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Gibraltar Masters (2003) The first Gibraltar Masters tournament was a 59-player 10-round Swiss held in the Caleta Hotel, La Caleta (Catalan Bay), Gibraltar, 28 January to 6 February 2003. Main sponsor: Gibtelecom, the largest telecommunications provider in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. Time control: 120 minutes for the whole game, with 30 seconds added per move from move 1. First to fifth prizes: GBP 4000, 2500, 1500, 1000, 600. There was also an Amateurs tournament, and some evening blitz events. Entry fee: Free for GMs, IMs, WGMs and WIMs. All others: GBP 40. Chief organizers: Stewart Reuben and David Sedgwick. Chief arbiter: David Welch? Rounds started at 3 pm. Vasilios Kotronias and Nigel Short shared the victory with 7.5/10. Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2003021... BritBase: http://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pgn... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... Stewart Reuben in Arbiting Matters Too, January 2014, pp. 6-7: https://web.archive.org/web/2014080... Next: Gibraltar Masters (2004)  page 2 of 4; games 26-50 of 87  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. Speelman vs J Bellon Lopez   1-0 19 2003 Gibraltar Masters B27 Sicilian 27. S Sulskis vs Tiviakov   1-0 89 2003 Gibraltar Masters B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 28. Kotronias vs Speelman   1-0 38 2003 Gibraltar Masters B12 Caro-Kann Defense 29. Epishin vs A Schmitz   1-0 31 2003 Gibraltar Masters D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted 30. A Cherniaev vs M Pavlovic   1-0 39 2003 Gibraltar Masters B22 Sicilian, Alapin 31. B Lalic vs A Wohl   1-0 53 2003 Gibraltar Masters A43 Old Benoni 32. D K Johansen vs J Shaw   1-0 49 2003 Gibraltar Masters A06 Reti Opening 33. J Bellon Lopez vs I Thompson   1-0 49 2003 Gibraltar Masters A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 34. J Bick vs F R Lund   1-0 39 2003 Gibraltar Masters A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 35. P Gayson vs M Young   1-0 30 2003 Gibraltar Masters B01 Scandinavian 36. S Ledger vs E Osuna Vega   1-0 40 2003 Gibraltar Masters A48 King's Indian 37. Tiviakov vs S Ledger   1-0 21 2003 Gibraltar Masters B25 Sicilian, Closed 38. I Thompson vs Y Malinarski   1-0 54 2003 Gibraltar Masters A38 English, Symmetrical 39. D J Ledger vs M Tissir   1-0 70 2003 Gibraltar Masters C53 Giuoco Piano 40. M Pavlovic vs E Gullaksen 1-0 35 2003 Gibraltar Masters B33 Sicilian 41. J Shaw vs P Gayson   1-0 56 2003 Gibraltar Masters B40 Sicilian 42. M Palac vs A Cherniaev   1-0 27 2003 Gibraltar Masters B30 Sicilian 43. McShane vs B Lalic   1-0 35 2003 Gibraltar Masters B01 Scandinavian 44. Kotronias vs Short 1-0 35 2003 Gibraltar Masters B03 Alekhine's Defense 45. P Straub vs P Gayson   1-0 33 2003 Gibraltar Masters B40 Sicilian 46. J Radovanovic vs D Sedgwick   1-0 60 2003 Gibraltar Masters C14 French, Classical 47. M Tissir vs E Eliassen   1-0 22 2003 Gibraltar Masters B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 48. D Reinderman vs J Shaw   1-0 52 2003 Gibraltar Masters B23 Sicilian, Closed 49. B Lalic vs C McNab 1-0 58 2003 Gibraltar Masters A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 50. A Cherniaev vs D J Ledger   1-0 35 2003 Gibraltar Masters A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3  page 2 of 4; games 26-50 of 87    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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