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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 111  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S Bergsson vs G Meier   ½-½ 22 2008 Reykjavik Open B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 2. H Stefansson vs G Kjartansson   ½-½ 69 2008 Reykjavik Open A15 English 3. T Hillarp Persson vs K Edvardsson   ½-½ 65 2008 Reykjavik Open B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 4. P Carlsson vs S Narayanan   ½-½ 15 2008 Reykjavik Open C78 Ruy Lopez 5. C Andersson vs V Malisauskas   ½-½ 53 2008 Reykjavik Open B22 Sicilian, Alapin 6. T Cross vs B Thorfinnsson ½-½ 54 2008 Reykjavik Open B89 Sicilian 7. A F Kristjansson vs I Nyzhnyk   ½-½ 62 2008 Reykjavik Open E14 Queen's Indian 8. A Stefanova vs H Wang ½-½ 50 2008 Reykjavik Open E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 9. Mikhalevski vs P Vavrak   ½-½ 55 2008 Reykjavik Open E01 Catalan, Closed 10. A Simutowe vs V Malakhatko   ½-½ 13 2008 Reykjavik Open C11 French 11. G Dizdar vs J L Hammer   ½-½ 31 2008 Reykjavik Open E15 Queen's Indian 12. Robson vs A Adly ½-½ 102 2008 Reykjavik Open B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 13. E Moradiabadi vs B Thorfinnsson   ½-½ 29 2008 Reykjavik Open A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation 14. Westerinen vs H Danielsen   ½-½ 23 2008 Reykjavik Open B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 15. B Thorfinnsson vs A F Kristjansson   ½-½ 86 2008 Reykjavik Open D23 Queen's Gambit Accepted 16. D Arngrimsson vs S Limontaite   ½-½ 22 2008 Reykjavik Open B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 17. S Sanchez Castillo vs S Thorgeirsson   ½-½ 40 2008 Reykjavik Open B40 Sicilian 18. F Steil-Antoni vs E Rebers   ½-½ 31 2008 Reykjavik Open C41 Philidor Defense 19. J Ragnarsson vs A Genzling   ½-½ 42 2008 Reykjavik Open D82 Grunfeld, 4.Bf4 20. T Sachdev vs A Kveinys   ½-½ 27 2008 Reykjavik Open D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 21. S Kristjansson vs E Paehtz   ½-½ 38 2008 Reykjavik Open C02 French, Advance 22. H Wang vs N Grandelius   ½-½ 23 2008 Reykjavik Open E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 23. P Carlsson vs Mikhalevski   ½-½ 27 2008 Reykjavik Open E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 24. V Malakhatko vs V Malisauskas   ½-½ 26 2008 Reykjavik Open A37 English, Symmetrical 25. P Vavrak vs G Meier   ½-½ 31 2008 Reykjavik Open E11 Bogo-Indian Defense  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 111    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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