Gibraltar 2018 Starts Tuesday
Thursday, January 18, 2018 at 3:55PM
Dennis Monokroussos in 2018 Gibraltar

The Masters group of the Tradewise Gibraltar Festival starts on Tuesday, and as has become normal in recent years, it features some of the world's best players. Top players include Levon Aronian, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Hikaru Nakamura, David Navara, Pentala Harikrishna, Le Quang Liem, Nikita Vitiugov, Vassily Ivanchuk, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Wang Hao, Michael Adams, and Richard Rapport, just to mention the 2700s. (Boris Gelfand, who is just below 2700, is also playing.) It's very strong, and they generally put on a good show in their live commentary as well. Start your day with Wijk, and then migrate over to Gibraltar.

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