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Hello everyone,
Here are some great videos from the Gibraltar Chess Festival but first, the chess news updates from the event.
Excerpt from the Gibraltar Chess Festival live commentary: The exciting climax of Round 8 with dual-game commentary on Hou Yifan vs. Le Quang Liem and Artur Jussupow vs. Alexei Shirov. GM Simon Williams comments.
Grandmaster Shirov during the live commentary in Gibraltar, and this fantastic game, a sure candidate for the "Best Game" Prize.
From Alexandra Kosteniuk's
www.chessblog.com
Also see her personal blog at
www.chessqueen.com
Hello everyone,
Here are some great videos from the Gibraltar Chess Festival but first, the chess news updates from the event.
The 2011 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival is taking place from Tuesday, 24th January to Thursday, 2nd February 2012 at the Caleta Hotel in Gibraltar. The event is the tenth in the series held on the Rock, the second to be sponsored by Tradewise Insurance with technical support by Gibtelecom.
Top standings after eight rounds
-
Rk.
Ti.
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
Perf
1
GM
Hou Yifan
CHN
2605
6.5
2859.0
2
GM
Adams Michael
ENG
2724
6.5
2843.0
3
GM
Short Nigel D
ENG
2677
6.0
2790.0
4
GM
M Shakhriyar
AZE
2747
6.0
2778.0
5
GM
Sasikiran Krishnan
IND
2700
6.0
2750.0
6
GM
Almasi Zoltan
HUN
2717
6.0
2748.0
7
GM
Howell David W L
ENG
2603
6.0
2737.0
8
GM
Movsesian Sergei
ARM
2700
6.0
2726.0
9
GM
Gopal G N
IND
2566
6.0
2720.0
10
GM
Svidler Peter
RUS
2749
6.0
2714.0
11
GM
Bologan Viktor
MDA
2680
6.0
2708.0
12
GM
Negi Parimarjan
IND
2641
6.0
2692.0
13
GM
Shirov Alexei
LAT
2710
6.0
2691.0
14
GM
Akobian Varuzhan
USA
2617
6.0
2649.0
15
GM
Rapport Richard
HUN
2543
6.0
2646.0
16
GM
Salem A R Saleh
UAE
2505
6.0
2623.0
17
GM
Le Quang Liem
VIE
2714
5.5
2718.0
18
GM
Polgar Judit
HUN
2710
5.5
2679.0
19
GM
Dzagnidze Nana
GEO
2535
5.5
2653.0
20
GM
Brunello Sabino
ITA
2581
5.5
2652.0
21
GM
Fridman Daniel
GER
2660
5.5
2622.0
22
FM
Kuipers Stefan
NED
2391
5.5
2611.0
23
GM
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime
FRA
2699
5.5
2610.0
24
GM
Kulaots Kaido
EST
2581
5.5
2608.0
25
GM
Zhu Chen
QAT
2472
5.5
2606.0
26
GM
Erdos Viktor
HUN
2634
5.5
2605.0
27
GM
Gustafsson Jan
GER
2643
5.5
2601.0
28
GM
Cramling Pia
SWE
2491
5.5
2597.0
29
IM
Muzychuk Anna
SLO
2580
5.5
2592.0
30
GM
Sutovsky Emil
ISR
2703
5.5
2586.0
31
GM
Nabaty Tamir
ISR
2563
5.5
2582.0
32
IM
Dvirnyy Daniyyl
ITA
2492
5.5
2541.0
33
GM
Iturrizaga Edoardo
VEN
2649
5.5
2509.0
34
GM
DA Salvador G
ESP
2531
5.5
2501.0
35
GM
Womacka Mathias
GER
2455
5.5
2399.0
Excerpt from the Gibraltar Chess Festival live commentary: The exciting climax of Round 8 with dual-game commentary on Hou Yifan vs. Le Quang Liem and Artur Jussupow vs. Alexei Shirov. GM Simon Williams comments.
Grandmaster Shirov during the live commentary in Gibraltar, and this fantastic game, a sure candidate for the "Best Game" Prize.
From Alexandra Kosteniuk's
www.chessblog.com
Also see her personal blog at
www.chessqueen.com
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