Gibraltar 2017

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Gibraltar 2017

Gibraltar 2017

February 7, 2017

Canadian Games from Round Ten

It has been my experience that in these international open tournaments that, once the event is over and the prizes given, it takes a while to get all the games.

Here finally are the last round Canadian games, so now I can turn out the lights, lock the door and go on to other things.

Gibraltar Masters 2017
Round 10, Feb. 2, 2017
Paehtz, Thomas – Spraggett, Kevin
B42 Sicilian, Kan

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.b3 Nbd7 8.Bb2 Be7 9.f4 O-O 10.Nd2 g6 11.N4f3 Nc5 12.Qe2 b5 13.b4 Nxd3 14.cxd3 Bb7 15.Nb3 Rc8 16.Rac1 Qd7 17.Qd2 Rxc1 18.Rxc1 Rc8 19.Na5 Ne8 20.Nxb7 Qxb7 21.Rxc8 Qxc8 22.Qc3 Qxc3 23.Bxc3 Nc7 24.Nd4 Kf8 25.g4 Ke8 26.g5 Kd7 27.Nf3 Bf8 28.Kf2 h6 29.h4 hxg5 30.hxg5 Ne8 31.Nh2 e5 32.fxe5 dxe5 33.Nf3 Ke6 34.a3 Bd6 35.Ke3 Nc7 36.d4 exd4+ 37.Bxd4 Kd7 38.Ne5+ Bxe5 39.Bxe5 Ne6 40.Bf6 Kd6 41.Kf3 Nf8 42.Kf4 Nd7 43.Bd4 Ke6 0-1

Round 10, Feb. 2, 2017
Kollars, Dmitrij – Piasetski, Leon
B10 Caro-Kann, Two Knights variation

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e5 Ne4 5.d4 Qa5 6.Bd3 Bg4 7.O-O Nxc3 8.bxc3 e6 9.Bd2 Qa4 10.h3 Bh5 11.Qb1 b5 12.Qb3 Bxf3 13.Qxa4 bxa4 14.gxf3 Nd7 15.c4 dxc4 16.Bxc4 Nb6 17.Ba6 Rb8 18.Rab1 Kd7 19.c4 Ba3 20.Ba5 Na8 21.Rfd1 Nc7 22.Bb7 Nb5 23.cxb5 Rxb7 24.Rd3 Rxb5 25.Rxb5 cxb5 26.Rxa3 Rc8 27.Kf1 Rc2 28.Ke1 Rb2 29.Bd2 Kc6 30.Kd1 Rb1+ 31.Kc2 Rh1 32.Rc3+ Kb6 33.Be3 Kb7 34.Rc5 a6 35.d5 exd5 36.Rxd5 Kc8 37.Rd6 b4 38.Rxa6 b3+ 39.axb3 axb3+ 40.Kxb3 Rxh3 41.f4 1-0

Round 10, Feb. 2, 2017
Derakhshani, Dorsa – Plotkin, Victor
C42 Petrov, Classical Attack, Chigorin variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.Re1 Bg4 9.c4 Nf6 10.Nc3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 O-O 12.d5 Na5 13.Bd3 c6 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 cxd5 16.Bg5 Nc6 17.Qg3 Qd6 18.Bf4 Qd7 19.Bh6 Ne8 20.Rad1 Rd8 21.Bb1 d4 22.Ne2 Kh8 23.Qf3 f5 24.Bf4 Bb4 25.Rf1 Bd6 26.Bc1 Bc5 27.a3 Nd6 28.b4 Bb6 29.Bb2 Ne4 30.Qb3 Qd5 31.Qa4 a6 32.Kh1 Qd6 33.Qb3 Qd5 34.Qa4 Rfe8 35.Nf4 Qd6 36.g3 Ne5 37.Bc2 Qc6 38.Qxc6 Nxc6 39.Kg2 Nc3 40.Bxc3 dxc3 41.Ne6 Rxd1 42.Rxd1 Rc8 43.Bb1 Nd8 44.Nxd8 c2 45.Bxc2 Rxc2 46.Nxb7 Rxf2+ 47.Kh1 g5 48.Rd3 Rf1+ 49.Kg2 Rf2+ 50.Kh1 Rf1+ 1/2-1/2

Round 10, Feb. 2, 2017
Thavandiran, Shiyam – Chan, Kim Yew
B20 Sicilian Defence

1.e4 c5 2.b3 Nc6 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.exd6 e6 8.O-O Bxd6 9.c4 Nf6 10.d4 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 cxd4 12.Bxd7+ Qxd7 13.Qxd4 Rd8 14.Qxa7 Ng4 15.h3 Bh2+ 16.Kh1 Bb8 17.Qc5 Rc8 18.Qh5 Nf6 19.Qf3 Rc5 20.Rd1 Qc7 21.g3 Rf5 22.Qg2 h5 23.Nc3 h4 24.Nb5 Qb6 25.Bd4 Qc6 26.Qxc6+ bxc6 27.g4 Rf4 28.Nc3 Nxg4 29.hxg4 Rxg4 30.Bb6 Ke7 31.Rg1 Rf4 32.Be3 Rf3 33.Rad1 Be5 34.Ne4 f5 35.Ng5 1-0

Round 10, Feb. 2, 2017
Cordes, Hans-Joerg – Agbabishvili, Lali
A43 Old Benoni Defence

1.d4 c5 2.d5 d6 3.e4 e5 4.dxe6 Bxe6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Ng5 Bg4 8.f3 Bd7 9.Bc4 O-O 10.O-O h6 11.Nh3 a6 12.Nf4 b5 13.Be2 Re8 14.a4 b4 15.Ncd5 Nxd5 16.Nxd5 Bf8 17.Bf4 Nc6 18.c3 Be6 19.Qd2 bxc3 20.bxc3 Ne7 21.Bc4 Nxd5 22.Bxd5 Bxd5 23.Qxd5 Qf6 24.Qd2 Rab8 25.Rab1 Qe6 26.Qd5 Qxd5 27.exd5 g5 28.Bd2 f5 29.Kf2 Bg7 30.Rfe1 Red8 31.c4 Be5 32.g3 f4 33.g4 Kf7 34.Ba5 Rdc8 35.Ke2 Bd4 36.Kd3 Be3 37.Kc2 Bd4 38.Bd2 Be5 39.Rxb8 Rxb8 40.Rb1 Rxb1 41.Kxb1 Kf6 42.Kc2 Kg6 43.Kd3 Bf6 44.Ke4 Bd8 45.h4 gxh4 46.Bxf4 Be7 47.Be3 Bf6 48.Bf4 Be7 49.Be3 Bf6 50.Bg1 Be5 51.f4 Bd4 52.Bh2 Kf6 53.Kf3 Kf7 54.Kg2 Ke7 55.Kh3 Bf2 56.f5 Bd4 57.Kxh4 Bf6+ 58.Kh5 1-0

Round 10, Feb. 2, 2017
Gamboa, Alvarado, Olga Leticia – Day, Christopher
D14 QGD Slav, Exchange, Trifunovic variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Qb3 Bb4 9.Bb5 Nd7 10.Bxc6 Bxc3+ 11.Qxc3 Rc8 12.Bxd7+ 1-0

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Gibraltar 2017

Gibraltar 2017

February 20, 2017

From the site of the National Women’s Committee of Iran:

http://www.women.ncr-iran.org/iran-w...aring-the-veil

The NCRI aims to establish a secular democratic republic in Iran, based on the separation of religion and state.


Dorsa Derakhshani, member of the Iranian Women's National Chess Team and the sixth world champion in under-18 games, got expelled from the national team for not covering her hair in the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival.

Head of Iran's Chess Federation, Mehrdad Pahlevanzadeh, said they will "seriously deal" with a sister and brother who played in the chess festival in Gibraltar because the girl did not observe the veil and the boy played with an Israeli player.

Pahlevanzadeh pointed out, "The first step in dealing with them would be to deprive them from every game that is played in Iran and in the name of Iran, and they will not have the chance to be on the national team."

Dorsa Derakhshani, 18, is presently studying in Spain and had participated in the Gibraltar games independently. Her brother, Borna, 15, had also registered in the games on his own. He played with Alexander Huzman, grandmaster from Israel.

(The state-run Fars news agency – February 18, 2017)

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Gibraltar 2017

Gibraltar 2017

February 21, 2017

Prize Winners

£100 = $CND164

Masters
Pl Title Name Rtg Score TB Prize

2 GM Hikaru Nakamura 2785 8 2847 £23,000.00
1 GM David Anton Guijarro 2650 8 2859 £16,000.00
3 GM Yangyi Yu 2738 8 2830 £16,000.00
4 GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2796 7½ 2804 £5,500.00
5 GM Michael Adams 2751 7½ 2797 £5,500.00
6 GM Emil Sutovsky 2628 7½ 2759 £5,500.00
7 GM Ivan Cheparinov 2689 7½ 2755 £5,500.00
8 GM Veselin Topalov 2739 7½ 2749 £5,500.00
9 GM Boris Gelfand 2721 7½ 2729 £5,500.00
10 GM David W L Howell 2655 7 2732 £576.92
12 GM Nigel D Short 2675 7 2722 £576.92
13 GM Varuzhan Akobian 2633 7 2709 £576.92
14 GM Fabiano Caruana 2827 7 2709 £576.92
15 GM Maxim Matlakov 2701 7 2699 £576.92
16 GM Arkadij Naiditsch 2702 7 2696 £576.92
17 GM Nikita Vitiugov 2724 7 2679 £576.92
18 GM Laurent Fressinet 2660 7 2677 £576.92
19 GM Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli 2652 7 2675 £576.92
20 GM S. P. Sethuraman 2637 7 2673 £576.92
21 GM Peter Svidler 2748 7 2671 £576.92
22 GM Babu M R Lalith 2587 7 2640 £576.92
23 GM Romain Edouard 2613 7 2639 £576.92
Total -£95,500.00

Women's Awards
Rk Title First Name Rtg Sc TB Prize

1 GM Wenjun Ju 2583 7 2731 £15,000.00
2 GM Antoaneta Stefanova 2512 6½ 2659 £4,600.00
3 GM Kateryna Lagno 2530 6½ 2634 £4,600.00
4 GM Anna Muzychuk 2558 6½ 2630 £4,600.00
5 IM Anna Zatonskih 2443 6½ 2501 £4,600.00
6 GM Valentina Gunina 2524 6½ 2491 £4,600.00
7 GM Yifan Hou 2651 6 2590 £750.00
8 IM Lela Javakhishvili 2455 6 2491 £750.00
9 IM Nino Batsiashvili 2492 6 2486 £750.00
10 GM Mariya Muzychuk 2546 6 2481 £750.00
11 GM Bela Khotenashvili 2430 6 2445 £750.00
12 FM Daria Pustovoitova 2407 6 2434 £750.00
13 IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh 2452 6 2425 £750.00
14 WGM Stavroula Tsolakidou 2387 6 2374 £750.00
Total - £44,000.00

Seniors
Rk Title First Name Rtg Sc TB Prize

1 GM Kevin Spraggett 2542 6 2469 £750.00
2 GM Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez 2339 6 2248 £750.00
Total - £1,500.00

Juniors
Rk Title First Name Rtg Sc TB Prize

1 GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac 2572 6½ 2654 £375.00
2 IM Valentin Dragnev 2492 6½ 2613 £375.00
3 GM Benjamin Gledura 2589 6½ 2565 £375.00
4 IM Miguel Santos Ruiz 2484 6½ 2564 £375.00
Total - £1,500.00

http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.co...nners_2017.htm