Chucky Is King Of The Rock
Vassily Ivanchuk won his last three games at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival to win the Masters event with a fantastic score of 9/10.
Only Nigel Short had a chance of catching the Ukrainian, but his loss against him in round six (as shown in the previous report) proved crucial. Short finished clear second with 8.5/10.
The Georgian Nana Dzagnidze was the top placed woman with a score of 7/10, just edging out Melia Salome by virtue of a superior tie-break score.
Defending champion Michael Adams was undefeated, but finished back in 20th with 6.5/10 after failing to match the pace of the leaders.
Ivanchuk and Short await their victims in the final round (picture from the official website)
The top final standings of the Gibraltar Masters 2011
| Name | FED | Elo | Pts | TB | ||
| 1 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | UKR | 2764 | 9.0 | 2968 |
| 2 | GM | Short Nigel D | ENG | 2658 | 8.5 | 2883 |
| 3 | GM | Kulaots Kaido | EST | 2577 | 7.5 | 2750 |
| 4 | GM | Roiz Michael | ISR | 2649 | 7.5 | 2743 |
| 5 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | ITA | 2721 | 7.0 | 2681 |
| 6 | GM | Dzagnidze Nana | GEO | 2550 | 7.0 | 2672 |
| 7 | GM | Gopal Geetha Narayanan | IND | 2597 | 7.0 | 2651 |
| 8 | GM | Vallejo Pons Francisco | ESP | 2698 | 7.0 | 2648 |
| 9 | GM | Harikrishna Pentala | IND | 2667 | 7.0 | 2647 |
| 10 | GM | Georgiev Kiril | BUL | 2669 | 7.0 | 2641 |
| 11 | GM | Lafuente Pablo | ARG | 2561 | 7.0 | 2637 |
| 12 | GM | Nisipeanu Liviu-Dieter | ROU | 2678 | 7.0 | 2629 |
| 13 | IM | Melia Salome | GEO | 2449 | 7.0 | 2610 |
| 14 | GM | Kacheishvili Giorgi | GEO | 2585 | 7.0 | 2608 |
| 15 | GM | Erdos Viktor | HUN | 2593 | 7.0 | 2607 |
| 16 | GM | Ikonnikov Vyacheslav | RUS | 2580 | 7.0 | 2598 |
| 17 | GM | Iordachescu Viorel | MDA | 2634 | 7.0 | 2538 |
| GM | Fier Alexandr | BRA | 2571 | 7.0 | 2538 | |
| 19 | GM | Fridman Daniel | GER | 2655 | 6.5 | 2695 |
| 20 | GM | Adams Michael | ENG | 2723 | 6.5 | 2665 |
| 21 | IM | Kosintseva Nadezhda | RUS | 2552 | 6.5 | 2654 |
| 22 | GM | Bologan Viktor | MDA | 2693 | 6.5 | 2623 |
| 23 | GM | Buhmann Rainer | GER | 2572 | 6.5 | 2598 |
| 24 | GM | Mikhalevski Victor | ISR | 2579 | 6.5 | 2595 |
| 25 | GM | Akobian Varuzhan | USA | 2618 | 6.5 | 2583 |
| 26 | GM | Onischuk Alexander | USA | 2689 | 6.5 | 2575 |
| 27 | IM | Bellaiche Anthony | FRA | 2458 | 6.5 | 2568 |
| 28 | GM | Edouard Romain | FRA | 2634 | 6.5 | 2550 |
| 29 | GM | Berg Emanuel | SWE | 2627 | 6.5 | 2548 |
| 30 | IM | Harika Dronavalli | IND | 2520 | 6.5 | 2537 |
| 31 | IM | Zatonskih Anna | USA | 2493 | 6.5 | 2530 |
| 32 | GM | Gallagher Joseph G | SUI | 2501 | 6.5 | 2482 |
| 33 | IM | Vaibhav Suri | IND | 2421 | 6.5 | 2472 |
| 34 | GM | Zhukova Natalia | UKR | 2441 | 6.5 | 2447 |
| 35 | GM | Jones Gawain C B | ENG | 2593 | 6.5 | 2440 |
| 36 | GM | Le Roux Jean-Pierre | FRA | 2551 | 6.5 | 2425 |
| 37 | Henriksson Johan | SWE | 2243 | 6.5 | 2335 | |
| 38 | GM | Sengupta Deep | IND | 2530 | 6.0 | 2673 |
| 39 | GM | Korchnoi Viktor | SUI | 2544 | 6.0 | 2632 |
| 40 | GM | Sasikiran Krishnan | IND | 2690 | 6.0 | 2607 |
| 41 | GM | Zhu Chen | QAT | 2495 | 6.0 | 2572 |
| 42 | GM | Sandipan Chanda | IND | 2641 | 6.0 | 2542 |
| 43 | IM | Fernandez Romero Ernesto | ESP | 2453 | 6.0 | 2505 |
| 44 | GM | Cmilyte Viktorija | LTU | 2526 | 6.0 | 2504 |
| 45 | GM | Lemos Damian | ARG | 2553 | 6.0 | 2493 |
| 46 | GM | Kanep Meelis | EST | 2531 | 6.0 | 2486 |
| 47 | GM | Soffer Ram | ISR | 2489 | 6.0 | 2470 |
| 48 | GM | El Debs Felipe De Cresce | BRA | 2499 | 6.0 | 2465 |
| 49 | GM | Kosintseva Tatiana | RUS | 2570 | 6.0 | 2463 |
| 50 | IM | Vernay Clovis | FRA | 2446 | 6.0 | 2442 |
| 51 | GM | Robson Ray | USA | 2532 | 6.0 | 2441 |
| 52 | IM | Das Arghyadip | IND | 2479 | 6.0 | 2440 |
| 53 | GM | Cabrera Alexis | ESP | 2518 | 6.0 | 2438 |
| 54 | FM | Andersen Mads | DEN | 2410 | 6.0 | 2415 |
| 55 | IM | Wohl Aleksandar H | AUS | 2409 | 6.0 | 2407 |
| 56 | FM | Jones Richard S | WLS | 2361 | 6.0 | 2396 |
| 57 | IM | Boskovic Drasko | SRB | 2412 | 6.0 | 2388 |
| Tate Alan | SCO | 2292 | 6.0 | 2388 | ||
| 59 | FM | Illner Achim Dr | GER | 2345 | 6.0 | 2375 |
| 60 | Zygouris Hristos | GRE | 2215 | 6.0 | 2355 | |
| 61 | IM | Slavin Alexei | RUS | 2417 | 6.0 | 2351 |
| 62 | Daurelle Herve | FRA | 2243 | 6.0 | 2350 | |
| 63 | IM | Gaponenko Inna | UKR | 2466 | 6.0 | 2334 |
| 64 | Montero Melendez Rafael | ESP | 2265 | 6.0 | 2270 | |
| 65 | GM | Rapport Richard | HUN | 2531 | 5.5 | 2566 |
| 66 | GM | Speelman Jon S | ENG | 2524 | 5.5 | 2488 |
| 67 | FM | Forsaa Espen | NOR | 2306 | 5.5 | 2485 |
| 68 | IM | Nezad Husein Aziz | QAT | 2420 | 5.5 | 2480 |
| 69 | GM | Felgaer Ruben | ARG | 2585 | 5.5 | 2478 |
| 70 | Valgmae Toomas | EST | 2190 | 5.5 | 2461 | |
| 71 | IM | Krush Irina | USA | 2483 | 5.5 | 2457 |
| 72 | WGM | Calzetta Ruiz Monica | ESP | 2284 | 5.5 | 2423 |
| 73 | IM | Battaglini Gabriel | FRA | 2437 | 5.5 | 2415 |
| 74 | IM | Thomassen Joachim | NOR | 2404 | 5.5 | 2380 |
| 75 | FM | Getz Nicolai | NOR | 2334 | 5.5 | 2379 |
| 76 | IM | Karim Ismael | MAR | 2375 | 5.5 | 2368 |
| 77 | Nuri Kambez | SUI | 2300 | 5.5 | 2366 | |
| 78 | GM | Al-Sayed Mohammed | QAT | 2490 | 5.5 | 2357 |
| 79 | FM | Stokke Kjetil | NOR | 2413 | 5.5 | 2351 |
| 80 | GM | Bellon Lopez Juan Manuel | ESP | 2404 | 5.5 | 2345 |
| 81 | Sipila Vilka | FIN | 2269 | 5.5 | 2338 | |
| 82 | IM | Kolbus Dietmar | GER | 2332 | 5.5 | 2326 |
| 83 | Navarrete Espi Samuel | ESP | 2095 | 5.5 | 2325 | |
| 84 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | BUL | 2546 | 5.5 | 2320 |
| 85 | FM | Garcia Jimenez Francisco Javie | ESP | 2274 | 5.5 | 2304 |
| 86 | Malmdin Nils-Ake | SWE | 2272 | 5.5 | 2286 | |
| CM | Urbina Perez Juan Antonio | ESP | 2189 | 5.5 | 2286 | |
| 88 | Meskovs Nikita | LAT | 2243 | 5.5 | 2281 | |
| 89 | FM | Bergstrom Rolf | SWE | 2307 | 5.5 | 2277 |
| 90 | GM | Cramling Pia | SWE | 2516 | 5.5 | 2267 |
| 91 | FM | Sanchez Louis | FRA | 2262 | 5.5 | 2264 |
| 92 | Daumen Michael | GER | 2130 | 5.5 | 2190 | |
| 93 | Valhondo Morales Ruben | ESP | 1948 | 5.5 | 2079 | |
| 94 | WFM | Wilson Alexandra | SUI | 2037 | 5.5 | 2054 |
