Adams Wins Gibtelecom Masters

Submitted by SonofPearl on Fri, 02/05/2010 at 1:05pm.

England's Mickey Adams (pictured) won the Gibtelecom Masters after an exciting 4-way playoff.

Adams rode his luck after losing the first rapid game of his semi-final playoff with Germany's Jan Gustafsson, but he recovered to level the scores in the second game and then win the armageddon decider.

Paco Vallejo Pons won the other semi-final against Chanda Sandipan to make the final an England v Spain affair - rather appropriate for Gibraltar!

In the end it was a convincing victory for Adams, winning the first game and offering a draw in a winning position in the second. His prize was a cheque for £15,000.

Natalia Zhukova won the £8,000 prize for the best placed woman.

All Adams' playoff games can be found below.

Picture and video from the official site, courtesy of John Saunders.

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by jontsef - 2 years ago
United States

Member Since: Jan 2009
Member Points: 169

"Why would he sandbag? An invitation to Corus doesn't require you to accept."

Of course he doesn't have to accept, but declining such a prestigious invitation isn't everyone's cup of tea.

I was just joking anyway, as SOP speculated, the Corus (group A) players get paid more just for showing up than the money given for first.

by SonofPearl - 2 years ago
Wales

Member Since: May 2007
Member Points: 11925

The players at Corus also receive appearance fees, but these are not normally disclosed AFAIK. I expect that the big name draws are compensated reasonably well just for taking part!