Opening ceremony and pairings for Gibraltar

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The Gibraltar Chess Festival 2015 is going to take place 26 January – 5 February in the Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar. The long traditions of the festival, the fantastic organization, and the hefty 175 000 pounds prize fund have attracted many of the top world grandmasters.

Veselin Topalov, whose current ELO is exactly 2800 (making him world number 3 on FIDE’s January list), will be the highest rated player ever to take part in Gibraltar. His main opponents from the 2700 club include Hikaru Nakamura, Peter Svidler, Nikita Vitiugov, Dmitry Jakovenko, Pentala Harikrishna, Yu Yangyi, and Richard Rapport.

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The opening ceremony took place yesterday evening on The Rock. Special guest was Miss Gibraltar Shyanne Azzopardi. The 23 year old brunette, a teaching assistant and zumba instructor, conducted the drawing of lots. The top seeded Veselin Topalov will have the white pieces and will start against the FIDE Master from Spain Emilio Miguel Sanchez Jerez. The top US player Hikaru Nakamura will have black against WGM Jovana Vojinovic. Scroll down for the full pairings of round 1.

Pairings round 1

 

1	GM	Topalov Veselin	2800	–	FM	Sanchez Jerez Emilio Miguel	2282
2	WGM	Vojinovic Jovana	2301	–	GM	Nakamura Hikaru	2776
3	GM	Svidler Peter	2739	–	WIM	Frisk Ellinor	2266
4	WIM	Olsarova Tereza	2288	–	GM	Vitiugov Nikita	2735
5	GM	Jakovenko Dmitry	2733	–		Rydstrom Tom	2292
6	FM	Nuri Kambez	2305	–	GM	Yu Yangyi	2724
7	GM	Harikrishna P.	2723	–	FM	De Haan Eric	2299
8	FM	Tate Alan	2297	–	GM	Rapport Richard	2716
9	GM	Matlakov Maxim	2695	–		Lombaers Peter	2291
10	FM	Buchal Stephan	2273	–	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	2681
11	GM	Rodshtein Maxim	2680	–	FM	Viana Dirceu	2268
12	IM	Prosviriakov Vladimir	2257	–	GM	Wei Yi	2675
13	GM	Hou Yifan	2673	–	FM	Cordes Hans-Joerg  Dr.	2262
14		Semprun Martinez Fernando	2253	–	GM	Jones Gawain C B	2671
15	GM	Howell David W L	2670	–	FM	Menna Barreto Felipe Kubiaki	2247
16		Galmandakh Badrakh	2240	–	GM	Motylev Alexander	2665
17	GM	Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo	2649	–	FM	Scharrer Patrick	2231
18		Spence David J	2231	–	GM	Edouard Romain	2638
19	GM	Sutovsky Emil	2637	–		Hommerson Paul	2229
20		Barrenechea Bahamonde Gustavo	2223	–	GM	Bartel Mateusz	2631
21	GM	Adhiban B.	2630	–	CM	Urbina Perez Juan Antonio	2221
22	FM	Terron Elena Francisco M.	2218	–	GM	Bachmann Axel	2629
23	GM	Salgado Lopez Ivan	2628	–		Al-Tamimi Hamad	2214
24		Perez Garcia Alejandro	2207	–	GM	Agdestein Simen	2626
25	GM	Sethuraman S.P.	2624	–	FM	Hoffmann Hendrik	2206
26	WGM	Dolzhikova Olga	2194	–	GM	Naroditsky Daniel	2622
27	GM	Anton Guijarro David	2617	–	CM	Balogun Oluwafemi	2193
28		Byron Alan M	2188	–	GM	Lenderman Aleksandr	2614
29	GM	Bologan Viktor	2608	–		Veltkamp Gerben	2175
30		Hellwig Tobias	2172	–	GM	Salem A.R. Saleh	2603
31	GM	Grandelius Nils	2602	–		Zimmermann Rene	2172
32		Heinemann Josefine	2160	–	GM	Ganguly Surya Shekhar	2595
33	GM	Roiz Michael	2592	–		Heer Stephan	2157
34	FM	Krockenberger Martin	2152	–	GM	Vazquez Igarza Renier	2592
35	GM	Mareco Sandro	2583	–		Schneider German	2150
36		Herman Diego	2148	–	GM	Nabaty Tamir	2579
37	GM	Felgaer Ruben	2575	–		Seyfried Claus	2147
38	WIM	Varga Klara	2145	–	GM	Hansen Eric	2574
39	GM	Sandipan Chanda	2574	–		Tscharotschkin Michael	2144
40		Bar Aviv	2142	–	GM	Stefansson Hannes	2573
41	GM	Bok Benjamin	2572	–		Havik Victor	2137
42		Burrows Martin P	2136	–	GM	Mikhalevski Victor	2571
43	GM	Sengupta Deep	2569	–		Jurdao Perez Marcos Ernesto	2131
44		Kuhne Detlev	2131	–	GM	Bogner Sebastian	2565
45	GM	Oparin Grigoriy	2551	–	WFM	Beltz Franziska	2130
46	CM	Walton Alan J	2129	–	GM	Chirila Ioan-Cristian	2548
47	GM	Ju Wenjun	2547	–	FM	Weeramantry Sunil	2127
48		Wiedersich Jens	2125	–	GM	Muzychuk Anna	2544
49	GM	Troff Kayden W	2541	–	CM	Daneri Martin	2123
50		Rodriguez Alvarez Vidal	2122	–	GM	Lalith Babu M.R.	2537
51	GM	Khotenashvili Bela	2526	–		Danielsson Robert	2121
52		Mehlhorn Uwe	2121	–	GM	Rasmussen Allan Stig	2526
53	GM	Xu Jun	2523	–		Amgalanbaatar Ravdanlkhumbuu	2117
54		Holleland Sigve	2116	–	GM	Popilski Gil	2522
55	GM	Blomqvist Erik	2520	–	FM	Baert Andy	2114
56		Schaefer Reyk	2104	–	IM	Muzychuk Mariya	2520
57	GM	Cramling Pia	2518	–	WFM	Mareckova Martina	2102
58	FM	Kandic Milan	2101	–	GM	Tarjan James E	2518
59	GM	Boruchovsky Avital	2517	–	WFM	De Rosa Mariagrazia	2101
60		Amos Frank	2097	–	GM	Al-Sayed Mohammed	2516
61	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2515	–		Verneuil Pascal	2093
62		Vanheirzeele Daniel	2091	–	IM	Donchenko Alexander	2511
63	GM	Debashis Das	2503	–		Hewson Brian Wr	2084
64		Yu Jonathan	2081	–	IM	Wagner Dennis	2501
65	GM	Harika Dronavalli	2496	–		Compton Alistair	2071
66		Freuler Roman	2071	–	IM	Svane Rasmus	2496
67	IM	Raznikov Danny	2494	–		Cawley Paul F	2070
68		Jameson David	2068	–	IM	Georgiadis Nico	2490
69	GM	Shyam Sundar M.	2489	–		Skutta Bernd  Dr.	2059
70		Dasaolu Rotimi	2053	–	IM	Ducarmon Quinten	2488
71	IM	Tari Aryan	2487	–		Gieritz Dietmar	2048
72		Byrn Carsten	2044	–	IM	Javakhishvili Lela	2486
73	IM	Smith Axel	2483	–		Fomani Medhi	2033
74		Henrichsen Jens	2030	–	GM	Zhukova Natalia	2482
75	IM	Pichot Alan	2480	–		Suez-Panama Gilles	2030
76		Michalowski Peter	2024	–	IM	Das Arghyadip	2476
77	IM	Melia Salome	2473	–		Lien Kjell Hakon	2020
78		Machlik Monika	2015	–	IM	Trent Lawrence	2470
79	IM	Adla Diego	2469	–		Nwoye Nnamdi	2015
80		Hamer Martyn	2014	–	IM	Almagro Llamas Pablo	2469
81	IM	Kjartansson Gudmundur	2468	–		Henderson De La Fuente Lance	2014
82		Nilsen Martin	2011	–	GM	Krush Irina	2467
83	GM	Carlsson Pontus	2465	–		Green Per	1996
84		Moradi Kimia	1984	–	GM	Vishnu Prasanna. V	2463
85	GM	Venkatesh M.R.	2460	–		Odeh Kenneth	1982
86		Ferreira Oscar Luiz Vieira	1980	–	IM	Docx Stefan	2450
87	IM	Mkrtchian Lilit	2449	–		Agbabishvili Lali	1978
88		Klyszcz Michael	1975	–	IM	Guo Qi	2439
89	GM	Neelotpal Das	2437	–		Othman Mustapha	1968
90		Spanton Tim R	1963	–	IM	Teran Alvarez Ismael	2430
91	IM	Nakar Eylon	2419	–		Boyer Censore Giuseppe Enmanu	1960
92		Lobersli Henrik Oie	1957	–	IM	Nagy Gabor	2410
93	IM	Martinez Martin David	2407	–		Whatley Stephen A J	1949
94		Tortolero Cesar	1937	–	IM	Santiago Yago De Moura	2406
95	IM	Solomon Kenny	2399	–		Lochte Szilvia	1934
96		Burke Mitchell R	1928	–	IM	Karavade Eesha	2398
97	IM	Foisor Cristina-Adela	2390	–		Downey Keith	1919
98	WCM	Gonzalez Espana Maria Gabriel	1917	–	IM	Kuipers Stefan	2390
99	IM	Houska Jovanka	2388	–		Machlik Edit	1913
100		Weishaeutel Moritz	1905	–	WGM	Padmini Rout	2388
101	IM	Zude Arno	2377	–		Kim Yongjoo	1903
102		Klug Christian	1884	–	IM	Codenotti Marco	2374
103	WGM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2372	–		Gravett Alan D	1877
104		George Lolomari Erekosima	1857	–	GM	Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel	2370
105	FM	Ladron De Guevara Pinto Paolo	2367	–	CM	Boabaid Jorge Alberto Duardes	1846
106		Mahoney Ian	1838	–	GM	Paehtz Thomas	2365
107	IM	Lejlic Samir	2354	–		Bohman Leif	1803
108		Christophe-Hayot Romain	1793	–	FM	Christiansen Johan-Sebastian	2354
109	FM	Zwahr Paul	2354	–		Greibrokk Ingrid Andrea	1758
110		Kristinsson Magnus	1744	–	IM	Wemmers Xander	2353
111	WGM	Bartel Marta	2347	–		Opasiak Dustin Tennessee	1729
112		Bauer Dieter	1728	–	WGM	Soumya Swaminathan	2346
113	FM	Dragnev Valentin	2344	–		Homer Neil S	1716
114		Beadle John R	1694	–	IM	Bellin Robert	2338
115	IM	Vuilleumier Alexandre	2336	–		Aure Anders Nilsson	1688
116		Kuenitz Klaus	1680	–	FM	Holm Kristian Stuvik	2330
117	IM	Povah Nigel E	2324	–		Sajjadi Kimiya	1634
118		Tveten Per	1601	–	IM	Watson John L	2319
119	FM	Salomon Johan	2319	–		Gouait Raymond	1595
120		Magnusdottir Veronika Steinun	1566	–	FM	Sorm Daniel	2319
121	FM	Santos Ruiz Miguel	2310	–		Bendriss Hatim	0
122		Saber Yasser	0	–	FM	Plotkin Victor	2306