Monday 24 January – Thursday 3 February 2011
PRESS RELEASE 29 JANUARY 2011
TRADEWISE CHESS FESTIVAL TEAM BLITZ RESULT
The ‘AnticeAnn Appreciation Society’ made up of GM s Emanuel Berg , Gawain Jones, Simon Williams and IM Jack Rudd from England and Sweden were the winning team in the first Team Blitz event for this year scoring 17½ points to win £240. Held Thursday evening in the pleasant surroundings of the Caleta Hotel 10 teams each made up of international players from different countries.
In second place was the team Nika made up of Gms Viktor Bologan, Alexander Onischuk, IM Inna Gaponenko and GM Natalia Zhukova with 16½, netting £120. In third place wasa Peace Example made up of GM Ram Soffer, IM Anthony Bellaiche, Gabriel Battaglini and player Kamal Daoudi.
Board 1: Bologan (Moldova), Soffer (Israel) 4/6. Board 2: Onischuk (USA) 5/6. Board 3: Williams (England) 5½/6. Board 4: Rudd (England) 5/6.
You can view the full results at chess-results.com
Pictures of above are available through our website: www.gibraltarchesscongress.com
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Alice Mascarenhas, Chess Press Officer
chesspressoffice@caletahotel.gi or gibchesspress@gmail.com
John Saunders, Webmaster gibchesspress@gmail.com
For more photos and larger files you can access official photographs by Zeljka Malobabic
http://picasaweb.google.com/MonRoi.Inc
TRADEWISE GIBRALTAR CHESS FESTIVAL
Official website: www.gibraltarchesscongress.com
240 for each or team?