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Vassily Ivanchuk and Nigel Short both won their games for the second successive day, so the tournament looks increasingly like a two-man shoot-out between the Ukrainian and the Englishman. Late in the round the darkness returned for the second time in three days as the power failed at 8.20pm, five hours twenty minutes into the session. It returned some forty minutes later but by then the few remaining games had been restarted in what had until now been the commentary room.

"Curiously enough, the only thing that went through the mind of the petunias as it fell was ‘Oh no, not again’.” (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams) These same words (or at least the final four of them) echoed around the Caleta Hotel as the power failed again as it had on Monday. The arbiters are evidently familiar with the same book as they heeded its well-known advice - ‘don’t panic’.

Fabiano Caruana found Vassily Ivanchuk as much a handful as he had Viktor Korchnoi. The Ukrainian gradually outplayed his opponent who fell for the same mini-combination losing a pawn that Roiz had allowed against him in the previous round.

Round 9

Caruana, Fabiano (2721) - Ivanchuk,Vassily (2764)

Ruy Lopez

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0–0 f6 6.d4 Bg4 7.c3 Qe7!?

This is an oddity. 7...Bd6 is the usual move of choice.

8.dxe5 fxe5 9.Re1 Nf6 10.Nbd2 0–0–0

Black castles as soon as possible - a move facilitated by White's last move.

11.Qe2 Qe6 12.h3 Bh5 13.Nf1 Bc5 14.Ng3 Rhf8 15.Be3

A difficult decision but perhaps White might have played 15.Nxh5 to be rid of the turbulent priest on h5. As played, the pressure against f3 becomes a problem.

15...Bxe3 16.Qxe3 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Rd2

White has maintained the integrity of his pawn structure but Black has obtained a small but nagging initiative for his pieces.

18.Re2 Rfd8 19.Qe3 R2d3 20.Qa7 Qc4 21.Re3

21.Qa8+? Kd7 22.Qxb7 Rxg3! would lose.

21...Rxe3 22.Qxe3 g6 23.Qa7 Nd7 24.Qe3

If 24.Rd1, White sidesteps the problem of the d-file with 24...Rf8 and has a reasonable position.

24...Qb5 25.b3 Qc5 26.Qd3 Nf8 27.Qc2 Ne6

28.Nf1?

White is on the defensive but this is a bad blunder. 28.Rc1 is an ungainly move but perhaps White can hang on.

28...Nd4! 29.Qd1

29.Qb2 is answered in exactly the same way. Curiously, this is virtually the same combination which Ivanchuk used to win his previous game against Roiz.

29...Qxc3 30.Rb1 h5 31.Ne3 b5

Ivanchuk deprives his opponent of further escape squares, leaving White with a miserable position.

32.Qf1 Qd2 33.a3 Rf8 34.Rd1 Qb2 35.b4 Ne2+ 36.Kh2 Nc3

It's all over.

37.Rc1 Rxf2 38.Qe1 Rd2 39.Qf1 Kb7 40.a4 Rf2 41.Qe1 Nxa4 0–1

On the second board, Nigel Short maintained his pursuit of the top seed with a win against the affable Israeli GM Victor Mikhalevski.

Round 9

Short, Nigel (2658) - Mikhalevski, Victor (2579)

Four Knights’ Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.Ba4 Nxf3+ 6.Qxf3 c6 7.0–0 d6 8.h3 Be7 9.Ne2 0–0 10.c3 h6

10...d5 and 10...b5 have been played here previously.

11.d4 d5 12.exd5 e4 13.Qg3 Bd6 14.Qh4 cxd5 15.f3 Be7 16.Bb3 b6 17.Qf2 Ba6 18.Be3 Nh5 19.fxe4 Bh4

White tempted Black to try the immediate 19...Bxe2? 20.Qxe2 Ng3 21.Qg4! Nxf1 22.Bxh6 Bf6 23.Bxd5 when the knight will be captured and White will have more than sufficient compensation for the exchange.

20.Qf3 Bxe2 21.Qxe2 Ng3 22.Qg4

Deliberately provoking Black's next (which is probably forced) in order to weaken his kingside pawn structure.

22...h5 23.Qd1 Nxf1 24.Kxf1

Short felt that, with the two free-range bishops, he was better.

24...dxe4 25.Qxh5 Bg3 26.Bd5 Rc8

26...Qf6+ 27.Ke2 Rad8 28.Rf1 leads to a comfortable advantage for White.

27.Bxe4 g6 28.Qf3 Qh4 29.Ke2 Rce8 30.Kd3 Re7 31.Bc6 Kh7 32.Qg4 Qxg4 33.hxg4

33...f5?

As in Ivanchuk's game, the player under pressure blunders. 33...Kg7 34.Rh1 Rh8 is tough but at least Black is alive.

34.Rh1+ Kg7 35.Bh6+ Kf7 36.Bd5+ Ke8 37.Bxf8 Kxf8 38.gxf5 gxf5 39.Rh8+

39.Rh8+ Kg7 40.Rg8+ wins more material.

1–0

WHERE EAGLES DARE

When the daily tournament bulletin is looked at from a naturalist’s point of view, I would say it is divided roughly 90:10 between Homo sapiens and Macaca sylvanus (with perhaps a little more emphasis on the latter category when the GMs fail to strike sparks at the board). Intelligent readers that you are, you will have figured out that Macaca sylvanus is the formal species name of the Rock monkeys which gambol about the precincts of the hotel and provide living headwear for elite women chessplayers.

This loses sight of the fact that there are many other creatures to be found here within easy walking distance of the Caleta Hotel. Let’s start with the humble House Sparrow. These are less familiar than they were in Britain although there are still plenty around if you look for them. There is a large flock of them around the Caleta Hotel. They flit about the tables on the bar balcony, looking for scraps at tables. They are brave enough to perch on your hand if you hold out titbits, and even come into the bar itself to forage if someone leaves the balcony door open long enough.

Outside the hotel the range of birds becomes more exotic. Even in January it is quite possible to see swallows flying up and down, which we Brits would only see some months later in the year. Either side of the road leading south from the hotel, quite common species are the Sardinian warbler and the Redstart - both very elegant little birds which fly around the scrub near the road.

Look up towards the rock and there is one bird you cannot miss: the Herring gull. There must be countless thousands of them, wheeling above the rock and roosting on its slopes. Of course, they are found on the coast all over Britain too. I recall in Port Erin, Isle of Man, during the Monarch Assurance International some years, the late John Robinson sitting down to enjoy his well-earned lunch at the Cosy Nook Café. Suddenly there was a flurry of feathers and John’s lunch had been scooped up and carried off in its entirety by a herring gull. Slightly off topic, another Isle of Man tournament official who failed to observe the maxim ‘caveat arbiter’ was our own David Welch. David stooped down to stroke a Manx cat (for those who don’t know, these have no tail) and was rewarded for this friendly gesture by being bitten. However, the same cat treated another arbiter, Peter Purland, with rather more respect, submitting to being stroked without sinking his fangs into him. Perhaps the cat recognised that this was a man mountain of a physical education teacher who was not to be messed with.

I happened to be outside the hotel today for my lunchtime walk, looking up to see if there were any other interesting birds to spot. I bumped into arbiter Stephen Boyd whilst doing this but it was Stephen who first spotted a large shape gliding high up amongst the smaller herring gulls. Note that these gulls are not small themselves so we knew we looking at a substantial bird of prey. I think it might have been something like a Booted Eagle or perhaps an Osprey. I took a fuzzy photo of it but cannot be any more specific. I’m told there are plenty more eagles and large birds of prey to be seen in the vicinity. Gibraltar is a good place if you want to combine chess with bird-watching.

I shall refocus my gaze on the chessboard for the moment. I have the first few norm achievements to announce. Nadezhda Kosintseva yesterday completed her requirement for the GM title, so very well done to her. Also, IM norms (not sure which ones) have been achieved by Toomas Valgmae of Estonia, Espen Forsaa of Norway and Tom Weber of Luxembourg. Congratulations to them too. Of course there may be more norms to celebrate today.

As regards the last round, with a number of draws amongst the other leaders, there are now just two contenders for first place since Vassily Ivanchuk can no longer be caught by anyone other than Nigel Short. But Short is only half a point adrift so there is everything to play for. More fun tomorrow.

Leaders: Vassily Ivanchuk 8/9, Nigel Short 7½, Viktor Bologan, Pentala Harikrishna, Victor Mikhalevski, Kaido Kulaots, GN Gopal, Viktor Erdos, Michael Roiz, Romain Edouard, Salome Melia 6½, etc.

N.B. The final round starts at 10am (GMT+1) on Thursday 3 February.

Gibraltar Masters Caleta ENG Mon 24th Jan 2011 - Thu 3rd Feb 2011 Leading Round 9 (of 10) Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1
1	Ivanchuk Vassily	GM	UKR	2764	8.0	2947
2	Short Nigel D	GM	ENG	2658	7.5	2849
3	Fridman Daniel	GM	GER	2655	6.5	2732
4	Kulaots Kaido	GM	EST	2577	6.5	2715
5	Roiz Michael	GM	ISR	2649	6.5	2712
6	Gopal Geetha Narayanan	GM	IND	2597	6.5	2674
7	Bologan Viktor	GM	MDA	2693	6.5	2662
8	Harikrishna Pentala	GM	IND	2667	6.5	2653
9	Mikhalevski Victor	GM	ISR	2579	6.5	2633
10	Melia Salome	IM	GEO	2449	6.5	2612
11	Erdos Viktor	GM	HUN	2593	6.5	2601
12	Edouard Romain	GM	FRA	2634	6.5	2590
13	Sengupta Deep	GM	IND	2530	6.0	2718
14	Adams Michael	GM	ENG	2723	6.0	2680
15	Korchnoi Viktor	GM	SUI	2544	6.0	2670
16	Sasikiran Krishnan	GM	IND	2690	6.0	2665
17	Caruana Fabiano	GM	ITA	2721	6.0	2654
18	Kosintseva Nadezhda	IM	RUS	2552	6.0	2649
19	Lafuente Pablo	GM	ARG	2561	6.0	2635
20	Dzagnidze Nana	GM	GEO	2550	6.0	2629
21	Vallejo Pons Francisco	GM	ESP	2698	6.0	2618
22	Buhmann Rainer	GM	GER	2572	6.0	2617
23	Georgiev Kiril	GM	BUL	2669	6.0	2612
24	Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter	GM	ROU	2678	6.0	2600
25	Kacheishvili Giorgi	GM	GEO	2585	6.0	2573
26	Ikonnikov Vyacheslav	GM	RUS	2580	6.0	2570
	Bellaiche Anthony	IM	FRA	2458	6.0	2570
28	Berg Emanuel	GM	SWE	2627	6.0	2554
29	Cmilyte Viktorija	GM	LTU	2526	6.0	2534
30	Harika Dronavalli	IM	IND	2520	6.0	2530
31	Lemos Damian	GM	ARG	2553	6.0	2513
32	Kanep Meelis	GM	EST	2531	6.0	2510
33	Fier Alexandr	GM	BRA	2571	6.0	2507
34	Iordachescu Viorel	GM	MDA	2634	6.0	2499
35	Vernay Clovis	IM	FRA	2446	6.0	2472
36	Das Arghyadip	IM	IND	2479	6.0	2469
37	Cabrera Alexis	GM	ESP	2518	6.0	2466
38	Tate Alan		SCO	2292	6.0	2413
39	Akobian Varuzhan	GM	USA	2618	5.5	2559
40	Onischuk Alexander	GM	USA	2689	5.5	2548
41	Fernandez Romero Ernesto	IM	ESP	2453	5.5	2537
42	Speelman Jon S	GM	ENG	2524	5.5	2536
43	Krush Irina	IM	USA	2483	5.5	2521
44	Zatonskih Anna	IM	USA	2493	5.5	2512
45	Nezad Husein Aziz	IM	QAT	2420	5.5	2504
46	Valgmae Toomas		EST	2190	5.5	2503
47	Soffer Ram	GM	ISR	2489	5.5	2495
48	Gallagher Joseph G	GM	SUI	2501	5.5	2449
49	Robson Ray	GM	USA	2532	5.5	2444
50	Zhukova Natalia	GM	UKR	2441	5.5	2433
51	Battaglini Gabriel	IM	FRA	2437	5.5	2425
52	Vaibhav Suri	IM	IND	2421	5.5	2419
53	Andersen Mads	FM	DEN	2410	5.5	2402
54	Jones Gawain C B	GM	ENG	2593	5.5	2401
55	Le Roux Jean-Pierre	GM	FRA	2551	5.5	2400
56	Karim Ismael	IM	MAR	2375	5.5	2393
57	Stokke Kjetil	FM	NOR	2413	5.5	2364
58	Sipila Vilka		FIN	2269	5.5	2355
59	Zygouris Hristos		GRE	2215	5.5	2344
60	Daurelle Herve		FRA	2243	5.5	2335
61	Bergstrom Rolf	FM	SWE	2307	5.5	2293
62	Henriksson Johan		SWE	2243	5.5	2271
63	Rapport Richard	GM	HUN	2531	5.0	2595
64	Zhu Chen	GM	QAT	2495	5.0	2564
65	Sandipan Chanda	GM	IND	2641	5.0	2527
66	Felgaer Ruben	GM	ARG	2585	5.0	2497
67	Forsaa Espen	FM	NOR	2306	5.0	2481
68	Weber Tom	FM	LUX	2310	5.0	2462
69	El Debs Felipe De Cresce	GM	BRA	2499	5.0	2446
70	Kosintseva Tatiana	GM	RUS	2570	5.0	2440
71	Tscharotschkin Michael		GER	2181	5.0	2419
72	Zaremba Andrie	FM	USA	2339	5.0	2411
73	Karavade Eesha	IM	IND	2353	5.0	2410
74	Szuper Paul		USA	2174	5.0	2400
75	Wohl Aleksandar H	IM	AUS	2409	5.0	2395
76	Boskovic Drasko	IM	SRB	2412	5.0	2375
77	Al-Sayed Mohammed	GM	QAT	2490	5.0	2370
78	Jones Richard S	FM	WLS	2361	5.0	2369
79	Getz Nicolai	FM	NOR	2334	5.0	2359
80	Illner Achim Dr	FM	GER	2345	5.0	2351
81	Estrada Nieto Julian	IM	MEX	2309	5.0	2342
82	Oberhofer Andre		GER	2270	5.0	2340
83	Monroy Charles	IM	FRA	2421	5.0	2330
84	Slavin Alexei	IM	RUS	2417	5.0	2325
85	Stefanova Antoaneta	GM	BUL	2546	5.0	2324
86	Vogel Jaap	FM	NED	2207	5.0	2319
87	Gaponenko Inna	IM	UKR	2466	5.0	2311
88	Navarrete Espi Samuel		ESP	2095	5.0	2308
89	Kolbus Dietmar	IM	GER	2332	5.0	2306
90	Pogonina Natalija	WGM	RUS	2472	5.0	2295
91	Kantans Toms	FM	LAT	2342	5.0	2287
92	Avalos Parra Joao	FM	CHI	2252	5.0	2276
93	Malmdin Nils-Ake		SWE	2272	5.0	2266
94	Montero Melendez Rafael		ESP	2265	5.0	2223
95	Wahlbom Magnus		SWE	2305	5.0	2211
96	Chapman Terry P D		ENG	2250	5.0	2147
97	Calzetta Ruiz Monica	WGM	ESP	2284	4.5	2418
98	Thomassen Joachim	IM	NOR	2404	4.5	2366
99	Peek Marcel	IM	NED	2342	4.5	2364
100	Mullon Jean-Baptiste	IM	FRA	2420	4.5	2353
	Nuri Kambez		SUI	2300	4.5	2353
102	Vaarala Eric		SWE	2152	4.5	2331
103	Bellin Robert	IM	ENG	2367	4.5	2326
104	Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel	GM	ESP	2404	4.5	2324
105	Hoffmann Michael	GM	GER	2506	4.5	2323
106	Dougherty Michael	FM	CAN	2183	4.5	2300
107	Urbina Perez Juan Antonio	CM	ESP	2189	4.5	2296
108	Garcia Jimenez Francisco Javie	FM	ESP	2274	4.5	2288
109	Andreasen Per	FM	DEN	2239	4.5	2286
110	Meskovs Nikita		LAT	2243	4.5	2263
111	Sanchez Louis	FM	FRA	2262	4.5	2246
112	Itkis Hana	WFM	USA	2084	4.5	2241
113	Cramling Pia	GM	SWE	2516	4.5	2237
	Dittmar Peter	FM	GER	2328	4.5	2237
115	Seyfried Claus		GER	2173	4.5	2235
116	Wheldon Philip		ENG	2106	4.5	2225
117	Jaunooby Ali R		ENG	2207	4.5	2202
118	Scholzen Wolfgang		GER	2057	4.5	2193
119	Tabatt Hendrik		GER	2342	4.5	2187
120	Lochte Thomas		GER	2173	4.5	2183
121	Daumen Michael		GER	2130	4.5	2133
122	Montabord Manuel		FRA	2063	4.5	2124
123	Steil-Antoni Fiona	WIM	LUX	2118	4.5	2105
124	Tari Aryan		NOR	2097	4.5	2094
125	Valhondo Morales Ruben		ESP	1948	4.5	2079
126	Vinas Guerrero Carlos A		ESP	2121	4.5	2059
127	Lee Kai Jie Edward		SIN	1833	4.5	2051
128	Bous Florian		GER	2088	4.5	2019
129	Wilson Alexandra	WFM	SUI	2037	4.5	1997
130	Sarkar Justin	IM	USA	2418	4.0	2382
131	Cummings David H	IM	CAN	2366	4.0	2299
132	Aerni Andi		SUI	2182	4.0	2270
133	Nikolaidis Konstantinos	FM	GRE	2284	4.0	2215
134	Tozer Philip A A		ENG	2140	4.0	2186
135	Spence David J		ENG	2231	4.0	2185
136	Mckenna Jason P		ENG	2062	4.0	2184
137	Daoudi Kamal		MAR	2155	4.0	2177
138	Kandic Milan		SRB	2143	4.0	2156
139	Sreeves Clement		SCO	2093	4.0	2155
140	Hauge Lars Oskar		NOR	1942	4.0	2131
141	Lipecki Alexander		SUI	2126	4.0	2130
142	Arnott Jonathan W		ENG	2176	4.0	2127
143	Osuna Vega Enrique	CM	ESP	2140	4.0	2125
144	Groffen Hans		NED	2169	4.0	2103
145	Knudsen Jes West		DEN	2000	4.0	2087
146	Collier David O		ENG	2108	4.0	2082
147	Sommerhalder Eric		SUI	2000	4.0	2079
148	Hvenekilde Jorgen	FM	DEN	2121	4.0	2066
149	Spanton Tim R		ENG	2007	4.0	2059
150	Dasaolu Adeoye		ENG	2107	4.0	2057
151	Fairbairn Stephen		CAN	2058	4.0	2053
152	Suez-Panama Gilles		FRA	2096	4.0	2048
	Brown David		ENG	1923	4.0	2048
154	Becking Franz Josef		GER	2029	4.0	2045
155	Winkler Stefan		GER	1867	4.0	2035
156	Stebbings Anthony J		ENG	2285	4.0	2027
157	Henderikse Bert		NED	2058	4.0	1998
158	Cebada Benitez Fernando		ESP	1997	4.0	1979
159	Ungureanu Sandu		ROU	2000	4.0	1965
160	Henrichsen Jens		DEN	1925	4.0	1961
161	Becker Thomas		GER	2157	4.0	1943
162	Marder Simon		SWE	1990	4.0	1932
163	Phillips Owen S		ENG	1992	4.0	1925
164	Kotronias Vasilios	GM	GRE	2599	3.5	2632
165	Piasetski Leon	IM	CAN	2303	3.5	2273
166	Lacrosse Marc	FM	BEL	2181	3.5	2160
167	Carlsten Peter		SWE	2110	3.5	2105
168	Memarian Milad		IRI	2028	3.5	2057
169	Compton Alistair		NZL	2046	3.5	2048
170	Hamer Martyn		ENG	2041	3.5	2035
171	Eman Lennart		SWE	0	3.5	2017
172	Hegvik Leif Trygve		NOR	1814	3.5	2012
173	Fomani Mehdi		ESP	2013	3.5	2006
174	Salomon Johan		NOR	1836	3.5	1990
175	Gillespie Gary		SCO	1848	3.5	1981
176	Freuler Roman		SUI	2092	3.5	1974
177	Schweizer Manfred		GER	2075	3.5	1964
178	Obiamiwe Paul		NGR	2015	3.5	1959
179	Zanetti Bruno		SUI	2017	3.5	1956
180	Georgieva Emilia		BUL	1907	3.5	1947
181	Kuenitz Klaus		GER	1695	3.5	1946
182	Sigamoney Cyril S		USA	1978	3.5	1935
183	Boesch Heinz		GER	1899	3.5	1933
184	Shepherd Michael		SCO	1999	3.5	1932
185	Garcia de Lomas Guerrero Carlo		ESP	1940	3.5	1923
186	Haga Halvor		NOR	2024	3.5	1903
187	Flores Chico Jorge		ESP	1999	3.5	1898
188	Moreno Cervera Jose Luis		ESP	1903	3.5	1877
189	Kuehnast Volker		GER	1899	3.5	1870
190	Khachatourian Yerazik		NOR	1996	3.5	1859
191	Jorgensen Line Jin		NOR	1892	3.5	1856
192	Lasinskas Povilas	FM	LTU	2164	3.0	2080
193	Costello Colin A		ENG	1975	3.0	1981
194	Messam-Sparks Lateefah		ENG	1904	3.0	1961
195	Perez Reisler Jose		PUR	1893	3.0	1946
196	Jameson David		WLS	2054	3.0	1942
197	Helin Mikael		SWE	1914	3.0	1876
198	Fogg Martin		ENG	1890	3.0	1873
199	Leimeister Winfried		GER	1906	3.0	1813
200	Reid Vaness	WFM	AUS	1841	3.0	1798
201	Lochte Szilvia		HUN	2015	3.0	1797
202	Forsa Elise		NOR	1726	3.0	1779
203	Gonzalez Amaya Millan		ESP	1817	3.0	1749
204	Bihi Mehdi		FRA	1936	3.0	1739
205	Connor Stephen J		ENG	2042	2.5	2106
206	Martinez Gonzalez Francisco Ii		ESP	1870	2.5	1897
207	Gholami Armin		NOR	1779	2.5	1879
208	Neumanova Monika		CZE	1712	2.5	1856
209	Zaky Tamir		FRA	1861	2.5	1848
210	Berggren Klas		SWE	1463	2.5	1828
211	Havik Victor		NOR	2107	2.5	1823
212	De Lillo Michele		ITA	1964	2.5	1795
213	Bishop Peter		LUX	1784	2.5	1759
214	Lundback Karl		SWE	1969	2.5	1758
215	Birkestrand Odd		NOR	1894	2.5	1717
216	Wright Jonathan		ENG	1895	2.5	1689
217	Whatley Stephen		GIB	1570	2.5	1656
218	Vea Odin Blikra		NOR	2214	2.0	2162
219	Byron Alan M		ENG	2192	2.0	2037
220	Kelly Paul		WLS	1946	2.0	1874
221	Kympergr Vojtech		CZE	1631	2.0	1720
222	Grainger Benjamin		ENG	1802	2.0	1694
223	Matto Manuel		GIB	1838	2.0	1683
224	Rough Robert E		SCO	1742	2.0	1647
225	Siddiqui Nida		PAK	1739	2.0	1643
226	Bauder Herbert		GER	2005	2.0	1581
227	Stene Vegard		NOR	1608	1.5	1946
228	Rudd Jack	IM	ENG	2297	1.5	1945
229	Christiansen Johan-Sebastian		NOR	1955	1.0	1684
230	Andersson Ulf	GM	SWE	2579	1.0	0
231	Veiga Rodriguez Pablo		ESP	1528	0.5	1411
232	Jaime Montalvan Luis Felipe	FM	ESP	2186	0.0	0
232 players

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