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      Home  >  General News • Major Tournaments  >  Some surprises at the start of Gibraltar Chess Festival

      Some surprises at the start of Gibraltar Chess Festival

      Gibraltar, Gibraltar Chess Festival


      Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival sees surprises at the start
      Most top seeded players off to a good start

      One of the top international open chess events, Gibraltar Festival 2011, is already underway. The opening ceremony (photos and report here) concluded with a draw of colors by the top seeded Vassily Ivanchuk and (Miss Gibraltar Larissa Dalli which determined the first board to start with black.

      Follow the live games with analysis

      This year there are 52 Grandmasters playing in the Open Masters with 298 players from 46 countries. The top five seeds in the men’s are: Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine), Michael Adams (England), Fabiano Caruana (Italy), Paco Vallejo (Spain) and Victor Bologan (Moldova). In the women they are: Tatiana Kosintseva (Russia), Nadezhda Kosintseva (Russia), Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia), Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria), Viktorija Cmilyte (Lithuania).

      With such a large field present, surprises in the first rounds are always to be expected. The first 9 tables won their games convincingly and the first major shakeup came by IM Justin Sarkar (USA), who held to a draw the Indian top Grandmaster Pentala Harikrishna.

      Norwegian players FM Nicolai Getz and FM Espen Forsaa were also successful at the start of the campaign – FM Getz drew with one of the top Israel players GM Mikhalevski, while FM Forsaa won against GM Damian Lemos.

      Other surprising results included:

      IM Eesha Karavade (IND) – GM Gawain Jones (ENG) 1/2-1/2
      FM Toms Kantans (LAT) – GM Ikonnikov (RUS) 1/2 – 1/2
      IM Leon Piasetski (CAN) – GM Jean-Pierre Le Roux (FRA) 1-0
      FM Tom Weber (LUX) – GM Alexandr Fier (BRA) 1-0
      WGM Calzetta Ruiz Monica (ESP) – Ray Robson (USA) 1-0
      GM Meelis Kanep (EST) – FM Konstantinos Nikolaidis (GRE) 1/2-1/2
      GM Alexis Cabrera (ESP) – FM Joao Avalos Parra (CHI) 0-1
      Jaunooby Ali R (ENG) – IM Irina Krush (USA) 1/2-1/2

      Round 2 is today at 15:00 CET, follow the games live here

      Round 2 top table pairings

      1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily – GM Lafuente Pablo
      2 GM Dzagnidze Nana – GM Adams Michael
      3 GM Caruana Fabiano – GM Korchnoi Viktor
      4 GM Stefanova Antoaneta – GM Vallejo Pons Francisco
      5 GM Bologan Viktor – GM Sengupta Deep
      6 GM Rapport Richard – GM Onischuk Alexander
      7 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter – GM Hoffmann Michael
      8 GM Cmilyte Viktorija – GM Georgiev Kiril
      9 GM Cramling Pia – GM Short Nigel

      Round 1 all results

      1 IM Mullon Jean-Baptiste 0 – 1 GM Ivanchuk Vassily
      2 GM Adams Michael 1 – 0 IM Monroy Charles
      3 IM Nezad Husein Aziz 0 – 1 GM Caruana Fabiano
      4 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco 1 – 0 IM Melia Salome
      5 IM Vernay Clovis 0 – 1 GM Bologan Viktor
      6 GM Onischuk Alexander 1 – 0 IM Gaponenko Inna
      7 IM Fernandez Romero Ernesto 0 – 1 GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter
      8 GM Georgiev Kiril 1 – 0 GM Zhukova Natalia
      9 IM Sarkar Justin ½ – ½ GM Harikrishna Pentala
      10 GM Short Nigel D 1 – 0 IM Slavin Alexei
      11 FM Stokke Kjetil 0 – 1 GM Fridman Daniel
      12 GM Roiz Michael 1 – 0 IM Boskovic Drasko
      13 FM Andersen Mads 0 – 1 GM Sandipan Chanda
      14 GM Edouard Romain 1 – 0 IM Wohl Aleksandar H
      15 GM Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel ½ – ½ GM Iordachescu Viorel
      16 GM Berg Emanuel 1 – 0 IM Thomassen Joachim
      17 IM Karim Ismael 0 – 1 GM Akobian Varuzhan
      18 GM Kotronias Vasilios 1 – 0 IM Bellin Robert
      19 IM Cummings David H 0 – 1 GM Gopal Geetha Narayanan
      20 GM Erdos Viktor 1 – 0 FM Jones Richard S
      21 IM Karavade Eesha ½ – ½ GM Jones Gawain C B
      22 GM Felgaer Ruben 1 – 0 IM Peek Marcel
      23 FM Kantans Toms ½ – ½ GM Ikonnikov Vyacheslav
      24 GM Andersson Ulf 1 – 0 FM Zaremba Andrie
      25 FM Getz Nicolai ½ – ½ GM Mikhalevski Victor
      26 GM Kulaots Kaido 1 – 0 IM Kolbus Dietmar
      27 FM Dittmar Peter 0 – 1 GM Buhmann Rainer
      28 GM Fier Alexandr 0 – 1 FM Weber Tom
      29 IM Estrada Nieto Julian 0 – 1 GM Kosintseva Tatiana
      30 GM Lafuente Pablo 1 – 0 FM Bergstrom Rolf
      31 FM Forsaa Espen 1 – 0 GM Lemos Damian
      32 IM Kosintseva Nadezhda 1 – 0 Wahlbom Magnus
      33 IM Piasetski Leon 1 – 0 GM Le Roux Jean-Pierre
      34 GM Dzagnidze Nana 1 – 0 Nuri Kambez
      35 Tate Alan 0 – 1 GM Stefanova Antoaneta
      36 GM Korchnoi Viktor 1 – 0 Stebbings Anthony J
      37 WGM Calzetta Ruiz Monica 1 – 0 GM Robson Ray
      38 GM Kanep Meelis ½ – ½ FM Nikolaidis Konstantinos
      39 FM Garcia Jimenez Francisco Javie 0 – 1 GM Rapport Richard
      40 GM Sengupta Deep 1 – 0 Malmdin Nils-Ake
      41 Sipila Vilka 0 – 1 GM Cmilyte Viktorija
      42 GM Speelman Jon S ½ – ½ Montero Melendez Rafael
      43 FM Sanchez Louis ½ – ½ IM Harika Dronavalli
      44 GM Cabrera Alexis 0 – 1 FM Avalos Parra Joao
      45 Chapman Terry P D 0 – 1 GM Cramling Pia
      46 GM Hoffmann Michael 1 – 0 Daurelle Herve
      47 Henriksson Johan 0 – 1 GM Gallagher Joseph G
      48 GM El Debs Felipe De Cresce 1 – 0 Meskovs Nikita
      49 FM Andreasen Per 0 – 1 GM Zhu Chen
      50 IM Zatonskih Anna 1 – 0 Spence David J
      51 Zygouris Hristos 0 – 1 GM Al-Sayed Mohammed
      52 GM Soffer Ram 1 – 0 FM Vogel Jaap
      53 Jaunooby Ali R ½ – ½ IM Krush Irina
      54 IM Das Arghyadip 1 – 0 Byron Alan M
      55 Valgmae Toomas ½ – ½ WGM Pogonina Natalija
      56 CM Urbina Perez Juan Antonio 1 – 0 Flores Chico Jorge
      57 Shepherd Michael 0 – 1 FM Dougherty Michael
      58 Aerni Andi 1 – 0 Cebada Benitez Fernando
      59 Khachatourian Yerazik 0 – 1 FM Lacrosse Marc
      60 Tscharotschkin Michael 1 – 0 Phillips Owen S
      61 Sigamoney Cyril S ½ – ½ Arnott Jonathan W
      62 Lochte Thomas 1 – 0 Costello Colin A
      63 Lundback Karl 0 – 1 Seyfried Claus
      64 Groffen Hans 1 – 0 De Lillo Michele
      65 Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 0 – 1 Daoudi Kamal
      66 Vaarala Eric 1 – 0 Valhondo Morales Ruben
      67 Hauge Lars Oskar 0 – 1 Kandic Milan
      68 CM Osuna Vega Enrique 1 – 0 Garcia de Lomas Guerrero Carlo
      69 Bihi Mehdi 0 – 1 Tozer Philip A A
      70 Daumen Michael 1 – 0 Henrichsen Jens
      71 Brown David ½ – ½ Lipecki Alexander
      72 FM Hvenekilde Jorgen 1 – 0 Helin Mikael
      73 Georgieva Emilia 0 – 1 Vinas Guerrero Carlos A
      74 WIM Steil-Antoni Fiona 1 – 0 Leimeister Winfried
      75 Messam-Sparks Lateefah ½ – ½ Carlsten Peter
      76 Collier David O 1 – 0 Moreno Cervera Jose Luis
      77 Boesch Heinz 0 – 1 Dasaolu Adeoye
      78 Havik Victor 1 – 0 Kuehnast Volker
      79 Wright Jonathan 0 – 1 Wheldon Philip
      80 Tari Aryan ½ – ½ Birkestrand Odd
      81 Perez Reisler Jose 1 – 0 Suez-Panama Gilles
      82 Navarrete Espi Samuel 1 – 0 Jorgensen Line Jin
      83 Martinez Gonzalez Francisco Ii ½ – ½ Sreeves Clement
      84 Freuler Roman 1 – 0 Winkler Stefan
      85 Zaky Tamir ½ – ½ Bous Florian
      86 WFM Itkis Hana ½ – ½ Gillespie Gary
      87 WFM Reid Vaness 0 – 1 Schweizer Manfred
      88 Montabord Manuel 1 – 0 Matto Manuel
      89 Salomon Johan 0 – 1 Mckenna Jason P
      90 Fairbairn Stephen 1 – 0 Lee Kai Jie Edward
      91 Gonzalez Amaya Millan 0 – 1 Henderikse Bert
      92 Scholzen Wolfgang 1 – 0 Hegvik Leif Trygve
      93 Bishop Peter 0 – 1 Jameson David
      94 Compton Alistair 1 – 0 Gholami Armin
      95 Rough Robert E 0 – 1 Hamer Martyn
      96 WFM Wilson Alexandra 1 – 0 Forsa Elise
      97 Neumanova Monika 0 – 1 Becker Thomas
      98 Becking Franz Josef 1 – 0 Kuenitz Klaus
      99 Stene Vegard ½ – ½ Memarian Milad
      100 Haga Halvor 1 – 0 Veiga Rodriguez Pablo
      101 Berggren Klas 1 – 0 Zanetti Bruno
      102 Lochte Szilvia 1 – 0 Kelly Paul
      103 Fogg Martin ½ – ½ Obiamiwe Paul
      104 Fomani Mehdi ½ – ½ Grainger Benjamin
      105 Whatley Stephen 0 – 1 Spanton Tim R
      106 Bauder Herbert ½ – ½ Eman Lennart
      107 Ungureanu Sandu 0 – 1 Knudsen Jes West
      108 IM Bellaiche Anthony 1 – 0 Tabatt Hendrik
      109 Oberhofer Andre 0 – 1 IM Battaglini Gabriel
      110 FM Jaime Montalvan Luis Felipe 0 – 1 Marder Simon
      111 FM Illner Achim Dr 1 – 0 Sommerhalder Eric
      112 Szuper Paul 0 – 1 FM Lasinskas Povilas

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