Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Gabriel Sargissian Wins In Reykjavik

Remember magical touch of Phil's hand? If I win Hasting Chess Congress the theory will be proven! Latest in a row of "lucky" people is Armenian GM Gabriel Sargissian who has won very strong Reykjavik Open (on tiebreaks).


Final standings:
1-5. Gabriel Sargissian (ARM 2603), Ahmed Adly (EGY 2473), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE 2709), Igor-Alexander Nataf (FRA 2553) and Pentala Harikrishna (IND 2673) with 7 points out of 9 rounds
6-9. Magnus Carlsen (NOR 2625), Ivan Sokolov (NED 2689), Luis Galego (POR 2538) and Christopher Ward (ENG 2475) 6.5 etc.

There were 103 participants. Serbian GM's Ivan Ivanisevic (2588) and Milos Pavlovic (2494) have scored 6 and 5.5 points respectively. Final standings can be
found here. The Closet Grandmaster was also reporting about this event.


Helgi Dam Ziska 2286 - Jan Timman 2630
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Be7 8. Rg1 d5 9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qd3 Bxh4 13. Bc4 Qd7 14. g5 hxg5 15. Be3 e5 16. Qa3+ Kg8 17. Nb5 g4 18. Rd1 Qc6 19. Nd6 Be7 20. Nxf7 1-0


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