Thursday, March 09, 2006

22nd Reykjavik Open

This tournament will be held from March 6th - March 14th in Reykjavik Chess Center. There are 99 participants including some of the World famous Grandmasters - Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Magnus Carlsen, Jan Timman, Ivan Sokolov, Emil Sutovsky...

Serbia & Montenegro's GM Ivan Ivanisevic and GM Milos Pavlovic are also playing.

List of participants
Official website


GM Throstur Thorhallsson 2455 - GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2709
Round 2
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Bc4 Nb6 5.Bb3 dxe5 6.Qh5 e6 7.dxe5 c5 8.c3 Nc6 9.Qe2 g5 10.Bc2 Bd7 11.Nd2 Be7 12.Ne4 Nd5 13.Nh3 h6 14.Nd6+ Bxd6 15.exd6 Qb8 16.f4 Qxd6 17.fxg5 hxg5 18.Bxg5 f6 19.Bd2 O-O-O 20.O-O-O Rdg8 21.Kb1 Be8 22.Rde1 Bg6 23.Bxg6 Rxg6 24.Rhf1 e5 25.Bc1 Qe6 26.Rd1 Nce7 27.Ka1 Qg4 28.Qb5 b6 29.Nf2 Qxg2 30.c4 Nb4 31.Qd7+ Kb8 32.Qxe7 Nc2+ 33.Kb1 Nd4 34.Be3 Ka8 35.Bxd4 cxd4 36.Nd3 Qb7 37.Qe6 Qc8 38.Qd5+ Qb7 39.Qe6 Qc8 40.Qe7 1-0


Speaking of Iceland, their new resident Robert James Fischer is turning 63 today. Happy birthday Bobby!


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