Reykjavik Open 2013 10th round

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Three players tied for 1st with 8 points out of 10 games – Eljanov (who drew So), So and Amin (who won against Gajewski), but Eljanov was best by tie-break! Congratulations to the winner! 🙂

Results of the first 10 boards

1 GM Eljanov Pavel 2678 7½ ½ – ½ 7½ GM So Wesley 2684
2 GM Jones Gawain C B 2637 7 ½ – ½ 7 GM Giri Anish 2722
3 IM Wei Yi 2501 7 ½ – ½ 7 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2709
4 GM Amin Bassem 2631 7 1 – 0 7 GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2644
5 GM Thorhallsson Throstur 2441 6½ 0 – 1 6½ GM Ding Liren 2709
6 GM Yu Yangyi 2688 6½ ½ – ½ 6½ GM Xiu Deshun 2530
7 GM Sokolov Ivan 2644 6½ 1 – 0 6½ GM Stefansson Hannes 2496
8 NM Norowitz Yaacov 2432 6½ 1 – 0 6½ GM Kuzubov Yuriy 2622
9 GM Dziuba Marcin 2602 6½ 1 – 0 6½ IM Urkedal Frode 2473
10 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2715 6 1 – 0 6 GM Kristjansson Stefan 2486

Top 10 players after the last round (with ELO points gain/loss)

1 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2678 8.0 19.0
2 GM So Wesley U20 PHI 2684 8.0 0.0
3 GM Amin Bassem EGY 2631 8.0 10.1
4 GM Giri Anish U18 NED 2722 7.5 5.9
5 GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2709 7.5 1.3
6 IM Wei Yi U14 CHN 2501 7.5 24.9
7 GM Dziuba Marcin POL 2602 7.5 6.3
8 GM Ding Liren U20 CHN 2709 7.5 -2.5
9 NM Norowitz Yaacov USA 2432 7.5 0.0
10 GM Jones Gawain C B ENG 2637 7.5 7.9

Some interesting games of the last round

You can view the full standings, pairings and results here.

Official Site.

Reykjavik Open 2013 9th round

Going into the last round there are 2 leaders – Eljanov and So who have 7.5 points. Six players share 3rd place with 7 points.

Results of the top 10 boards

1 GM Ding Liren 2709 6½ 0 – 1 6½ GM Eljanov Pavel 2678
2 GM So Wesley 2684 6½ 1 – 0 6½ GM Dziuba Marcin 2602
3 GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2644 6½ ½ – ½ 6½ IM Wei Yi 2501
4 GM Giri Anish 2722 6 1 – 0 6 GM L’ami Erwin 2622
5 GM Navara David 2710 6 0 – 1 6 GM Amin Bassem 2631
6 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2709 6 1 – 0 6 GM Yilmaz Mustafa 2531
7 GM Stefansson Hannes 2496 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Yu Yangyi 2688
8 GM Jones Gawain C B 2637 6 1 – 0 6 GM Grandelius Nils 2566
9 IM Guramishvili Sopiko 2414 6 0 – 1 5½ GM Sokolov Ivan 2644
10 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2675 5½ ½ – ½ 5½ IM Lou Yiping 2468

Standings of the top 10 players after 9 rounds (including ELO points gain or loss)

1 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2678 7.5 18.9
2 GM So Wesley U20 PHI 2684 7.5 0.0
3 GM Gajewski Grzegorz POL 2644 7.0 11.1
4 GM Giri Anish U18 NED 2722 7.0 7.1
5 GM Cheparinov Ivan BUL 2709 7.0 4.0
6 IM Wei Yi U14 CHN 2501 7.0 22.2
7 GM Jones Gawain C B ENG 2637 7.0 6.7
8 GM Amin Bassem EGY 2631 7.0 4.9
9 GM Yu Yangyi U18 CHN 2688 6.5 4.2
10 GM Ding Liren U20 CHN 2709 6.5 -4.2

Some interesting games of the round

Pairings of the top 10 boards of the last round

1 GM Eljanov Pavel 2678 7½ – 7½ GM So Wesley 2684
2 GM Jones Gawain C B 2637 7 – 7 GM Giri Anish 2722
3 IM Wei Yi 2501 7 – 7 GM Cheparinov Ivan 2709
4 GM Amin Bassem 2631 7 – 7 GM Gajewski Grzegorz 2644
5 GM Thorhallsson Throstur 2441 6½ – 6½ GM Ding Liren 2709
6 GM Yu Yangyi 2688 6½ – 6½ GM Xiu Deshun 2530
7 GM Sokolov Ivan 2644 6½ – 6½ GM Stefansson Hannes 2496
8 NM Norowitz Yaacov 2432 6½ – 6½ GM Kuzubov Yuriy 2622
9 GM Dziuba Marcin 2602 6½ – 6½ IM Urkedal Frode 2473
10 GM Vachier-Lagrave Maxime 2715 6 – 6 GM Kristjansson Stefan 2486

You can view the full standings, pairings and results here.

Official Site.