Jan 27 - First Move At The Tradewise Chess Fest
The First Move of the 2015 Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival at The Gibraltar Masters tournament took place this afternoon at the Caleta Hotel.
At precisely 3pm (Gibraltar time) James Humphreys, Chairman of Tradewise Gibraltar Insurance Ltd, the main sponsor of this event made the first move on the top board against top seeded player, and World No. 4, Veselin Topalov.
In his First Round game Topalov is playing against one of the many Spanish players in this festival Fide Master Emilio Miguel Sanchez Jerez, with a rating of 2282. Topalov’s rating stands at 2800.
James Humphreys, whose company has been sponsoring the game for 10 years, was pleased to be back again at the start of the tournament and that his company was giving it its full support as the main sponsor.
Moments later, the 252 chess players in The Masters from some 60 countries made their opening moves in the tournament which is being held over the next 10 days over 10 rounds.
Pic: Tradewise Chairman James Humphreys makes the first move for World No. 4, Veselin Topalov, and the top seeded player at the 13th edition of the Tradewise Chess Festival. Pic: Sophie Triay.
