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...
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ChessBase 2: https://en.chessbase.com/post/three...
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Video 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fT...
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Previous: XXII Reykjavik Open (2006). Next: Reykjavik Open (2009)
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
26. S Limontaite vs A Stefanova |
 | 0-1 | 29 | 2008 | Reykjavik Open | D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
27. E Thorsteinsson vs A Simutowe |
 | 0-1 | 25 | 2008 | Reykjavik Open | A04 Reti Opening |
28. K Arakhamia-Grant vs S Sigurjonsson |
| 1-0 | 37 | 2008 | Reykjavik Open | C18 French, Winawer |
29. J L Hammer vs G Finnlaugsson |
 | 1-0 | 24 | 2008 | Reykjavik Open | C03 French, Tarrasch |
30. C Gueneau vs M Perunovic |
 | 0-1 | 41 | 2008 | Reykjavik Open | A46 Queen's Pawn Game |
31. J V Gunnarsson vs F Steil-Antoni |
 | 1-0 | 22 | 2008 | Reykjavik Open | C53 Giuoco Piano |
32. S Thorgeirsson vs E Lie |
| 0-1 | 55 | 2008 | Reykjavik Open | C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation |
33. I Gaponenko vs S Bjornsson |
 | 1-0 | 37 | 2008 | Reykjavik Open | C10 French |
34. J Ingvason vs E Paehtz |
 | 0-1 | 38 | 2008 | Reykjavik Open | B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation |
35. T Sachdev vs J Ragnarsson |
| 1-0 | 25 | 2008 | Reykjavik Open | D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
36. T Cross vs B Thorfinnsson |
 | ½-½ | 54 | 2008 | Reykjavik Open | B89 Sicilian |
37. M T Popovic vs V Vigfusson |
 | 1-0 | 31 | 2008 | Reykjavik Open | D50 Queen's Gambit Declined |
38. A F Kristjansson vs I Nyzhnyk |
| ½-½ | 62 | 2008 | Reykjavik Open | E14 Queen's Indian |
39. J Almer vs Robson |
| 0-1 | 35 | 2008 | Reykjavik Open | B83 Sicilian |
40. J Jackova vs H Brynjarsson |
 | 0-1 | 35 | 2008 | Reykjavik Open | C53 Giuoco Piano |
41. B Magnusson vs N Grandelius |
| 0-1 | 42 | 2008 | Reykjavik Open | E15 Queen's Indian |
42. T Vasilevich vs B J Kristinsson |
| 0-1 | 76 | 2008 | Reykjavik Open | D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
43. E Kristinardottir vs Westerinen |
| 0-1 | 48 | 2008 | Reykjavik Open | C01 French, Exchange |
44. D Fridgeirsson vs M Frank-Nielsen |
| 1-0 | 51 | 2008 | Reykjavik Open | D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
45. A Stefanova vs H Wang |
 | ½-½ | 50 | 2008 | Reykjavik Open | E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 |
46. Mikhalevski vs P Vavrak |
| ½-½ | 55 | 2008 | Reykjavik Open | E01 Catalan, Closed |
47. A Simutowe vs V Malakhatko |
| ½-½ | 13 | 2008 | Reykjavik Open | C11 French |
48. Caruana vs K Arakhamia-Grant |
 | 1-0 | 53 | 2008 | Reykjavik Open | B07 Pirc |
49. M Perunovic vs S Halkias |
| 0-1 | 45 | 2008 | Reykjavik Open | D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation |
50. E Lie vs M Al-Modiahki |
| 1-0 | 43 | 2008 | Reykjavik Open | B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation |
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Mar-13-08 | | chessmoron: Congrats to Wang Hao and his great win against Caruana. Congrats Hannes Stefansson, and Wang Yue |
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Mar-13-08 | | dumbgai: A great recovery by Wang Yue, who lost in the first round to a 2300 FM. |
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Mar-13-08 | | pawnofdoom: Wang Yue will lose a few points, but Wang Hao is just getting closer and closer to 2700 |
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Mar-13-08 | | chessmoron: Actually Wang Yue will gain a tiny 2.1 points since he score 6 wins. |
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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. |
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Mar-13-08 | | whiteshark: Tournament page:
http://www.skaksamband.is/index.php...with Participants, Reports, Games in PGN, Results, Standings, Picture etc.... |
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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) |
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