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Isle of Man Masters Tournament

Radoslaw Wojtaszek7/9(+5 -0 =4)[games]
Arkadij Naiditsch7/9(+5 -0 =4)[games]
Vladimir Kramnik6.5/9(+4 -0 =5)[games]
Alexander Grischuk6.5/9(+4 -0 =5)[games]
Hikaru Nakamura6.5/9(+5 -1 =3)[games]
Hao Wang6.5/9(+4 -0 =5)[games]
Gawain Jones6.5/9(+4 -0 =5)[games]
Baskaran Adhiban6.5/9(+4 -0 =5)[games]
Jeffery Xiong6.5/9(+4 -0 =5)[games]
Anish Giri6/9(+3 -0 =6)[games]
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Viswanathan Anand6/9(+3 -0 =6)[games]
Sergey Karjakin6/9(+3 -0 =6)[games]
Richard Rapport6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Quang Liem Le6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Vidit Santosh Gujrathi6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Vladislav Artemiev6/9(+3 -0 =6)[games]
Zoltan Almasi6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Peter Leko6/9(+3 -0 =6)[games]
David Howell6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Sethuraman P Sethuraman6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Vladislav Kovalev6/9(+3 -0 =6)[games]
Hrant Melkumyan6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Emil Sutovsky6/9(+3 -0 =6)[games]
Mircea-Emilian Parligras6/9(+3 -0 =6)[games]
Surya Shekhar Ganguly6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Daniel Fridman6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Alina Kashlinskaya6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Levon Aronian5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Wesley So5.5/9(+2 -0 =7)[games]
Michael Adams5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Pavel Eljanov5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
* (165 players total; 133 players not shown. Click here for longer list.)

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Isle of Man Masters (2018)

The Masters section of the 2018 Chess.com Isle of Man International was a 9-round Swiss tournament taking place from 20-28 October in the Villa Marina and Gaiety Theatre in Douglas, Isle of Man. The top prize was £50,000, with £7,000 for the highest finishing woman. In case of a tie for first place, the winner would be determined between the top two in a playoff (2x Blitz, then Armageddon). The time controls were 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 minutes for 20 moves, then 15 minutes until the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move one. No draw offers were allowed before move 30. Tournament director: Alan Ormsby. Chief arbiter: Peter Purland.

Radoslaw Wojtaszek beat Arkadij Naiditsch in the final Armageddon game of the Isle of Man Masters (Tiebreaks) (2018) to win the event. They had earlier drawn their final Round 9 game and shared wins in two blitz tie-break games. The best female player was Wojtaszek's wife Alina Kashlinskaya with 6/9 and a GM norm.

Official site: https://iominternationalchess.com/i...
Chess-Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr385685....
Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/che...
ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/isle-...
Chess24: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t...
TWIC: http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews...

Previous: Isle of Man Masters (2017). Next: Isle of Man Grand Swiss (2019)

 page 3 of 8; games 51-75 of 179  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
51. R Hess vs Wojtaszek  0-1512018Isle of Man MastersA15 English
52. K Mekhitarian vs Q L Le  0-1252018Isle of Man MastersE62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
53. P Gupta vs B Adhiban  0-1362018Isle of Man MastersB36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto
54. A Bellaiche vs Short  0-1382018Isle of Man MastersB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
55. M Paterek vs M Parligras  0-1472018Isle of Man MastersE46 Nimzo-Indian
56. S Fenil vs Kramnik 0-1272018Isle of Man MastersA48 King's Indian
57. Ganguly vs G Seul  0-1572018Isle of Man MastersC78 Ruy Lopez
58. J P Wallace vs D Wagner  0-1352018Isle of Man MastersB25 Sicilian, Closed
59. J Christiansen vs S Guramishvili  0-1422018Isle of Man MastersD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
60. B Barth Sahl vs V Dragnev  0-1272018Isle of Man MastersA35 English, Symmetrical
61. I Schneider vs E Karavade 0-1542018Isle of Man MastersC46 Three Knights
62. M Anurag vs B Serarols Mabras 0-1372018Isle of Man MastersB11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4
63. I Khmelniker vs T S Ravi  0-1762018Isle of Man MastersA37 English, Symmetrical
64. L de La Fuente vs M Gavilan Diaz  0-1312018Isle of Man MastersB06 Robatsch
65. R Vaishali vs P Darini  0-1252018Isle of Man MastersB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
66. Y Chennaoui vs N Lubbe  0-1582018Isle of Man MastersD02 Queen's Pawn Game
67. L Wu vs S D Swapnil  0-1322018Isle of Man MastersA15 English
68. M Dubinski vs C Krishna  0-1462018Isle of Man MastersA46 Queen's Pawn Game
69. S R Mannion vs H Raja  0-1482018Isle of Man MastersB90 Sicilian, Najdorf
70. M Schroer vs A Erenberg  0-1532018Isle of Man MastersA13 English
71. Z Harari vs N Zhukova 0-1192018Isle of Man MastersC02 French, Advance
72. J Grant vs A L'Ami  0-1342018Isle of Man MastersA10 English
73. B Dahl vs T Wall  0-1292018Isle of Man MastersC42 Petrov Defense
74. G Meier vs Rapport  0-1762018Isle of Man MastersA04 Reti Opening
75. Q L Le vs A Gupta  0-1602018Isle of Man MastersB69 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 11.Bxf6
 page 3 of 8; games 51-75 of 179  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Oct-28-18  PhilFeeley: Yes, stronger opponents, beating Rapport and drawing Kramnik, Nakamura and MVL.
Oct-28-18  virginmind: Deac drew with black against Aronian.
Oct-28-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Dionysius1: Fair enough. I'm rooting for Gawain Jones. No losses and beat Aronian. Playing above his grading. And I like the Welsh.
Oct-28-18  Marmot PFL: Xiong is a pawn ahead but I don't see an easy win if Jones keeps the queens on.
Oct-28-18  PhilFeeley: I agree Jones deserves a good finish. I guess not everyone can get it.

Draw on board 1. I guess we're headed for a playoff.

Oct-28-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Dionysius1: Ah well. A draw it was in the end. Not a very satisfying result for Jones or Xiong I expect.
Oct-28-18  PhilFeeley: What's with the spate of non-castling? Is this a new secret strategy?
Oct-28-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: I blame the malinfluence of the overrated Pillsbury.

<Hazz>, if you're reading this....I'm joking, I'm joking.....jeez...lol

Oct-28-18  PhilFeeley: No rapids in the playoff, just blitz. Looking forward to it.
Oct-28-18  Boomie: <PhilFeeley: No rapids in the playoff, just blitz. Looking forward to it.>

Could be a while. Naka's game might go over 100 moves.

Oct-28-18  Boomie: Eljanov resigned. Now Kosteniuk is mopping up against a guy who apparently won't resign. The playoff whould start within the hour.
Oct-28-18  Boomie: And they're off...It's a King's Gambit, Fianchetto line.
Oct-28-18  sonia91: <a guy who apparently won't resign> I would have played on too in a B vs R ending
Oct-28-18  Boomie: Rado draws first blood. The 2nd game is a Sicilian.
Oct-28-18  Boomie: Arkady unleashed a piece sac and is dominating.
Oct-28-18  Boomie: Time for Armor Get It On. Rado has white.
Oct-28-18  siamesedream: Congratulations to <GM Rados³aw Wojtaszek> and his wife <IM Alina Kashlinskaya> for winning Isle of Man 2018!
Oct-28-18  PhilFeeley: Arkady played a risky King's Indian when all he needed was a draw. It backfired. Congratulations to Radoslaw and his wife Alina for making it a perfect family affair.
Oct-28-18  sonia91: Many congratulations to the couple!

Alina also achieved a GM norm, as her performance is 2705: http://chess-results.com/tnr385685....

Oct-28-18  sonia91: Speaking of GM norms, poor Semyon Lomasov (second highest-finishing non-GM, behind Kashlinskaya) narrowly missed it at a 2599 performance: http://chess-results.com/tnr385685....
Oct-28-18  morfishine: Great showing by GJones
Oct-28-18  JimNorCal: Also, great showing by young Jeffery Xiong.
Oct-29-18  PhilFeeley: The look on Kosteniuk's face! It says, "Bozo should have resigned 50 moves ago."

https://en.chessbase.com/post/isle-...

Oct-29-18  0ZeR0: Well done, Wojtaszek and Kashlinskaya. Sto lat!
Oct-30-18  malt: Well done Wojtaszek,
I was mainly watching the Grischuk v M Vachier-Lagrave game in the final round.
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