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Gibraltar Masters (2007) The 5th Gibraltar Masters was a 176-player 9-round Swiss tournament held in the Caleta Hotel, La Caleta, Gibraltar, from 23 January to 1 February 2007, as part of the Gibtelecom Gibraltar Chess Festival. Rest day: 28 January (after Round 5). Time control: 80 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 20 more minutes until the end of the game, with 60 seconds added per move from move 1. Draws by mutual agreement in under 40 moves not allowed without the agreement of the arbiter. A tie for first place to be settled in a playoff. Prize fund: GBP 56.500, with GBP 10.000 to the winner. The festival also featured four amateur tournaments (Challengers A and B, Amateurs A and B) and two Blitz events. Chief organizer: Stewart Reuben. Chief arbiter: David Welch. Games started at 3 pm (Round 9 contenders for tiebreaks: 0:30 pm). Vladimir Akopian won with 7.5/9, ahead of Areshchenko, Nakamura and Sutovsky with 7/9. Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2007021... Regulations: https://web.archive.org/web/2007020... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/akopi... BritBase: http://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pgn... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... Jonathan Speelman in The Guardian, 11 February 2007: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2... Previous: Gibraltar Masters (2006). Next: Gibraltar Masters (2008)  page 1 of 31; games 1-25 of 752  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Bradford vs K Georgiev 0-1 129 2007 Gibraltar Masters A06 Reti Opening 2. Nakamura vs K Arakhamia-Grant 0-1 100 2007 Gibraltar Masters B30 Sicilian 3. Milov vs J Bellon Lopez   1-0 49 2007 Gibraltar Masters A52 Budapest Gambit 4. I Krush vs V Akopian 1-0 53 2007 Gibraltar Masters E45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation 5. Adams vs E Paehtz 1-0 25 2007 Gibraltar Masters B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein 6. I Rajlich vs Areshchenko   ½-½ 46 2007 Gibraltar Masters E61 King's Indian 7. I Sokolov vs A Greet 1-0 31 2007 Gibraltar Masters E12 Queen's Indian 8. T Wippermann vs K Spraggett   ½-½ 25 2007 Gibraltar Masters B40 Sicilian 9. M Gurevich vs R Swinkels   ½-½ 56 2007 Gibraltar Masters A16 English 10. H Dronavalli vs Korchnoi 0-1 60 2007 Gibraltar Masters B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation 11. Sutovsky vs J V Gunnarsson 1-0 37 2007 Gibraltar Masters B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation 12. I Teran Alvarez vs Efimenko   0-1 20 2007 Gibraltar Masters B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. P Tregubov vs J Sarkar   1-0 44 2007 Gibraltar Masters E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 14. R Ris vs Ehlvest   0-1 29 2007 Gibraltar Masters D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 15. M Roiz vs A Butnorius   1-0 59 2007 Gibraltar Masters E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 16. A Aaberg vs Kaidanov   ½-½ 69 2007 Gibraltar Masters E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 17. C Walton vs A van Beek   0-1 20 2007 Gibraltar Masters C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 18. D Ippolito vs Epishin 0-1 27 2007 Gibraltar Masters A56 Benoni Defense 19. S Chanda vs S T Ansell   ½-½ 69 2007 Gibraltar Masters B32 Sicilian 20. H Grooten vs M Al-Modiahki   0-1 74 2007 Gibraltar Masters D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 21. R Felgaer vs J Houska   1-0 36 2007 Gibraltar Masters B10 Caro-Kann 22. R Bellin vs A Greenfeld   0-1 38 2007 Gibraltar Masters B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 23. Kuzubov vs T Sachdev   ½-½ 53 2007 Gibraltar Masters E58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3 24. J Dworakowska vs Andersson   ½-½ 41 2007 Gibraltar Masters C10 French 25. Speelman vs T Rendle 1-0 35 2007 Gibraltar Masters A81 Dutch  page 1 of 31; games 1-25 of 752    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 20 OF 20 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-02-07    the wolf: Same here Dr.Lecter,ended up quite average after a positive start.Look forward to see him play the top GM`s once again will probably bring out the best in him. Feb-02-07    DUS: <VishyFan> Thanks! Feb-03-07    argishti: vlad won?? yes!! go vlad go!! finally he does something i expect of him to do!! Feb-03-07    Pawsome: Speaking of players having bad tournaments, Kevin Spraggett has to have had the worst tournament of his career. He has played in Gibraltar before and has always finished near the top. This year he began the tournament rated 2633, lost in the first round and never regained his equilibrium losing and drawing to players rated as many as 300 and 400 points below him. A stunningly poor performance for a strong GM who is normally very difficult to beat. I hope all is well with him. Feb-03-07    Dr.Lecter: And what did he finish with? Feb-03-07    Dr.Lecter: Kevin, I mean. Feb-03-07    strifeknot: Adams finished only one point behind the winner Akopian, that's hardly a bad performance. Five wins in a nine-game tourney isn't shabby. He lost only one game, as did Akopian, and Akopian's defeat came courtesy of a weaker player than the one who beat Adams. Feb-04-07    Eric Schiller: <whixkeyrebel> There are weird laws, it seems no liquor can be sold for more than 10 pounds per bottle! I've never seen such low prices (6 pounds for most major brands). Only problem is that you can't carry them on board so you have to pack them, in luggage. Gibraltar is a shopping heaven for electronics and watches, too. Tell your wife! Feb-04-07    chessmoron: <EC> Just remainder, feel free to post on <chancho>'s forum for the tournament. Feb-04-07    whiskeyrebel: Eric Schiller, whoa! it's rare when the liquor laws work in one's favor. If I go I may not want to come back. Incidentally, how high up on the rock do they allow tourists to venture? Feb-04-07    ughaibu: It's a short walk to the top. Walking round the "other" side is more of a trip and scary in places. Feb-04-07    Eric Schiller: The Caleta Hotel is on the East side of the Rock at Catalan Bay, sitting on the water. You can get to the very top by csble car or steep walk. The apes often come down to play. The #4 bus goes downtown to the shopping and entertainment areas. The hotel has the best restaurant in Gibraltar and a spa. But it was a bit chilly to use the swimming pool or the beach. Google Earth has pretty good images of the hotel. We are working on next year's event already, trying to figure out where to put extra people as the Masters will probably break 200 and the amateur events are expected to grow. By the way, drinks at the opening and closing ceremonies are free! Feb-04-07    Joshka: Hi Eric!..how did Korchnoi do??...seems he must have had a poor showing? Feb-04-07    Joshka: Hi Eric! How did Korchnoi do?....must have had a poor showing?..thanks Bruce Feb-04-07    argishti: can anyone tell me why there isnt a stinking picture of the winner of this tournement (except the one) on this website: http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp... now this pisses me off. Feb-04-07    adair10: This will piss you off even more. TWIC did not even list Akopian as a leading player at Gibraltar http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twi... Feb-04-07    Eric Schiller: <Joshka> Korchnoi had a bad tournament, blowing an easy win against Bellin and struggling in many games. He didn't even win the Senior prize cleanly, having to split it. <adair> Akopian wasn't in advance publicity. He entered late because money was in prizes, not start money. He doesn't usually play without appearance fee. So he seemed to feel it was inappropriate for organizers to use his name. Fair enough, and the organizers weren't upset with him in any way. Feb-04-07    Eric Schiller: Remember, this is an open tournament with sections for amateurs (who play in the morning so they can watch the Masters. The hotel sold out this year so if you want to play next year, make sure you enter early. Dates will be about the same (last 2 weeks of January). Amateur events have two sections, one the first week and one the second, so you can just come for one week. Everything is FIDE rated and with the list going down to 1400 it is easy to get on the rating list. Hopefully next year the Chinese players will remember to get visas on time so they can play. Feb-04-07    adair10: <Eric Schiller> Sorry, but it wasn' clear to me on what conditions Akopian played. Did he get appearance fee or eventually played for prize money. Not that interested how much he makes, but did not know that players can negotiate appearance money for participating in opens. Do you know if Adams played on similar terms as Akopian? Thanks. Feb-04-07    Eric Schiller: <adair> I can't discuss details as conditions are negotiated between organizer and players. He did receive some conditions but not start money. However, he won 10,000 pounds and that's more important. Feb-04-07    adair10: <Eric Schiller: <adair> I can't discuss details as conditions are negotiated between organizer and players. He did receive some conditions but not start money. However, he won 10,000 pounds and that's more important.> Fair enough. Thanks. Feb-09-07    argishti: "Eric Schiller:" wow thats great for akopian eric. thanks for sharing the info. It still sucks his name was not mentioned anywhere. But meh, its life. Feb-26-07    Dr.Lecter: I remember there was a kibitzer named <real hitman> at the beginning of this forum who went to the masters section in Gibraltar? What became of him? Feb-26-07    Phoenix: <What became of him?> The monkeys got him. Oct-11-07    Real Hitman: No! 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