Reykjavik Open 2013

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A very strong open tournament starts in Reykjavik today. There are 228 participating and the top players include GMs Giri, Vachier-Lagrave , Navara, Cheparinov, etc. The first round will be played later today.

Top 10 pairs of the 1st round

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

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Baden-Baden GRENKE Chess Classic final round

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Yesterday was a another great day for Anand who won against Naiditsch to take the 1st clear place with 6.5 points out of 10 games! Caruana tried to win the game against Fridman for 7 hours but didn’t manage and despite leading the whole event had to settle for 2nd place with 6 points. Adams and Meier shared 3rd-4th.

Results of the final round

Fridman 1/2 Caruana
Adams 1/2 Meier
Naiditsch 0-1 Anand

Final standings

1.Anand 6.5
2.Caruana 6
3-4. Adams, Meier 5
5.Naiditsch 4
6.Fridman 3.5

Games of the final round

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Baden-Baden GRENKE Chess Classic 9th round

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All three games were decisive yesterday! Caruana was stopped by Adams (Adams saw a wonderful 44…Ne5 trick which improved the position of the knight greatly), Anand made a novelty on move 20 and had a very good game after 22.Bg4 (another nice trick!). Meier got a very pleasant R and N endgame and kept Black under pressure until he decided to sac the exchange for a pawn. Then, white sacrificed another pawn to activate the rooks and won nicely.

Results of the one before last round

Caruana 5.5 0-1 3.5 Adams
Anand 4.5 1-0 3 Fridman
Meier 3.5 1-0 4 Naiditsch

Standings after 9th round

1-2. Caruana, Anand 5.5
3-4. Meier. Adams 4.5
5. Naiditsch 4
6. Fridman 3

Last round pairings

Fridman – Caruana
Adams – Meier
Naiditsch – Anand

Games of the 9th round

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