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Sunday, January 31, 2010

Gibtelecom Chess Festival 2010:Masters tournament:round 6 results and standings, and round 7 pairings

The sixth round of the Gibtelecom Masters Chess Tournament was played today in Gibraltar. Here are the results from the top boards (the player on the left had the white pieces in the game):

Table	White	Score	Fed.	Rating	Black	Flags	Score	Fed.	Rating	Result
1	GM Gustafsson, Jan	4.5	GER	2627	GM Adams, Michael		4.5	ENG	2694	½-½
2	GM Bacrot, Etienne	4.0	FRA	2713	GM Felgaer, Ruben		4.0	ARG	2591	½-½
3	GM Speelman, Jon S	4.0	ENG	2525	GM Movsesian, Sergei		4.0	SVK	2708	½-½
4	GM Kamsky, Gata	4.0	USA	2693	IM Lenderman, Alex		4.0	USA	2560	½-½
5	GM Guliyev, Namig	4.0	AZE	2516	GM Fressinet, Laurent		4.0	FRA	2670	½-½
6	GM Fridman, Daniel	4.0	GER	2654	GM Malakhatko, Vadim		4.0	BEL	2549	½-½
7	GM Dzagnidze, Nana	4.0	GEO	2506	GM Sandipan, Chanda		4.0	IND	2622	0-1
8	WGM Zhukova, Natalia	4.0	UKR	2462	GM Edouard, Romain		4.0	FRA	2608	1-0
9	GM Cheparinov, Ivan	3.5	BUL	2660	Battaglini, Gabriel		4.0	FRA	2411	1-0
10	GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco	3.5	ESP	2705	IM Zatonskih, Anna		3.5	USA	2466	1-0
11	GM Koneru, Humpy	3.5	IND	2614	IM Krush, Irina		3.5	USA	2455	1-0
12	GM Istratescu, Andrei	3.5	ROU	2607	IM Vernay, Clovis		3.5	FRA	2442	½-½
13	GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal	3.5	IND	2584	WGM Karavade, Eesha		3.5	IND	2405	1-0
14	GM Halkias, Stelios	3.5	GRE	2566	IM Hirneise, Tobias		3.5	GER	2421	1-0
15	GM Maze, Sebastien	3.5	FRA	2554	IM Houska, Jovanka	w	3.5	ENG	2401	1-0
16	GM Siebrecht, Sebastian	3.5	GER	2468	GM Stefanova, Antoaneta		3.5	BUL	2545	0-1
17	GM Bhat, Vinay S.	3.5	USA	2540	IM Benitah, Yohan		3.5	FRA	2390	1-0
18	GM Cramling, Pia	3.5	SWE	2528	FM Camus de Solliers, Guillau		3.5	FRA	2356	1-0
19	FM Degtiarev, Evgeny	3.5	GER	2374	GM Naumann, Alexander		3.5	GER	2525	0-1
20	GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra	3.5	RUS	2523	IM Saravanan, V.		3.5	IND	2356	½-½
21	IM Peek, Marcel	3.5	NED	2342	GM Bindrich, Falko		3.5	GER	2512	½-½
22	IM Zozulia, Anna	3.5	BEL	2321	GM Hoffmann, Michael		3.5	GER	2508	0-1
23	IM Javakhishvili, Lela	3.5	GEO	2493	FM Dittmar, Peter		3.5	GER	2341	1-0
24	IM Cori, Jorge	3.5	PER	2483	FM Wantiez, Fabrice		3.5	BEL	2315	1-0
25	Tozer, Philip	3.5	ENG	2119	IM Harika, Dronavalli		3.5	IND	2471	0-1

These results mean the following standings exist after 6 rounds of play:

Rank	Name	Score	Fed.	M/F	Rating	TPR	W-We	1	2	3	4	5	6
1	GM Adams, Michael	5.0	ENG	M	2694	2822	+0.93	1	1	1	½	1	½
2	GM Gustafsson, Jan	5.0	GER	M	2627	2815	+1.38	1	1	1	½	1	½
3	GM Sandipan, Chanda	5.0	IND	M	2622	2772	+1.06	1	1	½	1	½	1
4	WGM Zhukova, Natalia	5.0	UKR	F	2462	2749	+2.16	1	½	1	½	1	1
5	GM Bacrot, Etienne	4.5	FRA	M	2713	2681	-0.12	½	1	1	1	½	½
6	GM Movsesian, Sergei	4.5	SVK	M	2708	2660	-0.28	1	½	1	½	1	½
7	GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco	4.5	ESP	M	2705	2683	-0.09	1	1	½	½	½	1
8	GM Kamsky, Gata	4.5	USA	M	2693	2676	-0.07	1	1	½	½	1	½
9	GM Fressinet, Laurent	4.5	FRA	M	2670	2713	+0.37	1	1	1	½	½	½
10	GM Cheparinov, Ivan	4.5	BUL	M	2660	2545	-0.63	1	½	½	½	1	1
11	GM Fridman, Daniel	4.5	GER	M	2654	2686	+0.28	1	1	½	1	½	½
12	GM Koneru, Humpy	4.5	IND	F	2614	2654	+0.37	1	½	1	1	0	1
13	GM Felgaer, Ruben	4.5	ARG	M	2591	2628	+0.47	½	1	1	1	½	½
14	GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal	4.5	IND	M	2584	2632	+0.40	1	1	½	1	0	1
15	GM Halkias, Stelios	4.5	GRE	M	2566	2612	+0.42	1	1	0	1	½	1
16	IM Lenderman, Alex	4.5	USA	M	2560	2565	+0.19	1	0	1	1	1	½
17	GM Maze, Sebastien	4.5	FRA	M	2554	2654	+0.37	-	+	1	1	½	1
18	GM Malakhatko, Vadim	4.5	BEL	M	2549	2619	+0.56	1	½	1	½	1	½
19	GM Stefanova, Antoaneta	4.5	BUL	F	2545	2661	+0.94	1	1	½	0	1	1
20	GM Bhat, Vinay S.	4.5	USA	M	2540	2510	-0.17	1	½	½	½	1	1
21	GM Cramling, Pia	4.5	SWE	F	2528	2562	+0.34	½	1	1	½	½	1
22	GM Naumann, Alexander	4.5	GER	M	2525	2543	+0.24	½	1	1	½	½	1
23	GM Speelman, Jon S	4.5	ENG	M	2525	2523	+0.11	½	1	½	1	1	½
24	GM Guliyev, Namig	4.5	AZE	M	2516	2490	+0.00	0	1	1	1	1	½
25	GM Hoffmann, Michael	4.5	GER	M	2508	2588	+0.68	1	1	½	0	1	1
26	IM Javakhishvili, Lela	4.5	GEO	F	2493	2489	+0.08	1	½	1	0	1	1
27	IM Cori, Jorge	4.5	PER	M	2483	2531	+0.38	=	1	1	0	1	1
28	IM Harika, Dronavalli	4.5	IND	F	2471	2539	+0.66	1	0	1	1	½	1
29	GM Edouard, Romain	4.0	FRA	M	2608	2601	-0.01	1	1	½	1	½	0
30	GM Istratescu, Andrei	4.0	ROU	M	2607	2485	-0.77	1	0	1	1	½	½
31	GM Lopez Martinez, Josep Manu	4.0	ESP	M	2593	2454	-0.85	½	1	1	½	0	1
32	GM Lemos, Damian	4.0	ARG	M	2556	2450	-0.67	½	1	1	½	0	1
33	GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra	4.0	RUS	F	2523	2557	+0.33	1	1	½	0	1	½
34	GM Bindrich, Falko	4.0	GER	M	2512	2538	+0.27	1	1	½	0	1	½
35	IM Kapnisis, Spyridon	4.0	GRE	M	2510	2454	-0.31	1	1	0	½	½	1
36	GM Dzagnidze, Nana	4.0	GEO	F	2506	2475	-0.06	1	1	0	1	1	0
37	IM Shankland, Samuel L	4.0	USA	M	2491	2529	+0.37	1	1	½	½	0	1
38	GM Carlsson, Pontus	4.0	SWE	M	2476	2492	+0.25	1	0	1	1	0	1
39	IM Boskovic, Drasko	4.0	SRB	M	2454	2375	-0.44	1	0	1	½	½	1
40	IM Vernay, Clovis	4.0	FRA	M	2442	2544	+0.85	1	½	0	1	1	½
41	GM Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel	4.0	ESP	M	2440	2443	+0.12	1	0	1	1	0	1
42	WIM Cori T., Deysi	4.0	PER	F	2412	2382	-0.06	=	1	0	½	1	1
43	Battaglini, Gabriel	4.0	FRA	M	2411	2602	+1.49	1	1	0	1	1	0
44	IM Sarkar, Justin	4.0	USA	M	2378	2343	-0.19	0	1	1	1	0	1
45	FM Zaremba, Andrie	4.0	USA	M	2360	2323	-0.20	1	0	1	½	½	1
46	IM Saravanan, V.	4.0	IND	M	2356	2427	+0.69	1	0	1	1	½	½
47	FM Lovik, Lasse Ostebo	4.0	NOR	M	2343	2299	-0.23	0	0	1	1	1	1
48	IM Peek, Marcel	4.0	NED	M	2342	2370	+0.30	0	1	1	½	1	½
49	WGM Reizniece, Dana	4.0	LAT	F	2341	2317	-0.14	0	1	1	0	1	1
50	IM Sedina, Elena	4.0	ITA	F	2335	2342	+0.20	1	0	1	1	0	1
51	Kantans, Toms	4.0	LAT	M	2303	2251	-0.27	0	1	1	1	0	1
52	IM Kozlov, Oleg	4.0	RUS	M	2279	2427	+1.14	½	1	½	0	1	1
53	FM Avalos Parra, Joao	4.0	CHI	M	2245	2300	+0.50	½	1	0	½	1	1
54	Tate, Alan	4.0	SCO	M	2211	2292	+0.50	0	0	1	1	1	1
55	Ivanov, Stojan Emilov	4.0	BUL	M	2198	2222	+0.33	0	½	½	1	1	1
56	Demac, Elias	4.0	NOR	M	2104	2383	+2.11	½	1	0	½	1	1

Here are the pairings for the top boards for round 7 (the player on the left has the white pieces in the game):

Table	White	Score	Fed.	Rating	Black	Score	Fed.	Rating
1	GM Adams, Michael	5.0	ENG	2694	WGM Zhukova, Natalia	5.0	UKR	2462
2	GM Sandipan, Chanda	5.0	IND	2622	GM Gustafsson, Jan	5.0	GER	2627
3	GM Maze, Sebastien	4.5	FRA	2554	GM Bacrot, Etienne	4.5	FRA	2713
4	GM Movsesian, Sergei	4.5	SVK	2708	GM Bhat, Vinay S.	4.5	USA	2540
5	GM Malakhatko, Vadim	4.5	BEL	2549	GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco	4.5	ESP	2705
6	GM Stefanova, Antoaneta	4.5	BUL	2545	GM Kamsky, Gata	4.5	USA	2693
7	GM Fressinet, Laurent	4.5	FRA	2670	GM Cramling, Pia	4.5	SWE	2528
8	GM Naumann, Alexander	4.5	GER	2525	GM Cheparinov, Ivan	4.5	BUL	2660
9	GM Speelman, Jon S	4.5	ENG	2525	GM Fridman, Daniel	4.5	GER	2654
10	GM Guliyev, Namig	4.5	AZE	2516	GM Koneru, Humpy	4.5	IND	2614
11	GM Felgaer, Ruben	4.5	ARG	2591	IM Javakhishvili, Lela	4.5	GEO	2493
12	GM Hoffmann, Michael	4.5	GER	2508	GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal	4.5	IND	2584
13	IM Harika, Dronavalli	4.5	IND	2471	GM Halkias, Stelios	4.5	GRE	2566
14	IM Lenderman, Alex	4.5	USA	2560	IM Cori, Jorge	4.5	PER	2483
15	GM Edouard, Romain	4.0	FRA	2608	IM Sarkar, Justin	4.0	USA	2378
16	Battaglini, Gabriel	4.0	FRA	2411	GM Istratescu, Andrei	4.0	ROU	2607
17	GM Lopez Martinez, Josep Manu	4.0	ESP	2593	FM Zaremba, Andrie	4.0	USA	2360
18	IM Saravanan, V.	4.0	IND	2356	GM Lemos, Damian	4.0	ARG	2556
19	FM Lovik, Lasse Ostebo	4.0	NOR	2343	GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra	4.0	RUS	2523
20	GM Bindrich, Falko	4.0	GER	2512	WGM Reizniece, Dana	4.0	LAT	2341
21	IM Peek, Marcel	4.0	NED	2342	IM Kapnisis, Spyridon	4.0	GRE	2510
22	IM Sedina, Elena	4.0	ITA	2335	GM Dzagnidze, Nana	4.0	GEO	2506
23	Kantans, Toms	4.0	LAT	2303	IM Shankland, Samuel L	4.0	USA	2491
24	GM Carlsson, Pontus	4.0	SWE	2476	FM Avalos Parra, Joao	4.0	CHI	2245
25	IM Kozlov, Oleg	4.0	RUS	2279	IM Boskovic, Drasko	4.0	SRB	2454
26	IM Vernay, Clovis	4.0	FRA	2442	Ivanov, Stojan Emilov	4.0	BUL	2198
27	Tate, Alan	4.0	SCO	2211	GM Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel	4.0	ESP	2440
28	WIM Cori T., Deysi	4.0	PER	2412	Demac, Elias	4.0	NOR	2104

You can see all of the results from round 6 and all of the pairings for round 7 by clicking on the following link:

http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/gib2010/results/masters/index.html

Best wishes to all of the players for round 7!

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