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Reykjavik Open 2013 5th round

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The 4 leaders drew each other and allowed 3 other GMs to catch up with them. So, now 7 players who have 4.5 out of 5 are Eljanov, Vachier-Lagrave, Yu, Giri, So, Cheparinov and Gajewski.

Results of the top 10 boards

1 GM Eljanov Pavel 2678 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2715
2 GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2644 4 ½ – ½ 4 GM Yu Yangyi 2688
3 GM Giri Anish 2722 3½ 1 – 0 3½ GM Ipatov Alexander 2569
4 GM Kristjansson Stefan 2486 3½ 0 – 1 3½ GM Cheparinov Ivan 2709
5 GM So Wesley 2684 3½ 1 – 0 3½ IM Wei Yi 2501
6 GM Baklan Vladimir 2609 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ GM Socko Bartosz 2643
7 GM Jones Gawain C B 2637 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ IM Gretarsson Hjorvar Steinn 2509
8 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2675 3 1 – 0 3½ WGM Guo Qi 2431
9 WGM Tan Zhongyi 2466 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Navara David 2710
10 GM Ding Liren 2709 3 1 – 0 3 IM Urkedal Frode 2473

You can view the full standings and pairings here.

Some interesting games of the round

The top 10 pairings of the 6th round

1 GM Yu Yangyi 2688 4½ 4½ GM Giri Anish 2722
2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2715 4½ 4½ GM So Wesley 2684
3 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2709 4½ 4½ GM Eljanov Pavel 2678
4 GM Socko Bartosz 2643 4 4½ GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2644
5 GM Shulman Yury 2563 4 4 GM Ding Liren 2709
6 GM Maze Sebastien 2556 4 4 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2675
7 GM Stefansson Hannes 2496 4 4 GM Jones Gawain C B 2637
8 IM Gretarsson Hjorvar Steinn 2509 4 4 GM Baklan Vladimir 2609
9 GM Solak Dragan 2603 4 4 GM Xiu Deshun 2530
10 GM Grandelius Nils 2566 4 4 GM Danielsen Henrik 2507

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Reykjavik Open 2013 4th round

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Only 4 players remained of those 15 who had a perfect score after 3 rounds! The leaders who has 4 our of 4 are:

Results of top 10 pairs of round 4

1 GM Socko Bartosz 2643 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Giri Anish 2722
2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2715 3 1 – 0 3 GM L’ami Erwin 2622
3 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2709 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM Baklan Vladimir 2609
4 GM Yu Yangyi 2688 3 1 – 0 3 GM Shulman Yury 2563
5 IM Gretarsson Hjorvar Steinn 2509 3 ½ – ½ 3 GM So Wesley 2684
6 GM Eljanov Pavel 2678 3 1 – 0 3 GM Kveinys Aloyzas 2533
7 GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2644 3 1 – 0 3 IM Muir Andrew J Mr 2313
8 IM Wei Yi 2501 3 ½ – ½ 2½ GM Ding Liren 2709
9 GM Stefansson Hannes 2496 2½ ½ – ½ 2½ GM Bu Xiangzhi 2675
10 GM Thorhallsson Throstur 2441 2½ 0 – 1 2½ GM Jones Gawain C B 2637

Some interesting games of the round

Standings of the top 10 players after 4 rounds

1 GM Yu Yangyi U18 CHN 2688 4.0
2 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2678 4.0
3 GM Gajewski Grzegorz POL 2644 4.0
4 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2715 4.0
5 GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2709 3.5
6 GM So Wesley U20 PHI 2684 3.5
7 GM Giri Anish U18 NED 2722 3.5
8 GM Socko Bartosz POL 2643 3.5
9 GM Baklan Vladimir UKR 2609 3.5
10 GM Jones Gawain C B ENG 2637 3.5

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Pairings of the top 10 boards of the 5th round

1 GM Eljanov Pavel 2678 4 – 4 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2715
2 GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2644 4 – 4 GM Yu Yangyi 2688
3 GM Giri Anish 2722 3½ – 3½ GM Ipatov Alexander 2569
4 GM Kristjansson Stefan 2486 3½ – 3½ GM Cheparinov Ivan 2709
5 GM So Wesley 2684 3½ – 3½ IM Wei Yi 2501
6 GM Baklan Vladimir 2609 3½ – 3½ GM Socko Bartosz 2643
7 GM Jones Gawain C B 2637 3½ – 3½ IM Gretarsson Hjorvar Steinn 2509
8 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2675 3 – 3½ WGM Guo Qi 2431
9 WGM Tan Zhongyi 2466 3 – 3 GM Navara David 2710
10 GM Ding Liren 2709 3 – 3 IM Urkedal Frode 2473

View full pairings here.

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Reykjavik Open 2013 2nd and 3rd rounds

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Two rounds have been played yesterday with 15 players sharing 1st place with 3 out of 3.

The upset of the 2nd round can count for Navara drawing WGM Mammadova and WGM Saduakassova drawing GM Kuzubov.

Results of top 10 boards of 2nd round

1 IM Arngrimsson Dagur 2375 0 – 1 GM Giri Anish 2722
2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2715 1 – 0 IM Thorfinnsson Bjorn IM 2386
3 WGM Mammadova Gulnar 2369 ½ – ½ GM Navara David 2710
4 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2709 1 – 0 WGM Wang Jue 2375
5 GM Yu Yangyi 2688 1 – 0 FM Handler Lukas 2369
6 IM Kislik Erik Andrew 2359 0 – 1 GM So Wesley 2684
7 GM Eljanov Pavel 2678 1 – 0 WGM L’ami Alina 2362
8 FM Bewersdorff Oliver 2335 0 – 1 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2675
9 GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2644 1 – 0 WGM Kashlinskaya Alina 2350
10 GM Socko Bartosz 2643 1 – 0 FM Gislason Gudmundur 2329

Some interesting games of the top boards

In the 3rd round again many lower rated titled players managed to bite half a point of GMs.

Results of top 15 boards

1 GM Giri Anish 2722 2 1 – 0 2 IM Smith Axel 2485
2 GM Williams Simon K 2498 2 0 – 1 2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2715
3 WGM Huang Qian 2478 2 0 – 1 2 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2709
4 IM Lou Yiping 2468 2 0 – 1 2 GM Yu Yangyi 2688
5 GM So Wesley 2684 2 1 – 0 2 IM Andersen Mads 2462
6 WGM Tan Zhongyi 2466 2 0 – 1 2 GM Eljanov Pavel 2678
7 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2675 2 ½ – ½ 2 GM Thorhallsson Throstur 2441
8 IM Schreiner Peter 2439 2 0 – 1 2 GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2644
9 IM Bartholomew John 2435 2 0 – 1 2 GM Socko Bartosz 2643
10 GM Jones Gawain C B 2637 2 ½ – ½ 2 WGM Guo Qi 2431
11 GM Olafsson Fridrik *) 2416 1½ ½ – ½ 1½ GM Navara David 2710
12 IM Kjartansson Gudmundur 2430 2 0 – 1 2 GM L’ami Erwin 2622
13 GM Baklan Vladimir 2609 2 1 – 0 2 IM Mikkelsen Nikolaj 2421
14 IM Guramishvili Sopiko 2414 2 ½ – ½ 2 GM Solak Dragan 2603
15 GM Dziuba Marcin 2602 2 ½ – ½ 2 IM Hagen Andreas Skytte 2411

Some interesting games on top boards

Standings of top 20 after the 3rd round

1 GM Giri Anish U18 NED 2722 3
2 GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2709 3
3 GM Gajewski Grzegorz POL 2644 3
4 GM L’ami Erwin NED 2622 3
5 GM Shulman Yury USA 2563 3
6 GM Kveinys Aloyzas LTU 2533 3
7 IM Wei Yi U14 CHN 2501 3
8 GM Yu Yangyi U18 CHN 2688 3
9 GM So Wesley U20 PHI 2684 3
10 GM Socko Bartosz POL 2643 3
11 IM Muir Andrew J Mr SCO 2313 2270 Hamilton 3
12 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2678 3
13 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime FRA 2715 3
14 GM Baklan Vladimir UKR 2609 3
15 IM Gretarsson Hjorvar Steinn U20 ISL 2509 Hellir 3
16 GM Jones Gawain C B ENG 2637 2
17 GM Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2675 2
18 GM Grandelius Nils U20 SWE 2566 2
19 GM Esen Baris TUR 2565 2
20 IM Guramishvili Sopiko w GEO 2414 2

You can view the full standings here.

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Reykjavik Open 2013 1st round

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Practically all GMs won the first round relatively easily or just easily. The only upset of the top 10 boards was top 5 seed GM Ding Liren (2709 ELO) who drew Mihajlov Sebastian (2059 ELO).

Results of top 10 boards

1 GM Giri Anish 2722 1 – 0 Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2071
2 Mihajlov Svetoslav 2071 0 – 1 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2715
3 GM Navara David 2710 1 – 0 Marentini Marcel 2069
4 Knútsson Lárus 2072 0 – 1 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2709
5 GM Ding Liren 2709 ½ – ½ Mihajlov Sebastian 2059
6 Heerde Thomas 2053 0 – 1 GM Yu Yangyi 2688
7 GM So Wesley 2684 1 – 0 Palmqvist Fredrik 2050
8 Ragnarsson Johann 2046 0 – 1 GM Eljanov Pavel 2678
9 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2675 1 – 0 Doell Detlef 2044
10 WFM Thorsteinsdottir Gudlaug 2041 0 – 1 GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2644

Some of the top games

Top 10 pairings of the 2nd round

1 IM Arngrimsson Dagur 2375 – GM Giri Anish 2722
2 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2715 – IM Thorfinnsson Bjorn IM 2386
3 WGM Mammadova Gulnar 2369 – GM Navara David 2710
4 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2709 – WGM Wang Jue 2375
5 GM Yu Yangyi 2688 – FM Handler Lukas 2369
6 IM Kislik Erik Andrew 2359 – GM So Wesley 2684
7 GM Eljanov Pavel 2678 – WGM L’ami Alina 2362
8 FM Bewersdorff Oliver 2335 – GM Bu Xiangzhi 2675
9 GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2644 – WGM Kashlinskaya Alina 2350
10 GM Socko Bartosz 2643 – FM Gislason Gudmundur 2329

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