Wednesday, February 1, 2012

2012 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival

GM Hou Yifan is on a roll!  I wasn't able to check the standings yesterday, so here are the standings after Round 9.  Prepare yourselves, chess dudes!  Here are the top female players out of 256 players:

Rank after Round 9

Rk.NameFEDRtgPts.TB1
1GMHou YifanCHN26057.52892.0
2GMAdams MichaelENG27247.02826.0
3GMMamedyarov ShakhriyarAZE27477.02808.0
4GMShort Nigel DENG26777.02807.0
5GMSasikiran KrishnanIND27007.02776.0
6GMBologan ViktorMDA26807.02740.0
17GMPolgar JuditHUN27106.02668.0
18GMDzagnidze NanaGEO25356.02658.0
27GMZhu ChenQAT24726.02604.0
31GMCramling PiaSWE24916.02595.0
34GMStefanova AntoanetaBUL25236.02565.0
46GMKoneru HumpyIND25895.52588.0
48IMMuzychuk AnnaSLO25805.52560.0
53IMMuzychuk MariyaUKR24835.52501.0
54GMZhukova NataliaUKR24265.52480.0
55IMZatonskih AnnaUSA25065.52470.0
56GMKosintseva NadezhdaRUS25375.52467.0
60 WGMSoumya SwaminathanIND22805.52427.0
61IMMelia SalomeGEO23985.52424.0
66 WGM Vojinovic JovanaMNE23595.52358.0
67 IM Houska JovankaENG24145.52353.0

Interesting results from R9:

27GMShirov Alexei 27106 0 - 1 GMHou Yifan 260525
1031GMKulaots Kaido 2581 ½ - ½ GMPolgar Judit 27106
(Judit gives a draw to an under 2600 rated player?  Oy!)
1212GMVachier-Lagrave Maxime 2699 ½ - ½ GMDzagnidze Nana 253541
1756GMCramling Pia 2491 ½ - ½ GMBrunello Sabino 258130
1829GMKoneru Humpy 25895 ½ - ½ GMZhu Chen 247259
3077IMQuillan Gary 24095 0 - 15 GMStefanova Antoaneta 252346
4465IMKhurtsidze Nino 2444 0 - 1 WGMSoumya Swaminathan 2280110

The final round is tomorrow (February 2, 2012).  Here are the top pairings for the final game:

125GMHou Yifan 2605 7 GMMamedyarov Shakhriyar 27472
214GMBologan Viktor 26807 7 GMAdams Michael 27243
311GMSasikiran Krishnan 27007 7 GMShort Nigel D 267715
410GMMovsesian Sergei 2700 GMSvidler Peter 27491
521GMGustafsson Jan 2643 GMAlmasi Zoltan 27174
622GMNegi Parimarjan 2641 GMLe Quang Liem 27145
723GMErdos Viktor 2634 GMSutovsky Emil 27039
827GMHowell David W L 2603 6 GMShirov Alexei 27107

I don't think Yifan is good enough to defeat Mamedyarov, but who knows?  At this point, anything could happen.  Has Hou Yifan "arrived?"  Personally, I'm not convinced.  But hey, what do I know?

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