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Gibraltar Masters (2012) The 10th Gibraltar Masters was a 256-player 10-round Swiss tournament held in the Caleta Hotel, La Caleta, Gibraltar, from 24 January to 2 February 2012, as part of the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival. Time control: 100 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 50 more minutes for the next 20 moves, then 15 more minutes until the end of the game, with 30 seconds added per move from move 1. A tie for first place to be settled in a playoff. First prize: GBP 20.000. The festival also featured several amateur tournaments (Challengers A and B, Amateurs A and B, and others). Tournament director: Stuart C Conquest. Chief arbiter: Laurent Freyd. Games started at 3 pm (Round 10: 11 am). Number of games played: 1250 + 2 = 1252. Nigel Short won the event after 8/10 and then defeating Yifan Hou 1½-½ in the Gibraltar Masters (Tiebreak) (2012). Yifan Hou beat Judit Polgar in their game and also took home the top women's prize, and the junior prize. Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2012021... Chess-Results: https://chess-results.com/tnr63931.... Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/gib... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/hou-y... BritBase: https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pg... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... Previous: Gibraltar Masters (2011). Next: Gibraltar Masters (2013)  page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 287  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Shirov vs P Lyrberg ½-½ 68 2012 Gibraltar Masters E10 Queen's Pawn Game 2. Iturrizaga Bonelli vs S T Ansell   ½-½ 42 2012 Gibraltar Masters A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 3. G N Gopal vs N Georgiadis   ½-½ 45 2012 Gibraltar Masters E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 4. Rapport vs I Ben Artzi   ½-½ 33 2012 Gibraltar Masters A37 English, Symmetrical 5. H Tabatt vs N Kosintseva   ½-½ 61 2012 Gibraltar Masters D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 6. N Dzagnidze vs S Swaminathan   ½-½ 47 2012 Gibraltar Masters E60 King's Indian Defense 7. N Huschenbeth vs T Chapman   ½-½ 61 2012 Gibraltar Masters B12 Caro-Kann Defense 8. R Kulkarni vs M Kanep   ½-½ 45 2012 Gibraltar Masters B22 Sicilian, Alapin 9. M Womacka vs J Urbina Perez   ½-½ 59 2012 Gibraltar Masters B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 10. O Dolgova vs N Khurtsidze   ½-½ 68 2012 Gibraltar Masters E10 Queen's Pawn Game 11. J Kleinert vs J Kyas   ½-½ 35 2012 Gibraltar Masters B22 Sicilian, Alapin 12. M Tscharotschkin vs J Salomon   ½-½ 31 2012 Gibraltar Masters B22 Sicilian, Alapin 13. S Marano vs P Vanparys   ½-½ 34 2012 Gibraltar Masters B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 14. J Zachariassen vs A J Walton   ½-½ 44 2012 Gibraltar Masters A10 English 15. C Allor vs S Jablon   ½-½ 73 2012 Gibraltar Masters C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 16. M Bihi vs A Ranaivoharisoa   ½-½ 42 2012 Gibraltar Masters B30 Sicilian 17. M Kandic vs S Puroila   ½-½ 41 2012 Gibraltar Masters C42 Petrov Defense 18. M Yurenok vs D Andersen   ½-½ 66 2012 Gibraltar Masters A90 Dutch 19. S Riiser vs D Jameson   ½-½ 32 2012 Gibraltar Masters E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 20. S Marder vs K Becham   ½-½ 64 2012 Gibraltar Masters A45 Queen's Pawn Game 21. A Collins vs P Carlsten   ½-½ 32 2012 Gibraltar Masters B32 Sicilian 22. J Campos Calvo-Sotelo vs W Elias   ½-½ 49 2012 Gibraltar Masters A00 Uncommon Opening 23. M Neumanova vs E Sos Andreu   ½-½ 23 2012 Gibraltar Masters E88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6 24. A Yusupov vs Svidler   ½-½ 30 2012 Gibraltar Masters D79 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line 25. Vachier-Lagrave vs A Zatonskih   ½-½ 40 2012 Gibraltar Masters C07 French, Tarrasch  page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 287    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 14 OF 14 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-03-12    s4life: <frogbert: hm... what about when the difference in performance 91 points instead of only 41 points then? i guess s4life must have considered it <very> unfair that naka got the 1st prize back in 2008.> I don't remember the tiebreaks with Ponomariov but I remember the one Bu Xiang Zhi lost .. I thought it was a travesty at the time, I might not have posted then as I don't post often anyway... but it was equally absurd then as it is now. Feb-03-12    Riverbeast: Every tournament has different formats Everybody knows the rules going in...If you don't like it, don't play in the tournament Hou said herself that she doesn't have a preference, that players should prove themselves the best at all formats I'm guessing she probably doesn't focus on blitz nearly as much as her classical game....Unless she plays on ICC or playchess under an anonymous handle? Next time she plays in a tournament with a blitz playoff, maybe she should practice with some more blitz games.... Feb-03-12    Ezzy: 'At the end of the day' it's a great tournament and attracts very strong players, male and female. The organisers should be commended rather than criticised. (So I'm not going to anymore) People travel from all over the world for these tournaments, so there should be good prizes for most. The organisers have done a fantastic job to make it one of the worlds premier opens. Feb-03-12    Riverbeast: I would like to play in this thing! A guy I know (won't mention his name) played in the Open, and got to play three Super GMs Feb-03-12    frogbert: riverbeast, i'm not really arguing anyone, neither strawmans nor anybody else. i'm just pulling a few legs, for fun. :o) Feb-03-12    waustad: <ezzy> Short also won the Commonwealth prize, so he won the most. Feb-04-12    LIFE Master AJ: Short wins! Yea. Feb-04-12    Ezzy: <waustad: <ezzy> Short also won the Commonwealth prize, so he won the most.> Yes, I just heard that. As an ex president of the Commonwealth Chess Fedeation, perhaps he deserves it. Or at least donate the money back to the Commonwealth Chess Federation. Can't see him doing that though :-) Nigel with the Gibralter Masters Trophy. http://www.chessbase.com/news/2012/... Feb-05-12    LIFE Master AJ: Yifan Hou ... not quite ready to take on the world, not just yet. Feb-05-12    positionalgenius: Nice to see Adams play well again. Feb-05-12    LIFE Master AJ: <Feb-05-12 positionalgenius: Nice to see Adams play well again.> I agree with that, Mickey might have a bad tournament now and then, but he is a great player ... and I am a fan of this player. IF YOU ARE A GM ... and someone approaches you ... and says: "Do you want to play my super-computer?" (Hydra) ... I think the wise answer is, "Gee! No thanks!!!" Feb-05-12    LIFE Master AJ: CONGRATS to Nigel Short AND Yifan Hou ... both players had a fantastic tournament! (I think that the lady player gained like a thousand points.) Feb-06-12    Ladolcevita: I just saw a recent live rating chart of top female players in a Chinese chess forum,and I found it really noteworthy that nearly all the female participants in Gibraltar Masters have picked up substantial points(Judit was like one point down,but it is only natural for she's already over 2700,thus less rating benefit compared with other female players). Maybe the gender difference over the chess board is not so significant as many people tend to presume,it is perhaps about something more artificial such as the fact that there are much fewer women chess players,and women players might have to go back to family,have kids and suchlike during the prime when their male counterparts are about to embrace their most splendid phase in career...I mean men and women do have much difference in nature,but I doubt that there is so much that there's only Judit over 2700 and only Yifan and Koneru over 2600... And also my congrats to Short and Yifan!Brilliant performance! Feb-06-12    The17thPawn: I wonder what Nigel's live rating is after this brilliant result? Feb-06-12    Ezzy: <The17thPawn: I wonder what Nigel's live rating is after this brilliant result> Nigel Short was rated 2677. He gained 20 Elo points from gibralter, so moves to 2697. Feb-06-12    AlphaMale: <How Tony Blair tried to give Gibraltar to Spain to curry favour with the European Union Tony Blair wanted to hand Gibraltar over to Spain because it was an “obstacle” to Britain’s closer relationship with the European Union, according to a former minister.> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/d... Feb-11-12    kingscrusher: I used my last Chessbase radio show to check out some of Nigel Short's wins in this tournament: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOpw... Cheers, K Dec-27-12    waustad: With 5 2700+ players this year, Short may find it difficult to repeat, since he is the 9th highest rated player. Here is the list of players for the 2013 edition: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.c... It promises to be a fun event to watch. Dec-27-12    Blunderdome: I hope they are still adding players. Yifan isn't signed up yet. Dec-28-12    Refused: <Blunderdome: I hope they are still adding players. Yifan isn't signed up yet.> Yifan plays in Wijk A in 2013. Assuming she can't be in two places at the same time, she won't play Tradewise in 2013. Wijk starts January 12th and lasts till January 27th. Tradewise Gibraltar starts January 20th and ends January 31st. Dec-28-12    perfidious: Maybe they'll add <Blunderdome> to Tradewise. Dec-28-12    Blunderdome: Maybe they'll add me to Wijk :P Dec-28-12    perfidious: <Blunderdome> But which section? That is the question which has plagued the sages of the ages. Dec-28-12    Blunderdome: I always thought there should be a "perfidious" section. I'd play in that one. Dec-28-12    waustad: Yes, I'm looking to travel during a Tata rest day before Gibtel starts. I haven't tried following European chess from the West Coast much. I may just see games later more than usual. I may also just say &%$# it and go walk around because it isn't snowing/cold/ugly out. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 14) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 14 OF 14 ·  Later Kibitzing> NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. No cyberstalking or malicious posting of negative or private information (doxing/doxxing) of members. No trolling. 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