Eljanov, Wesley So and Amin Bassem share the first place at Reykjavik

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The Reykjavik Open came to an end. Pavel Eljanov and Wesley So arrived to the last round as leaders and it took them just 3 moves to sign a draw. The players decided to go for a share of the first prize instead of risking losing it all. Out of the six players that were in position to catch up with them, Egyptian GM Amin Bassem was the one who joined them at the top.

Participants / Replay games

Ivan Cheparinov played against the youngest GM in the world, Wei Yi. The Bulgarian was a rook down, but had two pawns  and the initiative for it. At move 37, he went for a perpetual check to save the draw.

Anish Giri was an exchange down against Gawain Jones, and the Englishman even had the initiative, but the first seed was able to equalize and finish the tournament with a very respectable score of 7.5/10.

Polish GM Grzegorz Gajewski had a very good tournament before the last round, but was not able to hold Amin Bassem in today’s round. The Egyptian played with white and the players went into an interesting line arising from the Sicilian Defense. Amin Bassem won a pawn, but it did not seem enough to get the full point. Gajewski made some inaccuracies in the rook endgame and the Egyptian eventually won the game after 52 moves.

The winners of last year’s World Junior Championships for men and women faced each other at the last round of the Reykjavik Open. Turkish GM Alexander Ipatov defeated Women’s Junior World Champion WGM Guo Qi in 50 moves. The Chinese played a Queen’s Gambit Declined and Ipatov decided to give up the bishop pair in exchange of the initiative. The rooks endgame was slightly complicated and the Turkish star demonstrated that he is very well prepared in this part of the game.

With this result, Alexander Ipatov finished on 7/10, winning a few rating points. Guo Qi stayed on 6/10, but also got some extra rating points. She had two remarkable games in this tournament: drawing with GM Gawain Jones and defeating GM Yuriy Kuzubov.

Final Standings:

1	GM	Eljanov Pavel	UKR	2678	8.0
2	GM	So Wesley	PHI	2684	8.0
3	GM	Amin Bassem	EGY	2631	8.0
4	GM	Giri Anish	NED	2722	7.5
5	GM	Cheparinov Ivan	BUL	2709	7.5
6	IM	Wei Yi	CHN	2501	7.5
7	GM	Dziuba Marcin	POL	2602	7.5
8	GM	Ding Liren	CHN	2709	7.5
9	NM	Norowitz Yaacov	USA	2432	7.5
10	GM	Jones Gawain C B	ENG	2637	7.5
11	GM	Sokolov Ivan	NED	2644	7.5
12	GM	Yu Yangyi	CHN	2688	7.0
13	GM	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	FRA	2715	7.0
14	GM	Gajewski Grzegorz	POL	2644	7.0
15	GM	Ipatov Alexander	TUR	2569	7.0
16	GM	L’ami Erwin	NED	2622	7.0
17	GM	Yilmaz Mustafa	TUR	2531	7.0
18	GM	Shulman Yury	USA	2563	7.0
19	GM	Baklan Vladimir	UKR	2609	7.0
20	GM	Navara David	CZE	2710	7.0
21	GM	Xiu Deshun	CHN	2530	7.0
22	GM	Grandelius Nils	SWE	2566	6.5
23	IM	Li Wenliang	CHN	2411	6.5
24	GM	Stefansson Hannes	ISL	2496	6.5
25	IM	Andersen Mads	DEN	2462	6.5
26	IM	Guramishvili Sopiko	GEO	2414	6.5
27	GM	Halkias Stelios	GRE	2566	6.5
28	GM	Bu Xiangzhi	CHN	2675	6.5
29	GM	Kuzubov Yuriy	UKR	2622	6.5
30	GM	Oleksienko Mikhailo	UKR	2568	6.5
31	GM	Thorhallsson Throstur	ISL	2441	6.5
32	GM	Esen Baris	TUR	2565	6.5
33	GM	Williams Simon K	ENG	2498	6.5
34	GM	Kveinys Aloyzas	LTU	2533	6.5
35	GM	Solak Dragan	TUR	2603	6.5
36	IM	Lou Yiping	CHN	2468	6.5
37	IM	Schreiner Peter	AUT	2439	6.5
38	GM	Danielsen Henrik	ISL	2507	6.5
39	IM	Kjartansson Gudmundur	ISL	2430	6.5
40	FM	Hambleton Aman	CAN	2472	6.5
41	IM	Urkedal Frode	NOR	2473	6.5
42	WGM	Cherednichenko Svetlana	UKR	2307	6.5
43	IM	Bekker-Jensen Simon	DEN	2405	6.5
44		Tari Aryan	NOR	2263	6.5
45		Wahlbom Magnus	SWE	2279	6.5
46	GM	Socko Bartosz	POL	2643	6.0
47	IM	Gretarsson Hjorvar Steinn	ISL	2509	6.0
48	WGM	Tan Zhongyi	CHN	2466	6.0
49	WGM	Huang Qian	CHN	2478	6.0
50	IM	Bartholomew John	USA	2435	6.0
51	IM	Arngrimsson Dagur	ISL	2375	6.0
52	WGM	Guo Qi	CHN	2431	6.0
53	GM	Olafsson Fridrik	ISL	2416	6.0
54	IM	Ris Robert	NED	2407	6.0
55	GM	Kristjansson Stefan	ISL	2486	6.0
56	FM	Bjerke Richard	NOR	2131	6.0
57	FM	Gislason Gudmundur	ISL	2329	6.0
58	IM	Mikkelsen Nikolaj	DEN	2421	6.0
59	WGM	Saduakassova Dinara	KAZ	2312	6.0
60	GM	Maze Sebastien	FRA	2556	6.0
61	IM	Diermair Andreas	AUT	2407	6.0
62	IM	Zumsande Martin	GER	2419	6.0
63	WGM	L’ami Alina	ROU	2362	6.0
64	IM	Thorfinnsson Bjorn IM	ISL	2386	6.0
65		Omarsson Dadi	ISL	2212	6.0
66	FM	Cubas Pons Juan Miguel	ESP	2284	6.0
67	WGM	Mamedjarova Turkan	AZE	2280	6.0
	FM	Thompson Ian D	ENG	2260	6.0
69		Bergthorsson Jon Thor	ISL	2125	6.0
70		Thorgeirsson Jon Kristinn	ISL	1766	6.0
71	IM	Muir Andrew J	SCO	2313	5.5
72	WGM	Wang Jue	CHN	2375	5.5
73	FM	Jayakumar Adarsh	USA	2271	5.5
74	IM	Krush Irina	USA	2460	5.5
75		Wang Yiye	CHN	2226	5.5
76	IM	Hagen Andreas Skytte	DEN	2411	5.5
77	IM	Smith Axel	SWE	2485	5.5
78	IM	Kislik Erik Andrew	USA	2359	5.5
79	IM	Prosviriakov Vladimir	USA	2297	5.5
80		Beeke Bob	NED	2257	5.5
81	FM	Handler Lukas	AUT	2369	5.5
82	FM	Kvisvik Brede	NOR	2314	5.5
83		Palmqvist Fredrik	SWE	2050	5.5
84	FM	Bewersdorff Oliver	GER	2335	5.5
85		Drill Frank	GER	2124	5.5
86	FM	Ekeberg Carl Fredrik	NOR	2274	5.5
87	FM	Andreasen Per Naesby	DEN	2302	5.5
88	IM	Miedema David	NED	2364	5.5
89		Steindorsson Sigurdur P.	ISL	2235	5.5
90		Ornolfsson Magnus P.	ISL	2169	5.5
91		Pretterhofer Kiaras	AUT	1997	5.5
92		Sverrisson Nokkvi	ISL	1990	5.5
93		Maack Kjartan	ISL	2136	5.5
94		Karlsson Mikael Johann	ISL	1990	5.5
95		Thorhallsson Gylfi	ISL	2141	5.5
		Ofstad Sigurd	NOR	1985	5.5
97	WFM	Frisk Ellinor	SWE	2197	5.5
98		Doell Detlef	GER	2044	5.5
99		Halldorsson Bragi	ISL	2180	5.5
100		Bergsson Stefan	ISL	2180	5.5
101	IM	Bjarnason Saevar	ISL	2133	5.5
102		Ingvason Johann	ISL	2148	5.5
103	WGM	Mammadova Gulnar	AZE	2369	5.0
104	IM	Borsos Bogdan	UKR	2260	5.0
105		Ragnarsson Johann	ISL	2046	5.0
106	WGM	Kashlinskaya Alina	RUS	2350	5.0
107		Bird Andrew	AUS	2223	5.0
108		Ragnarsson Dagur	ISL	1961	5.0
109		Schou-Moldt Thomas	DEN	2236	5.0
110		Helin Mikael	SWE	1910	5.0
111		Karason Askell O	ISL	2235	5.0
112	WFM	Newrkla Katharina	AUT	2135	5.0
113	WFM	Thorsteinsdottir Gudlaug	ISL	2041	5.0
114	WIM	Van Weersel Arlette	NED	2211	5.0
115		Thorsteinsdottir Hallgerdur	ISL	1960	5.0
116		Fivelstad Jon Olav	NOR	1888	5.0
117		Johansen Stian	NOR	2090	5.0
118		Halldorsson Jon Arni	ISL	2222	5.0
119		Van Heirzeele Daniel	BEL	2125	5.0
120		Saemundsson Bjarni	ISL	1935	5.0
121		Knútsson Lárus	ISL	2072	5.0
122		Murray Michael A.	CAN	2017	5.0
123		Raddatz Michael	GER	2075	5.0
		Johannesson Oliver	ISL	1988	5.0
125		Frick Renato	LIE	2075	5.0
126		Michel Steve	NED	2008	5.0
127		Ohlsson Mikael	SWE	1811	5.0
128	WGM	Ptacnikova Lenka	ISL	2269	4.5
129		Rodriguez Fonseca Jorge	ESP	2009	4.5
130		Finnbogadottir Tinna Kristin	ISL	1871	4.5
131		Johannsson Orn Leo	ISL	1953	4.5
132	WCM	Roberts Lynda	WLS	1903	4.5
133		Isaksson Per	SWE	2016	4.5
134	FM	Valenti Giuseppe	ITA	2204	4.5
135		Marentini Marcel	SUI	2069	4.5
136		Mihajlov Sebastian	NOR	2059	4.5
137		Christiansen Johan-Sebastian	NOR	2071	4.5
138		Andreasen Jakup A.R.	FAI	1992	4.5
139		Hardarson Jon Trausti	ISL	1853	4.5
140		Karlsson Robin	SWE	1980	4.5
141		Birgisson Ingvar Orn	ISL	1953	4.5
142		Kuehnast Volker	GER	1936	4.5
143		Jonsson Olafur Gisli	ISL	1870	4.5
144	FM	Malmdin Nils-Ake	SWE	2281	4.5
145		Vigfusson Vigfus	ISL	1985	4.5
146		Newrkla Alexander	AUT	1969	4.5
147		Mihajlov Svetoslav	NOR	2071	4.5
148		Eliasson Kristjan Orn	ISL	1873	4.5
149		Hyotyla Tapio	SUI	1792	4.5
150		Jensen Soren	DEN	1909	4.5
151		Palsson Halldor	ISL	2078	4.5
152		Egilsson Fridrik Orn	ISL	0	4.5
153		Haraldsson Leif	SWE	2028	4.5
154		Johansen Arnt-Ole	NOR	1817	4.5
155		Merkesvik Sondre	NOR	1903	4.5
156		Johannsdottir Johanna Bjorg	ISL	1872	4.5
157		Bjornes Leif	NOR	1957	4.5
158		Evenson Kent	USA	0	4.5
159	WCM	Orlova Yelizaveta	CAN	1978	4.5
160		Leosson Atli Johann	ISL	1736	4.5
161		Traustason Ingi Tandri	ISL	1840	4.5
162		Kristinardottir Elsa Maria	ISL	1747	4.5
163		Mehringer Joerg	GER	1908	4.5
164		Leimeister Winfried	GER	1909	4.0
165		Schadd Jan	NED	0	4.0
166		Heerde Thomas	GER	2053	4.0
167		Kleinert Juergen	GER	1991	4.0
168		Hojgaard Brandur	FAI	1734	4.0
169		Masson Kjartan	ISL	1856	4.0
170		Seim Fredrik	NOR	1714	4.0
171		Jablon Stephen	USA	1896	4.0
172		Hisnay Gregory	USA	0	4.0
173		Ingason Sigurdur	ISL	1878	4.0
174		Storesund Henrik	NOR	1759	4.0
175		Bjeglerud Jarle	NOR	0	4.0
176		Jonsson Gauti Pall	ISL	1519	4.0
177		Vignisson Ingvar Egill	ISL	1542	4.0
178		Thorhallsson Simon	ISL	1451	4.0
179		Magnusdottir Veronika Steinun	ISL	1557	4.0
180	CM	Herbold Manfred	GER	2125	3.5
181		Klug Christian	GER	1894	3.5
182		de Winter Eric	NED	1823	3.5
183		Ghaderi Arman K	NOR	1827	3.5
184		Davidsdottir Nansy	ISL	1479	3.5
185		Heimisson Hilmir Freyr	ISL	1693	3.5
186		Kjartansson Dagur	ISL	1623	3.5
187		Gjertsen Petter	NOR	0	3.5
188		Hauksdottir Hrund	ISL	1671	3.5
		Petersson Baldur Teodor	SWE	1575	3.5
190		Stefansson Vignir Vatnar	ISL	1652	3.5
191		Pantzar Milton	SWE	1693	3.5
192		Meier Gerd	GER	1949	3.5
193		Arntsen Frode	NOR	1840	3.5
194		Sundsbo Sigve	NOR	0	3.5
195		Ragnarsson Heimir Pall	ISL	1354	3.5
196		Bauza Mercere Eduardo	ARG	1809	3.5
197		Einarsson Oskar Long	ISL	1613	3.5
198		Ontiveros John	ISL	1700	3.5
199		Birgisdottir Ingibjorg	ISL	1783	3.0
200		Kruglyak Mikhail	USA	0	3.0
201		Hilmarsson Andri Steinn	ISL	0	3.0
202		Billot Daniel	FRA	1731	3.0
203		Palsdottir Soley Lind	ISL	1393	3.0
204		Kolka Dawid	ISL	1646	3.0
205		Holm Fridgeir K	ISL	1733	3.0
206		Bakkes Frits	NED	1750	3.0
207		Steinthorsson Felix	ISL	1449	3.0
208		Petersen Jakob Alexander	ISL	1370	3.0
209		Hrafnsson Hilmir	ISL	1331	3.0
210		Sigurdarson Alec Elias	ISL	0	3.0
211		Leifsson Thorsteinn	ISL	1759	3.0
212		Gunnarsson Sigurdur Jon	ISL	2000	2.5
213		Jacobsen Trond	NOR	1610	2.5
214		Herda Christoph Dr.	GER	1915	2.5
215		Maggason Oskar	ISL	1903	2.5
216		Johannesson Petur	ISL	0	2.5
217		Bakkejord Odd Vidar	NOR	0	2.5
218		Smith Chris P	ENG	0	2.5
219		Ramtin Raman	IRI	1661	2.0
220		Bragason Gudmundur Agnar	ISL	0	2.0
221		Laitamaa Tore Johan Melker	NOR	0	2.0
222		Kolica Donika	ISL	1251	2.0
223		Davidsson Oskar Vikingur	ISL	0	2.0
224		Magnusson Thorsteinn	ISL	0	2.0
225		Bue Gunnar	NOR	1695	1.5
226		Kristbergsson Bjorgvin	ISL	1197	1.5
227		Bodvarsson Bodvar	ISL	0	1.5