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Reykjavik Open (2010) The 25th Reykjavik Open was a 104-player 9-round Swiss tournament held in the Reykjavik City Hall in Reykjavik, Iceland 24 February - 3 March 2010. Sponsored by MP Bank and others, it was organized by the Icelandic Chess Federation and the Reykjavik Chess Academy. Rounds 4 and 5 were both played on 27 February. Time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 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 would lose the game. First prize: 5.000 USD, 2nd prize 3.000 USD, 3rd prize 1.800 USD. Tournament director and chief arbiter: Gunnar Bjornsson. Number of games played: 465. Ivan Sokolov won on tiebreak ahead of Kuzubov, Gupta and Stefansson, all four with 7/9. Official site: https://web.archive.org/web/2010031... Chess-Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr29384.a... ChessBase: https://es.chessbase.com/post/ivan-... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew... FICS: https://www.freechess.org/Events/Re... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... Previous: Reykjavik Open (2009). Next: Reykjavik Open (2011)  page 2 of 8; games 26-50 of 188  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. Dreev vs T Thorhallsson   1-0 45 2010 Reykjavik Open D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 27. Kuzubov vs E Karavade   1-0 39 2010 Reykjavik Open D03 Torre Attack (Tartakower Variation) 28. Ehlvest vs D Arngrimsson   1-0 31 2010 Reykjavik Open C53 Giuoco Piano 29. A Gupta vs G Gislason   1-0 63 2010 Reykjavik Open E84 King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line 30. Lenderman vs H S Gretarsson 1-0 45 2010 Reykjavik Open A16 English 31. H Dronavalli vs T Thorsteinsson   1-0 41 2010 Reykjavik Open A46 Queen's Pawn Game 32. S Grover vs S Bergsson   1-0 19 2010 Reykjavik Open B71 Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation 33. N Miezis vs S Johnsen   1-0 29 2010 Reykjavik Open A34 English, Symmetrical 34. N Grandelius vs C Andersson   1-0 37 2010 Reykjavik Open A55 Old Indian, Main line 35. E Player vs V Sareen   1-0 65 2010 Reykjavik Open B25 Sicilian, Closed 36. L Galego vs S Helgadottir 1-0 71 2010 Reykjavik Open A07 King's Indian Attack 37. J Bick vs M Yurenok   1-0 53 2010 Reykjavik Open D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 38. J Halldorsson vs T Botheim   1-0 52 2010 Reykjavik Open E77 King's Indian 39. S Bjarnason vs H Gardarsson   1-0 39 2010 Reykjavik Open B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 40. B Hjartarson vs T Leifsson   1-0 26 2010 Reykjavik Open B12 Caro-Kann Defense 41. J Ragnarsson vs J Fivelstad   1-0 63 2010 Reykjavik Open E25 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 42. F de Andres Gonalons vs M Karlsson   1-0 35 2010 Reykjavik Open D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 43. P Tozer vs J Johannsdottir   1-0 29 2010 Reykjavik Open B10 Caro-Kann 44. A Flaata vs E Brynjarsson   1-0 20 2010 Reykjavik Open C27 Vienna Game 45. W Scholzen vs E Sigurdarson   1-0 62 2010 Reykjavik Open B72 Sicilian, Dragon 46. S Sigurdsson vs G K Lee 1-0 18 2010 Reykjavik Open B40 Sicilian 47. Baklan vs Lenderman 1-0 30 2010 Reykjavik Open B12 Caro-Kann Defense 48. I Sokolov vs A Kogan 1-0 28 2010 Reykjavik Open A57 Benko Gambit 49. T Bromann vs A Gupta 1-0 64 2010 Reykjavik Open B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 50. T Hillarp Persson vs Westerinen   1-0 58 2010 Reykjavik Open C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line  page 2 of 8; games 26-50 of 188    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing> Mar-03-10    Kazzak: Will a win get a 3rd GM-norm for Nyzhnyk? Mar-03-10    PhilFeeley: Yes that works too. Missed it. Mar-03-10    PhilFeeley: <Kazzak: Will a win get a 3rd GM-norm for Nyzhnyk?> It should. Here's hoping! Mar-03-10    Kazzak: Nyzhnyk will be working on move order after yesterday's and today's game. Yesterday he lost when not finding the best continuation because he played it safe, and today he keeps letting the sand run out through his fingers by being too cautious. Which is very different from the Nyzhnyk one regularly sees. That norm must be weighing heavily on his mind! Mar-03-10    Kazzak: Too bad. Nyzhnyk gets flustered ... and blows up his position. There was no need to panic, in spite of the time trouble. He made a mess of things after placing the King on h1, and then moving the rook to the second rank. He'll have to find another win, now. If he makes time control. (The third win, mind you, having wasted two.) Mar-03-10    Kazzak: Ngghh - Ehlvest presents Nyzhnyk with the gift of Rb3. They're past the time control, and Nyzhnyk has time to consider the continuation. Pushing the b-pawn would have been OK. But he puts his Queen on d4 ... Mar-03-10    ROADDOG: I didnt realize that Illya Nyzhnyk is only 13 years old. Mar-03-10    PhilFeeley: Yes, Nyzhnyk seems to be in a tight spot now. Mar-03-10    Kazzak: Given the maturity of his playing, and his quite blood thirsty style, it's amazing that he's only 13. It's really worth it to play through his games at Groningen this year. Particularly Ernst, Pijper - and the draw against Rinderman. Too bad about his last two games here - I suspect he may have begun thinking about the GM norm ... Not over yet, but he's really down on time. Mar-03-10    Kazzak: Nyzhnyk had an early advantage and could have begun attacking queenside with 14. Nxc5. He failed to pursue that, Ehlvest invaded Kingside, and Nyzhnyk then tucked his King into the corner, which gave the initiative to Ehlvest after the exchange of Bishops. Nyzhnyk was just responding for a while, but then gradually began getting an advantage, chiefly because Ehlvest's Queen was in a precarious place and his Bishop was just shooting about without purpose. There's no excuse for Nyzhnyk not finding 41.b5 - he was out of time trouble, and could have spent time looking for something better than Qd4. Mar-03-10    Kazzak: Nyzhnyk fell apart at the end, and Ehlvest gets the win. I suspect that this is when being 13 and going for your final GM-norm is not fun. He knows he could have won yesterday, and he had Ehlvest today. One can wonder whether it's right for kids to be going through this kind of pain ... But I look forward to seeing more from "Dril" Nyzhnyk. Mar-03-10    Tabanus: Well well well well. Reykjavík Open 2010 final ranking crosstable: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr293... Mar-03-10    Chessforeva: 3D games: http://chessforeva.appspot.com/C0_p... Mar-03-10    wolfmaster: Nyzhnyk might be the first Grandmaster without a vowel in his last name. Mar-04-10    ajile: <wolfmaster: Nyzhnyk might be the first Grandmaster without a vowel in his last name.> y is a vowel. Mar-04-10    tino72: No it isn't! Mar-04-10    Kazzak: I'm looking forward to this fight. Y is a vowel in some languages, an approximant in others. Mar-04-10    HeMateMe: Final standings? Mar-04-10    paavoh: @HeMateMe: Reykjavik Open (2010) When you access the tournament page, just change the last number "2" into "1" and you'll see the standings. Mar-04-10    kingfu: Why are not the standings here? Who won the !@##$%^%^&&* tournament? Ehlvest and Dreev were there. Y is a vowel in the distinct lack of a , e , i , o and u. We would not want The Scandinavian countries to feel bad about themselves because of being vowellically challenged. Mar-04-10    ajile: <tino72: No it isn't!> Dude I Googled it. Therefore it must be true. Mar-05-10    Tabanus: <just change the last number "2" into "1" and you'll see the standings.> Here (at cg) you will only find the four 7/9 players in random (?) or automated order. To see who actually won the tournament (Ivan Sokolov) it's often best to check the results service used by the organizer, which in this case was http://www.chess-results.com i. e. http://www.chess-results.com/tnr293... The home page of Reykjavik Open 2010 had a (permanent) link to http://www.chess-results.com/tnr293... where one could follow the tournament day by day. Many organizers are using this service now. Mar-10-10    Billy Vaughan: <We would not want The Scandinavian countries to feel bad about themselves because of being vowellically challenged.> Hahaha, but I don't think Scandinavia's vowellically challenged. They have <extra> vowels! Å, Ä, Ö, and Ø. May-05-10    The Famous Chess Cat: <tino72> No, he's right. Y really is a vowel. It's also a consonant. It's unique in its ability to occilate between the two. So, the letters in the English alphabet are then: A,E,I,O,U, and sometimes Y. This is taught to most children in English speaking countries, so it's odd you don't know that, but it's definitely accurate. May-18-10    PinnedPiece: Y a vowel? In the very popular American game show, Wheel of Fortune, Y is not a vowel. <wolfmaster>'s original little joke was ok in at least that sense. My problem is, when (in English anyway) does it NOT function exactly like any other vowel? . Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 3) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 3 ·  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. 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