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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Reykjavik Open 2011 – round 3

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10 players are leading the event with 3 out of 3. Some notable results from 3rd round: IM Berbatov won against GM Hammer, IM Ziska won against Chatalbashev, IMs Sammalvuo, Gunnarsson, Thorfinsson drew GMs Hansen, Baklan and Gupta respectively.

The game Berbatov-Hammer reminded me of a game of mine from 2007 🙂

A very complex game by McShane.

Top 10 results from 3rd round

1 GM McShane Luke J 1 – 0 GM Williams Simon K
2 IM D’amore Carlo 0 – 1 GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij
3 IM Grover Sahaj 0 – 1 GM Sokolov Ivan
4 IM Henrichs Thomas 0 – 1 GM Kuzubov Yuriy
5 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 0 – 1 IM Berbatov Kiprian
6 IM Sammalvuo Tapani ½ – ½ GM Hansen Sune Berg
7 GM Chatalbashev Boris 0 – 1 IM Ziska Helgi Dam
8 IM Gunnarsson Jon Viktor ½ – ½ GM Baklan Vladimir
9 GM Miton Kamil 1 – 0 IM Dearing Eddie
10 IM Thorfinnsson Bragi ½ – ½ GM Gupta Abhijeet

Top 10 pairings of the 4th round

1 GM Hillarp Persson Tiger – GM McShane Luke J
2 GM Miroshnichenko Evgenij – GM Halkias Stelios
3 GM Sokolov Ivan – GM Hess Robert L
4 GM Kuzubov Yuriy – IM Berbatov Kiprian
5 IM Ziska Helgi Dam – GM Miton Kamil
6 GM Sveshnikov Evgeny – GM Adly Ahmed
7 GM Hansen Sune Berg – IM Dronavalli Harika
8 GM Baklan Vladimir – IM Sammalvuo Tapani
9 WGM Sharevich Anna – GM Fier Alexandr
10 GM Gupta Abhijeet – IM Gunnarsson Jon Viktor