page 1 of 32; games 1-25 of 779  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. E Mass vs B Avrukh   0-1 32 2012 Reykjavik Open A07 King's Indian Attack 2. J Fivelstad vs J Aguera Naredo   0-1 33 2012 Reykjavik Open E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 3. A Moen vs D Andersen   1-0 29 2012 Reykjavik Open C07 French, Tarrasch 4. P Mozelius vs D Arngrimsson   0-1 38 2012 Reykjavik Open A07 King's Indian Attack 5. A L'Ami vs M Karlsson   1-0 43 2012 Reykjavik Open E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation 6. M Helin vs T Thorhallsson   0-1 55 2012 Reykjavik Open B23 Sicilian, Closed 7. J Thomassen vs H Sjol 1-0 22 2012 Reykjavik Open D02 Queen's Pawn Game 8. A Ziska vs T Trella   0-1 64 2012 Reykjavik Open C01 French, Exchange 9. B Thorfinnsson vs Joerg Mehringer   1-0 36 2012 Reykjavik Open E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 10. G Kjartansson vs S Ingason   1-0 21 2012 Reykjavik Open A96 Dutch, Classical Variation 11. O Jonsson vs T Coleman   0-1 52 2012 Reykjavik Open D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 12. P Doggers vs T Michalczak   ½-½ 45 2012 Reykjavik Open C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 13. I Johannesson vs A Antonsson   1-0 57 2012 Reykjavik Open E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 14. E De Winter vs H Mertens   0-1 38 2012 Reykjavik Open A21 English 15. D Cummings vs D Ragnarsson   0-1 43 2012 Reykjavik Open A14 English 16. A O Johansen vs G Gislason 0-1 41 2012 Reykjavik Open A40 Queen's Pawn Game 17. S D Sigfusson vs J Johannsdottir   1-0 47 2012 Reykjavik Open B27 Sicilian 18. G Gunnlaugsson vs A Vuilleumier   0-1 47 2012 Reykjavik Open A07 King's Indian Attack 19. K F Kiewra vs P Ledent   1-0 30 2012 Reykjavik Open C05 French, Tarrasch 20. B Thorfinnsson vs H R Thjomoe   1-0 22 2012 Reykjavik Open C45 Scotch Game 21. P Guisset vs K Akshayraj   0-1 24 2012 Reykjavik Open A15 English 22. S Williams vs O Kristinsson   1-0 39 2012 Reykjavik Open D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted 23. H Palsson vs A Kveinys   0-1 27 2012 Reykjavik Open E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 24. F Libiszewski vs E Bjornsson   1-0 39 2012 Reykjavik Open B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 25. J Rodriguez Fonseca vs Stefansson   0-1 34 2012 Reykjavik Open B23 Sicilian, Closed  page 1 of 32; games 1-25 of 779    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 5 OF 9 ·  Later Kibitzing> Mar-11-12    Penguincw: < dangerhump: Hess is missing a win on his score (5/6) > <cg> hasn't uploaded it, yet. Mar-11-12    Peligroso Patzer: <Penguincw: < dangerhump: Hess is missing a win on his score (5/6) > <cg> hasn't uploaded it, yet.> As is implicit in <Penguincw>'s comment, CG's event standings generally only reflect the results of the specific games that have been incorporated in their database. Complete standings for this tournament are available at this link: http://chess-results.com/tnr54645.a... Mar-11-12    Lupara: Caruana versus I. Sokolov for Round 8 on top board. It should be a hard fought game. Mar-11-12    galdur: So, itīs Caruana 6.5/7 Sokolov, Avrukh 6 Cheparinov, Navara, Hess, Baklan, Hou, Halkias 5.5 Jones, Kuzubov and twenty others 5 Mar-11-12    dangerhump: Anyone have a breakdown on any GM norms on the line for US players? I see Krush, Arnold, Kiewra all with 5/7 and Coleman, Bartholomew with 4.5/7 Mar-11-12    brankat: How many rounds are there supposed to in Reykjavik Open? Nine or eleven? Thank You. Mar-11-12    Lupara: <brankat> Nine rounds. Ends on Tuesday, March 13th. Mar-12-12    Boomie: Pairings for round 8 http://chess-results.com/tnr54645.a... Mar-12-12    Boomie: Standings after round 7 http://chess-results.com/tnr54645.a... Mar-12-12    Troller: <dangerhump> Krush has TPR 2446 after rd 7, Arnold & Kiewra have TPRs below 2400. GM norms look not too likely. Coleman has TPR 2445, and an IM norm should be within reach, though. Mar-12-12    Penguincw: Can anyone recommend an alternative way to watch live games? I went on the live game page (http://live.chess.is/2012/RvikOpen2...) and all I saw a black screen. Mar-12-12    FamilyTree: Today is rest day? Mar-12-12    Peligroso Patzer: <FamilyTree: Today is rest day?> No, games have just started (as of 12:30 p.m. U.S. EDT). Mar-12-12    Peligroso Patzer: On board one today, Caruana played <1. e4>, and then 10 minutes ran off Sokolov's clock before he replied with <1. ... e5>. This event must not have a zero tolerance policy w/r/t late arrival at boards, unless Sokolov was playing a la Bronstein vs. Boleslavsky. Mar-12-12    Peligroso Patzer: ... and now (as he ponders his response to <6. ... Be6>) Caruana (apparently not fully booked up on the latest nuances in the Cozio Defense) has fallen 20 minutes behind on the clock. Mar-12-12    frogbert: click for larger view online chessbase db only has 3 games here, the first one being so-gupta from 2008 (when gupta blundered his queen for a rook on move 11 - and played on for another 17 moves). 6... Be6 is a sound pawn sacrifice, since taking the pawn with 7. Qxe4 Bd5! 8. Bxc6+ Nxc6 9. Nxc6+ Bxe4 10. Nxd8 Rxd8 11. 0-0 Bd3! 12. Re1+ Kd7 is good for black: click for larger view there even is a line where black gives *two* pawns and is fine: 9. Qe2 (instead of Nxc6+) Nxe5! 10. Qxe5+ Be7 11. Qxg7 Bf6: click for larger view and white is terribly behind in development. caruana came up with a "novelty" in this little explored line - 7. d4!? exd3 ep 8. Nxd4 click for larger view so's original 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Ba6 seems a better try for advantage: click for larger view Mar-12-12    frogbert: lovely opening in caruana-sokolov, i think. white was out of book and thinking on move 7, and black seemingly on move 8-9. unfortunately, since now both have spent a lot of time ending up in unknown territory, a short draw is quite likely. the players being the co-leaders of the event doesn't help either, i guess. Mar-12-12    frogbert: not short, but draw eventually. :o) Mar-12-12    Boomie: <Penguincw: Can anyone recommend an alternative way to watch live games? I went on the live game page (http://live.chess.is/2012/RvikOpen2...) and all I saw a black screen.> Try this one: http://livechess.chessdom.com/site/ Mar-12-12    Boomie: Standings after round 8 http://chess-results.com/tnr54645.a... Mar-12-12    Boomie: Pairings for round 9 http://chess-results.com/tnr54645.a... Mar-12-12    twinlark: Top board will be Hou - Caruana. Mar-12-12    frogbert: hou played another strong game today, btw. Mar-12-12    Penguincw: < Boomie: <Penguincw: Can anyone recommend an alternative way to watch live games? I went on the live game page (http://live.chess.is/2012/RvikOpen2...) and all I saw a black screen.> Try this one: http://livechess.chessdom.com/site/ > Thanks. :) Oddly enough, I came across that website the other day. :-\ Also, the tournament gets tighter. Caruana still leads by half a point, but that crowd that is half a point behind is now increased from 2 to 4. One round to go, anything can happen (well, not literally). Mar-12-12    Strongest Force: That's a heavyweigt fight on top board in rd 9. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 9) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 5 OF 9 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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