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Reykjavik Open (2004) The 21st Reykjavik Open was a 77-player 9-round Swiss tournament organized by the Icelandic Chess Federation. It was held in the City Hall of Reykjavik, Iceland, 7-16 March 2004. Rest day: 13 March (after Round 6). Time control: 100 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 50 more minutes for the next 20 moves, then 10 more minutes till the end of the game, with 30 seconds added per move from move 1. Rounds 1-8 started at 5 pm, round 9 at 1 pm. Prize fund: 20,000 USD. First prize 6,000 USD, 2nd prize 3,500 USD, 3rd price 2,500 USD. Tournament director: Stefan Baldursson. Chief arbiter: Rikhardur Sveinsson. Number of games played: 342. Aleksey Dreev won on tiebreak ahead of seven other players with 6.5/9. Epishin, Timman, Aronian and Nataf (Dreev and Sutovsky were already invited) qualified for participation in the ensuing Reykjavik Rapid (2004) (17-21 March). Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2004040... ChessMix: https://www.chessmix.com/chess-game... Standings: https://web.archive.org/web/2004061... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... Vistula: http://szachowavistula.pl/vistula/r... Ian Rogers in Tidskrift för Schack, 2004/4, pp. 215-216: https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/2004... Previous: Reykjavik Open (2002). Next: Reykjavik Open (2006)  page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 337  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. I Nataf vs P Thorarinsson 1-0 26 2004 Reykjavik Open B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 2. S Bjarnason vs X Bu   0-1 23 2004 Reykjavik Open D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 3. T Bjornsson vs M Pavlovic   ½-½ 19 2004 Reykjavik Open C01 French, Exchange 4. L Gretarsdottir vs F Handke   0-1 25 2004 Reykjavik Open B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 5. T Thorhallsson vs H Ingolfsdottir   1-0 43 2004 Reykjavik Open C11 French 6. Aronian vs B Thorfinnsson 1-0 30 2004 Reykjavik Open E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation 7. T Thorsteinsson vs Nakamura 0-1 34 2004 Reykjavik Open E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation 8. K Maack vs H Olafsson   0-1 29 2004 Reykjavik Open A07 King's Indian Attack 9. L Galego vs E Thorsteinsson   1-0 51 2004 Reykjavik Open A36 English 10. B Halldorsson vs S Erenburg   0-1 24 2004 Reykjavik Open D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 11. R Markus vs L Ptacnikova   1-0 37 2004 Reykjavik Open E16 Queen's Indian 12. H Stefansson vs S D Sigfusson   ½-½ 36 2004 Reykjavik Open A81 Dutch 13. Dreev vs T Bromann   1-0 31 2004 Reykjavik Open D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense 14. E Hagesaether vs N V Pedersen   ½-½ 43 2004 Reykjavik Open A07 King's Indian Attack 15. Timman vs I Johannesson   1-0 37 2004 Reykjavik Open C02 French, Advance 16. T Hillarp Persson vs P Lehikoinen   1-0 35 2004 Reykjavik Open E25 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 17. R Gunnarsson vs S Kristjansson 0-1 40 2004 Reykjavik Open A07 King's Indian Attack 18. R Hardarson vs I Rogers   0-1 54 2004 Reykjavik Open B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation 19. R Theissl Pokorna vs J H Sigurdsson   1-0 44 2004 Reykjavik Open B01 Scandinavian 20. D Arngrimsson vs Romanishin   0-1 48 2004 Reykjavik Open B22 Sicilian, Alapin 21. J Ragnarsson vs I Krush   0-1 44 2004 Reykjavik Open E30 Nimzo-Indian, Leningrad 22. S Bergsson vs R Pogorelov   0-1 59 2004 Reykjavik Open B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 23. V Ingibergsson vs T Luther 0-1 36 2004 Reykjavik Open B20 Sicilian 24. T Kononenko vs Sutovsky   0-1 45 2004 Reykjavik Open D93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3 25. N Sedlak vs B Thorfinnsson   ½-½ 40 2004 Reykjavik Open B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7  page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 337    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Mar-29-04    Habaash: Im the best player Mar-30-04    Lawrence: I believe you, a thousand others wouldn't. Mar-30-04    aulero: I could believe you more if you specify in which play, game, activity (, etc.) you are the best player :-) Mar-30-04    square dance: <habaash> slothrop, is it you?!? Mar-30-04    Lawrence: <Habaash>, does Vishy know yet? Dec-21-04    Knight13: <Habaash: Im the best player> Beat Deep Junior 8 and post it right here to show us that you are the best player. ;) Dec-21-04    sandyobrien: Habaash has the funniest profile <from india like sex very much> Oct-17-21    Tabanus: The five missing games are: Hillarp-Persson vs Epishin 0-1 (rd. 8) Ehlvest vs Ardaman 1/2 (rd. 1) Krasenkov vs Vidarsson 1/2 (rd. 1) Miezis vs J Halldorsson 1-0 (rd. 1) Zatonskih vs O Kjartansson 1-0 (rd. 1) NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! 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