Gibraltar 26 January - 5 February 2015

[IM Jack Rudd]

On the Tradewise Gibraltar website, there appears to be an error on the Amateur Round 2 pairing listing. The pairing list shows George Erekosima (1857)- Raymond Kearsley(1741) whereas the live game shows George Boabaid (1846)- Raymond Kearsley(1741)

Thanks for alerting us to the discrepancy, Barry. We're now busy trying to work out which one is right.

[Adam Raoof]

I think Bobaid might be Jorge rather than George, from Brazil?

http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=2134560

[Carl Hibbard]

Some rather unusual games in the first round of course!

[LawrenceCooper]

Some rather unusual games in the first round of course!

Nakamura has finally made his first move with a minor piece on move 11

[Chris Rice]

Round 1 was a bit of a damp squib on the giant killing front and only one instance as far as I could tell over 126 boards of David beating Goliath:

Board 16: Galmandakh Badrakh (2240) 1 - 0 GM Motylev Alexander (2665)

Therefore most of the PR seems to have centred on Miss Gibraltar and the Zumba classes she teaches.

Base report: http://en.chessbase.com/post/gibraltar- ... e-surprise
ChessDom: http://www.chessdom.com/its-the-first-m ... to-report/

The round two pairings are up and the match ups are a lot closer so there may be a few shock results today.

http://chess-results.com/tnr158561.aspx ... YES&wi=821

[Chris Rice]

First big upset of round 2

Prasanna Vishnu (2463) 1-0 Emil Sutovsky (2637) Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qa5 9. Nc2 d6 10. Bd2 Qh5 11. e4 Ng4 12. h3 Nge5 13. Qxh5 gxh5 14. Ne3 Bxh3 15. f4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nd7 17. Nf5 Rad8 18. Rad1 Nf6 19. Kf3 Bh8 20. Nd5 e6 21. Nde7 Nxe7 22. Nxe7 Kg7 23. Bb4 Rfe8 24. Rxd6 a5 25. Ba3 Ng4 26. Rfd1 Rxd6 27. Bxd6 Kh6 28. Ba3 Bxb2 29. Bxb2 Rxe7 30. Rd8 Rc7 31. Rg8 Rd7 32. Bg7 Kg6 33. f5

[Roger de Coverly]

First big upset of round 2

Some top board draws as well, Topalov, Svidler ...

[LawrenceCooper]

A great result for Jovanka too, beating GM Eric Hansen rated 2574 with black

[Chris Rice]

Let's just get to the notable shock results of Rd 2:

1 Debashis Das (2503) ½-½ Topalov Veselin (2800) - Topalov said he couldn't reven remember the last time he played an open, must be 20 years. Epic game if you want to see it check out the report below.

3 IM Wagner Dennis (2501) ½-½ Svidler Peter (2739)

15 IM Trent Lawrence (2470) ½-½ GM Howell David W L (2670)

18 Prasanna Vishnu (2463) 1-0 Emil Sutovsky (2637)

19 GM Bartel Mateusz (2631) 0-1 IM Kjartansson Gudmundur (2468) - same Icelandic guy that keeps missing GM norms by the narrowest of margins

23 GM Agdestein Simen (2626) 0-1 GM Venkatesh M.R. (2460)

37 GM Hansen Eric (2574) 0-1 IM Houska Jovanka (2388)

48 IM Bellin Robert (2338) ½-½ GM Spraggett Kevin (2538)

Hou Yifan beat her opponent and for the first time in 25 years Judit Polgar does not top the live rating list.

Wei Yi is one win away from being the youngest player in history to break the 2700 barrier

39 players on 2/2

ChessBase report: http://en.chessbase.com/post/gibraltar- ... ov-stopped

Round 3 pairings:
http://chess-results.com/tnr158561.aspx ... YES&wi=821

[MJMcCready]

I found Topalov's game to be very strange. It's not often you see someone with an extra queen not have the advantage. I thought he did well to draw even though he was clearly winning at several points.

[Steven DuCharme]

First big upset of round 2

Prasanna Vishnu (2463) 1-0 Emil Sutovsky (2637) Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qa5 9. Nc2 d6 10. Bd2 Qh5 11. e4 Ng4 12. h3 Nge5 13. Qxh5 gxh5 14. Ne3 Bxh3 15. f4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nd7 17. Nf5 Rad8 18. Rad1 Nf6 19. Kf3 Bh8 20. Nd5 e6 21. Nde7 Nxe7 22. Nxe7 Kg7 23. Bb4 Rfe8 24. Rxd6 a5 25. Ba3 Ng4 26. Rfd1 Rxd6 27. Bxd6 Kh6 28. Ba3 Bxb2 29. Bxb2 Rxe7 30. Rd8 Rc7 31. Rg8 Rd7 32. Bg7 Kg6 33. f5

I don't see the win

[Barry Sandercock]

Whatever Black does, White mates with Be5 disc. ch. and Bf4 mate in a couple of moves.

[Barry Sandercock]

Nabaty- Nakamura. I don't see why Nabaty resigned.

[Steven DuCharme]

Whatever Black does, White mates with Be5 disc. ch. and Bf4 mate in a couple of moves.

muchas gracias

[Chris Rice]

Round 3 results (upsets in bold). Nigel Short clearly feeling better sent a tweet out on Romain Edouard's loss "Ever since my team mate Romain Edouard wrote a book on avoidable mistakes, he has been making them by the bucket-load". Wei Yi crossed the 2700 barrier.

1 GM Nabaty Tamir 2579 2 0 - 1 2 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2776
2 GM Stefansson Hannes 2573 2 ½ - ½ 2 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2735
3 GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2733 2 ½ - ½ 2 GM Mikhalevski Victor 2571
4 GM Oparin Grigoriy 2551 2 ½ - ½ 2 GM Yu Yangyi 2724
5 GM Harikrishna P. 2723 2 1 - 0 2 GM Chirila Ioan-Cristian 2548
6 GM Ju Wenjun 2547 2 1 - 0 2 GM Rapport Richard 2716
7 GM Lalith Babu M.R. 2537 2 1 - 0 2 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2681
8 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2680 2 1 - 0 2 GM Rasmussen Allan Stig 2526
9 GM Khotenashvili Bela 2526 2 0 - 1 2 GM Wei Yi 2675
10 GM Hou Yifan 2673 2 1 - 0 2 GM Al-Sayed Mohammed 2516
11 GM Blomqvist Erik 2520 2 ½ - ½ 2 GM Jones Gawain C B 2671
12 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2515 2 1 - 0 2 GM Edouard Romain 2638
13 GM Adhiban B. 2630 2 1 - 0 2 IM Donchenko Alexander 2511
14 IM Kjartansson Gudmundur 2468 2 1 - 0 2 GM Bachmann Axel 2629
15 GM Vishnu Prasanna. V 2463 2 ½ - ½ 2 GM Naroditsky Daniel 2622
16 GM Grandelius Nils 2602 2 1 - 0 2 GM Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel 2370
17 GM Venkatesh M.R. 2460 2 ½ - ½ 2 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2595
18 GM Roiz Michael 2592 2 1 - 0 2 WGM Soumya Swaminathan 2346
19 IM Houska Jovanka 2388 2 0 - 1 2 GM Vazquez Igarza Renier 2592
20 GM Topalov Veselin 2800 1½ 1 - 0 2 FM Guerrero Vargas Andres 2320

Reports:
Official site http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/
ChessBase report:http://en.chessbase.com/post/gibraltar- ... se-advance

Round 4 pairings:

1 GM Nakamura Hikaru 2776 3 3 GM Grandelius Nils 2602
2 GM Roiz Michael 2592 3 3 GM Harikrishna P. 2723
3 GM Vazquez Igarza Renier 2592 3 3 GM Rodshtein Maxim 2680
4 GM Wei Yi 2675 3 3 GM Ju Wenjun 2547
5 GM Hou Yifan 2673 3 3 GM Lalith Babu M.R. 2537
6 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2515 3 3 GM Adhiban B. 2630
7 GM Svidler Peter 2739 2½ 3 IM Kjartansson Gudmundur 2468
8 GM Topalov Veselin 2800 2½ 2½ GM Stefansson Hannes 2573
9 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2735 2½ 2½ GM Bok Benjamin 2572
10 GM Bogner Sebastian 2565 2½ 2½ GM Jakovenko Dmitry 2733
11 GM Yu Yangyi 2724 2½ 2½ GM Sengupta Deep 2569
12 GM Jones Gawain C B 2671 2½ 2½ GM Oparin Grigoriy 2551
13 GM Mikhalevski Victor 2571 2½ 2½ GM Howell David W L 2670
14 GM Muzychuk Anna 2544 2½ 2½ GM Salgado Lopez Ivan 2628
15 GM Naroditsky Daniel 2622 2½ 2½ GM Spraggett Kevin 2538
16 GM Popilski Gil 2522 2½ 2½ GM Anton Guijarro David 2617
17 GM Lenderman Aleksandr 2614 2½ 2½ GM Boruchovsky Avital 2517
18 GM Tarjan James E 2518 2½ 2½ GM Bologan Viktor 2608
19 GM Salem A.R. Saleh 2603 2½ 2½ GM Blomqvist Erik 2520
20 GM Ganguly Surya Shekhar 2595 2½ 2½ GM Vishnu Prasanna. V 2463