2011 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival – Masters

This very strong event starts today!

Photos from the opening ceremony taken from the official website (most pictures are of ladies :-)) :

Here are the top pairings:

1 IM Mullon Jean-Baptiste – GM Ivanchuk Vassily
2 GM Adams Michael – IM Monroy Charles
3 IM Nezad Husein Aziz – GM Caruana Fabiano
4 GM Vallejo Pons Francisco – IM Melia Salome
5 IM Vernay Clovis – GM Bologan Viktor
6 GM Onischuk Alexander – IM Gaponenko Inna
7 IM Fernandez Romero Ernesto – GM Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter
8 GM Georgiev Kiril – GM Zhukova Natalia
9 IM Sarkar Justin – GM Harikrishna Pentala
10 GM Short Nigel D – IM Slavin Alexei
11 FM Stokke Kjetil – GM Fridman Daniel
12 GM Roiz Michael – IM Boskovic Drasko
13 Andersen Mads – GM Sandipan Chanda
14 GM Edouard Romain – IM Wohl Aleksandar H
15 GM Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel – GM Iordachescu Viorel

Official website – http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/gib2011/index.html

More info on the event on http://chess-results.com/tnr43699.aspx?art=2&rd=1&lan=1&m=-1&wi=1000