Gashimov held to a draw at the start of the Gibraltar chess festival

Svidler, Nakamura, Vachier-Lagrave, Harikrishna and Berkes win

The Gibraltar chess festival started yesterday with an exciting first round and high participation of over 180 players in the main group. Boris Spassky also visited the festival on the first day. All results, extensive report, and many happy faces in the article.