
Four-Way Tie Going Into The Last Round
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.
Top round ten results
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 |
Top standings after ten rounds (final)
# |
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 |
Play-Off : Adams Wins The Final

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
Magnus on the Rock

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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