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Nigel Short wins Gibraltar Open
Hou Yifan and Nigel Short tie for the first place! Sasikiran loses to Short in the crucial game! 
"A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions". Hence, experience always counts! The British Grand Master Nigel Short who was a world Championship contender against Kasparov, proved to be tough opponent for World Women Champion 17 year old Hou Yifan. Nigel gave no chance in the play off for the title and scored 11/2 points out of the two games to annex the title. However this tournament undoubtedly belongs to the Chinese sensation Hou Yifan!
Hou Yifan demolished 2700s with ease and her opponents include GM Zoltan Almasi 2717, GM Judit Polgar 2710, GM le Quang Liem 2714 and finally super strong GM Shirov Alexei 2710.
This is no means an easy achievement and her tournament performance rating stood at a whopping 2872 points.
India's Sasikiran did extremely well in the tournament but missed some winning chances against GM Parimarjan Negi. Though he could out play Hungarian GM Rapport Richard with Black pieces in the penultimate round easily, the final round clearly did not belong to him as he lost to Nigel Short' Nigel looks like the owner of the Gibraltar tournament as we put it, and plays extremely well in this tournament!
Indias young Parmarjan Negi who had the guts to play Grunfeld against none other than Peter Svidler emerged 13th in this tournament with comfotable draw against Le Quang Liem of Vietnam.
| Final Ranking after 10 Rounds | ||||||
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | |
| 1 | GM | Hou Yifan | CHN | 2605 | 8 | 2872 |
| 2 | GM | Short Nigel D | ENG | 2677 | 8 | 2838 |
| 3 | GM | Adams Michael | ENG | 2724 | 7.5 | 2807 |
| 4 | GM | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | AZE | 2747 | 7.5 | 2783 |
| 5 | GM | Bologan Viktor | MDA | 2680 | 7.5 | 2734 |
| 6 | GM | Sutovsky Emil | ISR | 2703 | 7.5 | 2669 |
| 7 | GM | Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2714 | 7 | 2733 |
| 8 | GM | Almasi Zoltan | HUN | 2717 | 7 | 2730 |
| 9 | GM | Howell David W L | ENG | 2603 | 7 | 2725 |
| 10 | GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | IND | 2700 | 7 | 2717 |
| 11 | GM | Movsesian Sergei | ARM | 2700 | 7 | 2711 |
| 12 | GM | Svidler Peter | RUS | 2749 | 7 | 2700 |
| 13 | GM | Negi Parimarjan | IND | 2641 | 7 | 2694 |
| 14 | GM | Polgar Judit | HUN | 2710 | 7 | 2693 |
| 15 | GM | Laznicka Viktor | CZE | 2704 | 7 | 2681 |
| 16 | GM | Fridman Daniel | GER | 2660 | 7 | 2632 |
| 17 | GM | Gustafsson Jan | GER | 2643 | 7 | 2628 |
| 18 | GM | Jussupow Artur | GER | 2569 | 7 | 2625 |
| 19 | GM | Salem A R Saleh | UAE | 2505 | 7 | 2621 |
| 20 | GM | Berg Emanuel | SWE | 2550 | 7 | 2603 |
| 21 | GM | Sargissian Gabriel | ARM | 2683 | 7 | 2594 |
| 22 | GM | Kanep Meelis | EST | 2509 | 7 | 2556 |
| 23 | GM | Cabrera Alexis | ESP | 2504 | 7 | 2544 |
| 24 | GM | Gopal G N | IND | 2566 | 6.5 | 2647 |
| 25 | GM | Shirov Alexei | LAT | 2710 | 6.5 | 2629 |
| 26 | GM | Brunello Sabino | ITA | 2581 | 6.5 | 2617 |
| 27 | GM | Kulaots Kaido | EST | 2581 | 6.5 | 2604 |
| 28 | GM | Erdos Viktor | HUN | 2634 | 6.5 | 2601 |
| 29 | GM | Zhu Chen | QAT | 2472 | 6.5 | 2598 |
| 30 | GM | Cramling Pia | SWE | 2491 | 6.5 | 2591 |
| 31 | IM | Muzychuk Anna | SLO | 2580 | 6.5 | 2586 |
| 32 | GM | El Debs Felipe De Cresce | BRA | 2497 | 6.5 | 2582 |
| 33 | GM | Nabaty Tamir | ISR | 2563 | 6.5 | 2575 |
| 34 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | BUL | 2523 | 6.5 | 2571 |
| 35 | IM | Dvirnyy Daniyyl | ITA | 2492 | 6.5 | 2530 |
| 36 | GM | Del Rio De Angelis Salvador G | ESP | 2531 | 6.5 | 2528 |
| 37 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | IND | 2652 | 6.5 | 2525 |
| IM | Muzychuk Mariya | UKR | 2483 | 6.5 | 2525 | |
| 39 | GM | Iturrizaga Edoardo | VEN | 2649 | 6.5 | 2510 |
| 40 | IM | Zatonskih Anna | USA | 2506 | 6.5 | 2502 |
| 41 | GM | Kosintseva Nadezhda | RUS | 2537 | 6.5 | 2498 |
| 42 | IM | Hunt Adam C | ENG | 2462 | 6.5 | 2481 |
| 43 | GM | Ikonnikov Vyacheslav | RUS | 2531 | 6.5 | 2468 |
| 44 | Graf Felix | GER | 2367 | 6.5 | 2437 | |
| 45 | GM | Pavlovic Milos | SRB | 2531 | 6.5 | 2413 |
| 46 | GM | Dzagnidze Nana | GEO | 2535 | 6 | 2620 |
| 47 | GM | David Alberto | LUX | 2598 | 6 | 2587 |
| 48 | GM | Parligras Mircea-Emilian | ROU | 2650 | 6 | 2582 |
| 49 | GM | Rapport Richard | HUN | 2543 | 6 | 2574 |
| 50 | GM | Koneru Humpy | IND | 2589 | 6 | 2572 |
| 51 | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | USA | 2617 | 6 | 2562 |
| 52 | FM | Kuipers Stefan | NED | 2391 | 6 | 2560 |
| 53 | GM | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA | 2699 | 6 | 2556 |
| 54 | IM | Lyrberg Patrik | SWE | 2435 | 6 | 2552 |
| 55 | IM | Arnold Marc T | USA | 2482 | 6 | 2532 |
| 56 | GM | Felgaer Ruben | ARG | 2571 | 6 | 2527 |
| 57 | GM | Al-Sayed Mohammed | QAT | 2524 | 6 | 2518 |
| 58 | GM | Zhukova Natalia | UKR | 2426 | 6 | 2491 |
| 59 | GM | Korchnoi Viktor | SUI | 2558 | 6 | 2476 |
| 60 | GM | Lupulescu Constantin | ROU | 2648 | 6 | 2471 |
| 61 | IM | Hanley Craig A | ENG | 2421 | 6 | 2458 |
| 62 | IM | Molner Mackenzie | USA | 2449 | 6 | 2434 |
| 63 | WGM | Soumya Swaminathan | IND | 2280 | 6 | 2428 |
| 64 | IM | Lund Silas | DEN | 2414 | 6 | 2426 |
| 65 | IM | Quillan Gary | ENG | 2409 | 6 | 2419 |
| 66 | IM | Huschenbeth Niclas | GER | 2518 | 6 | 2405 |
| 67 | GM | Womacka Mathias | GER | 2455 | 6 | 2402 |
| 68 | Gislason Gudmundur | ISL | 2332 | 6 | 2393 | |
| 69 | FM | Georgiadis Nico | SUI | 2291 | 6 | 2389 |
| 70 | Valhondo Morales Ruben | ESP | 2046 | 6 | 2388 | |
| 71 | IM | Aloma Vidal Robert | ESP | 2431 | 6 | 2386 |
| 72 | IM | Molina Roberto Junio Brito | BRA | 2415 | 6 | 2383 |
| 73 | IM | Cernousek Lukas | CZE | 2438 | 6 | 2343 |
| 74 | IM | Nezad Husein Aziz | QAT | 2402 | 6 | 2318 |
| 75 | CM | Rowe Duane | JAM | 2236 | 6 | 2273 |
| 76 | GM | Gallagher Joseph G | SUI | 2505 | 5.5 | 2467 |
| 77 | IM | Khurtsidze Nino | GEO | 2444 | 5.5 | 2464 |
| 78 | IM | Krush Irina | USA | 2467 | 5.5 | 2450 |
| 79 | GM | Fier Alexandr | BRA | 2603 | 5.5 | 2431 |
| 80 | GM | Baron Tal | ISR | 2498 | 5.5 | 2411 |
| 81 | IM | Alvarez Marquez Johann | VEN | 2398 | 5.5 | 2402 |
| 82 | IM | Karim Ismael | MAR | 2405 | 5.5 | 2399 |
| IM | Melia Salome | GEO | 2398 | 5.5 | 2399 | |
| 84 | Tabatt Hendrik | GER | 2281 | 5.5 | 2389 | |
| 85 | FM | Loew Gerald | GER | 2251 | 5.5 | 2385 |
| 86 | IM | Bosboom Manuel | NED | 2394 | 5.5 | 2370 |
| 87 | Ali Sebbar | MAR | 2292 | 5.5 | 2361 | |
| 88 | IM | Peek Marcel | NED | 2354 | 5.5 | 2354 |
| 89 | WGM | Vojinovic Jovana | MNE | 2359 | 5.5 | 2335 |
| 90 | IM | Houska Jovanka | ENG | 2414 | 5.5 | 2332 |
| 91 | FM | Schiendorfer Emanuel | SUI | 2354 | 5.5 | 2330 |
| 92 | WIM | Seps Monika | SUI | 2182 | 5.5 | 2326 |
| 93 | Valgmae Toomas | EST | 2208 | 5.5 | 2322 | |
| 94 | FM | Adnani Mokhlis | MAR | 2386 | 5.5 | 2305 |
| 95 | Henriksson Johan | SWE | 2308 | 5.5 | 2302 | |
| 96 | Arvola Benjamin | NOR | 2261 | 5.5 | 2297 | |
| 97 | FM | Coleman Teddy | USA | 2356 | 5.5 | 2295 |
| 98 | IM | Astaneh Lopez Alex | IRL | 2414 | 5.5 | 2290 |
| WGM | Borosova Zuzana | SVK | 2284 | 5.5 | 2290 | |
| 100 | IM | Getz Nicolai | NOR | 2408 | 5.5 | 2286 |
| 101 | Ben Artzi Ido | ISR | 2284 | 5.5 | 2281 | |
| 102 | Lind Jan-Olov | SWE | 2219 | 5.5 | 2279 | |
| 103 | Vaarala Eric | SWE | 2238 | 5.5 | 2255 | |
| 104 | Phadke Sohan | IND | 2290 | 5.5 | 2248 | |
| 105 | FM | Nuri Kambez | SUI | 2256 | 5.5 | 2238 |
| 106 | Allor Chukwuka | NGR | 2145 | 5.5 | 2228 | |
| 107 | Hamer Martyn | ENG | 2010 | 5.5 | 2215 | |
| 108 | De Seroux Camille | SUI | 2076 | 5.5 | 2211 | |
| 109 | FM | Sanchez Louis | FRA | 2261 | 5.5 | 2209 |
| 110 | Dasaolu Adeoye | NGR | 2103 | 5.5 | 2186 | |
| 111 | Schmidt Ralf | GER | 2156 | 5.5 | 2134 | |
| 112 | Byron Alan M | ENG | 2241 | 5.5 | 2108 | |
| 113 | Ranaivoharisoa Alain | MAD | 2135 | 5.5 | 2051 | |
| 114 | IM | Raznikov Danny | ISR | 2436 | 5 | 2425 |
| 115 | IM | Javakhishvili Lela | GEO | 2454 | 5 | 2404 |
| 116 | IM | Ansell Simon T | ENG | 2373 | 5 | 2377 |
| 117 | CM | Osuna Vega Enrique | ESP | 2122 | 5 | 2360 |
| 118 | Zygouris Hristos | GRE | 2205 | 5 | 2305 | |
| 119 | FM | Montero Melendez Rafael | ESP | 2303 | 5 | 2297 |
| 120 | Chapman Terry P D | ENG | 2253 | 5 | 2295 | |
| 121 | FM | Fenollar Jorda Manuel | ESP | 2360 | 5 | 2290 |
| 122 | Herman Jean | BEL | 2077 | 5 | 2286 | |
| 123 | GM | Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel | ESP | 2422 | 5 | 2282 |
| 124 | FM | Wantiez Fabrice | BEL | 2366 | 5 | 2281 |
| 125 | Scheckenbach Franz | GER | 2182 | 5 | 2263 | |
| 126 | IM | Piasetski Leon | CAN | 2305 | 5 | 2244 |
| 127 | FM | Bisby Daniel L | ENG | 2264 | 5 | 2241 |
| 128 | FM | Aranha Filho Alvaro Z | BRA | 2307 | 5 | 2237 |
| 129 | Samu Sorin-Mihai | ROU | 2156 | 5 | 2217 | |
| 130 | Stone Andrew M | ENG | 2237 | 5 | 2211 | |
| 131 | De Graaf Dick | NED | 2183 | 5 | 2203 | |
| 132 | Kulkarni Rakesh | IND | 2252 | 5 | 2198 | |
| 133 | Pettersson Anders | SWE | 2219 | 5 | 2194 | |
| 134 | Al-Tamimi Hamad | QAT | 2237 | 5 | 2193 | |
| 135 | Tscharotschkin Michael | GER | 2195 | 5 | 2163 | |
| 136 | Daoudi Kamal | MAR | 2165 | 5 | 2130 | |
| 137 | Mihajlov Sebastian | NOR | 1974 | 5 | 2126 | |
| 138 | Amos Frank | GER | 2171 | 5 | 2112 | |
| 139 | WIM | Benmesbah Natacha | FRA | 2228 | 5 | 2102 |
| 140 | Kakulia Shalva | GEO | 2133 | 5 | 2094 | |
| 141 | Auvinen Esa | FIN | 1926 | 5 | 1942 | |
| 142 | Oberhofer Andre | GER | 2299 | 4.5 | 2239 | |
| 143 | Vinas Guerrero Carlos A | ESP | 2160 | 4.5 | 2235 | |
| 144 | IM | Adrian Claude | FRA | 2271 | 4.5 | 2217 |
| 145 | WIM | Dolgova Olga | RUS | 2206 | 4.5 | 2213 |
| 146 | Thingstad Even | NOR | 2219 | 4.5 | 2210 | |
| 147 | Spence David J | ENG | 2213 | 4.5 | 2201 | |
| Kyas Juergen | GER | 2195 | 4.5 | 2201 | ||
| 149 | Mastalerz Xavier | BEL | 2135 | 4.5 | 2198 | |
| 150 | Choukri Adel | MAR | 2115 | 4.5 | 2196 | |
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