Breaking chess news - Hou Yifan and Nigel Short in play-off at Gibraltar Chess Festival
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
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This is already the most exciting chess news of the year 2012 so far. Women's World Chess Champion Hou Yifan and Grandmaster Nigel Short both scored 8/10 in the Gibraltar Masters so a play-off is now required. In the final round today Hou Yifan drew her game against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov on board 1 and Nigel Short defeated Krishnan Sasikiran on board 3.
The live webcam shot of this historic chess play-off! Surely!
The play-offs have begun and you can follow live at the GibraltarChessFestival website. We are already delighted to congratulate the young teenager GM Hou Yifan for the fantastic performance at this strong open and GM Nigel Short for his flowing natural style to get to the top. Of course, historic event for talented youngster.
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Gibraltar Chess Festival R7: Hou beats Judit; Michael Adams leads
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012Hello everyone,Hou Yifan, reigning Women's World Chess Champion, has defeated World's highest-ever rated woman chess player Judit Polgar, in Gibraltar. It was their first encounter as they met in the seventh round of the ongoing Tradewise Chess Festival's Masters tournament. Meanwhile, British Grandmaster Mickey Adams is leading the tournament with 6 points out of 7 games.
Other top players in the Masters include Peter Svidler, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Michael Adams, Zoltan Almasi, Le Quang Liem, Judit Polgar and Alexei Shirov.
The 2011 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival is taking place from Tuesday, 24th January to Thursday, 2nd February 2012 at the Caleta Hotel in Gibraltar. The event is the tenth in the series held on the Rock, the second to be sponsored by Tradewise Insurance with technical support by Gibtelecom. The rate of play: 40 moves in 100 minutes plus 20 moves in 50 minutes plus 15 minutes for all remaining moves with 30 seconds per move added from the start. You can access the official website for more info.
Here is the Yifan-Judit game with Chess King. Enjoy.
[...] 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤c6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥e2 ¤ge7 7.¥f4 ¤g6 8.¤xc6 bxc6 9.¥d6 ¥xd6 10.£xd6 £e7 11.O-O-O £xd6 12.¦xd6 ¢e7 13.¦hd1 ¤f4 14.¥f3 ¦b8 15.¦6d2 g5 16.¤a4 d5 17.g3 ¤g6 18.¦e1 ¢f6 19.¥h5 ¦b4 20.¤c3 d4 21.e5+ ¤xe5 22.¤e4+ ¢e7 23.¤xg5 h6 24.¤xe6 ¥xe6 25.¦xe5 ¦d8 26.f4 ¦b5 27.¦de2 ¢f6 28.¥f3 c5 29.a4 ¦b4 30.¦xc5 ¦xa4 31.b3 ¦b4 32.¥e4 ¥g4 33.¦e1 ¦d6 34.¥d3 ¥d7 35.¦ee5 ¥e6 36.¢d2 ¦bb6 37.¦a5 ¦bc6 38.¦a4 ¦b6 39.¦e4 ¥f5 40.¦exd4 ¦e6 41.¥c4 ¦ec6 42.¦a5 ¥c8 43.¥d3 ¥e6 44.¦d8 ¥c8 45.¦ad5 ¥e6 46.¦h5 ¢g7 47.f5
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Gibraltar Chess Festival R4 - Hou Yifan among leaders
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012Hi everyone,
No one has a perfect score at the Gibraltar Chess Festival after four rounds. The top two boards were drawn and Le Quang Liem beat Ruben Felgaer. The match between Judit Polgar and Humpy Koneru ended in a draw. Swedish IM Patrik Lyrberg drew with 200-points higher rated GM Constantin Lupulescu. He had warlier draw with Alexei Shirov and beaten Eduardo Iturrizaga.
There is a huge tie on the first place: GM Hou Yifan CHN 2605, GM Adams Michael ENG 2724, GM Short Nigel D ENG 2677, GM Le Quang Liem VIE 2714, GM Laznicka Viktor CZE 2704, GM Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2700, GM Movsesian Sergei ARM 2700, GM Brunello Sabino ITA 2581, GM Gopal G N IND 2566, GM Rapport Richard HUN 2543 and GM Dzagnidze Nana GEO 2535 are all with 3.5 points.
Replay the games with computer analysis. Round 5 live broadcast starts at 15:00 CET.
Top round 5 pairings are GM Adams Michael – GM Brunello Sabino, GM Short Nigel – GM Le Quang Liem, GM Gopal G N – GM Laznicka Viktor, GM Dzagnidze Nana – GM Movsesian Sergei, GM Sasikiran Krishnan – GM Hou Yifan and GM Almasi Zoltan – GM Rapport Richard.
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Strongest-ever Gibraltar Masters begins Tuesday!
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
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The 2012 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival - including the open with the largest concentration of chess Grandmasters and players ever - begins on Tuesday, 24 January. “The Tradewise International Chess Festival is ready to play host to the greatest number of world chess players and Grandmasters ever who will compete in Gibraltar in its 10th edition,” emphasises organiser Brian Callaghan.
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The success of the tournament is down to the team both at the Caleta Hotel which has become the home of chess on the Rock, and the international team of chess arbiters etc., in the first few years headed by Stewart Rubens, and now by Stuart Conquest.
The atmosphere created over those 10 days of play has been crucial to its success. The fact that amateur chess players can sit alongside professionals has been an important ingredient in the growing popularity of the festival. Being able to eat, breathe and sleep chess every moment of the day for 10 days has also been vital, as has been the emphasis given to the women’s game. The festival has been made possible because of the belief and constant support of all the sponsors. Gibtelecom was the first major sponsor and continues on board on the technical front, but leading the sponsorship today is the Tradewise Insurance Company.
James Humphreys from Tradewise says the company is very proud of its association, as all in Gibraltar should be proud of this international Chess Festival, and the promotion of the game as a learning tool in schools locally.
“Having our name above the door to such a prestigious world event means more for Tradewise by way of supporting Gibraltar, and the dynamic individuals responsible for placing Gibraltar on such a worldwide stage, than it does for our own global recognition,” he says.
“Chess is a massive worldwide community, second only in size of federations to football, and the eyes of the world will once again be focused on Gibraltar next week. It is not surprising that the tournament has grown in size and recognition as so many have worked very hard in order to create a warm and inviting “City of Chess” that people, players and their families, want to return to again and again,” he emphasised.
Over the years the tournament has been enjoyed by a huge internet audience and has become the world leader in this area in the world of chess introducing the game to a wider audience. This has been thanks to Gibtelecom’s innovative technology and the unique, built-for-purpose webcasting suite installed at the Caleta Hotel which has brought into the arena thousands of chess enthusiasts from all over the world.
At the end of this week 57 GM’s, 11 of which are rated 2700 or over, will begin to arrive on the Rock. In all 58 federations will be playing in Gibraltar this year and Director Stuart Conquest, who continues to be bombarded with requests as the day approaches, points out that this is a considerable increase on last year, when there were only 46. This with the big names on the list is certain to make the 2012 tournament stronger than ever before and the best open anywhere in the world. Running simultaneously will be the Challengers and Amateur tournaments. It all begins next Monday 23 January with play concentrated at the Caleta Hotel. The new Gibraltar champion will emerge 10 days later on Thursday 3 February when the final will be played.
You can access the official website here.
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