Gibtelcom Results: Lenderman the Fighter

As the first prize at Gibraltar cannot be shared, there was a four-player playoff among Adams, Gustafsson, Sandipan, and Vallejo Pons. Adams defeated Gustaffson in one semi-final, and Vallejo Pons won the other. Adams then defeated Vallejo Pons to take first. Kamsky and Lenderman also tied with 7.5 after the 10 rounds, but missed out on the playoff on tiebreaks. Lenderman gets the fighter's award. Of the 90 games played by those tied for first, only three games were lost, and two of those were by Lenderman. That says just as much, of course, about his number of wins. Had the tiebreak system rewarded victories as we see in some tournaments, Lenderman would have won the event. See his final round win below.

Rank	Name	Flags	Score	Fed.	M/F	Rating	TPR	W-We	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
1	GM Gustafsson, Jan		7.5	GER	M	2627	2769	+1.88	1	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	½	½
2	GM Adams, Michael		7.5	ENG	M	2694	2764	+0.97	1	1	1	½	1	½	½	½	1	½
3	GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco		7.5	ESP	M	2705	2726	+0.33	1	1	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	½
4	GM Sandipan, Chanda		7.5	IND	M	2622	2720	+1.29	1	1	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	1
5	GM Kamsky, Gata		7.5	USA	M	2693	2719	+0.38	1	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	1
6	GM Bacrot, Etienne		7.5	FRA	M	2713	2713	+0.11	½	1	1	1	½	½	½	1	½	1
7	GM Movsesian, Sergei		7.5	SVK	M	2708	2708	+0.07	1	½	1	½	1	½	1	½	1	½
8	GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal		7.5	IND	M	2584	2656	+0.95	1	1	½	1	0	1	½	½	1	1
9	IM Lenderman, Alex		7.5	USA	M	2560	2652	+1.33	1	0	1	1	1	½	1	0	1	1

8th Gibtelcom Chess Festival: Kamsky, Lenderman, and 9

After 7 rounds in Gibraltor both Kamsky and Lenderman have a piece of the lead.  Tomorrow promises to be interesting.  Kamsky will have white against Adams, and Lenderman is "paired down" with black facing Bacrot.  Krush has held her own, too, and unfortunately will play Bhat.  Following the pairings below is a minature by Lenderman.  About a move after equalizing, his opponent self destructed spectacularly.  Lenderman saw the way clearly.