Caleta Hotel hosts the 16th edition of the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival, where activities begin on Sunday, January 21st (with two simultaneous displays that evening, by GMs David Howell and Natalia Zhukova) and finish with the traditional gala dinner and prize-giving on Thursday, February 1st, 2018.
For 2018 the prize fund reaches a record £200,000, the Masters’ top prize now at a Festival high of £25,000. The total of the women’s awards will be £50,000 – as far as we know, no open chess tournament in the world offers comparable prizes to its female participants. The three highest ranked players form an elite trio of Grandmasters: Levon Aronian (Armenia), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France), and Hikaru Nakamura (USA).
Live game with analysis will be provided daily with the best chess software competing in the Top Chess Engine Championship – Komodo, Houdini, and Stockfish
More live chess Tata Steel Chess 2018 / Belarus Championship 2018 / Dvorkovich Memorial 2018/
Gibraltar chess festival starting list
| 1 | GM | Aronian Levon | ARM | 2797 |
| 2 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA | 2793 |
| 3 | GM | Nakamura Hikaru | USA | 2781 |
| 4 | GM | Navara David | CZE | 2749 |
| 5 | GM | Harikrishna P. | IND | 2745 |
| 6 | GM | Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2737 |
| 7 | GM | Vitiugov Nikita | RUS | 2732 |
| 8 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | UKR | 2726 |
| 9 | GM | Duda Jan-Krzysztof | POL | 2724 |
| 10 | GM | Wang Hao | CHN | 2711 |
| 11 | GM | Adams Michael | ENG | 2709 |
| 12 | GM | Rapport Richard | HUN | 2700 |
| 13 | GM | Cheparinov Ivan | BUL | 2699 |
| 14 | GM | Gelfand Boris | ISR | 2697 |
| 15 | GM | Dubov Daniil | RUS | 2694 |
| 16 | GM | Howell David W L | ENG | 2682 |
| 17 | GM | Short Nigel D | ENG | 2681 |
| 18 | GM | Motylev Alexander | RUS | 2673 |
| 19 | GM | Sutovsky Emil | ISR | 2673 |
| 20 | GM | Anton Guijarro David | ESP | 2666 |
| 21 | GM | Saric Ivan | CRO | 2664 |
| 22 | GM | Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo | VEN | 2650 |
| 23 | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | USA | 2647 |
| 24 | GM | Grandelius Nils | SWE | 2647 |
| 25 | GM | Sethuraman S.P. | IND | 2646 |
| 26 | GM | Banusz Tamas | HUN | 2641 |
| 27 | GM | Bosiocic Marin | CRO | 2628 |
| 28 | GM | Georgiev Kiril | BUL | 2623 |
| 29 | GM | Edouard Romain | FRA | 2613 |
| 30 | GM | Gledura Benjamin | HUN | 2612 |
| 31 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | IND | 2610 |
| 32 | GM | Vocaturo Daniele | ITA | 2609 |
| 33 | GM | Oparin Grigoriy | RUS | 2607 |
| 34 | GM | Papp Gabor | HUN | 2607 |
| 35 | GM | Bindrich Falko | GER | 2605 |
| 36 | GM | Svane Rasmus | GER | 2595 |
| 37 | GM | Gopal G.N. | IND | 2593 |
| 38 | GM | Antipov Mikhail Al. | RUS | 2588 |
| 39 | GM | Buhmann Rainer | GER | 2587 |
| 40 | GM | Huschenbeth Niclas | GER | 2587 |
| 41 | GM | Donchenko Alexander | GER | 2580 |
| 42 | GM | Sandipan Chanda | IND | 2579 |
| 43 | GM | Ibarra Jerez Jose Carlos | ESP | 2577 |
| 44 | GM | Tregubov Pavel V. | RUS | 2575 |
| 45 | GM | Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan | IND | 2573 |
| 46 | GM | Ju Wenjun | CHN | 2572 |
| 47 | GM | Moussard Jules | FRA | 2571 |
| 48 | GM | Muzychuk Anna | UKR | 2571 |
| 49 | FM | Esipenko Andrey | RUS | 2571 |
| 50 | GM | Grigoriants Sergey | RUS | 2568 |
| 51 | GM | Huzman Alexander | ISR | 2561 |
| 52 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | RUS | 2561 |
| 53 | GM | Peralta Fernando | ARG | 2559 |
| 54 | GM | Lagno Kateryna | RUS | 2556 |
| 55 | GM | Vasquez Schroeder Rodrigo | CHI | 2554 |
| 56 | GM | Michalik Peter | CZE | 2553 |
| 57 | GM | Perez Ponsa Federico | ARG | 2553 |
| 58 | GM | Pichot Alan | ARG | 2552 |
| 59 | GM | Deac Bogdan-Daniel | ROU | 2549 |
| 60 | GM | Baron Tal | ISR | 2548 |
| 61 | GM | Kaidanov Gregory | USA | 2548 |
| 62 | GM | Moroni Luca Jr | ITA | 2547 |
| 63 | GM | Lalith Babu M R | IND | 2542 |
| 64 | GM | Muzychuk Mariya | UKR | 2540 |
| 65 | GM | Mikhalevski Victor | ISR | 2538 |
| 66 | GM | Epishin Vladimir | RUS | 2536 |
| 67 | GM | Dvirnyy Danyyil | ITA | 2534 |
| 68 | GM | Swapnil S. Dhopade | IND | 2533 |
| 69 | GM | Lei Tingjie | CHN | 2531 |
| 70 | GM | Libiszewski Fabien | FRA | 2530 |
| 71 | IM | Nihal Sarin | IND | 2524 |
| 72 | GM | Antal Gergely | HUN | 2522 |
| 73 | GM | Dzagnidze Nana | GEO | 2522 |
| 74 | IM | Praggnanandhaa R | IND | 2515 |
| 75 | GM | Steinberg Nitzan | ISR | 2512 |
| 76 | IM | Santos Ruiz Miguel | ESP | 2510 |
| 77 | GM | Kollars Dmitrij | GER | 2505 |
| 78 | IM | Batsiashvili Nino | GEO | 2504 |
| 79 | GM | Blomqvist Erik | SWE | 2502 |
| 80 | GM | Gunina Valentina | RUS | 2502 |
| 81 | GM | Debashis Das | IND | 2501 |
| 82 | GM | Gagare Shardul | IND | 2494 |
| 83 | IM | Bellahcene Bilel | FRA | 2494 |
| 84 | WGM | Goryachkina Aleksandra | RUS | 2493 |
| 85 | IM | Christiansen Johan-Sebastian | NOR | 2492 |
| 86 | GM | Cuenca Jimenez Jose Fernando | ESP | 2489 |
| 87 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | BUL | 2489 |
| 88 | GM | Khotenashvili Bela | GEO | 2486 |
| 89 | IM | Suarez Gomez Julio | ESP | 2486 |
| 90 | IM | Xu Yi | CHN | 2482 |
| 91 | IM | Zanan Evgeny | ISR | 2482 |
| 92 | IM | Almagro Llamas Pablo | ESP | 2479 |
| 93 | GM | Kobo Ori | ISR | 2477 |
| 94 | GM | Salomon Johan | NOR | 2476 |
| 95 | GM | Studer Noel | SUI | 2476 |
| 96 | IM | Saduakassova Dinara | KAZ | 2470 |
| 97 | IM | Cernousek Lukas | CZE | 2468 |
| 98 | IM | Dragnev Valentin | AUT | 2466 |
| 99 | GM | Larino Nieto David | ESP | 2464 |
| 100 | IM | Paehtz Elisabeth | GER | 2464 |
| 101 | IM | Lou Yiping | CHN | 2462 |
| 102 | IM | Prasanna Raghuram Rao | IND | 2458 |
| 103 | IM | Yankelevich Lev | GER | 2456 |
| 104 | GM | Cramling Pia | SWE | 2449 |
| 105 | IM | Grinberg Eyal | ISR | 2448 |
| 106 | IM | Cawdery Daniel | RSA | 2446 |
| 107 | IM | Esserman Marc | USA | 2446 |
| 108 | GM | Venkatesh M.R. | IND | 2445 |
| 109 | GM | Akesson Ralf | SWE | 2443 |
| 110 | IM | Docx Stefan | BEL | 2442 |
| 111 | GM | Zhukova Natalia | UKR | 2438 |
| 112 | FM | Gavrilescu David | ROU | 2437 |
| 113 | GM | Tarjan James | USA | 2432 |
| 114 | IM | Swayams Mishra | IND | 2432 |
| 115 | IM | Wemmers Xander | NED | 2430 |
| 116 | Henderson De La Fuente Lance | ESP | 2429 | |
| 117 | IM | Gaehwiler Gabriel | SUI | 2428 |
| 118 | IM | Ladron De Guevara Pinto Paolo | ESP | 2427 |
| 119 | IM | Raja Harshit | IND | 2427 |
| 120 | IM | Vega Gutierrez Sabrina | ESP | 2427 |
| 121 | IM | Sonis Francesco | ITA | 2425 |
| 122 | GM | Solomon Kenny | RSA | 2420 |
| 123 | IM | Kozak Adam | HUN | 2418 |
| 124 | IM | Pigott John C | ENG | 2418 |
| 125 | IM | Wallace John Paul | AUS | 2415 |
| 126 | IM | Keymer Vincent | GER | 2408 |
| 127 | IM | Melia Salome | GEO | 2404 |
| 128 | IM | Shachar Ehud | ISR | 2401 |
| 129 | WGM | Hoolt Sarah | GER | 2400 |
| 130 | FM | Bakalchuk Johnatan | ISR | 2400 |
| 131 | IM | Martinez Martin David | ESP | 2399 |
| 132 | IM | Batchimeg Tuvshintugs | MGL | 2398 |
| 133 | IM | Sukandar Irine Kharisma | INA | 2387 |
| 134 | IM | Erenberg Ariel | ISR | 2382 |
| 135 | IM | Stark Lars | GER | 2381 |
| 136 | IM | Mohammad Nubairshah Shaikh | IND | 2380 |
| 137 | IM | Mkrtchian Lilit | ARM | 2378 |
| 138 | IM | Haria Ravi | ENG | 2374 |
| 139 | FM | Prithu Gupta | IND | 2373 |
| 140 | IM | Devereaux Maxim L | NOR | 2370 |
| 141 | FM | Bjerre Jonas Buhl | DEN | 2367 |
| 142 | FM | Blohberger Felix | AUT | 2367 |
| 143 | IM | Lazarne Vajda Szidonia | HUN | 2362 |
| 144 | FM | Tate Alan | SCO | 2358 |
| 145 | IM | Perez Garcia Alejandro | ESP | 2357 |
| 146 | GM | Paehtz Thomas | GER | 2356 |
| 147 | IM | Gara Anita | HUN | 2350 |
| 148 | IM | Renman Nils-Gustaf | SWE | 2350 |
| 149 | IM | Hemant Sharma (Del) | IND | 2348 |
| 150 | FM | Gandrud Vegar Koi | NOR | 2346 |
| 151 | FM | Lombaers Peter | NED | 2345 |
| 152 | IM | Bellin Robert | ENG | 2343 |
| 153 | FM | Jessel Stephen | IRL | 2342 |
| 154 | IM | Quillan Gary | ENG | 2340 |
| 155 | GM | Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel | SWE | 2334 |
| 156 | WGM | Gara Ticia | HUN | 2331 |
| 157 | FM | Sanchez Jerez Emilio Miguel | ESP | 2330 |
| 158 | FM | Horvath Dominik | AUT | 2329 |
| 159 | IM | Padmini Rout | IND | 2325 |
| 160 | WGM | Papp Petra | HUN | 2324 |
| 161 | WIM | Garcia Martin Marta | ESP | 2323 |
| 162 | FM | Sadhwani Raunak | IND | 2321 |
| 163 | IM | Perez Garcia Rodney Oscar | CUB | 2320 |
| 164 | FM | Lopez Mulet Inigo | ESP | 2318 |
| 165 | IM | Povah Nigel E | ENG | 2310 |
| 166 | FM | Goriatchkin Jouri | RUS | 2310 |
| 167 | WGM | Rapport Jovana | SRB | 2305 |
| 168 | FM | De Haan Eric | NED | 2304 |
| 169 | FM | Merario Alarcon Andres | ESP | 2298 |
| 170 | FM | De Francesco Klaus | GER | 2287 |
| 171 | IM | Mannion Stephen R | SCO | 2285 |
| 172 | FM | Perez Flavio | FRA | 2279 |
| 173 | FM | Bergstrom Rolf | SWE | 2276 |
| 174 | Bliumberg Vladislav | UKR | 2276 | |
| 175 | WIM | Heinemann Josefine | GER | 2270 |
| 176 | IM | Mohota Nisha | IND | 2269 |
| 177 | FM | Antova Gabriela | BUL | 2260 |
| 178 | IM | Meszaros Andras | HUN | 2258 |
| 179 | FM | Yoo Christopher Woojin | USA | 2254 |
| 180 | Lercel Michal | POL | 2252 | |
| 181 | FM | Gavilan Diaz Mario | ESP | 2251 |
| 182 | Mifsud T. | MLT | 2250 | |
| 183 | Oglaza Oskar | POL | 2245 | |
| 184 | FM | Plotkin Victor | CAN | 2242 |
| 185 | WIM | Nandhidhaa Pv | IND | 2238 |
| 186 | FM | Serarols Mabras Bernat | ESP | 2235 |
| 187 | WGM | Maisuradze Nino | FRA | 2234 |
| 188 | FM | Kvisla Johannes Luangtep | NOR | 2234 |
| 189 | WGM | Paramzina Anastasya | RUS | 2225 |
| 190 | WIM | Richards Heather S | AUS | 2223 |
| 191 | IM | Estrada Nieto Julian | MEX | 2222 |
| 192 | Midonet Matthieu | FRA | 2213 | |
| 193 | Semprun Martinez Fernando | ESP | 2209 | |
| 194 | FM | Van Zyl-Rudd Jack | RSA | 2197 |
| 195 | CM | Walton Alan J | ENG | 2194 |
| 196 | Gonzalez Gonzalez Alfonso | ESP | 2192 | |
| 197 | Bendayan Claros Aaron | ESP | 2191 | |
| 198 | Barthel Ansgar | GER | 2187 | |
| 199 | Pinho Paulo | POR | 2186 | |
| 200 | Barraza Caracuel Ignacio | ESP | 2185 | |
| 201 | Guthrie David | NZL | 2181 | |
| 202 | WIM | Sahl Sheila Barth | NOR | 2178 |
| 203 | Weisbuch Udi | ISR | 2177 | |
| 204 | Lochte Thomas | GER | 2169 | |
| 205 | WIM | Makka Ioulia | GRE | 2167 |
| 206 | FM | Baert Andy | BEL | 2164 |
| 207 | WFM | Movileanu Daniela | ITA | 2163 |
| 208 | Verneuil Pascal | FRA | 2159 | |
| 209 | Bopp Thomas Dr. | GER | 2154 | |
| 210 | Pein Jonathan | ENG | 2153 | |
| 211 | De Graaf Dick | NED | 2152 | |
| 212 | Maloberti David | FRA | 2148 | |
| 213 | IM | Ranaivoharisoa Alain | MAD | 2142 |
| 214 | Ortin Blanco Inigo | ESP | 2136 | |
| 215 | Barrenechea Bahamonde Gustavo | ESP | 2127 | |
| 216 | Spence David J | ENG | 2127 | |
| 217 | Herzwurm Robert | GER | 2123 | |
| 218 | Veltkamp Gerben | NED | 2123 | |
| 219 | Villar Reymundo Juan Antonio | PER | 2121 | |
| 220 | Stewart Ashley | ENG | 2120 | |
| 221 | FM | Smith Andrew Philip | IRL | 2111 |
| 222 | CM | Osuna Vega Enrique | ESP | 2102 |
| 223 | Byron Alan M | ENG | 2099 | |
| 224 | Pabalan Rocky | PHI | 2098 | |
| 225 | WFM | Hapala Elisabeth | AUT | 2097 |
| 226 | Bolt Graham | ENG | 2094 | |
| 227 | WFM | Cholleti Sahajasri | IND | 2083 |
| 228 | Compton Alistair | NZL | 2082 | |
| 229 | WIM | Tejaswini Sagar | IND | 2081 |
| 230 | Bjerre Tavs | DEN | 2071 | |
| 231 | Berrocal Ruiz Valentin | ESP | 2068 | |
| 232 | Dasaolu Rotimi | NGR | 2064 | |
| 233 | Arroyo Rodriguez Jesus | ESP | 2057 | |
| 234 | CM | Coleman David J | ENG | 2055 |
| 235 | Marder Simon | SWE | 2054 | |
| 236 | Kozarcanin Sead | CRO | 2048 | |
| 237 | Janiszewski Maciej | POL | 2029 | |
| 238 | Hewson Brian W R | ENG | 2024 | |
| 239 | Hamer Martyn | ENG | 2020 | |
| 240 | Sanjuan Garcia Miguel | ESP | 2019 | |
| 241 | WCM | Avila Fraire Ameyalli | MEX | 2014 |
| 242 | Roman Lopez Jesus | ESP | 2008 | |
| 243 | Safarian Alek | AUS | 2006 | |
| 244 | WIM | Gagare Shalmali | IND | 2001 |
| 245 | Adewole Adeyinka | NGR | 2001 | |
| 246 | Redondo Flores David | ESP | 2000 | |
| 247 | Burke Mitchell R | ENG | 1989 | |
| 248 | Biegel Thomas | GER | 1984 | |
| 249 | Vilarnovo Caamano Jose | ESP | 1981 | |
| 250 | Cramling Bellon Anna | SWE | 1978 | |
| 251 | CM | Dev Shah | IND | 1977 |
| 252 | CM | Bozinovic Boban | AUT | 1972 |
| 253 | Van De Groep William | NED | 1972 | |
| 254 | Edvardsen Ragnar | NOR | 1968 | |
| 255 | CM | Helin Mikael | SWE | 1962 |
| 256 | Suez-Panama Gilles | FRA | 1959 | |
| 257 | FM | Odeh Kenneth | NGR | 1922 |
| 258 | Ansari Athar | ENG | 1919 | |
| 259 | Sajjadi Kimiya | NOR | 1911 | |
| 260 | WFM | Chibnall Alana | AUS | 1906 |
| 261 | Cherigui Mourad | MAR | 1892 | |
| 262 | Obiamiwe Paul | NGR | 1891 | |
| 263 | Mozelius Peter | SWE | 1871 | |
| 264 | Efemuai Odafe Benedict | NGR | 1867 | |
| 265 | Lochte Szilvia | HUN | 1862 | |
| 266 | Gillis Onieva Celia | ESP | 1848 | |
| 267 | Mayank Pal | IND | 1834 | |
| 268 | Gravett Alan D | ENG | 1825 | |
| 269 | Opasiak Dustin Tennessee | POL | 1797 | |
| 270 | Wilson Matthew R | ENG | 1782 | |
| 271 | Klementys Jerzy | POL | 1739 | |
| 272 | Francois-Haugrin Said | FRA | 1714 | |
| 273 | Yilmaz Kazim | NOR | 1656 | |
| 274 | Bullock Lee | ENG | 1572 |
