Gibraltar Telecom Masters

[Javier]

One of the strongest Open tournaments held in Europe (more than 20 GMs, GM Adams was seeded first), the Gribraltar Telecom Masters, has just ended. Armenian GM Vladimiar Akopian has won it. Here's the prizelist (In hard currency, British Pounds!).

Gibraltar, located in southern Spain, is one of the last british colonies on European Soil and will probably remain so for many years to come...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prize	Player	Federation	Score	Prize
1st	Vladimir Akopian	Armenia	7.5	£10,000
2nd=	Alexander Areshchenko	Ukraine	7	£4,333.33
	Hikaru Nakamura	USA	7	£4,333.33
	Emil Sutovsky	Israel	7	£4,333.33
5th=	Michael Adams	England	6.5	£550
	Mohamed Al-Modiaki	Qatar	6.5	£550
	Zahar Efimenko	Ukraine	6.5	£550
	Jaan Ehlvest	USA	6.5	£550
	Mikhail Gurevich	Turkey	6.5	£550
	Vadim Milov	Switzerland	6.5	£550
	Milos Pavlovic	Serbia	6.5	£550
	Michael Roiz	Israel	6.5	£550
	Chanda Sandipan	India	6.5	£550
	Ivan Sokolov	Netherlands	6.5	£550
2500 – 2599	2,000; 1,000
1st	Yuriy Kuzubov	Ukraine	1.79	£2,000
2nd	Chen Zhu	Qatar	1.34	£1,000
2400 – 2499	2,000; 1,000
1st=	Mohamed Al Sayed	Qatar	1.84	£1,500
	Robert Ris	Netherlands	1.84	£1,500
2300 – 2399	2,000; 1,000
1st	Thomas Rendle	England	2.69	£2,000
2nd	Jovanka Houska	England	1.54	£1,000
2200 – 2299	2,000; 1,000
1st	Carlos Salgado Allaria	Spain	2.81	£2,000
2nd	Zoltan Revesz	Hungary	1.76	£1,000
Under 2200	2,000; 1,000
1st	Kjell Magne Johnsen	Norway	2.49	£2,000
2nd	Vincent Heinis	France	2.16	£1,000
Senior	1,200; 800
1st=	Viktor Korchnoi	Switzerland	5	£1,000
	Nils-Ake Malmdin	Sweden	5	£1,000
Junior	1,000
1st=	Dronavalli Harika	India	5.5	£333.35
	David Howell	England	5.5	£333.35
	Kateryna Lahno	Ukraine	5.5	£333.35
Women’s	4,000; 2,000; 1,500; 1,000
1st =	Jovanka Houska	England	6	£3,000
	Antoaneta Stefanova	Bulgaria	6	£3,000
3rd=	Pia Cramling	Sweden	5.5	£357.15
	Dronavalli Harika	India	5.5	£357.15
	Irina Krusha	USA	5.5	£357.15
	Kateryna Lahno	Ukraine	5.5	£357.15
	Nisha Mohota	India	5.5	£357.15
	Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi	India	5.5	£357.15
	Chen Zhu	Qatar	5.5	£357.15
U2300	500
	Margarida Coimbra	Portugal	1.85	£500