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Gibraltar Masters (2011) The 9th Gibraltar Masters was a 232-player 10-round Swiss tournament held in the Caleta Hotel, La Caleta, Gibraltar from 25 January to 3 February 2011. It was part of the Gibraltar Chess Festival, since 2011 sponsored by the Tradewise Insurance Company Ltd. 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 17.500. The festival also featured four amateur tournaments (Challengers A and B, Amateurs Week 1 and Week 2). Chief organizers: Stuart C Conquest (tournament director) and Brian Callaghan. Chief arbiter: Laurent Freyd. Games started at 3 pm (Round 10: 11 am). Number of games played: 1099. Vassily Ivanchuk won with 9/10, ahead of Short (8.5/10) and two players with 7.5/10. Nana Dzagnidze took home the top women's prize of GBP 10.000. Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2011051... Chess-Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr43699.a... Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/iva... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/gibra... BritBase: https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pg... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k5... Leonard William Barden in The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2... Previous: Gibraltar Masters (2010). Next: Gibraltar Masters (2012)  page 1 of 44; games 1-25 of 1,098  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Adams vs C Monroy 1-0 29 2011 Gibraltar Masters B12 Caro-Kann Defense 2. H Nezad vs Caruana 0-1 38 2011 Gibraltar Masters E33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 3. J Mullon vs Ivanchuk 0-1 35 2011 Gibraltar Masters C48 Four Knights 4. F Vallejo Pons vs S Melia 1-0 48 2011 Gibraltar Masters B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 5. C Vernay vs Bologan 0-1 50 2011 Gibraltar Masters A58 Benko Gambit 6. Onischuk vs I Gaponenko 1-0 30 2011 Gibraltar Masters D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 7. E F Romero vs Nisipeanu 0-1 35 2011 Gibraltar Masters B40 Sicilian 8. K Georgiev vs N Zhukova 1-0 36 2011 Gibraltar Masters E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 9. J Sarkar vs Harikrishna ½-½ 87 2011 Gibraltar Masters E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 10. Short vs A Slavin 1-0 33 2011 Gibraltar Masters E10 Queen's Pawn Game 11. K Stokke vs Fridman 0-1 36 2011 Gibraltar Masters A13 English 12. M Roiz vs D Boskovic 1-0 52 2011 Gibraltar Masters B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto 13. M Andersen vs S Chanda 0-1 52 2011 Gibraltar Masters D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 14. R Edouard vs A H Wohl 1-0 45 2011 Gibraltar Masters C60 Ruy Lopez 15. Bellon Lopez vs V Iordachescu   ½-½ 17 2011 Gibraltar Masters A45 Queen's Pawn Game 16. E Berg vs J Thomassen 1-0 30 2011 Gibraltar Masters C94 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer Defense 17. I Karim vs V Akobian 0-1 27 2011 Gibraltar Masters C14 French, Classical 18. Kotronias vs R Bellin 1-0 26 2011 Gibraltar Masters C45 Scotch Game 19. D Cummings vs G N Gopal   0-1 47 2011 Gibraltar Masters A15 English 20. V Erdos vs R S Jones 1-0 46 2011 Gibraltar Masters E70 King's Indian 21. E Karavade vs G Jones ½-½ 109 2011 Gibraltar Masters E92 King's Indian 22. R Felgaer vs M Peek 1-0 42 2011 Gibraltar Masters B58 Sicilian 23. T Kantans vs V Ikonnikov   ½-½ 29 2011 Gibraltar Masters B22 Sicilian, Alapin 24. Andersson vs A A Zaremba 1-0 41 2011 Gibraltar Masters D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 25. N Getz vs Mikhalevski ½-½ 67 2011 Gibraltar Masters C67 Ruy Lopez  page 1 of 44; games 1-25 of 1,098    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 5 OF 5 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-05-11    HeMateMe: Does "spaseba" mean its ok to get spastic? Or, is it some kind of secret code? Feb-06-11    Domdaniel: Fiendishly clever, those Russians, talking in secret code. 'Spaseba' is an expression of thanks. Commonly used in the phrase "Spaseba, Masta" when a GM teaches you a lesson. Feb-06-11    Octavia: I heard Ivanchuk go over one of his games. He said: " *** he was better ***he was better *** he made a mistake & I won." Unfortunately I can't remember the actual words or even his opponent, but it was very funny. & yes, the Elo system is flawed ! Apparently, Mr. Elo warned about it already himself. Look at chessbase to see the follow up. Feb-06-11    kingfu: spaseba is "thank you" in Russian. Feb-06-11    acirce: It's "spasibo" (спасибо) rather. Feb-06-11    kingfu: The Russians have a different letter for everything! Thanks, acirce. I guess I need to go back to school! Feb-06-11    Kinghunt: Does the prize for the best female player go to Melia, who had the most points, or to Nadezhda, who had the highest TPR? Feb-06-11    Billy Vaughan: <Does the prize for the best female player go to Melia, who had the most points, or to Nadezhda, who had the highest TPR?> Nana Dzagnidze, who had both. Feb-07-11    Bratek: http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Feb-11-11    jussu: спасибі. Not that I speak Ukrainian... Feb-15-11    yoozum: It's spelled with an O but pronounced with an A, so "spaseba" would be about right. Feb-15-11    acirce: <yoozum> It's spelled with an о so it's spelled with an o. It's not "Batvinnik", right? Apr-10-11    M.D. Wilson: Pronounced Bortvannik Korchnoi is Karchnoi Apr-10-11    jussu: <Pronounced Bortvannik > What the heck? Apr-12-11    M.D. Wilson: Yes, Bought or Bort, not Bot Apr-14-11    jussu: No. The second letter o in Botvinnik is to be pronounced very much like a in 'car', but it must very short. By the way, Wikipedia articles often contain prounounciation; so does this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhai... Apr-24-11    M.D. Wilson: You're wrong. My Russian friend says you're wrong. He'd know. Apr-24-11    alexmagnus: Well, it is kind of a very short short, reduced "a". Reduced, that is. If you simply say "Btvinnik" (with an explosive B, so that some kind of noise between B and T comes) you come closer to the true pronounciation than by either "Bo(r)tvinnik" or "Batvinnik". Apr-24-11    perfidious: <acirce: <yoozum> It's spelled with an î so it's spelled with an o. It's not "Batvinnik", right?> Another one is Boris Gulko, which is pronounced Bah-REES Gul-KO. Korchnoi is indeed Karch-NOI. Apr-24-11    Eric Schiller: It is quite simple. In Russian /o/ in unstressed position is pronounced /a/ or even reduced to schwa, just part of phonology. May-05-11    14DogKnight: just trying out my new avatar Dec-14-17    offramp: <May-05-11 14DogKnight: just trying out my new avatar> Did it work? Dec-14-17    schweigzwang: Show some patience, man. May-28-19    jith1207: How much more should one show? Aug-14-21    Tabanus: The one missing game is Gawain Jones vs Louis Sanchez 1/2 in rd. 4, which for some reason has the same game score as R S Jones vs R Soffer, 2011. Two long games were not scored by Chess-Results (affecting the standings): N Pogonina vs A Oberhofer, 2011 1-0 and D Brown vs D Collier, 2011 1/2. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 5) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 5 OF 5 ·  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. 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