2014-02-06

Winner of Gibraltar Chess Festival is GM Ivan Cheparinov


After a series of tie-break matches, the winner of the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2014 is the Bulgarian GM Ivan Cheparinov.



The Gibraltar Chess Festival took place from 27th January to 6th February 2014 in Gibraltar. It was played as a 10-round Swiss tournament in several categories: Matsers, Challengers, Amateurs.

The Festival was accompanied by other special events such as
  • simultaneous displays;
  • a series of Masterclasses with popular GMs;
  • a Battle of the Sexes rapid match won by the Women's team (2-0);
  • blitz pairs event.

Final results - MASTERS

The top performers:
Rk.SNo
NameFEDRtgPts. TB1 Rpwwew-weKrtg+/-
13GMIvanchuk VassilyUKR27398.02846283786.611.391013.9
24GMVitiugov NikitaRUS27378.0283228257.56.481.021010.2
317GMCheparinov IvanBUL26728.02742273787.120.88108.8
42GMVachier-Lagrave MaximeFRA27457.5280727987.56.620.88108.8
513GMRodshtein MaximISR26827.5278027767.56.131.371013.7
614GMLi Chao BCHN26807.5273527317.56.670.83108.3
729GMAdhiban B.IND25907.5272027207.55.701.801018.0
816GMDreev AlekseyRUS26737.5271227097.56.890.61106.1
968GMAl-Sayed MohammedQAT24767.5267226697.54.882.621026.2
101GMAdams MichaelENG27547.02717271077.31-0.3110-3.1
1111GMRapport RichardHUN26917.02709270576.610.39103.9
129GMHarikrishna P.IND27067.02705270276.880.12101.2
137GMKamsky GataUSA27097.02693269177.03-0.0310-0.3
1439GMHansen EricCAN25597.02679267975.181.821018.2
1520GMEdouard RomainFRA26587.02676267276.590.41104.1
1610GMNavara DavidCZE27027.02672266777.23-0.2310-2.3
176GMTomashevsky EvgenyRUS27157.02668266677.44-0.4410-4.4

15GMMovsesian SergeiARM26777.02668266576.930.07100.7
1955IMMuzychuk MariyaUKR25037.02654265474.862.141021.4
2026GMWei YiCHN26077.02650265076.280.72107.2
2128GMSalgado Lopez IvanESP25977.02642264276.250.75107.5
2222GMAgdestein SimenNOR26277.02616261577.02-0.0210-0.2
2337GMSalem A.R. SalehUAE25647.02596259676.430.57105.7
2467IMHenrichs ThomasGER24777.02569256675.591.411014.1
2534GMZhao XueCHN25677.02566256176.750.25102.5
2677GMZhukova NataliaUKR24497.02558255375.411.591015.9

Full list


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