Tradewise Gibraltar Masters 2017

[Joshua Gibbs]

Adams has found a fantastic win: 46 g3!

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2017 "] [Site "Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar"] [Date "2017.01.28"] [White "Hou, Yifan"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Be3 d6 12. f4 Rc8 13. Rc1 Nb8 14. Qd3 a6 15. Nd4 Nc6 16. b4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Nd7 18. Qg3 Bf6 19. Rfd1 Qc7 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Nd7 23. Rd6 f6 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Bd3 Rcf8 26. Rd1 g6 27. Be2 Nc5 28. Qe3 Rf2 29. Qxf2 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Kg7 31. bxc5 Qxc5+ 32. R1d4 Bd5 33. Rd7+ Kh6 34. Ke3 Bc6 35. Ne4 Qxa3+ 36. Kf2 Qf8+ 37. Bf3 Bxd7 38. Rxd7 Qc8 39. Ra7 Qxc4 40. h4 Qd4+ 41. Kg3 Qe5+ 42. Kh3 Qf5+ 43. Kg3 Qe5+ 44. Kh3 Qf5+ 45. Kh2 Qf4+ 46. g3 Qxf3 47. Rxh7+ Kxh7 48. Ng5+ Kg7 49. Nxf3 a5 50. g4 a4 51. Nd4 a3 52. Nxe6+ Kf6 53. Nd4 Ke5 54. Nc2 Kf4 55. Kh3 a2 56. g5 b5 57. Na1 b4 58. Nb3 Ke5 59. h5 gxh5 60. Kh4 Kd5 *

great game

[Angus French]

Updated game score:

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2017 "] [Site "Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar"] [Date "2017.01.28"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Hou, Yifan"] [Result "1-0"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Be3 d6 12. f4 Rc8 13. Rc1 Nb8 14. Qd3 a6 15. Nd4 Nc6 16. b4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Nd7 18. Qg3 Bf6 19. Rfd1 Qc7 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Nd7 23. Rd6 f6 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Bd3 Rcf8 26. Rd1 g6 27. Be2 Nc5 28. Qe3 Rf2 29. Qxf2 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Kg7 31. bxc5 Qxc5+ 32. R1d4 Bd5 33. Rd7+ Kh6 34. Ke3 Bc6 35. Ne4 Qxa3+ 36. Kf2 Qf8+ 37. Bf3 Bxd7 38. Rxd7 Qc8 39. Ra7 Qxc4 40. h4 Qd4+ 41. Kg3 Qe5+ 42. Kh3 Qf5+ 43. Kg3 Qe5+ 44. Kh3 Qf5+ 45. Kh2 Qf4+ 46. g3 Qxf3 47. Rxh7+ Kxh7 48. Ng5+ Kg7 49. Nxf3 a5 50. g4 a4 51. Nd4 a3 52. Nxe6+ Kf6 53. Nd4 Ke5 54. Nc2 Kf4 55. Kh3 a2 56. g5 b5 57. Na1 b4 58. Nb3 Ke5 59. h5 gxh5 60. Kh4 Kd5 61. g6 Kc4 62. Na1 Kc3 63. g7 Kb2 64. g8=Q Kxa1 65. Qc4 Kb2 66. Qxb4+ Kc2 67. Qa3 Kb1 68. Qb3+ Ka1 69. Kg5 h4 70. Qc2 1-0

[Paul Cooksey]

very impressive from Mickey to keep it together and win after missing 32...bd5

[Nick Burrows]

Apparently 50..a4 was the losing move Kf6 held the draw

[Mick Norris]

round 6 pairings

Bo. No. Name FED Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name FED Rtg No.
1 3 GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2785 4½ 4½ GM Lagarde Maxime FRA 2594 34
2 5 GM Adams Michael ENG 2751 4½ 4½ GM Ju Wenjun CHN 2583 38
3 28 GM Sutovsky Emil ISR 2628 4½ 4½ GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2650 24
4 16 GM Short Nigel D ENG 2675 4 4 GM Caruana Fabiano USA 2827 1
5 2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2796 4 4 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2645 25
6 7 GM Topalov Veselin BUL 2739 4 4 GM Howell David W L ENG 2655 20
7 8 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2738 4 4 GM Piorun Kacper POL 2651 23
8 12 GM Matlakov Maxim RUS 2701 4 4 GM Akobian Varuzhan USA 2633 27
9 26 GM Sethuraman S.P. IND 2637 4 4 GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2689 13
10 58 GM Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 2512 4 4 GM Zvjaginsev Vadim RUS 2679 15
11 4 GM Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2752 3½ 4 IM Dragnev Valentin AUT 2492 67
12 6 GM Svidler Peter RUS 2748 3½ 3½ GM Spraggett Kevin CAN 2542 53
13 54 GM Lagno Kateryna RUS 2530 3½ 3½ GM Vitiugov Nikita RUS 2724 9
14 10 GM Gelfand Boris ISR 2721 3½ 3½ IM Steinberg Nitzan ISR 2486 69

[Jonathan Rogers]

Short v Caruana and Topalov v Howell? Some pairings!

Come on - prediction time!

[Nick Burrows]

Adams 1-0
Short 0-1
Topalov 1-0

Boring but hard to see otherwise. I somehow see Topalov as a bad stylistic matchup for Howell

[Jonathan Rogers]

Looking much better than that right now. 2-2.5 points from those three seems a reasonable expectation. Chessbomb computer seems to prefer Topalov's position but I am not sure why.

[Joshua Gibbs]

great to see Mickey Adams play such a brutal game

[Chris Rice]

Short beats Caruana and now Wesley So is World no 2.

[David Robertson]

great to see Mickey Adams play such a brutal game

The French Tarrasch with 3...c5 is the most savage tabiya known to chess

[Nigel White]

Does anyone know the pairing rules being used? Casual observation suggests that in earlier rounds there have been more all female pairings than would otherwise have been expected. However, the just published Round 7 pairings do not seem to have followed this trend.

[Mick Norris]

Bo. No. Name FED Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name FED Rtg No.
1 24 GM Anton Guijarro David ESP 2650 5½ 5½ GM Nakamura Hikaru USA 2785 3
2 2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2796 5 5½ GM Adams Michael ENG 2751 5
3 13 GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2689 5 5 GM Topalov Veselin BUL 2739 7
4 67 IM Dragnev Valentin AUT 2492 5 5 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2738 8
5 6 GM Svidler Peter RUS 2748 4½ 5 GM Short Nigel D ENG 2675 16

[IM Jack Rudd]

Standard FIDE pairings, I think. What you're seeing is normal behaviour for random variables.

[Roger de Coverly]

5 6 GM Svidler Peter RUS 2748 4½ 5 GM Short Nigel D ENG 2675 16

Any "must see" cricket matches tomorrow to encourage early peace offers?