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...
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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)
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
51. J Bellon Lopez vs T Luther |
| ½-½ | 20 | 2003 | Gibraltar Masters | C11 French |
52. B Lalic vs Epishin |
| ½-½ | 19 | 2003 | Gibraltar Masters | E00 Queen's Pawn Game |
53. Speelman vs S Sulskis |
| ½-½ | 20 | 2003 | Gibraltar Masters | D30 Queen's Gambit Declined |
54. P Gayson vs H Haugsrud |
| ½-½ | 35 | 2003 | Gibraltar Masters | C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line |
55. Korneev vs A Cherniaev |
| ½-½ | 45 | 2003 | Gibraltar Masters | B33 Sicilian |
56. S W Giddins vs A Wohl |
| ½-½ | 23 | 2003 | Gibraltar Masters | B03 Alekhine's Defense |
57. J Bick vs U Zak |
| ½-½ | 38 | 2003 | Gibraltar Masters | D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch |
58. M Palac vs D Reinderman |
 | ½-½ | 17 | 2003 | Gibraltar Masters | B30 Sicilian |
59. M Pavlovic vs Short |
| ½-½ | 29 | 2003 | Gibraltar Masters | C07 French, Tarrasch |
60. D H Campora vs H Hamdouchi |
| ½-½ | 51 | 2003 | Gibraltar Masters | B50 Sicilian |
61. I Thompson vs Z Gyimesi |
| ½-½ | 31 | 2003 | Gibraltar Masters | A20 English |
62. C McNab vs S Ledger |
| ½-½ | 51 | 2003 | Gibraltar Masters | A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto |
63. Z Gyimesi vs T Luther |
| ½-½ | 40 | 2003 | Gibraltar Masters | D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
64. H Hamdouchi vs A Ledger |
| ½-½ | 39 | 2003 | Gibraltar Masters | C10 French |
65. Barsov vs H Jonkman |
| ½-½ | 69 | 2003 | Gibraltar Masters | B10 Caro-Kann |
66. D Reinderman vs Korneev |
| ½-½ | 21 | 2003 | Gibraltar Masters | B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation |
67. S Ledger vs S W Giddins |
| ½-½ | 18 | 2003 | Gibraltar Masters | D02 Queen's Pawn Game |
68. A Cherniaev vs Speelman |
| ½-½ | 15 | 2003 | Gibraltar Masters | B01 Scandinavian |
69. Kotronias vs Epishin |
 | ½-½ | 32 | 2003 | Gibraltar Masters | B42 Sicilian, Kan |
70. I Thompson vs M Tissir |
| ½-½ | 72 | 2003 | Gibraltar Masters | A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System |
71. P Cramling vs E Gullaksen |
| ½-½ | 53 | 2003 | Gibraltar Masters | A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 |
72. B Baum vs Z Gyimesi |
| ½-½ | 26 | 2003 | Gibraltar Masters | D02 Queen's Pawn Game |
73. Speelman vs D Reinderman |
| ½-½ | 43 | 2003 | Gibraltar Masters | B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
74. Tiviakov vs A Cherniaev |
| ½-½ | 23 | 2003 | Gibraltar Masters | B23 Sicilian, Closed |
75. M Palac vs S Sulskis |
| ½-½ | 25 | 2003 | Gibraltar Masters | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
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