GAMMA Reykjavik Open was formally wrapped up with a closing ceremony in the city hall. Master of ceremonies was Pawel Bartoszek from the city council and chaiman of culture sports and leisure for Reykjavik and he presented the prices to the players along with Valdimar Ármann the president of GAMMA, our main sponsor. A remarkable 8 players…
DetailsAfter a topsy turvy last round we have an amazing 8 way tie for first place at the Reykjavik Open. Constantin Lupulescu, Mircea-Emilian Parligras and Gawain Jones led with half a point before the round. Lupulescu and his compatriot Parligras quickly drew on the first board which opened the door for Jones. Erwin l’Ami however…
DetailsThe 2019 Reykjavik Open Pub Quiz was held on Friday, April 12th. The Quiz has become an essential part of the Open and always has a very nice turnout. Previous winners of the event include Magnus Carlsen who won with the team “MC Hammer” along with his childhood friend Jon Ludvig Hammer. The Quiz…
DetailsThe 8th and penultimate round provided plenty of exciting games and drama. Before the round, Constantin Lupulescu lead with a full point ahead of several players. Gawain Jones had a chance to catch up with Lupulescu when facing hiim in the 8th round but would have to do so with the black pieces. The Grunfeld…
DetailsConstantin Lupulescu went directly into the driver’s seat with his win against Alireza Firouzja in a very exciting and complicated game where the Romanian sacrificed a piece early on. Take a look at this game, potentially the most imporant of this tournament! very impressed with Lupu’s games this tournament. The wolf is back!#ReykjavikOpen https://t.co/FMXoV8RoIb —…
DetailsHeading into the 6th round, we had four players tied at the top of the table with 4.5 points out of 5. They played individually in the 5th round with Hovhannisyan playing white against Firouzja and Lupulescu with white against Movsesian Hovhannisyan and Firouzja settled on a draw relatively early after a Najdorf fizzled out…
DetailsThe battle at the top is shaping up to be an interesting one and looks like nobody wants to be left behind. The 5th round featured a heavy dose of decisive games and with such an even field, getting the wins will prove vital as the tournament crosses the halfway mark and every round matters.…
DetailsAt the start of the round the Armenians were sitting pretty at the top but Sergei Movsesian and Robert Hovhannysian had to play each other in the 4th round. They made a relatively short draw most likely because of their friendship but perhaps the fact that Man Utd were playing in the Champions League was…
DetailsThe number of people with a full house dramatically decreased in the 3rd round. Already there were some GM clashes in the 3rd round….clashes that took a lot more rounds to appear before the accelerated pairings were tried this year and last year. Two Armenians, Movsesian and Hovhannisyan lept into the lead with nice wins…
DetailsMost of the top seeds escaped the dreaded early Tuesday round relatively unharmed. The top two seeds had to concede draws however as Gawain Jones was held by Dinara Saduakassova and Nils Grandelius was held by Zhen Low. The young and super talented Alireza Firouzja therefore become the highest seed sitting on 2/2 at this early…
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