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Sergei Movsesian (SVK), Paco Vallejo Pons (ESP), Michael Adams (ENG) and Jan Gustafsson (GER) were tied on 7/9 going into the tenth and final round of the Gibtelecom Masters. At this point the 'Gibraltar rules' kicked in: boards where one or both of the players can finish in a tie for first were required to start their games at 10:00 (GMT+1) in order to allow time for a rapidplay play-off at 15:00.
| 1 | GM Gustafsson, Jan | 7.0 |
½-½ |
GM Movsesian, Sergei | 7.0 |
| 2 | GM Vallejo Pons, F. | 7.0 | ½-½ |
GM Adams, Michael | 7.0 |
| 3 | GM Bacrot, Etienne | 6.5 | 1-0 |
GM Cramling, Pia | 6.5 |
| 4 | GM Bindrich, Falko | 6.5 | 0-1 |
GM Kamsky, Gata | 6.5 |
| 5 | WGM Zhukova, Natalia | 6.5 | ½-½ |
GM Fressinet, Laurent | 6.5 |
| 6 | GM Fridman, Daniel | 6.5 | 0-1 |
IM Lenderman, Alex | 6.5 |
| 7 | IM Javakhishvili, Lela | 6.5 | 0-1 |
GM Sandipan, Chanda | 6.5 |
| 8 | IM Boskovic, Drasko | 6.5 | ½-½ |
GM Koneru, Humpy | 6.5 |
| 9 | GM Narayanan Gopal | 6.5 | 1-0 |
GM Stefanova, Antoaneta | 6.5 |
| 10 | IM Kapnisis, Spyridon | 6.0 | 0-1 |
GM Cheparinov, Ivan | 6.0 |
| 11 | GM Istratescu, Andrei | 6.0 | 1-0 |
IM Krush, Irina | 6.0 |
| 12 | GM Hoffmann, Michael | 6.0 | 1-0 |
GM Felgaer, Ruben | 6.0 |
| 13 | GM Halkias, Stelios | 6.0 | 1-0 |
IM Vernay, Clovis | 6.0 |
| 14 | GM Lemos, Damian | 6.0 | ½-½ |
IM Dworakowska, Joanna | 6.0 |
| 15 | IM Cori, Jorge | 6.0 | 0-1 |
GM Malakhatko, Vadim | 6.0 |
| 16 | IM Sarkar, Justin | 6.0 | ½-½ |
GM Naumann, Alexander | 6.0 |
| 17 | FM Avalos Parra, Joao | 6.0 | 0-1 |
GM Speelman, Jon S | 6.0 |
| 18 | Ivanov, Stojan Emilov | 6.0 | 0-1 |
GM Guliyev, Namig | 6.0 |
| # | Player | Pts | Nat. | Gen | Rtng | Perf | W-We |
| 1 | GM Gustafsson, Jan | 7.5 | GER |
M |
2627 | 2769 | +1.88 |
| 2 | GM Adams, Michael | 7.5 | ENG |
M |
2694 | 2764 | +0.97 |
| 3 | GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco | 7.5 | ESP |
M |
2705 | 2726 | +0.33 |
| 4 | GM Sandipan, Chanda | 7.5 | IND |
M |
2622 | 2720 | +1.29 |
| 5 | GM Kamsky, Gata | 7.5 | USA |
M |
2693 | 2719 | +0.38 |
| 6 | GM Bacrot, Etienne | 7.5 | FRA |
M |
2713 | 2713 | +0.11 |
| 7 | GM Movsesian, Sergei | 7.5 | SVK |
M |
2708 | 2708 | +0.07 |
| 8 | GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal | 7.5 | IND |
M |
2584 | 2656 | +0.95 |
| 9 | IM Lenderman, Alex | 7.5 | USA |
M |
2560 | 2652 | +1.33 |
| 10 | WGM Zhukova, Natalia | 7.0 | UKR | F |
2462 | 2686 | +3.02 |
| 11 | GM Fressinet, Laurent | 7.0 | FRA | M |
2670 | 2666 | +0.04 |
| 12 | GM Koneru, Humpy | 7.0 | IND | F |
2614 | 2663 | +0.77 |
| 13 | GM Halkias, Stelios | 7.0 | GRE | M |
2566 | 2630 | +0.95 |
| 14 | GM Hoffmann, Michael | 7.0 | GER | M |
2508 | 2630 | +1.73 |
| 15 | GM Malakhatko, Vadim | 7.0 | BEL | M |
2549 | 2590 | +0.67 |
| 16 | GM Cheparinov, Ivan | 7.0 | BUL | M |
2660 | 2568 | -0.88 |
| 17 | GM Istratescu, Andrei | 7.0 | ROU | M |
2607 | 2554 | -0.49 |
| 18 | GM Speelman, Jon S | 7.0 | ENG | M |
2525 | 2551 | +0.56 |
| 19 | IM Boskovic, Drasko | 7.0 | SRB | M |
2454 | 2506 | +0.90 |
| 20 | GM Guliyev, Namig | 7.0 | AZE | M |
2516 | 2505 | +0.18 |
| 21 | GM Stefanova, Antoaneta | 6.5 | BUL | F |
2545 | 2614 | +1.00 |
| 22 | GM Fridman, Daniel | 6.5 | GER | M |
2654 | 2613 | -0.45 |
| 23 | GM Bindrich, Falko | 6.5 | GER | M |
2512 | 2583 | +1.04 |
| 24 | GM Cramling, Pia | 6.5 | SWE | F |
2528 | 2546 | +0.38 |
| 25 | IM Hirneise, Tobias | 6.5 | GER | M |
2421 | 2541 | +1.66 |
| 26 | GM Naumann, Alexander | 6.5 | GER | M |
2525 | 2535 | +0.31 |
| 27 | IM Javakhishvili, Lela | 6.5 | GEO | F |
2493 | 2535 | +0.75 |
| 28 | IM Shankland, Samuel L | 6.5 | USA | M |
2491 | 2535 | +0.68 |
| 29 | GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 6.5 | RUS | F |
2523 | 2519 | +0.05 |
| 30 | GM Lemos, Damian | 6.5 | ARG | M |
2556 | 2491 | -0.64 |
| 31 | GM Dzagnidze, Nana | 6.5 | GEO | F |
2506 | 2488 | -0.02 |
| 32 | IM Harika, Dronavalli | 6.5 | IND | F |
2471 | 2478 | +0.35 |
| 33 | GM Bhat, Vinay S. | 6.5 | USA | M |
2540 | 2477 | -0.64 |
| 34 | IM Cmilyte, Viktorija | 6.5 | LTU | F |
2489 | 2445 | -0.36 |
| 35 | GM Siebrecht, Sebastian | 6.5 | GER | M |
2468 | 2427 | -0.34 |
| 36 | IM Sarkar, Justin | 6.5 | USA | M |
2378 | 2408 | +0.51 |
| 37 | WIM Cori T., Deysi | 6.5 | PER | F |
2412 | 2393 | -0.05 |
| 38 | WGM Karavade, Eesha | 6.5 | IND | F |
2405 | 2360 | -0.38 |
| 39 | WGM Reizniece, Dana | 6.5 | LAT | F |
2341 | 2359 | +0.33 |
| 40 | IM Nezad, Husein Aziz | 6.5 | QAT | M |
2408 | 2312 | -0.99 |
| 41 | IM Dworakowska, Joanna | 6.5 | POL | F |
2374 | 2273 | -1.05 |
The winner after play-offs: GM Michael Adams
English grandmaster Mickey Adams has won the 8th Gibtelecom Masters after a four-player play-off. He did it the hard way, losing the first game of his semi-final against German GM Jan Gustafsson and having much the worst of the second game before Gustafsson blundered a piece. There followed an Armageddon game, with Adams obliged to win, which he did in some style. [Click to replay]
The second finalist in the play-offs: Paco Vallejo Pons, Spain
In the other semi-final Paco Vallejo Pons of Spain won his first game quite comfortably against Sandipan Chanda of India. He was comfortable in the second game but Sandipan fought back to the point where he should have won, only the make a terrible blunder which cost him the win. [Click to replay]
Eliminated by Vallejo: Indian GM Sandipan Chanda
The final saw Adams in his best form, soon securing a strong advantage which he carried through to victory. In the return, Vallejo Pons got a bad position but his attempt to mix the game up cost him a piece and he could only draw. The two-game mini-matches were played at a time control of 10 minutes with 10 second increments and the Armageddon game at 5 minutes to 4. [Click to replay]
Eliminated by a blunder against Adams: German GM Jan Gustafsson
Information and photos by John Saunders
After winning Wijk aan Zee Magnus Carlsen flew to Gibraltar to visit friends
(like Odin Blikra Vea of Norway)
Magnus and his sister Ingrid with the famous Gibraltar monkeys
Easy to tell they are siblings, right?
Photos of Magnus by Zeljka Malobabic of MonRoi
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