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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 9; games 51-75 of 223  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 51. A Gupta vs Gelfand   ½-½ 50 2018 Isle of Man Masters D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 52. Fridman vs Giri   ½-½ 42 2018 Isle of Man Masters E97 King's Indian 53. R Svane vs Anand   ½-½ 24 2018 Isle of Man Masters E00 Queen's Pawn Game 54. M Antipov vs Nakamura   ½-½ 39 2018 Isle of Man Masters B12 Caro-Kann Defense 55. H Olafsson vs Leko   ½-½ 28 2018 Isle of Man Masters E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 56. S M Shyam vs G Jones   ½-½ 92 2018 Isle of Man Masters C48 Four Knights 57. T Nabaty vs S Swaminathan   ½-½ 47 2018 Isle of Man Masters B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 58. T Sachdev vs B Deac   ½-½ 50 2018 Isle of Man Masters D80 Grunfeld 59. M Lubbe vs Kosteniuk   ½-½ 42 2018 Isle of Man Masters C24 Bishop's Opening 60. K Arakhamia-Grant vs A Puranik   ½-½ 33 2018 Isle of Man Masters C70 Ruy Lopez 61. Anand Pranav vs D Daulyte-Cornette   ½-½ 69 2018 Isle of Man Masters E12 Queen's Indian 62. P Ladron vs D Kolbus   ½-½ 33 2018 Isle of Man Masters C24 Bishop's Opening 63. Hemant Sharma vs A Byron   ½-½ 30 2018 Isle of Man Masters A15 English 64. A Mortazavi vs D Demeter   ½-½ 51 2018 Isle of Man Masters A07 King's Indian Attack 65. T Hoefelsauer vs A D Moksh   ½-½ 47 2018 Isle of Man Masters A37 English, Symmetrical 66. R Kulkarni vs K Allen   ½-½ 35 2018 Isle of Man Masters B22 Sicilian, Alapin 67. A Enkhtuul vs C Stanetzek   ½-½ 56 2018 Isle of Man Masters A06 Reti Opening 68. G P Jonsson vs D Ragnarsson   ½-½ 22 2018 Isle of Man Masters A57 Benko Gambit 69. Xiong vs Vachier-Lagrave   ½-½ 33 2018 Isle of Man Masters B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 70. Gelfand vs Aronian   ½-½ 18 2018 Isle of Man Masters E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 71. B Adhiban vs So   ½-½ 40 2018 Isle of Man Masters C50 Giuoco Piano 72. V Kovalev vs Grischuk   ½-½ 30 2018 Isle of Man Masters C67 Ruy Lopez 73. Short vs Karjakin ½-½ 23 2018 Isle of Man Masters B23 Sicilian, Closed 74. Sevian vs V Artemiev   ½-½ 77 2018 Isle of Man Masters B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 75. P V Vishnu vs Adams   ½-½ 58 2018 Isle of Man Masters A22 English  page 3 of 9; games 51-75 of 223    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 4 ·  Later Kibitzing> 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    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    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    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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