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Reykjavik Open (2009) The 24th Reykjavik Open was a 110-player 9-round Swiss tournament held at the Reykjavik Museum of Arts in Reykjavik, Iceland, 24 March - 1 April 2009. It was organized by the Icelandic Chess Federation and the Reykjavik Chess Academy. Time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 30 more minutes to the end of the game, with 30 seconds added per move from move 1. Players arriving later than 15 minutes after the start at 4 pm (Round 9: 1 pm) would lose the game. First prize: 5.000 USD, 2nd prize 3.000 USD, 3rd prize 1.800 USD. Tournament director: Bjorn Thorfinnsson. Chief arbiter: Gunnar Bjornsson. Number of games played: 491. Hedinn Steingrimsson won on tiebreak ahead of Kryvoruchko, Stefansson and Marin, all four with 7/9. Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2009042... Chess-Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr18947.a... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/reykj... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... FICS: https://www.freechess.org/Events/Re... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... Previous: Reykjavik Open (2008). Next: Reykjavik Open (2010)  page 1 of 20; games 1-25 of 488  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S Bjarnason vs A Gupta   ½-½ 26 2009 Reykjavik Open D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 2. H Stefansson vs O Thorsson   1-0 43 2009 Reykjavik Open E71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3) 3. S Maze vs G Thorhallsson   1-0 28 2009 Reykjavik Open B50 Sicilian 4. E Moskow vs T Hillarp Persson   0-1 45 2009 Reykjavik Open A14 English 5. Kryvoruchko vs G Halldorsson   1-0 46 2009 Reykjavik Open C03 French, Tarrasch 6. L Ptacnikova vs Shulman 0-1 34 2009 Reykjavik Open C03 French, Tarrasch 7. Areshchenko vs A Karlovich   1-0 35 2009 Reykjavik Open C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O 8. B Sigurdsson vs M Lucaroni   0-1 39 2009 Reykjavik Open D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 9. E K Einarsson vs L Shytaj   0-1 55 2009 Reykjavik Open A45 Queen's Pawn Game 10. J V Gunnarsson vs P Andrason   1-0 22 2009 Reykjavik Open B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 11. N Sverrisson vs K Edvardsson 0-1 21 2009 Reykjavik Open B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 12. A Sofrigin vs M Karlsson   1-0 23 2009 Reykjavik Open A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 13. D E Cori Tello vs S Unnarsson   1-0 37 2009 Reykjavik Open E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4 14. C Westerberg vs M Hug   ½-½ 34 2009 Reykjavik Open B07 Pirc 15. H S Gretarsson vs U Gasanova   1-0 41 2009 Reykjavik Open D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 16. T Thorsteinsson vs T Finnbogadottir   1-0 19 2009 Reykjavik Open D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 17. S Helgadottir vs O Cohen 0-1 18 2009 Reykjavik Open B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack 18. S Palsson vs F Guilleux   0-1 25 2009 Reykjavik Open D85 Grunfeld 19. A Rombaldoni vs J Johannsdottir   1-0 17 2009 Reykjavik Open B42 Sicilian, Kan 20. C Vernay vs G Gudmundsdottir   1-0 20 2009 Reykjavik Open D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 21. D Fridgeirsson vs I Johannesson 0-1 25 2009 Reykjavik Open E73 King's Indian 22. M Carlhammar vs V Eiriksson   1-0 42 2009 Reykjavik Open A05 Reti Opening 23. P Magnusson vs G Gislason   ½-½ 54 2009 Reykjavik Open B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 24. G Kjartansson vs S Sigurjonsson   1-0 49 2009 Reykjavik Open A10 English 25. J Cori vs F Benediktsson 1-0 31 2009 Reykjavik Open B12 Caro-Kann Defense  page 1 of 20; games 1-25 of 488    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing> Mar-30-09    waustad: The years seem a little confused here. Some say 2009 but many say 2008. Looks like a job for a perl script. Mar-30-09    paulalbert: Thanks, <Wild Bill>. We were all confused. So my original comment was correct,but we were talking about different rounds. Paul Albert Mar-31-09    Wild Bill: <paulalbert:> You're welcome. Shulman drew with Kryvoruchko today (Monday, round 7). Mar-31-09    PhilFeeley: The <CG> table is behind. Check http://www.chess-results.com/tnr189.... Thomas is doing well. It looks like he may be on track for a GM norm! Mar-31-09    PhilFeeley: Anyone else watching the live games? The feed seems to be frozen. Mar-31-09    PhilFeeley: Live feed is back. Hillarp Persson and Roussel Roozmon seem to be in an even position, although Thomas has a half hour advantage and they're only at move 17. click for larger view Hillarp-Persson vs. Roussel Roozmon Mar-31-09    kramputz: It seems Shulman had a stroke.Did not move for over one hour. Mar-31-09    PhilFeeley: <kramputz> The feed is down...again :-( Mar-31-09    PhilFeeley: By the time we get the feed back, the games will be all over. So much for "live" chess! Mar-31-09    PhilFeeley: According to http://www.chess-results.com/tnr189..., most of the games are over. Several top boards are still playing though. Mar-31-09    PhilFeeley: It looks like Shulman lost, but I don't know how yet. Mar-31-09    PhilFeeley: According to chess-results, Thomas won! I look forward to the moves... Mar-31-09    Dredge Rivers: Reykjavik seems like a nice town. They should have a World Championship Match there someday! :) Mar-31-09    WhiteRook48: what's the current position of the uh... games? Mar-31-09    PhilFeeley: Games this round are finished, probably in PGN on the website (http://www.skaksamband.is/). Results & pairings here: http://chess-results.com/tnr18947.a... Mar-31-09    PhilFeeley: <CG.com> updated but they're still behind. See chess-results.com. Apr-01-09    PhilFeeley: Difficult to believe that Roussel-Roozmon is tied for second! He plays the top seed Areshchenko today. What an opportunity! Apr-01-09    PhilFeeley: Updating <CG.com>'s table: 1 Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2604 7,0 2 Marin Mihail ROU 2556 7,0 3 Steingrimsson Hedinn ISL 2547 6,0 4 Areshchenko Alexander UKR 2673 6,0 5 Stefansson Hannes ISL 2563 6,0 6 Maze Sebastien FRA 2579 6,0 7 Gupta Abhijeet IND 2569 6,0 8 Roussel-Roozmon Thomas CAN 2479 6,0 9 Vocaturo Daniele ITA 2445 5,5 10 Shulman Yuri USA 2639 5,5 11 Ris Robert NED 2436 5,5 12 Lund Esben DEN 2421 5,5 13 Caspi Israel ISR 2402 5,5 14 Shytaj Luca ITA 2453 5,5 15 Bhat Vinay S USA 2495 5,5 16 Popovic Milos T SRB 2400 5,5 17 Gunnarsson Jon Viktor ISL 2463 18 Thorhallsson Throstur ISL 2442 5,5 Apr-01-09    Absentee: Impressive play by IM Vocaturo. Apr-01-09    Prugno: <Absentee> That's right, 19-year-old Daniele scored his second GM norm in this event playing many brilliant games on the way. Here in Rome we discovered his great talent quite a few years ago, but it's good to see the rest of the world is starting to take note as well :-) If he keeps improving at this rate he will soon be Italy's n. 3 and might even overtake Godena for the n. 2 spot! (Fabiano Caruana is of course the undisputed n. 1). Apr-01-09    PhilFeeley: ...and Roussel-Roozmon draws Areshchenko to finish with 6.5/9. That should be good for a GM norm! Apr-01-09    PhilFeeley: Final standings. I don't know if there's a tie-break other than the usual (from chess-results.com): 1 GM Steingrimsson Hedinn ISL 2547 7,0 2 GM Kryvoruchko Yuriy UKR 2604 7,0 3 GM Stefansson Hannes ISL 2563 7,0 GM Marin Mihail ROU 2556 7,0 5 GM Areshchenko Alexander UKR 2673 6,5 6 GM Shulman Yuri USA 2639 6,5 7 IM Vocaturo Daniele ITA 2445 6,5 8 IM Roussel-Roozmon Thomas CAN 2479 6,5 9 IM Popovic Milos T SRB 2400 6,5 10 IM Shytaj Luca ITA 2453 6,5 11 GM Maze Sebastien FRA 2579 6,0 12 GM Conquest Stuart C ENG 2531 6,0 13 IM Grandelius Nils SWE 2464 6,0 14 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2569 6,0 15 GM Nataf Igor-Alexandre FRA 2533 6,0 16 GM Williams Simon K ENG 2507 6,0 17 GM Siebrecht Sebastian GER 2440 6,0 18 IM Harika Dronavalli IND 2473 6,0 Apr-04-09    kramputz: It seems the final results will be updated in 2010 Apr-06-09    PhilFeeley: So who actually won this thing? And why doesn't <CG.com> update their table? Oct-13-21    Tabanus: Good question. The 3 missing games are Hillarp-Persson vs Roussel-Roozmon 0-1 (rd. 8), Harika vs Rombaldoni 1/2 (rd. 8) and Gretarsson vs Ris 1/2 (rd. 7). search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing> 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! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. No cyberstalking or malicious posting of negative or private information (doxing/doxxing) of members. No trolling. 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