The 1st round was an easy one for the higher rated opponents. Here are the top 10 results of round 1:
1 1 GM McShane Luke J 1 – 0 WIM Sahl Sheila Barth 83
2 84 Rothe Guido 0 0 – 1 GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij 2
3 3 GM Gustafsson Jan 1 – 0 WIM Agrest Inna 85
4 86 Burrows Martin P 0 – 1 GM Sokolov Ivan 4
5 5 GM Adly Ahmed 1 – 0 Duchrow Oliver 87
6 88 Van der Plas Rob 0 – 1 GM Kuzubov Yuriy 6
7 7 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 1 – 0 WIM Andersson Christin 89
8 90 FM Bjornsson Tomas 0 – 1 GM Hansen Sune Berg 8
9 9 GM Chatalbashev Boris 1 – 0 Maack Kjartan 92
10 93 WFM Guindy Esmat 0 – 1 GM Baklan Vladimir 10
A game from live ones caught my attention as not every day you see a nice miniature!
Another game was a King’s Indian – four pawns variation where Black sacrifices an exchange to get control over the center and ruin the pawn structure on the kingside.
Top 10 pairings of 2nd round
1 IM Tiller Bjorn – GM McShane Luke J
2 GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij – FM Ariel Donny
3 GM Thorhallsson Throstur – GM Gustafsson Jan
4 GM Sokolov Ivan – IM Devereaux Maxim L
5 FM Sveshnikov Vladimir – GM Adly Ahmed
6 GM Kuzubov Yuriy – IM Milliet Sophie
7 IM Arngrimsson Dagur – GM Hammer Jon Ludvig
8 GM Hansen Sune Berg – FM Johannesson Ingvar Thor
9 IM Sareen Vishal – GM Chatalbashev Boris
10 GM Baklan Vladimir – FM Getz Nicolai
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