Yifan Hou and Nigel Short reached a tiebreak in Gibraltar after they finished with equal points in the Masters tournament. 2 rapid games will be played with time control 10 min + 5 sec, if the score is equal 2 blitz games of 3 min + 2 sec will follow, and in case of a [...]

The reigning Women World Champion Yifan Hou continued her fantastic run in the 2012 Gibraltar Chess Masters as she defeated top class Grandmaster Alexei Shirov to single out on the top of the standings heading into the final round. Yesterday Yifan won against the Asia’s star Le Quang Liem and day before against the best [...]

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After the fantastic victory against GM Judit Polgar, the World Champion Yifan Hou has an even more difficult task today. She is up against the constantly progressing young star from Asia and member of the 2700 club GM Le Quang Liem. The game starts at 15:00 CET and will be live on Chessdom.com at this [...]

The Gibraltar Chess Festival 2012 continues to bring excitement to the chess calendar, this time attracting not only some of the best Grandmasters, but also the women chess elite. As a result of that just a few days ago we witnessed the battle between Judit Polgar, the top rated women on the planet for many [...]

After the 4th round of the 2012 Gibraltar Chess Masters there are no more players with the perfect scores as the top two boards were drawn and Le Quang Liem beat Ruben Felgaer. The derby match between Judit Polgar and Humpy Koneru ended in a a draw. Swedish IM Patrik Lyrberg returned into the arena [...]

The 3rd round of the 2012 Gibraltar Chess Masters was very successful for the players commanding the white pieces. On the top three boards white, namely Women World Champion Hou Yifan and England’s Nigel Short and Michael Adams, snatched victories to continue with perfect records. Sabino Brunelo and Ruben Felgaer defeated the higher rated opposition [...]

The second round of the 2012 Gibraltar Chess Masters was played on Tuesday. Similar to the first day, there were no major upsets, except that IM Patrik Lyrberg defeated South-American star GM Eduardo Iturrizaga. Earlier Lyrberg drew GM Alexei Shirov, but now for some reason is not paired in the 3rd round. The legendary GM [...]

At the opening reception of the 2012 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival on Monday night Gibraltar Culture and Sports Minister Steven Linares welcomed all the players and thanked them for coming to the Rock to play in the tournament. Mr Linares wished all well in their game and hoped all would enjoy the festival. Tournament director, [...]

Chess players from all over the world continue to arrive at the Caleta Hotel for what will be the best and greatest chess open tournament ever held in Gibraltar and the world – the 2012 Tradewise International Chess Festival. There is no denying that the tournament celebrating its tenth anniversary has attracted some of the [...]