"The annual Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival has established
itself as the most prestigious open tournament in the world" -
THE
SUNDAY TIMES
03.04.11
Live Webcams from the tournament hall
Masterclass
27.01.12 - The strongest
female chess player of all time by far, Judit Polgar rated 2710,
gave a Masterclass tonight at 21.00hrs. If you missed it, watch
it all here.
Nigel Short analyzes his win over Mamedyarov |
Runtime: 20 mins
Link:
http://blip.tv/gibchess/round-3-nigel-short-5913372
Replay the daily live commentary with GM Simon Williams
A break down of all the top
boards, with webcams and player post-game interviews.
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Simon is a grandmaster and author from
England.
He became an IM in 1998 and a GM in 2008.
In 2009, he organised the Big Slick
International in Purley, London, which comprised an invitational
GM tournament and FIDE Rated Open.
He was joint winner (with Gawain Jones) of
the London Chess Classic FIDE Rated Open in December 2010.
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Round 3 Report by
Stewart Reuben
Thursday 25 January 2012
Participation of female players
in this congress is very important to the whole
ethos of this congress. Our webmaster, Steve Connor,
reminded me I intended to comment on the passing of
Elaine Pritchard, who died very recently and whose
career spanned a major period in women’s chess. In a
way, it is fortuitous that the Tradewise Gibraltar
Chess Festival can be regarded as a memorial to her.
She was a child prodigy in the late 1930's (which
must have been very unusual for a girl in that
period). She remembered sitting on Vera Menchik’s
knee. Vera was the first-ever Women’s World Champion
and won the World Girls title the same year. Elaine
won the World Girls in 1936 at the age of 10 and
again in 1937. [report continues here]
Round 2 Report by
Stewart Reuben
Wednesday 25 January 2012
The life-blood of publicity
for chess tournaments is the games of the players. The better the games, the
more they will be circulated. Since there were so many clashes at the top,
there were a very large number of entertaining games considering it is only
the second round. Some of the games will be anthologised and played over for
many years to come in many different countries.
However the game between
Artur Jussupov GER 2569 and Peter Svidler RUS 2749 was not one of them. The
game was a very fair draw after 30 moves, but there should be a Chessbase
symbol for such games. Virtually all the other games were in complete
contrast and provide a very enjoyable experience when played through.
[report continues here]
17.01.12 -
Gibraltar postage stamps have always played a
very important role in marking anniversaries, commemorating outstanding
accomplishments and documenting local and international events.
The Gibraltar Chess Festival in its tenth edition has now firmly established
itself as the most prestigious open tournament in the world therefore
becoming one of Gibraltar’s most important sporting events of all time.
Gibraltar is therefore delighted to pay tribute to the Festival with the
issue of a set of Gibraltar stamps that have been officially approved by the
Gibraltar Government and Her Majesty the Queen Elizabeth II.
