Gibraltar live games

[andyburnett]

Plenty of live action from Gibraltar over the next 10 days with GM Keti Arakhamia-Grant, IM Steve Mannion and FM Alan Tate all involved.

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Round 1 saw tough pairings for the boys but Alan played a fine game to draw.

Cheparinov, Ivan (2689) 1-0 Mannion, Stephen

Ganguly, Surya (2657) 0.5 - 0.5 Tate, Alan

Keti had a slightly easier opening task

Arakhamia-Grant 1-0 Neumanova, Monika (1707)

[andyburnett]

Round 2 saw Alan Tate win against a strong GM, in a game which I'm hoping he'll annotate for the Scottish Chess magazine!

Lagno, Kateyna (2530) 1-0 Arakhamia-Grant, Keti

Tate, Alan 1-0 Kaidanov, Gregory (2572)

Mannion, Stephen 1-0 Feldbacher, Harald (2050)

[Kevin Mayo]

Congratulations to Alan Tate on being unbeaten so far at Gibraltar with a 2600 performance. This after 6 of 10 rounds. Keep it going Alan, and that IM title is there for the taking.
p.s. hope this isn't the commentator's curse.