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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 Fernandez 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 Wohl |
| 1-0 | 45 | 2011 | Gibraltar Masters | C60 Ruy Lopez |
| 15. J 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 |
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| Feb-03-11 | | paavoh: A tight contest between Bologan and Short in the final round. See: http://www.chessdom.com/news-2011/g... |
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| Feb-03-11 | | Marmot PFL: <Incorrect GBKnight as Ivanchuk TURNED down an invitation to Corus A to play at Gibraltar. Why? Dunno, might be he got better conditions at Gibraltar or maybe he just got that invite first and accepted it before the Corus invite came.> Possibly Gibraltar promised Ivanchuk a good appearance fee as an inducement for other players to enter the event. Also the 1st prize is higher and there are less rounds to play. |
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| Feb-03-11 | | percyblakeney: Impressive by Ivanchuk, 9/10 against rather strong opposition. His highest rated opponents were 2721, 2658, 2655, 2649, 2599 and 2593, and he won against all of them. |
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Feb-03-11
 | | Domdaniel: Brilliant commentary by Ivanchuk on his last-round game. Total masterclass stuff, with real insight into that amazing brain. GM Simon Williams, no slouch himself, just sat there looking awestruck. Even in a relatively clear and simple position, Ivanchuk constantly evaluates many different lines -- some wild and weird in classic Chuky mode, others just leading to better endings. Wonderful. Short's 2nd place is impressive too. A reminder of just how strong these guys are compared to 'ordinary' GMs. And (along with Korchnoi's win vs Caruana) a sign that the slightly older GMs know a trick or three. Great tournament, with far more variety than the elite events. |
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| Feb-03-11 | | anandrulez: Is that video replayable ? Where to check it out . |
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| Feb-03-11 | | Chesschatology: Short Wins against Bologan! |
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| Feb-03-11 | | acirce: <If you are in the top dozen, on aggregate, it's better to play (and drawing) in this group of the good dozen leading players than to risk draws & defeats against quite lower rated / ranked player, it's mathematics, especially as long as you are only first (dozen) among equals.> Ok, so you are suggesting that the rating system is badly flawed. I disagree. It's not perfect, but it's good enough. |
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| Feb-03-11 | | acirce: If you are 2800, you are supposed to perform 2800 and thus keep your rating regardless of the level of your opposition. Some players tend to overperform against low-rated opposition, others to underperform. But it's nothing to do with "mathematics". |
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| Feb-03-11 | | PhilFeeley: I expected both Krush and Zatonskih to win, but Krush lost. |
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Feb-03-11
| | Domdaniel: <anandrulez> I don't think it's replayable yet - I saw it live about 20-30 mins ago, but then the games ended and the commentary channel went offline. I hope it returns later. He's just *so* good. |
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| Feb-03-11 | | stanleys: Georgiev wins and should get a prize as well as Nisipeanu who won a nice game against Kanep |
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| Feb-03-11 | | waustad: <kinghunt> I think she already had the 3 norms she needed. She'll get the GM title during the next FIDE meeting. |
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Feb-03-11
 | | kingscrusher: Thankfully Day 10 live commentary is recorded:
http://www.livestream.com/gibchess/... |
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| Feb-03-11 | | Kinghunt: <waustad: <kinghunt> I think she already had the 3 norms she needed. She'll get the GM title during the next FIDE meeting.> I saw that last night. I'd forgotten about Ningbo. But I was surprised to see that the Olympiad counted. Can you really get a GM norm from an event where you only play a single grandmaster? |
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| Feb-03-11 | | Maatalkko: Chucky was scarier than his namesake doll in this tourney! 2964 performance, +8 =2 -0, live rating up to 2778 (once the Fridman game is added), and first prize on the beautiful island of Gibraltar! Anyone know what the prize fund was? Passing up Tata for this tournament was an out-of-the-box move, but it certainly seems to have been the right one. |
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| Feb-03-11 | | anandrulez: Ivanchuk video is at approx 30 mins in the above link. Thanks kingcrusher |
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Feb-03-11
| | kingscrusher: Ivanchuk playlist courtesy of Jessicafischerqueen :
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_li... |
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| Feb-03-11 | | Marmot PFL: <The new primary sponsors, Tradewise Insurance Company Ltd, have enabled the prize fund to be increased to £126,000, with £17,500 going to the winner of the Gibraltar Masters, £10,000 to the top woman scorer and two extra rating prizes (of £2,000 and £1,000) being awarded to each of two further rating bands (2000-2099 and under 2000) in the Masters.> I guess that is 17,500 British pounds, which is what in dollars, about $25,000? |
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| Feb-03-11 | | Marmot PFL: $28,231.98 actually, as of 2/3. |
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| Feb-03-11 | | GlennOliver: Well played to Ivanchuk!
And a fantastic performance by Nigel Short - not only a 2800+ tournament rating but, as ever, deeply insightful and innovative play. |
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| Feb-03-11 | | smaragdus: Congratulations to Ivanchuk, the most talented of all players nowadays. I suppose his notorious ups and downs are due to the great number of games he is playing anually, compared to Anand, Kramnik, Topalov and even Carlsen he is playing incessantly, all over the globe, maybe because he simply loves chess and does not care for titles that much. |
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| Feb-03-11 | | Bobwhoosta: I for one would like to have seen Ivanchuk in form like this at Tata!!! But all in all, an amazing performance and a demonstration (yet again) of the genius of Ivanchuk. Congratulations!!! |
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Feb-03-11
 | | perfidious: <MarmotPFL> That blows my mind in a way-some of the finest talent you'll see anywhere and it's only good for $28K! When I won a $500 poker tourney in 2002, my share was $41,000. While it's true that some great players were in that field, it wasn't the equivalent of facing a ton of 2600+ GMs. Hats off to Ivanchuk and Short; in the case of the latter, it isn't every day that 8.5/10 is good for less than outright first place, as normally the tendency is to play it safe, at least in my experience of playing fields of open Swisses with multiple GMs and rather less prize money (~$10-15K to first place). |
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Feb-03-11
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Feb-03-11
 | | HeMateMe: Is Tradewise a multinational of some sort? Do they sponsor a big Open here each year? |
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