Reykjavik Open 2017

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Reykjavik Open 2017

Reykjavik Open

April 26, 2017

Round Nine

Michael Kleinman comes in to discuss his game With Fiona. She says that he is having the tournament of his life.
Michael said that he had analyzed the Taimanov in Montreal with Aman. There was no pressure on him today as he had already qualified for his IM norm. It is his second norm, he got his first a long time ago.

Danny Rensch tweets in to ask if Michael remembers being beaten twice by him about six years ago. Danny says that if they played today he would lose.

Michael is asked if he has a coach and he says no, that he never expected to do as well as he had in this tournament when he started.

The producer said initially that Michael would get his GM norm if he beat a grandmaster rated over 2510 tomorrow. Then he came back and said on recalculation his opponent tomorrow has to have a rating of over 2380 and be a GM for Michael to get his GM norm.

Michael analyzes the opening and shows why he delayed castling, how he avoided the draw near the end and the nice finish. He said he didn’t realize that he would win until he had passed the time control.

Reykjavik Open
Round 9, Apr. 26, 2017
Saptarshi, Roy – Kleinman, Michael
B48 Sicilian, Taimanov variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.O-O-O Be7 9.f3 b5 10.g4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Bb7 12.g5 Nh5 13.Ne2 Rc8 14.Qd2 d5 15.f4 d4 16.Nxd4 Bxe4 17.Rg1 O-O 18.Kb1 Bc5 19.Bd3 Bxd3 20.cxd3 Bxd4 21.Bxd4 Qxf4 22.Be3 Qf3 23.Rdf1 Qd5 24.Rg4 Rfd8 25.Rd4 Qb7 26.Qf2 e5 27.Rh4 g6 28.d4 Ng7 29.dxe5 Nf5 30.Rf4 Qd5 31.Bc1 Qd3+ 32.Ka1 Rc2 33.Qb6 Rdc8 34.Qg1 Qd5 35.e6 fxe6 36.a3 a5 37.Kb1 Qd3 38.Ka2 b4 39.a4 Qd5+ 40.Kb1 Qd3 41.Ka2 R8c3 42.Ka1 Ra3+ 0-1

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Round 8, Apr. 25, 2017
Kleinman, Michael (2289) – Tania, Sachdev (2429)
B41 Sicilian, Kan, Maroczy bind

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Qd3 Nc6 8.Nxc6 dxc6 9.Qxd8+ Kxd8 10.e5 Nd7 11.Bf4 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Kc7 13.h4 b6 14.O-O-O a5 15.h5 h6 16.Rd3 Ba6 17.Rg3 Rag8 18.Rh4 Nf8 19.Be3 g5 20.hxg6 Rxg6 21.Rf3 Rg7 22.Rxh6 Ng6 23.Rxh8 Nxh8 24.Rh3 Ng6 25.Rh5 Nf8 26.f3 Nd7 27.g4 c5 28.Be2 Bb7 29.Bf4 Nb8 30.Rh8 Nc6 31.Bh6 Rg6 32.Bf4 Kd7 33.Bd3 Rg7 34.Be4 Nd8 35.Bxb7 Nxb7 36.a4 Nd8 37.Kd2 Rg6 38.Ke3 Nc6 39.Ke4 Rg7 40.Bg3 Rg5 41.Rh7 Ke8 42.Rh1 Kd7 43.Rh8 Ne7 44.Rb8 Kc7 45.Re8 Nc6 46.Rf8 Rg7 47.Rh8 Ne7 48.Bh4 Ng6 49.Bf6 Nxh8 50.Bxg7 Ng6 51.Bf6 Nf8 52.Kf4 Nd7 53.Ke4 b5 54.cxb5 Nb6 55.Kd3 Nxa4 56.Kc4 Nb6+ 57.Kxc5 Nd5 58.c4 a4 59.cxd5 a3 60.d6+ Kd7 61.b6 a2 62.b7 a1=Q 63.b8=N+ Kc8 64.d7+ Kb7 65.d8=Q Qa3+ 66.Kd4 Qa1+ 67.Ke4 Qe1+ 68.Kf4 Qc1+ 69.Kg3 Qe1+ 70.Kg2 Qe2+ 71.Kh3 Qf1+ 72.Kh4 Qh1+ 73.Kg5 Qc1+ 1-0

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Reykjavik Open 2017

Reykyavik Open

April 26, 2017

Round Nine Results
Results

Round 9 on 2017/04/26 at 15:00

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 Jobava Baadur 2712 6½ 0 - 1 6½ Giri Anish 2771
2 Almasi Zoltan 2696 6½ ½ - ½ 6½ Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2670
3 Gupta Abhijeet 2607 6½ ½ - ½ 6½ Grandelius Nils 2641
4 Friedel Joshua E 2524 6 0 - 1 6 Movsesian Sergei 2677
5 Perelshteyn Eugene 2509 6 0 - 1 6 Kamsky Gata 2668
6 L'ami Erwin 2614 6 1 - 0 6 Harika Dronavalli 2521
7 Yilmaz Mustafa 2614 6 1 - 0 6 Hjartarson Johann 2536
8 Firat Burak 2503 6 ½ - ½ 6 Landa Konstantin 2611
9 Kunte Abhijit 2491 6 ½ - ½ 6 Beliavsky Alexander G 2597
10 Van Foreest Jorden 2584 6 1 - 0 6 Liang Awonder 2483
11 Can Emre 2578 6 1 - 0 6 Praggnanandhaa R 2447
12 Blomqvist Erik 2548 6 ½ - ½ 6 Hambleton Aman 2434
13 Andreikin Dmitry 2734 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ Sarin Nihal 2424
14 Shirov Alexei 2693 5½ 1 - 0 5½ Thorhallsson Throstur 2423
15 Ahlander Bjorn 2416 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ Donchenko Alexander 2554
16 Thorfinnsson Bjorn 2413 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ Ziska Helgi Dam 2553
17 Bailet Pierre 2510 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2372
18 Panchanathan Magesh Chandran 2494 5½ 0 - 1 5½ Pigott John C 2381
19 Kjartansson Gudmundur 2468 5½ 0 - 1 5½ Kavutskiy Konstantin 2347
20 Tarjan James E 2414 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ Thorfinnsson Bragi 2457
21 Timmermans Mark 2385 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2429
22 Saptarshi Roy 2425 5½ 0 - 1 5½ Kleinman Michael 2289
29 Ris Robert 2419 5 0 - 1 5 Plotkin Victor 2243
34 Doknjas John 2216 5 0 - 1 5 Guramishvili Sopiko 2363
35 Soumya Swaminathan 2349 5 1 - 0 5 Alan Entem 2200
36 Doknjas Joshua 2123 5 1 - 0 5 L'ami Alina 2324
37 Garg Aradhya 2315 5 ½ - ½ 5 Haessel Dale R. 2095
38 Dougherty Michael 2171 5 ½ - ½ 5 Piasetski Leon 2300
50 Johannsson Orn Leo 2236 4½ 0 - 1 4½ Yu Jonathan 2073
57 Sigurjonsson Siguringi 1997 4 + - - 4 Murray Peter 2235
67 Plotkin Mark 2147 4 1 - 0 4 Jacobsen Heidrikur T. 1951
73 Jonsson Gauti Pall 2087 4 ½ - ½ 4 Doknjas Neil 1784
92 Zybura Andre 1894 3½ 1 - 0 3½ Heidarsson Arnar 1391
101 Boron Anthony 1865 3 0 - 1 3 Gardarsson Hordur 1700

Pairings

Round 10 on 2017/04/27 at 11:00

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 GM Giri Anish 2771 7½ - 7 GM L'ami Erwin 2614
2 GM Grandelius Nils 2641 7 - 7 GM Almasi Zoltan 2696
3 GM Movsesian Sergei 2677 7 - 7 GM Yilmaz Mustafa 2614
4 GM Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2670 7 - 7 GM Van Foreest Jorden 2584
5 GM Kamsky Gata 2668 7 - 7 GM Can Emre 2578
6 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2607 7 - 6½ GM Jobava Baadur 2712
7 FM Pigott John C 2381 6½ - 6½ GM Shirov Alexei 2693
8 GM Landa Konstantin 2611 6½ - 6½ GM Kunte Abhijit 2491
9 GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2597 6½ - 6½ IM Hambleton Aman 2434
10 FM Kleinman Michael 2289 6½ - 6½ GM Blomqvist Erik 2548
11 IM Kavutskiy Konstantin 2347 6½ - 6½ IM Firat Burak 2503
12 IM Praggnanandhaa R 2447 6 - 6 GM Andreikin Dmitry 2734
13 IM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2429 6 - 6 GM Jones Gawain C B 2671
14 FM Sarin Nihal 2424 6 - 6 GM Stefansson Hannes 2566
15 GM Donchenko Alexander 2554 6 - 6 GM Tarjan James E 2414
16 GM Ziska Helgi Dam 2553 6 - 6 IM Ahlander Bjorn 2416
17 GM Hjartarson Johann 2536 6 - 6 IM Thorfinnsson Bjorn 2413
18 GM Friedel Joshua E 2524 6 - 6 IM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2394
19 GM Harika Dronavalli 2521 6 - 6 Pfreundt Jakob 2392
20 IM Bailet Pierre 2510 6 - 6 IM Timmermans Mark 2385
21 Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2372 6 - 6 GM Perelshteyn Eugene 2509
22 IM Liang Awonder 2483 6 - 6 WGM Abrahamyan Tatev 2364
23 IM Guramishvili Sopiko 2363 6 - 6 IM Thorfinnsson Bragi 2457
24 WGM Soumya Swaminathan 2349 6 - 6 GM Torre Eugenio 2455
25 FM Plotkin Victor 2243 6 - 6 IM Kanmazalp Ogulcan 2448
26 GM Ramirez Alejandro 2555 5½ - 6 CM Doknjas Joshua 2123
34 Yu Jonathan 2073 5½ - 5½ Garg Aradhya 2315
36 IM Piasetski Leon 2300 5½ - 5½ Ristoja Samu 2228
37 FM Haessel Dale R. 2095 5½ - 5½ FM Le Goff Damien 2278
38 IM Derakhshani Dorsa 2351 5 - 5½ FM Dougherty Michael 2171
45 FM Bjornsson Sigurbjorn 2279 5 - 5 Plotkin Mark 2147
52 Bergsson Stefan 2031 5 - 5 FM Doknjas John 2216
68 Doknjas Neil 1784 4½ - 4½ Burrows Martin P 2113
69 Halldorsson Bragi 2110 4½ - 4½ Zybura Andre 1894
103 Tan Teck Woon 1636 3 - 3 Boron Anthony 1865
109 Fournier Martin 1524 3 - 3 Gudmundsson Einar S. 1739
129 Murray Peter 2235 4 - not paired

Remember that tomorrow's round starts at 11:00 local or 7:00 a.m. Toronto/Montreal time

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Reykjavik Open 2017

Reykjavik Open

April 26, 2017

Round Nine concluded

From the official site:

Giri sole leader before last round

Anish Giri pulled ahead of the pack with a massive win over Baadur Jobava with the black pieces today. A great win for Giri who won his 2nd game in a row with the black pieces after falling half a point behind the leaders after round 7. A brilliant bounce back by the top seed who is in true pole position before the last round.

Of the six previous leaders, most of them drew each other but Jobava lost a step losing to Giri. Giri will be chased by a massive pack of 10 players on 7 points trying to catch up to Giri on 7,5.

There were some norms secured in this round as Aman Hambleton took his 2nd GM norm while Nishal Sarin and Michael Kleinman secured IM norms. Sarin already had all the required norms but for Kleinman it was his 2nd norm.

The last round will start at 11:00 local time and promises some exciting matchup. Giri has white against Erwin l’Ami looking to secure an outright tournament win while a big pack while try to catch up and move up the leaderboard.

Round Eight games

Round 8, Apr. 25, 2017
Murray, Peter – Doknjas, Joshua
A33 English, symmetrical variation

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.e3 Bb4 7.Qc2 O-O 8.Be2 d5 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.O-O Ba6 11.Rd1 Qa5 12.Bd2 Bxc4 13.Bxc4 dxc4 14.a3 Bd6 15.Ne4 Qf5 16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.Bc3 Be5 18.Bxe5 Qxe5 19.Rd4 Rab8 20.Rb1 Rfd8 21.Rxc4 Rxb2 22.Rd4 Qxd4 23.exd4 Rxc2 24.g3 g6 25.Rb4 Rd2 0-1

Round 8, Apr. 25, 2017
Doknjas, Neil – Steincamp, Isaac
B34 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 Ng8 9.Bd4 f6 10.Qe2 fxe5 11.Bxe5 Nf6 12.Qc4 Qa5 13.f4 Bb7 14.O-O-O d5 15.Qb3 Qb6 16.Qa3 Qe3+ 17.Kb1 O-O 18.Qxe7 Rf7 19.Qa3 Ng4 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Bd3 Re8 22.Rdf1 c5 23.Nd1 Qe7 24.h3 Nf6 25.b3 d4 26.Rhg1 Nd5 27.f5 Nb4 28.fxg6 Rxf1 29.Rxf1 hxg6 30.Bc4 Bd5 31.Nb2 Bxc4 32.Nxc4 d3 33.Qb2+ Kh7 34.cxd3 Nxd3 35.Qc3 Qe2 36.Rf7+ Kh6 37.Qg7+ Kh5 38.Qh7+ Kg5 39.h4+ 1-0

Round 8, Apr. 25, 2017
Derakhshani, Dorsa – Boron, Anthony
B40 Sicilian, Anderssen variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 d5 9.exd5 exd5 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O d4 12.Ne2 h6 13.b4 a5 14.b5 Ne5 15.Nxd4 Nxd3 16.Qxd3 Qc7 17.Bb2 Rd8 18.c4 Qf4 19.Rad1 Bg4 20.f3 Bh5 21.Ne2 Qc7 22.Bd4 Bg6 23.Qc3 Ne8 24.c5 f6 25.Qe3 Rd7 26.Nc3 Bf7 27.Rfe1 Qc8 28.Na4 1-0

Round 8, Apr. 25, 2017
Yu, Jonathan – Timmermans, Mark
C55 Two Knights Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.O-O d6 6.a4 g5 7.Nc3 g4 8.Ne1 h5 9.Bg5 Be7 10.f4 exf4 11.Rxf4 Rg8 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nd5 Bd4+ 14.Kh1 Be5 15.d4 Nxd4 16.Nd3 Bxf4 17.N3xf4 Nc6 18.Nxh5 Rg6 19.Ndf4 Rh6 20.Bxf7+ Kxf7 21.Qd5+ Be6 22.Nxe6 Rxe6 23.Rf1+ Ke7 24.Ng7 Qg8 25.Qg5+ Kd7 26.Nxe6 Qxe6 27.Qg7+ Ne7 28.Rf7 Re8 29.e5 dxe5 30.b3 e4 31.Qd4+ Qd6 32.Qxd6+ cxd6 33.Kg1 d5 34.Kf2 Ke6 35.Rf4 Rg8 36.c4 Rg5 37.cxd5+ Ke5 38.Rf7 Rf5+ 0-1

Round 8, Apr. 25, 2017
Doknjas, John – Acevedo, Lisseth
A81 Dutch Defence

1.d4 f5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 c5 7.e3 cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6 9.Bb2 d5 10.Ne5 e6 11.c4 Qc7 12.Nd2 Rd8 13.Rc1 Qb8 14.Ndf3 Ne4 15.Qe2 dxc4 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Qxc4 c5 18.Rc2 cxd4 19.Bxd4 Qd6 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Qc7+ Rd7 22.Qxd6 Rxd6 23.Ng5 Nxg5 24.Bxa8 Ba6 25.Rfc1 Bd3 26.Rc7+ Kf6 27.h4 Ne4 28.Bxe4 Bxe4 29.Rxa7 h6 30.Re1 Bf3 31.b4 Rb6 32.a3 Rd6 33.b5 Rd2 34.a4 Rb2 35.Rc7 Bd5 36.Ra1 Ke5 37.Rd7 Rb4 38.a5 Rxb5 39.a6 Rb8 40.a7 Ra8 41.Rb1 Rc8 42.Rxd5+ 1-0

Round 8, Apr. 25, 2017
Piasetski, Leon – Spence, David
A13 English, Romanishin Gambit

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 a6 4.Bg2 b5 5.b3 c5 6.O-O Qb6 7.d3 Bb7 8.e4 d6 9.Nh4 Be7 10.f4 Nc6 11.Be3 Nd7 12.Nc3 Bf6 13.Rc1 Nd4 14.Ne2 Nxe2+ 15.Qxe2 b4 16.Nf3 Bc3 17.Kh1 a5 18.Rfd1 e5 19.f5 a4 20.g4 axb3 21.axb3 Ra3 22.Rb1 Kd8 23.Ng5 Ke8 24.Qf3 Qd8 25.Qh3 Qe7 26.Nf3 Kd8 27.g5 f6 28.Qg3 Kc7 29.h4 Nb8 30.h5 Nc6 31.h6 Na5 32.Qh4 Rf8 33.hxg7 Qxg7 34.gxf6 Rxf6 35.Bg5 Rf7 36.Bd8+ Kc6 37.Ng5 Nxb3 38.Nxf7 Qxf7 39.Bf3 Nd2 40.Bh5 Qd7 41.Rbc1 Ra8 42.Be7 Kc7 43.Qf6 Ra6 44.Qf7 Nb3 45.Rc2 Nd4 46.Rf2 b3 47.Bg5 b2 48.Qxd7+ Kxd7 49.f6 Ra1 50.Rff1 1-0

Round 8, Apr. 25, 2017
Buchenau, Frank – Plotkin, Mark
B06 Robatsch Defence

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 a6 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bc4 b5 6.Bd5 c6 7.Bb3 a5 8.a4 b4 9.Ne2 Nf6 10.e5 Ne4 11.Ng3 Nxg3 12.hxg3 dxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.dxe5 Qxd1+ 15.Kxd1 Na6 16.Be3 Nc7 17.Ke2 Be6 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Rh4 O-O 20.Rah1 Rf7 21.Rc4 Ra6 22.Bh6 Rf5 23.Re4 Rh5 24.Rxh5 gxh5 25.Rh4 Kf7 26.Rxh5 Ra8 27.Rg5 Rh8 28.Rg7+ Ke8 29.c4 bxc3 30.bxc3 Kd7 31.Bg5 Re8 32.Rxh7 Nd5 33.Kd3 Rg8 34.f4 Re8 35.Kd4 Nb6 36.g4 Nxa4 37.f5 Nb6 38.f6 a4 39.f7 Rd8 40.Bh6 Kc7+ 41.Ke4 Nd7 42.Bc1 Nc5+ 43.Ke3 Nd7 44.Ba3 Nxe5 45.Bxe7 Ng6 46.Bxd8+ Kxd8 47.Rg7 Nf8 48.Kd2 a3 49.Kc2 e5 50.Rg5 Ke7 51.Rxe5+ Kxf7 52.Rf5+ Kg7 53.Rxf8 1-0

Round 8, Apr. 25, 2017
Plotkin, Victor – Abrahamyan, Tatev
C15 French, Winawer, Nimzowitsch variation

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd3 dxe4 5.Bxe4 Nf6 6.Bf3 c5 7.Ne2 Nc6 8.Be3 cxd4 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Bxd4 c5 12.Be5 Bb7 13.f3 Ke7 14.O-O-O Rhd8 15.Bc7 Rxd1+ 16.Rxd1 Ne8 17.Bf4 f6 18.Be3 c4 19.a3 Bd6 20.Nb5 Bd5 21.Nec3 Bxh2 22.Nxd5+ exd5 23.Rxd5 a6 24.Nc3 Be5 25.Na4 Rc8 26.Nb6 Rc6 27.Rd1 Ke6 28.Rd8 Nd6 29.Ra8 Nf5 30.Bf2 Bf4+ 31.Kb1 Be3 32.Re8+ Kf7 33.Rxe3 Rxb6 34.Rc3 Rc6 35.b3 Nd6 36.a4 Ke6 37.Re3+ Kd7 38.b4 h5 39.c3 Rc8 40.Kc2 Rh8 41.Re1 h4 42.Bc5 Nf5 43.Re4 h3 44.gxh3 Rxh3 45.f4 Rh2+ 46.Kc1 Kc6 47.Ba7 Kd5 48.Re8 Ra2 49.Rc8 Ke4 50.Kb1 Rxa4 51.Rxc4+ Kd3 52.Rc6 Ng3 53.Kb2 Ne4 54.Rc7 g5 55.Rd7+ Ke2 56.fxg5 fxg5 57.Rh7 g4 58.Rh1 Nd2 59.Rg1 Kf3 60.Bb8 a5 61.Rg3+ Ke2 62.Rxg4 axb4 63.cxb4 Kd3 64.Rg3+ Kc4 65.Rg4+ Kb5 66.Kc3 Nb1+ 67.Kb3 Nd2+ 68.Kc3 Nb1+ 69.Kb2 Rxb4+ 1/2-1/2

Round Nine games

Round 9, Apr. 26, 2017
Blomqvist, Erik – Hambleton, Aman
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nd7 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 e5 7.c4 dxc4 8.Qc2 Nb6 9.a4 a5 10.Na3 Nf6 11.Nxc4 Nxc4 12.Qxc4 Bb4 13.d3 O-O 14.Bg2 Re8 15.Rd1 h6 16.e4 Qe7 17.Be3 Nd7 18.Rac1 Nf8 19.d4 exd4 20.Bxd4 Rad8 21.Bb6 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Nd7 23.Be3 Nc5 24.Bxc5 Bxc5 25.h4 Bb6 26.Qb3 Qc5 27.Kh2 Re7 28.f4 g6 29.e5 h5 30.Qc3 Kg7 31.Qd2 Re8 32.Qc3 Re7 33.Qb3 Qe3 34.Rd3 Qc5 35.Kh3 Bc7 36.Kh2 Bb6 37.Kh3 Bc7 38.Bf3 Bb6 39.Qd1 Qc4 40.Be2 Qe4 41.Bf3 Qc4 42.Rd6 Bc5 43.b3 Qb4 44.Rd3 Bb6 45.Be2 Qe4 46.Bf3 Qb4 47.Be2 Qe4 48.Bf3 1/2-1/2

Round 9, Apr. 26, 2017
Jobava, Baadur – Giri, Anish
B97 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Nb3 Nbd7 9.Be2 Be7 10.Qd3 Qc7 11.O-O b5 12.a3 Bb7 13.Kh1 Rc8 14.Rae1 O-O 15.Qh3 Rfe8 16.Bd3 e5 17.fxe5 dxe5 18.Re3 Nf8 19.Ne2 Qd7 20.Rf5 Qe6 21.Nd2 N6d7 22.Bxe7 Rxe7 23.Nb3 g6 24.Qg3 Nf6 25.Rf1 N8d7 26.Qe1 Kg7 27.Ng3 h5 28.Ne2 Rh8 29.h3 Qb6 30.Ng1 h4 31.Nf3 Ree8 32.Kh2 Rh5 33.Re2 Reh8 34.Qf2 Qxf2 35.Rfxf2 g5 36.Rf1 g4 37.Nfd2 Rg5 38.c4 Nh5 39.cxb5 axb5 40.Bxb5 Ndf6 41.Nc5 Bc8 42.Ree1 Nf4 43.hxg4 Nxg4+ 44.Kh1 Nf6 45.Nd3 Rg3 46.Rf3 Bg4 47.Rfe3 Rxg2 48.Nc4 Rc2 49.Ndxe5 N6h5 50.Kg1 Ng3 51.Rxg3 hxg3 52.Ne3 Nh3+ 0-1

Round 9, Apr. 26, 2017
Van Foreest, Jorden – Liang, Awonder
B12 Caro-Kann, Advance variation

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.c3 Bg6 8.Be3 Qb6 9.Na3 c4 10.Nxc4 dxc4 11.d5 Bc5 12.Bxc5 Qxc5 13.dxc6 Qxc6 14.Nd4 Qa6 15.a4 Qb6 16.a5 Qxb2 17.Qa4+ Kf8 18.Qxc4 Qd2 19.Qb4+ Ne7 20.Rfd1 Qh6 21.Qxb7 Re8 22.Bb5 1-0

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Reykjavik Open 2017

Reykjavik Open

April 27, 2017

Round Ten

Four games of note – Anish Giri wins the tournament with 8.5/10. Aman Hambleton draws with Beliavsky to end up 7/10. Jorden beats Vidit to go to 8/10. Michael Kleinman loses to Blomqvist and has 6.5/10.

Round 10, Apr. 27, 2017
Giri, Anish – L’Ami, Erwin
A46 Queen’s Pawn, Fianchetto (Lasker)

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg5 Bb7 5.Nbd2 d5 6.e3 a6 7.a4 b4 8.Nb3 Nbd7 9.Na5 Qc8 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.c4 dxc4 12.Nxb7 Qxb7 13.Bg2 c3 14.bxc3 bxc3 15.O-O Bb4 16.Ne5 Nd5 17.a5 Rb8 18.Qa4+ Qb5 19.Bxd5 exd5 20.Nc6 O-O 21.Rfb1 Qc4 22.Rxb4 Rxb4 23.Nxb4 Rb8 24.Nc2 Qe2 25.Ne1 h6 26.Qc2 Qc4 27.Nd3 Rb3 28.Kg2 g6 29.Nc5 Rb2 30.Qd3 1-0

Round 10, Apr. 27, 2017
Beliavsky, Alexander – Hambleton, Aman
E01 Catalan, Closed

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bd6 6.Nf3 c6 7.Qc2 Ne4 8.O-O O-O 9.Bf4 Bxf4 10.gxf4 Nd7 11.Nc3 Nd6 12.c5 Nf5 13.b4 b6 14.Rfd1 a5 15.a3 Qc7 16.e3 axb4 17.axb4 Bb7 18.Na4 b5 19.Nc3 Rxa1 20.Rxa1 Ra8 21.Rxa8+ Bxa8 22.Qa2 Bb7 23.Qa7 Qb8 24.Qa5 Qa8 25.Qxa8+ Bxa8 26.e4 dxe4 27.Nxe4 Nf6 28.Nxf6+ gxf6 29.Kf1 Bb7 30.Ke2 Bc8 31.Kd3 Ne7 32.Nd2 Nd5 33.Bxd5 exd5 34.Nf1 1/2-1/2

Round 10, Apr. 27, 2017
Vidit, Santosh – Van Foreest, Jorden
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 Nd7 5.a4 a5 6.O-O Ngf6 7.Na3 O-O 8.c4 c6 9.Bf4 dxc4 10.Nxc4 Nb6 11.Nce5 Ne4 12.Qc1 Nd6 13.Re1 Be6 14.e4 Ndc4 15.Qc3 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Bxe5 17.dxe5 Qc7 18.Ng5 Nd7 19.f4 Qb6+ 20.Kh1 Qb4 21.Qf3 Rad8 22.f5 Nxe5 23.Qf4 Nd3 24.Qh4 h5 25.Rf1 Bc4 26.g4 Qxb2 27.gxh5 gxf5 28.Rab1 Qd4 29.Rxf5 f6 30.Nh3 b5 31.axb5 cxb5 32.Nf2 Nxf2+ 33.Rxf2 Kh8 34.Qf4 Rf7 35.Bh3 Rg7 36.Bf5 Qd1+ 37.Rf1 Qd2 38.Qxd2 Rxd2 39.Rfc1 Rgg2 0-1

Round 10, Apr. 27, 2017
Kleinman, Michael – Blomqvist, Erik
C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Flohr-Zaitsev System

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Nd7 11.Nbd2 exd4 12.cxd4 Bf6 13.Nf1 Na5 14.Bc2 Re8 15.Ng3 g6 16.Bh6 Nc4 17.b3 Na3 18.Bd3 c5 19.Qc1 b4 20.Qf4 cxd4 21.Bg5 Bxg5 22.Nxg5 Qf6 23.Qh4 Qg7 24.f4 Nc5 25.Rad1 f6 26.Nf3 f5 27.exf5 Bxf3 28.gxf3 Nxd3 29.Rxe8+ Rxe8 30.Rxd3 Nc2 31.f6 Qc7 32.Ne4 Ne3 33.f7+ Qxf7 34.Nf6+ Kg7 35.Nxe8+ Qxe8 36.Qe1 Qc6 37.Kf2 Qc5 38.Qd2 Nf5 39.Kg2 a5 40.Qf2 Kf7 41.Kh2 Ke6 42.Rd2 Ne3 43.Qe2 Kf7 44.Qf2 Qc3 45.Re2 Qd3 46.Re1 Qf5 47.Rc1 Qxf4+ 48.Qg3 Qxg3+ 0-1

(to be continued)

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Reykjavik Open 2017

Reykjavik Open

April 27, 2017

Final Round
Pairings/Results

Round 10 on 2017/04/27 at 11:00

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg

1 Giri Anish 2771 7½ 1 - 0 7 L'ami Erwin 2614
2 Grandelius Nils 2641 7 ½ - ½ 7 Almasi Zoltan 2696
3 Movsesian Sergei 2677 7 1 - 0 7 Yilmaz Mustafa 2614
4 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi 2670 7 0 - 1 7 Van Foreest Jorden 2584
5 Kamsky Gata 2668 7 1 - 0 7 Can Emre 2578
6 Gupta Abhijeet 2607 7 1 - 0 6½ Jobava Baadur 2712
7 Pigott John C 2381 6½ 1 - 0 6½ Shirov Alexei 2693
8 Landa Konstantin 2611 6½ ½ - ½ 6½ Kunte Abhijit 2491
9 Beliavsky Alexander G 2597 6½ ½ - ½ 6½ Hambleton Aman 2434
10 Kleinman Michael 2289 6½ 0 - 1 6½ Blomqvist Erik 2548
11 Kavutskiy Konstantin 2347 6½ 1 - 0 6½ Firat Burak 2503
12 Praggnanandhaa R 2447 6 0 - 1 6 Andreikin Dmitry 2734
13 Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2429 6 1 - 0 6 Jones Gawain C B 2671
14 Sarin Nihal 2424 6 0 - 1 6 Stefansson Hannes 2566
15 Donchenko Alexander 2554 6 1 - 0 6 Tarjan James E 2414
16 Ziska Helgi Dam 2553 6 ½ - ½ 6 Ahlander Bjorn 2416
17 Hjartarson Johann 2536 6 1 - 0 6 Thorfinnsson Bjorn 2413
18 Friedel Joshua E 2524 6 ½ - ½ 6 Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2394
19 Harika Dronavalli 2521 6 1 - 0 6 Pfreundt Jakob 2392
20 Bailet Pierre 2510 6 1 - 0 6 Timmermans Mark 2385
21 Henderson De La Fuente Lance 2372 6 0 - 1 6 Perelshteyn Eugene 2509
22 Liang Awonder 2483 6 0 - 1 6 Abrahamyan Tatev 2364
23 Guramishvili Sopiko 2363 6 0 - 1 6 Thorfinnsson Bragi 2457
24 Soumya Swaminathan 2349 6 0 - 1 6 Torre Eugenio 2455
25 Plotkin Victor 2243 6 ½ - ½ 6 Kanmazalp Ogulcan 2448
26 Ramirez Alejandro 2555 5½ 1 - 0 6 Doknjas Joshua 2123
34 Yu Jonathan 2073 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ Garg Aradhya 2315
35 Thorhallsson Gylfi 2070 5½ 0 - 1 5½ Kniest Oliver 2301
36 Piasetski Leon 2300 5½ 0 - 1 5½ Ristoja Samu 2228
37 Haessel Dale R. 2095 5½ 0 - 1 5½ Le Goff Damien 2278
38 Derakhshani Dorsa 2351 5 1 - 0 5½ Dougherty Michael 2171
45 Bjornsson Sigurbjorn 2279 5 0 - 1 5 Plotkin Mark 2147
52 Bergsson Stefan 2031 5 ½ - ½ 5 Doknjas John 2216
68 Doknjas Neil 1784 4½ 0 - 1 4½ Burrows Martin P 2113
69 Halldorsson Bragi 2110 4½ 1 - 0 4½ Zybura Andre 1894
109 Fournier Martin 1524 3 0 - 1 3 Gudmundsson Einar S. 1739
129 Murray Peter 2235 4 0 not paired

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Reykjavik Open 2017

Reykjavik Open

April 27, 2017

Final Round

Final Standings

Final Ranking after 10 Rounds

Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. Rp

1 Giri Anish NED 2771 8.5 2865
2 Van Foreest Jorden NED 2584 8 2699
3 Movsesian Sergei ARM 2677 8 2729
4 Gupta Abhijeet IND 2607 8 2775
5 Kamsky Gata USA 2668 8 2736
6 Kavutskiy Konstantin USA 2347 7.5 2505
7 Blomqvist Erik SWE 2548 7.5 2443
8 Pigott John C ENG 2381 7.5 2492
9 Grandelius Nils SWE 2641 7.5 2757
10 Almasi Zoltan HUN 2696 7.5 2746
11 Can Emre TUR 2578 7 2577
12 Perelshteyn Eugene USA 2509 7 2512
13 Torre Eugenio PHI 2455 7 2464
14 L'ami Erwin NED 2614 7 2575
Hjartarson Johann ISL 2536 7 2559
Christiansen Johan-Sebastian NOR 2429 7 2526
17 Harika Dronavalli IND 2521 7 2509
18 Abrahamyan Tatev USA 2364 7 2432
19 Stefansson Hannes ISL 2566 7 2536
20 Hambleton Aman CAN 2434 7 2619
21 Andreikin Dmitry RUS 2734 7 2629
22 Yilmaz Mustafa TUR 2614 7 2602
23 Beliavsky Alexander G SLO 2597 7 2510
24 Kunte Abhijit IND 2491 7 2500
25 Thorfinnsson Bragi ISL 2457 7 2461
26 Vidit Santosh Gujrathi IND 2670 7 2689
27 Donchenko Alexander GER 2554 7 2600
28 Landa Konstantin RUS 2611 7 2595
29 Bailet Pierre FRA 2510 7 2486
30 Kleinman Michael CAN 2289 6.5 2489
31 Le Goff Damien FRA 2278 6.5 2297
32 Kniest Oliver GER 2301 6.5 2316
33 Ristoja Samu FIN 2228 6.5 2333
34 Panchanathan Magesh Chandran IND 2494 6.5 2469
35 Jobava Baadur GEO 2712 6.5 2654
36 Shirov Alexei LAT 2693 6.5 2488
Ahlander Bjorn SWE 2416 6.5 2470
38 Sundararajan Kidambi IND 2422 6.5 2461
39 Ramirez Alejandro USA 2555 6.5 2488
40 Batchimeg Tuvshintugs MGL 2394 6.5 2407
41 Firat Burak TUR 2503 6.5 2452
Kanmazalp Ogulcan TUR 2448 6.5 2428
Risting Eivind Olav NOR 2250 6.5 2313
44 Plotkin Victor CAN 2243 6.5 2329
45 Kjartansson Gudmundur ISL 2468 6.5 2376
46 Friedel Joshua E USA 2524 6.5 2536
47 Sarkar Justin USA 2390 6.5 2433
48 Ziska Helgi Dam FAI 2553 6.5 2482
49 Gislason Gudmundur ISL 2314 6 2301
50 Tokranovs Dmitrijs LAT 2227 6 2233
51 Derakhshani Dorsa IRI 2351 6 2253
52 Alan Entem FRA 2200 6 2194
53 Doknjas Joshua CAN 2123 6 2203
54 Motycakova Monika SVK 2162 6 2204
55 Plotkin Mark CAN 2147 6 2169
56 Yakimenko Alexander A. RUS 2145 6 2107
57 Jones Gawain C B ENG 2671 6 2524
58 Praggnanandhaa R IND 2447 6 2480
59 Timmermans Mark NED 2385 6 2342
60 Tania Sachdev IND 2429 6 2334
Rajdeep Sarkar IND 2273 6 2328
62 Thorfinnsson Bjorn ISL 2413 6 2335
63 Laustsen Lars DEN 2169 6 2264
64 Yu Jonathan CAN 2073 6 2238
65 Puglia Francesco ITA 1809 6 2111
66 Walton Alan J ENG 2199 6 2221
67 Einarsson Halldor Gretar ISL 2257 6 2234
68 Sigeman Johan SWE 2138 6 2079
69 Wecker Martin GER 2134 6 1929
70 Guramishvili Sopiko GEO 2363 6 2431
71 Soumya Swaminathan IND 2349 6 2336
72 Henderson De La Fuente Lance ESP 2372 6 2294
73 Sarin Nihal IND 2424 6 2458
74 Tarjan James E USA 2414 6 2373
75 Pfreundt Jakob GER 2392 6 2357
76 Maroroa Sue ENG 2148 6 2348
77 Karavade Eesha IND 2405 6 2247
Garg Aradhya IND 2315 6 2271
79 Webb Laurence E ENG 2271 6 2203
80 Liang Awonder USA 2483 6 2484
81 Thorhallsson Throstur ISL 2423 6 2382
82 Van Leent Dimitri NED 2230 5.5 2245
83 Gorti Akshita USA 2261 5.5 2203
98 Dougherty Michael CAN 2171 5.5 2300
100 Haessel Dale R. CAN 2095 5.5 2174
104 Piasetski Leon CAN 2300 5.5 2287
111 Doknjas John CAN 2216 5.5 2205
150 Doknjas Neil CAN 1784 4.5 2061
158 Zybura Andre CAN 1894 4.5 1792
200 Murray Peter CAN 2235 4 2108
229 Boron Anthony CAN 1865 3.5 1607
242 Fournier Martin CAN 1524 3 1576

[Hans Jung]

Re: Reykjavik Open 2017

Congratulations Aman! You are over the hump. The last GM norm should come much easier. Nice to see Peter Murray back in action after almost 30 years (classical tournament chess).

[Vlad Drkulec]

Re: Reykjavik Open 2017

Congratulations to Aman. One more to go.

Most of the Canadians seemed to play well and scored performances above their ratings in most cases. Congratulations to all of you. Its nice to see Peter Murray playing again. I enjoyed his column in the London Free Press back in the day.

[Wayne Komer]

Re: Reykjavik Open 2017

Reyjavik Open 2017

April 28, 2017

Final standings and category winners

Best performance according to rating (rating performance minus rating)

1. Arnar Heiðarsson 357
2. Daníel Ernir Njarðarson 320
3. Sinan Eminor 304

Rating between 0 and 2000

1. Francesco Puglia 6
2. Alberto Prieto 5,5
3. Janus Skalle 5,5

Rating between 2001 and 2200

1. Alan Entem 6
2. Joshua Doknjas 6
3. Monika Motycakova 6

Rating between 2201 and 2400

1. Konstantin Kavutskiy 7,5
2. John C Pigott 7,5
3. Tatev Abrahamyan 7

Best female

1. Harika Dronavalli 7
2. Tatev Abrahamyan 7
3. Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 6,5

Best junior

1. Eivind Olav Risting 6,5
2. Joshua Doknjas 6
3. Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa 6

IM norms achieved:

Nishal Sarin
Michael Kleinman
John C Pigott

GM norms achieved:

Aman Hambleton

Tournament Final Standings

1. Anish Giri 8,5
2. Jorden Van Foreest 8
3. Sergei Movsesian 8
4. Abhijeet Gupta 8
5. Gata Kamsky 8
6. Konstantin Kavutskiy 7,5
7. Erik Blomqvist 7,5
8. John C Pigott 7,5
9. Nils Grandelius 7,5
10. Zoltan Almasi 7,5

[Gary Hua]

Re: Reykjavik Open 2017

What a great tournament for Canadians - 1 GM norm ( Aman H ) and 1 IM norm ( Michael K ) and especially for the juniors.

In CM Joshua Doknjas' case, he made it to the podium twice! After tiebreaks, CM Joshua Doknjas won two awards: 2nd Place U2200 and 2nd Place Top Junior at the Reykjavik Open 2017.

Some other results that aren't obvious:

Neil Doknjas gained 124 FIDE points; which should move him to being the 2nd highest FIDE rated U12 player in Canada. He just missed out on the Best Performance Compared to Own Rating top 3 awards (sliding to 5th after the last round).

Mark Plotkin came in 4th (one place just out of the money) and Jonathan Yu came in 7th in the U2200 section after tiebreaks. The top 3 had 6 pts as did Mark and Jonathan. In fact, going into the last round FM Michael Dougherty, FM Dale Haessel, Mark Plotkin, and Jonathan Yu all had chances for top 3 in the U2200 section.

Victor Plotkin came in 10th place in the U2400 section after tiebreaks, and had (I think) the same points of 6.5 as the top 3.

Among other things, John Doknjas drew two GMs and one IM, and beat a WIM.

https://www.facebook.com/16303111708...type=3&theater

We will be having another new GM and IM soon.

Congratulations and cheers for Canada Chess

[John Upper]

GOTW: Hambleton - L'Ami, Reykjavik 2017

The Game of the Week is Hambleton - L'Ami, with notes by IM Aman Hambleton:

http://chess.ca/newsfeed/node/958

[Larry Bevand]

Re: Reykjavik Open 2017

The Doknjas family have put together an article on the evnt for Chess'n Math:

https://chess-math.org/blog/reykjavik-open-2017