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8th Gibtelecom Chess Festival 2010

Mark Crowther - Thursday 4th February 2010

Michael Adams won the title after beating Francisco Vallejo Pons in the final of the playoff. Photo © John Saunders.

Michael Adams won the title after beating Francisco Vallejo Pons in the final of the playoff. Photo © John Saunders. | http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com

The 8th Gibtelecom Chess Festival 2010 took place Tuesday 26th January - 4th February 2010. 10 rounds.

Stars included: Etienne Bacrot, Sergei Movsesian, Francisco Vallejo Pons, Michael Adams, Gata Kamsky, Laurent Fressinet, Ivan Cheparinov, Daniel Fridman etc.

There was a tie for first place. The top four players on tie-break played off in a knockout. Michael Adams beat Jan Gustafsson 2-1 and Francisco Vallejo Pons beat Chanda Sandipan 1.5-0.5. Adams beat Vallejo 1.5-0.5 in the final of the playoff to take the title.

8th Gibtelecom Chess Festival (Caleta ENG)
Tue 26th Jan 2010 - Thu 4th Feb 2010 - Official Site - Results - Live

8th Gibtelecom Open (10 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:100:50:15+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Masters

8th Gibtelecom Open (10 Rds Swiss Indiv TC: 100:50:15+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Masters

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Gibtelecom Masters (ENG), 26 i - 4 ii 2010 Leading Final Round 10 Standings (Top 4 played off):
Rank	Name	Ti	Fed.	Rating	Score	TPR	W-We
1	Adams, Michael	GM	ENG	2694	7.5	2764	0.97
2	Vallejo Pons, Francisco	GM	ESP	2705	7.5	2726	0.33
3	Gustafsson, Jan	GM	GER	2627	7.5	2769	1.88
4	Sandipan, Chanda	GM	IND	2622	7.5	2720	1.29
5	Kamsky, Gata	GM	USA	2693	7.5	2719	0.38
6	Bacrot, Etienne	GM	FRA	2713	7.5	2713	0.11
7	Movsesian, Sergei	GM	SVK	2708	7.5	2708	0.07
8	Geetha Narayanan Gopal	GM	IND	2584	7.5	2656	0.95
9	Lenderman, Alex	IM	USA	2560	7.5	2652	1.33
10	Zhukova, Natalia	WGM	UKR	2462	7	2686	3.02
11	Fressinet, Laurent	GM	FRA	2670	7	2666	0.04
12	Koneru, Humpy	GM	IND	2614	7	2663	0.77
13	Halkias, Stelios	GM	GRE	2566	7	2630	0.95
14	Hoffmann, Michael	GM	GER	2508	7	2630	1.73
15	Malakhatko, Vadim	GM	BEL	2549	7	2590	0.67
16	Cheparinov, Ivan	GM	BUL	2660	7	2568	-0.88
17	Istratescu, Andrei	GM	ROU	2607	7	2554	-0.49
18	Speelman, Jon S	GM	ENG	2525	7	2551	0.56
19	Boskovic, Drasko	IM	SRB	2454	7	2506	0.9
20	Guliyev, Namig	GM	AZE	2516	7	2505	0.18
21	Stefanova, Antoaneta	GM	BUL	2545	6.5	2614	1
22	Fridman, Daniel	GM	GER	2654	6.5	2613	-0.45
23	Bindrich, Falko	GM	GER	2512	6.5	2583	1.04
24	Cramling, Pia	GM	SWE	2528	6.5	2546	0.38
25	Hirneise, Tobias	IM	GER	2421	6.5	2541	1.66
26	Naumann, Alexander	GM	GER	2525	6.5	2535	0.31
27	Javakhishvili, Lela	IM	GEO	2493	6.5	2535	0.75
28	Shankland, Samuel L	IM	USA	2491	6.5	2535	0.68
29	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	GM	RUS	2523	6.5	2519	0.05
30	Lemos, Damian	GM	ARG	2556	6.5	2491	-0.64
31	Dzagnidze, Nana	GM	GEO	2506	6.5	2488	-0.02
32	Harika, Dronavalli	IM	IND	2471	6.5	2478	0.35
33	Bhat, Vinay S.	GM	USA	2540	6.5	2477	-0.64
34	Cmilyte, Viktorija	IM	LTU	2489	6.5	2445	-0.36
35	Siebrecht, Sebastian	GM	GER	2468	6.5	2427	-0.34
36	Sarkar, Justin	IM	USA	2378	6.5	2408	0.51
37	Cori T., Deysi	WIM	PER	2412	6.5	2393	-0.05
38	Karavade, Eesha	WGM	IND	2405	6.5	2360	-0.38
39	Reizniece, Dana	WGM	LAT	2341	6.5	2359	0.33
40	Nezad, Husein Aziz	IM	QAT	2408	6.5	2312	-0.99
41	Dworakowska, Joanna	IM	POL	2374	6.5	2273	-1.05
42	Edouard, Romain	GM	FRA	2608	6	2537	-0.83
43	Felgaer, Ruben	GM	ARG	2591	6	2533	-0.52
44	Krush, Irina	IM	USA	2455	6	2495	0.72
45	Kapnisis, Spyridon	IM	GRE	2510	6	2490	-0.09
46	Battaglini, Gabriel		FRA	2411	6	2484	0.98
47	Carlsson, Pontus	GM	SWE	2476	6	2477	0.18
48	Vernay, Clovis	IM	FRA	2442	6	2476	0.58
49	Cori, Jorge	IM	PER	2483	6	2464	-0.02
50	Maze, Sebastien	GM	FRA	2554	6	2456	-0.81
51	Saravanan, V.	IM	IND	2356	6	2365	0.28
52	Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel	GM	ESP	2440	6	2356	-0.93
53	Demac, Elias		NOR	2104	6	2351	3.16
54	Houska, Jovanka	IM	ENG	2401	6	2350	-0.46
55	Avalos Parra, Joao	FM	CHI	2245	6	2344	1.32
56	Zaremba, Andrie	FM	USA	2360	6	2338	-0.17
57	Forsaa, Espen	FM	NOR	2301	6	2325	0.3
58	Tjolsen, Katrine	WFM	NOR	2212	6	2325	1.45
59	Arvola, Benjamin		NOR	2218	6	2312	1.2
60	Ivanov, Stojan Emilov		BUL	2198	6	2303	1.48
61	Dittmar, Peter	FM	GER	2341	6	2275	-0.72
62	Wantiez, Fabrice	FM	BEL	2315	6	2275	-0.35
63	Perez Pardo, Juan Carlos	FM	ESP	2297	6	2266	-0.35
64	Meskovs, Nikita		LAT	2264	6	2217	-0.61
65	Zatonskih, Anna	IM	USA	2466	5.5	2411	-0.54
66	Lopez Martinez, Josep Manu	GM	ESP	2593	5.5	2390	-2.37
67	Gandrud, Vegar Koi		NOR	2158	5.5	2383	2.51
68	Tania, Sachdev	IM	IND	2398	5.5	2359	-0.41
69	Fokin, Sergey		RUS	2109	5.5	2344	2.91
70	Lovik, Lasse Ostebo	FM	NOR	2343	5.5	2341	0.12
224 players

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