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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 14 of 16; games 326-350 of 378  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 326. E Hagesaether vs K Nemcova   0-1 40 2008 Reykjavik Open C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 327. S Bergsson vs J Halldorsson   1-0 38 2008 Reykjavik Open C11 French 328. G Kjartansson vs S Limontaite   ½-½ 27 2008 Reykjavik Open B33 Sicilian 329. A Misiuga vs D Kjartansson   0-1 28 2008 Reykjavik Open A60 Benoni Defense 330. A F Kristjansson vs A Genzling   0-1 32 2008 Reykjavik Open D24 Queen's Gambit Accepted 331. S Sigurjonsson vs T Vasilevich   0-1 42 2008 Reykjavik Open B20 Sicilian 332. G Finnlaugsson vs E Rebers   ½-½ 40 2008 Reykjavik Open B07 Pirc 333. A Thorsteinsson vs F Steil-Antoni   1-0 22 2008 Reykjavik Open B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 334. C Andersson vs T Cross   1-0 58 2008 Reykjavik Open B33 Sicilian 335. B Bjornsson vs M Frank-Nielsen   1-0 38 2008 Reykjavik Open A07 King's Indian Attack 336. S Sanchez Castillo vs D Fridgeirsson   1-0 24 2008 Reykjavik Open B35 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Modern Variation with Bc4 337. V Vigfusson vs O Bjarnason   ½-½ 56 2008 Reykjavik Open B22 Sicilian, Alapin 338. B J Kristinsson vs C Gueneau   ½-½ 48 2008 Reykjavik Open B32 Sicilian 339. S Bjornsson vs J Ingvason   1-0 44 2008 Reykjavik Open D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 340. B Magnusson vs J Almer   ½-½ 45 2008 Reykjavik Open A84 Dutch 341. H Wang vs H Stefansson   ½-½ 38 2008 Reykjavik Open C78 Ruy Lopez 342. S Halkias vs Y Wang   0-1 38 2008 Reykjavik Open D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 343. A Kveinys vs Caruana   ½-½ 16 2008 Reykjavik Open A15 English 344. V Malakhatko vs G Dizdar   ½-½ 51 2008 Reykjavik Open D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 345. B Thorfinnsson vs K Lie   ½-½ 39 2008 Reykjavik Open A45 Queen's Pawn Game 346. T Hillarp Persson vs Mikhalevski   0-1 33 2008 Reykjavik Open D80 Grunfeld 347. H Danielsen vs A Jankovic 1-0 38 2008 Reykjavik Open A00 Uncommon Opening 348. S Grover vs Robson 1-0 45 2008 Reykjavik Open B27 Sicilian 349. A Adly vs E Lie 0-1 74 2008 Reykjavik Open E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 350. D Bojkov vs I Gaponenko   0-1 27 2008 Reykjavik Open B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack  page 14 of 16; games 326-350 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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