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7th Gibtelecom Chess Festival Round 10
 

Report and Photos Courtesy
Sean Hewitt, Press Officer, Gibtelecom

Game annotations by
Sunil Weeramantry

Svidler Wins Playoff!

Peter Svidler beat Vadim Milov 2-0 in the tie-break for first place and the £15,000 winner's cheque after they finished tied on 8/10.  Nana Dzagnidze drew with Golod to secure the £6,000 women's prize.

Peter Svidler gave an excellent speech at the gala prize-giving which followed the end of the tournament on Thursday 5 February.  He revealed the secret behind his appearance in Gibraltar (other tournament organisers who want to book him, please take note): "I only came for the cricket!... I was promised net sessions - and I got net sessions... and that was excellent... that was excellent, ladies and gentlemen!"

Initially he thought his dalliance with the traditional summer game might have affected his play: "after three days enjoying myself, I thought it would all end in tears - but surprisingly it didn't."  He paid warm tribute to the tournament as a "home or family event" - and expressed the hope that he would be back soon.  The next day he went up the rock to meet the peninsula's most famous residents.  You can see and hear all of this for yourselves by click on the following video (made by Zeljka Malobabic of Monroi.com)

"I Only Came For The Cricket!"

Peter Svidler makes the winner's speech



Video of the last round and prizegiving
 

Peter Svidler (left) beat Vadim Milov 2-0 in a rapid-play tie-break for first prize.
The time limit was 10 minutes + 10 seconds per move.

Crosstable After Round 10

Rank Name Fed. Rating Score
1 GM Svidler, Peter RUS 2723 8.0
2 GM Milov, Vadim SUI 2669 8.0
3 GM Gashimov, Vugar AZE 2723 7.5
4 GM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2699 7.5
5 GM Berg, Emanuel SWE 2606 7.5
6 GM Akobian, Varuzhan USA 2619 7.5
7 GM Harikrishna, Pentala IND 2673 7.0
8 GM Dzagnidze, Nana GEO 2518 7.0
9 GM Sokolov, Ivan NED 2657 7.0
10 GM Stefanova, Antoaneta BUL 2557 7.0
11 GM Cramling, Pia SWE 2548 7.0
12 GM Socko, Bartosz POL 2631 6.5
13 GM Ganguly, Surya Shekhar IND 2614 6.5
14 GM Golod, Vitali ISR 2575 6.5
15 GM Avrukh, Boris ISR 2645 6.5
16 GM Beliavsky, Alexander G SLO 2646 6.5
17 GM Roiz, Michael ISR 2647 6.5
18 GM Gurevich, Mikhail TUR 2624 6.5
19 GM Berkes, Ferenc HUN 2651 6.5
20 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FRA 2696 6.5
21 GM Lopez Martinez, Josep Manu ESP 2540 6.5
22 IM Papp, Gabor HUN 2517 6.5
23 IM Gordon, Stephen J ENG 2524 6.5
24 IM Al Sayed, Mohamad N. QAT 2488 6.5


Java Play-Through Viewer of games annotated by FM Sunil Weeramantry

Full details can be found on the tournament website www.gibraltarchesscongress.com

Report compiled by Sean Hewitt & John Saunders with games annotated by Sunil Weeramantry.


Pairings and Standings     -     Official Site     -     Games in zipped pgn


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