results, standings, and pairings
Reykjavik Open 2008 has a new sole leader. This is the top Chinese GM Wang Hao. He managed to take down GM Fabiano Caruana, and the draws on boards 1 and 3, GM Stefansson – GM Wang Yue and GM Kveinys – GM Mikhalevski, gave Wang Hao the lead with 6,0/7. Second place is shared by Stefansson and Wang Yue, both with 5,5/7, while the major part of the chasing pack is at 5,0/7 – a total of 7 players. Among them we find the strong GM Halkias (GRE), one of the top Norway GMs Kjetil Lie, Italy’s best GM Caruana.
The Chess Grand Prix series participant GM Al-Modiahki is also with 5,0/7 after a third consecutive win, this time against GM Malisauskas. Up to now GM Al-Modiahki has 5 wins, 2 losses, and no draws, and shows true fighting spirit.
Round 8 has true derby matches. On board one the leader Wang Hao will meet his countrymate Wang Yue. Board 2 will be a fight between Mikhalevski and Stefansson, while board 3 will be Kjetil Lie – Malakhatko. Fabiano Caruana will face Hillarp Persson in an attempt to get back into the game. Do not forget to follow the games live on the official site
Results Reykjavik Open 2008 round 7
GM Stefansson Hannes ½ – ½ GM Wang Yue
GM Wang Hao 1 – 0 GM Caruana Fabiano
GM Kveinys Aloyzas ½ – ½ GM Mikhalevski Victor
GM Halkias Stelios ½ – ½ GM Lie Kjetil A
GM Malakhatko Vadim 1 – 0 GM Galego Luis
GM Stefanova Antoaneta ½ – ½ GM Meier Georg
GM Al-Modiahki Mohamad 1 – 0 GM Malisauskas Vidmantas
IM Gaponenko Inna ½ – ½ GM Dizdar Goran
GM Adly Ahmed 0 – 1 IM Thorfinnsson Bragi
IM Vavrak Peter 0 – 1 GM Hillarp Persson Tiger
GM Carlsson Pontus 1 – 0 FM Robson Ray
IM Lie Espen ½ – ½ GM Nataf Igor-Alexandre
IM Popovic Milos T ½ – ½ GM Jankovic Alojzije
IM Bojkov Dejan ½ – ½ IM Gunnarsson Jon Viktor
IM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan 1 – 0 GM Moradiabadi Elshan
GM Danielsen Henrik ½ – ½ FM Nyzhnyk Illya
IM Kristjansson Stefan ½ – ½ FM Bjornsson Sigurbjorn
IM Hermansson Emil 0 – 1 IM Paehtz Elisabeth
FM Thorfinnsson Bjorn 1 – 0 IM Simutowe Amon
IM Tania Sachdev 1 – 0 FM Grandelius Nils
GM Miezis Normunds 1 – 0 FM Bergsson Snorri
IM Hammer Jon Ludvig ½ – ½ FM Thomassen Joachim
IM Perunovic Miodrag ½ – ½ FM Narayanan Srinath
IM Jackova Jana 1 – 0 Misiuga Andrzej
Gretarsson Hjorvar Steinn ½ – ½ GM Westerinen Heikki M J
FM Grover Sahaj 1 – 0 FM Arngrimsson Dagur
FM Lagerman Robert 1 – 0 Kristjansson Atli Freyr
IM Bjarnason Saevar 1 – 0 IM Zozulia Anna
Halldorsson Jon Arni 0 – 1 FM Johannesson Ingvar Thor
IM Vasilevich Tatjana 0 – 1 Ragnarsson Johann
FM Kjartansson Gudmundur ½ – ½ WIM Hagesaether Ellen
WFM Limontaite Simona ½ – ½ Edvardsson Kristjan
Thorgeirsson Sverrir 1 – 0 Thorsteinsson Arnar
WIM Nemcova Katerina 1 – 0 Bjornsson Bjorn Freyr
FM Kjartansson David 1 – 0 Ingvason Johann
Genzling Alain 1 – 0 Bjornsson Sverrir Orn
Standings
GM Wang Hao CHN 2665 6,0
GM Stefansson Hannes ISL 2564 5,5
GM Wang Yue CHN 2698 5,5
GM Caruana Fabiano ITA 2598 5,0
GM Kveinys Aloyzas LTU 2521 5,0
GM Halkias Stelios GRE 2580 5,0
GM Mikhalevski Victor ISR 2632 5,0
GM Hillarp Persson Tiger SWE 2535 5,0
GM Lie Kjetil A NOR 2556 5,0
GM Malakhatko Vadim BEL 2600 5,0
IM Thorfinnsson Bragi ISL 2406 5,0
GM Al-Modiahki Mohamad QAT 2569 5,0
IM Gaponenko Inna UKR 2422 4,5
GM Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 2464 4,5
GM Meier Georg GER 2570 4,5
GM Carlsson Pontus SWE 2501 4,5
IM Paehtz Elisabeth GER 2420 4,5
IM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan SCO 2457 4,5
GM Dizdar Goran CRO 2564 4,5
FM Thorfinnsson Bjorn ISL 2364 4,5
IM Tania Sachdev IND 2417 4,5
IM Vavrak Peter SVK 2472 4,0
GM Adly Ahmed EGY 2551 4,0
IM Lie Espen NOR 2428 4,0
FM Robson Ray USA 2389 4,0
GM Galego Luis POR 2529 4,0
FM Bjornsson Sigurbjorn ISL 2286 4,0
GM Malisauskas Vidmantas LTU 2489 4,0
IM Kristjansson Stefan ISL 2476 4,0
IM Gunnarsson Jon Viktor ISL 2429 4,0
Pairings round 8
GM Wang Yue – GM Wang Hao
GM Mikhalevski Victor – GM Stefansson Hannes
GM Lie Kjetil A – GM Malakhatko Vadim
GM Caruana Fabiano – GM Hillarp Persson Tiger
IM Thorfinnsson Bragi – GM Halkias Stelios
GM Al-Modiahki Mohamad – GM Kveinys Aloyzas
GM Meier Georg – IM Tania Sachdev
GM Dizdar Goran – IM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan
IM Gaponenko Inna – GM Carlsson Pontus
IM Paehtz Elisabeth – GM Stefanova Antoaneta
GM Miezis Normunds – FM Thorfinnsson Bjorn
GM Nataf Igor-Alexandre – IM Popovic Milos T
IM Gunnarsson Jon Viktor – GM Adly Ahmed
GM Jankovic Alojzije – IM Jackova Jana
GM Galego Luis – FM Lagerman Robert
IM Lie Espen – IM Bojkov Dejan
FM Bjornsson Sigurbjorn – GM Danielsen Henrik
GM Malisauskas Vidmantas – FM Grover Sahaj
FM Nyzhnyk Illya – IM Kristjansson Stefan
FM Robson Ray – IM Vavrak Peter
IM Simutowe Amon – IM Bjarnason Saevar
GM Moradiabadi Elshan – FM Johannesson Ingvar Thor
FM Thomassen Joachim – IM Hermansson Emil
FM Narayanan Srinath – IM Hammer Jon Ludvig
IM Perunovic Miodrag – Gretarsson Hjorvar Steinn
FM Grandelius Nils – Thorgeirsson Sverrir
GM Westerinen Heikki M J – Ragnarsson Johann
FM Arngrimsson Dagur – Thorsteinsson Erlingur
Edvardsson Kristjan – IM Zozulia Anna
WIM Hagesaether Ellen – WIM Nemcova Katerina
FM Bergsson Snorri – Halldorsson Jon Arni
FM Kjartansson Gudmundur – WFM Limontaite Simona
Misiuga Andrzej – FM Kjartansson David
Kristjansson Atli Freyr – Genzling Alain
Sigurjonsson Stefan Th – IM Vasilevich Tatjana
Finnlaugsson Gunnar – FM Rebers Eugene
Thorsteinsson Arnar – WFM Steil-Antoni Fiona
