

Battle of the Sexes in Gibraltar

Chess players: Yu Yangyi, Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Richard Rapport, Laurent Fressinet, Hikaru Nakamura, Nigel Short, Valentina Gunina, Alina Kashlinskaya, Natalia Pogonina, Bela Khotenashvili, Antoaneta Stefanova, Jovana Vojinovic, Natalia Zhukova, Brian Callaghan, Tania Sachdev. Photos by John Saunders

The Battle of the Sexes took place at the Caleta Hotel in Gibraltar 30th January 2016. The women's team: Josefine Heinemann, Jovana Vojinovic, Bela Khotenashvili, Valentina Gunina, Natalia Zhukova, Tania Sachdev, Natalia Pogonina, Alina Kashlinskaya, also Jovana Vojinovic. The women's captain: Antoaneta Stefanova. The men's team: Hikaru Nakamura, Laurent Fressinet, Yu Yangyi, Nigel Short, Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Richard Rapport, also David Howell, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Dmitri Jakovenko, Ni Hua. The men's captain: Nigel Short.

The arbiters: Margit Brokko, Ana Srebrnic.

The Tournament Organiser Brian Callaghan and the Master of Ceremonies, Tournament Director Stuart Conquest dance ("I wanna dance, I wanna win. I want that trophy, so dance good" - Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman), "Pulp Fiction").

Natalia Pogonina makes her move.

O-o-o! This is a mistake!!! Hikaru Nakamura, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Ni Hua, Radek Wojtaszek.

Ha-ha-ha-ha! Bela Khotenashvili, Valentina Gunina, Natalia Zhukova, Jovana Vojinovic, Natalia Pogonina.

Valentina Gunina takes the queen.

The women's team win the first chess game, 1-0. Bela Khotenashvili, Valentina Gunina, Natalia Zhukova, Jovana Vojinovic, Natalia Pogonina, Alina Kashlinskaya.

Bela Khotenashvili and Laurent Fressinet make moves.

We see! We see good moves! Hikaru Nakamura, Laurent Fressinet, Yu Yangyi, David Howell.

What to do? Antoaneta Stefanova, Bela Khotenashvili, Valentina Gunina, Natalia Zhukova, Alina Kashlinskaya.

Yes! We win the second game! 1-1. Hikaru Nakamura, Laurent Fressinet, Yu Yangyi, David Howell, Dmitri Jakovenko, Richard Rapport, Nigel Short.

The last game begins. Josefine Heinemann, Bela Khotenashvili, Valentina Gunina, Natalia Zhukova, Tania Sachdev, Natalia Pogonina, Alina Kashlinskaya.

I must think. Hikaru Nakamura.

Take this! Bela Khotenashvili, Valentina Gunina, Natalia Zhukova, Tania Sachdev, Harika Dronavalli, Natalia Pogonina, Alina Kashlinskaya, Antoaneta Stefanova.

Ha-ha-ha-ha! We can win the third game! Hikaru Nakamura and Laurent Fressinet.

With a feeling of deep satisfaction... Yu Yangyi and the captain of the men's team Nigel Short. The final score: Men - Women 2-1.

Photos by John Saunders. Top © 2000-2016 Boris Schipkov