The Reykjavik Open will return to its normal setting in the Harpa music and conference center in 2022. The dates have been set from the 6th of April until the 12th of April. We will play 9 rounds in 7 days! The tournament will again be an open tournament after having “doubled” as the European…
DetailsRussian Grandmastesr Anton Demchenko today became the European Chess Champion, finishing the 11 rounds with 8,5 points. He secured the win with a draw against Bogdan-Daniel Deac in the last round. Meanwhile, one of his competitors, Vincent Keymer, caught up by winning against Daniele Vocaturo. Demchenko however had better tiebreaks having played near the top…
DetailsAnton Demchenko is in pole position, leading before the final round with 8 points out of the 10 rounds. Four players trail him with 7.5 points. Only these five can win the tournament. Demchenko had the white pieces vs Vincent Kemyer who played the trendy …exf6 line in the Caro-Kann. Keymer managed to attack in…
DetailsAnton Demchenko took advantage of a draw on the first board in the game between Keymer and Mamedov to take the outright lead with only two rounds remaining at the Reykjavik Open / European Chess Championship. Rauf Mamedov repeated his rare 7…h6!? in the King’s Indian against Keymer. Maybe this is the new “meta” to…
DetailsYoung German star Vincent Keymer has joined the leading pack after a fantastically resilient win against Czech top GM David Navara. In a way, Keymer had to win the game twice after missing a relatively straightforward win in time trouble. Keymer’s win was for sure the most exciting game of the round. After a great…
DetailsAnton Demchenko of Russia caught up to Rauf Mamedov with a nice win against Alexander Donchenko in the 7th round. Demchenko and Mamedov now lead the pack with 6 points out of 7. Rauf Mamedov was offered a short draw on the top board with the black pieces against Kacper Piorun, which he accepted. 7th…
DetailsAfter round three we were approached by a player who expressed that he had symptoms of Covid-19. He went through all the necessary tests and was declared by the doctors as a positive case. As consequence, everyone who was in contact with him was examined by the tracing team of the Icelandic Directorate of health…
DetailsRauf Mamedov seperated himself from the leaders in the 6th round when he managed a nice win against Frenchman Maxime Lagarde. The Azeri veteran employed a rare 7…h6 move in the mainline King’s Indian and his surprise seemed to pay off. He sacrificed a pawn shortly thereafter, despite changing queens, and was very quickly ahead…
DetailsThere was a shift in the lead in the 5th round as Rauf Mamedov from Azerbaijan managed to defeat the previous leader, Robert Hovhannisyan from Armenia. Joining him in the lead is Frenchman Maxime Lagarde who managed a good win with black versus Russian Mikhail Antipov and another Armenian comes to the rescue as Hovhannes…
DetailsRobert Hovhannisyan (2626) from Armenia was the only player on 3 out of 3 that managed to win his game in the 4th round. He, therefore, becomes the sole leader and the only player with a full house after four rounds. Robert managed to hold on to a rather early pawn grab and made the…
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