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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 87  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Shaw vs E Soh   1-0 33 2003 Gibraltar Masters B06 Robatsch 2. Tiviakov vs M Tissir   1-0 44 2003 Gibraltar Masters B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. H Hamdouchi vs U Zak   1-0 34 2003 Gibraltar Masters B25 Sicilian, Closed 4. M Palac vs J Radovanovic   1-0 54 2003 Gibraltar Masters B57 Sicilian 5. T Luther vs B Baum   1-0 36 2003 Gibraltar Masters B07 Pirc 6. M Pavlovic vs Y Malinarski   1-0 36 2003 Gibraltar Masters B83 Sicilian 7. P Cramling vs C Vinas Guerrero   1-0 25 2003 Gibraltar Masters D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 8. H Jonkman vs M Gonzalez Amaya   1-0 29 2003 Gibraltar Masters C30 King's Gambit Declined 9. C McNab vs H Haugsrud   1-0 37 2003 Gibraltar Masters A10 English 10. A Ledger vs E Eliassen   1-0 33 2003 Gibraltar Masters B27 Sicilian 11. Speelman vs P Gayson 1-0 47 2003 Gibraltar Masters B40 Sicilian 12. McShane vs M Schmitz   1-0 24 2003 Gibraltar Masters C05 French, Tarrasch 13. D H Campora vs P Straub   1-0 39 2003 Gibraltar Masters B30 Sicilian 14. Kotronias vs P Cramling   1-0 32 2003 Gibraltar Masters B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 15. P Gayson vs K White   1-0 31 2003 Gibraltar Masters B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 16. M Tissir vs M Matto   1-0 38 2003 Gibraltar Masters C50 Giuoco Piano 17. U Zak vs O B Vea   1-0 34 2003 Gibraltar Masters B30 Sicilian 18. Korneev vs H Jonkman   1-0 55 2003 Gibraltar Masters C67 Ruy Lopez 19. Short vs A Ledger   1-0 38 2003 Gibraltar Masters C42 Petrov Defense 20. S Ledger vs M Young   1-0 17 2003 Gibraltar Masters A80 Dutch 21. B Baum vs F R Lund   1-0 90 2003 Gibraltar Masters B08 Pirc, Classical 22. Barsov vs P Gayson   1-0 30 2003 Gibraltar Masters A81 Dutch 23. I Thompson vs H Haugsrud   1-0 26 2003 Gibraltar Masters A10 English 24. H Hamdouchi vs S Ledger   1-0 58 2003 Gibraltar Masters B25 Sicilian, Closed 25. R Bellin vs M Schmitz   1-0 30 2003 Gibraltar Masters C17 French, Winawer, Advance  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 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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