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🏆 Reykjavik Open (2019)

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Alireza Firouzja, Dommaraju Gukesh, Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, Sergei Movsesian, Jorden van Foreest, Vladimir Potkin, Nils Grandelius, Gawain Jones, Tigran L Petrosian, Abhijeet Gupta, Johan-Sebastian Christiansen, Constantin Lupulescu, Maxime Lagarde, Alexandr Fier, Erwin L'Ami, Mircea-Emilian Parligras, Robert Hovhannisyan, Aryan Tari, Johann Hjartarson, Matthieu Cornette, Sabino Brunello, Christopher Yoo, Hannes Stefansson, Daniel Sadzikowski, Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson, Nikola Djukic, Robby Kevlishvili, Vignir Vatnar Stefansson, Bragi Thorfinnsson, Fabien Libiszewski, Gudmundur Kjartansson, Andrew Tang, Marcel Kanarek, Jagadeesh Siddharth, Alisher Suleymenov, Johan Salomon, Aman Hambleton, Kirk Ghazarian, Rameshbabu Vaishali, Dinara Saduakassova, David J Eggleston, Prithu Gupta, Quentin Loiseau, Justin Sarkar, Kassa Korley, Alina L'Ami, Tania Sachdev, Alex Astaneh Lopez, Zhen Yu Cyrus Low, Bas van de Plassche, Zan Tomazini, Leon Piasetski, Bjorn Thorfinnsson, John C Pigott, Ludwig Deglmann, Sigurbjorn Bjornsson, Istvan Borocz, Dagur Ragnarsson, Peter John Sowray, David H Cummings, Mikkel Manosri Jacobsen, Jose Miguel Ortega Ruiz, Oliver Bewersdorff, Nino Maisuradze, Jovana Eric, Julius Chittka, Tanraj Sohal, Shri B Savitha, Daniel Abbas, Tim Jaksland, Michael Dougherty, Lenka Ptacnikova, Ronan Le Goff, Halldor Gretar Einarsson, Hector Giacomini, Viktor Stoyanov, Thomas Marttala, Henk-Jan Visser, Louis Salles, Bragi Halldorsson, Andreas Ciolek, Arnt Esbensen, Teja Vidic, Alan J Walton, Julius Fridjonsson, Jan Gantar, Tomas Bjornsson, Bardur Orn Birkisson, Dirk Maxion, Jon Arni Halldorsson, Lars Laustsen, Simon Thorhallsson, Allan George Savage, Olafur Kristjansson, Thor Valtysson, Hrannar Baldursson, Aditya Munshi, Johann Ingvason, Stephan Briem, Johann Ragnarsson plus 137 more players.

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Reykjavik Open (2019)

The 34th GAMMA Reykjavik Open was a 237-player 9-round Swiss played in the Harpa conference center in Reykjavik, Iceland, 8-16 April 2019. Rounds 2 and 3 were both played on 9 April, but there was a rest day on 12 April. 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 one. Tournament director: Gunnar Bjornsson. Chief Arbiter: Kristjan Orn Eliasson. Number of games played: 1011.

Constantin Lupulescu had the best Buchholz score and was declared the winner, ahead of Firouzja, Grandelius, and five more players with 7/9.

Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2019041...
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Previous: Reykjavik Open (2018). Next: European Championship (2021) (which counted as the 35th Reykavik Open)

 page 1 of 27; games 1-25 of 670  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. G Jones vs L Deglmann  1-0302019Reykjavik OpenC05 French, Tarrasch
2. H Visser vs N Grandelius  0-1512019Reykjavik OpenB42 Sicilian, Kan
3. Firouzja vs J Chittka 1-0232019Reykjavik OpenB25 Sicilian, Closed
4. O Bewersdorff vs L'Ami  0-1632019Reykjavik OpenA20 English
5. Movsesian vs D Abbas  1-0402019Reykjavik OpenB43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3
6. J Eric vs Lupulescu  0-1592019Reykjavik OpenB62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
7. M Parligras vs V Stoyanov  1-0592019Reykjavik OpenA33 English, Symmetrical
8. B O Birkisson vs R Hovhannisyan  0-1372019Reykjavik OpenD02 Queen's Pawn Game
9. A Tari vs L Piasetski  1-0282019Reykjavik OpenB32 Sicilian
10. T Jaksland vs M Lagarde  0-1422019Reykjavik OpenA04 Reti Opening
11. T L Petrosian vs L Salles  1-0372019Reykjavik OpenA07 King's Indian Attack
12. K Ghazarian vs A Gupta  ½-½572019Reykjavik OpenA50 Queen's Pawn Game
13. J van Foreest vs L Ptacnikova 1-0252019Reykjavik OpenE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
14. A F Kristjansson vs Potkin  ½-½932019Reykjavik OpenD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
15. J Christiansen vs R Le Goff  1-0302019Reykjavik OpenE06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
16. M Dougherty vs H S Gretarsson 0-1232019Reykjavik OpenA85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3
17. A Fier vs J Ingvason  1-0622019Reykjavik OpenE60 King's Indian Defense
18. A Esbensen vs N Djukic  0-1392019Reykjavik OpenE60 King's Indian Defense
19. H Stefansson vs J Gantar  1-0312019Reykjavik OpenB03 Alekhine's Defense
20. S Thorhallsson vs M Cornette  0-1492019Reykjavik OpenB00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
21. R Praggnanandhaa vs N Maisuradze  1-0302019Reykjavik OpenA00 Uncommon Opening
22. H Giacomini vs D Gukesh  0-1582019Reykjavik OpenA04 Reti Opening
23. Brunello vs J Halldorsson  1-0452019Reykjavik OpenD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
24. T Bjornsson vs D Sadzikowski  0-1502019Reykjavik OpenE10 Queen's Pawn Game
25. Hjartarson vs L Laustsen  1-0372019Reykjavik OpenB20 Sicilian
 page 1 of 27; games 1-25 of 670  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
May-28-23
Premium Chessgames Member
  fredthebear: Eight players tied for first place, but Constantin Lupulescu wins it. He had a win over Alireza Firouzja and no losses.

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