Chessbase piece by Alina L’Ami
If you haven’t already…do check out this illustrated tournament report by Alina L’Ami http://www.chessbase.com/Home/TabId/211/PostId/4009075/the-chinese-are-coming-the-chinese-are-coming-080313.aspx
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Alexander Ipatov happy with his 2nd visit
World Junior Champion Alexander Ipatov has written an article about his Reykjavik Open 2013. He also played in 2012 so he can make some comparisons. He was very happy with his time here and praises the organisation and gives credit to some of the people working really hard on the tournament, ICF President Gunnar Bjornsson…
DetailsPlayers perspective!
It’s always nice to read what players are thinking about so it’s a pleasure to point you to these two excellent articles on the experience of two different but closely related players. First we offer Gawain Jones’s article. Gawain has now played the Reykjavik Open three times and two seasons in the Icelandic league so…
DetailsLisa Orlova interviews IM Gretarsson
Lisa Orlova was one of many competitors in they 2013 Reykjavik Open. She has a chess channel on YouTube and did some interviews while she was in Reykjavik. Here is her interview with local IM Hjörvar Steinn Grétarsson who missed a chance at a GM norm in the last round.
Video clip: Gawain Jones
An interview with England’s 5th grandmaster Gawain Jones, who participated in the London Chess Classic in December and “learnt a lot”, then won the Hastings open and then finished his Reykjavik Open with the same score. [vsw id=”Y7UIpbsQxCA” source=”youtube” width=”560″ height=”315″ autoplay=”no”]
DetailsBaseem joins the leaders
With some games still to be finished the final result of the tournament is clear. Pavel Eljanov and Wesley so finish on top with 8 points after their mutual draw but Amin Baseem managed to catch up with his last round victory. Therefore we have the 3 winners from 3 continents. Eljanov has the best…
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Video clip: Bassem Amin
An interview with Egypt’s number one chess player Bassem Amin, who beat the strong Czech grandmaster David Navara in round 9 of the Reykjavik Open. Amin is a doctor and will spend his next year between hospitals and tournament halls! [vsw id=”TTzhYEYUQig” source=”youtube” width=”560″ height=”315″ autoplay=”no”]
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Video clip: Irina Krush
An interview with IM Irina Krush (USA), who has been to Reykjavik many times already. After this tournament she will travel to Astana, Kazakhstan to play the Women’s World Teams Championship. [vsw id=”EspIiJBZK34″ source=”youtube” width=”560″ height=”315″ autoplay=”no”]
DetailsWill Wesley say “SO?” tomorrow?
It’s clear that one of the winners of Reykjavik Open 2013 will be named Wesley So or Pavel Eljanov. If one of them wins, that same player is a clear winner. If they draw some people can catch up. So the question is, if Eljanov gives the early offer “I offer a draw” will Wesley reply…
DetailsPlaying football…..bad luck?
What do these results from the 8th round have in common? Alexander Ipatov – Ding Liren 0-1 Wei Yi – Vachier-Lagrave 1-0 Bartosz Socko – Hannes Stefansson 0-1 Hjörvar Grétarsson – Sopiko Guramishvili 0-1 Sebastien Mazé – Wang Jue 0-1 Cherednichenko – Aman Hambleton 1-0 Well, so what do the players in bold and losers…
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