Yifan Hou and Michael Adams share the lead in Gibraltar

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Yifan Hou and Michael Adams are leaders of the Gibraltar Masters tournament after 8 rounds. The English top Grandmaster secured a draw against the world’s top 15 player Mamedyarov, while the Chinese young prodigy continued her heroic run and defeated the 2700 club member GM Le Quang Liem.

Yifan Hou and Michael Adams are top of the table with 6,5/8, but just half a point away from a large chasing pack of players including GM Short, GM Mamedyarov, GM Sasikiran, GM Almasi, GM Howell, GM Movsesian, GM Gopal, GM Svidler, GM Bologan, GM Negi, GM Shirov, GM Akobian, GM Rapport, and GM Salem.

You can follow round 9 on the pages of Chessdom with computer analysis including the games Almasi – Adams, Shirov – Yifan Hou, Svidler – Negi, Mamedyarov – Akobian, Hoell – Movsesian, Le Quang Liem – Anna Muzychuk and many more.

Round 8 results

1	GM	Adams Michael	2724	½ – ½	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2747
2	GM	Short Nigel D	2677	½ – ½	GM	Almasi Zoltan	2717
3	GM	Hou Yifan	2605	1 – 0	GM	Le Quang Liem	2714
4	GM	Movsesian Sergei	2700	½ – ½	GM	Gopal G N	2566
5	GM	Negi Parimarjan	2641	½ – ½	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2700
6	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2535	0 – 1	GM	Svidler Peter	2749
7	GM	Jussupow Artur	2569	0 – 1	GM	Shirov Alexei	2710
8	GM	Laznicka Viktor	2704	0 – 1	GM	Howell David W L	2603
9	GM	Zhu Chen	2472	½ – ½	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2703
10	GM	Bologan Viktor	2680	1 – 0	GM	Koneru Humpy	2589
11	GM	Parligras Mircea-Emilian	2650	0 – 1	GM	Rapport Richard	2543
12	GM	Del Rio De Angelis Salvador G	2531	½ – ½	GM	Gustafsson Jan	2643
13	GM	Akobian Varuzhan	2617	1 – 0	GM	El Debs Felipe De Cresce	2497
14	GM	Fier Alexandr	2603	0 – 1	GM	Salem A R  Saleh	2505
15	GM	Polgar Judit	2710	1 – 0	IM	Muzychuk Mariya	2483
16	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2699	1 – 0	IM	Hunt Adam C	2462
17	IM	Javakhishvili Lela	2454	½ – ½	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2683
18	GM	Fridman Daniel	2660	1 – 0	IM	Arnold Marc T	2482
19	GM	Zhukova Natalia	2426	0 – 1	GM	Iturrizaga Edoardo	2649
20	GM	Lupulescu Constantin	2648	0 – 1	GM	Womacka Mathias	2455
21	IM	Nezad Husein Aziz	2402	0 – 1	GM	Erdos Viktor	2634
22	GM	David Alberto	2598	½ – ½	IM	Molner Mackenzie	2449
23	GM	Brunello Sabino	2581	1 – 0	IM	Khurtsidze Nino	2444
24	IM	Melia Salome	2398	0 – 1	GM	Kulaots Kaido	2581
25	IM	Muzychuk Anna	2580	1 – 0	FM	Adnani Mokhlis	2386
26	FM	Kuipers Stefan	2391	1 – 0	GM	Felgaer Ruben	2571
27	GM	Nabaty Tamir	2563	1 – 0		Ali Sebbar	2292
28	GM	Berg Emanuel	2550	½ – ½	IM	Alvarez Marquez Johann	2398
29	FM	Wantiez Fabrice	2366	½ – ½	GM	Kanep Meelis	2509
30	IM	Dvirnyy Daniyyl	2492	1 – 0	WGM	Borosova Zuzana	2284
31	WGM	Soumya Swaminathan	2280	0 – 1	GM	Cramling Pia	2491
32	IM	Karim Ismael	2405	0 – 1	GM	Gupta Abhijeet	2652
33	IM	Bosboom Manuel	2394	0 – 1	GM	Korchnoi Viktor	2558
34	GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	2537	½ – ½	WGM	Vojinovic Jovana	2359
35	IM	Ansell Simon T	2373	0 – 1	GM	Ikonnikov Vyacheslav	2531
36	FM	Fenollar Jorda Manuel	2360	0 – 1	GM	Al-Sayed Mohammed	2524
37	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2523	1 – 0		Gislason Gudmundur	2332
38	FM	Schiendorfer Emanuel	2354	1 – 0	IM	Huschenbeth Niclas	2518
39	GM	Gallagher Joseph G	2505	½ – ½		Henriksson Johan	2308
40	FM	Aranha Filho Alvaro Z	2307	0 – 1	GM	Cabrera Alexis	2504
41	GM	Baron Tal	2498	½ – ½	FM	Montero Melendez Rafael	2303
42	IM	Adrian Claude	2271	0 – 1	IM	Krush Irina	2467
43		Chapman Terry P D	2253	0 – 1	IM	Cernousek Lukas	2438
44	IM	Raznikov Danny	2436	1 – 0		Kulkarni Rakesh	2252
45		Vaarala Eric	2238	0 – 1	IM	Lyrberg Patrik	2435
46	FM	Loew Gerald	2251	½ – ½	IM	Aloma Vidal Robert	2431
47	CM	Dunn Andrew	2233	0 – 1	GM	Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel	2422
48	IM	Hanley Craig A	2421	1 – 0	WIM	Benmesbah Natacha	2228
49	CM	Urbina Perez Juan Antonio	2210	0 – 1	IM	Molina Roberto Junio Brito	2415
50	IM	Dukaczewski Piotr  *)	2344	0 – 1	CM	Walton Alan J	2161
51	FM	Schiller Eric  *)	2109	0 – 1	WIM	Dolgova Olga	2206
52		Valgmae Toomas	2208	½ – ½	IM	Astaneh Lopez Alex	2414
53	IM	Houska Jovanka	2414	1 – 0		Lind Jan-Olov	2219
54	IM	Lund Silas	2414	1 – 0		Choukri Adel	2115
55		Vanparys Philip	2174	0 – 1	IM	Quillan Gary	2409
56		Valhondo Morales Ruben	2046	1 – 0	IM	Getz Nicolai	2408
57	GM	Pavlovic Milos	2531	1 – 0		Pettersson Anders	2219
58		Tavares Shawn P	2218	0 – 1	IM	Zatonskih Anna	2506
59		Graf Felix	2367	1 – 0		Tscharotschkin Michael	2195
60	FM	Weeramantry Sunil	2183	0 – 1	FM	Coleman Teddy	2356
61		Scheckenbach Franz	2182	½ – ½	IM	Peek Marcel	2354
62		Lipecki Alexander	2159	1 – 0		Palencia Wilson	2324
63	IM	Piasetski Leon	2305	½ – ½		Weber Francois	2155
64		Oberhofer Andre	2299	1 – 0		Allor Chukwuka	2145
65		Mastalerz Xavier	2135	0 – 1		Phadke Sohan	2290
66	FM	Ortega Ruiz Jose Miguel	2288	1 – 0		Herman Jean	2077
67	IM	Rodriguez Lopez Rafael	2287	1 – 0		Sos Andreu Eric	2113
68		Ben Artzi Ido	2284	1 – 0		De Seroux Camille	2076
69		Freuler Roman	2077	0 – 1		Tabatt Hendrik	2281
70	FM	Bisby Daniel L	2264	½ – ½		Carlsten Peter	2030
71		Compton Alistair	2051	1 – 0	FM	Sanchez Louis	2261
72		Arvola Benjamin	2261	1 – 0		Becking Franz Josef	1956
73		Ungureanu Sandu	2039	0 – 1	FM	Nuri Kambez	2256
74		Hamer Martyn	2010	1 – 0		Byron Alan M	2241
75		Spanton Tim R	1984	0 – 1		Stone Andrew M	2237
76	CM	Rowe Duane	2236	½ – ½		Reppen Ellisiv	1948
77		Marley Andrew S G	1889	0 – 1		Thingstad Even	2219
78	FM	Georgiadis Nico	2291	1 – 0		Kakulia Shalva	2133
79		Hallerod Ralph	2124	0 – 1		Spence David J	2213
80		Zygouris Hristos	2205	1 – 0		Kandic Milan	2131
81		Eriksen Magnus	2076	1 – 0		Duport Nicolas	2200
82		Kyas Juergen	2195	1 – 0		Skutta Bernd Dr	2078
83	WIM	Agrest Inna	2189	1 – 0		Thorell Viktor	2046
84		De Graaf Dick	2183	1 – 0		Nilsson Lars Kjoller	2036
85		Lam Daniel King-Wai	2022	0 – 1	WIM	Seps Monika	2182
86		Pietinen Pekka	2008	0 – 1	IM	Peredy Ferenc	2180
87		Amos Frank	2171	1 – 0		Pasanen Tuomo	2008
88		Mihajlov Sebastian	1974	1 – 0		Adler Bo	2167
89		Obiamiwe Paul	1982	0 – 1		Daoudi Kamal	2165
90		Bihi Mehdi	1919	0 – 1		Vinas Guerrero Carlos A	2160
91		Leimeister Winfried	1918	0 – 1		Samu Sorin-Mihai	2156
92		Schmidt Ralf	2156	½ – ½		Kleinert Juergen	2004
93		Daurelle Herve	2148	½ – ½		Becker Carsten	2001
94		Midonet Mathieu	2060	0 – 1		Seyfried Claus	2141
95		Ranaivoharisoa Alain	2135	1 – 0		Auvinen Esa	1926
96		Kromhout Alexander	0	½ – ½		Duhayon Yves	2210
97		Groffen Hans	2204	1 – 0		Salomon Johan	2002
98		Boesch Dirk	2131	0 – 1		Fransson Angelina	1967
99		Navarrete Espi Samuel	2120	1 – 0		Marano Salvatore	1967
100		Johnsen Kjell Magne	1950	½ – ½	WFM	Yurenok Maria S	2109
101		Dasaolu Adeoye	2103	1 – 0		Lochte Szilvia	1956
102		Frey Matthias	1941	0 – 1		Mihajlov Svetoslav	2101
103		Magar Johannes	2088	1 – 0		Zachariassen John	1949
104		Boesch Heinz	1904	0 – 1		Attwood James	2072
105		Peltomaki Jarmo	2051	½ – ½		Patola Eero	1939
106		Van Diermen Arie	1904	1 – 0		Thornton John D	2050
107		Henrichsen Jens	1901	1 – 0		Isherwood Paul	2042
108		Suez-Panama Gilles	2034	0 – 1		Knudsen Jes West	1892
109		Mozelius Peter	1869	½ – ½		Marder Simon	2032
110		Kuenitz Klaus	1686	0 – 1		Campos Calvo-Sotelo Juan	2028
111		Becham Khalid	0	1 – 0		Mortensen Henrik	2012
112		Flynn David	1973	+ – –		Bernula Istvan	1880
113		Dimitrijevic Dragan	1937	1 – 0		Gallach Perez Yago	1843
114		Jablon Stephen	1931	0 – 1		Conflitti Alessandro	1792
115		Nwachukwu Chino	1926	0 – 1		Vasse Albert	1826
116		Forsa Elise	1770	1 – 0		Lundback Karl	1907
117	FM	Andersen Daniel	1884	½ – ½		George Lolomari	0
118		Candano Gonzalez Alvaro	1647	1 – 0		Zaky Tamir	1882
119		Randlov Carsten  *)	1831	0 – 1		Kuehnast Volker	1933
120		Elias W H	0	1 – 0		Helin Mikael	1935
121		Rough Robert E	1762	½ – ½		Puroila Sippo	1906
122		Jernselius Kjell	1858	½ – ½		Neumanova Monika	1696
123		Savage Neil	1645	0 – 1		Riiser Samuel	1827
124		Collins Andrew	0	1 – 0		Whatley Stephen A J	1648
125		Pollo Mancilla Ricardo	1450	0 – 1		Tveten Per	0
126		Kazmierczak Ewa	1477	1		bye

 

 

 

Round 9 pairings

1	GM	Almasi Zoltan	2717	6	–	6½	GM	Adams Michael	2724
2	GM	Shirov Alexei	2710	6	–	6½	GM	Hou Yifan	2605
3	GM	Svidler Peter	2749	6	–	6	GM	Negi Parimarjan	2641
4	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2747	6	–	6	GM	Akobian Varuzhan	2617
5	GM	Howell David W L	2603	6	–	6	GM	Movsesian Sergei	2700
6	GM	Rapport Richard	2543	6	–	6	GM	Sasikiran Krishnan	2700
7	GM	Gopal G N	2566	6	–	6	GM	Bologan Viktor	2680
8	GM	Salem A R  Saleh	2505	6	–	6	GM	Short Nigel D	2677
9	GM	Le Quang Liem	2714	5½	–	5½	IM	Muzychuk Anna	2580
10	GM	Kulaots Kaido	2581	5½	–	5½	GM	Polgar Judit	2710
11	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2703	5½	–	5½	GM	Nabaty Tamir	2563
12	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	2699	5½	–	5½	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2535
13	GM	Womacka Mathias	2455	5½	–	5½	GM	Fridman Daniel	2660
14	GM	Iturrizaga Edoardo	2649	5½	–	5½	GM	Del Rio De Angelis Salvador G	2531
15	GM	Gustafsson Jan	2643	5½	–	5½	FM	Kuipers Stefan	2391
16	GM	Erdos Viktor	2634	5½	–	5½	IM	Dvirnyy Daniyyl	2492
17	GM	Cramling Pia	2491	5½	–	5½	GM	Brunello Sabino	2581
18	GM	Koneru Humpy	2589	5	–	5½	GM	Zhu Chen	2472
19	IM	Krush Irina	2467	5	–	5	GM	Laznicka Viktor	2704
20	GM	Sargissian Gabriel	2683	5	–	5	IM	Hanley Craig A	2421
21	GM	Gupta Abhijeet	2652	5	–	5	IM	Javakhishvili Lela	2454
22	IM	Molner Mackenzie	2449	5	–	5	GM	Parligras Mircea-Emilian	2650
23	IM	Cernousek Lukas	2438	5	–	5	GM	Fier Alexandr	2603
24	IM	Lyrberg Patrik	2435	5	–	5	GM	David Alberto	2598
25	GM	Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel	2422	5	–	5	GM	Jussupow Artur	2569
26	GM	Korchnoi Viktor	2558	5	–	5	IM	Raznikov Danny	2436
27	IM	Molina Roberto Junio Brito	2415	5	–	5	GM	Berg Emanuel	2550
28	GM	Ikonnikov Vyacheslav	2531	5	–	5	IM	Houska Jovanka	2414
29	GM	Al-Sayed Mohammed	2524	5	–	5	IM	Lund Silas	2414
30	IM	Quillan Gary	2409	5	–	5	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2523
31	GM	Kanep Meelis	2509	5	–	5	FM	Schiendorfer Emanuel	2354
32	GM	Cabrera Alexis	2504	5	–	5	FM	Wantiez Fabrice	2366
33	GM	El Debs Felipe De Cresce	2497	5	–	5		Valhondo Morales Ruben	2046
34	IM	Alvarez Marquez Johann	2398	5	–	4½	GM	Lupulescu Constantin	2648
35	GM	Felgaer Ruben	2571	4½	–	4½	FM	Montero Melendez Rafael	2303
36		Ali Sebbar	2292	4½	–	4½	GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	2537
37		Phadke Sohan	2290	4½	–	4½	GM	Pavlovic Milos	2531
38	IM	Zatonskih Anna	2506	4½	–	4½		Oberhofer Andre	2299
39	WGM	Borosova Zuzana	2284	4½	–	4½	GM	Gallagher Joseph G	2505
40		Tabatt Hendrik	2281	4½	–	4½	GM	Baron Tal	2498
41	IM	Muzychuk Mariya	2483	4½	–	4½	FM	Ortega Ruiz Jose Miguel	2288
42	IM	Arnold Marc T	2482	4½	–	4½	IM	Rodriguez Lopez Rafael	2287
43	IM	Hunt Adam C	2462	4½	–	4½		Ben Artzi Ido	2284
44	IM	Khurtsidze Nino	2444	4½	–	4½	WGM	Soumya Swaminathan	2280
45	IM	Aloma Vidal Robert	2431	4½	–	4½		Arvola Benjamin	2261
46	FM	Nuri Kambez	2256	4½	–	4½	GM	Zhukova Natalia	2426
47	IM	Astaneh Lopez Alex	2414	4½	–	4½	FM	Loew Gerald	2251
48		Stone Andrew M	2237	4½	–	4½	IM	Nezad Husein Aziz	2402
49		Thingstad Even	2219	4½	–	4½	IM	Melia Salome	2398
50		Freuler Roman	2077	3½	–	3½	IM	Dukaczewski Piotr	2344
51		Kuehnast Volker	1933	3	–	3	FM	Schiller Eric	2109
52	FM	Adnani Mokhlis	2386	4½	–	4½		Valgmae Toomas	2208
53	CM	Walton Alan J	2161	4½	–	4½		Graf Felix	2367
54	WGM	Vojinovic Jovana	2359	4½	–	4½		Lipecki Alexander	2159
55	FM	Coleman Teddy	2356	4½	–	4½		Compton Alistair	2051
56		Henriksson Johan	2308	4½	–	4½		Hamer Martyn	2010
57	IM	Huschenbeth Niclas	2518	4	–	4		Zygouris Hristos	2205
58	IM	Getz Nicolai	2408	4	–	4		Kyas Juergen	2195
59	CM	Urbina Perez Juan Antonio	2210	4	–	4	IM	Karim Ismael	2405
60	WIM	Dolgova Olga	2206	4	–	4	IM	Bosboom Manuel	2394
61	WIM	Agrest Inna	2189	4	–	4	IM	Ansell Simon T	2373
62		De Graaf Dick	2183	4	–	4	FM	Fenollar Jorda Manuel	2360
63	IM	Peek Marcel	2354	4	–	4		Vanparys Philip	2174
64		Gislason Gudmundur	2332	4	–	4		Scheckenbach Franz	2182
65	WIM	Seps Monika	2182	4	–	4	FM	Aranha Filho Alvaro Z	2307
66	IM	Peredy Ferenc	2180	4	–	4	IM	Piasetski Leon	2305
67		Daoudi Kamal	2165	4	–	4	FM	Georgiadis Nico	2291
68		Vinas Guerrero Carlos A	2160	4	–	4	IM	Adrian Claude	2271
69		Samu Sorin-Mihai	2156	4	–	4	FM	Bisby Daniel L	2264
70		Weber Francois	2155	4	–	4		Chapman Terry P D	2253
71		Kulkarni Rakesh	2252	4	–	4		Amos Frank	2171
72		Seyfried Claus	2141	4	–	4		Vaarala Eric	2238
73		Choukri Adel	2115	4	–	4		Al-Tamimi Hamad	2237
74		Carlsten Peter	2030	4	–	4	CM	Rowe Duane	2236
75		Reppen Ellisiv	1948	4	–	4	CM	Dunn Andrew	2233
76	WIM	Benmesbah Natacha	2228	4	–	4		Ranaivoharisoa Alain	2135
77		Lind Jan-Olov	2219	4	–	4	CM	Osuna Vega Enrique	2122
78		Pettersson Anders	2219	4	–	4		Eriksen Magnus	2076
79		Spence David J	2213	4	–	4		Mihajlov Sebastian	1974
80		Palencia Wilson	2324	3½	–	3½		Ungureanu Sandu	2039
81	FM	Sanchez Louis	2261	3½	–	3½		Spanton Tim R	1984
82		Byron Alan M	2241	3½	–	3½		Van Diermen Arie	1904
83		Herman Jean	2077	3½	–	3½		Tavares Shawn P	2218
84		De Seroux Camille	2076	3½	–	3½		Groffen Hans	2204
85		Attwood James	2072	3½	–	3½		Tscharotschkin Michael	2195
86		Campos Calvo-Sotelo Juan	2028	3½	–	3½	FM	Weeramantry Sunil	2183
87		Becker Carsten	2001	3½	–	3½		Schmidt Ralf	2156
88		Kleinert Juergen	2004	3½	–	3½		Daurelle Herve	2148
89		Allor Chukwuka	2145	3½	–	3½		Henrichsen Jens	1901
90		Fransson Angelina	1967	3½	–	3½		Mastalerz Xavier	2135
91		Becking Franz Josef	1956	3½	–	3½		Navarrete Espi Samuel	2120
92		Sos Andreu Eric	2113	3½	–	3½		Marley Andrew S G	1889
93		Knudsen Jes West	1892	3½	–	3½		Dasaolu Adeoye	2103
94		Mihajlov Svetoslav	2101	3½	–	3½		Kromhout Alexander	0
95		Becham Khalid	0	3½	–	3½		Magar Johannes	2088
96		Duhayon Yves	2210	3	–	3		Obiamiwe Paul	1982
97		Duport Nicolas	2200	3	–	3		Flynn David	1973
98		Adler Bo	2167	3	–	3		Johnsen Kjell Magne	1950
99		Kakulia Shalva	2133	3	–	3		Dimitrijevic Dragan	1937
100		Kandic Milan	2131	3	–	3		Bihi Mehdi	1919
101		Patola Eero	1939	3	–	3		Hallerod Ralph	2124
102	WFM	Yurenok Maria S	2109	3	–	3		Leimeister Winfried	1918
103		Skutta Bernd Dr	2078	3	–	3		Mozelius Peter	1869
104		Auvinen Esa	1926	3	–	3		Peltomaki Jarmo	2051
105		Thorell Viktor	2046	3	–	3		Midonet Mathieu	2060
106		Nilsson Lars Kjoller	2036	3	–	3		Forsa Elise	1770
107		Marder Simon	2032	3	–	3		Candano Gonzalez Alvaro	1647
108		Conflitti Alessandro	1792	3	–	3		Lam Daniel King-Wai	2022
109		Pasanen Tuomo	2008	3	–	3		Elias W H	0
110		Vasse Albert	1826	3	–	3		Pietinen Pekka	2008
111		Lochte Szilvia	1956	2½	–	2½		Boesch Dirk	2131
112		Thornton John D	2050	2½	–	2½		Zachariassen John	1949
113		Isherwood Paul	2042	2½	–	2½		Frey Matthias	1941
114		George Lolomari	0	2½	–	2½		Suez-Panama Gilles	2034
115		Mortensen Henrik	2012	2½	–	2½		Boesch Heinz	1904
116		Salomon Johan	2002	2½	–	2½	FM	Andersen Daniel	1884
117		Marano Salvatore	1967	2½	–	2½		Kuenitz Klaus	1686
118		Riiser Samuel	1827	2½	–	2		Jablon Stephen	1931
119		Lundback Karl	1907	2	–	2		Randlov Carsten	1831
120		Gallach Perez Yago	1843	2	–	2		Nwachukwu Chino	1926
121		Puroila Sippo	1906	2	–	2		Neumanova Monika	1696
122		Zaky Tamir	1882	2	–	2		Rough Robert E	1762
123		Bernula Istvan	1880	2	–	2		Collins Andrew	0
124		Tveten Per	0	2	–	2		Jernselius Kjell	1858
125		Helin Mikael	1935	1½	–	1		Kazmierczak Ewa	1477
126		Whatley Stephen A J	1648	1	–	1½		Savage Neil	1645