2011 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival
Prizes
*** Total of £126,000 in prizes!! ***
Gibraltar Masters Prizes
| Open To All | Prizes for best relative rating achievement | ||||
| 1st Prize | £17,500 |
Rating Band |
1st Prize |
2nd Prize |
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| 2nd Prize | £10,000 |
2500-2599 |
£3,000 |
£2,000 |
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| 3rd Prize | £8,000 |
2400-2499 |
£2,000 |
£1,000 |
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| 4th Prize | £6,000 |
2300-2399 |
£2,000 |
£1,000 |
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| 5th Prize | £4,000 |
2200-2299 |
£2,000 |
£1,000 |
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| 6th Prize | £3,000 |
2100-2199 |
£2,000 |
£1,000 |
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| 7th Prize | £2,500 |
2000-2099 |
£2,000 |
£1,000 |
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| 8th Prize | £2,000 |
Under 2000 |
£2,000 |
£1,000 |
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| 9th Prize | £1,500 |
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| 10th Prize | £1,250 |
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| 11th Prize | £1,000 |
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| 12th Prize | £1,000 |
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A player may not win more than one complete prize from the table above. In addition a woman may not win more than one complete prize from the Women's awards.
Best Game Prize: £1,000
Seniors (60 or over on 1 January 2011) £1,000
Juniors (Under 18 on 1 January 2011) £600 • £500
No player may win more than one of the above prizes.
Women's Awards
| Women's Awards in Gibraltar Masters | |
Open to all Women |
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| 1st Prize | £10,000 |
| 2nd Prize | £5,000 |
| 3rd Prize | £3,000 |
| 4th Prize | £2,500 |
| 5th Prize | £2,000 |
| 6th Prize | £1,500 |
| 7th Prize | £1,000 |
| 8th Prize | £500 |
| 9th Prize | £400 |
| 10th Prize | £350 |
- If there is a tie for the top women’s prize, the tie is resolved in favour of the woman with the highest performance rating, who will receive the prize of £10,000.
- All other prizes will not be subject to a tie-break and prize money other than the first prize will be divided equally amongst the players.
Challenger Tournaments
- Eligibility: players with FIDE ratings under 2250 or unrated.
- Rate of play: all the moves in 110 minutes plus 10 seconds per move added from the start. The games rarely last more than four hours.
- Competitors can play in and win a prize in the Masters as well as a morning event.
| Challenger A - Week 1 | Challenger B - Week 2 | |||
| 1st Prize | £2,000 |
1st Prize | £2,000 |
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| 2nd Prize | £1,000 |
2nd Prize | £1,000 |
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| 3rd Prize | £500 |
3rd Prize | £500 |
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| 1950-2049 | £500 |
1950-2049 | £500 |
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| Under 1950 | £500 |
Under 1950 | £500 |
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| Unrated Player | £500 |
Unrated Player | £500 |
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| Gibraltar Prize | £150 |
Gibraltar Prize | £150 |
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No player may win more than one prize in any Challenger or Amateur Tournament.
Amateur Tournaments
- Eligibility: players with FIDE ratings under 1800 and nationally rated players of under 1800, ECF grade 150, or unrated players.
- The right is reserved to place players in a Challenger tournament if thought unsuitable for the Amateur.
- An outright winner of the first-week Amateur tournament will be promoted to the second-week Challenger tournament.
- Rate of play: all the moves in 110 minutes plus 10 seconds per move added from the start.
- The games rarely last more than four hours and competitors can play in and win a prize in the Masters as well as a morning event.
- No player may win more than one prize in any
Challenger or Amateur Tournament.
| Amateur - Week 1 | Amateur - Week 2 | |||
| 1st Prize | £1,000 |
1st Prize | £1,000 |
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| 2nd Prize | £600 |
2nd Prize | £600 |
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| 3rd Prize | £400 |
3rd Prize | £400 |
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| 4th Prize | £200 |
4th Prize | £200 |
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| Gibraltar Prize | £100 |
Gibraltar Prize | £100 |
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RIGHT OF REFUSAL
The organizers shall reserve the right of refusal to any participant without assigning a reason.
