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The 11th Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Masters took place 22nd to 31st January 2013. There is a very strong field. Top 20 players: Vassily Ivanchuk, Gata Kamsky, Michael Adams, Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, David Navara, Alexei Shirov, Quang Liem Le, Nigel Short, Nikita Vitiugov, Yangyi Yu, Emil Sutovsky, Daniel Fridman, Eduardo Iturrizaga, Vladislav Tkachiev, Kiril Georgiev, Gawain Jones, Mateusz Bartel, Dariusz Swiercz and Artur Jussupow. Four players tied on 8/10 and took part in a rapid playoff. Nikita Vitiugov of Russia was at the top of the leaderboard throughout and by beating Chanda Sandipan in the semi-finals and defending champion Nigel Short (who beat Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the semi-finals) in the final to be deserved winner. Short was better in game 1 and thought he was trapping Vitiugov's queen but once he found a way out his position became bad. However it look like Short was getting out but even though he was very short of time Vitiugov continued to play and won in over 100 moves. Games and results below.

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Gibraltar Masters Caleta ENG Tue 22nd Jan 2013 - Thu 31st Jan 2013 Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	Perf
1	Vitiugov Nikita	GM	RUS	2694	8	2830	2821
2	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	GM	FRA	2711	8	2788	2777
3	Sandipan Chanda	GM	IND	2590	8	2765	2762
4	Short Nigel D	GM	ENG	2690	8	2730	2715
5	Georgiev Kiril	GM	BUL	2643	7.5	2745	2738
6	Adams Michael	GM	ENG	2725	7.5	2744	2733
7	Navara David	GM	CZE	2710	7.5	2742	2733
8	Kamsky Gata	GM	USA	2740	7.5	2730	2697
9	Ivanchuk Vassily	GM	UKR	2758	7.5	2726	2685
	Yu Yangyi	GM	CHN	2688	7.5	2726	2717
11	Salgado Lopez Ivan	GM	ESP	2606	7.5	2698	2693
12	Fridman Daniel	GM	GER	2667	7.5	2653	2644
13	Zhao Xue	GM	CHN	2554	7.5	2621	2620
14	Le Quang Liem	GM	VIE	2705	7	2726	2717
15	Jones Gawain C B	GM	ENG	2632	7	2678	2672
16	Felgaer Ruben	GM	ARG	2557	7	2635	2634
17	Wojtaszek Radoslaw	GM	POL	2723	7	2622	2611
18	Shirov Alexei	GM	LAT	2708	7	2614	2605
19	Stefanova Antoaneta	GM	BUL	2516	7	2611	2611
20	Gunina Valentina	IM	RUS	2490	7	2593	2593
21	Muzychuk Anna	GM	SLO	2582	7	2589	2586
22	Sutovsky Emil	GM	ISR	2684	7	2542	2521
23	Gallagher Joseph G.	GM	SUI	2499	7	2538	2538
24	Bartel Mateusz	GM	POL	2629	7	2521	2514
25	Kuipers Stefan	IM	NED	2431	7	2384	2342
26	Iturrizaga Eduardo	GM	VEN	2650	6.5	2631	2624
27	Oparin Grigoriy	IM	RUS	2478	6.5	2592	2591
28	Dzagnidze Nana	GM	GEO	2555	6.5	2572	2571
29	Swiercz Dariusz	GM	POL	2627	6.5	2571	2565
30	Ibarra Jerez Jose Carlos	IM	ESP	2538	6.5	2569	2569
31	Larino Nieto David	IM	ESP	2497	6.5	2562	2554
32	Docx Stefan	IM	BEL	2426	6.5	2543	2543
33	Jakubiec Artur	GM	POL	2518	6.5	2541	2541
34	Kulaots Kaido	GM	EST	2587	6.5	2534	2531
35	Kanep Meelis	GM	EST	2512	6.5	2519	2519
36	Gordon Stephen J	GM	ENG	2533	6.5	2517	2517
37	Muzychuk Mariya	IM	UKR	2471	6.5	2516	2516
38	Hoang Thanh Trang	GM	HUN	2469	6.5	2512	2510
39	Cramling Pia	GM	SWE	2518	6.5	2509	2500
40	Paehtz Elisabeth	IM	GER	2482	6.5	2504	2504
41	Harika Dronavalli	GM	IND	2514	6.5	2475	2475
42	Vazquez Igarza Renier	GM	ESP	2565	6.5	2465	2464
43	Tania Sachdev	IM	IND	2403	6.5	2461	2453
44	Janev Pavel		BUL	2126	6.5	2452	2452
45	Maze Sebastien	GM	FRA	2546	6.5	2435	2430
46	Gromovs Sergejs	FM	ITA	2001	6.5	2433	2454
47	Omar Noaman	IM	UAE	2314	6.5	2417	2417
48	Houska Jovanka	IM	ENG	2416	6.5	2398	2398
49	Tkachiev Vladislav	GM	FRA	2650	6	2588	2581
50	Ehlvest Jaan	GM	USA	2603	6	2576	2572
51	Al-Sayed Mohammed	GM	QAT	2507	6	2566	2566
52	Teran Alvarez Ismael	IM	ESP	2399	6	2532	2531
53	Aloma Vidal Robert	IM	ESP	2389	6	2519	2517
54	Melia Salome	IM	GEO	2403	6	2504	2504
55	Cmilyte Viktorija	GM	LTU	2515	6	2495	2495
56	Ju Wenjun	WGM	CHN	2505	6	2486	2475
57	Kjartansson Gudmundur	IM	ISL	2408	6	2482	2482
58	Fenollar Jorda Manuel	FM	ESP	2325	6	2469	2468
59	Womacka Mathias	GM	GER	2442	6	2468	2468
60	Akesson Ralf	GM	SWE	2441	6	2442	2442
61	David Alberto	GM	ITA	2599	6	2438	2434
62	Mastrovasilis Athanasios	GM	GRE	2498	6	2435	2435
63	Nezad Husein Aziz	IM	QAT	2394	6	2431	2431
64	Cernousek Lukas	IM	CZE	2453	6	2412	2412
65	Kvisvik Brede	FM	NOR	2314	6	2398	2395
66	Jones Richard S.	IM	WLS	2393	6	2394	2386
67	Salem A.R. Saleh	GM	UAE	2538	6	2360	2360
68	Poetsch Hagen	IM	GER	2437	6	2356	2355
69	Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel	GM	ESP	2404	6	2345	2345
70	Godard Maxence	IM	FRA	2340	6	2343	2343
71	Ortega Ruiz Jose Miguel	FM	ESP	2349	6	2337	2337
72	Milliet Sophie	IM	FRA	2403	6	2329	2329
73	Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan	GM	SCO	2405	6	2326	2326
74	Palencia Wilson	IM	COL	2282	6	2320	2307
75	Sanchez Ibern Marc	FM	ESP	2356	6	2311	2311
76	Vojinovic Jovana	WGM	MNE	2359	6	2294	2294
77	Moreno Tejera Emilio	FM	ESP	2413	6	2250	2242
78	Jussupow Artur	GM	GER	2611	5.5	2447	2442
79	Pinho Paulo		POR	2128	5.5	2426	2426
80	Georgiadis Nico	FM	SUI	2369	5.5	2419	2419
81	Trent Lawrence	IM	ENG	2429	5.5	2401	2401
82	Arvola Benjamin	FM	NOR	2309	5.5	2383	2379
83	Zhou Yang-Fan	IM	ENG	2439	5.5	2382	2382
84	Kantorik Marian	IM	SVK	2331	5.5	2363	2363
85	Dolzhikova Olga	WGM	NOR	2239	5.5	2353	2321
86	Karavade Eesha	IM	IND	2391	5.5	2351	2350
87	Zatonskih Anna	IM	USA	2491	5.5	2327	2318
88	Montero Melendez Rafael	FM	ESP	2316	5.5	2318	2318
89	Roser Kevin	IM	FRA	2409	5.5	2316	2316
90	Tari Aryan		NOR	2268	5.5	2309	2287
91	Gaehwiler Gabriel		SUI	2269	5.5	2308	2291
92	Kvisla Johannes Luangtep		NOR	2148	5.5	2306	2326
93	Telljohann Sven	IM	GER	2423	5.5	2275	2272
94	Lind Jan-Olof		SWE	2217	5.5	2266	2277
95	Kurmann Oliver	IM	SUI	2456	5.5	2256	2256
96	Storey Charles H	FM	ENG	2245	5.5	2233	2208
97	Rudolf Anna	WGM	HUN	2312	5.5	2218	2217
98	Adrian Claude	IM	FRA	2260	5.5	2210	2189
99	Bergstrom Rolf	FM	SWE	2286	5.5	2204	2190
100	Dukaczewski Piotr	IM	POL	2268	5.5	2202	2181
	Spence David J		ENG	2226	5.5	2202	2173
102	Dasaolu Rotimi		NGR	2115	5.5	2169	2117
103	Tischbierek Raj	GM	GER	2472	5	2345	2345
104	De Haan Eric	FM	NED	2303	5	2328	2322
105	Sanchez Botella Luis Javier		ESP	2196	5	2312	2323
106	Vyparina Matej	FM	SVK	2305	5	2309	2305
	Tscharotschkin Michael		GER	2200	5	2309	2322
108	Zygouris Hristos		GRE	2218	5	2297	2310
109	O`toole George E		ENG	2204	5	2287	2273
110	Novoa Fernando		ARG	2017	5	2282	2282
111	Villuendas Valero Adrian	FM	ESP	2301	5	2281	2274
112	Amato Andrea		ITA	2259	5	2276	2254
113	Valgmae Toomas		EST	2218	5	2275	2292
114	Hommerson Paul		NED	2237	5	2271	2239
115	Nuri Kambez	FM	SUI	2241	5	2262	2229
116	Lederman Leon	IM	ISR	2239	5	2258	2228
117	Wemmers Xander	IM	NED	2349	5	2231	2229
118	Kriebel Tadeas	FM	CZE	2369	5	2229	2228
119	Nafri Khalil		MAR	2091	5	2223	2223
120	Veltkamp Gerben		NED	2200	5	2212	2221
121	Seyfried Claus		GER	2177	5	2207	2213
122	Osuna Vega Enrique	CM	ESP	2157	5	2205	2209
123	Allor Chukwuka		NGR	2154	5	2204	2207
124	Onabogun Kolade		NGR	1978	5	2191	2192
125	Bird Andrew		AUS	2223	5	2187	2173
	Pena Riasco Alexander	FM	COL	2156	5	2187	2191
127	Quillan Gary	IM	ENG	2398	5	2183	2174
128	Nazarenus Moritz		GER	2248	5	2169	2147
129	Scharrer Patrick	FM	ITA	2248	5	2158	2137
130	Linhart Wolfgang		GER	2130	5	2154	2155
131	Ferrante Marco		ITA	2227	5	2149	2087
132	Piasetski Leon	IM	CAN	2310	5	2143	2140
133	Rujan Rodel-Marinel		ROU	1759	5	2129	2172
134	Olhovik Andrei		BLR	2246	5	2128	2095
135	Mckenna Jason P		ENG	2110	5	2122	2122
136	Lyell Mark	FM	ENG	2235	5	2052	1986
137	Chapman Terry P D		ENG	2292	4.5	2287	2279
138	Semprun Martinez Fernando		ESP	2201	4.5	2236	2245
139	Diaz Velandia Jose Manuel		VEN	2271	4.5	2209	2193
140	Byron Alan M		ENG	2167	4.5	2205	2211
141	Lindsoe Fredrik Aunan		NOR	2064	4.5	2199	2212
142	Tate Alan	FM	SCO	2290	4.5	2194	2184
143	Lipecki Alexander		SUI	2138	4.5	2191	2191
144	Fairbairn Stephen		CAN	2021	4.5	2183	2193
145	Becham Khalid		MAR	1929	4.5	2169	2171
146	Uran Bermudez Oliver Kevin		VEN	2113	4.5	2162	2151
147	Garcia Jimenez Francisco Javi	FM	ESP	2278	4.5	2154	2136
148	Smith Andrew Philip	FM	IRL	2175	4.5	2151	2156
149	Sanchez Castillo Sarai	IM	VEN	2212	4.5	2134	2142
150	Lee Kai Jie Edward		SIN	2164	4.5	2132	2147
151	Suez-Panama Gilles		FRA	1989	4.5	2128	2129
152	Loew Gerald	FM	GER	2231	4.5	2126	2126
153	Grigoryan Meri	WFM	ENG	2025	4.5	2124	2131
154	Valhondo Morales Ruben		ESP	2136	4.5	2116	2116
155	Jameson David		WLS	2143	4.5	2112	2134
156	Stockmann Michael	FM	GER	2312	4.5	2108	2105
	Ungureanu Sandu		ROU	2019	4.5	2108	2127
158	Walton Alan J	CM	ENG	2153	4.5	2107	2108
	Weber Francois		ESP	2150	4.5	2107	2114
160	Marttala Thomas		SWE	2217	4.5	2101	2092
161	Bryn Askild		NOR	2019	4.5	2089	2088
162	Karlsson Jorgen		SWE	2165	4.5	2088	2093
163	Burrows Martin P		ENG	2153	4.5	2086	2083
	Hackner Oskar A		ENG	2015	4.5	2086	2086
165	Samu Sorin-Mihai		ROU	2095	4.5	2042	2044
166	Thornton John D		WLS	2053	4.5	2033	2029
167	Gieritz Dietmar		GER	2112	4.5	2020	2020
168	Hutton Jack		USA	2017	4.5	2017	2017
169	Christiansmeier Sven		GER	2051	4.5	1997	2009
170	Tuchtfeld Juergen		GER	2051	4.5	1975	1963
171	Ramdewar Ishan		ENG	1658	4.5	1959	2090
172	Herbold Manfred		GER	2164	4.5	1938	1891
173	Dittmar Peter	FM	GER	2330	4	2397	2397
174	Forsaa Espen	FM	NOR	2305	4	2252	2253
175	Vinas Guerrero Carlos A.		ESP	2167	4	2189	2196
176	Jaunooby Ali R		ENG	2178	4	2166	2173
177	Meyer Kai-Christian		GER	2177	4	2165	2172
178	Spanton Tim R		ENG	2017	4	2139	2139
179	Pribyl Jaroslav		CZE	1932	4	2097	2110
180	Obiamiwe Paul		NGR	1973	4	2083	2085
181	Compton Alistair		NZL	2087	4	2066	2057
182	Wiedersich Jens		GER	2120	4	2061	2055
183	Havik Victor		NOR	2094	4	2059	2054
184	Baeza Escudero Javier		ESP	2009	4	2048	2048
185	Kozarcanin Sead		CRO	2090	4	2046	2036
186	Reuben Stewart	CM	ENG	2054	4	2037	2034
187	Kandic Milan	FM	SRB	2090	4	2018	2018
188	Cawley Paul F		ENG	2113	4	2013	2013
189	Hamer Martyn		ENG	2025	4	2006	2007
190	Denisik Sergei		BLR	0	4	1932	1932
191	Campos Calvo-Sotelo Juan		ESP	1978	4	1882	1842
192	Freuler Roman		SUI	2098	4	1870	1866
193	Baert Andy	FM	BEL	2154	3.5	2091	2095
194	Van Kemenade Rudy		WLS	2043	3.5	2050	2006
195	Mueller Hans-Dieter	CM	GER	2087	3.5	2049	2059
196	Skutta Bernd Dr.		GER	2048	3.5	2023	2012
197	Nwachukwu Chino		NGR	1962	3.5	2007	2008
198	Canonne Antoine		FRA	2002	3.5	2004	1998
199	Iasman Inna		FRA	2019	3.5	1974	1927
200	Stewart Ashley		ENG	2040	3.5	1968	1955
201	Kang Leo J		USA	1814	3.5	1957	1957
202	Byrn Carsten		DEN	2114	3.5	1935	1934
203	Agbabishvili Lali		CAN	1954	3.5	1932	1931
204	Zanetti Bruno		SUI	2030	3.5	1922	1892
	Boesch Heinz		GER	1904	3.5	1922	1924
	Dimitrijevic Dragan		ITA	1896	3.5	1922	1926
207	Georgieva Emilia		BUL	1949	3.5	1914	1879
208	Reppen Ellisiv		NOR	2005	3.5	1902	1862
209	Rios Gonzalez Jose Antonio		ESP	1990	3.5	1873	1869
210	Reid Vaness	WFM	AUS	1844	3.5	1864	1846
211	Othman Mustapha		NGR	1878	3.5	1853	1869
212	Viana Eduardo Escudeiro		POR	1600	3.5	1848	1890
213	Openshaw David K		ENG	1923	3.5	1847	1783
214	Skrabakova Katarina		SVK	1991	3.5	1830	1823
215	Cebada Benitez Fernando		ESP	1958	3.5	1714	1710
216	Urbina Perez Juan Antonio	CM	ESP	2214	3	2102	2116
217	Tranter Stephen		ENG	1938	3	2056	2073
218	Guerrero Romero Antonio		ESP	1862	3	1962	1967
219	Whatley Stephen A J		ENG	1717	3	1906	1931
220	Lochte Szilvia		HUN	1923	3	1873	1872
221	Sielicki Tomasz		POL	1969	3	1864	1827
222	Neumanova Monika		CZE	1701	3	1836	1854
223	Diaz Montenegro Ignacio		ESP	1987	3	1820	1765
224	George Lolomari Erekosima		NGR	1869	3	1794	1811
225	Sevillano Leal Julio		ESP	1807	3	1749	1771
226	Iglesias Fernandez Luis		ESP	1862	3	1740	1744
227	Henrichsen Jens		DEN	1957	3	1712	1737
228	Dennis Nigel W		ENG	1904	3	1699	1679
229	Piovar Jaroslav		SVK	1536	3	1673	1721
230	Chidi Lovinia Sylvia		GER	1820	2.5	1779	1788
231	Candano Gonzalez Alvaro		ESP	1717	2.5	1774	1794
232	Villa Armenta Enrique		ESP	0	2.5	1734	1734
233	Berggren Klas		SWE	1523	2.5	1684	1745
234	Kazmierczak Ewa		POL	1512	2.5	1676	1744
235	Wilson Matthew R		ENG	1827	2.5	1672	1655
236	Collins Andrew		ENG	1638	2.5	1636	1723
237	Taus Martin		CZE	2181	2	2214	2232
238	Savage Neil		RSA	1620	2	1677	1704
239	Diaz Gallego Saul		ESP	1655	2	1642	1673
240	Williamson Ian		ENG	1602	2	1641	1641
241	Colompar Ladislau-Alexandru		ROU	1790	2	1575	1606
242	Aerni Andreas		SUI	2206	1.5	2099	2125
243	Rydell Marten		SWE	1960	1.5	1989	1989
244	Scholl Alois		GER	1765	1.5	1430	1400
245	Garcia Lechugo Francisco		ESP	1645	1	1534	1572
246	Kuenitz Klaus		GER	1643	1	1485	1511
247	Tveten Per		NOR	1597	1	1365	1435
247 players

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Gibraltar Masters TB Caleta ENG Tue 22nd Jan 2013 - Thu 31st Jan 2013 Leading Final Round 2 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg
1	Vitiugov, Nikita	GM	RUS	2694
2	Short, Nigel D	GM	ENG	2690
3	Sandipan, Chanda	GM	IND	2590
3	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	GM	FRA	2711
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