Reykjavik open 8-16 March
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Reykjavik open 8-16 March
Round 1 under way with the usual massacre of the innocents.
Gawain Jones is the only top British man so far as I can tell - 9th seed and he's a pawn up in a Q ending.
Mamedyarov already won his game on top board.
http://www.reykjavikopen.com/pairingsre ... -ranklist/
http://chess-results.com/tnr190183.aspx?lan=1
I see Jovanka Houska is playing too. I am surprised more Britons have not entered.
Lower on the list I see James Jackson, David Jameson (WLS), and some sub-2000 UK players: Christopher Bak, Daniel Rowan.
Also playing according to the above page are two aspiring teenagers from Ireland: Tom O'Gorman (2067) who is 13 years old and was on the team that won the Glorney Cup last year, with his sister Alice (1620) who is 15 or 16 years old. Good luck to them.
235 players in all.
Gawain Jones is the only top British man so far as I can tell - 9th seed and he's a pawn up in a Q ending.
Mamedyarov already won his game on top board.
http://www.reykjavikopen.com/pairingsre ... -ranklist/
http://chess-results.com/tnr190183.aspx?lan=1
I see Jovanka Houska is playing too. I am surprised more Britons have not entered.
Lower on the list I see James Jackson, David Jameson (WLS), and some sub-2000 UK players: Christopher Bak, Daniel Rowan.
Also playing according to the above page are two aspiring teenagers from Ireland: Tom O'Gorman (2067) who is 13 years old and was on the team that won the Glorney Cup last year, with his sister Alice (1620) who is 15 or 16 years old. Good luck to them.
235 players in all.
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Re: Reykjavik open 8-16 March
Beliavsky had a narrow escape against a 2000-rated Icelander and eventually the game was drawn.
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Re: Reykjavik open 8-16 March
And in the the Grandelius lost while trying to avoid a repetition
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Re: Reykjavik open 8-16 March
Round 2 under way and Gawain Jones is about to take an early lunch with 2/2. Round 3 this evening.
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Re: Reykjavik open 8-16 March
Top boards for round 3 at 7pm are:
GM Rapport v IM Esserman [author of Morra Gambit book who beat Nigel Short and drew with Anand in Gibraltar]
IM K. S. Holm v GM Sargissian
GM Cheparinov v IM Justin Tan (Australia)
IM Bjorn Thorfinsson v GM Hrant Melkumyan
GM Gawain Jones v IM Bragi Thorfinsson
GMs Mamedyarov, Andreikin, Movsesian and Agdestein are in a large cohort who are taking the evening off.
Irish teenager Tom O'Gorman had a walkover in round 1 (he would have won anyway against a low-rated Icelander) and drew with FM James Jackson this morning. Next he has Black against Tania Sachdev.
GM Rapport v IM Esserman [author of Morra Gambit book who beat Nigel Short and drew with Anand in Gibraltar]
IM K. S. Holm v GM Sargissian
GM Cheparinov v IM Justin Tan (Australia)
IM Bjorn Thorfinsson v GM Hrant Melkumyan
GM Gawain Jones v IM Bragi Thorfinsson
GMs Mamedyarov, Andreikin, Movsesian and Agdestein are in a large cohort who are taking the evening off.
Irish teenager Tom O'Gorman had a walkover in round 1 (he would have won anyway against a low-rated Icelander) and drew with FM James Jackson this morning. Next he has Black against Tania Sachdev.
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Re: Reykjavik open 8-16 March
I was wrong when I wrote that the evening round began at 7pm (misled by Chess24 which is on Hamburg time).
It's well under way at 7.30 GMT so I think it started at 6pm.
LATER: Top two boards drawn; Gawain has won.
It's well under way at 7.30 GMT so I think it started at 6pm.
LATER: Top two boards drawn; Gawain has won.
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Re: Reykjavik open 8-16 March
Pairings/Results
Round 4 on 2016/03/10
Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 23 GM Shabalov Alexander 2520 3 3 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2684 5
2 26 GM Danielsen Henrik 2488 3 3 GM Jones Gawain C B 2645 9
3 10 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2634 3 3 IM Petrov Nikita 2464 31
4 30 IM Lampert Jonas 2472 3 3 GM Rambaldi Francesco 2541 21
Round 4 on 2016/03/10
Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 23 GM Shabalov Alexander 2520 3 3 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2684 5
2 26 GM Danielsen Henrik 2488 3 3 GM Jones Gawain C B 2645 9
3 10 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2634 3 3 IM Petrov Nikita 2464 31
4 30 IM Lampert Jonas 2472 3 3 GM Rambaldi Francesco 2541 21
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Re: Reykjavik open 8-16 March
11 46 IM Houska Jovanka 2387 2½ 2½ GM Agdestein Simen 2610 12Mick Norris wrote:Pairings/Results
Round 4 on 2016/03/10
Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 23 GM Shabalov Alexander 2520 3 3 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2684 5
2 26 GM Danielsen Henrik 2488 3 3 GM Jones Gawain C B 2645 9
3 10 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2634 3 3 IM Petrov Nikita 2464 31
4 30 IM Lampert Jonas 2472 3 3 GM Rambaldi Francesco 2541 21
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Re: Reykjavik open 8-16 March
Should be some exciting chess on top board.
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Re: Reykjavik open 8-16 March
It's exciting to watch Rapport play. He likes that f-pawn of his.
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Re: Reykjavik open 8-16 March
Gawain won yesterday and is top board today at 5 pm (a game you can watch live without being sued)
Rd. Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
5 1 9 GM Jones Gawain C B 2645 4 4 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2634 10
5 35 94 Riccardi Thomas 2135 2½ 2½ IM Houska Jovanka 2387 46
5 40 55 FM Jackson James P 2347 2½ 2½ Lien Kjell Hakon 2083 111
5 83 136 Fischer Robert 1993 1½ 1½ Rowan Daniel 1801 182
5 85 142 Bak Christopher 1969 1½ 1½ Davidsdottir Nansy 1778 186
Rd. Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
5 1 9 GM Jones Gawain C B 2645 4 4 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2634 10
5 35 94 Riccardi Thomas 2135 2½ 2½ IM Houska Jovanka 2387 46
5 40 55 FM Jackson James P 2347 2½ 2½ Lien Kjell Hakon 2083 111
5 83 136 Fischer Robert 1993 1½ 1½ Rowan Daniel 1801 182
5 85 142 Bak Christopher 1969 1½ 1½ Davidsdottir Nansy 1778 186
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Re: Reykjavik open 8-16 March
Why do I bother? Somebody who has been dead for 8 years is still stronger than me!Mick Norris wrote:5 83 136 Fischer Robert 1993 1½ 1½ Rowan Daniel 1801 182
Ah, but I was so much older then. I'm younger than that now.
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Re: Reykjavik open 8-16 March
But Spassky is stronger now. Maybe they should play.
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Re: Reykjavik open 8-16 March
Note, game has started, so must have been 3 pm not 5 pm today, sorry
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Re: Reykjavik open 8-16 March
Perhaps AGON are there after all.