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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 10; games 1-25 of 240  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Korneev vs Speelman   ½-½ 51 2003 Gibraltar Masters B10 Caro-Kann 2. Barsov vs S Ledger   ½-½ 56 2003 Gibraltar Masters A46 Queen's Pawn Game 3. N Medvegy vs Short   0-1 60 2003 Gibraltar Masters C03 French, Tarrasch 4. Tiviakov vs M Tissir   1-0 44 2003 Gibraltar Masters B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 5. R Bellin vs Epishin 0-1 25 2003 Gibraltar Masters A46 Queen's Pawn Game 6. H Hamdouchi vs U Zak   1-0 34 2003 Gibraltar Masters B25 Sicilian, Closed 7. J Bick vs Korneev   0-1 29 2003 Gibraltar Masters D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 8. M Palac vs J Radovanovic   1-0 54 2003 Gibraltar Masters B57 Sicilian 9. D J Ledger vs Z Gyimesi   ½-½ 85 2003 Gibraltar Masters B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 10. T Luther vs B Baum   1-0 36 2003 Gibraltar Masters B07 Pirc 11. E Osuna Vega vs Kotronias   0-1 31 2003 Gibraltar Masters A04 Reti Opening 12. S W Giddins vs S Sulskis 0-1 42 2003 Gibraltar Masters A37 English, Symmetrical 13. M Pavlovic vs Y Malinarski   1-0 36 2003 Gibraltar Masters B83 Sicilian 14. A Schmitz vs B Lalic   0-1 39 2003 Gibraltar Masters B22 Sicilian, Alapin 15. F R Lund vs A Cherniaev 0-1 41 2003 Gibraltar Masters A00 Uncommon Opening 16. P Cramling vs C Vinas Guerrero   1-0 25 2003 Gibraltar Masters D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 17. H Jonkman vs M Gonzalez Amaya   1-0 29 2003 Gibraltar Masters C30 King's Gambit Declined 18. C McNab vs H Haugsrud   1-0 37 2003 Gibraltar Masters A10 English 19. O B Vea vs A Wohl   0-1 31 2003 Gibraltar Masters A00 Uncommon Opening 20. A Ledger vs E Eliassen   1-0 33 2003 Gibraltar Masters B27 Sicilian 21. Speelman vs P Gayson 1-0 47 2003 Gibraltar Masters B40 Sicilian 22. I Thompson vs S Agdestein   0-1 33 2003 Gibraltar Masters A04 Reti Opening 23. McShane vs M Schmitz   1-0 24 2003 Gibraltar Masters C05 French, Tarrasch 24. S Sending vs D Reinderman 0-1 31 2003 Gibraltar Masters B33 Sicilian 25. D H Campora vs P Straub   1-0 39 2003 Gibraltar Masters B30 Sicilian  page 1 of 10; games 1-25 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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