Reykjavik Open 2015

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A very strong event (35 GMs, 29 IMs, 7 WGMs etc. participating) starts today in Reykjavik. Top players are:

1 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2756
2 GM Navara David CZE 2736
3 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2727
4 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2676
5 GM Movsesian Sergei ARM 2665
6 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig NOR 2651
7 GM Granda Zuniga Julio E PER 2646
8 GM Jones Gawain C B ENG 2642
9 GM Naroditsky Daniel USA 2633
10 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2625

Top pairings of the 1st round

1 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2756 – Lux Gregory 2065
2 Bergsson Stefan 2063 – GM Navara David 2736
3 GM Eljanov Pavel 2727 – Eijk Yuri 2062
4 Runarsson Gunnar 2049 – GM Melkumyan Hrant 2676
5 GM Movsesian Sergei 2665 – Prieto Alberto 2045
6 Benet Morant Damia 2044 – GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 2651
7 GM Granda Zuniga Julio E 2646 – Martinez Lopez Jaime 2044
8 Skovgaard Tom 2042 – GM Jones Gawain C B 2642
9 GM Naroditsky Daniel 2633 – Knutsson Larus 2039
10 Chan James 2038 – GM Gupta Abhijeet 2625

View the Live games here.

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European Individual Chess Championship 2015

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Najer

Najer


(Photo taken from chess-news.ru)

Najer won the event with 8.5 points out of 11.

Top 10 players after the last round

1 GM Najer Evgeniy RUS 2634 8.5
2 GM Navara David CZE 2735 8.0
3 GM Bartel Mateusz POL 2631 8.0
4 GM Khismatullin Denis RUS 2653 8.0
5 GM Vovk Yuri UKR 2588 7.5
6 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2687 7.5
7 GM Ipatov Alexander TUR 2592 7.5
8 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2727 7.5
9 GM Volokitin Andrei UKR 2646 7.5
10 GM Matlakov Maxim RUS 2695 7.5

Some games of the round

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