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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 3 of 4; games 51-75 of 87  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 51. M Schmitz vs F R Lund   1-0 45 2003 Gibraltar Masters A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 52. E Osuna Vega vs Y Malinarski   1-0 46 2003 Gibraltar Masters A04 Reti Opening 53. D J Ledger vs J Radovanovic   1-0 25 2003 Gibraltar Masters A07 King's Indian Attack 54. Tiviakov vs D K Johansen   1-0 37 2003 Gibraltar Masters B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 55. A Ledger vs Barsov   1-0 30 2003 Gibraltar Masters C03 French, Tarrasch 56. McShane vs Kotronias 1-0 32 2003 Gibraltar Masters A45 Queen's Pawn Game 57. T Luther vs R Bellin   1-0 113 2003 Gibraltar Masters C42 Petrov Defense 58. S Agdestein vs J Bellon Lopez   1-0 35 2003 Gibraltar Masters A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation 59. J Shaw vs P Straub   1-0 56 2003 Gibraltar Masters B40 Sicilian 60. A Wohl vs S Sending   1-0 48 2003 Gibraltar Masters B20 Sicilian 61. C Vinas Guerrero vs M Schmitz   1-0 61 2003 Gibraltar Masters C00 French Defense 62. P Straub vs A Schmitz   1-0 41 2003 Gibraltar Masters A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System 63. P Gayson vs E Eliassen   1-0 26 2003 Gibraltar Masters B71 Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation 64. Kotronias vs Tiviakov   1-0 47 2003 Gibraltar Masters B32 Sicilian 65. S Sulskis vs McShane   1-0 91 2003 Gibraltar Masters C67 Ruy Lopez 66. Short vs B Lalic   1-0 50 2003 Gibraltar Masters B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 67. Epishin vs M Pavlovic   1-0 31 2003 Gibraltar Masters E15 Queen's Indian 68. D K Johansen vs I Thompson   1-0 31 2003 Gibraltar Masters A15 English 69. Plaskett vs J Bick   1-0 26 2003 Gibraltar Masters E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 70. U Zak vs C McNab   1-0 44 2003 Gibraltar Masters A21 English 71. R Bellin vs D J Ledger   1-0 49 2003 Gibraltar Masters A04 Reti Opening 72. E Gullaksen vs E Osuna Vega   1-0 43 2003 Gibraltar Masters C41 Philidor Defense 73. N Medvegy vs S Ledger   1-0 69 2003 Gibraltar Masters B32 Sicilian 74. Barsov vs C Vinas Guerrero   1-0 23 2003 Gibraltar Masters D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 75. J Shaw vs H Hamdouchi   1-0 60 2003 Gibraltar Masters B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack  page 3 of 4; games 51-75 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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