Tag Archives: Jones
Gibraltar (9) – Three Leaders – but no followers!
With so much prize money at stake and only one more round – tomorrow – to go, today’s play was ‘dog eat dog’ not follow-me-leader! N Vitiugov (RUS), M Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) and ND Short (ENG) …
Gibraltar (7) – A Leader Emerges – but who is he … ??
Mystery surrounds the Gibraltar Masters. After seven rounds with the seemingly unknown Russian Grandmaster, Nikita Vitugov, leads the massive field of 247 hungry wolves. The Russian beat last night’s joint-leader, the Bulgar, Georgiev. Gata Kamsky, …
Gibraltar (6) – 3 Way Tie at Halfway Stage -
English players doing quite well on the Rock! Adams, Short, Jones all 5/6; Gordon, Trent, Yang-Fan all 4. 247 players competing, lots of time and scope to go wrong. Leaders: Le Quang Liem (VIE), N …
Hastings (8) – draw, draw, draw
Rather a dull round with six draws on the top seven boards down on the Sussex coast. Vovk drew quickly, Hebden won again, young Yang-Fan downed Pert’s French and Rayner drew with the highly-tipped Williams. …
Hastings (6). Three way tie as the leader stumbles
The lead changes hands, the going gets tough, now tougher still. Still, what can you do? The Hastings spectators enjoyed themselves and that’s important. Opposite coloured bishops on board 2, surely that means a draw? …
