal 2252 1.5 - 1.5 GM Kobo Ori 2477
74 IM Docx Stefan 2442 1.5 - 1.5 IM Mohota Nisha 2269
75 FM Gavrilescu David 2437 1.5 - 1.5 FM Gavilan Diaz Mario 2251
76 FM Plotkin Victor 2242 1.5 - 1.5 GM Tarjan James 2432
77 IM Ladron De Guevara Pinto Paolo 2427 1.5 - 1.5 WIM Nandhidhaa Pv 2238
78 IM Sonis Francesco 2425 1.5 - 1.5 WGM Maisuradze Nino 2234

[Vladimir Birarov]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Plotkin, Victor
Michalik, Peter
1/2-1/2
Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2018 (2.72)

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

Take queens out of the chess set and Victor is on his way to GM title! ;)

[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-chess-1-3-naka-and-duda-among-perfect-7

[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!

[Hans Jung]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Incredible field and already a lot of upsets.

[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.