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Gibraltar Masters (2010) The 8th Gibraltar Masters was a 224-player 10-round Swiss tournament held in the Caleta Hotel, La Caleta, Gibraltar from 26 January to 4 February 2010, as part of the Gibtelecom 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 knockout playoff (two 10 min + 10 sec games, and if needed an Armageddon game). First prize: GBP 15.000. The festival also featured four amateur tournaments (Challengers A and B, Amateurs A and B) and other events. Chief organizer: the English Chess Federation with Stuart C Conquest and others. Chief arbiter: Laurent Freyd. Games started at 3 pm (Round 10 contenders for tiebreaks: 10 am). Michael Adams won the event by beating Gustafsson and Vallejo Pons in the 4-player Gibraltar Masters (Tiebreaks) (2010). The top 4 players (out of 9) were decided on performance rating. Zhukova won the women's top prize of GBP 8.000. Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2010021... Standings: https://web.archive.org/web/2010021... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/gibte... BritBase: https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pg... Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lN3... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... Previous: Gibraltar Masters (2009). Next: Gibraltar Masters (2011)  page 1 of 43; games 1-25 of 1,060  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. G Camus de Solliers vs Bacrot   ½-½ 54 2010 Gibraltar Masters E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 2. Movsesian vs M Peek   1-0 42 2010 Gibraltar Masters B56 Sicilian 3. L Lovik vs F Vallejo Pons 0-1 28 2010 Gibraltar Masters C45 Scotch Game 4. Adams vs D Reizniece-Ozola 1-0 29 2010 Gibraltar Masters B07 Pirc 5. P Dittmar vs Kamsky 0-1 70 2010 Gibraltar Masters A10 English 6. Fressinet vs A Zozulia   1-0 46 2010 Gibraltar Masters B06 Robatsch 7. F Wantiez vs Fridman   0-1 36 2010 Gibraltar Masters B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 8. J Gustafsson vs G Andre   1-0 91 2010 Gibraltar Masters D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 9. E Forsaa vs S Chanda   0-1 53 2010 Gibraltar Masters B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 10. M Schoene vs Koneru   0-1 43 2010 Gibraltar Masters B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 11. R Edouard vs I Videnova-Kuljasevic   1-0 34 2010 Gibraltar Masters B30 Sicilian 12. J C Perez Pardo vs A Istratescu   0-1 36 2010 Gibraltar Masters D02 Queen's Pawn Game 13. J M Lopez Martinez vs A Stebbings   ½-½ 73 2010 Gibraltar Masters B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 14. N Getz vs G N Gopal   0-1 35 2010 Gibraltar Masters A04 Reti Opening 15. R Felgaer vs O Kozlov ½-½ 46 2010 Gibraltar Masters B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 16. P Royset vs S Halkias   0-1 94 2010 Gibraltar Masters B30 Sicilian 17. Lenderman vs N Schuetze 1-0 32 2010 Gibraltar Masters A48 King's Indian 18. K Nikolaidis vs D Lemos   ½-½ 62 2010 Gibraltar Masters A48 King's Indian 19. V Malakhatko vs A Stephan   1-0 31 2010 Gibraltar Masters D80 Grunfeld 20. A Stefanova vs M Overeem   1-0 26 2010 Gibraltar Masters E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 21. R Montero Melendez vs V Bhat 0-1 28 2010 Gibraltar Masters D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 22. O W Hartvig vs P Cramling   ½-½ 72 2010 Gibraltar Masters B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 23. A Naumann vs J Avalos Parra   ½-½ 78 2010 Gibraltar Masters D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 24. F Marchand vs Speelman   ½-½ 35 2010 Gibraltar Masters A10 English 25. Kosteniuk vs Y Duhayon 1-0 32 2010 Gibraltar Masters C58 Two Knights  page 1 of 43; games 1-25 of 1,060    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 4 ·  Later Kibitzing> Feb-04-10    whiteshark: ...won by Adams. Feb-04-10    ROADDOG: <whiteshark: Third game is an Armageddon game...> Yes, and just won by Adams. So he'll face Vallejo-Pons for the Championship. Feb-04-10    A.G. Argent: Go to http://www.livestream.com/gibraltar... for the live feed with commentary by Conquest. Feb-04-10    whiteshark: <ROADDOG> Right. Pieces have been built up for the final: http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.c... Feb-04-10    whiteshark: So Adams has won the 1st 10 min game vs Vallejo Pons from the chat: <(1-0 england....)> :D Feb-04-10    ROADDOG: Great game by Adams. All he has to do is draw game 2 to win the tournament. If Vallejo-Pons wins game 2, Armageddon again? Feb-04-10    amadeus: This livestream.com site works really well. I think we can expect more reliable transmissions from now on. Feb-04-10    aorist: Adams drew the second game and won the tournament. Congratulations! He needed this. Feb-04-10    amadeus: Congrats, Mickey :) Feb-04-10    swordfish: Congrats to Mickey for a hard-earned victory. It is a bit odd though; even as the playoffs, there are still games going on which could result in even more players ending up with 7.5 points in the tourney. Feb-04-10    siamesedream: Congratulations to Michael Adams. Feb-04-10    whiteshark: Not to big efforts from Pons in the 2nd game. In a must win situation he sacrificed a pieces for only two pawns without getting any play. Well congrats to Adams for winning 1st price, though (GBP 15,000). Feb-04-10    shalgo: <Congrats to Mickey for a hard-earned victory. It is a bit odd though; even as the playoffs, there are still games going on which could result in even more players ending up with 7.5 points in the tourney.> The organizers calculated in advance that none of the potential winners of those games could end up among the top four TPRs and therefore be part of the playoff. It does seem a bit unfair that TPR is the only factor that decides who makes the playoff when some players (Gustafsson) had 6 whites out of 10 games while others (Kamsky) had only 4. Feb-04-10    sakii: how do chess players make money ? hotel accommodation was 1000 pounds and they had to finish among top 10 to get that amount in prize. Feb-04-10    gmgomes: Go Mickey go! Feb-04-10    parmetd: sakii: The top players are generally given free entry and free hotel plus paid appearance fees. But to answer your question, most chess players out of the top100 barely make minimum wage when all is said and done. They also make most of their money from teaching and not prize money or appearance fees. Feb-04-10    turbo231: The top woman recieved 8,000 pounds runnerup 3,000. It's a shame that the greatest game that the world has ever known doesn't pay what it should. Feb-04-10    waustad: One thing I like about this tournament is that so many families participate. Looking through the player lists in the other sections, one sees a lot of last names of players in the pro section. Ana Cramling Bellon even got a win. I think she's 7. I also see several Norwegians named Carlsen and Agdestein. Last year they had a lot of pictures of parents with their kids there. It sounds like a nice way to spend a week during the Winter. Feb-04-10    dx9293: Congrats to Gata Kamsky and Alex Lenderman for finishing tied for the top spot with 7.5/10. This is Alex's 5th (!) GM norm, achieved with a TPR of 2652. His "live" FIDE rating should be about 2601 now (2560 + 18 over three already rated events, +10 more from the Golden State Open which hasn't been rated yet, +13.3 from Gibraltar). When is FIDE finally going to give him his GM title? Feb-04-10    indianchessupdates: . There was a tie for first place with 9 players with 7.5/10 points. The top four players on tie-break played off in a knockout. play off --------- Michael Adams beat Jan Gustafsson 2-1 Francisco Vallejo Pons beat Chanda Sandipan 1.5-0.5. final ------- Adams beat Vallejo 1.5-0.5 in the final of the playoff to take the title. India's Gopal also ended with 7.5 points but finished 8th on lower tie break score for more visit http://indianchessupdates.blogspot.... Feb-05-10    Chessforeva: 3D games: http://chessforeva.appspot.com/C0_p... Feb-08-10    Ezzy: Congrats to my fellow countrymam 'Mickey' Adams for winning Gibralter 2010. He han't been winning much for a while and is a good tonic for the new year ahead. He must have desperately wanted the number 1 British spot back. Feb-20-10    Tabanus: Yes, congrats to GM Michael Adams. http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.c... http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.c... Mar-17-10    SetNoEscapeOn: Not a bad result for Adams at all. +7... Aug-15-21    Tabanus: On O B Vea vs Shankland, 2010, Vea did not play in the Masters group but in Challengers A & B, see also https://ratings.fide.com/calculatio.... So who did Shankland play against in Round 1? Well, he was paired against Cyril S Sigamoney. And indeed, Sigamoney is listed as playing vs Shankland on Sigamoney's FIDE page: https://ratings.fide.com/calculatio.... But if we go to Shankland's FIDE page, https://ratings.fide.com/calculatio..., the Round 1 game vs Sigamoney is not listed! Moreover, the databases have A Bryn vs C Sigamoney, 2010 in Round 1. But Bryn was paired vs Jose Malia Ramirez in Round 1, and probably also played him, see https://ratings.fide.com/calculatio.... Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 4) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 4 OF 4 ·  Later Kibitzing> NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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