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Reykjavik Open (2008) Dedicated to the recently deceased Robert James Fischer, the 23rd Reykjavik Open was a 91-player 9-round Swiss tournament held at the Reykjavik Chess Center, Faxafen 12, 108 Reykjavik, Iceland, 3-11 March 2008. It was organized by the Icelandic Chess Federation. Time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 15 more minutes to the end of the game, with 30 seconds added per move from move 1. Rounds started at 5 pm - week-end rounds 6 & 7 at 2 pm. First prize: 8.000 USD, 2nd prize 5.000 USD, 3rd prize 3.000 USD. Tournament director: Asdis Bragadottir. Chief arbiter: Pall Sigurdsson. Number of games played: 402. Wang Hao beat Stefansson (2nd) and Wang Yue (3rd) on tiebreak, all three with 7/9. On 10-11 March, Boris Spassky was arbiter for the side event Bobby Fischer Memorial Rapid (2008). Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2008032... Chess-Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr11080.a... ChessBase 1: https://en.chessbase.com/post/memor... ChessBase 2: https://en.chessbase.com/post/three... Video 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qy... Video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fT... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... FICS: https://www.freechess.org/Events/Re... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... Previous: XXII Reykjavik Open (2006). Next: Reykjavik Open (2009)  page 12 of 16; games 276-300 of 378  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 276. M Perunovic vs S Narayanan   ½-½ 31 2008 Reykjavik Open E60 King's Indian Defense 277. J Jackova vs A Misiuga   1-0 32 2008 Reykjavik Open B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4 278. H S Gretarsson vs Westerinen   ½-½ 62 2008 Reykjavik Open E81 King's Indian, Samisch 279. S Grover vs D Arngrimsson   1-0 47 2008 Reykjavik Open C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 280. R Lagerman vs A F Kristjansson   1-0 38 2008 Reykjavik Open C42 Petrov Defense 281. S Bjarnason vs A Zozulia   1-0 29 2008 Reykjavik Open B06 Robatsch 282. J Halldorsson vs I Johannesson   0-1 40 2008 Reykjavik Open A46 Queen's Pawn Game 283. T Vasilevich vs J Ragnarsson   0-1 43 2008 Reykjavik Open D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 284. G Kjartansson vs E Hagesaether   ½-½ 36 2008 Reykjavik Open E71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3) 285. S Limontaite vs K Edvardsson   ½-½ 42 2008 Reykjavik Open A58 Benko Gambit 286. S Thorgeirsson vs A Thorsteinsson   1-0 30 2008 Reykjavik Open B22 Sicilian, Alapin 287. K Nemcova vs B Bjornsson   1-0 26 2008 Reykjavik Open C71 Ruy Lopez 288. D Kjartansson vs J Ingvason 1-0 35 2008 Reykjavik Open C17 French, Winawer, Advance 289. A Genzling vs S Bjornsson   1-0 42 2008 Reykjavik Open C26 Vienna 290. F Steil-Antoni vs S Sigurjonsson ½-½ 51 2008 Reykjavik Open C14 French, Classical 291. E Thorsteinsson vs B J Kristinsson   1-0 57 2008 Reykjavik Open A04 Reti Opening 292. T Cross vs G Finnlaugsson   ½-½ 23 2008 Reykjavik Open C10 French 293. C Gueneau vs M Frank-Nielsen   ½-½ 25 2008 Reykjavik Open A06 Reti Opening 294. E Rebers vs H Brynjarsson   1-0 45 2008 Reykjavik Open A09 Reti Opening 295. D Fridgeirsson vs O Bjarnason   ½-½ 32 2008 Reykjavik Open D06 Queen's Gambit Declined 296. E Kristinardottir vs C Andersson 0-1 33 2008 Reykjavik Open C01 French, Exchange 297. J Almer vs V Vigfusson   0-1 34 2008 Reykjavik Open C42 Petrov Defense 298. B Magnusson vs S Sanchez Castillo   0-1 67 2008 Reykjavik Open D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 299. Y Wang vs H Wang   ½-½ 16 2008 Reykjavik Open D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 300. Mikhalevski vs H Stefansson 0-1 66 2008 Reykjavik Open D52 Queen's Gambit Declined  page 12 of 16; games 276-300 of 378    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Mar-13-08    chessmoron: Congrats to Wang Hao and his great win against Caruana. Congrats Hannes Stefansson, and Wang Yue Mar-13-08    dumbgai: A great recovery by Wang Yue, who lost in the first round to a 2300 FM. Mar-13-08    pawnofdoom: Wang Yue will lose a few points, but Wang Hao is just getting closer and closer to 2700 Mar-13-08    chessmoron: Actually Wang Yue will gain a tiny 2.1 points since he score 6 wins. Mar-13-08    playerXchess: I don't think rating points will be such a big deal for him. He's probably about 8 points down from January. He can forget this one, and start focusing on the 2-year long Grand Prix Series - which really matters. Mar-13-08    whiteshark: Tournament page: http://www.skaksamband.is/index.php... with Participants, Reports, Games in PGN, Results, Standings, Picture etc.... Oct-14-21    Tabanus: Some missing games: Meier vs Sachdev 1-0 (rd. 8) Carlsson vs Meier 0-1 (rd. 9) Mikhalevski vs Stefanova 1-0 (rd. 4) Stefanova vs Al-Modiahki 1/2 (rd. 9) Kjartansson vs Dizdar 0-1 (rd. 5) Frank-Nielsen vs Grover 0-1 (rd. 6) Danielsen vs Grandelius 1/2 (rd. 5) 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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