Peter Svidler won the Seventh Gibtelecom Chess Festival in Gibraltar last week. The five-time champion of Russia shared first place with GM Vadim Milov of Switzerland, but won both playoff games. Both players scored eight points in 10 games, edging grandmasters Vugar Gashimov of Azerbaijan, Emanuel Berg of Sweden, and two Americans, Hikaru Nakamura and Varuzhan Akobian, by a half point.
A Spanish Surprise
Svidler played entertaining chess throughout the competition. Against the former women’s world champion Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria, the Russian GM created an important theoretical novelty in the Spanish against the Moller defense.
Here is the full analysis of the game.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Svidler was great at Gibraltar. I think he gained 13 points.