The eighth round of the Gibraltar tournament is almost over. The leader Adams Mikhael drawn against Mamediyarov Shakhriyar, while the duel between two Indian players Negi and Sasikiran hasn't finished yet.
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Hou Yifan surprises once again, this тайм she beat the Vietnamese плеер Le Quang Liem whose rating is over 2700.
HOU YIFAN (2605) — LE QUANG LIEM (2714)
34.Rxh6! gxh6 35.Qe6+ Kg7 36.Qd7+ Kg6 37.Ne6
37.Qe6+ is enough for White to draw.
37…Bc5??
Correct is 37…Rf7 38.Nf4+ Kg7 39.Nh5+ Kg8 40.Qe8+ Rf8 41.Qg6+ Kh8 42.Qxh6+ Kg8, which leads to the perpetual check.
38.Qg7+! Kh5 39.Nxf8
Now White is about to lose and soon it is checkmated.
39…Bxf8 40.Qf7+ 1-0
Svidler and Shirov also gained vicotries. Russian General Motors beat Dzagnidze Nana, while Latvian плеер took an upper hand on Jussupow Artur.
Watch the games of the day.
[Event «Gibraltar Open»] [Site «Caleta ENG»] [Date «2012.01.31»] [Round «8»] [White «Short, Nigel»] [Black «Almasi, Zoltan»] [Result «1/2-1/2»] [ECO «A01»] [PlyCount «80»] [EventDate «2012.01.24»] 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. c4 Bf5 5. Be2 e6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. d3 O-O 11. e4 Bg6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qd2 Re8 15. Rfe1 Qb6 16. Bf1 Bb4 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Qf4 Bc5 19. Qg3 Nf8 20. Rc1 Ne6 21. h4 d4 22. Qe5 Bd6 23. Qd5 Rd8 24. Qc4 Bf4 25. Re1 Qa5 26. b4 Qd5 27. Qxd5 Rxd5 28. g3 Bd6 29. a3 a5 30. bxa5 Rxa5 31. Nxd4 Bxa3 32. Nxe6 Bxb2 33. Nf4 Bd4 34. Nxg6 fxg6 35. Re8+ Kf7 36. Rd8 Ra4 37. Rd7+ Kf6 38. Rxb7 Ra2 39. Bg2 Rxf2 40. Be4 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event «Gibraltar Open»] [Site «Caleta ENG»] [Date «2012.01.31»] [Round «8»] [White «Hou, Yifan»] [Black «Le Quang, Liem»] [Result «1-0»] [ECO «B93»] [PlyCount «79»] [EventDate «2012.01.24»] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. O-O Be7 9. Kh1 O-O 10. a4 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Bf3 Na5 13. Bf2 Nd7 14. Qe1 b6 15. e5 Bb7 16. Bg3 dxe5 17. fxe5 Rac8 18. Rd1 Bb4 19. Qf2 Rf8 20. Ne4 Nxe5 21. Bf4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Bd6 23. Nf3 f5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Bd3 Bxb2 26. Rb1 Bc3 27. Ng5 Qe7 28. Qe3 Nc4 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. Rxb6 Bd4 31. Qd3 Rxa4 32. Rxe6 Qa3 33. Qe2 h6 34. Rxh6 gxh6 35. Qe6+ Kg7 36. Qd7+ Kg6 37. Ne6 Bc5 38. Qg7+ Kh5 39. Nxf8 Bxf8 40. Qf7+ 1-0 [Event «Gibraltar Open»] [Site «Caleta ENG»] [Date «2012.01.31»] [Round «8»] [White «Movsesian, Sergei»] [Black «Gopal, GN»] [Result «1/2-1/2»] [ECO «C11»] [PlyCount «76»] [EventDate «2012.01.24»] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Be3 Bd6 9. Bd3 b6 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Qf3 Nd5 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. Bd2 c5 14. Nc4 Rb8 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. hxg3 Nb4 19. Bxb4 cxb4 20. f3 Rfc8 21. Rhe1 Bd5 22. b3 a5 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Rc5 25. g4 Rbc8 26. Rd2 Kf8 27. a3 bxa3 28. Ra4 Ke7 29. Rxa3 Rd8 30. c4 Rxd2 31. Kxd2 h5 32. gxh5 Rxh5 33. Kc3 Kd6 34. Ra2 Kc6 35. Rd2 Rh1 36. Ra2 Kb6 37. Rd2 Kc6 38. Ra2 Kb6 1/2-1/2 [Event «Gibraltar Open»] [Site «Caleta ENG»] [Date «2012.01.31»] [Round «8»] [White «Dzagnidze, Nana»] [Black «Svidler, Pate»] [Result «0-1»] [ECO «D82»] [PlyCount «86»] [EventDate «2012.01.24»] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Rc1 Nh5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. e3 cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bxc4 Bg4 12. O-O Nc6 13. d5 Nd4 14. Re1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qc7 16. Bf1 Qf4 17. Bg3 Nxf3+ 18. Kh1 Qf6 19. Re3 Nxg3+ 20. fxg3 Nd4 21. Bh3 Qg5 22. Qd3 Rad8 23. Rce1 e5 24. dxe6 Nxe6 25. Qe2 Bd4 26. Rf3 Rfe8 27. Qc4 Qc5 28. Qb3 Ng5 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rf1 Bxc3 31. bxc3 b5 32. Bd7 Re5 33. h4 Qc7 34. Qd1 Ne4 35. Rf3 Re7 36. Bxb5 Nxg3+ 37. Rxg3 Qb7+ 38. Rf3 Qxb5 39. Qd8+ Re8 40. Qf6 Qb1+ 41. Rf1 Qxa2 42. h5 Qd5+ 43. Kg1 Re5 0-1 [Event «Gibraltar Open»] [Site «Caleta ENG»] [Date «2012.01.31»] [Round «8»] [White «Jussupow, Artur»] [Black «Shirov, Alexei»] [Result «0-1»] [ECO «A48»] [PlyCount «72»] [EventDate «2012.01.24»] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Re8 8. O-O e5 9. e4 exd4 10. cxd4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 h6 12. Qb3 Re7 13. Ne5 hxg5 14. Nxf7 Nc5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. dxc5 Rxf7 17. Bxg6 Qf8 18. f4 g4 19. f5 Bd7 20. Rf4 Bc6 21. Kh1 Rd8 22. Rxg4 Bd5 23. Qh3 Rg7 24. Bh7+ Kf7 25. Bg6+ Ke7 26. Qa3 Kd7 27. Rd1 Kc8 28. Qxa7 c6 29. Qa8+ Kc7 30. Qa5+ Kb8 31. Ra4 Be5 32. h3 Kc8 33. Re1 Bxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Qxf5 35. Rg4 Rxg6 36. Qb4 Rd4 0-1 [Event «Gibraltar Open»] [Site «Caleta ENG»] [Date «2012.01.31»] [Round «8»] [White «Laznicka, Viktor»] [Black «Howell, Davey»] [Result «0-1»] [ECO «D11»] [PlyCount «78»] [EventDate «2012.01.24»] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. e3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Ne4 11. Qe2 Qb6 12. Nc3 Rfd8 13. Ne1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bg6 15. e4 c5 16. Be3 Qa5 17. Nd3 Qxc3 18. dxc5 Rac8 19. Rab1 Nxc5 20. Rbc1 Na4 21. Nf4 Qb4 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. e5 Bc5 25. Bg5 Rd7 26. Qc2 b5 27. h4 a6 28. Bf3 Rd4 29. Qb3 Qa5 30. Kg2 Qb6 31. Rh1 Rb4 32. Qd3 Rb2 33. Kh3 Rxf2 34. Be4 Qc7 35. h5 Qxe5 36. Qd8+ Bf8 37. Rd1 f6 38. Bxg6 fxg5 39. Rd7 Rf3 0-1 [Event «Gibraltar Open»] [Site «Caleta ENG»] [Date «2012.01.31»] [Round «8»] [White «Parligras, Mircea»] [Black «Rapport, Rick»] [Result «0-1»] [ECO «E90»] [PlyCount «62»] [EventDate «2012.01.24»] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 Na6 7. Bg5 Qe8 8. g4 c5 9. Bg2 Bd7 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Rc8 12. b3 h5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. gxh5 Rc5 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Nd5 Bg7 17. Rc1 e6 18. Ne3 Rh5 19. Nb5 Be5 20. Ng4 Bf4 21. Nxd6 Qe7 22. Rc3 e5 23. Nb5 Rh7 24. Rd3 Be6 25. Rd6 Kh8 26. Qe2 Rh4 27. f3 Nc5 28. Rfd1 Qg5 29. b4 Bxg4 30. fxg4 Be3+ 31. Kh1 Nxe4 0-1 [Event «Gibraltar Open»] [Site «Caleta ENG»] [Date «2012.01.31»] [Round «8»] [White «Del Рио Angelis, Salvador G»] [Black «Gustafsson, Jan»] [Result «1/2-1/2»] [ECO «D50»] [PlyCount «59»] [EventDate «2012.01.24»] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Be7 7. Nf3 exd5 8. e3 Nc6 9. Qd3 O-O 10. Be2 Be6 11. O-O Qd7 12. Rad1 Rfd8 13. Qb1 h6 14. Bh4 Rac8 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Ne4 17. Bb5 Qc7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nxe4 Bf5 20. Nf6+ Qxf6 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Qb6 23. b4 Qc6 24. e4 Qc2 25. exd5 Qxd3 26. Rxd3 Rd6 27. Rfd1 Kf8 28. Kf1 Rc2 29. R3d2 Rxd2 30. Rxd2 1/2-1/2your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard