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Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2011 (Games and Results)

Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2011

Ivanchuk and Short wait for their opponents. Photo ©

Ivanchuk and Short wait for their opponents. Photo © | http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/

The 2011 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival took place at the Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar, from Monday 24 January to Thursday 3 February 2011. The new primary sponsors, Tradewise Insurance Company Ltd, enabled the prize fund to be increased to £126,000, with £17,500 going to the winner of the Gibraltar Masters, £10,000 to the top woman scorer and two extra rating prizes (of £2,000 and £1,000) being awarded to each of two further rating bands (2000-2099 and under 2000) in the Masters. The tournament was powered by previous primary sponsors Gibtelecom.

Vassily Ivanchuk, Michael Adams, Fabiano Caruana, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Viktor Bologan, Krishnan Sasikiran, Alexander Onischuk, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Kiril Georgiev, Pentala Harikrishna and Nigel Short were amongst the top players who competed. Vassily Ivanchuk ran away with the tournament scoring 9/10. Nigel Short was a point clear of the rest of the field with 8.5/10, he lost to Ivanchuk and otherwise conceded just one draw for a score that would have surely won most years.

Ivanchuk wins Gibraltar Masters with 9/10, Short half a point behind (10)

Vassily Ivanchuk won the Tradewise Gibraltar Masters with an outstanding 9/10. He conceded just two draws. He was half a point clear of Nigel Short who lost to Ivanchuk and drew just one further game for a performance that would normally have given him first place, Short was a point clear of the rest of the field. John Saunders reports on the final round.

Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2011 (10)

Vassily Ivanchuk won against in the final round defeating Daniel Fridman. Photo ©

Vassily Ivanchuk won against in the final round defeating Daniel Fridman. Photo © | http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/

Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2011 (Caleta ENG)
Mon 24th Jan 2011 - Thu 3rd Feb 2011 - Official Site - Results

Gibraltar Masters (10 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:100:50:15+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games

Gibraltar Masters (10 Rds Swiss Indiv TC: 100:50:15+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Games

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Gibraltar Masters Caleta ENG Mon 24th Jan 2011 - Thu 3rd Feb 2011
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgPtsTB1
1Ivanchuk VassilyGMUKR27649.02968
2Short Nigel DGMENG26588.52883
3Kulaots KaidoGMEST25777.52750
4Roiz MichaelGMISR26497.52743
5Caruana FabianoGMITA27217.02681
6Dzagnidze NanaGMGEO25507.02672
7Gopal Geetha NarayananGMIND25977.02651
8Vallejo Pons FranciscoGMESP26987.02648
9Harikrishna PentalaGMIND26677.02647
10Georgiev KirilGMBUL26697.02641
11Lafuente PabloGMARG25617.02637
12Nisipeanu Liviu-DieterGMROU26787.02629
13Melia SalomeIMGEO24497.02610
14Kacheishvili GiorgiGMGEO25857.02608
15Erdos ViktorGMHUN25937.02607
16Ikonnikov VyacheslavGMRUS25807.02598
17Iordachescu ViorelGMMDA26347.02538
Fier AlexandrGMBRA25717.02538
19Fridman DanielGMGER26556.52695
20Adams MichaelGMENG27236.52665
21Kosintseva NadezhdaIMRUS25526.52654
22Bologan ViktorGMMDA26936.52623
23Buhmann RainerGMGER25726.52598
24Mikhalevski VictorGMISR25796.52595
25Akobian VaruzhanGMUSA26186.52583
26Onischuk AlexanderGMUSA26896.52575
27Bellaiche AnthonyIMFRA24586.52568
28Edouard RomainGMFRA26346.52550
29Berg EmanuelGMSWE26276.52548
30Harika DronavalliIMIND25206.52537
31Zatonskih AnnaIMUSA24936.52530
32Gallagher Joseph GGMSUI25016.52482
33Vaibhav SuriIMIND24216.52472
34Zhukova NataliaGMUKR24416.52447
35Jones Gawain C BGMENG25936.52440
36Le Roux Jean-PierreGMFRA25516.52425
37Henriksson JohanSWE22436.52335
38Sengupta DeepGMIND25306.02673
39Korchnoi ViktorGMSUI25446.02632
40Sasikiran KrishnanGMIND26906.02607
41Zhu ChenGMQAT24956.02572
42Sandipan ChandaGMIND26416.02542
43Fernandez Romero ErnestoIMESP24536.02505
44Cmilyte ViktorijaGMLTU25266.02504
45Lemos DamianGMARG25536.02493
46Kanep MeelisGMEST25316.02486
47Soffer RamGMISR24896.02470
48El Debs Felipe De CresceGMBRA24996.02465
49Kosintseva TatianaGMRUS25706.02463
50Vernay ClovisIMFRA24466.02442
51Robson RayGMUSA25326.02441
52Das ArghyadipIMIND24796.02440
53Cabrera AlexisGMESP25186.02438
54Andersen MadsFMDEN24106.02415
55Wohl Aleksandar HIMAUS24096.02407
56Jones Richard SFMWLS23616.02396
57Boskovic DraskoIMSRB24126.02388
Tate AlanSCO22926.02388
59Illner Achim DrFMGER23456.02375
60Zygouris HristosGRE22156.02355
61Slavin AlexeiIMRUS24176.02351
62Daurelle HerveFRA22436.02350
63Gaponenko InnaIMUKR24666.02334
64Montero Melendez RafaelESP22656.02270
65Rapport RichardGMHUN25315.52566
66Speelman Jon SGMENG25245.52488
67Forsaa EspenFMNOR23065.52485
68Nezad Husein AzizIMQAT24205.52480
69Felgaer RubenGMARG25855.52478
70Valgmae ToomasEST21905.52461
71Krush IrinaIMUSA24835.52457
72Calzetta Ruiz MonicaWGMESP22845.52423
73Battaglini GabrielIMFRA24375.52415
74Thomassen JoachimIMNOR24045.52380
75Getz NicolaiFMNOR23345.52379
76Karim IsmaelIMMAR23755.52368
77Nuri KambezSUI23005.52366
78Al-Sayed MohammedGMQAT24905.52357
79Stokke KjetilFMNOR24135.52351
80Bellon Lopez Juan ManuelGMESP24045.52345
81Sipila VilkaFIN22695.52338
82Kolbus DietmarIMGER23325.52326
83Navarrete Espi SamuelESP20955.52325
84Stefanova AntoanetaGMBUL25465.52320
85Garcia Jimenez Francisco JavieFMESP22745.52304
86Malmdin Nils-AkeSWE22725.52286
Urbina Perez Juan AntonioCMESP21895.52286
88Meskovs NikitaLAT22435.52281
89Bergstrom RolfFMSWE23075.52277
90Cramling PiaGMSWE25165.52267
91Sanchez LouisFMFRA22625.52264
92Daumen MichaelGER21305.52190
93Valhondo Morales RubenESP19485.52079
94Wilson AlexandraWFMSUI20375.52054
95Weber TomFMLUX23105.02427
96Zaremba AndrieFMUSA23395.02388
97Tscharotschkin MichaelGER21815.02379
98Szuper PaulUSA21745.02362
99Karavade EeshaIMIND23535.02356
100Oberhofer AndreGER22705.02340
101Monroy CharlesIMFRA24215.02330
102Estrada Nieto JulianIMMEX23095.02319
103Cummings David HIMCAN23665.02311
104Dougherty MichaelFMCAN21835.02304
105Hoffmann MichaelGMGER25065.02300
106Pogonina NatalijaWGMRUS24725.02295
Vogel JaapFMNED22075.02295
108Kantans TomsFMLAT23425.02284
109Andreasen PerFMDEN22395.02263
110Avalos Parra JoaoFMCHI22525.02244
111Dittmar PeterFMGER23285.02226
112Tozer Philip A AENG21405.02205
113Daoudi KamalMAR21555.02204
114Sreeves ClementSCO20935.02202
115Scholzen WolfgangGER20575.02198
116Tabatt HendrikGER23425.02187
Wahlbom MagnusSWE23055.02187
118Arnott Jonathan WENG21765.02159
119Osuna Vega EnriqueCMESP21405.02149
120Lipecki AlexanderSUI21265.02148
121Chapman Terry P DENG22505.02136
122Groffen HansNED21695.02131
123Vinas Guerrero Carlos AESP21215.02088
124Hvenekilde JorgenFMDEN21215.02085
125Stebbings Anthony JENG22855.02063
126Fairbairn StephenCAN20585.02053
127Ungureanu SanduROU20005.02018
128Marder SimonSWE19905.02010
129Sarkar JustinIMUSA24184.52356
130Mullon Jean-BaptisteIMFRA24204.52353
131Bellin RobertIMENG23674.52326
132Peek MarcelIMNED23424.52305
133Vaarala EricSWE21524.52302
134Seyfried ClausGER21734.52223
135Itkis HanaWFMUSA20844.52205
136Wheldon PhilipENG21064.52195
137Lacrosse MarcFMBEL21814.52177
138Lochte ThomasGER21734.52169
139Jaunooby Ali RENG22074.52150
140Kandic MilanSRB21434.52144
141Montabord ManuelFRA20634.52102
142Tari AryanNOR20974.52094
143Steil-Antoni FionaWIMLUX21184.52089
144Suez-Panama GillesFRA20964.52088
145Spanton Tim RENG20074.52070
146Compton AlistairNZL20464.52069
147Hegvik Leif TrygveNOR18144.52048
148Lee Kai Jie EdwardSIN18334.52029
149Bous FlorianGER20884.52009
150Freuler RomanSUI20924.52006
151Georgieva EmiliaBUL19074.51996
152Zanetti BrunoSUI20174.51986
Shepherd MichaelSCO19994.51986
154Kuehnast VolkerGER18994.51933
155Moreno Cervera Jose LuisESP19034.51929
156Nikolaidis KonstantinosFMGRE22844.02215
157Aerni AndiSUI21824.02209
158Mckenna Jason PENG20624.02150
159Spence David JENG22314.02143
160Hauge Lars OskarNOR19424.02131
161Collier David OENG21084.02082
162Sommerhalder EricSUI20004.02066
163Knudsen Jes WestDEN20004.02051
164Brown DavidENG19234.02048
165Becking Franz JosefGER20294.02044
166Memarian MiladIRI20284.02041
167Dasaolu AdeoyeENG21074.02018
168Eman LennartSWE04.02015
169Winkler StefanGER18674.02011
170Messam-Sparks LateefahENG19044.01978
171Henderikse BertNED20584.01974
172Cebada Benitez FernandoESP19974.01965
173Kuenitz KlausGER16954.01949
174Henrichsen JensDEN19254.01944
175Becker ThomasGER21574.01943
Boesch HeinzGER18994.01943
177Fogg MartinENG18904.01923
178Phillips Owen SENG19924.01913
179Flores Chico JorgeESP19994.01816
180Kotronias VasiliosGMGRE25993.52632
181Piasetski LeonIMCAN23033.52273
182Carlsten PeterSWE21103.52045
183Salomon JohanNOR18363.51990
184Hamer MartynENG20413.51979
185Obiamiwe PaulNGR20153.51959
186Costello Colin AENG19753.51955
187Fomani MehdiESP20133.51948
188Gillespie GarySCO18483.51947
189Perez Reisler JosePUR18933.51945
190Sigamoney Cyril SUSA19783.51921
191Schweizer ManfredGER20753.51920
192Garcia de Lomas Guerrero CarloESP19403.51902
193Helin MikaelSWE19143.51878
194Haga HalvorNOR20243.51865
195Khachatourian YerazikNOR19963.51859
196Zaky TamirFRA18613.51849
197Jorgensen Line JinNOR18923.51837
198De Lillo MicheleITA19643.51826
199Leimeister WinfriedGER19063.51819
200Reid VanessWFMAUS18413.51811
201Lasinskas PovilasFMLTU21643.02080
202Jameson DavidWLS20543.01942
203Lochte SzilviaHUN20153.01797
204Bishop PeterLUX17843.01767
205Forsa EliseNOR17263.01755
206Gonzalez Amaya MillanESP18173.01749
207Bihi MehdiFRA19363.01739
208Grainger BenjaminENG18023.01726
209Kympergr VojtechCZE16313.01720
210Birkestrand OddNOR18943.01703
211Whatley StephenGIB15703.01688
212Bauder HerbertGER20053.01646
213Connor Stephen JENG20422.52106
214Martinez Gonzalez Francisco IiESP18702.51897
215Gholami ArminNOR17792.51879
216Havik VictorNOR21072.51823
Neumanova MonikaCZE17122.51823
218Berggren KlasSWE14632.51788
219Lundback KarlSWE19692.51724
220Matto ManuelGIB18382.51697
221Wright JonathanENG18952.51689
222Vea Odin BlikraNOR22142.02162
223Byron Alan MENG21922.02037
224Kelly PaulWLS19462.01874
225Siddiqui NidaPAK17392.01643
226Rough Robert ESCO17422.01641
227Stene VegardNOR16081.51946
228Rudd JackIMENG22971.51945
229Christiansen Johan-SebastianNOR19551.01684
230Andersson UlfGMSWE25791.00
231Veiga Rodriguez PabloESP15280.51380
232Jaime Montalvan Luis FelipeFMESP21860.00
232 players

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