Reykjavik Open

[David Ottosen]

Re: Reykjavik Open

They landed a big passenger plane at the old Gimili airport around 1983. The airliner ran out of gas and became a glider. The pilot put it down in Gimili. The airport was being used for auto racing or something like that so it was a challenge.

A couple of years ago there were some articles in the newspaper about Iceland using the Canadian dollar as their currency. I don't know how serious they ever got about that. The population of Iceland isn't very large so it probably wouldn't have been a strain.

[Gary Ruben]

Re: Reykjavik Open

You might be able to buy that plane!

From today's Toronto Star:

I still have Air Canada shares so I guess in a way I'm the seller. :)

[Gary Ruben]

Re: Reykjavik Open

Thanks. I thought with some of our players in Iceland going up against under rated opponents (in my opinion) it might be interesting.

[Gary Ruben]

Re: Reykjavik Open

Aman - against Karason - did you miss 32...Be3+ - you've got to find those killer shots - your fans are playing over your games. Its time for your A-game! We're rooting for you!!:D

Didn't Karason miss Qc6 when Aman's Queen was at a8? I don't have the game set up but kind of recall the position and thinking Aman got lucky. Lucky is a good thing. :)

[Hugh Brodie]

Re: Reykjavik Open

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2013"]
[Site "Reykjavik, Iceland"]
[Date "2013.02.22"]
[Round "5.33"]
[White "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Black "Maack, Kjartan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2136"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Qc2 d5 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O
Ne4 9. f3 Nxc3 10. Nxc3 Bf6 11. Bd2 g6 12. Rad1 b6 13. b4 Bb7 14. b5 Qe7 15.
Qb3 Rd8 16. Rfe1 Kg7 17. a4 c5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Ne2 Nd7 21. Rc1
Qd6 22. Bb4 Nc5 23. Qa3 Rac8 24. Nd4 Qe5 25. Bb1 Qe8 26. Bc3 Ne6 27. Qa1 Nxd4
28. Bxd4 Qe7 29. a5 bxa5 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Qxa5 Bxd4 32. exd4 Rc1 33. Kf2 Rxe1
34. Qxe1 Qh4+ 35. Kf1 Qxe1+ 36. Kxe1 f4 37. g3 fxg3 38. hxg3 Kf6 39. Kd2 Ke6
40. g4 Bc8 41. g5 Kd6 42. Bd3 Bd7 43. Kc3 Kc7 44. Kb4 Kb6 45. f4 Bf5 46. Be2
Be4 47. Bg4 Bf5 48. Bf3 Be4 49. Be2 Bf5 50. Bd1 Be4 51. Bg4 Bf5 52. Be2 Be4 53.
Ka4 Bc2+ 54. Kb4 Be4 55. Bd1 Bf5 56. Bb3 Be4 57. Ka4 Bf3 58. Bc2 Be4 59. Bb3
Bf3 60. Kb4 Be4 61. Bd1 Bf5 62. Bf3 Be4 63. Bg4 Bf5 64. Bxf5 gxf5 65. Ka4 a5
66. bxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2013"]
[Site "Reykjavik, Iceland"]
[Date "2013.02.22"]
[Round "5.82"]
[White "Orlova, Yelizaveta"]
[Black "Davidsdottir, Nansy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "1479"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nbd7 5. O-O c5 6. c3 b6 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. a4
Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. Nh2 cxd4 11. cxd4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. b3 Bc5 14. Bb2 Qd6 15.
Ndf3 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Ne4 17. Nd4 Bc8 18. e3 Qg6 19. Qe2 a5 20. Nb5 Ng5 21. h4
Ne4 22. Kh2 Bb7 23. Bh3 Bc8 24. g4 f5 25. h5 Qf7 26. f3 Nd6 27. Be5 Nxb5 28.
axb5 Qe7 29. f4 fxg4 30. Rg1 Rf7 31. Rxg4 Bxg4 32. Qxg4 Bxe3 33. Rd1 Raf8 34.
Qe6 Qh4 35. Qxd5 Bxf4+ 36. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 37. Kh1 Qf3+ 38. Bg2 Qf5 39. Rf1 Qd7 40.
Qc4 Kh8 41. Qe2 Rxf1+ 42. Bxf1 Qd5+ 43. Bg2 Qxb3 0-1

[Kerry Liles]

Re: Reykjavik Open

After an overnight flight and a long journey, I arrived in Iceland this morning at 7:00 AM local time. The first round of the 2013 Reykjavik Open gets underway tomorrow, February 19th, at 4:30 PM local time (11:30 AM EST). The event is 10 rounds and ends on February 27th.

It's very easy to follow the results here or on the main webpage of the tournament here.

Looking forward to some intense games! Even at my rating of 2472 I am seeded 39th

I see you won your round 6 game and have put an end to that draw streak! Tear them up now. Good hunting.

[Gary Ruben]

Re: Reykjavik Open

I see you won your round 6 game and have put an end to that draw streak! Tear them up now. Good hunting.

His last opponent, Kjartan Maack, is probably under rated by FIDE. He plays Correspondence Chess at a level of over 2300. Currently he's playing board 1 for his ICCF champions league team. A 13 player round robin and has drawn the games he has complete including one against the highest rated player on his board.

He has also won an ICCF master class event.

[Kerry Liles]

Re: Reykjavik Open

His last opponent, Kjartan Maack, is probably under rated by FIDE. He plays Correspondence Chess at a level of over 2300. Currently he's playing board 1 for his ICCF champions league team. A 13 player round robin and has drawn the games he has complete including one against the highest rated player on his board.

He has also won an ICCF master class event.

Aman seems to be a tough opponent and although I have not met him, I like his approach and his mental toughness too (perhaps he and Eric Hansen feed off each other's momentum?) In any case, once he shakes off the jet lag and is able to ignore the Iclandic distractions, he will prove to be a problem for a lot of players - IM or GM or whatever.

[Hugh Brodie]

Re: Reykjavik Open

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2013"]
[Site "Reykjavik, Iceland"]
[Date "2013.02.23"]
[Round "6.32"]
[White "Cubas Pons, Juan Miguel"]
[Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Be7 7. e4 d6 8. Be2
a6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Rac1 b6 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. f3 O-O 14. Bf1 Rac8 15.
Qf2 Qb8 16. Nc2 Bd8 17. Na3 Bc7 18. Qh4 Rfe8 19. Rc2 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Bf2
dxc4 22. Nxc4 b5 23. Ne3 Ne5 24. Qh3 Ng6 25. a3 Nf4 26. Qh4 Ng6 27. Qh3 Re5 28.
Ng4 Nf4 29. Nxf6+ gxf6 30. Qh4 Rh5 31. Qxf6 Be5 32. Qb6 Nd5 33. Rxd5 Bxh2+ 34.
Kh1 Bxd5 35. Qxb8 Bxb8+ 36. Kg1 Bh2+ 37. Kh1 Bb3 38. g4 Bxc2 39. gxh5 Be5 40.
Be1 Rc5 41. Bf2 Rc6 42. Nd5 Rh6 43. Nb4 Rxh5+ 44. Kg2 Rg5+ 45. Kh3 Bf5+ 46. Kh4
Bf6 47. Bd4 Rg4+ 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2013"]
[Site "Reykjavik, Iceland"]
[Date "2013.02.23"]
[Round "6.88"]
[White "Bauza Mercere, Eduardo"]
[Black "Orlova, Yelizaveta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "1809"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 g6 6. Be3 Qb4+ 7. N1d2 Bg7 8.
c3 Qd6 9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O Qc7 11. f4 d6 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. Qe2 O-O 14. g4 Ne8 15.
f5 Ne5 16. Bg2 a6 17. Nd4 b5 18. Bf2 Rc8 19. Bh4 Bc6 20. Nxc6 Nxc6 21. g5 Ne5
22. f6 exf6 23. gxf6 Bh6 24. Bh3 Rd8 25. Rae1 Qa5 26. a3 Nc7 27. Bg3 Qb6+ 28.
Kh1 Ne6 29. Bf2 Qb7 30. Be3 Bg5 31. Bxe6 1-0

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: Reykjavik Open

Aman, who put salt in your engine?
Rp 2261

[Jack Maguire]

Re : Re: Reykjavik Open

Wei Yi is also an IM and one norm shy of GM status. The 13-year-old (!!) got nicked for a draw today against the 3-time Chinese Champion, Ling Diren (2709) and now sits at 3.5/4. He'll be in tough again tomorrow, wielding the Black pieces against Wesley So (2684) on board #5.

Susan Polgar's blog reports that Wei Yi assured himself of his 3rd and final GM norm yesterday after his absolute crush of France's top GM, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Regardless of how he fares against Gajewski today in R9, his 6.5/8 assures him the final norm and he becomes, by a wide margin, the world's youngest GM.

[Emil Smilovici]

Re: Re : Re: Reykjavik Open

Susan Polgar's blog reports that Wei Yi assured himself of his 3rd and final GM norm yesterday after his absolute crush of France's top GM, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Regardless of how he fares against Gajewski today in R9, his 6.5/8 assures him the final norm and he becomes, by a wide margin, the world's youngest GM.

The youngest Gm today.

The youngest GM ever remains Sergey Karjakin - 12 years and 7 months (exactly!) when he became a GM in 2002.

[Egidijus Zeromskis]

Re: Re : Re: Reykjavik Open

The youngest GM ever remains Sergey Karjakin - 12 years and 7 months (exactly!)

Rumor is that it was faked

[Hans Jung]

Re: Reykjavik Open

And GM Wesley So breaks 2700 for the first time!! - hmmm - more than 50 FIDE points in 6 months - the Polgar team in St.Louis (Webster University) must be doing something right! (actually far better than right - super impressive conditions and coaching!)

[Hugh Brodie]

Re: Reykjavik Open

Please excuse the presentation - I didn't have a chance to clean up the gamescores.

[Event "Reykjavík Open 2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.02.24"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Black "Norowitz, Yaacov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[LiveChessVersion "1.4"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[ECO "D31"]

1. d4 {[%clk 1:30:54]} d5 {[%clk 1:30:57]} 2. c4 {[%clk 1:31:09]} e6
{[%clk 1:31:18]} 3. Nc3 {[%clk 1:31:22]} Be7 {[%clk 1:31:42]} 4. cxd5
{[%clk 1:31:31]} exd5 {[%clk 1:32:04]} 5. Bf4 {[%clk 1:31:51]} c6
{[%clk 1:32:14]} 6. e3 {[%clk 1:32:04]} Bf5 {[%clk 1:18:23]} 7. Nge2
{[%clk 1:31:12]} Bg6 {[%clk 1:14:59]} 8. Ng3 {[%clk 1:27:50]} Nf6
{[%clk 1:11:31]} 9. h4 {[%clk 1:21:23]} Qb6 {[%clk 1:06:01]} 10. Qd2
{[%clk 1:17:37]} h5 {[%clk 0:58:24]} 11. Be2 {[%clk 1:13:11]} Nbd7
{[%clk 0:56:19]} 12. Rc1 {[%clk 1:00:21]} Nf8 {[%clk 0:52:51]} 13. a3
{[%clk 0:50:38]} Qd8 {[%clk 0:40:14]} 14. Qd1 {[%clk 0:43:09]} Bd6
{[%clk 0:37:21]} 15. Be5 {[%clk 0:41:41]} Bxe5 {[%clk 0:33:37]} 16. dxe5
{[%clk 0:42:01]} N6d7 {[%clk 0:28:35]} 17. f4 {[%clk 0:31:20]} Qb6
{[%clk 0:27:15]} 18. Qd2 {[%clk 0:30:55]} Nc5 {[%clk 0:25:49]} 19. Rd1
{[%clk 0:31:09]} Qc7 {[%clk 0:19:29]} 20. b4 {[%clk 0:25:10]} Nce6
{[%clk 0:18:01]} 21. Kf2 {[%clk 0:23:56]} Nd7 {[%clk 0:17:13]} 22. f5
{[%clk 0:20:51]} Nxe5 {[%clk 0:16:27]} 23. fxg6 {[%clk 0:19:35]} fxg6
{[%clk 0:15:47]} 24. Bf3 {[%clk 0:13:52]} Rf8 {[%clk 0:12:43]} 25. Nge2
{[%clk 0:12:23]} O-O-O {[%clk 0:11:20]} 26. Nd4 {[%clk 0:09:47]} Rde8
{[%clk 0:11:36]} 27. Rde1 {[%clk 0:07:00]} g5 {[%clk 0:07:58]} 28. Nxe6
{[%clk 0:06:31]} Rxe6 {[%clk 0:08:17]} 29. hxg5 {[%clk 0:06:52]} Ng4+
{[%clk 0:08:30]} 30. Kf1 {[%clk 0:03:33]} Qg3 {[%clk 0:07:15]} 31. Re2
{[%clk 0:03:15]} Rxf3+ {[%clk 0:05:57]} 32. gxf3 {[%clk 0:03:00]} Qxf3+
{[%clk 0:06:16]} 33. Kg1 {[%clk 0:03:20]} Nxe3 {[%clk 0:05:45]} 34. Qe1
{[%clk 0:02:21]} d4 {[%clk 0:03:49]} 35. Qf2 {[%clk 0:00:55]} Qg4+
{[%clk 0:04:13]} 36. Kh2 {[%clk 0:01:24]} Qxg5 {[%clk 0:04:30]} 37. Rg1
{[%clk 0:01:05]} Qe5+ {[%clk 0:01:54]} 38. Kh3 {[%clk 0:01:29]} Rf6
{[%clk 0:02:17]} 39. Qg3 {[%clk 0:00:53]} Qf5+ {[%clk 0:01:53]} 40. Kh2
{[%clk 0:30:32]} Rg6 {[%clk 0:30:50]} 41. Qxg6 {[%clk 0:21:49]} Nf1+
{[%clk 0:31:07]} 42. Rxf1 {[%clk 0:22:11]} Qxg6 {[%clk 0:31:27]} 43. Ne4
{[%clk 0:22:05]} Qe6 {[%clk 0:25:05]} 44. Rf3 {[%clk 0:15:14]} h4
{[%clk 0:22:17]} 45. Kg1 {[%clk 0:13:56]} g5 {[%clk 0:14:39]} 46. Rf7
{[%clk 0:13:14]} Kd8 {[%clk 0:13:39]} 47. Rxb7 {[%clk 0:09:53]} Qg4+
{[%clk 0:10:28]} 48. Kf1 {[%clk 0:08:36]} h3 {[%clk 0:09:41]} 49. Nc5
{[%clk 0:07:06]} Qf5+ {[%clk 0:07:48]} 50. Kg1 {[%clk 0:04:33]} Qg4+
{[%clk 0:07:22]} 51. Kf1 {[%clk 0:05:02]} Qf5+ {[%clk 0:06:25]} 52. Kg1
{[%clk 0:01:59]} Qg4+ {[%clk 0:04:43]} 53. Kf1 Ke8 1/2-1/2



[Event "Reykjavik Open 2013"]
[Site "Reykjavik, Iceland"]
[Date "2013.02.24"]
[Round "7.98"]
[White "Hrafnsson, Hilmir"]
[Black "Orlova, Yelizaveta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "1331"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 b6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be2 Nd7 8. O-O Ngf6
9. Nd2 Nf8 10. Nc4 Ng6 11. Qd3 O-O 12. a5 b5 13. Nb6 Ra7 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4
Nxf4 16. Rxf4 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. Bg4 Bg5 19. Raf1 Bxf4 20. Rxf4 Qg5 21. Qf3
Bxg4 22. Qxg4 Qxg4 23. Rxg4 Re7 24. Kf2 b4 25. Na4 f5 26. Rf4 fxe4 27. Rxf8+
Kxf8 28. Ke3 Kf7 29. Nb6 Re5 30. Nc4 Rxd5 31. Kxe4 Rd1 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.02.25"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Cherednichenko, Svetlana"]
[Black "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[LiveChessVersion "1.4"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[ECO "A46"]

1. d4 {[%clk 1:24:24]} e6 {[%clk 1:30:46]} 2. Nf3 {[%clk 1:24:09]} Nf6
{[%clk 1:31:07]} 3. e3 {[%clk 1:24:27]} c5 {[%clk 1:31:29]} 4. Bd3
{[%clk 1:24:49]} b6 {[%clk 1:31:51]} 5. O-O {[%clk 1:25:09]} Bb7 {[%clk 1:32:16]}
6. c4 {[%clk 1:25:20]} Be7 {[%clk 1:32:32]} 7. Nc3 {[%clk 1:25:43]} cxd4
{[%clk 1:32:55]} 8. exd4 {[%clk 1:26:07]} d5 {[%clk 1:33:18]} 9. cxd5
{[%clk 1:24:35]} Nxd5 {[%clk 1:33:39]} 10. Ne5 {[%clk 1:24:24]} O-O
{[%clk 1:33:41]} 11. Qg4 {[%clk 1:23:57]} Nf6 {[%clk 1:07:21]} 12. Qh4
{[%clk 1:20:54]} Ne4 {[%clk 1:02:40]} 13. Qh5 {[%clk 1:04:02]} g6
{[%clk 0:42:06]} 14. Qe2 {[%clk 1:04:16]} Nxc3 {[%clk 0:41:40]} 15. bxc3
{[%clk 1:04:40]} Nc6 {[%clk 0:40:51]} 16. Ng4 {[%clk 1:01:37]} Rc8
{[%clk 0:37:01]} 17. Bh6 {[%clk 0:51:42]} Re8 {[%clk 0:33:32]} 18. Bb5
{[%clk 0:51:59]} Qd5 {[%clk 0:21:27]} 19. c4 {[%clk 0:38:19]} Qf5
{[%clk 0:06:20]} 20. Rad1 {[%clk 0:32:53]} Bf8 {[%clk 0:04:42]} 21. Rd3
{[%clk 0:28:33]} Bg7 {[%clk 0:04:27]} 22. Rfd1 {[%clk 0:16:04]} a6
{[%clk 0:04:39]} 23. Ba4 {[%clk 0:15:21]} b5 {[%clk 0:03:54]} 24. cxb5
{[%clk 0:10:24]} axb5 {[%clk 0:04:18]} 25. Ne3 {[%clk 0:10:27]} Qe4
{[%clk 0:03:34]} 26. Bxg7 {[%clk 0:10:15]} bxa4 {[%clk 0:03:45]} 27. Bf6
{[%clk 0:03:01]} Ba6 {[%clk 0:03:23]} 28. f3 {[%clk 0:03:08]} Bxd3
{[%clk 0:03:05]} 29. Rxd3 {[%clk 0:03:30]} Qf4 {[%clk 0:03:23]} 30. Ng4
{[%clk 0:03:46]} Nb4 {[%clk 0:02:17]} 31. Rd1 {[%clk 0:04:05]} Rc1
{[%clk 0:00:57]} 32. Be5 {[%clk 0:04:05]} Rxd1+ {[%clk 0:00:51]} 33. Qxd1
{[%clk 0:04:29]} Qg5 {[%clk 0:00:38]} 34. Nf6+ {[%clk 0:04:46]} Kg7
{[%clk 0:00:37]} 35. Nxe8+ {[%clk 0:05:06]} Kf8 {[%clk 0:00:50]} 36. Bd6+
{[%clk 0:04:06]} Kxe8 {[%clk 0:01:11]} 37. Bxb4 {[%clk 0:04:05]} 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2013"]
[Site "Reykjavik, Iceland"]
[Date "2013.02.25"]
[Round "8.84"]
[White "Orlova, Yelizaveta"]
[Black "Leosson, Atli Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1978"]
[BlackElo "1736"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. a3 Be7 7. Be2 Qd7 8. d3 a6
9. Bf3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Rb8 12. b4 Na7 13. Nge2 b5 14. cxb5 Nxb5 15.
O-O Nxc3 16. Bxc3 O-O 17. Ng3 h6 18. Rfd1 Nh7 19. d4 Ng5 20. Qe2 exd4 21. Bxd4
Rb5 22. f4 Ne6 23. Bc3 Qc6 24. Rac1 Qb6 25. a4 Nxf4 26. Qf2 Nxh3+ 27. gxh3 Rg5
28. Kh1 Rg6 29. Nf5 Bg5 30. h4 Bf6 31. Bxf6 Rxf6 32. Rd4 Re8 33. Rf4 Qb7+ 34.
Kh2 Kh7 35. Rg1 Rg6 36. h5 Rg5 37. Rxg5 hxg5 38. Rg4 f6 39. Nd4 Re5 40. Qc2+
Kh8 41. e4 c5 42. Nf3 Re7 43. bxc5 dxc5 44. Kg3 Qb8+ 45. e5 Rb7 46. Qg6 Rb3 47.
h6 Qxe5+ 48. Kg2 Qe2+ 49. Kg1 Qe3+ 50. Kh2 Rb2+ 51. Rg2 Rxg2+ 52. Kxg2 Qe7 53.
hxg7+ 1/2-1/2