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Reykjavik Open 2011 – round 7

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Kuzubov is still leading the event after drawing McShane. Here is the top 15 players standings:

1 GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2627 6.0 34.0 24.5 29.00 2782 12.8
2 GM McShane Luke J ENG 2683 5.5 33.5 24.0 25.50 2711 4.2
3 GM Williams Simon K ENG 2507 5.5 32.0 23.5 23.75 2657 13.6
4 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig NOR 2606 5.5 31.5 23.0 24.50 2640 4.0
5 GM Halkias Stelios GRE 2579 5.5 31.0 22.5 23.50 2692 11.2
6 GM Baklan Vladimir UKR 2602 5.5 30.5 22.5 23.50 2638 3.8
7 GM Sokolov Ivan NED 2643 5.5 30.5 22.0 23.00 2676 3.8
8 GM Miton Kamil POL 2600 5.5 30.5 21.0 22.75 2627 3.8
9 GM Nyzhnyk Illya U17 UKR 2563 5.5 30.5 21.0 22.50 2644 8.5
10 GM Chatalbashev Boris BUL 2602 5.5 27.0 19.0 21.25 2609 1.6
11 GM Fier Alexandr BRA 2586 5.5 26.0 18.5 20.25 2548 -1.6
12 GM Hess Robert L USA 2565 5.0 32.0 23.5 21.00 2634 9.0
13 GM Hillarp Persson Tiger SWE 2524 5.0 31.5 23.0 21.00 2615 10.8
14 GM Jones Gawain C B ENG 2578 5.0 31.5 22.5 22.00 2601 5.1
15 GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij UKR 2670 5.0 31.5 22.5 21.00 2622 -1.4

Among notable results is the win of Nyzhnyk over Miroshnichenko.

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Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament 2011 (Monaco MNC) – day two

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Grischuk, Carlsen and Aronian lead the event with 3.5 points. Gelfand and Anand shared 4th-5th with 2.5 points.

Carlsen-Gashimov was an interesting Q+p vs Q endgame:

Nakamura blundered a R vs Aronian in a blindforl game while having a winning position

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Reykjavik Open 2011 – round 6

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Kuzubov won against Miton and is a sole leader with 5.5 points. GMs McShane, Hess, Halkias and Williams are sharing from 2nd to 5th.


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Amber Blindfold and Rapid tournament 2011 (Monaco MNC) – day one

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The first day brought us not only some incredible blunders but also very interesting games 🙂 Aronian, Grischuk, Gelfand and Gashimov lead with 2 points.

Here are the oversights:

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Reykjavik Open 2011 – round 5

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There were two rounds yesterday and the five leaders lost half a point so far.

Review of round 4

Among players with 3 points only Halkias and Hess won, and WGM Sharevich who had 2.5 won against GM Fier. Here are the interesting games:

This game was particularly fighting with a basic R endgame in the end.

Results of top 10 boards

1 24 GM Hillarp Persson Tiger 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM McShane Luke J 1
2 2 GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij 3 0 – 1 3 GM Halkias Stelios 15
3 4 GM Sokolov Ivan 3 0 – 1 3 GM Hess Robert L 17
4 6 GM Kuzubov Yuriy 3 ½ – ½ 3 IM Berbatov Kiprian 32
5 34 IM Ziska Helgi Dam 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Miton Kamil 11
6 23 GM Sveshnikov Evgeny 2½ 0 – 1 2½ GM Adly Ahmed 5
7 8 GM Hansen Sune Berg 2½ 1 – 0 2½ IM Dronavalli Harika 25
8 10 GM Baklan Vladimir 2½ 1 – 0 2½ IM Sammalvuo Tapani 31
9 62 WGM Sharevich Anna 2½ 1 – 0 2½ GM Fier Alexandr 13
10 14 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2½ 1 – 0 2½ IM Gunnarsson Jon Viktor 35

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