Final position GM Petrosian (2606) – GM Stefanova (2464) [C51]24.01.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Bd6 6.d4 Nf6 7.0–0 0–0 8.Re1 b6 9.Bd5 Nxd5 10.exd5 e4 11.Ng5 Ne7 12.Qh5 h6 13.Nxe4 f5 14.Nxd6 cxd6 15.Ba3...
An exciting battle between ends in a fizzle
Position after 24.Bxh6! GM Speelman (2491) – GM Nakamura (2670) [D45]24.01.2008Gibraltar Chess Festival 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 0–0 8.0–0 dxc4 9.Bxc4 a6 10.Bd2 c5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.a4 b6 13.b4 Ncd7...
Gibraltar underway
The 6th edition of Gibraltar’s Gibtelecom Chess Festival takes place from 22-31 January 2008 at the Caleta Hotel, one of Gibraltar’s best hotels. In 2008, the line-up includes four top Chinese players: Wang Yue, rated 2698 and Bu Xiangzhi,...
Van Haastert 0-1 Nakamura
Final position IM Van Haastert (2416) – GM Nakamura (2670) [B90]22.01.20082008Gibraltar Open 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.Qd2 h5 9.0–0–0 Bb7 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.Rhe1 Rc8 12.Kb1 Be7 13.h4 Ne5 14.Bg5...
Gibtelecom International Chess Festival
Gibtelecom International Chess Festival sees £80,000 prize money up for grabsThe Sixth Gibtelecom International Chess Festival, the second largest open chess tournament in the world, will begin at the Caleta Palace on 22nd January with a total prize money...
2008 Gibtelecom Chess Festival
2008 Gibtelecom Chess Festival The 6th edition of Gibraltar’s Gibtelecom Chess Festival will be held from 22-31 January 2008 at the Caleta Hotel, one of Gibraltar’s best hotels. In previous years we have had players of the quality of...
Petrosian wins again!
There must be something in the name after all. The young Armenian with the famous namesake, Tigran L. Petrosian, proved yet again he’s one of the top dogs on ICC after winning his second major online qualifier of the...
Gibtelecom ICC tournament
Gibtelecom ’08 ICC QualifierNovember 15-18 After the success of our Mainz and Mexico qualifiers, the Internet Chess Club (ICC), in conjunction with the Gibtelecom Chess Festival, are now offering ICC members a unique opportunity to win a round trip...
Akopian won Gibraltar
After dropping the first game to IM Irina Krush, GM Vladimir Akopian (2700) from Armenia scored 7.5 points in the next 8 games to win the Gibraltar Chess Festival. A number of players tied for second with 7 points...
Irina Krush defeated Korchnoi
After defeating super GM Akopian (2700) in the first round of the Gibraltar tournament, Irina took out Korchnoi in round 8! Great job! I understand that it may not be the prettiest win but a win is a win...