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

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011

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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Halkias, Hess lead in Reykjavik Chess Festival 2011 after four rounds

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World's youngest grandmaster also playing in Iceland:

14-year-old GM Illya Nyzhnik (2530) from Ukraine

Hi everybody,


The news from the Reykjavik Chess Festival is that two players are leading with a perfect score after four rounds. These are Greek Grandmaster Stelios Halkias and American Grandmaster Robert l. Hess. Fourteen players - including top seed British Grandmaster Luke McShane - are just a shade behind at 3.5 points. Among the women players, WGM Anna Sharevich is doing pretty well with a score of 3.5 which includes a nice win over last year's Reykjavik Open winner, Icelandic GM Hannes Stefansson (2557). Here are the standings after four rounds:

Rk.		Name	FED	RtgI	RtgN	Pts.
1	GM	Halkias Stelios	GRE	2579	0	4.0
2	GM	Hess Robert L	USA	2565	0	4.0
3	GM	McShane Luke J	ENG	2683	0	3.5
	IM	Ziska Helgi Dam	FAI	2432	0	3.5
5	IM	Berbatov Kiprian	BUL	2454	0	3.5
6	WGM	Sharevich Anna	BLR	2323	0	3.5
7	GM	Miton Kamil	POL	2600	0	3.5
8	GM	Hansen Sune Berg	DEN	2603	0	3.5
9	GM	Kuzubov Yuriy	UKR	2627	0	3.5
10	GM	Hillarp Persson Tiger	SWE	2524	0	3.5
11	GM	Jones Gawain C B	ENG	2578	0	3.5
12	GM	Gupta Abhijeet	IND	2580	0	3.5
13	GM	Nyzhnyk Illya	UKR	2563	0	3.5
14	GM	Baklan Vladimir	UKR	2602	0	3.5
15	GM	Adly Ahmed	EGY	2640	0	3.5
16	GM	Friedel Joshua E	USA	2529	2597	3.0
17	GM	Chatalbashev Boris	BUL	2602	0	3.0
18	GM	Sokolov Ivan	NED	2643	0	3.0
19	GM	Miroshnichenko Evgenij	UKR	2670	0	3.0
20	FM	Zelbel Patrick	GER	2410	0	3.0
21	GM	Hammer Jon Ludvig	NOR	2606	0	3.0
22	GM	Thorhallsson Throstur	ISL	2387	2390	3.0
23	IM	Thorfinnsson Bjorn	ISL	2419	2442	3.0
24	GM	Williams Simon K	ENG	2507	0	3.0
25	GM	Danielsen Henrik	ISL	2533	2525	3.0
26	FM	Sveshnikov Vladimir	LAT	2379	0	3.0
27	IM	Dearing Eddie	SCO	2412	0	3.0
28	GM	Gustafsson Jan	GER	2647	0	3.0
29	IM	Sareen Vishal	IND	2358	0	3.0
30	IM	Milliet Sophie	FRA	2369	0	3.0

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Reykjavik Chess Festival 2011 begins: McShane top seed, Harika top rated woman player

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Hi everyone,

More 'cool' chess news. The Icelandic Chess Federation, in co-operation with the Reykjavik Chess Academy, is organising the Reykjavik Chess Festival 2011 from March 9-16. Included in the Reykjavik Open is the Nordic Chess Championship 2011 and it is a part of the ACP 2010/2011 Tour. You can also access the official website here.





In memory of IM Ingi R Jóhannsson

* The total prize-fund will be 20.500$
* Good playing conditions
* Even distribition of players strenght
* Field of strong women chessplayers, young and upcoming stars blended with legends.


The highest rated woman chess player in the event is IM Harika Dronavalli of India.


Here is the top-30

Starting rank list
No. Name FED Rtg
1 GM McShane Luke J ENG 2683
2 GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij UKR 2670
3 GM Gustafsson Jan GER 2647
4 GM Sokolov Ivan NED 2643
5 GM Adly Ahmed EGY 2640
6 GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2627
7 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig NOR 2606
8 GM Hansen Sune Berg DEN 2603
9 GM Baklan Vladimir UKR 2602
10 GM Chatalbashev Boris BUL 2602
11 GM Miton Kamil POL 2600
12 GM Pelletier Yannick SUI 2593
13 GM Fier Alexandr BRA 2586
14 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2580
15 GM Halkias Stelios GRE 2579
16 GM Jones Gawain C B ENG 2578
17 GM Hess Robert L USA 2565
18 IM Nyzhnyk Illya UKR 2563
19 GM Stefansson Hannes ISL 2557
20 GM Steingrimsson Hedinn ISL 2554
21 GM Danielsen Henrik ISL 2533
22 GM Friedel Josh USA 2529
23 GM Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag BRA 2529
24 GM Sveshnikov Evgeny LAT 2527
25 IM Harika Dronavalli IND 2524
26 GM Hillarp Persson Tiger SWE 2524
27 GM Williams Simon K ENG 2507
28 GM Kveinys Aloyzas LTU 2506
29 IM D Amore Carlo ITA 2505
30 IM Grover Sahaj IND 2495

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