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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 3 of 16; games 51-75 of 378  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 51. G Dizdar vs J L Hammer   ½-½ 31 2008 Reykjavik Open E15 Queen's Indian 52. K Lie vs J V Gunnarsson   1-0 52 2008 Reykjavik Open A48 King's Indian 53. E Paehtz vs N Miezis 1-0 30 2008 Reykjavik Open B22 Sicilian, Alapin 54. I Nataf vs I Gaponenko 0-1 14 2008 Reykjavik Open B54 Sicilian 55. Robson vs A Adly ½-½ 102 2008 Reykjavik Open B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 56. A Jankovic vs T Sachdev   0-1 63 2008 Reykjavik Open E12 Queen's Indian 57. N Grandelius vs D Bojkov   1-0 44 2008 Reykjavik Open E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 58. A Kveinys vs M T Popovic   1-0 35 2008 Reykjavik Open E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 59. E Moradiabadi vs B Thorfinnsson   ½-½ 29 2008 Reykjavik Open A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation 60. Westerinen vs H Danielsen   ½-½ 23 2008 Reykjavik Open B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 61. H Brynjarsson vs S Kristjansson   0-1 27 2008 Reykjavik Open B23 Sicilian, Closed 62. E Hermansson vs D Fridgeirsson   1-0 48 2008 Reykjavik Open B32 Sicilian 63. B J Kristinsson vs H Stefansson   0-1 34 2008 Reykjavik Open B42 Sicilian, Kan 64. G Meier vs A Thorsteinsson   1-0 39 2008 Reykjavik Open D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 65. G Kjartansson vs T Hillarp Persson   0-1 52 2008 Reykjavik Open A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3 66. L Galego vs S Bergsson   1-0 57 2008 Reykjavik Open B10 Caro-Kann 67. K Edvardsson vs P Carlsson   0-1 47 2008 Reykjavik Open E00 Queen's Pawn Game 68. V Malisauskas vs T Cross 1-0 21 2008 Reykjavik Open B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation 69. B Thorfinnsson vs A F Kristjansson   ½-½ 86 2008 Reykjavik Open D23 Queen's Gambit Accepted 70. I Nyzhnyk vs C Andersson 1-0 58 2008 Reykjavik Open C11 French 71. S Narayanan vs J Jackova 1-0 37 2008 Reykjavik Open C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed 72. Y Wang vs J Halldorsson 1-0 16 2008 Reykjavik Open D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 73. B Bjornsson vs T Vasilevich   0-1 29 2008 Reykjavik Open B40 Sicilian 74. D Arngrimsson vs S Limontaite   ½-½ 22 2008 Reykjavik Open B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 75. S Sigurjonsson vs A Zozulia   0-1 41 2008 Reykjavik Open B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4  page 3 of 16; games 51-75 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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