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🏆 Reykjavik Open (2006)

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Magnus Carlsen, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Pentala Harikrishna, Laurent Fressinet, Ivan Sokolov, Emil Sutovsky, Gabriel Sargissian, Jan Timman, Ivan Ivanisevic, Pavel Tregubov, Jaan Ehlvest, Ahmed Adly, Sergey Erenburg, Hichem Hamdouchi, Tiger Hillarp Persson, Ian Rogers, Igor-Alexandre Nataf, Hannes Stefansson, Milos Pavlovic, Magesh Chandran Panchanathan, Hedinn Steingrimsson, Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson, Aloyzas Kveinys, Helgi Dam Ziska, Carlos S Matamoros Franco, Simon Kim Williams, Bragi Thorfinnsson, Henrik Danielsen, Luis Galego, Gudmundur Kjartansson, Chris Ward, Stellan Brynell, Stefan Kristjansson, Evgenij Ermenkov, Ralf Akesson, Mohamed Tissir, Throstur Thorhallsson, Inna Gaponenko, Jon Viktor Gunnarsson, Lorin D'Costa, Tullio Marinelli, Sergio Rocha, Tatjana Vasilevich, Andrei A Zaremba, Bjorn Thorfinnsson, Saevar Bjarnason, Bjorgvin Jonsson, David Kjartansson, Rauan Mankeyev, Dagur Arngrimsson, Michal Kujovic, Ticia Gara, Anita Gara, Ingvar Thor Johannesson, Robert Hardarson, Sigurdur Dadi Sigfusson, Ylon Schwartz, Snorri Bergsson, Sarai Carolina Sanchez Castillo, Turkan Mamedjarova, David Olafsson, Lenka Ptacnikova, Sverrir Thorgeirsson, Adina-Maria Hamdouchi, Omar Salama, Gylfi Thorhallsson, Oskar Bjarnason, Ellen Hagesaether, John D Bick, Martin Krockenberger, Halldor B Halldorsson, Dadi Omarsson, Manuel Weeks, Eric Moskow, Thorvardur Olafsson, Edmund C Player, Christin Andersson, Bergsteinn Einarsson, Viktoria Johansson, Khaled Mona, Jon Arni Halldorsson, Oksana Kryger, Paloma Gutierrez Castillo, Charles Eichab, Hrannar Baldursson, Stefan Bergsson, Ben Johnson, Knarik Mouradian, Johann Ragnarsson, Sverrir Orn Bjornsson, Atli Freyr Kristjansson, Erlingur Thorsteinsson, Gudlaug Thorsteinsdottir, Volker Scheeff, Larus Knutsson, Runar Berg, Dusan Trifunovic, Bjarni Jens Kristinsson, Svanberg Mar Palsson, Ingvar Asbjornsson plus 3 more players.

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Reykjavik Open (2006)

The 22nd Reykjavik Open was a 103-player 9-round Swiss held in Reykjavik, Iceland, 6-14 March 2006. It was organized by the Icelandic Chess Federation. Time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 15 more minutes to the end of the game, with 30 seconds added per move from move 1. Rounds 1-5 and 8 started at 5 pm, rounds 6-7 at 2 pm, round 9 at 1 pm. Prize fund: 20,000 USD. First prize: 6.000 USD. Tournament director: Asdis Bragadottir. Chief arbiter: Rikhardur Sveinsson. Number of games played: 450.

Gabriel Sargissian won on tiebreak ahead of Adly (2nd), Mamedyarov (3rd), Nataf and Harikrishna, all five with 7/9. Carlsen lost to Adly in Round 9 and ended 6th. The ensuing Glitnir Blitz (2006) (15-16 March) was won by Carlsen.

Chess-Results: http://chess-results.com/tnr3219.as...
ChessBase: https://de.chessbase.com/post/gabri...
Rediff: https://www.rediff.com/sports/2006/...
TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi...
FIDE: https://old.fide.com/component/cont...
Ian Rogers and Lars Grahn in Tidskrift för Schack, 2006/3, pp. 27-31: https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/2006...

Previous: Reykjavik Open (2004). Next: Reykjavik Open (2008)

 page 1 of 18; games 1-25 of 435  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Mamedyarov vs D Arngrimsson  1-0312006Reykjavik OpenD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
2. A Hamdouchi vs I Sokolov  0-1392006Reykjavik OpenD02 Queen's Pawn Game
3. Harikrishna vs G Kjartansson ½-½342006Reykjavik OpenE15 Queen's Indian
4. H Ziska vs Timman 1-0202006Reykjavik OpenB81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
5. Carlsen vs M Weeks 1-0412006Reykjavik OpenC95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer
6. I Johannesson vs Fressinet  0-1432006Reykjavik OpenD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
7. Sutovsky vs M Krockenberger  1-0642006Reykjavik OpenB31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
8. T Gara vs Ehlvest  ½-½702006Reykjavik OpenB07 Pirc
9. G Sargissian vs D Kjartansson  1-0362006Reykjavik OpenE60 King's Indian Defense
10. O Bjarnason vs I Ivanisevic  ½-½352006Reykjavik OpenB22 Sicilian, Alapin
11. H Stefansson vs Y Schwartz 1-0432006Reykjavik OpenA58 Benko Gambit
12. E Moskow vs H Hamdouchi  0-1602006Reykjavik OpenA15 English
13. S Erenburg vs B Einarsson  1-0662006Reykjavik OpenB48 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
14. S Bjarnason vs P Tregubov  0-1472006Reykjavik OpenA37 English, Symmetrical
15. I Nataf vs J Bick  1-0272006Reykjavik OpenC42 Petrov Defense
16. H Halldorsson vs T Hillarp Persson  0-1352006Reykjavik OpenB06 Robatsch
17. I Rogers vs V Johansson 1-0512006Reykjavik OpenB25 Sicilian, Closed
18. L Ptacnikova vs L Galego  0-1522006Reykjavik OpenA14 English
19. H Danielsen vs E Hagesaether  1-0312006Reykjavik OpenE67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
20. O Salama vs A Kveinys  0-1472006Reykjavik OpenA46 Queen's Pawn Game
21. C S Matamoros Franco vs K Mouradian 1-0212006Reykjavik OpenA09 Reti Opening
22. G Thorhallsson vs R Akesson  0-1482006Reykjavik OpenB40 Sicilian
23. M Pavlovic vs B Johnson  1-0362006Reykjavik OpenA05 Reti Opening
24. S Sanchez Castillo vs M Panchanathan  ½-½752006Reykjavik OpenC41 Philidor Defense
25. S Brynell vs H Baldursson  1-0372006Reykjavik OpenA60 Benoni Defense
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Kibitzer's Corner
Mar-16-06  Keshishian: Does anyone know how they used to decide the tie break?
Mar-16-06  Xaurus: m-buch factor.
Mar-16-06  yalie: does anybody know about a blitz tournament at the end of the main tournament? apparently Anand played in it
Mar-16-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  tamar: <yalie> It is being discussed at Magnus Carlsen
Mar-16-06  PhilFeeley: Anyone see Fischer there?
Mar-17-06  Robin01: He is probably playing in a disguise and using an alias!;)
Mar-17-06  percyblakeney: Quite a good result by Christin Andersson (2170), finishing even with the 460 ELO points higher rated Timman (5/9).
Mar-17-06  NJT: Shakhriyar Mamedyarov is the best player of the tournament! I'm sure that he gonna win!
Mar-17-06  ahmadov: <PhilFeeley: Anyone see Fischer there?> I heard that Fischer was the honoured guest of the tournament.
Mar-17-06  ahmadov: <NJT: Shakhriyar Mamedyarov is the best player of the tournament! I'm sure that he gonna win!> Well, but he has not. I think he was just very confident which caused him to lose to a very lower rated player in round 2.
Mar-18-06  PhilFeeley: Any ideas why the games are not available from the tournament website for download? And what about the blitz games? Were they recorded?
Mar-19-06  ahmadov: <PhilFeeley> But there were no blitz games, were there?
Mar-19-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Joshka: <amahdov> <heard that Fischer was the honored guest of the tournament> Are you joking or did someone who was there convey this? Bobby's comments about Carlsen a year or so ago would lead me to believe he might have wanted to meet him. Would have to believe some of the participants had a chance to visit with him.
Apr-01-06  talisman: <Joshka> what did fischer say about carlsen?
Apr-01-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Joshka: <talisman> Had read somewhere that Bobby stated that "Carlsen is better than I was at this age" or something like that.
Apr-01-06  like a GM: < Joshka: <talisman> Had read somewhere that Bobby stated that "Carlsen is better than I was at this age" or something like that.> I think it was Calrsen's trainer who said that.
Apr-01-06  sapfy: I don't think neither Fischer nor Agdestein has made such a comment. Kasparov on the other hand said exactly that about Bacrot back when he became the youngest GM in the world.
Apr-01-06  ahmadov: <Joshka> I was not joking about Fischer's presence at the tournament. I think I had read about that somewhere.
Apr-01-06  technical draw: Bobby Fischer played a game in the Reykjavik open disguised as Magnus Carlsen and lost to Persson!
Apr-01-06  Surrealist: 1.4. ... And who wants to tell the next story?
Oct-17-21
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Au revoir. The two most notable missing games are

Vasilevich vs Ehlvest 1-0 (rd. 3)
Halldorsson vs Gaponenko 1-0 (rd. 3)

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