Quite a few competitors have already secured norms and plenty are still fighting for theirs! IM Jacek Stopa (2544) has already secured his GM norm. WGM Zhansaya Abdumalik (2379) has secured an IM norm and if she wins in the 9th round she will secure a GM norm! FM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen (2340) has a similar situation. He already has his IM norm from…
Vijay Kumar still going strong with his round 7 report and as always assisted by Vishal Sareen!
Reykjavik Open 2015 – Category prizes Ranking Crosstable after Round 7 Best juniors Rank SNo. Name Rtg Type Pts BH. 25 67 FM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen 2351 U16 5 31 30 61 FM Lars Oskar Hauge 2380 U16 5 30½ 32 62 WGM Zhansaya Abdumalik F 2379 U14 5 29½ 34 73 FM Thai Dai Van…
A fantastic article by Ian Rogers on Magnus Carlsen and the pub quiz! Do check it out here: http://www.uschess.org/content/view/12985/806/
Video impressions, interviews and the blitz tournament from saturdays action
Check out the video impression and interviews after round 5. What’s more see the great atmosphere and attendance at the Reykjavik Open Pub Quiz!
As the tournament reaches the halfway mark, we now have a sole leader on 5/5 and that is Shakhriyar Mamedyarov! He Azeri grandmaster took advantage of a couple of early inaccuracies by Gretarsson to post a quick and clean victory. You can watch Shakhriyar explain the game on the replay of yesterday’s show here: http://new.livestream.com/chess/reykjavikopen2015 Trailing…
Dear competitors of Reykjavik Open and visitors. If you want to participate in the 2015 Reykjavik Open Pub Quiz simply show up at Hotel Plaza before 22:00 tonight. Hotel Plaza is very near the center if you know where 10-11 is, simply walk out the door and to the right and you can’t help but…
As per the title of a book by Andras Adorjan, “Black is OK!”. And Black was much more than just OK during yesterday’s 4th round of the Reykjavik Open, as the players leading the black pieces scored no less than 9.5 points from the top 12 boards! From the 7 top pairings of leaders on 3/3,…
Vijay Kumar gives you his 4th round video impressions:
