"The annual Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival has established
itself as the most prestigious open tournament in the world" -
THE
SUNDAY TIMES
Sunday 29 April 2012
The organisers of the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival are
pleased to announce that next year's event will run from
Monday, January 21 to Thursday, January
31, 2013. Further details to follow soon.
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This event will take place from Friday 17 August to
Monday 20 August 2012.
Competitors will arrive on 16
August and depart on 21 August (five nights'
stay). The event will be run under the auspices
of the English Chess Federation.
The prize fund
total is £7,500.
There are main two categories: a) open to competitors
aged under 16 on 1 January 2012 (i.e. born in 1996
or later); b) open to competitors aged under 12 on 1
January 2012 (i.e. born in 2000 or later).
The Gibraltar Junior International Chess Festival
takes place in August each year. The venue is
the Caleta Hotel and follows the successful pattern
of the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival, offering
some good and very competitive chess-playing
opportunities with an equally strong social, fun and
educational programme.
Nigel Short wins the Tradewise
Gibraltar Masters
Congratulations to Nigel Short who has won the Gibraltar Masters
following a tense but exhilarating play-off against Women's
World Champion Hou Yifan. Nigel won the play-off 1½-½.
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Nigel Short receives his winners trophy and cheque for £20,000 from
Tradewise CEO James Humphreys. Nigel also won the Commonwealth prize
of £5000 which was awarded in celebration
of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. All players from Commonwealth
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Tuesday 31 January 2012
The 10th Tradewise Gibraltar Festival ended yesterday at the Caleta Hotel
with England’s Nigel Short winning the tournament for a record third time
after tying for first with tournament sensation Hou Yifan of China and then
winning a pulsating rapidplay play-off by
1½-½. Short and Hou Yifan had
finished on 8/10, with Michael Adams (England), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
(Azerbaijan), Viktor Bologan (Moldova), Emil Sutovsky (Israel) tying for
third place on 7½ points.
For winning, Nigel Short netted the £20,000 first prize and also
the £5,000 special prize (set up in honour of HM Queen
Elizabeth’s diamond jubilee) for the best placed Commonwealth
competitor ... [...
full report continues here]
A break down of all
the top boards, with webcams and player post-game interviews.
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Simon is a grandmaster and author from
England.
He became an IM in 1998 and a GM in 2008.
In 2009, he organised the Big Slick
International in Purley, London, which comprised an invitational
GM tournament and FIDE Rated Open.
He was joint winner (with Gawain Jones) of
the London Chess Classic FIDE Rated Open in December 2010.
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01.02.12 -
See how Women's
World Champion Hou Yifan prepares for her games.
Hou Yifan, leads the
Masters with 7½/9 having beaten four players rated
2700 or over including the the highest rated female player of all time, Judit Polgar. She will play on board 1 today against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.
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Board 1 |
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Board 3 |
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Board 4 |
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Board 5 |
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Hou Yifan v
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Bologan v Adams |
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Sasikiran v Short |
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Movsesian v
Svidler |
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Gustafsson v
Almasi |
Already the winner of the top female prize of £10,000, Hou Yifan
has the opportunity to also win the first
prize outright of £20,000. However,
several players will
have something to say about that when the final round starts
here in Gibraltar at 11.00 this morning! Watch the games
LIVE.
IM Anna
Zatonskih
A fascinating
game, and brain twisting puzzles.
GM Shirov
shows win over GM Jussupow
Grandmaster Shirov during
the live commentary in Gibraltar, and this fantastic game, a
sure candidate for the "Best Game" Prize.
Round 8 -
Shirov, Jussupow, Hou Yifan, Le Quang Liem
Excerpt from
the Gibraltar Chess Festival live commentary: The exciting climax of Round 8
with dual-game commentary on Hou Yifan vs. Le Quang Liem and Artur Jussupow
vs. Alexei Shirov. GM Simon Williams comments.
Tuesday 31 January 2012
Today the 17 year-old Chinese Women’s World Champion Hou Yifan played against the highest rated woman
player of all time, Judit Polgar, from Hungary. They
had never played against each other before, indeed
not even taken part in the same section of a
tournament. [continue
reading]
Monday 30 January 2012
Women's World Champion Yifan Hou (China) rated 2605 played white
against Judit Polgar (Hungary) 2710, the highest-ever rated woman player in
the history of the game.
Hou Yifan is the reigning Women's World Champion and the youngest ever to
win the title.
Judit is by far the strongest female chess player of all time.
They had never previously met as Judit doesn't play in women only events
and it is some years since she played in an open tournament. Both players
have 4½/6.
Monday 30 January 2012
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Stuart Conquest
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Governor of
Gibraltar Sir Adrian Johns |
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The Governor of Gibraltar Sir Adrian Johns
visited the 2012 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival
today.
Sir Adrian was met by organiser Brian
Callaghan and director Stuart Conquest. Also there
to meet him was John Isola from Anglo Hispano one of
the main sponsors of the Festival, and Joe Hernandez
from the Gibraltar Sport Authority which has always
supported the event.
Sir Adrian was shown around both chess halls at
the Caleta Hotel.
He paused to view the main boards
and especially the historic game between Hou Yifan
and Judit Polgar.
Report continues here
17.01.12 -
Gibraltar postage stamps have always played a
very important role in marking anniversaries, commemorating outstanding
accomplishments and documenting local and international events.
The Gibraltar Chess Festival in its tenth edition has now firmly established
itself as the most prestigious open tournament in the world therefore
becoming one of Gibraltar’s most important sporting events of all time.
Gibraltar is therefore delighted to pay tribute to the Festival with the
issue of a set of Gibraltar stamps that have been officially approved by the
Gibraltar Government and Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II.
