Ivanchuk Leading On the Rock
After seven completed rounds of the ten-round Gibraltar Masters, Vassily Ivanchuk is leading on a score of six points.
Ivanchuk is half a point ahead of a pack of six players on 5.5 points, including English GM Nigel Short who he beat in round six, and IM Salome Melia from Georgia who is the best placed woman in the field.
The 79 year-old veteran Viktor Korchnoi is among the players, and he took a notable scalp in round two by beating Fabiano Caruana - 61 years his junior!
Chucky brings Nigel's perfect 5/5 start to a shuddering halt in round six
Korchnoi rolls back the years to beat Caruana in round two (pics from the official website)
The format is a 10 round Swiss at a time control of 40 moves in 100 minutes, followed by 20 moves in 50 minutes, and then 15 minutes to finish with a 30 second increment from the start.
There is live commentary available at the official website starting from 15:00 local time (GMT+1). Round eight is currently on-going.
The tournament also has its own Facebook and Twitter pages, as well as webcam broadcasts from the playing hall.
The top standings after seven rounds:
| Name | Title | Nat | Elo | Pts |
| Ivanchuk Vassily | GM | UKR | 2764 | 6.0 |
| Short Nigel D | GM | ENG | 2658 | 5.5 |
| Fridman Daniel | GM | GER | 2655 | 5.5 |
| Roiz Michael | GM | ISR | 2649 | 5.5 |
| Gopal Geetha Narayanan | GM | IND | 2597 | 5.5 |
| Mikhalevski Victor | GM | ISR | 2579 | 5.5 |
| Melia Salome | IM | GEO | 2449 | 5.5 |
| Sengupta Deep | GM | IND | 2530 | 5.0 |
| Rapport Richard | GM | HUN | 2531 | 5.0 |
| Adams Michael | GM | ENG | 2723 | 5.0 |
| Kulaots Kaido | GM | EST | 2577 | 5.0 |
| Sasikiran Krishnan | GM | IND | 2690 | 5.0 |
| Harikrishna Pentala | GM | IND | 2667 | 5.0 |
| Caruana Fabiano | GM | ITA | 2721 | 5.0 |
| Bologan Viktor | GM | MDA | 2693 | 5.0 |
| Georgiev Kiril | GM | BUL | 2669 | 5.0 |
| Onischuk Alexander | GM | USA | 2689 | 5.0 |
| Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter | GM | ROU | 2678 | 5.0 |
| Erdos Viktor | GM | HUN | 2593 | 5.0 |
| Edouard Romain | GM | FRA | 2634 | 5.0 |
| Speelman Jon S | GM | ENG | 2524 | 5.0 |
| Fernandez Romero Ernesto | IM | ESP | 2453 | 5.0 |
| Bellaiche Anthony | IM | FRA | 2458 | 5.0 |
| Ikonnikov Vyacheslav | GM | RUS | 2580 | 5.0 |
| Nezad Husein Aziz | IM | QAT | 2420 | 5.0 |
| Iordachescu Viorel | GM | MDA | 2634 | 5.0 |
| Fier Alexandr | GM | BRA | 2571 | 5.0 |
| Szuper Paul | USA | 2174 | 5.0 | |
| Korchnoi Viktor | GM | SUI | 2544 | 4.5 |
| Dzagnidze Nana | GM | GEO | 2550 | 4.5 |
| Kosintseva Nadezhda | IM | RUS | 2552 | 4.5 |
| Buhmann Rainer | GM | GER | 2572 | 4.5 |
| Vallejo Pons Francisco | GM | ESP | 2698 | 4.5 |
| Lafuente Pablo | GM | ARG | 2561 | 4.5 |
| Sandipan Chanda | GM | IND | 2641 | 4.5 |
| Krush Irina | IM | USA | 2483 | 4.5 |
| Kacheishvili Giorgi | GM | GEO | 2585 | 4.5 |
| Forsaa Espen | FM | NOR | 2306 | 4.5 |
| Kanep Meelis | GM | EST | 2531 | 4.5 |
| Harika Dronavalli | IM | IND | 2520 | 4.5 |
| Mullon Jean-Baptiste | IM | FRA | 2420 | 4.5 |
| Robson Ray | GM | USA | 2532 | 4.5 |
| Lemos Damian | GM | ARG | 2553 | 4.5 |
| Andersen Mads | FM | DEN | 2410 | 4.5 |
| Battaglini Gabriel | IM | FRA | 2437 | 4.5 |
| Vaibhav Suri | IM | IND | 2421 | 4.5 |
| Karim Ismael | IM | MAR | 2375 | 4.5 |
| Wohl Aleksandar H | IM | AUS | 2409 | 4.5 |
| Cabrera Alexis | GM | ESP | 2518 | 4.5 |
| Vernay Clovis | IM | FRA | 2446 | 4.5 |
| Boskovic Drasko | IM | SRB | 2412 | 4.5 |
| Le Roux Jean-Pierre | GM | FRA | 2551 | 4.5 |
| Zhukova Natalia | GM | UKR | 2441 | 4.5 |
| Monroy Charles | IM | FRA | 2421 | 4.5 |
| Slavin Alexei | IM | RUS | 2417 | 4.5 |
| Wheldon Philip | ENG | 2106 | 4.5 | |
| Zhu Chen | GM | QAT | 2495 | 4.0 |
| Akobian Varuzhan | GM | USA | 2618 | 4.0 |
| Felgaer Ruben | GM | ARG | 2585 | 4.0 |
| Cmilyte Viktorija | GM | LTU | 2526 | 4.0 |
| Weber Tom | FM | LUX | 2310 | 4.0 |
| El Debs Felipe De Cresce | GM | BRA | 2499 | 4.0 |
| Zatonskih Anna | IM | USA | 2493 | 4.0 |
| Berg Emanuel | GM | SWE | 2627 | 4.0 |
| Soffer Ram | GM | ISR | 2489 | 4.0 |
| Valgmae Toomas | EST | 2190 | 4.0 | |
| Calzetta Ruiz Monica | WGM | ESP | 2284 | 4.0 |
| Kosintseva Tatiana | GM | RUS | 2570 | 4.0 |
| Gallagher Joseph G | GM | SUI | 2501 | 4.0 |
| Zaremba Andrie | FM | USA | 2339 | 4.0 |
| Peek Marcel | IM | NED | 2342 | 4.0 |
| Karavade Eesha | IM | IND | 2353 | 4.0 |
| Al-Sayed Mohammed | GM | QAT | 2490 | 4.0 |
| Das Arghyadip | IM | IND | 2479 | 4.0 |
| Hoffmann Michael | GM | GER | 2506 | 4.0 |
| Cummings David H | IM | CAN | 2366 | 4.0 |
| Nuri Kambez | SUI | 2300 | 4.0 | |
| Stokke Kjetil | FM | NOR | 2413 | 4.0 |
| Bellin Robert | IM | ENG | 2367 | 4.0 |
| Gaponenko Inna | IM | UKR | 2466 | 4.0 |
| Jones Gawain C B | GM | ENG | 2593 | 4.0 |
| Illner Achim Dr | FM | GER | 2345 | 4.0 |
| Estrada Nieto Julian | IM | MEX | 2309 | 4.0 |
| Stefanova Antoaneta | GM | BUL | 2546 | 4.0 |
| Pogonina Natalija | WGM | RUS | 2472 | 4.0 |
| Avalos Parra Joao | FM | CHI | 2252 | 4.0 |
| Tate Alan | SCO | 2292 | 4.0 | |
| Navarrete Espi Samuel | ESP | 2095 | 4.0 | |
| Daurelle Herve | FRA | 2243 | 4.0 | |
| Malmdin Nils-Ake | SWE | 2272 | 4.0 | |
| Tozer Philip A A | ENG | 2140 | 4.0 | |
| Montero Melendez Rafael | ESP | 2265 | 4.0 | |
| Chapman Terry P D | ENG | 2250 | 4.0 |
