The 2014 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival will take place from Monday 27th January to Thursday 6th February, 2014.

The Festival will consist of five events: Masters, Challengers Wk1 (U2250), Challengers Wk2 (U2250), Amateurs Wk1 (U1900) and Amateurs Wk2 (U1900). Last year winner was GM Nikita Vitiugov.

The Masters is now closed to new entries. Tournament Director Stuart Conquest will maintain a waiting list. Among the 208 players in Masters top rated are:

Adams Michael GM ENG 2752
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime GM FRA 2742
Vitiugov Nikita GM RUS 2741
Eljanov Pavel GM UKR 2733
Ivanchuk Vassily GM UKR 2731
Kamsky Gata GM USA 2721
Navara David GM CZE 2705
Harikrishna Pentala GM IND 2704
Movsesian Sergei GM ARM 2700
Short Nigel GM ENG 2680
Li Chao b GM CHN 2679
Dreev Aleksey GM RUS 2673
Bologan Viktor GM MDA 2662
Sutovsky Emil GM ISR 2657
Edouard Romain GM FRA 2653
Amin Bassem GM EGY 2652
Ganguly Surya Shekhar GM IND 2646
Dubov Daniil GM RUS 2641
Agdestein Simen GM NOR 2627
Sandipan Chanda GM IND 2609
Wei Yi GM CHN 2604
David Alberto GM ITA 2580
Mareco Sandro GM ARG 2573
Fier Alexandr GM BRA 2572
Adhiban B. GM IND 2569
Felgaer Ruben GM ARG 2569
Muzychuk Anna GM SLO 2566
Zhao Xue GM CHN 2565
Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag GM BRA 2557
Maze Sebastien GM FRA 2544
Gopal G.N. GM IND 2540
Lenderman Aleksandr GM USA 2537
Libiszewski Fabien GM FRA 2526
Khotenashvili Bela GM GEO 2524
Cramling Pia GM SWE 2520
El Debs Felipe de Cresce GM BRA 2520
Oparin Grigoriy IM RUS 2520
Antipov Mikhail Al. IM RUS 2511
Hoang Thanh Trang GM HUN 2511
Sebag Marie GM FRA 2510
Tan Zhongyi WGM CHN 2510
Xu Jun GM CHN 2510
Debashis Das IM IND 2507
Ibarra Jerez Jose Carlos GM ESP 2507
Cmilyte Viktorija GM LTU 2506
Vishnu Prasanna. V GM IND 2505
Stefanova Antoaneta GM BUL 2494

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