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Gibraltar Masters (2010) The 8th Gibraltar Masters was a 224-player 10-round Swiss tournament held in the Caleta Hotel, La Caleta, Gibraltar from 26 January to 4 February 2010, as part of the Gibtelecom Gibraltar Chess Festival. Time control: 100 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 50 more minutes for the next 20 moves, then 15 more minutes until the end of the game, with 30 seconds added per move from move 1. A tie for first place to be settled in a knockout playoff (two 10 min + 10 sec games, and if needed an Armageddon game). First prize: GBP 15.000. The festival also featured four amateur tournaments (Challengers A and B, Amateurs A and B) and other events. Chief organizer: the English Chess Federation with Stuart C Conquest and others. Chief arbiter: Laurent Freyd. Games started at 3 pm (Round 10 contenders for tiebreaks: 10 am). Michael Adams won the event by beating Gustafsson and Vallejo Pons in the 4-player Gibraltar Masters (Tiebreaks) (2010). The top 4 players (out of 9) were decided on performance rating. Zhukova won the women's top prize of GBP 8.000. Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2010021... Standings: https://web.archive.org/web/2010021... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/gibte... BritBase: https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pg... Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN3... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... Previous: Gibraltar Masters (2009). Next: Gibraltar Masters (2011)  page 1 of 43; games 1-25 of 1,060  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. G Camus de Solliers vs Bacrot   ½-½ 54 2010 Gibraltar Masters E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 2. Movsesian vs M Peek   1-0 42 2010 Gibraltar Masters B56 Sicilian 3. L Lovik vs F Vallejo Pons 0-1 28 2010 Gibraltar Masters C45 Scotch Game 4. Adams vs D Reizniece-Ozola 1-0 29 2010 Gibraltar Masters B07 Pirc 5. P Dittmar vs Kamsky 0-1 70 2010 Gibraltar Masters A10 English 6. Fressinet vs A Zozulia   1-0 46 2010 Gibraltar Masters B06 Robatsch 7. F Wantiez vs Fridman   0-1 36 2010 Gibraltar Masters B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 8. J Gustafsson vs G Andre   1-0 91 2010 Gibraltar Masters D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 9. E Forsaa vs S Chanda   0-1 53 2010 Gibraltar Masters B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 10. M Schoene vs Koneru   0-1 43 2010 Gibraltar Masters B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 11. R Edouard vs I Videnova-Kuljasevic   1-0 34 2010 Gibraltar Masters B30 Sicilian 12. J C Perez Pardo vs A Istratescu   0-1 36 2010 Gibraltar Masters D02 Queen's Pawn Game 13. J M Lopez Martinez vs A Stebbings   ½-½ 73 2010 Gibraltar Masters B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 14. N Getz vs G N Gopal   0-1 35 2010 Gibraltar Masters A04 Reti Opening 15. R Felgaer vs O Kozlov ½-½ 46 2010 Gibraltar Masters B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 16. P Royset vs S Halkias   0-1 94 2010 Gibraltar Masters B30 Sicilian 17. Lenderman vs N Schuetze 1-0 32 2010 Gibraltar Masters A48 King's Indian 18. K Nikolaidis vs D Lemos   ½-½ 62 2010 Gibraltar Masters A48 King's Indian 19. V Malakhatko vs A Stephan   1-0 31 2010 Gibraltar Masters D80 Grunfeld 20. A Stefanova vs M Overeem   1-0 26 2010 Gibraltar Masters E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 21. R Montero Melendez vs V Bhat 0-1 28 2010 Gibraltar Masters D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 22. O W Hartvig vs P Cramling   ½-½ 72 2010 Gibraltar Masters B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 23. A Naumann vs J Avalos Parra   ½-½ 78 2010 Gibraltar Masters D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 24. F Marchand vs Speelman   ½-½ 35 2010 Gibraltar Masters A10 English 25. Kosteniuk vs Y Duhayon 1-0 32 2010 Gibraltar Masters C58 Two Knights  page 1 of 43; games 1-25 of 1,060    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 4 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-02-10    ROADDOG: Zatonskih - Stefanova 0-1 IM Anna was overpowered in 26 moves by the GM. Zozulia - Kosteniuk 0-1 in 32. Feb-02-10    turbo231: <JoeYeomans> Thank you for that bit of wisdom. Feb-02-10    ILikeFruits: who shall... win this... motha... Feb-02-10    timhortons: its round 10 already no?i dont see the standing yet though, i hope GM bacrot do well. Feb-02-10    indianchessupdates: . with one more round to go Indian GM's Chanda and Humpy are at 6/8 pts Chanda takes on IM Boskovic,Drasko and has good chance at the title while Humpy faces Kamsky for more http://indianchessupdates.blogspot.... Feb-03-10    PhilFeeley: Can Adams break through this or is it another draw: click for larger view Adams - Lemos after 43. h5 Feb-03-10    PhilFeeley: ...from the previous position Adams - Lemos: 43...gxh5 44. Nxh5 Nf5 Feb-03-10    PhilFeeley: 45. Nf6 Ng7 46. g3 Qe7 47 Kg2 1-0 with about 40 minutes left each. Zugzwang, I guess.. Feb-03-10    swordfish: Looks like Gustafson has company at the top again, going into the final round. Besides Adams, Movsesian and Vallejo-Pons also won. A couple of games are still being played. Feb-03-10    PhilFeeley: The final position, as far as I can tell for Chanda-Boskovic: click for larger view with white to move and lots of time, I don't see how this is a draw. The broadcast changed as I watched it, so perhaps there's an error. Feb-03-10    unsound: <PhilFeeley> <45. Nf6 Ng7 46. g3 Qe7 47 Kg2 1-0 with about 40 minutes left each. Zugzwang, I guess..> Yes, I guess so--it wasn't immediately obvious to me why he resigned, until I started looking at the possible remaining moves for black and seeing how white exploited them. Pretty classic Adams squeeze, actually. Feb-03-10    PhilFeeley: Indeed there was an "error" in the Chanda game. He played K-b7 instead of b5, which makes a whole lot more sense. Feb-03-10    nescio: <PhilFeeley: 45. Nf6 Ng7 46. g3 Qe7 47 Kg2 1-0 with about 40 minutes left each. Zugzwang, I guess..> I think it's more beautiful than that. After 47.Kg2 White will play Ra3-a1-h1 and after a rook exchange he threatens Qh6 and Qh8 mate. Black may be able to avoid the mate, for example by Nf5 and Qd8, but that will cost him some material. Feb-04-10    swordfish: Gustafson - Movsesian 1/2 Vallejo-Pons - Adams 1/2 Bacrot - Cramling 1-0 It's at least a five-way tie for first prize. Feb-04-10    PhilFeeley: Kamsky is trying hard to join them. He's in a bishop+rook ending with 2 pawns to none. It's his to win or draw. Feb-04-10    shalgo: Kamsky won and Sandipan is about to mate Javakhisvili, so that is two more at 7.5 Feb-04-10    Roger Krueger: Looks like Kamsky gets screwed--Sandipan is going to have a single point of TPR on him. (It's a screw because Kamsky had six blacks, there should be a compensation to TPR for this when it's used as a tiebreak... but there isn't.) Feb-04-10    shalgo: From the official site: "John Saunders reports: The games between the leaders were all drawn this morning so we know we have a play-off situation. But we don't know who will be in the play-offs yet as only four players can take part, based on who has the highest tournament performance rating. As I write, at least six players - Adams, Bacrot, Gustafsson, Movsesian, Vallejo Pons and Kamsky - have 7½/10 and Chanda Sandipan may join them on that score if he wins. Four of those six/seven players will play off. More news when we have it." Feb-04-10    Roger Krueger: Haven't seen the exact TPRs, but my understanding from watching the Conquest commentary is (Adams/Gustafsson/Vallejo Pons) > Sandipan > Kamsky > Bacrot > Movsesian. Sandipan gets the last playoff spot. Feb-04-10    PhilFeeley: Ridiculous... Feb-04-10    ROADDOG: First Game: Gustafsson - Adams 1-0 Vallejo Pons - Sandipan 1-0 How many games to they play? Feb-04-10    ROADDOG: 2nd playoff game: Adams - Gustafsson 1-0 Sandipan - Vallejo Pons 1/2-1/2 Feb-04-10    whiteshark: Third game is an Armageddon game... Feb-04-10    whiteshark: ...won by Adams. Feb-04-10    ROADDOG: <whiteshark: Third game is an Armageddon game...> Yes, and just won by Adams. So he'll face Vallejo-Pons for the Championship. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 4) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 4 ·  Later Kibitzing> NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. 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