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Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016The Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2016 took place in Gibraltar 25th January - 4th February.Tiebreak: Hikaru Nakamura - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 3-2 (1/2, 1/2; 1/2, 1/2; Hikaru won the Armageddon with Black). Final Standings: 1-2. Hikaru Nakamura, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave - 8 out of 10 scores, 3-8. Etienne Bacrot, S.P. Sethuraman, Pentala Harikrishna, Gawain Jones, Li Chao, Emil Sutovsky - 7.5. Hikaru Nakamura Games, Gibraltar Chess Masters 2016 Women's prizes: 1. Anna Muzychuk - 7 out of 10 scores, 2-3. Antoaneta Stefanova, Tan Zhongyi - 6.5. Anna Muzychuk Games, Gibraltar Chess Masters 2016
Round 10: Nakamura-Anton 1-0, the Dutch Defence, Hikaru grabbed a pawn and won, 16...Ng7= was better. Maze-Vachier 0-1, the Sicilian Defence, with counterplay, Sebastien grabbed a queen, but Maxime's rooks were stronger. Harikrishna-Li 1/2, the Russian Game, Pentala had a small edge due to pawns in the centre. Bacrot-Sethuraman 1/2, a theoretical duel in the Spanish Game (Carlsen-Ding, Wijk 2016), a draw. In round 9 Nakamura played 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 and Gupta preferred 3...d5 the Gruenfeld Defence, sacrificed the exchange with the risky 17...Rxc3, so Hikaru fought and won. Also Anton sacrificed the exchange vs Harikrishna, in the Queen's Indian, but he had a clear advantage due to strong central pawns and two bishops, however Pentala defended well, a draw, 35.d5 was better. Vachier-Bacrot 1/2. Kamsky drew against Mariya Muzychuk. Li beat Lenic. Jakovenko grabbed a knight and beat Sandipan.
In round 8 Bacrot beat Tari, Harikrishna beat Vidit, Esserman drew vs Anand. Vachier-Lagrave beat Bruzon in the Berlin endgame. Mariya Muzychuk drew vs Rapport. Anton-Li 1/2.
Battle of the Sexes in Gibraltar, A Drama In Three Acts.
Hikaru Nakamura, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Vishy Anand, Dmitry Jakovenko, Li Chao, Yu Yangyi, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Pentala Harikrishna, Richard Rapport, David Howell, Nigel Short, Gata Kamsky, Mariya Muzychuk, Anna Muzychuk, Alexandra Kosteniuk.
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