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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 9 of 10; games 201-225 of 240  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 201. McShane vs Short 0-1 46 2003 Gibraltar Masters C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd 202. T Luther vs Plaskett   0-1 38 2003 Gibraltar Masters B41 Sicilian, Kan 203. Tiviakov vs A Cherniaev   ½-½ 23 2003 Gibraltar Masters B23 Sicilian, Closed 204. D H Campora vs D K Johansen   0-1 40 2003 Gibraltar Masters B30 Sicilian 205. Speelman vs D Reinderman   ½-½ 43 2003 Gibraltar Masters B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 206. J Shaw vs H Hamdouchi   1-0 60 2003 Gibraltar Masters B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 207. A Ledger vs Korneev   1-0 76 2003 Gibraltar Masters C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation 208. B Lalic vs U Zak   1-0 65 2003 Gibraltar Masters D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 209. M Pavlovic vs S Agdestein 1-0 28 2003 Gibraltar Masters C70 Ruy Lopez 210. B Baum vs Z Gyimesi   ½-½ 26 2003 Gibraltar Masters D02 Queen's Pawn Game 211. J Bick vs R Bellin   0-1 56 2003 Gibraltar Masters A07 King's Indian Attack 212. N Medvegy vs S Ledger   1-0 69 2003 Gibraltar Masters B32 Sicilian 213. P Cramling vs E Gullaksen   ½-½ 53 2003 Gibraltar Masters A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 214. I Thompson vs M Tissir   ½-½ 72 2003 Gibraltar Masters A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System 215. H Jonkman vs A Wohl   1-0 34 2003 Gibraltar Masters C02 French, Advance 216. C McNab vs P Gayson   1-0 31 2003 Gibraltar Masters A21 English 217. S W Giddins vs J Bellon Lopez   0-1 25 2003 Gibraltar Masters A10 English 218. D J Ledger vs P Straub   1-0 40 2003 Gibraltar Masters A07 King's Indian Attack 219. B Baum vs Barsov   0-1 40 2003 Gibraltar Masters C00 French Defense 220. S Agdestein vs P Cramling   1-0 55 2003 Gibraltar Masters D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 221. D K Johansen vs Kotronias   ½-½ 27 2003 Gibraltar Masters A15 English 222. Short vs S Sulskis 1-0 46 2003 Gibraltar Masters C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 223. Epishin vs A Ledger   ½-½ 79 2003 Gibraltar Masters D97 Grunfeld, Russian 224. Plaskett vs J Shaw   0-1 41 2003 Gibraltar Masters A06 Reti Opening 225. R Bellin vs M Palac   0-1 61 2003 Gibraltar Masters B94 Sicilian, Najdorf  page 9 of 10; games 201-225 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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