2 February 2012
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hello everyone,
Congratulations to Nigel Short who has won the Gibraltar Masters following a tense but exhilarating play-off against Women’s World Champion Hou Yifan. Nigel won the play-off 1½-½.
Congratulations to Hou Yifan for such an amazing performance… and the year has only begun!
The results of Nigel Short in Gibraltar
2003 =1st-2nd with Krotonias
2004 Clear first
2005 did not participate
2006 =2nd-3rd with Sutovsky (Winner) Kiril Georgiev
2007-2010 did not participate
2011 clear 2nd (Winner Ivanchuk)
2012 1st winner of tie-break with Hou Yifan 1½-½
Hello everyone,
Congratulations to Nigel Short who has won the Gibraltar Masters following a tense but exhilarating play-off against Women’s World Champion Hou Yifan. Nigel won the play-off 1½-½.
Congratulations to Hou Yifan for such an amazing performance… and the year has only begun!
The results of Nigel Short in Gibraltar
2003 =1st-2nd with Krotonias
2004 Clear first
2005 did not participate
2006 =2nd-3rd with Sutovsky (Winner) Kiril Georgiev
2007-2010 did not participate
2011 clear 2nd (Winner Ivanchuk)
2012 1st winner of tie-break with Hou Yifan 1½-½
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