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Nigel Short & Gawain Jones playing

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Nigel on 3/3 with 5 others, Gawain on 2.5

Nigel lost with Black to Ju Wenjun who is now sole leader with 4/4.
Gawain Jones is one of five players half a point behind and he plays Ju Wenjun next.
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Gawain won, as did Nigel

Pairing of round 6, 07/01/2016
Bo. White Player Pts IDW Result IDB Pts Black Player
1 GM Cornette, Matthieu (4.5) 5 ... 2 (4.5) GM Jones, Gawain C B
2 GM Ma, Qun (4.0) 4 ... 1 (4.0) GM Short, Nigel D
3 WIM Richards, Heather S (4.0) 24 ... 3 (4.0) GM Fier, Alexandr
4 GM Ju, Wenjun (4.0) 6 ... 11 (4.0) IM Dive, Russell J
5 FM Kulashko, Alexei (4.0) 10 ... 9 (3.5) FM Wastney, Scott

Mick Norris wrote:Gawain won, as did Nigel

Pairing of round 6, 07/01/2016
Bo. White Player Pts IDW Result IDB Pts Black Player
1 GM Cornette, Matthieu (4.5) 5 ... 2 (4.5) GM Jones, Gawain C B
2 GM Ma, Qun (4.0) 4 ... 1 (4.0) GM Short, Nigel D
3 WIM Richards, Heather S (4.0) 24 ... 3 (4.0) GM Fier, Alexandr
4 GM Ju, Wenjun (4.0) 6 ... 11 (4.0) IM Dive, Russell J
5 FM Kulashko, Alexei (4.0) 10 ... 9 (3.5) FM Wastney, Scott

Heather beat Ben Hague in the battle of former English players who have settled in Australasia.

Gawain won, Nigel drew and Heather lost

Pairing of round 7, 08/01/2016
Bo. Fed White Player Pts IDW Result IDB Pts Black Player Fed
1 GM Jones, Gawain C B (5.5) 2 ... 10 (5.0) FM Kulashko, Alexei
2 GM Fier, Alexandr (5.0) 3 ... 6 (5.0) GM Ju, Wenjun
3 GM Short, Nigel D (4.5) 1 ... 5 (4.5) GM Cornette, Matthieu
4 IM Ker, Anthony F (4.5) 14 ... 4 (4.5) GM Ma, Qun
5 IM Dive, Russell J (4.0) 11 ... 16 (4.5) FM Steadman, Michael V R
6 FM Koop, Thorben (4.0) 7 ... 24 (4.0) WIM Richards, Heather S
7 Drummond, Matthew (4.0) 15 ... 8 (4.0) IM Daulyte, Deimante
8 WFM Timergazi, Layla (4.0) 52 ... 12 (4.0) WGM Maisuradze, Nino
9 McLaren, Leonard J (3.5) 19 ... 18 (4.0) FM Noble, Mark F
10 FM Wastney, Scott (3.5) 9 ... 29 (3.5) Dowden, R Anthony
11 FM Hague, Ben (3.5) 13 ... 32 (3.5) CM Vincenti, David

Gawain & Nigel both won

Pairing of round 8, 09/01/2016
Bo. Fed White Player Pts IDW Result IDB Pts Black Player Fed
1 GM Ma, Qun (5.5) 4 ... 2 (6.5) GM Jones, Gawain C B
2 GM Fier, Alexandr (5.5) 3 ... 1 (5.5) GM Short, Nigel D
3 GM Ju, Wenjun (5.5) 6 ... 7 (5.0) FM Koop, Thorben
4 IM Daulyte, Deimante (5.0) 8 ... 12 (5.0) WGM Maisuradze, Nino
5 FM Kulashko, Alexei (5.0) 10 ... 16 (5.0) FM Steadman, Michael V R
6 GM Cornette, Matthieu (4.5) 5 ... 13 (4.5) FM Hague, Ben
7 McLaren, Leonard J (4.5) 19 ... 9 (4.5) FM Wastney, Scott
8 IM Dive, Russell J (4.5) 11 ... 14 (4.5) IM Ker, Anthony F

If Nigel wins he will play Gawain in the last round. If Nigel draws then Gawain would probably play Fier (because of the colours) with Nigel getting an easier game with White since he has already played the two Chinese GMs.
However Nigel hasn't played Fier either so other pairings are possible depending on results.
Although Gawain is doing very well, the tournament could still be won by one of the Chinese, or by Fier or Nigel.

Gawain & Nigel both drew

Pairing of round 9, 10/01/2016
Bo. Fed White Player Pts IDW Result IDB Pts Black Player Fed

1 GM Jones, Gawain C B (7.0) 2 ... 3 (6.0) GM Fier, Alexandr
2 IM Daulyte, Deimante (6.0) 8 ... 6 (6.5) GM Ju, Wenjun
3 GM Short, Nigel D (6.0) 1 ... 10 (6.0) FM Kulashko, Alexei
4 FM Wastney, Scott (5.5) 9 ... 4 (6.0) GM Ma, Qun

Final standings - a good result for Gawain

Pos ID T NAME Rtg PRtg Fed Origin Pts DirE Cmlt BucT S-B Buc1
1 2 GM Jones, Gawain C B 2625 2687 ENG 7.5 0.0 40.0 53.5 44.00 49.5
2 6 GM Ju, Wenjun 2548 2608 CHN 7.0 0.0 38.0 53.0 39.00 49.0
3 4 GM Ma, Qun 2606 2627 CHN 7.0 0.0 36.5 52.5 38.75 48.5
4 1 GM Short, Nigel D 2684 2623 ENG 7.0 0.0 36.0 54.5 40.75 50.5