Tag Archives: Short
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 (8) – Two lead (and many in hot pursuit!) -
In Gibraltar Nigel Short won yesterday – and with Black – to become joint-leader on seven points. 1st= N Vitiugov (RUS) and ND Short (ENG) both 7/8; 3rd= G Kamsky (USA), Yu Yangyi (CHN) and …
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 …
Sir Patrick Moore, 1923 – 2012
Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore, CBE, FRS, FRAS (4 March 1923 – 9 December 2012) was the presenter of ‘The Sky at Night’ the longest running TV programme on British television. His autobiography reveals that he …
