The 2011 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival takes place at the Caleta
Hotel, Gibraltar, from Monday 24 January to Thursday 3 February 2011.

The new primary sponsors, Tradewise Insurance Company Ltd, have enabled the prize fund to be increased to £126,000, with £17,500 going to the winner of the Gibraltar Masters, £10,000 to the top woman scorer and two extra rating prizes (of £2,000 and £1,000) being awarded to each of two further rating bands (2000-2099 and under 2000) in the Masters. The tournament will be powered by previous primary sponsors Gibtelecom.

The website for the 2011 tournament has now been launched at http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com

Tournament brochures and entry forms may be downloaded from the website in PDF and Word formats. The website also has full details of the travel and hotel arrangements for next year and contact details for getting in touch with the organisers and hotels.

Printed brochures are also available from the English Chess Federation and various other outlets.

— Press Office
2011 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival
http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com

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