English Chess Forum

https://www.reykjavikopen.com/schedule/

https://chess-results.com/anmeldung.asp ... tnr=599063

251 players so far - they claim that the venue is the best for a chess tournament and they may well be right. It is big and spacious, tournament is very well-organised. The only drawback really is that Iceland is somewhat expensive, ok, very expensive. The venue does special reduced prices for refreshments during the playing sessions though.

Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 05, 2022 4:51 pm

251 players so far - they claim that the venue is the best for a chess tournament and they may well be right.

A respectable list of English players as well, no Russians.

1 Williams Simon K ENG GM 2464 0
2 Clarke Brandon ENG IM 2430 0
3 Grieve Harry ENG FM 2384 0
4 Derakhshani Borna ENG FM 2371 0
5 Willow Jonah ENG FM 2365 0
6 Large Peter ENG IM 2335 0
7 Dishman stephen ENG - 2332 0
8 Royal Shreyas ENG FM 2272 0
9 Lohia Sohum ENG CM 2251 0
10 Povah Nigel ENG IM 2245 0
11 Chapman Terry P D ENG FM 2240 0
12 Sowray Peter ENG - 2226 0
13 Roe Simon ENG - 2211 0
14 Villiers Thomas ENG CM 2202 0
15 White Nigel ENG - 1997 0
16 RICE Chris ENG AIM 1989 0
17 Lewis Stephen ENG - 1901 0
18 Kumar Sanjit ENG - 1794 0
19 Larkin Benjamin ENG - 1784 0
20 Cooper Malcolm ENG - 1783 0
21 Zheng Harry ENG - 1718 0
22 Grose Kameron ENG - 1681 0
23 Eedle Eric ENG - 1526 0
24 Patel Zain ENG - 1503 0
25 Smith Chris P ENG - 1454 0
26 Bryant Harry ENG - 1413 0
27 Yedid Lior ENG - 1337 0
28 Hanache Kai ENG - 0 0
29 Player Edmund ENG - 0 0
30 Robinson Beth ENG - 0 0
31 Vernon Guy ENG - 0 0

"A respectable list of English players as well, no Russians."

I played in 2018, and there were 16 English, but only 3 Russians, maybe it's too cold for them.

264 players now and the Round 1 draw should be up before 2pm BST
(Iceland an hour behind so 1pm there) according to the organisers.

Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑

Sat Mar 05, 2022 5:04 pm

8 Royal Shreyas ENG FM 2272 0

...who is playing in Slovenia today!

They did allow half-point byes when I was there. They also used an accelerated pairing system for several rounds.

It's good to see a representative of our own dear Channel Islands also.

Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 06, 2022 11:39 am

They did allow half-point byes when I was there. They also used an accelerated pairing system for several rounds.

I was about to ask about this, pairings didn't make sense until I thought of acceleration.

A bit a shame that they don't clearly advertise the acceleration, many hoped to play a titled player on round 1.

Six of the top 10 seeds meet ENG opponents in Round 1, with Terry Chapman on top board, so should be an interesting watch this afternoon. Kick off 4pm BST.

Wadih Khoury wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 06, 2022 2:06 pm

A bit a shame that they don't clearly advertise the acceleration, many hoped to play a titled player on round 1.

If Theo beats his weakie opponent(s) in round(s) 1-2, he should be paired with a big fish who has dropped points in rounds 2-3, that's how acceleration works.

Thanks Leonard

Kevin Thurlow wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 06, 2022 11:39 am

They did allow half-point byes when I was there. They also used an accelerated pairing system for several rounds.

It's good to see a representative of our own dear Channel Islands also.

Playing her first over the board tournament! https://www.twitch.tv/lularobs

Leonard Barden wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 06, 2022 2:20 pm

Wadih Khoury wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 06, 2022 2:06 pm

A bit a shame that they don't clearly advertise the acceleration, many hoped to play a titled player on round 1.

If Theo beats his weakie opponent(s) in round(s) 1-2, he should be paired with a big fish who has dropped points in rounds 2-3, that's how acceleration works.

Good luck to Theo this afternoon against GM Throstur Thorhallsson 2422...

Leonard Barden wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 07, 2022 8:00 am

Leonard Barden wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 06, 2022 2:20 pm

Wadih Khoury wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 06, 2022 2:06 pm

A bit a shame that they don't clearly advertise the acceleration, many hoped to play a titled player on round 1.

If Theo beats his weakie opponent(s) in round(s) 1-2, he should be paired with a big fish who has dropped points in rounds 2-3, that's how acceleration works.

Good luck to Theo this afternoon against GM Throstur Thorhallsson 2422...

"Round 2 starts at 9 am tomorrow morning (Thursday)!!!"

The middle game was entertaining with very sharp positions and both players making calculation mistakes. However the endgame wasn't great with a couple of positional mistakes then a basic trapped rook mistake.

In terms of UK or UK based juniors there, you can also follow (when they are on liveboards) :

• Sohum Lohia (had a very good draw against a GM yesterday): https://lichess.org/broadcast/reykjavik ... T/ugRXpfY5
• Harry Zheng https://lichess.org/broadcast/reykjavik ... T/rHFGfQhz
• Sanjit Kumar
• Zain Patel
• Kameron Grose
• Harry Bryant
• Emils Steiners (LAT)

Apologies if I forgot some.