Prizewinners at the 2005 Gibteleccom International Chess Tournament photographs 

 
     
 

1st=  in the Masters 
(left to right):

Kiril Georgiev 
Bulgaria 7.5 £2300

Alexei Shirov
Spain 7.5 £2300

Emil Sutovsky  
Israel 7.5 £2300

Gibraltar Minister Vinet,
Chairman of Gibtele.com

Lev Aronian  
Armenia 7.5 £2300

Zahar Efimenko Ukraine 7.5 £2300
     
 

Left to right:

 

Emil Sutovsky  
Israel          7.5    £2300

Gibraltar Minister Vinet,
Chairman of Gibtele.com

Lev Aronian 
Armenia     7.5    £2300

 
     
 

Left to right:

Kiril Georgiev 
Bulgaria     7.5    £2300

Gibraltar Minister Vinet,
Chairman of Gibtele.com

Zahar Efimenko 
Ukraine       7.5    £2300

 
     
 

                     

Daniel Gormally (left) of England receiving his 3rd and final grandmaster norm certification award from Peter Cannessa, Chief Executive of the Gibraltar Tourist Board

Danny came 6th equal with 7.0 points and won £300
     
 

 

Equal sixth place

Left to right:

Alexander Areshchenko  Ukraine 7.0    £300

Peter Cannessa, Gibraltar Tourist Board

Vasilios Kotronias                 Greece        7.0    £300

 

 
     
  Equal sixth place Hikaru Nakamura  (centre)  of the USA who scored 7.0 and won £300. On the left is Stewart Reuban, Organiser of the 2005 Gibraltar Chess Congress, on the right is Bill O'Rourke who organised and operated the website, audio commentary, game capture and transmission. 
 

Women's awards

Left to right

Lawrence Isola, Managing Director of Atlantic Suites.

Ketevan Arakhamia               Georgia      6.0    £300

Almira Skripchenko               France        6.0    £300

Iweta Radziewicz                   Poland        6.0    £300

 
     
 

Women's awards

Left to right

 

Pia Cramling                          Sweden      6.0    £300

Lawrence Isola, Managing Director of Atlantic Suites.

Viktorija Cmilyte                   Lithuania   6.0    £300

Sneaking in on the right - Pia's daughter

 
 

Best Game Prize was awarded to Emil Sutovsky for his game against Danny Gormally. Emil won £500.

 

Left to right: Stuart Conquest (who provided audio commentary throughout the tournament) with Emil.

 
 

Best non Im or Gm scores

Left to right:

Thomas Rendle            England      6.0    £150

Sponsor George Dejoisa, Managing Director of Gibmaroc Ltd.

Saleh Jasim                             UAE           6.0    £150

 

 
 

Franco Ostuni, Managing director of the Caleta, with Mario Garcia, winner of the Victor Chandler Amateur. 
 

Klaus  Kuenitz presented with his Hassan's prize for winning the two weeks combined totals across both the Saccone and Speed and Ace Gibraltars Challengers by Cecilia Bravo of Hassans. Klaus scored 6.5/10 and won £500.
 

Khaled Elamari of      (Morocco)  (right) who won the Saccone and Speed Challengers, winning £500, being presented with his cheque by....
 

George Dejoisa, Managing Director of Gibmaroc Ltd., with Mario Garcia, winner of the Gibmaroc Amateur. 
 

Brian Callaghan (owner of the Caleta, left) presents Khaled Elamari of Morocco (right) with a £500 cheque for winning the Ace Gibraltar Challengers.
     
     
 

Emil Sutovsky is forced to use his rich baritone voice to sing for his supper....
 

......while being accompanied on the piano by.....
  Stuart Reuban surrounded by Hikaru Nakamura on the right, and Hikaru's father Sunil on the left.
     
  There were too many prizes! - and it's therefore all too much for the young daughter of Juan Bellon and Pia Cramling.
     
 

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