Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

February 1, 2018

Tiebreaks

Tiebreak 10 + 5
Game 2, Feb. 1
MVL - Nakamura, Hikaru
D37 QGD, Hastings variation

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.a3 Nc6 11.Bd3 Bb6 12.O-O Qf6 13.b4 h6 14.b5 Nd4 15.Nxd4 Bxd4 16.Rb1 Be5 17.Bxe5 Qxe5 18.Rb4 Be6 19.Qa1 Qxa1 20.Rxa1 Rfc8 21.Kf1 Kf8 22.Ke2 Ke7 23.Kd2 Kd6 24.a4 1/2-1/2

Tiebreak 10 + 5
Game 2, Feb. 1
Aronian, Levon - Rapport, Richard
A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.Re1 Nbd7 7.e4 e5 8.Nc3 Re8 9.h3 b6 10.a4 a6 11.d5 a5 12.Nd2 Re7 13.Nc4 Nc5 14.Bg5 h6 15.Be3 Ba6 16.Na3 Nh7 17.Qd2 Qf8 18.Nab5 h5 19.Rf1 Rae8 20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.d6 Rd7 22.Rfd1 Bxb5 23.Nxb5 c6 24.Na3 h4 25.Nc4 Rb8 26.Ra3 Qd8 27.Rd3 Ng5 28.f4 exf4 29.gxf4 Ne6 30.e5 Bh6 31.Rf1 b5 32.Nxa5 Nxf4 33.Nxc6 Qb6 34.Rxf4 c4+ 35.Rdd4 f6 36.a5 Qc5 37.Nxb8 1-0

Tiebreak 3 + 2
Game 3, Feb. 1
MVL - Nakamura, Hikaru
C67 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence, open variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.h3 Ke8 10.Nc3 h5 11.Rd1 Be7 12.Ne2 Be6 13.Nf4 Bc8 14.Ne2 Be6 15.b3 a5 16.a4 Rd8 17.Bg5 Bd5 18.Bxe7 Kxe7 19.Nfd4 Be4 20.Rac1 Nxd4 21.Nxd4 Rd5 22.c4 Rd7 23.Ne2 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Bc2 25.Rc1 Bxb3 26.Nd4 Bxa4 27.Ra1 c5 28.Nf5+ Ke6 29.Nxg7+ Kxe5 30.Rxa4 Ra8 31.Nxh5 c6 32.Kf1 b5 33.Ra1 Kd4 34.Nf6 a4 35.cxb5 cxb5 36.Ke2 b4 37.h4 b3 38.Kd2 a3 39.Rd1 a2 40.Kc1+ Kc3 41.Nd5+ Kc4 42.Kb2 Re8 43.Ne3+ Kb4 44.Rd7 c4 45.Rd4 Ra8 46.Rxc4+ Kb5 47.Rc1 Kb4 48.Nd5+ Ka5 49.Kxb3 1-0

Tiebreak 3 + 2
Game 4, Feb. 1
Nakamura, Hikaru - MVL
D85 Grunfeld, Exchange variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Qa4+ Qd7 8.Qb3 O-O 9.Be3 c5 10.d5 b5 11.Bxc5 Qc7 12.Bd4 Bxd4 13.cxd4 Qa5+ 14.Kd1 Bd7 15.Bd3 Rc8 16.Ne2 Na6 17.Rc1 Nb4 18.Bb1 Rc4 19.Rxc4 bxc4 20.Qc3 Rb8 21.Kd2 Qa6 22.a3 Nxd5 23.exd5 Rb3 24.Qc1 Qa5+ 25.Nc3 Qb6 26.Ne2 Rb2+ 27.Ke3 Rb3+ 28.Nc3 Qa5 29.Kd2 Qb6 30.Ke2 Qxd4 31.Nd1 Bb5 32.Bc2 c3+ 33.Kf3 Qxd5+ 34.Kg3 Qd6+ 35.f4 Rxa3 36.Ne3 e5 37.f5 e4+ 38.Kh3 Bd7 39.Rd1 Qf4 40.Rf1 Qh6+ 41.Kg3 Ra5 42.Nc4 Qxc1 43.Rxc1 Rc5 44.Ne3 gxf5 45.Ra1 a5 46.Kf4 Kg7 47.Ra3 Be6 48.Nd1 Rd5 49.Rxc3 Rd2 50.Kg3 f4+ 51.Kxf4 Rxg2 52.Rg3+ Rxg3 53.hxg3 f5 54.Ne3 Kf6 55.Ba4 Bc8 56.Nd5+ Kf7 57.Ne3 Kf6 58.Nc4 Be6 59.Nxa5 e3 60.Bb5 Bd5 61.Be2 Kg6 62.Bd3 Be4 63.Bc4 h5 64.Nb3 h4 65.g4 h3 1/2-1/2

MVL wins the match

The final is with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Levon Aronian.

This is set to start at any moment

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

February 1, 2018

Final

Tiebreak 10 + 5
Game 1, Feb. 1
Aronian, Levon - MVL
A45 Queen's Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.h4 h5 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 c6 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.O-O-O b5 11.Kb1 Nb6 12.Qd3 e6 13.Ne2 a5 14.Bg5 Bh6 15.Bxh6 Rxh6 16.e4 dxe4 17.Bxe4 Qd6 18.Bf3 Nfd5 19.Ng3 Nf6 20.Qe3 Rh8 21.Qg5 Nbd5 22.Bxd5 Nxd5 23.Ne4 Qf4 24.Rhe1 Qxg5 25.Nxg5 Ke7 26.Rd3 Rhd8 27.Rf3 Nf6 28.c3 Rd5 29.Kc2 Rf5 30.Rxf5 gxf5 31.Nf3 Nd7 32.Ng5 Nf6 33.Nf3 Nd7 34.Ng5 1/2-1/2

Tiebreak 10 + 5
Game 2, Feb. 1
MVL - Aronian, Levon
A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack, Classical variation

1.b3 d5 2.e3 Bf5 3.Bb2 e6 4.Nf3 h6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 c6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.d3 Bh7 10.Qc2 a5 11.Rad1 Na6 12.a3 Nc5 13.Na4 Nxa4 14.bxa4 Nd7 15.Rb1 Rb8 16.Rfd1 Re8 17.Ne5 Bf8 18.Bh5 Re7 19.c5 Ra8 20.Bd4 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 Rd7 22.f4 f6 23.Ba1 e5 24.fxe5 fxe5 25.Bg4 Re7 26.Rf1 Qe8 27.Bf5 Bxf5 28.Rxf5 g6 29.Rf2 Bg7 30.Rbf1 Qd7 31.d4 exd4 32.Bxd4 Bxd4 33.exd4 Kh7 34.Rf6 Rg8 35.Qd2 Qg4 36.h3 Re2 37.Rf7+ Rg7 38.Qxh6+ Kxh6 39.hxg4 Rxf7 40.Rxf7 Re4 41.Rxb7 Rxd4 42.Rb6 Rxa4 43.Rxc6 Rxa3 44.Rd6 Rd3 45.Ra6 1/2-1/2

Tiebreak 3 + 2
Game 3, Feb. 1
MVL - Aronian, Levon
C67 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence, open variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O 9.Nc3 Ne8 10.Nd5 Bd6 11.Re1 c6 12.Ne3 Be7 13.c4 Nc7 14.d4 d5 15.cxd5 Bb4 16.Bd2 Bxd2 17.Qxd2 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 Qxd5 19.Re5 Qd6 20.Bc4 b5 21.Bb3 a5 22.a3 a4 23.Ba2 Bd7 24.Rae1 Rae8 25.Qc3 Rxe5 26.dxe5 Qe7 27.h3 Be6 28.Bxe6 Qxe6 29.Rd1 f6 30.Rd6 Qxe5 31.Qxe5 fxe5 32.Rxc6 Rd8 33.Rc5 b4 34.Rxe5 Rd1+ 35.Kh2 Rd2 36.Ra5 Rxf2 37.axb4 Rxb2 38.Rxa4 Rb3 39.Ra8+ Kf7 40.Rb8 h5 41.h4 Kg6 42.Rb5 Kf6 43.g3 Rb2+ 44.Kg1 g6 45.Rb8 Kf5 46.Rb5+ Kg4 47.Rg5+ Kf3 48.Rxg6 Rxb4 49.Kh2 Rb2+ 50.Kh3 Rb1 51.Rf6+ Ke4 52.Rf8 Rb2 53.Rf4+ Ke5 54.Rf1 Ke4 55.Rf8 Rb1 56.Kg2 Rb2+ 57.Rf2 Rb5 58.Rf4+ Ke5 59.Rf8 Ke6 60.Kf3 Rf5+ 61.Rxf5 Kxf5 62.Kf2 Kf6 63.Ke3 1/2-1/2

Tiebreak 3 + 2
Game 4, Feb. 1
Aronian, Levon - MVL
A48 King's Indian, East Indian Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.Nb5 Na6 6.e3 c6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bxa6 bxa6 9.h3 Nd7 10.O-O Bb7 11.Na4 Rc8 12.b4 a5 13.Nc5 Nxc5 14.bxc5 Ba6 15.Re1 a4 16.Qd2 Bb5 17.e4 dxe4 18.Rxe4 Bc4 19.Bh6 Bxh6 20.Qxh6 f6 21.Nd2 Bd5 22.Re3 Rb8 23.c4 Bf7 24.Re4 g5 25.Rae1 e5 26.dxe5 Bg6 27.R4e2 Rb2 28.Nf3 Rxe2 29.Rxe2 fxe5 30.Rxe5 Qd1+ 31.Re1 Qc2 32.a3 Qxc4 33.Qxg5 Rf5 34.Re8+ Kg7 35.Qe7+ Kh6 36.Qe3+ Qf4 37.Qxf4+ Rxf4 38.Re6 Rc4 39.Rxc6 Kg7 40.Ne5 Rc1+ 41.Kh2 Be4 42.Ra6 Rxc5 43.Rxa7+ Kg8 44.Nd7 Rf5 45.Rxa4 Bc6 46.Rg4+ Kf7 47.Nb8 Bb7 48.f3 Rb5 49.Rb4 Rxb4 50.axb4 1-0

Levon wins the match and the title

[Hans Jung]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Interesting rules. (the playoffs can only be between 4 players)

[Hans Jung]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

MVL beat Nakamura! Hats off!

[Hans Jung]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Aronian! King of Gibraltar 2018!

[Hans Jung]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Congratulations to Pia Cramling! (tough field, tough fight, 50+ yrs old)

[Hans Jung]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Who is this Henderson in 19th place? (played 8 GM's, + 2)

[Tom O'Donnell]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Who is this Henderson in 19th place? (played 8 GM's, + 2)

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr3012...wi=821&snr=116

Born 2003. :-D looks to me like +3 vs GMs.

[Hans Jung]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Thanks for correction. Miscounted.

[Hans Jung]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

https://www.chess.com/news/view/aron...ess-in-playoff A nice wrapup article. Young Henderson is in the 5th picture.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

Tradewise Gibraltar 2018

February 3, 2018

Round Ten Wrap-up

by John Saunders

https://www.gibchess.com/round-10-2018

The 2018 Tradewise Gibraltar Masters, which came to an end on Thursday at the Caleta Hotel, was won by the favourite, Levon Aronian of Armenia, following an exciting play-off after the tournament ended with a seven-way tie for first place on 7.5. Aronian received a cheque for £25,000. The top women's prize of £15,000 was won by Pia Cramling of Sweden, who scored 6.5, level with Kateryna Lagno, but Cramling had a better performance rating. At the start of the day's play five players were on the top score of 7 out of ten and this number swelled to seven after the games between four of the leaders ended in a draw.

Top seed Levon Aronian drew with four-times winner Hikaru Nakamura (USA) while second seed Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) drew with Richard Rapport (Hungary). The fifth of the overnight leaders, Daniil Dubov (Russia) lost his game to Le Quang Liem (Vietnam) which allowed the latter player to tie with the other four for first place. Two more players, Mickey Adams of England and Nikita Vitiugov of Russia, both former winners of the Masters, also won their final round games to increase the number of players who reached the top score of 7.5 out of 10 to seven.

The rules of the competition stipulate a single winner, and only allow the four players with the best tournament rating practice to proceed to the play-off stage, so this meant that Le Quang Liem, Mickey Adams and Nikita Vitiugov, whose performance tie-breaks were inferior to those of the other four were not eligible for the subsequent rapid tie-break phase.

In the play-off, the winners of the semi-finals were Levon Aronian, who beat Richard Rapport, and Maxime Vachier Lagrave, who beat the holder Hikaru Nakamura, thus ending the American's hope of a fourth successive title and a fifth in total. Aronian won both rapid games against Rapport, but Vachier-Lagrave needed a further pair of blitz games to qualify for the tie-break final after the two rapid games against Nakamura ended in a draw.

The final showdown was thus between the tournament's top two seeds, Levon Aronian and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. They drew the two scheduled rapid games (with 10 minutes each, and an extra 2 seconds added after each move) and then the first blitz game (3 minutes each plus an add-on of 2 seconds). Finally, Aronian managed to win the second blitz game to clinch overall victory.

This was Aronian's second visit to the Rock, having finished in a five-way tie for the first prize in 2005, which was the eventuality that determined the organisers to institute a play-off system to resolve ties and produce a single winner.

Final scores in the Masters: 1st Levon Aronian (Armenia, on tie-break) 7.5/10; 2nd equal Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France), Hikaru Nakamura (USA), Richard Rapport (Hungary), Mickey Adams (England), Le Quang Liem (Vietnam), Nikita Vitiugov (Russia) also 7.5.

The women's event saw four overnight leaders, Ju Wenjun (China), Pia Cramling (Sweden), Valentina Gunina (Russia) and Nino Batsiashvili (Georgia) whittled down to two after the final round. One was Pia Cramling (Sweden), who drew her last round game, and Kateryna Lagno (Russia) who drew level with Cramling after winning her final game. The other three overnight leaders all lost.

The first women's prize was then decided on tournament performance which gave the £15,000 first prize to Pia Cramlingwho met a stronger field than Kateryna Lagno. Cramling is arguably the most loyal of all the Gibraltar competitors having competed at all 16 tournaments with her husband Juan Manuel Bellon, who also holds the grandmaster title, and latterly with their chess-playing daughter Anna, who competes in the tournament. Cramling, aged 54, has now won the top Gibraltar women's prize four times in all.

Women's scores: Pia Cramling (Sweden) 6.5, Kateryna Lagno (Russia) 6.5, Nino Batsiashvili (Georgia), Lei Tingjie (China), Valentina Gunina (Russia), Ju Wenjun (China), Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine), Elisabeth Paehtz (Germany) 6.

The outstanding performance amongst the tournament's younger competitors was that of Lance Henderson de la Fuente, the 14-year-old son of an American father and Spanish mother, who lives in Estepona and is registered with Spain. He only recently qualified for the international master title and went one better in Gibraltar, securing his first norm for the higher grandmaster title, scoring a remarkable 7/10, only half a point fewer than the winners, and defeating the 2017 women's first prize winner, grandmaster Ju Wenjun of China, in his final game.