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Tradewise Gibraltar 2016
November 3, 2015
The Masters, a 10-round Swiss, takes place from 26 January to 4 February.
From:
http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/index.htm
Masters Entrants
1 Nakamura, Hikaru
2 Anand, Viswanathan
3 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
4 Li, Chao b
5 Harikrishna, Pentala
6 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
7 Yu, Yangyi
8 Howell, David W L
9 Ni, Hua
10 Fressinet, Laurent
11 Ragger, Markus
12 Bacrot, Etienne
13 Kamsky, Gata
14 Short, Nigel D
15 Rapport, Richard
16 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
17 Balogh, Csaba
18 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar
19 Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
20 Grandelius, Nils
21 Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo
22 Sethuraman, S.P.
23 Lenic, Luka
24 Rakhmanov, Aleksandr
25 Edouard, Romain
and more than 200 others, including Kevin Spraggett.
Gibraltar Masters: Eligibility: open to all. The first prize may not be shared. All other prizes shall be shared where players have the same score.
Rate of play: 40 moves in 100 minutes plus 20 moves in 50 minutes plus 15 minutes for all remaining moves with 30 seconds per move added from the start.
In the event of a tie for first place, there shall be a speed play-off. If there are four or fewer players tied for first place, there will be a speed knock-out play-off for the first prize of £20,000.
If three players tie for first place, the player with the highest performance rating will be seeded directly into the Final of the Play-Off; the other two players will contest the Semi-Final.
If more than four players tie for first place, the four players with the highest performance ratings shall qualify for the play-off to decide the first prize.
Masters Regulations: Important!
Draws by mutual agreement in fewer than 30 moves are not allowed. There must be no pre-arranged or tacit agreements to draw games of any length, by repetition or otherwise.
Warning: penalties may involve loss of prize money.
November 3, 2015
The Masters, a 10-round Swiss, takes place from 26 January to 4 February.
From:
http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/index.htm
Masters Entrants
1 Nakamura, Hikaru
2 Anand, Viswanathan
3 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
4 Li, Chao b
5 Harikrishna, Pentala
6 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
7 Yu, Yangyi
8 Howell, David W L
9 Ni, Hua
10 Fressinet, Laurent
11 Ragger, Markus
12 Bacrot, Etienne
13 Kamsky, Gata
14 Short, Nigel D
15 Rapport, Richard
16 Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
17 Balogh, Csaba
18 Ganguly, Surya Shekhar
19 Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
20 Grandelius, Nils
21 Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo
22 Sethuraman, S.P.
23 Lenic, Luka
24 Rakhmanov, Aleksandr
25 Edouard, Romain
and more than 200 others, including Kevin Spraggett.
Gibraltar Masters: Eligibility: open to all. The first prize may not be shared. All other prizes shall be shared where players have the same score.
Rate of play: 40 moves in 100 minutes plus 20 moves in 50 minutes plus 15 minutes for all remaining moves with 30 seconds per move added from the start.
In the event of a tie for first place, there shall be a speed play-off. If there are four or fewer players tied for first place, there will be a speed knock-out play-off for the first prize of £20,000.
If three players tie for first place, the player with the highest performance rating will be seeded directly into the Final of the Play-Off; the other two players will contest the Semi-Final.
If more than four players tie for first place, the four players with the highest performance ratings shall qualify for the play-off to decide the first prize.
Masters Regulations: Important!
Draws by mutual agreement in fewer than 30 moves are not allowed. There must be no pre-arranged or tacit agreements to draw games of any length, by repetition or otherwise.
Warning: penalties may involve loss of prize money.
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