Då är Gibraltar Chess Festival avslutat. Upplösning blev att tiebreak mellan fyra stormästare och placeringarna framgår av tabellen. I semifinalerna vann GM Michael Adams över GM Jan Gustafsson med 2-1 samtidigt som GM Francisco Vallejo Pons besegrade GM Chanda Sandipan med 1.5-0.5. I finalen kunde Michael triumfera med 1.5-0.5 och åka tillbaka till England med segerchecken på £15 000.
| 1 | GM Michael Adams |  |
2694 |
| 2 | GM Franscisco Vallejo Pons |  |
2705 |
| 3 | GM Jan Gustafsson |  |
2627 |
| 3 | GM Chanda Sandipan |  |
2622 |
John Saunders reports:
English grandmaster Mickey Adams has won the 8th Gibtelecom Masters after a four-player play-off. He did it the hard way, losing the first game of his semi-final against German GM Jan Gustafsson and having much the worst of the second game before Gustafsson blundered a piece. There followed an Armageddon game, with Adams obliged to win, which he did in some style.
In the other semi-final Paco Vallejo Pons of Spain won his first game quite comfortably against Chand Sandipan of India. He was comfortable in the second game but Sandipan fought back to the point where he should have won, only the make a terrible blunder which cost him the win.
The final saw Adams in his best form, soon securing a strong advantage which he carried through to victory. In the return, Vallejo Pons got a bad position but his attempt to mix the game up cost him a piece and he could only draw. The two-game mini-matches were played at a time control of 10 minutes with 10 second increments and the Armageddon game at 5 minutes to 4.
I sista ronden förlorade GM Pia Cramling mot superstormästaren Etienne Bacrot (2713) från Frankrike. Pia blev bäst av svenskarna med en 24:e plats bland de 224 deltagarna som kom till start.
| Namn | Land | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | s:a | plac |
| GM Pia Cramling, Team Viking |  |
2528 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6½ | 24 |
| GM Pontus Carlsson, Team Viking | |
2476 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 6.0 | 47 |
| Johan Henriksson, Stockholms SS | |
2204 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | = | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 5½ | 76 |
| Lars Andersson, SS Allians Skänninge | |
2132 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 5.0 | 119 |
| Leif Haraldsson, SS Allians Skänninge | |
2050 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 4.0 | 159 |
| Simon Marder, Stockholms SS | |
1993 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 4½ | 149 |
| Mikael Helin, Stockholms SS | |
1972 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3½ | 188 |
| Per Green, Trollhättans SK | |
1970 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4.0 | 181 |
| Karl Lundbäck, Kungstornet | |
0000 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | = | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 178 |
Svenskarnas partier från rond 1 – 10.
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