"Despite the documented evidence of chess historian H.J.R. Murray, I have always thought that chess was invented by a goddess." George Koltanowski, from Women in Chess, Players of the Modern Game
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Thursday, January 31, 2008
2008 Gibtelecom Final Standings
Hola darlings!
I'd like nothing better than to report on the final women's standings after the completion of Round 10 earlier today. However, the Gibtelecom website has not yet updated their final tables. All I can tell you at this point is that USA's own GM Hikaru Nakamura has won the Masters' Event over GM Bu Xiangzhi after sudden-death play-off, and takes home a prize worth 12,000 BPS (not quite $24,000 USD). A nice pay day for 10 days' work. Nakamura earned his pay, particularly since he was not among the early leaders in the event and was written off by many as an "also ran." Ha!
According to Susan Polgar's blog, IM Victoria Cimilyte has earned a GM norm for her performance at Gibtelecom Gibraltar. Congrats!
Here's the prize structure for the women:
Women's Awards in 2008 Gibtelecom Masters
Open to all Women
1st Prize £5,000
2nd Prize £2,500
3rd Prize £1,500
Prizes for best relative rating achievement
2250-2349 £1,000
2150-2249 £1,000
Under 2150 £1,000
Rating prizes in each of the three bands will not be added to the main women’s awards.
There is also a Best Game Prize: £1,000 • for more information go to the Best Game Prize page at the official website.
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