Reykjavik open 8-16 March

[Mick Norris]

Perhaps AGON are there after all.

[Mick Norris]

Gawain drew and has a tough assignment tomorrow - I think it is a noon kickoff

Round 6 on 2016/03/12
Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 7 GM Movsesian Sergei 2653 4½ 4½ GM Rapport Richard 2720 3
2 10 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2634 4½ 4½ GM Cheparinov Ivan 2684 5
3 1 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2747 4 4½ GM Jones Gawain C B 2645 9

[LawrenceCooper]

Gawain drew and has a tough assignment tomorrow - I think it is a noon kickoff

Round 6 on 2016/03/12
Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 7 GM Movsesian Sergei 2653 4½ 4½ GM Rapport Richard 2720 3
2 10 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2634 4½ 4½ GM Cheparinov Ivan 2684 5
3 1 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2747 4 4½ GM Jones Gawain C B 2645 9

Tough but a great opportunity to test himself against one of the world's top players.

[NickFaulks]

Gawain beat Mamedyarov in the World Blitz last October, so should not be too much in awe of him.

[MJMcCready]

Gawain is much more solid, he has good chances I think.

[MJMcCready]

Okay, well after move 16, things are somewhat imbalanced.

[Mick Norris]

Pairings/Results
Round 7 in progress

Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 5 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2684 5 5½ GM Movsesian Sergei 2653 7
2 9 GM Jones Gawain C B 2645 5 5 GM Bromberger Stefan 2532 22
3 23 GM Shabalov Alexander 2520 5 5 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2634 10
4 11 GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2630 5 5 IM Petrov Nikita 2464 31
5 49 IM Tania Sachdev 2370 5 4½ GM Andreikin Dmitry 2732 2
6 25 IM Ly Moulthun 2500 4½ 4½ GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2747 1

[Mick Norris]

Pairings for Round 8 (of 10) - today at 3 pm I think

Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 10 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2634 6 6 GM Movsesian Sergei 2653 7
2 1 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2747 5½ 5½ GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2630 11
3 15 GM Grigoriants Sergey 2587 5½ 5½ GM Rapport Richard 2720 3
4 22 GM Bromberger Stefan 2532 5½ 5½ GM Cheparinov Ivan 2684 5
5 31 IM Petrov Nikita 2464 5½ 5½ GM Grandelius Nils 2646 8
6 49 IM Tania Sachdev 2370 5½ 5½ GM Jones Gawain C B 2645 9
7 4 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2702 5 5½ IM Sarkar Justin 2426 35

[NickFaulks]

Gawain looked to be playing a near perfect game until Sachdev swindled her way into a drawn queen ending.

[Mick Norris]

Pity, I had thought Gawain was going to win that one when i had to stop watching it

Pairings/tomorrow
Round 9
Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 8 GM Grandelius Nils 2646 6½ 7 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2634 10
2 3 GM Rapport Richard 2720 6 6½ GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2747 1
3 18 GM Brunello Sabino 2567 6 6 GM Andreikin Dmitry 2732 2
4 21 GM Rambaldi Francesco 2541 6 6 GM Sargissian Gabriel 2702 4
5 5 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2684 6 6 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2474 29
6 22 GM Bromberger Stefan 2532 6 6 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2653 6
7 7 GM Movsesian Sergei 2653 6 6 IM Tania Sachdev 2370 49
8 9 GM Jones Gawain C B 2645 6 6 IM Holm Kristian Stuvik 2414 39
9 24 IM Di Berardino Diego Rafael 2511 6 6 GM Grigoriants Sergey 2587 15
10 11 GM Beliavsky Alexander G 2630 5½ 6 IM Braun Christian 2386 48

[NickFaulks]

Gawain got the benefit of an absurd blunder right at the end of the today's game, so got yesterday's half point back.

[Mick Norris]

8 - Gupta
7 - Cheparinov,Gawain, Mamedyarov, Rambaldi, Andreikin in order of tiebreak

[Mick Norris]

Pairings/Results
Round 10 on 2016/03/16 at 11:00
Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No.
1 10 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2634 8 7 GM Rambaldi Francesco 2541 21
2 1 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2747 7 7 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2684 5
3 2 GM Andreikin Dmitry 2732 7 7 GM Jones Gawain C B 2645 9

Another tough but interesting draw for Gawain

[IM Jack Rudd]

Am I right in thinking that's a GM norm for Sachdev, once she uprates her round 1 opponent to 2200?

[LawrenceCooper]

Am I right in thinking that's a GM norm for Sachdev, once she uprates her round 1 opponent to 2200?

Yes, her second one after a nine year drought

https://ratings.fide.com/title_norms.ph ... 4&title=GM