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| Mar-09-16 | | Bruce Graham: A nice line-up of talent. Even Robert Fischer is playing! |
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| Mar-10-16 | | waustad: Many players, even at the top of the standings have taken, or will tomorrow be taking a 1/2 point bye. |
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| Mar-10-16 | | waustad: Here is the official site: http://www.reykjavikopen.com/ |
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| Mar-10-16 | | waustad: Standings: http://chess-results.com/tnr190183.... |
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| Mar-10-16 | | Aurora: The 31st edition of the <Reykjavik Open> chess tournament started today in the beautiful surroundings of the <Harpa concert hall> and convention centre situated in the heart of the city overlooking on one side the North Atlantic ocean and the surrounding mountains of Iceland receding in the distance on the other. There were twenty four grandmasters who have accepted the challenge of becoming this years champion in the total field of <235> participants. The top seeds are headed by Azerbaijani grandmaster <Shakhriyar Mamedyarov> who has belonged to the world’s elite for over a third of his 30 years. “Shak” as he is known is the only player to have won the World Junior Championship twice before participating in numerous elite events. Known for his aggressive style of play coupled with a wonderful feeling for the initiative has led to many attractive games over his young career making him a popular player to follow closely. The second seed <Dmitry Andreikin> from Russia is known as very hard man to beat when playing against other super grandmasters but can also adapt his style to be able to unbalance the positions depending on his tournament circumstances. At twenty six of age he has only recently broken into the world’s elite but with winning the 2012 Russian Championship followed by reaching the final of the 2013 World Cup 2013 allowing him to qualify for the 2014 candidates tournament he now seems a permanent fixture at the top table of world chess. http://www.reykjavikopen.com/reykja... |
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| Mar-11-16 | | PhilFeeley: Yay! Elisabeth Paehtz is leading - according to this table. What a mess. |
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| Mar-11-16 | | PhilFeeley: Somebody should be more on the ball. They're only in round 5. |
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Mar-11-16
 | | WannaBe: <PhilFeeley> I really (also) do not understand the PGNs from Iceland. According to Reykjavik Open (2016)/Elisabeth Paehtz Ms Paehtz have played Thorgiersson 5 times and all as black. Would you be kindly enough to volunteer to CG.com and get this tournament in order? We also have the Women Chess Championship and the Men's Candidates to worry about. Be a nice chap, this would help out CG a lot, and I'll nominate you for Most Helpful Caissar in 2016 Cheers. |
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| Mar-11-16 | | PhilFeeley: Volunteer? Every other place seems to have no problem with results. Did Reykjavik send them a file with more than one PGN for some games? |
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Mar-11-16
| | WannaBe: <PhilFeeley> Click on that link for E. Paehtz in my last post and see. I really should get some sleep... Gotta head to work in about 6 hours here. |
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| Mar-12-16 | | morfishine: FWIW: I pointed out error over at Chessgames.com forum and BTW, at least before yesterdays game, Ms. Paehtz was doing well with 3.5 pts after 4 rounds tied for second |
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| Mar-12-16 | | Mr. V: Beliavsky never ages, it seems. |
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| Mar-13-16 | | Shams: The hometown players are being gracious hosts this year if the random sample of games i just looked at is any indication: H Einarsson vs D Di Berardino, 2016
R Rapport vs H Danielsen, 2016 |
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| Mar-14-16 | | Robin01: I believe Awonder Liang also has 5 points in this event, but I do not see his name listed on the leader list. |
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| Mar-14-16 | | jamesmaskell: <Robin01> You are correct. Looks like not all the games for this event have been uploaded. Liang's first round win against Frank Modder doesnt appear to be there. |
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| Mar-14-16 | | galdur: Grigoriants - Rapport 1. Nf3 h6 2. e4 g5 |
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| Mar-15-16 | | Mr. V: We Andreikin fans wait many moons for a hero to emerge from the shadows. |
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| Mar-15-16 | | Bruce Graham: <Mr. V> Andreikin drew with the delightful Ms. Tania Sachdev who is ranked at about 2370. |
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| Mar-15-16 | | Robin01: Awonder Liang finished with 6.5, which may be enough for a GM norm. |
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| Mar-15-16 | | weary willy: Excellent tournament for India - after 9 rounds, Gupta and Sachdev are playing well above their ratings |
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| Mar-15-16 | | waustad: The last round starts early. They start at 11:00 local time, which is the same as British time. With DST active in North America and not in Europe, figure it out yourself keeping these annoying facts in mind. |
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| Mar-15-16 | | waustad: BTW, with a win tommorow against Alexander Beliavsky Tanya Sachdev gets a GM norm. I haven't worked it out, but a draw would probably do it. Her tpr is so far 2596 (http://chess-results.com/tnr190183....) and a draw with a 2630 might be enough. A win and it's nailed. I'm sure she has done the calculation that wasn't worth my trouble. |
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| Mar-16-16 | | Mr. V: <Bruce Graham> Of course, no surprise, he draws with nearly everybody :) But he is a unique player, so us fans of his must maintain hope. |
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 | | perfidious: <Bruce Graham....Even Robert Fischer is playing!> Guess they let anyone in--this hasbeenusetawas could more'n likely have entered, too. |
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| Mar-16-16 | | sonia91: <waustad> Tania already got a GM norm after 9 rounds: https://twitter.com/TarjeiJS/status... chess-results.com does not adjust the rating floor |
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