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Gibraltar 2012: Short Wins Tie-Break Playoff - Chess.com

Gibraltar 2012: Short Wins Tie-Break Playoff - Chess.com

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Gibraltar 2012: Short Wins Tie-Break Playoff

Submitted by SonofPearl on Thu, 02/02/2012 at 10:42am.
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There was a dramatic tiebreak playoff at the 2012 Tradewise Gibraltar Masters, after Hou Yifan drew her final round game with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and was caught on 8/10 points by England's Nigel Short, who beat Krishnan Sasikiran.

Short won the first rapid playoff game (10 mins plus 5 second increment) with the white pieces and drew the second to take the Masters title and £20,000.

Despite this, the 2012 Gibraltar tournament has been all about Hou! Her win against Judit Polgar proved to be no fluke, as she continued to hold her own in the rest of the event, achieving a fantastic final result.

Gibraltar 2012 Rd10 Hou Yifan - Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.jpg

Gibraltar 2012 Rd10 Nigel SHort - Krishnan Sasikran.jpg

Gibraltar 2012 First playoff game Hou Yifan - Nigel Short.jpg

Gibraltar 2012 Second playoff game Hou Yifan - Nigel Short 2.jpg


The top finishers at the 2012 Gibraltar Masters:


Name Nat Elo Pts. TB1
1 Hou Yifan CHN 2605 8.0 2872
2 Short Nigel D ENG 2677 8.0 2838
3 Adams Michael ENG 2724 7.5 2807
4 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2747 7.5 2783
5 Bologan Viktor MDA 2680 7.5 2734
6 Sutovsky Emil ISR 2703 7.5 2669
7 Le Quang Liem VIE 2714 7.0 2733
8 Almasi Zoltan HUN 2717 7.0 2730
9 Howell David W L ENG 2603 7.0 2725
10 Sasikiran Krishnan IND 2700 7.0 2717
11 Movsesian Sergei ARM 2700 7.0 2711
12 Svidler Peter RUS 2749 7.0 2700
13 Negi Parimarjan IND 2641 7.0 2694
14 Polgar Judit HUN 2710 7.0 2693
15 Laznicka Viktor CZE 2704 7.0 2681
16 Fridman Daniel GER 2660 7.0 2632
17 Gustafsson Jan GER 2643 7.0 2628
18 Jussupow Artur GER 2569 7.0 2625
19 Salem A R Saleh UAE 2505 7.0 2621
20 Berg Emanuel SWE 2550 7.0 2603

The results on the top boards in the final round:


No. Name Elo Pts. Result Pts. Name Elo No.
1 25 Hou Yifan 2605 ½ - ½ 7 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2747 2
2 14 Bologan Viktor 2680 7 ½ - ½ 7 Adams Michael 2724 3
3 11 Sasikiran Krishnan 2700 7 0 - 1 7 Short Nigel
2677 15
4 10 Movsesian Sergei 2700 ½ - ½ Svidler Peter 2749 1
5 21 Gustafsson Jan 2643 ½ - ½ Almasi Zoltan 2717 4
6 22 Negi Parimarjan 2641 ½ - ½ Le Quang Liem 2714 5
7 23 Erdos Viktor 2634 0 - 1 Sutovsky Emil 2703 9
8 27 Howell David
2603 ½ - ½ 6 Shirov Alexei 2710 7
9 6 Polgar Judit 2710 6 1 - 0 6 Korchnoi Viktor 2558 37
10 8 Laznicka Viktor 2704 6 1 - 0 6 Rapport Richard 2543 39

More details are at the excellent official website. All photos by Ray Morris-Hi

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