24 January 2018
First Games of Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival Played
Not all favorites celebrate victories.
![Photo: Sophie Triay, Official website](/upload/iblock/5bc/5bc1af37149a106dcda80d392d89dbb1.jpg)
Photo: Sophie Triay, Official website
First round games of one of the biggest open tournaments in the world were played in Gibraltar on February 23. Not all rating favorites celebrated victories at the start. Thus, Levon Aronian made a draw with Anita Gara, Pentala Harikrishna didn't manage to outplay his compatriot Sharma Hemant, and Le Quang Liem drew with Gupta Prithu, another player from the motherland of chess.
Ivan Cheparinov lost to Peter Lombaers, while one of the Russian chess players Daniil Dubov was defeated by Gary Quillan.
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