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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 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 84  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Barsov vs S Ledger   ½-½ 56 2003 Gibraltar Masters A46 Queen's Pawn Game 2. Korneev vs Speelman   ½-½ 51 2003 Gibraltar Masters B10 Caro-Kann 3. D J Ledger vs Z Gyimesi   ½-½ 85 2003 Gibraltar Masters B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 4. M Young vs Plaskett   ½-½ 20 2003 Gibraltar Masters C02 French, Advance 5. A Wohl vs H Hamdouchi   ½-½ 38 2003 Gibraltar Masters A00 Uncommon Opening 6. H Haugsrud vs R Bellin   ½-½ 34 2003 Gibraltar Masters C10 French 7. Plaskett vs D J Ledger   ½-½ 43 2003 Gibraltar Masters A04 Reti Opening 8. B Lalic vs M Pavlovic   ½-½ 11 2003 Gibraltar Masters D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 9. S Sulskis vs D H Campora   ½-½ 56 2003 Gibraltar Masters C45 Scotch Game 10. D Reinderman vs McShane   ½-½ 50 2003 Gibraltar Masters B33 Sicilian 11. D K Johansen vs Speelman   ½-½ 33 2003 Gibraltar Masters A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 12. J Bellon Lopez vs M Palac   ½-½ 16 2003 Gibraltar Masters A45 Queen's Pawn Game 13. Epishin vs C McNab   ½-½ 53 2003 Gibraltar Masters A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 14. C Vinas Guerrero vs I Thompson   ½-½ 50 2003 Gibraltar Masters C00 French Defense 15. Z Gyimesi vs Barsov   ½-½ 28 2003 Gibraltar Masters D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 16. Tiviakov vs Korneev   ½-½ 17 2003 Gibraltar Masters B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 17. P Cramling vs D Reinderman   ½-½ 19 2003 Gibraltar Masters E60 King's Indian Defense 18. N Medvegy vs M Tissir   ½-½ 65 2003 Gibraltar Masters B32 Sicilian 19. D H Campora vs B Lalic   ½-½ 37 2003 Gibraltar Masters B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 20. M Pavlovic vs A Wohl   ½-½ 54 2003 Gibraltar Masters A00 Uncommon Opening 21. M Palac vs D K Johansen   ½-½ 25 2003 Gibraltar Masters C07 French, Tarrasch 22. McShane vs Epishin   ½-½ 17 2003 Gibraltar Masters B40 Sicilian 23. T Luther vs Kotronias   ½-½ 24 2003 Gibraltar Masters B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 24. E Eliassen vs S W Giddins   ½-½ 12 2003 Gibraltar Masters B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 25. S Agdestein vs Barsov   ½-½ 49 2003 Gibraltar Masters C18 French, Winawer  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 84    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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