The GAMMA Reykjavik Open will keep on going strong in 2018 and we will continue playing in the beautiful Harpa venue. In 2017 we had 266 players from 40 countries with 33 GM’s and among them Super GM’s like Anish Giri and down all the way to unrated amateurs. A true chess experience like no…
The closing ceremony was held yesterday after the tournament at the beautiful Harpa venue. Lets have a look at who won prizes in the tournament. Best performance according to rating ( rating performance minus rating ) Arnar Heiðarsson 357 Daníel Ernir Njarðarson 320 Sinan Eminov 304 Rating between 0 and 2000 Francesco Puglia 6…
The #1 seed managed in the end to live up to the expecation and win the 2017 GAMMA Reykjavik Open outright. It wasn’t easy with two rounds to go when Anish was half a point behind the leaders and had two blacks coming up. He however showed his class beyond doubt and managed to take…
Anish Giri pulled ahead of the pack with a massive win over Baadur Jobava with the black pieces today. A great win for Giri who won his 2nd game in a row with the black pieces after falling half a point behind the leaders after round 7. A brilliant bounce back by the top seed…
Standings before last round in the Category Prizes:
Seems like it will be hard for anybody to shake clear of the field at the 2017 GAMMA Reykjavik Open. Before the round we had five players tied but after it we still have six players! Nils Grandelius and Baadur Jobava played a somewhat uneventful game that featured the Petroff defence and the evaluation was…
Here are the standings after 8 rounds in the various category prizes:
These are the standings in the various category prizes after Round 7:
It seemed the top players sensed the urgency in the 7th round with a vast field of 14 players tied with 5 out of 5. After Giri drew against Kamsky on the top board we had decisive results on the next 7 boards! Nils Grandelius grinded down Andreikin in fantastic fashion. Nils was up a…
The leaderboard is considerably more tighter at the top than in recent years. After the 6th round we have a whooping 14 players leading with 5 points out of the 6 rounds. It is clear that to win the tournament, players need to start racking up wins! Anish Giri is among the leaders. He has…
