2011 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival
The Competitors
As in previous years, the Masters event will feature a number of elite men and women players.
As at 19 January 2011, the following have confirmed their participation in the tournament:
(M = Masters, C1 = Challengers 1, C2 = Challengers 2, A1 = Amateur 1, A2 = Amateur 2)
New names added since previous update are highlighted in yellow. Jan 2011 ratings shown.
New names to be added to the list ....
| Name | Title | Country | Rating | Gender | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivanchuk, Vassily | bio | wiki | GM | UKR | 2764 | M | |
| Adams, Michael | bio | wiki | GM | ENG | 2723 | M | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | bio | wiki | GM | ITA | 2721 | M | |
| Vallejo Pons, Francisco | bio | wiki | GM | ESP | 2698 | M | |
| Bologan, Viktor | wiki | GM | MDA | 2693 | M | |
| Sasikiran, Krishnan | wiki | GM | IND | 2690 | M | |
| Onischuk, Alexander | wiki | GM | USA | 2689 | M | |
| Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | wiki | GM | ROU | 2678 | M | |
| Georgiev, Kiril | wiki | GM | BUL | 2669 | M | |
| Harikrishna, Pentala | wiki | GM | IND | 2667 | M | |
| Short, Nigel | wiki | GM | ENG | 2658 | M | |
| Fridman, Daniel | wiki | GM | GER | 2655 | M | |
| Roiz, Michael | wiki | GM | ISR | 2649 | M | |
| Sandipan, Chanda | wiki | GM | IND | 2641 | M | |
| Edouard, Romain | GM | FRA | 2634 | M | |
| Iordachescu, Viorel | GM | MDA | 2634 | M | |
| Berg, Emanuel | wiki | GM | SWE | 2627 | M | |
| Akobian, Varuzhan | wiki | GM | USA | 2618 | M | |
| Iturrizaga, Eduardo | GM | VEN | 2611 | M | |
| Hou Yifan | wiki | GM | CHN | 2602 | w | M |
| Kotronias, Vasilios | wiki | GM | GRE | 2599 | M | |
| Gopal, GN | wiki | GM | IND | 2597 | M | |
| Jones, Gawain | wiki | GM | ENG | 2593 | M | |
| Erdos, Viktor | wiki | GM | HUN | 2593 | M | |
| Kacheishvili, Giorgi | GM | GEO | 2585 | M | |
| Felgaer, Ruben | wiki | GM | ARG | 2585 | M | |
| Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav | GM | RUS | 2580 | M | |
| Mikhalevski, Victor | wiki | GM | ISR | 2579 | M | |
| Andersson, Ulf | wiki | GM | SWE | 2579 | M | |
| Kulaots, Kaido | wiki | GM | EST | 2577 | M | |
| Buhmann, Rainer | wiki | GM | GER | 2572 | M | |
| Fier, Alexandr | wiki | GM | BRA | 2571 | M | |
| Kosintseva, Tatiana | wiki | GM | RUS | 2570 | w | M |
| Lafuente, Pablo | wiki | GM | ARG | 2565 | M | |
| Lemos, Damian | wiki | GM | ARG | 2553 | M | |
| Kosintseva, Nadezhda | wiki | IM | RUS | 2552 | w | M |
| Le Roux, Jean-Pierre | GM | FRA | 2551 | M | |
| Dzagnidze, Nana | wiki | GM | GEO | 2550 | w | M |
| Stefanova, Antoaneta | wiki | GM | BUL | 2546 | w | M |
| Korchnoi, Viktor | wiki | GM | SUI | 2544 | M | |
| Robson, Ray | wiki | GM | USA | 2532 | M | |
| Kanep, Meelis | GM | EST | 2531 | M | |
| Rapport, Richard | wiki | GM | HUN | 2531 | M | |
| Sengupta, Deep | wiki | GM | IND | 2530 | M | |
| Cmilyte, Viktorija | wiki | GM | LTU | 2526 | w | M |
| Speelman, Jon | wiki | GM | ENG | 2524 | M | |
| Harika, Dronavalli | wiki | IM | IND | 2520 | w | M |
| Cabrera, Alexis | GM | ESP | 2518 | M | |
| Cramling, Pia | wiki | GM | SWE | 2516 | w | M |
| Hoffmann, Michael | wiki | GM | GER | 2506 | M | |
| Gallagher, Joe | wiki | GM | SUI | 2501 | M | |
| El Debs, Felipe de Cresce | wiki | GM | BRA | 2499 | M | |
| Zhu Chen | wiki | GM | QAT | 2495 | w | M |
| Zatonskih, Anna | wiki | IM | USA | 2493 | w | M |
| Soffer, Ram | wiki | GM | ISR | 2489 | M | |
| Krush, Irina | wiki | IM | USA | 2483 | w | M |
| Arghyadip, Das | IM | IND | 2479 | M | |
| Pogonina, Natalia | wiki | WGM | RUS | 2472 | w | M |
| Gaponenko, Inna | IM | UKR | 2466 | w | M |
| Bellaiche, Anthony | IM | FRA | 2458 | M | |
| Fernandez Romero, Ernesto | IM | ESP | 2453 | M | |
| Melia, Salome | IM | GEO | 2449 | w | M |
| Vernay, Clovis | IM | FRA | 2446 | M | |
| Zhukova, Natalia | wiki | GM | UKR | 2441 | w | M |
| Battaglini, Gabriel | IM | FRA | 2437 | M | |
| Molina, Roberto Junio Brito | IM | BRA | 2428 | M | |
| Monroy, Charles | IM | FRA | 2421 | M | |
| Vaibhav, Suri | IM | IND | 2421 | M | |
| Mullon, Jean-Baptiste | IM | FRA | 2420 | M | |
| Nezad, Husein Aziz | IM | QAT | 2420 | M | |
| Sarkar, Justin | IM | USA | 2418 | M | |
| Boskovic, Drasko | IM | SRB | 2418 | M | |
| Slavin, Alexei | IM | RUS | 2417 | M | |
| Stokke, Kjetil | FM | NOR | 2413 | M | |
| Andersen, Mads | FM | DEN | 2410 | M | |
| Wohl, Alex | wiki | IM | AUS | 2409 | M | |
| Debashis, Das | IM | IND | 2406 | M | |
| Thomassen, Joachim | IM | NOR | 2404 | M | |
| Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel | wiki | GM | ESP | 2404 | M | |
| Karim, Ismael | IM | MAR | 2375 | M | |
| Bellin, Robert | IM | ENG | 2367 | M | |
| Cummings, David | IM | CAN | 2366 | M | |
| Vuilleumier, Alexandre | IM | SUI | 2364 | M | |
| Jones, Richard S | FM | WLS | 2361 | M | |
| Karavade, Eesha | wiki | IM | IND | 2353 | w | M |
| Estremera Panos, Sergio | IM | ESP | 2352 | M | |
| Illner, Achim Dr | FM | GER | 2345 | M | |
| Peek, Marcel | IM | NED | 2342 | M | |
| Tabatt, Hendrik | GER | 2342 | M | ||
| Kantans, Toms | FM | LAT | 2342 | M | |
| Zaremba, Andrie | FM | USA | 2339 | M | |
| Getz, Nicolai | FM | NOR | 2334 | M | |
| Kolbus, Dietmar | IM | GER | 2332 | M | |
| Dittmar, Peter | FM | GER | 2328 | M | |
| Weber, Tom | FM | LUX | 2310 | M | |
| Estrada Nieto, Julian | IM | MEX | 2309 | M | |
| Bergstrom, Rolf | FM | SWE | 2307 | M | |
| Forsaa, Espen | FM | NOR | 2306 | M | |
| Wahlbom, Magnus | SWE | 2305 | M | ||
| Piasetski, Leon | IM | CAN | 2303 | M | |
| Nuri, Kambez | SUI | 2300 | M | ||
| Tate, Alan | SCO | 2292 | M | ||
| Stebbings, Anthony J | ENG | 2285 | M | ||
| Calzetta Ruiz, Monica | WGM | ESP | 2284 | w | M |
| Nikolaidis, Konstantinos | FM | GRE | 2284 | M | |
| Garcia Jimenez, Francisco | FM | ESP | 2274 | M | |
| Malmdin, Nils-Ake | SWE | 2272 | M | ||
| Oberhofer, Andre | GER | 2270 | M | ||
| Sipila, Vilka | FIN | 2269 | M | ||
| Montero Melendez, Rafael | ESP | 2265 | M | ||
| Sanchez, Louis | FM | FRA | 2262 | M | |
| Noaman, Omar | UAE | 2253 | M | ||
| Avalos Parra, Joao Fernando | FM | CHI | 2252 | M | |
| Chapman, Terry | ENG | 2250 | M | ||
| Al-Tamimi, Hamad | QAT | 2248 | M | ||
| Griffiths, Ryan Rhys | IRL | 2245 | M | ||
| Henriksson, Johan | SWE | 2243 | M/C1/C2 | ||
| Daurelle, Herve | FRA | 2243 | M | ||
| Meskovs, Nikita | LAT | 2243 | M/C1 | ||
| Andreasen, Per | FM | DEN | 2239 | M | |
| Elishev, Ivan | RUS | 2226 | C1/C2 | ||
| Alberto, Manuel | ANG | 2218 | M/C1/C2 | ||
| Zygouris, Hristos | GRE | 2215 | M/C1/C2 | ||
| Vea, Odin Blikre | NOR | 2214 | M/C2 | ||
| Vogel, Jaap | FM | NED | 2207 | M/C1 | |
| Jaunooby, Ali | ENG | 2207 | M/C1/C2 | ||
| Lanier, Nicholas | USA | 2203 | C1 | ||
| Byron, Alan | ENG | 2192 | M/C1 | ||
| Valgmae, Toomas | EST | 2190 | M | ||
| Urbina Perez, Jose Antonio | CM | ESP | 2189 | M/C1/C2 | |
| Jaime Montalvan, Luis Felipe | FM | ESP | 2186 | M | |
| Dougherty, Michael | FM | CAN | 2183 | M | |
| Aerni, Andi | SUI | 2182 | M/C1/C2 | ||
| Tscharotschkin, Michael | GER | 2181 | M | ||
| Arnott, Jonathan | ENG | 2176 | M | ||
| Szuper, Paul | USA | 2174 | M | ||
| Seyfried, Claus | GER | 2173 | M/C1/C2 | ||
| Lochte, Thomas | GER | 2173 | M | ||
| Groffen, Hans | NED | 2169 | M | ||
| Lasinskas, Povilas | FM | LTU | 2164 | M | |
| Erdelyi, Tamas Dr | IM | HUN | 2160 | C2 | |
| Becker, Thomas | GER | 2157 | M | ||
| Daoudi, Kamal | MAR | 2155 | M/C1/C2 | ||
| Vaarala, Eric | SWE | 2152 | M | ||
| Severijnen, Arjon | NED | 2152 | C2 | ||
| Kandic, Milan | SRB | 2143 | M/C1/C2 | ||
| Tozer, Philip | ENG | 2140 | M | ||
| Osuna Vega, Enrique | CM | ESP | 2140 | M/C1/C2 | |
| Lada, Ireneusz | POL | 2130 | C2 | ||
| Lipecki, Alexander | FA | SUI | 2126 | M/C1/C2 | |
| Heppell, Ian | ENG | 2122 | C2 | ||
| Hvenekilde, Jorgen | FM | DEN | 2121 | M | |
| Vinas Guerrero, Carlos | ESP | 2121 | M/C1 | ||
| Steil-Antoni, Fiona | WIM | LUX | 2118 | w | M |
| Fellousi, Abdelaziz | MAR | 2112 | C1/C2 | ||
| Carlsten, Peter | SWE | 2110 | M/C1/C2 | ||
| Collier, David O | ENG | 2108 | M | ||
| Dasaolu, Adeoye | ENG | 2107 | M/C1/C2 | ||
| Havik, Victor | NOR | 2107 | M/C1/C2 | ||
| Wheldon, Philip | ENG | 2106 | M | ||
| Tari, Aryan | NOR | 2097 | M/C1/C2 | ||
| Mueller, Hans-Dieter | CM | GER | 2097 | C2 | |
| Suez-Panama, Gilles | FRA | 2096 | M/C1/C2 | ||
| Navarrete Espi, Samuel | ESP | 2095 | M | ||
| Sreeves, Clement | SCO | 2093 | M | ||
| Freuler, Roman | SUI | 2092 | M | ||
| Schouten, Freek | NED | 2089 | C2 | ||
| Bous, Florian | GER | 2088 | M | ||
| Itkis, Hana | WFM | USA | 2084 | w | M |
| Pendlebury, Ian G | ENG | 2080 | C2 | ||
| Schweizer, Manfred | GER | 2075 | M | ||
| Montabord, Manuel | FRA | 2063 | M/C1/C2 | ||
| McKenna, Jason P | ENG | 2062 | M | ||
| Henderikse, Bert | NED | 2058 | M | ||
| Odeh, Kenneth | NGR | 2058? | M/C1/C2 | ||
| Fairbairn, Stephen | CAN | 2058 | M | ||
| Scholzen, Wolfgang | GER | 2057 | M | ||
| Jameson, David | WLS | 2054 | M/C1/C2 | ||
| Compton, Alistair | NZL | 2046 | M | ||
| Hamer, Martyn | ENG | 2041 | M/C1/C2 | ||
| Wilson, Alexandra | WFM | SUI | 2037 | w | M |
| Becking, Franz Josef | GER | 2029 | M | ||
| Memarian, Milad | IRI | 2028 | M | ||
| Heaton, Paul | ENG | 2027 | C2 | ||
| Haga, Halvor | NOR | 2024 | M/C1/C2 | ||
| Zanetti, Bruno | SUI | 2017 | M/C1/C2 | ||
| Lochte, Szilvia | HUN | 2015 | w | M | |
| Isherwood, Paul | ENG | 2014 | C1/C2 | ||
| Formani, Mehdi | FRA? | 2013? | M | ||
| Spanton, Tim | ENG | 2007 | M | ||
| Bauder, Herbert | GER | 2005 | M | ||
| Sommerhalder, Eric | SUI | 2000 | C1/C2 | ||
| Knudsen, Jes West | DEN | 2000 | M/C1/C2 | ||
| Campbell, Ian | ENG | 2000 | C2 | ||
| Connor, Stephen | ENG | 2000 | M | ||
| Shepherd, Michael | SCO | 1999 | M | ||
| Flores Chico, Jorge | ESP | 1999 | M | ||
| Cebada Benitez, Fernando | ESP | 1997 | M | ||
| Khachatourian, Yerazik | NOR | 1996 | w | M/C1 | |
| Phillips, Owen S | ENG | 1992 | M/C1/C2 | ||
| Marder, Simon | SWE | 1990 | C1/C2 | ||
| Hanrahan, William | GER | 1987 GER | C2 | ||
| Sigamoney, Cyril S | USA | 1978 | M | ||
| Costello, Colin A | ENG | 1975 | M | ||
| Lundback, Karl | SWE | 1969 | M/C1/C2 | ||
| De Lillo, Michele | ITA | 1964 | M/C2 | ||
| Kelly, Paul | WLS | 1957 | M | ||
| Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian | NOR | 1955 | C1 | ||
| Valhondo Morales, Ruben | ESP | 1948 | M | ||
| Hauge, Lars Oskar | NOR | 1942 | M/C1/C2 | ||
| Mehdi, Bihi | FRA | 1936 | M | ||
| Dennis, Nigel W | ENG | 1935 | C2 | ||
| Gravett, Alan D | ENG | 1933 | C1/C2 | ||
| Skopetz, Friedrich | AUT | 1933 | M | ||
| Henrichsen, Jens | DEN | 1925 | M | ||
| Brown, David | ENG | 1923 | M | ||
| Helin, Mikael | SWE | 1914 | M/C1 | ||
| Georgieva, Emilia | BUL | 1907 | w | M/C1/C2 | |
| Leimeister, Winfried | GER | 1906 | w | M | |
| Messam-Sparks, Lateefah | ENG | 1904 | w | M/C1 | |
| Moreno Cervera, Jose Luis | ESP | 1903 | M | ||
| Kuehnast, Volker | GER | 1899 | M | ||
| Boesch, Heinz | GER | 1899 | M | ||
| Wright, Jonathan | ENG | 1895 | M/C1/C2 | ||
| Birkestrand, Odd | NOR | 1894 | M | ||
| Perez Reisler, Jose | PUR | 1893 | M | ||
| Jorgensen, Line Jin | NOR | 1892 | w | M/C1/C2 | |
| Livesey, R Nigel | ENG | 1880 | C2 | ||
| Mielke, Torsten | GER | 1875 | M/C2 | ||
| Martinez Gonzalez, Francisco II | ESP | 1870 | M | ||
| Winkler, Stefan | GER | 1867 | M/C1 | ||
| Kearsley, Raymond | ENG | 1867 | A2 | ||
| Tamir, Zaky | FRA | 1861 | M | ||
| Annetts, Ivor | ENG | 1850 | C1/C2 | ||
| Collins, Alan | ENG | 1849 | A2 | ||
| Hermes, Geoff | ENG | 1848 | C1 | ||
| Gillespie, Gary | SCO | 1848 | M | ||
| Smith, David WF | GCI | 1848 | C1/C2 | ||
| Chamberlain, Mark | ENG | 1848 ENG | C2 | ||
| Reid, Vaness | WFM | AUS | 1841 | w | M |
| Fogg, Martin | ENG | 1840 | M | ||
| Salomon, Johan | NOR | 1836 | M/C1/C2 | ||
| Lee, Kai Jie Edward | SIN | 1833 | M | ||
| Wiltshire, Michael | ENG | 1832 | C2 | ||
| Gonzalez Amaya, Millan | ESP | 1817 | M | ||
| Hegvik, Leif Trygve | NOR | 1814 | M/C1 | ||
| Kennedy, Philip J | ENG | 1808 | C2 | ||
| Claussen, Tormod | NOR | 1795 | A1 | ||
| Brookfield, Toby | CM | GCI | 1793 | C1/C2 | |
| Bishop, Geoffrey L | ENG | 1791 | A1/A2 | ||
| Hannan, Peter | ENG | 1784 | A2 | ||
| Bishop, Peter | LUX | 1784 | M | ||
| Hadrych, Craig | ENG | 1784 | A2 | ||
| Gholami, Armin | NOR | 1779 | M/A2 | ||
| Flanagan, Samuel | IRL | 1776 | C1 | ||
| Mathon, Dimitrij | CZE | 1762 | C2 | ||
| Haddock, Paul | ENG | 1757 | C1/C2 | ||
| Keuneke, Hanno | GER | 1754 | A2 | ||
| Grainger, Ben | ENG | 1752 | A1/A2 | ||
| Izzard, Brian | ENG | 1744 | A2 | ||
| Rough, Robert | SCO | 1742 | M/C1/C2 | ||
| Yarur Elsaca, Daniel | CHI | 1730 | C2 | ||
| Forsa, Elise | NOR | 1726 | w | M/A2 | |
| Neumanova, Monika | CZE | 1712 | w | M | |
| Tome y Salvador, Jose Antonio | ESP | 1710 | A2 | ||
| Savage, Neil | RSA | 1682 | C1/C2 | ||
| Garcia, Mario | ENG/GIB | 1663 | A1 | ||
| Poggio, Freddie | ENG/GIB | 1658 | A1/A2 | ||
| Albrecht, Franz | GER | 1651 | A1/A2 | ||
| Raffo, Luis | ESP | 1650 ESP | A1 | ||
| McGladdery, David G | ENG | 1648 | A1/A2 | ||
| Kympergr, Vojtech | CZE | 1631 | M/C2 | ||
| Stene, Vegard | NOR | 1608 | M/A1 | ||
| Manetto, Luis | ENG/GIB | 1590 | A1/A2 | ||
| Huba, Mark | ENG | 1552 | A1/A2 | ||
| Veiga Rodriguez, Pablo | ESP | 1528 | M/A1/A2 | ||
| Whatley, Stephen A J | ENG/GIB | 1520 | M/A1 | ||
| Carlsen, Ingrid | NOR | 1511 | w | A1 | |
| O'Connell, Denis | IRL | 1470 | A2 | ||
| Navarrete Espi, Ana | ESP | 1464 | w | A1/A2 | |
| Berggren, Klas | SWE | 1463 | M/A1/A2 | ||
| Apps, Ian | ENG | 1176 | A1/A2 | ||
| Van Dongen, Edwin | NED | 1915 NED | C2 | ||
| Siddiqui, Nida Mishraz | PAK | C1/C2 | |||
| Ruiz Pastor, Jose Antonio | ESP | A2 | |||
| Rosado Gonzalez, Yoania | CUB | w | M | ||
| Yarur Rescaglio, Maria Jose | CHI | w | A2 | ||
| Elishev, Anton | RUS | A1 | |||
| Reci, Nadja | SUI | w | A1/A2 | ||
| Ungureanu, Sandu | ROU | M/C1/C2 | |||
| Feeney, Jim | ENG | A1/A2 | |||
| Apps, Matthew | ENG | A1 | |||
| Eman, Lennart | SWE | M | |||
| Nilsson, Kristoffer | SWE | A1 | |||
| Bjorn, Lasse | NOR | A1 | |||
| Salomon, Hege | NOR | M | |||
| Nilsson, Ulf | SWE | A1 | |||
| Cramling Bellon, Ana | ESP | w | A1/A2 |
