Reykjavik Open 2017

[Wayne Komer]

Reykjavik Open 2017

March 11, 2017

From Peter Doggers at chess.com:

This year's Reykjavik Open will see three 2700 GMs in action: GMs Anish Giri, Dmitry Andreikin and Baadur Jobava. The annual open tournament in Iceland will be held April 19-27.

After four years, GM Anish Giri returns to the Reykjavik, and again the Dutchman is the top seed. But his rating is 47 points higher than in 2013. Giri's wife IM Sopiko Guramishvili will also be playing and is the 57th seed.

Giri's main rivals are GMs Dmitry Andreikin and Baadur Jobava. Andreikin was also the second seed last year, behind Shakhriyar Mamedyarov — who will be playing the Gashimov Memorial instead. Jobava will be playing the tournament for the first time.

The field is again very strong, with some big names among the 2600+ group: GMs Alexei Shirov (returning for the first time to Iceland since 1992!), Sergey Movsesian, Gawain Jones, Santosh Vidit Gujrathi, Gata Kamsky, and Abhijeet Gupta.

There's also the 2015 winner GM Erwin l'Ami (together with his wife Alina), Women's World Championship semifinalist GM Harika Dronavalli, the record holder for most Chess Olympiad games, GM Eugenio Torre, the world's youngest IM Praggnanandhaa R. His sister WIM Ramesh Babu Vaishali will be playing as well.

https://www.chess.com/news/view/giri...avik-open-6117

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Reykjavik Open 2017

Reykjavik Open 2017

March 15, 2017

I count 13 Canadians entered in the Open!

No. Name FED Rtg

1 GM Giri Anish NED 2769
2 GM Andreikin Dmitry RUS 2734
3 GM Jobava Baadur GEO 2701
4 GM Shirov Alexei LAT 2691
5 GM Movsesian Sergei ARM 2679
6 GM Jones Gawain C B ENG 2676
7 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2673
8 GM Kamsky Gata USA 2659
9 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2627
10 GM Landa Konstantin RUS 2617
11 GM Yilmaz Mustafa TUR 2614
12 GM L’Ami Erwin NED 2611
13 GM Beliavsky Alexander G SLO 2597
14 GM Van Foreest Jorden NED 2582
15 GM Idani Pouya IRI 2576
16 GM Stefansson Hannes ISL 2570
17 GM Can Emre TUR 2561
18 GM Blomqvist Erik SWE 2554
19 IM Ziska Helgi Dam FAI 2553
20 GM Ramirez Alejandro USA 2549
21 GM Harika Dronavalli IND 2539
22 GM Friedel Joshua E USA 2524
23 IM Petrov Nikita RUS 2511
24 IM Bailet Pierre FRA 2510
25 GM Perelshteyn Eugene USA 2509
26 IM Firat Burak TUR 2503
27 GM Illingworth Max AUS 2498
28 GM Panchanathan Magesh Chandran IND 2494
29 GM Kunte Abhijit IND 2491
30 IM Liang Awonder USA 2482
31 GM Torre Eugenio PHI 2481
32 GM Das Debashis IND 2480
33 IM Kjartansson Gudmundur ISL 2471
34 GM Lemos Damian ARG 2471
35 IM Gombosuren Munkhgal MGL 2468
36 IM Esserman Marc USA 2467
37 IM Praggnanandhaa R IND 2455
38 IM Anurag Mhamal IND 2454
39 FM Kumar Nikhil USA 2444
40 IM Kanmazalp Ogulcan TUR 2439
41 WGM Abdumalik Zhansaya KAZ 2430
42 IM Tania Sachdev IND 2429
43 WGM Saduakassova Dinara KAZ 2428
44 IM Saptarshi Roy IND 2425
45 GM Sundararajan Kidambi IND 2422
46 GM Thorhallsson Throstur ISL 2419
47 IM Ris Robert NED 2416
48 GM Tarjan James USA 2414
49 IM Thorfinnsson Bjorn ISL 2410
50 IM Timmermans Mark NED 2407
51 IM Karavade Eesha IND 2404
52 Sharma Hemant IND 2399
53 FM Rozman Levy USA 2391
54 FM Sarin Nihal IND 2386
55 IM Sarkar Justin Joseph USA 2383
56 FM Pigott John ENG 2376
57 Henderson de la Fuente Lance ESP 2372
58 FM Erenberg Ariel ISR 2366
59 WGM Abrahamyan Tatev USA 2364
60 IM Guramishvili Sopiko GEO 2357
61 FM Stefansson Vignir Vatnar ISL 2353
62 IM Derakhshani Dorsa IRI 2351
63 FM Kavutskiy Kostya USA 2347
64 WGM Soumya Swaminathan IND 2347
65 CM Bajaj Prince IND 2344
66 Raja Harshit IND 2331
67 IM L'Ami Alina ROU 2324
68 WGM Movsesian Julia SVK 2318
69 FM Venkataraman Karthik IND 2317
70 FM Kárason Áskell Örn ISL 2316
71 Garg Aradhya IND 2315
72 FM Jena Rakesh Kumar IND 2315
73 FM Gislason Guðmundur ISL 2314
74 FM Rao SV Srinath IND 2312
75 IM Piasetski Leon CAN 2298
76 FM Kniest Oliver GER 2296
77 FM Derakhshani Borna IRI 2283
78 FM Kowsarinia Amir IRI 2280
79 WGM Maisuradze Nino FRA 2273
80 FM Sarkar Rajdeep IND 2273
81 FM Bjornsson Sigurbjorn ISL 2271
82 CM Kiese Matthias GER 2261
83 FM Webb Laurence ENG 2261
84 WIM Vaishali R IND 2259
85 WGM Nebolsina Vera RUS 2257
86 FM Einarsson Halldor Gretar ISL 2248
87 WGM Ptacnikova Lenka ISL 2245
88 FM Plotkin Victor CAN 2243
89 Murray Peter CAN 2235
90 Della Pietra Andrea ITA 2228
91 FM van Leent Dimitri NED 2221
92 FM Doknjas John CAN 2216
93 FM Logothetis Sotirios GRE 2210
94 FM Fawole John NGR 2209
95 Hill Alistair ENG 2209
96 Alan Entem FRA 2208
97 CM Walton Alan J ENG 2208
98 Mesman Edwyn NED 2199
99 Þorgeirsson Jón Kristinn ISL 2192
100 Barthel Ansgar GER 2184
105 FM Dougherty Michael CAN 2171
112 Plotkin Mark CAN 2147
115 FM Haessel Dale R. CAN 2142
131 Yu Jonathan CAN 2073
133 Twesigye Derick CAN 2068
136 CM Doknjas Joshua CAN 2061
167 Zybura Andre CAN 1894
172 Boron Anthony CAN 1865
196 Doknjas Neil CAN 1724

253 entrants

http://chess-results.com/tnr234895.a...1&zeilen=99999

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Reykjavik Open 2017

Reykjavik Open 2017

April 6, 2017

The official site is up and running:

https://www.reykjavikopen.com

The Reykjavik open 2017 will be held for the 32nd time from April 19th till April 27th, 2017 in Harpa, the 28.000 sq. m. Concert- and conference centre. The 2017 tournament is expected to be very strong.

As in earlier years, several chess-related events will take place at the same time as the tournament, including the now famous Reykjavík Open Chess Pub Quiz and the Golden Circle sightseeing tour that includes stops at Geysir and Bobby Fischer’s final resting place in the southern part of Iceland. Iceland is one of the most attractive places in the world to visit and play in chess tournaments.

The City of Reykjavík has sponsored the tournament since its inception in 1964, when Mikhail Tal won it with a record 12½ points out of 13. The tournament was initially held every two years, but has since 2008 taken place every year. It was closed in its early years, but has been an open event since the 1980s. Throughout its history the Reykjavik Open has featured many of the strongest chess players in the world at the time, including Mikhail Tal, Nona Gaprindashvili, David Bronstein, Vasili Smyslov, Bent Larsen, Friðrik Ólafsson, Mark Taimanov, Lev Polugaevsky, Jan Timman, Victor Korchnoi, Samuel Reshevsky, Anthony Miles, Nigel Short, Hikaru Nakamura, Judit Polgar, Magnus Carlsen, Alexander Grischuk, Fabiano Caruana, Anish Giri, Wei Yi, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Wesley So, Pavel Eljanov and Hou Yifan.

The Reykjavík Open has enjoyed such an enviable reputation that more than 200 chess masters registered interest in participating last year and we expect be a similar number of GMs in the 2017 tournament. As in previous years, the goal of organizers to is invite many of the youngest and most promising chess players in the world, as well as the strong women players. 2017 promises to be as big and diverse as previous editions!

[Wayne Komer]

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Reykjavik Open 2017

April 19, 2017

From The Iceland Review:

The Reykjavík Chess Open, which starts today, will be the biggest and hardest-fought in the competition’s 53-year history.
There are around 280 players registered from 45 different countries—including 35 Grandmasters—which is a new record.
Around 180 non-Icelandic chess players are taking part in the competition this year, which is another record. Most of the overseas competitors come from the USA, India and Canada. But with 12 entrants, the high level of Faroese participation is also gratefully noted by organizers.

The organizers claim that the Reykjavík Open is more of a chess festival than a chess competition, in the strictest sense, and there will be an array of side events all through the competition, including lectures, a speed chess competition, children’s chess competition, a pub quiz, a chess players’ football competition, a backgammon competition and a Golden Circle tour—naturally including a stop at Bobby Fischer’s grave.

Nearly 100 Icelandic chess players are involved in the Open, including three Grandmasters. The highest scoring of them is Hannes Hlíf Stefánsson, the most successful player in the history of the Reykjavík Open.

http://icelandreview.com/news/2017/0...n-starts-today

The first round pairings for today:

Round 1 on 2017/04/19 at 15:00

Bo. Name Rtg Result Name Rtg

1 Jonsson Gauti Pall 2087 - GM Giri Anish 2771
2 Andreikin Dmitry 2734 - Carr Jay A 2086
3 Persson Anders 2078 - GM Jobava Baadur 2712
4 Almasi Zoltan 2696 - Yu Jonathan 2073
5 Thorhallsson Gylfi 2070 - GM Shirov Alexei 2693
6 Movsesian Sergei 2677 - FM Savage Allan G 2067
7 Saren Bjorn 2067 - GM Jones Gawain C B 2671
8 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2670 - Birkisson Bjorn Holm 2057
9 Salami Abimbola 2057 - GM Kamsky Gata 2668
10 Grandelius Nils 2641 - Tunge Christian 2055
11 Zemlickova Olena 2053 - GM L'ami Erwin 2614
12 Yilmaz Mustafa 2614 - Arnarsson Hrannar 2046
13 Arnalds Stefan 2035 - GM Landa Konstantin 2611
14 Gupta Abhijeet 2607 - Bergsson Stefan 2031
15 Scheele Marcus 2030 - GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2597
16 Van Foreest Jorden 2584 - CM Harding Tim D 2017
17 Peat Matthew 2014 - GM Can Emre 2578
18 Stefansson Hannes 2566 - WFM Thorsteinsdottir Gudlaug 2013
19 Steincamp Isaac K 2009 - GM Ramirez Alejandro 2555
20 Donchenko Alexander 2554 - Runarsson Gunnar 2006
21 Prieto Alberto 1999 - GM Ziska Helgi Dam 2553
22 Blomqvist Erik 2548 - Olafsson Smari 1998
23 Sigurjonsson Siguringi 1997 - GM Hjartarson Johann 2536
24 Friedel Joshua E 2524 - Zemlicka Vit 1984
25 Magnusson Magnus 1978 - GM Harika Dronavalli 2521
39 Magnussen Pal 1909 - IM Praggnanandhaa R 2447
40 Hambleton Aman 2434 - Baliuniene Margarita 1897
41 Zybura Andre 1894 - IM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2429
47 Boron Anthony 1865 - IM Ahlander Bjorn 2416
66 Kniest Oliver 2301 Doknjas Neil 1784
67 Kristinsson Magnus 1783 - IM Piasetski Leon 2300
69 Halldorsson Hjorleifur 1776 - FM Kleinman Michael 2289
83 Thorarensen Adalsteinn 1686 - FM Plotkin Victor 2243
86 Murray Peter 2235 - Fjallheim Leif Reinert 1667
92 Doknjas John 2216 - Hrafnsson Hreinn 1621
100 Dougherty Michael 2171 - Arnarson Smari 1550
102 Spence David J 2168 - Martin Fournier 1524
110 Plotkin Mark 2147 - Njardarson Daniel Ernir 1378
118 Doknjas Joshua 2123 - Hjaltason Magnus 1205
129 Nergård Ole-Kristian 0 - FM Haessel Dale R. 2095

[Aris Marghetis]

Re: Reykjavik Open 2017

TIME-CRITICAL request: looking for room to leave my stuff in (ideally Arnarhvoll hotel), on Thursday the 20th, from about 9am to 2pm local Reykjavik time

flying in early, but can't check in early - if you can help, I'll "pay" with food, booze, whatever! please email me: arismarghetis at rogers dot com --- THANKS!

[Alex Ferreira]

Re: Reykjavik Open 2017

4 Almasi Zoltan 2696 - Yu Jonathan 2073

Good luck Jonny!

[Bob Armstrong]

Re: Reykjavik Open 2017

Reykjavik Open 2017

April 19, 2017

From The Iceland Review:

The Reykjavík Chess Open, which starts today, will be the biggest and hardest-fought in the competition’s 53-year history.
There are around 280 players registered from 45 different countries—including 35 Grandmasters—which is a new record.
Around 180 non-Icelandic chess players are taking part in the competition this year, which is another record. Most of the overseas competitors come from the USA, India and Canada. But with 12 entrants, the high level of Faroese participation is also gratefully noted by organizers.

The organizers claim that the Reykjavík Open is more of a chess festival than a chess competition, in the strictest sense, and there will be an array of side events all through the competition, including lectures, a speed chess competition, children’s chess competition, a pub quiz, a chess players’ football competition, a backgammon competition and a Golden Circle tour—naturally including a stop at Bobby Fischer’s grave.

Nearly 100 Icelandic chess players are involved in the Open, including three Grandmasters. The highest scoring of them is Hannes Hlíf Stefánsson, the most successful player in the history of the Reykjavík Open.

http://icelandreview.com/news/2017/0...n-starts-today

The first round pairings for today:

Round 1 on 2017/04/19 at 15:00

Bo. Name Rtg Result Name Rtg

1 Jonsson Gauti Pall 2087 - GM Giri Anish 2771
2 Andreikin Dmitry 2734 - Carr Jay A 2086
3 Persson Anders 2078 - GM Jobava Baadur 2712
4 Almasi Zoltan 2696 - Yu Jonathan 2073
5 Thorhallsson Gylfi 2070 - GM Shirov Alexei 2693
6 Movsesian Sergei 2677 - FM Savage Allan G 2067
7 Saren Bjorn 2067 - GM Jones Gawain C B 2671
8 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2670 - Birkisson Bjorn Holm 2057
9 Salami Abimbola 2057 - GM Kamsky Gata 2668
10 Grandelius Nils 2641 - Tunge Christian 2055
11 Zemlickova Olena 2053 - GM L'ami Erwin 2614
12 Yilmaz Mustafa 2614 - Arnarsson Hrannar 2046
13 Arnalds Stefan 2035 - GM Landa Konstantin 2611
14 Gupta Abhijeet 2607 - Bergsson Stefan 2031
15 Scheele Marcus 2030 - GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2597
16 Van Foreest Jorden 2584 - CM Harding Tim D 2017
17 Peat Matthew 2014 - GM Can Emre 2578
18 Stefansson Hannes 2566 - WFM Thorsteinsdottir Gudlaug 2013
19 Steincamp Isaac K 2009 - GM Ramirez Alejandro 2555
20 Donchenko Alexander 2554 - Runarsson Gunnar 2006
21 Prieto Alberto 1999 - GM Ziska Helgi Dam 2553
22 Blomqvist Erik 2548 - Olafsson Smari 1998
23 Sigurjonsson Siguringi 1997 - GM Hjartarson Johann 2536
24 Friedel Joshua E 2524 - Zemlicka Vit 1984
25 Magnusson Magnus 1978 - GM Harika Dronavalli 2521
39 Magnussen Pal 1909 - IM Praggnanandhaa R 2447
40 Hambleton Aman 2434 - Baliuniene Margarita 1897
41 Zybura Andre 1894 - IM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2429
47 Boron Anthony 1865 - IM Ahlander Bjorn 2416
66 Kniest Oliver 2301 Doknjas Neil 1784
67 Kristinsson Magnus 1783 - IM Piasetski Leon 2300
69 Halldorsson Hjorleifur 1776 - FM Kleinman Michael 2289
83 Thorarensen Adalsteinn 1686 - FM Plotkin Victor 2243
86 Murray Peter 2235 - Fjallheim Leif Reinert 1667
92 Doknjas John 2216 - Hrafnsson Hreinn 1621
100 Dougherty Michael 2171 - Arnarson Smari 1550
102 Spence David J 2168 - Martin Fournier 1524
110 Plotkin Mark 2147 - Njardarson Daniel Ernir 1378
118 Doknjas Joshua 2123 - Hjaltason Magnus 1205
129 Nergård Ole-Kristian 0 - FM Haessel Dale R. 2095

This strong elite top group at open swisses is becoming the norm.

It is obvious that in elite chess, there is no longer enough money to go around, especially with rating inflation, and more good players. So elite are having to scrabble for supplementary income at what used to be almost amateur events.

However, from a chess promotion point of view, I couldn't think of a better strategy!

Bob A

[Wayne Komer]

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Reykjavik Open 2017

April 19, 2017

Round Two Pairings/Round One Results

Pairings/Results

Round 2 on 2017/04/20 at 09:00

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 Giri Anish 2771 1 - 1 Stefansson Vignir Vatnar 2341
2 L'ami Alina 2324 1 - 1 Andreikin Dmitry 2734
3 Jobava Baadur 2712 1 - 1 Garg Aradhya 2315
4 Gislason Gudmundur 2314 1 - 1 Almasi Zoltan 2696
5 Shirov Alexei 2693 1 - 1 Kniest Oliver 2301
6 Kleinman Michael 2289 1 - 1 Movsesian Sergei 2677
7 Jones Gawain C B 2671 1 - 1 Le Goff Damien 2278
8 Bjornsson Sigurbjorn 2279 1 - 1 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2670
9 Kamsky Gata 2668 1 - 1 Maisuradze Nino 2273
10 Rajdeep Sarkar 2273 1 - 1 Grandelius Nils 2641
11 L'ami Erwin 2614 1 - 1 Webb Laurence E 2271
12 Franck Guezennec 2271 1 - 1 Yilmaz Mustafa 2614
13 Landa Konstantin 2611 1 - 1 Gorti Akshita 2261
14 Vaishali R 2259 1 - 1 Gupta Abhijeet 2607
15 Beliavsky Alexander G 2597 1 - 1 Einarsson Halldor Gretar 2257
16 Risting Eivind Olav 2250 1 - 1 Van Foreest Jorden 2584
17 Can Emre 2578 1 - 1 Kiese Matthias Prof. Dr. 2247
18 Ramirez Alejandro 2555 1 - 1 Ptacnikova Lenka 2242
19 Plotkin Victor 2243 1 - 1 Donchenko Alexander 2554
20 Ziska Helgi Dam 2553 1 - 1 Della Pietra Andrea 2228
21 Van Leent Dimitri 2230 1 - 1 Blomqvist Erik 2548
22 Hjartarson Johann 2536 1 - 1 Ristoja Samu 2228
23 Edvardsson Kristjan 2228 1 - 1 Friedel Joshua E 2524
24 Harika Dronavalli 2521 1 - 1 Doknjas John 2216
25 Tokranovs Dmitrijs 2227 1 - 1 Bailet Pierre 2510
31 Lemos Damian 2471 1 - 1 Dougherty Michael 2171
37 Barthel Ansgar 2166 1 - 1 Hambleton Aman 2434
38 Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2429 1 - 1 Plotkin Mark 2147
45 Ahlander Bjorn 2416 1 - 1 Doknjas Joshua 2123
54 Haessel Dale R. 2095 1 - 1 Guramishvili Sopiko 2363
67 Doknjas Neil 1784 0 - 0 Wecker Martin 2134
70 Yu Jonathan 2073 0 - 0 De Winter Eric 1786
99 Martin Fournier 1524 0 - 0 Magnussen Pal 1909
101 Smith Chris P 1504 0 - 0 Zybura Andre 1894
107 Njardarson Daniel Ernir 1378 0 - 0 Boron Anthony 1865
126 Piasetski Leon 2300 1 ½ not paired
130 Murray Peter 2235 1 ½ not paired

It is of interest to note that Dale Haessel will be playing Sopiko Guramishvili tomorrow.
_________

Schedule

19.04 2017 - Round 01 - 15:00
20.04 2017 - Round 02 - 09:00
20.04 2017 - Round 03 - 17:00
21.04 2017 - Round 04 - 15:00
22.04 2017 - Round 05 - 15:00
23.04 2017 - Round 06 - 15:00
24.04 2017 - Round 07 - 17:00
25.04 2017 - Round 08 - 15:00
26.04 2017 - Round 09 - 15:00
27.04 2017 - Round 10 - 11:00

Note that there are two rounds tomorrow, April 20.

Icelandic time is 4 hours ahead of Toronto/Montreal, so 15:00 hrs Reykjavik is 11 a.m. Toronto/Montreal

Games when they become available

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Reykjavik Open 2017

Reykjavik Open 2017

April 19, 2017

Some first round games:

Reykjavik Open
Round 1, Apr. 19, 2017
Jonsson, Gauti Pall (2087) – Giri, Anish (2771)
B47 Sicilian, Taimanov

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 d6 8.O-O Bd7 9.Be3 Nf6 10.Qe2 Be7 11.Rad1 O-O 12.Kh1 b5 13.f4 b4 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.e5 dxe5 16.fxe5 Bxg2+ 17.Qxg2 Ng4 18.Bd4 bxc3 19.Qe4 h5 20.h3 Nh6 21.Bxc3 Nf5 22.Rf3 Rad8 23.Rg1 Bc5 24.Rg2 Rd1+ 25.Kh2 Qb6 26.Be1 Qxb2 27.g4 Qd4 28.Qe2 Ne3 29.Bf2 Qxe5+ 30.Bg3 Qa1 0-1

Round 1, Apr. 19, 2017
Andreikin, Dmitry (2734) – Carr, Jay
A17 English, Nimzo-English Opening

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 d6 7.b4 Re8 8.g3 Qe7 9.Bg2 e5 10.O-O Nc6 11.b5 Nd8 12.d3 Ne6 13.a4 Nc5 14.h3 Bd7 15.Be3 Rad8 16.Nd2 Bc8 17.a5 h6 18.Rfb1 Nfd7 19.d4 exd4 20.Bxd4 Qg5 21.Nf3 Ne4 22.Qb2 Qg6 23.Bxa7 b6 24.a6 Ndc5 25.Nh4 Qg5 26.Bb8 Qe7 27.Ra3 Bxa6 28.Bxc7 Qxc7 29.bxa6 Nd7 30.Nf5 Ndf6 31.a7 Qxc4 32.Qxb6 Qd5 33.Ne7+ Rxe7 34.Qxd8+ Re8 35.Qxe8+ 1-0

Round 1, Apr. 19, 2017
Persson, Anders (2078) – Jobava, Baadur (2712)
E61 King’s Indian, Smyslov System, main line

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 b6 8.O-O Bb7 9.Qc2 e6 10.Rfd1 h6 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Nh5 13.Rac1 f5 14.Nd2 g4 15.b4 Nxg3 16.hxg3 h5 17.d5 Bxc3 18.Qxc3 e5 19.Nb3 h4 20.e4 hxg3 21.Qxg3 Qg5 22.exf5 Nf6 23.Bd3 Rae8 24.Re1 Rf7 25.Qe3 Qh5 26.Nd2 Rh7 27.Kf1 Bc8 28.Ne4 Nxe4 29.Bxe4 Bxf5 30.Bxf5 Qxf5 31.Ke2 Rf8 32.Rf1 Rh2 33.Rg1 Qg6 34.Rc3 Rf4 35.Kd2 Qf5 36.Kc1 Rxf2 0-1

Round 1, Apr. 19, 2017
Almasi, Zoltan (2696) – Yu, Jonathan (2073)
A14 English, Neo-Catalan declined

1.Nf3 e6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.O-O Be7 5.c4 O-O 6.b3 c5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bb2 Nc6 9.d4 Ne4 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Ba3 Bxa3 12.Nxa3 Bg4 13.Nc2 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Qa5 15.b4 Nxb4 16.Nxb4 Qxb4 17.Qxd5 Nd2 18.Qxb7 Rab8 19.Qxb4 Rxb4 20.Rfd1 Nxf3+ 21.exf3 Ra4 22.Rd3 g6 23.a3 Rb8 24.Rc1 Rb7 25.Rc5 h5 26.h4 Kg7 27.f4 a6 28.f5 Rb5 29.Rxb5 axb5 30.fxg6 fxg6 31.Rb3 Kf6 32.Kf1 Ra5 33.Ke2 Ke5 34.Kd3 Kd5 35.Kc2 Kc5 36.Rc3+ Kd5 37.Kb3 Ra4 38.Rf3 Re4 39.Rd3+ Kc5 40.Re3 Rd4 41.Re5+ Kc6 42.Rg5 Rd6 43.Kb4 Rd4+ 44.Kc3 Rd6 45.f4 Kb6 46.f5 gxf5 47.Rxf5 Rc6+ 48.Kd3 Rc4 49.Rxh5 Ra4 50.Rg5 Rxa3+ 51.Kc2 Kc6 52.h5 Kd6 53.g4 Rg3 54.h6 1-0

Round 1, Apr. 19, 2017
Thorhallson, Gyifl (2070) – Shirov, Alexei (2693)
B32 Sicilian, Labourdonnais-Loewenthal variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bc4 O-O 8.O-O Bxc3 9.bxc3 Nxe4 10.Ba3 d6 11.Qf3 Nf6 12.h3 Be6 13.Be2 Qc7 14.Rfd1 Rfd8 15.c4 Rac8 16.Rd2 a5 17.Rad1 a4 18.Nc1 Nd4 19.Rxd4 exd4 20.Rxd4 d5 21.cxd5 Bxd5 22.Qf5 Qxc2 23.Bd3 Qc3 24.Rg4 Be6 25.Rxg7+ Kxg7 26.Qg5+ Kh8 27.Ne2 Qa1+ 28.Kh2 Rxd3 29.Be7 Ng8 0-1

Round 1, Apr. 19, 2017
Van Foreest, Jorden (2584) – Harding, Tim (2017)
C10 French, Rubinstein variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Bd3 Ngf6 7.Nxf6+ Bxf6 8.c3 b6 9.Be4 Rb8 10.O-O Bb7 11.Bxb7 Rxb7 12.Bf4 O-O 13.Qe2 Qc8 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Be7 16.Rad1 c6 17.Rd3 Rd8 18.Rh3 g6 19.c4 Rbd7 20.b3 Rd4 21.Be3 Re4 22.Qf3 Rxe5 23.Rxh7 Rf5 24.Qh3 Bf6 25.g4 Re5 26.Qh6 Re4 27.h3 Qc7 28.Bg5 Bd4 29.Qxg6+ fxg6 30.Rxc7 Re2 31.Bxd8 1-0

Round 1, Apr. 19, 2017
Steincamp, Isaac (2009) – Ramirez, Alejandro (2555)
A37 English, symmetrical variation

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Bd7 7.e3 Qc8 8.Re1 Bg4 9.d4 cxd4 10.exd4 Nxd4 11.Ne4 Kf8 12.Bf4 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nh6 14.Rc1 Nhf5 15.c5 d5 16.Nc3 e6 17.g4 Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3 Nd4 19.Bd6+ Kg8 20.Qg3 h5 21.Ne2 hxg4 22.Qxg4 Rh4 23.Qg2 e5 24.Ng3 e4 25.Re3 Qg4 26.Be7 Nf3+ 27.Rxf3 exf3 28.Qf1 Rh7 29.b3 Re8 30.Re1 Qh3 31.Qxh3 Rxh3 0-1

Round 1, Apr. 19, 2017
Salami, Abimbola (2057) – Kamsky, Gata (2668)

0-1

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Reykjavik Open 2017

Reykjavik Open 2017

April 20, 2017

Round Two

Pairings/Results

Round 2 on 2017/04/20 at 09:00

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 Giri Anish 2771 1 1 - 0 1 Stefansson Vignir Vatnar 2341
2 L'ami Alina 2324 1 0 - 1 1 Andreikin Dmitry 2734
3 Jobava Baadur 2712 1 1 - 0 1 Garg Aradhya 2315
4 Gislason Gudmundur 2314 1 0 - 1 1 Almasi Zoltan 2696
5 Shirov Alexei 2693 1 1 - 0 1 Kniest Oliver 2301
6 Kleinman Michael 2289 1 0 - 1 1 Movsesian Sergei 2677
7 Jones Gawain C B 2671 1 1 - 0 1 Le Goff Damien 2278
8 Bjornsson Sigurbjorn 2279 1 0 - 1 1 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2670
9 Kamsky Gata 2668 1 1 - 0 1 Maisuradze Nino 2273
10 Rajdeep Sarkar 2273 1 0 - 1 1 Grandelius Nils 2641
11 L'ami Erwin 2614 1 1 - 0 1 Webb Laurence E 2271
12 Franck Guezennec 2271 1 0 - 1 1 Yilmaz Mustafa 2614
13 Landa Konstantin 2611 1 1 - 0 1 Gorti Akshita 2261
14 Vaishali R 2259 1 0 - 1 1 Gupta Abhijeet 2607
15 Beliavsky Alexander G 2597 1 1 - 0 1 Einarsson Halldor Gretar 2257
16 Risting Eivind Olav 2250 1 0 - 1 1 Van Foreest Jorden 2584
17 Can Emre 2578 1 1 - 0 1 Kiese Matthias Prof. Dr. 2247
18 Ramirez Alejandro 2555 1 1 - 0 1 Ptacnikova Lenka 2242
19 Plotkin Victor 2243 1 0 - 1 1 Donchenko Alexander 2554
20 Ziska Helgi Dam 2553 1 1 - 0 1 Della Pietra Andrea 2228
21 Van Leent Dimitri 2230 1 1 - 0 1 Blomqvist Erik 2548
22 Hjartarson Johann 2536 1 1 - 0 1 Ristoja Samu 2228
23 Edvardsson Kristjan 2228 1 0 - 1 1 Friedel Joshua E 2524
24 Harika Dronavalli 2521 1 ½ - ½ 1 Doknjas John 2216
31 Lemos Damian 2471 1 ½ - ½ 1 Dougherty Michael 2171
37 Barthel Ansgar 2166 1 ½ - ½ 1 Hambleton Aman 2434
38 Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2429 1 1 - 0 1 Plotkin Mark 2147
45 Ahlander Bjorn 2416 1 1 - 0 1 Doknjas Joshua 2123
54 Haessel Dale R. 2095 1 0 - 1 1 Guramishvili Sopiko 2363
67 Doknjas Neil 1784 0 1 - 0 0 Wecker Martin 2134
70 Yu Jonathan 2073 0 1 - 0 0 De Winter Eric 1786
99 Fournier Martin 1524 0 0 - 1 0 Magnussen Pal 1909
101 Smith Chris P 1504 0 0 - 1 0 Zybura Andre 1894
107 Njardarson Daniel Ernir 1378 0 ½ - ½ 0 Boron Anthony 1865
126 Piasetski Leon 2300 1 ½ not paired
130 Murray Peter 2235 1 ½ not paired

Some Round 2 Games:

Round 2, Apr. 20, 2017
Giri, Anish – Stefansson, V.V.
A96 Dutch, Classical variation

1.Nf3 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 d6 7.b3 a5 8.Bb2 Ne4 9.Nbd2 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 Nd7 11.a4 d5 12.e3 c6 13.Rfc1 Bd6 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Ba3 Bxa3 16.Rxa3 Qf6 17.b4 axb4 18.Qxb4 Qd8 19.a5 Rf6 20.Ne1 Qf8 21.Nd3 Qxb4 22.Nxb4 Kf8 23.a6 bxa6 24.Nxc6 Rd6 25.Rb3 Nf6 26.Na5 Bd7 27.Bf1 Ke7 28.Bd3 g6 29.Rb7 Ke8 30.Kg2 Rc8 31.Rc5 Ra8 32.h3 Kd8 33.Rb1 Ke7 34.Rb7 Ke8 35.Be2 Kd8 36.Bf3 Ke8 37.Rb1 Bb5 38.g4 Ra7 39.Rc8+ Rd8 40.Rxd8+ Kxd8 41.Rxb5 axb5 42.Nc6+ Kc7 43.Nxa7 Kb6 44.g5 Ne8 1-0

Round 2, Apr. 20, 2017
L’Ami, Alina – Andreikin, Dmitry
A40 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 e6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 exd5 4.cxd5 d6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Bd3 Ne7 9.h4 Nd7 10.h5 Ne5 11.Be2 f5 12.hxg6 hxg6 13.Rxh8+ Bxh8 14.f4 Nf7 15.g4 fxg4 16.Be3 Ng8 17.Qc2 Qh4+ 18.Kd2 g5 19.fxg5 Bd4 20.Bf4 g3 21.Be3 Bxe3+ 22.Kxe3 Qxg5+ 23.Kf3 Ne5+ 24.Kg2 Qh4 25.Nf3 Bh3+ 26.Kg1 Qf4 0-1

Round 2, Apr. 20, 2017
Jobava, Baadur – Aradhya, Garg
D17 QGD Slav, Krause Attack

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Nb6 8.Ne5 a5 9.e3 g6 10.Bd3 Bxd3 11.Nxd3 Bg7 12.Qb3 O-O 13.O-O Nfd7 14.Ne2 e5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Bxe5 17.e4 Bc7 18.Be3 Qd6 19.Bf4 Qe7 20.Rfe1 Rfd8 21.h4 Bxf4 22.Nxf4 Qb4 23.Qg3 Rd4 24.f3 Qc5 25.Kh2 Rxa4 26.Rxa4 Nxa4 27.e5 Re8 28.Nh5 Re6 29.f4 Qd4 30.f5 Re7 31.e6 fxe6 32.Qb8+ Kf7 33.fxe6+ Rxe6 34.Rf1+ 1-0

Round 2, Apr. 20, 2017
Kleinman, Michael – Movsesian, Sergei
C41 Philidor, Improved Hanham variation

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.a4 c6 8.Re1 exd4 9.Qxd4 Ng4 10.h3 Nge5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Bf1 Bf6 13.Qd1 Ng6 14.Ra3 Be5 15.Ne2 Re8 16.Nd4 Qf6 17.Rf3 Qe7 18.Kh1 Bf6 19.Rfe3 Qc7 20.c3 Bd7 21.g3 a6 22.Bg2 Rad8 23.Qc2 h5 24.R3e2 h4 25.g4 Be5 26.Nf5 Be6 27.Bg5 f6 28.Nxh4 fxg5 29.Nxg6 Qf7 30.Nxe5 dxe5 31.Qc1 Qf4 32.Qxf4 gxf4 33.a5 Bc4 34.Rc2 Bb3 35.Rce2 Bd1 36.g5 Bxe2 37.Rxe2 Rd3 38.f3 Red8 39.Kg1 Rd1+ 40.Kf2 Ra1 41.h4 g6 0-1

Round 2, Apr. 20, 2017
Plotkin, Victor – Donchenko, Alexander
B06 Robatsch (Modern) Defence

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 a6 5.a4 Nf6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 c5 8.e5 Nfd7 9.exd6 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nf6 11.Nb3 Nc6 12.Be3 exd6 13.O-O Re8 14.Qd2 d5 15.Rad1 Ng4 16.Bxg4 Bxg4 17.Nxd5 Bxd1 18.Rxd1 Nd4 19.Bxd4 Qxd5 20.Bxg7 Qxd2 21.Rxd2 Kxg7 22.a5 Rad8 23.Kf2 Kf6 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Ke3 Ke6 26.c4 Rd1 27.Nc5+ Kd6 28.b4 Kc6 29.Nd3 f6 30.h4 Rg1 31.Kf3 Ra1 32.g4 Rd1 33.Ke3 Rh1 34.g5 f5 35.Ne5+ Kd6 36.Kd4 Rxh4 37.c5+ Kc7 38.Nd3 Rh3 39.Ne5 Rh2 40.Kd5 Rf2 41.Nd3 Rd2 42.Kc4 Re2 43.Kc3 Re4 44.Kb3 Kc6 0-1

[Aris Marghetis]

Re: Reykjavik Open 2017

I dropped in to the playing site today, near the end of the second round of the day, and I just love the layout, the people working behind the scenes, it was great to renew acquaintances with arbiters, etc. At first glance, this seems like an awesome event to play in, and the Icelanders spoke nicely of the many Canadians in attendance. I quickly bumped into the Plotkins at the end of breakfast, and Jonathan Yu and his mom. Tomorrow will be another touristy day, so hope to meet more of the Canadians on Saturday.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Reykjavik Open 2017

Reykjavik Open 2017

April 20, 2017

Round Three

Pairings/Results

Round 3 on 2017/04/20 at 17:00

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 Perelshteyn Eugene 2509 2 0 - 1 2 Giri Anish 2771
2 Andreikin Dmitry 2734 2 1 - 0 2 Panchanathan Magesh Chandran 2494
3 Firat Burak 2503 2 ½ - ½ 2 Jobava Baadur 2712
4 Almasi Zoltan 2696 2 1 - 0 2 Esserman Marc 2458
5 Liang Awonder 2483 2 ½ - ½ 2 Shirov Alexei 2693
6 Torre Eugenio 2455 2 0 - 1 2 Jones Gawain C B 2671
7 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2670 2 1 - 0 2 Praggnanandhaa R 2447
8 Kanmazalp Ogulcan 2448 2 ½ - ½ 2 Kamsky Gata 2668
9 Grandelius Nils 2641 2 1 - 0 2 Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2429
10 Tania Sachdev 2429 2 0 - 1 2 L'ami Erwin 2614
11 Yilmaz Mustafa 2614 2 ½ - ½ 2 Sarin Nihal 2424
12 Sundararajan Kidambi 2422 2 ½ - ½ 2 Landa Konstantin 2611
13 Gupta Abhijeet 2607 2 1 - 0 2 Ahlander Bjorn 2416
14 Ris Robert 2419 2 1 - 0 2 Beliavsky Alexander G 2597
15 Van Foreest Jorden 2584 2 1 - 0 2 Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2394
16 Abrahamyan Tatev 2364 2 1 - 0 2 Can Emre 2578
17 Guramishvili Sopiko 2363 2 0 - 1 2 Ramirez Alejandro 2555
18 Donchenko Alexander 2554 2 1 - 0 2 Derakhshani Dorsa 2351
19 Soumya Swaminathan 2349 2 0 - 1 2 Hjartarson Johann 2536
20 Friedel Joshua E 2524 2 1 - 0 2 Kavutskiy Konstantin 2347
21 Bailet Pierre 2510 2 1 - 0 2 Van Leent Dimitri 2230
22 Johannsson Orn Leo 2236 1½ 0 - 1 1½ Stefansson Hannes 2566
23 Walton Alan J 2199 1½ 0 - 1 1½ Harika Dronavalli 2521
24 Doknjas John 2216 1½ ½ - ½ 1½ Kunte Abhijit 2491
25 Viglundsson Bjorgvin 2143 1½ 0 - 1 1½ Lemos Damian 2471
26 Kjartansson Gudmundur 2468 1½ ½ - ½ 1½ Nebolsina Vera 2285
28 Hambleton Aman 2434 1½ 1 - 0 1½ Murray Peter 2235
32 Dougherty Michael 2171 1½ 1 - 0 1½ Thorfinnsson Bjorn 2413
38 Piasetski Leon 2300 1½ 1 - 0 1½ Larson Gerald A 2104
46 Sigurjonsson Siguringi 1997 1 0 - 1 1 Kleinman Michael 2289
58 Zybura Andre 1894 1 0 - 1 1 Plotkin Victor 2243
74 Plotkin Mark 2147 1 1 - 0 1 Daly Patrick 1804
77 Doknjas Joshua 2123 1 1 - 0 1 Doknjas Neil 1784
82 Tijssens Rob 1799 1 0 - 1 1 Haessel Dale R. 2095
100 Boron Anthony 1865 ½ ½ - ½ ½ Johannsson Birkir Isak 1567
107 De Winter Eric 1786 0 1 - 0 0 Fournier Martin 1524

Two prodigies, recently in the news, are playing in the Open – Praggnanandhaa and Sarin.

Some Round Three Games

Reykjavik Open
Round 3, Apr. 20, 2017
Perelshteyn, Eugene – Giri, Anish
E10 Queen’s Pawn game

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.O-O Nc6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.e3 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Rb8 12.Nd2 Na5 13.Qa4 b6 14.Qb5 Qf5 15.a4 c6 16.Qb4 Ba6 17.e4 Qg5 18.f4 Qd8 19.Rad1 Qc7 20.Qa3 c5 21.d5 exd5 22.exd5 Nb7 23.Nf3 Nd6 24.Ne5 Rbe8 25.Rfe1 Re7 26.Nc6 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Re8 28.Re5 Bc8 29.Qc1 Bd7 30.Qe3 Kf8 31.h3 f6 32.Rxe8+ Bxe8 33.g4 Bf7 34.h4 Qd7 35.h5 Qe8 36.Qg3 Ne4 37.Bxe4 Qxe4 38.f5 Kg8 39.Qc7 Qxg4+ 40.Kh2 Qh4+ 41.Kg1 Qe1+ 42.Kh2 Qf2+ 43.Kh3 Qf3+ 44.Kh4 Qxh5+ 45.Kg3 Qg5+ 0-1

Round 3, Apr. 20, 2017
Andreikin, Dmitry – Panchanathan, Magesh
C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange variation doubly deferred

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d3 Nd7 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Nc4 Bf6 10.b3 Re8 11.Bb2 c5 12.a4 b6 13.h3 Rb8 14.Ra2 Re6 15.Qa1 Qe8 16.Bc3 c6 17.Nh2 Bd8 18.f4 exf4 19.Bxg7 b5 20.Nd2 Rg6 21.Bb2 Nf6 22.Ndf3 Nh5 23.Ne5 Rg3 24.Neg4 f6 25.axb5 cxb5 26.Bxf6 Nxf6 27.Qxf6 Bxf6 28.Nxf6+ Kh8 29.Nxe8 Bxh3 30.Rf3 Rxg2+ 31.Kh1 Rg3 32.Rxg3 fxg3 33.Nf6 c4 34.Rxa6 cxb3 35.Ra7 1-0

Round 3, Apr. 20, 2017
Vidit, Santosh – Praggnanandhaa, R
D78 Neo-Grunfeld

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.c4 O-O 5.O-O d5 6.d4 c6 7.b3 dxc4 8.bxc4 c5 9.Bb2 Qb6 10.Qc1 Ne4 11.e3 Nc6 12.Ne5 Nd6 13.Nd2 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nf5 15.Ne4 Bd7 16.Rb1 Qc7 17.f4 Bc6 18.Qe1 h5 19.h3 h4 20.gxh4 b6 21.Nc3 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 e6 23.e4 Nd4 24.Qg3 Kh7 25.Kh1 Bh6 26.Rf2 Qb7 27.Rg1 Rg8 28.Qg2 Qa6 29.Qf1 Qb7 30.Rfg2 Rg7 31.Bc1 Rag8 32.Qd3 Qa8 33.Re1 Qb7 34.Nd1 Qe7 35.Qg3 Nf5 36.Qf2 Nd4 37.Ne3 f5 38.exf6 Qxf6 39.Ng4 Qf8 40.Reg1 Rf7 41.Nxh6 Qxh6 42.f5 Qf8 43.Rxg6 Rgg7 44.Bh6 1-0

Round 3, Apr. 20, 2017
Yilmaz, Mustafa – Nihal Sarin
D24 QGA

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5 7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bxf6 Qxc3+ 11.Kf1 gxf6 12.Rc1 Qa5 13.Qg4 Nd7 14.h4 Rf8 15.Be2 Ne5 16.Qg7 Ke7 17.g4 Qd2 18.Rd1 Qf4 19.g5 Bd7 20.gxf6+ Qxf6 21.Qg3 Rg8 22.Qa3+ Ke8 23.Nb5 Bxb5 24.Bxb5+ Nc6 25.Qd6 Rd8 26.Bxc6+ bxc6 27.Qxc6+ Kf8 28.Rxd8+ Qxd8 29.Qc5+ Qe7 30.Qc8+ Qe8 31.Qb7 Qe7 32.Qb8+ Qe8 33.Qb2 Qa4 34.Qb8+ Qe8 35.Qb4+ Qe7 36.Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

Round 3, Apr. 20, 2017
Ris, Robert – Beliavsky, Alexander
D02 Queen’s Bishop game

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 Nh5 4.Bd2 c6 5.c4 g6 6.e3 Bg7 7.cxd5 cxd5 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Qb3 Qb6 10.Nc3 e6 11.Ne5 Bxe5 12.dxe5 O-O 13.O-O Ng7 14.Rac1 Nf5 15.Rfd1 Bxb5 16.Nxb5 Nc6 17.g4 Nh4 18.f4 Nf3+ 19.Kg2 Nxd2 20.Rxd2 Na5 21.Qa3 Nc4 22.Rxc4 dxc4 23.Nd6 Qc6+ 24.e4 b5 25.Qe3 Qb6 26.Qg3 Qa5 27.Rf2 b4 28.f5 c3 29.bxc3 bxc3 30.Qf4 c2 31.f6 Qxe5 32.Qh6 1-0

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Reykjavik Open 2017

Reykjavik Open 2017

April 21, 2017

Round Four Pairings

Pairings/Results

Round 4 on 2017/04/21 at 15:00

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 Giri Anish 2771 3 - 3 Van Foreest Jorden 2584
2 Ramirez Alejandro 2555 3 - 3 Andreikin Dmitry 2734
3 Donchenko Alexander 2554 3 - 3 Almasi Zoltan 2696
4 Jones Gawain C B 2671 3 - 3 Friedel Joshua E 2524
5 Hjartarson Johann 2536 3 - 3 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2670
6 Bailet Pierre 2510 3 - 3 Grandelius Nils 2641
7 L'ami Erwin 2614 3 - 3 Ris Robert 2419
8 Gupta Abhijeet 2607 3 - 3 Abrahamyan Tatev 2364
9 Jobava Baadur 2712 2½ - 2½ Kanmazalp Ogulcan 2448
10 Shirov Alexei 2693 2½ - 2½ Hambleton Aman 2434
11 Movsesian Sergei 2677 2½ - 2½ Thorhallsson Throstur 2423
12 Kamsky Gata 2668 2½ - 2½ Sundararajan Kidambi 2422
13 Sarkar Justin 2390 2½ - 2½ Yilmaz Mustafa 2614
14 Landa Konstantin 2611 2½ - 2½ Timmermans Mark 2385
15 Stefansson Hannes 2566 2½ - 2½ Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2372
16 Sarin Nihal 2424 2½ - 2½ Ziska Helgi Dam 2553
17 Harika Dronavalli 2521 2½ - 2½ Burrows Martin P 2113
18 Piasetski Leon 2300 2½ - 2½ Firat Burak 2503
19 Karason Askell O 2289 2½ - 2½ Liang Awonder 2483
20 Maroroa Sue 2148 2½ - 2½ Thorfinnsson Bragi 2457
21 Beliavsky Alexander G 2597 2 - 2½ Dougherty Michael 2171
23 Plotkin Victor 2243 2 - 2 Perelshteyn Eugene 2509
27 Esserman Marc 2458 2 - 2 Doknjas John 2216
39 Derakhshani Dorsa 2351 2 - 2 Plotkin Mark 2147
45 Gislason Gudmundur 2314 2 - 2 Doknjas Joshua 2123
46 Haessel Dale R. 2095 2 - 2 Kniest Oliver 2301
47 Kleinman Michael 2289 2 - 2 Ingvason Johann 2121
49 Yu Jonathan 2073 2 - 2 Le Goff Damien 2278
63 Murray Peter 2235 1½ - 1½ Bergsson Stefan 2031
84 Doknjas Neil 1784 1 - 1 Scheele Marcus 2030
101 Nielsen Allan 1606 1 - 1 Zybura Andre 1894
121 Fournier Martin 1524 0 - 0 Hjaltason Magnus 1205
_________

The pairings are getting interesting now. Giri is against fellow countryman Van Foreest, Ramirez is against Andreikin, Shirov is playing Hambleton and Michael Dougherty is playing Beliavsky.

[Eric Hansen]

Re: Reykjavik Open 2017

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2017.04.21"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Canada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]
[WhiteClock "0:01:49"]
[BlackClock "0:01:22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Bd6 8.
O-O-O Be5 9. g3 Nge7 10. Qe2 b5 11. f4 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 Rb8 14. e5
Bb7 15. Bg2 Bxg2 16. Qxg2 b4 17. Ne4 O-O 18. Rhd1 Nd5 19. Qf3 a5 20. Nd6 a4 21.
a3 Qc5 22. axb4 Rxb4 23. Qa3 Rfb8 24. c3 Qc6 25. Rxb4 Nxb4 26. Kb1 Qf3 27. Qxa4
Nd5 28. Nb5 h5 29. c4 Nb6 30. Qc2 Nxc4 31. Rxd7 Ne3 32. Qd3 Qh1+ 33. Ka2 Nd5
34. Kb3 Qe1 35. Rxd5 exd5 36. Qxd5 Qa5 37. Kc4 Qa4+ 38. b4 Qa2+ 0-1


Aman discusses the game: https://youtu.be/MO9Q567rztM

[Aris Marghetis]

Re: Reykjavik Open 2017

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[site "chess24.com"]
[date "2017.04.21"]
[round "4.10"]
[white "shirov, alexei"]
[black "hambleton, aman"]
[result "0-1"]
[eco "b48"]
[whiteelo "2693"]
[blackelo "2434"]
[plycount "76"]
[eventdate "2017.??.??"]
[whiteteam "latvia"]
[blackteam "canada"]
[whiteteamcountry "lat"]
[blackteamcountry "can"]
[whiteclock "0:01:49"]
[blackclock "0:01:22"]

1. E4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. D4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 nc6 5. Nc3 qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 bd6 8.
O-o-o be5 9. G3 nge7 10. Qe2 b5 11. F4 bxd4 12. Bxd4 nxd4 13. Rxd4 rb8 14. E5
bb7 15. Bg2 bxg2 16. Qxg2 b4 17. Ne4 o-o 18. Rhd1 nd5 19. Qf3 a5 20. Nd6 a4 21.
A3 qc5 22. Axb4 rxb4 23. Qa3 rfb8 24. C3 qc6 25. Rxb4 nxb4 26. Kb1 qf3 27. Qxa4
nd5 28. Nb5 h5 29. C4 nb6 30. Qc2 nxc4 31. Rxd7 ne3 32. Qd3 qh1+ 33. Ka2 nd5
34. Kb3 qe1 35. Rxd5 exd5 36. Qxd5 qa5 37. Kc4 qa4+ 38. B4 qa2+ 0-1


aman discusses the game: https://youtu.be/mo9q567rztm

bloody wow!