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🏆 Reykjavik (1964)

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Reykjavik 1964 may be termed as the strongest chess tournament held in Iceland to that point. Previously, Iceland had hosted the World Students Team Championship (1957), in which Mikhael Tal participated, ... [more]

Player: Magnus Solmundarson

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. G Palmason vs M Solmundarson  1-0271964ReykjavikE46 Nimzo-Indian
2. M Solmundarson vs Tal 0-1231964ReykjavikA49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
3. A Gudmundsson vs M Solmundarson  ½-½231964ReykjavikE42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)
4. M Solmundarson vs F Thorbergsson  1-0411964ReykjavikE87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox
5. N Gaprindashvili vs M Solmundarson  ½-½271964ReykjavikB15 Caro-Kann
6. M Solmundarson vs F Olafsson  0-1231964ReykjavikB84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
7. I Asmundsson vs M Solmundarson  ½-½211964ReykjavikB14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
8. M Solmundarson vs S Johannessen  0-1141964ReykjavikB16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation
9. I Johannsson vs M Solmundarson  ½-½171964ReykjavikE14 Queen's Indian
10. M Solmundarson vs T Bjornsson  1-0391964ReykjavikE88 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6
11. M Solmundarson vs Gligoric  0-1211964ReykjavikD93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3
12. J Kristinsson vs M Solmundarson  ½-½491964ReykjavikC97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
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Kibitzer's Corner
Feb-17-17  Coutinho: Tal almost made it perfect
Feb-17-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: I thought it looked like Marlboro, not Chesterfield.
Jul-17-20
Premium Chessgames Member
  sakredkow: What a great write up of this tournament. I really enjoyed playing through Tal-Gligoric which I hadn't seen before. I'm sure there's many more interesting games.
Jul-29-21
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: https://web.archive.org/web/2020110... is the archived version.
Oct-26-23  Saniyat24: 12.5 out of 13...! wow out of the world...!

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