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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 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 125  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. R Hardarson vs Mikhalevski   0-1 66 2008 Reykjavik Open C45 Scotch Game 2. A Zozulia vs Caruana   0-1 36 2008 Reykjavik Open B58 Sicilian 3. J Thomassen vs G Dizdar   0-1 54 2008 Reykjavik Open C11 French 4. E Rebers vs K Lie   0-1 24 2008 Reykjavik Open A02 Bird's Opening 5. D Kjartansson vs I Nataf   0-1 26 2008 Reykjavik Open B32 Sicilian 6. A Genzling vs A Jankovic   0-1 32 2008 Reykjavik Open B72 Sicilian, Dragon 7. S Grover vs A Kveinys 0-1 26 2008 Reykjavik Open B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 8. S Bjarnason vs E Moradiabadi   0-1 40 2008 Reykjavik Open B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 9. J Halldorsson vs E Hermansson   0-1 44 2008 Reykjavik Open D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5 10. S Limontaite vs A Stefanova 0-1 29 2008 Reykjavik Open D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 11. E Thorsteinsson vs A Simutowe 0-1 25 2008 Reykjavik Open A04 Reti Opening 12. C Gueneau vs M Perunovic 0-1 41 2008 Reykjavik Open A46 Queen's Pawn Game 13. S Thorgeirsson vs E Lie   0-1 55 2008 Reykjavik Open C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation 14. J Ingvason vs E Paehtz 0-1 38 2008 Reykjavik Open B48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 15. J Almer vs Robson   0-1 35 2008 Reykjavik Open B83 Sicilian 16. J Jackova vs H Brynjarsson 0-1 35 2008 Reykjavik Open C53 Giuoco Piano 17. B Magnusson vs N Grandelius   0-1 42 2008 Reykjavik Open E15 Queen's Indian 18. T Vasilevich vs B J Kristinsson   0-1 76 2008 Reykjavik Open D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 19. E Kristinardottir vs Westerinen   0-1 48 2008 Reykjavik Open C01 French, Exchange 20. M Perunovic vs S Halkias   0-1 45 2008 Reykjavik Open D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 21. I Nataf vs I Gaponenko 0-1 14 2008 Reykjavik Open B54 Sicilian 22. A Jankovic vs T Sachdev   0-1 63 2008 Reykjavik Open E12 Queen's Indian 23. H Brynjarsson vs S Kristjansson   0-1 27 2008 Reykjavik Open B23 Sicilian, Closed 24. B J Kristinsson vs H Stefansson   0-1 34 2008 Reykjavik Open B42 Sicilian, Kan 25. G Kjartansson vs T Hillarp Persson   0-1 52 2008 Reykjavik Open A85 Dutch, with c4 & Nc3  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 125    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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