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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 4 of 10; games 76-100 of 240  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 76. O B Vea vs P Straub   0-1 29 2003 Gibraltar Masters B23 Sicilian, Closed 77. I Thompson vs H Haugsrud   1-0 26 2003 Gibraltar Masters A10 English 78. S Sending vs C Vinas Guerrero   0-1 24 2003 Gibraltar Masters B01 Scandinavian 79. S Agdestein vs Barsov   ½-½ 49 2003 Gibraltar Masters C18 French, Winawer 80. Short vs H Hamdouchi   ½-½ 23 2003 Gibraltar Masters B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 81. S Sulskis vs Tiviakov   1-0 89 2003 Gibraltar Masters B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 82. Korneev vs T Luther   ½-½ 54 2003 Gibraltar Masters B03 Alekhine's Defense 83. Kotronias vs Speelman   1-0 38 2003 Gibraltar Masters B12 Caro-Kann Defense 84. Epishin vs A Schmitz   1-0 31 2003 Gibraltar Masters D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted 85. Plaskett vs M Palac   ½-½ 23 2003 Gibraltar Masters B23 Sicilian, Closed 86. U Zak vs Z Gyimesi   ½-½ 17 2003 Gibraltar Masters C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 87. B Baum vs McShane   0-1 39 2003 Gibraltar Masters A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 88. A Cherniaev vs M Pavlovic   1-0 39 2003 Gibraltar Masters B22 Sicilian, Alapin 89. B Lalic vs A Wohl   1-0 53 2003 Gibraltar Masters A43 Old Benoni 90. D Reinderman vs D H Campora   ½-½ 19 2003 Gibraltar Masters C66 Ruy Lopez 91. D K Johansen vs J Shaw   1-0 49 2003 Gibraltar Masters A06 Reti Opening 92. J Bellon Lopez vs I Thompson   1-0 49 2003 Gibraltar Masters A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 93. N Medvegy vs R Bellin   ½-½ 40 2003 Gibraltar Masters C28 Vienna Game 94. M Tissir vs P Cramling   ½-½ 51 2003 Gibraltar Masters B25 Sicilian, Closed 95. C Vinas Guerrero vs C McNab   0-1 51 2003 Gibraltar Masters B08 Pirc, Classical 96. E Soh vs E Gullaksen 0-1 30 2003 Gibraltar Masters C55 Two Knights Defense 97. P Straub vs A Ledger   0-1 27 2003 Gibraltar Masters B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 98. J Radovanovic vs H Jonkman   0-1 29 2003 Gibraltar Masters C67 Ruy Lopez 99. M Schmitz vs D J Ledger   0-1 23 2003 Gibraltar Masters A80 Dutch 100. S Ledger vs E Osuna Vega   1-0 40 2003 Gibraltar Masters A48 King's Indian  page 4 of 10; games 76-100 of 240    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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