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...
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FICS: https://www.freechess.org/Events/Re...
FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament...
Previous: XXII Reykjavik Open (2006). Next: Reykjavik Open (2009)
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| 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 |
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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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