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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Reykjavik Chess Festival 2011: Six tie for top slot after 9 rounds

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Hi everyone,

Here's news from another strong chess tournament in Iceland - The Reykjavik Chess Festival 2011. Six players have tied for the top slot after nine rounds. Here are the top-20 final standings.


The MP Reykjavik Open is took place from March 9th to 16th, 2011, with a total of 166 participants from 30 countries, including 29 GMs. This year's tournament was co-sponsored by Deloitte, which honors the memory of former partner and Icelandic IM Ingi R. Johannsson. The tournament was also the Nordic Championship.


Rk.
Ti.
Name
FED
Rtng
Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
Perf.
1
GM
Kuzubov Yuriy
UKR
2627
7.0
55.5
43.5
42.50
2722
2
GM
Sokolov Ivan
NED
2643
7.0
52.5
41.0
40.25
2694
3
GM
Baklan Vladimir
UKR
2602
7.0
51.5
40.5
39.50
2672
4
GM
Miton Kamil
POL
2600
7.0
51.5
39.5
38.25
2672
5
GM
Hammer Jon Ludvig
NOR
2606
7.0
51.0
39.0
38.25
2662
6
GM
Nyzhnyk Illya
UKR
2563
7.0
50.5
40.0
37.50
2688
7
GM
McShane Luke J
ENG
2683
6.5
53.0
41.0
36.75
2666
8
GM
Hansen Sune Berg
DEN
2603
6.5
52.0
41.0
36.50
2622
9
GM
Jones Gawain C B
ENG
2578
6.5
51.0
40.5
35.50
2620
10
GM
Chatalbashev Boris
BUL
2602
6.5
50.5
39.0
35.25
2595
11
GM
Halkias Stelios
GRE
2579
6.5
50.0
39.0
34.50
2648
12
GM
Gupta Abhijeet
IND
2580
6.5
49.5
39.0
34.25
2603
13
GM
Pelletier Yannick
SUI
2593
6.5
49.0
38.5
34.25
2544
14
GM
Kveinys Aloyzas
LTU
2506
6.5
49.0
38.0
34.00
2565
15
GM
Adly Ahmed
EGY
2640
6.5
48.5
38.0
34.00
2591
16
GM
Fier Alexandr
BRA
2586
6.5
48.0
36.5
33.25
2541
17
GM
Stefansson Hannes
ISL
2557
6.5
44.5
34.5
31.00
2441
18
IM
Berbatov Kiprian
BUL
2454
6.0
53.5
43.0
34.00
2565
19
GM
Hillarp Persson Tiger
SWE
2524
6.0
52.5
41.5
32.75
2585
20
GM
Miroshnichenko Evgenij
UKR
2670
6.0
52.5
40.5
32.50
2592

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