Reykjavik Open 2023 – round 1 report

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The International Reykjavik Open Chess Tournament, sponsored by Kvika and Brim, has begun at Harpa conference center at the heart of Reykjavik, Iceland. The event started with a record breaking participation as 400+ players entered the legendary playing hall.

Before beginning proceeding, GM-elect Vignir Vatnar Stefánsson was celebrated as the newest Grandmaster of Iceland by Friðrik Ólafsson, and in the aftermath, Dagur B. Eggertsson played the first move of the tournament for the opponent of Vasyl Ivanchuk (2664), the highest-ranked player of the competition, at the top board.

Vasyl Ivanchuk won in nice style in the first round and you can replay all games here

The results of the first round were mostly in line with expectations, but there were some unexpected outcomes. The European U12 champion from Poland, Patryk Cieslak (2207), defeated one of the highest-rated players of the tournament, the Brazilian Alexander Fier (2606). Norwegian FIDE master Andre Nielsen (2201), twenty years old, beat Viking Grzegorz Gajewski (2587), which was also considered an unexpected result.

The competition is moving quickly, with the second round being held on Thursday, with two rounds taking place. The first round begins at 9:00, and the second round starts at 16:00. Follow the live games here

Reykjavik open 2023 results round 1

1	FM	Erdene Baasansuren	2232	0 – 1	GM	Vasyl Ivanchuk	2664
2	GM	Nils Grandelius	2658	1 – 0	IM	Peter G Large	2227
3	FM	Bruno Dieu	2219	0 – 1	GM	Aryan Tari	2649
4	GM	Mustafa Yilmaz	2629	1 – 0	FM	Todd Andrews	2217
5	FM	Eugene Rebers	2213	0 – 1	GM	Abhijeet Gupta	2620
6	GM	Tamas Banusz	2616	1 – 0		M Paul Townsend	2209
7	FM	Patryk Cieslak	2207	1 – 0	GM	Alexandr Fier	2606
8	GM	Emre Can	2600	1 – 0	WFM	Katharina Ricken	2205
9		John Cornelisse	2203	0 – 1	GM	Viktor Erdos	2587
10	GM	Grzegorz Gajewski	2587	0 – 1	FM	Andre Nielsen	2201
11	CM	Lukas Melzner	2199	0 – 1	GM	Maxime Lagarde	2581
12	GM	Leon Livaic	2569	1 – 0	WIM	Isha Sharma	2197
13		Timo Leonard	2196	0 – 1	GM	Matthieu Cornette	2563
14	GM	Marcin Dziuba	2554	1 – 0	FM	Stephan Bruchmann	2185
15	FM	Andrew L Mack	2183	0 – 1	GM	V Pranav	2545
16	GM	Gabor Papp	2544	1 – 0	FM	Ashvin Sivakumar	2181
17		Patrick Terhuven	2180	0 – 1	GM	Brandon Jacobson	2543
18	GM	Sebastien Maze	2542	1 – 0	IM	Nisha Mohota	2177
19	FM	Miguel Ruiz Buendia	2172	0 – 1	GM	Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson	2538
20	GM	N R Visakh	2538	1 – 0		Birkir Isak Johannsson	2171
21	WIM	Srishti Pandey	2156	0 – 1	GM	Danyyil Dvirnyy	2531
22	GM	Kjetil A. Lie	2515	½ – ½		Vitaliy Garbuz	2155
23		Magnus P. Ornolfsson	2153	0 – 1	GM	Leon Mons	2514
24	IM	N R Vignesh	2513	1 – 0		Raphael Kracht	2145
25		Matias Shundi	2145	0 – 1	GM	Hannes Stefansson	2510
26	GM	Fabien Libiszewski	2499	1 – 0		Martin Wecker	2144
27	IM	Raymond Kaufman	2143	½ – ½	GM	Johann Hjartarson	2478
28	IM	P Shyaamnikhil	2477	½ – ½	CM	Bardur Orn Birkisson	2142
29		Stephan Briem	2142	0 – 1	GM	Adrien Demuth	2475
30	IM	Evgenios Ioannidis	2473	1 – 0		Nils Heldenbergh	2141
31		Alexander Oliver Mai	2141	0 – 1	IM	Kassa Korley	2468
32	GM	Michael Richter	2466	1 – 0		Andre Kunz	2140
33	IM	Vignir Vatnar Stefansson	2461	1 – 0		Wessel Van Kessel	2137
34		Dion Krivenko	2136	0 – 1	GM	Magesh Chandran Panchanathan	2460
35	GM	Lev Yankelevich	2459	½ – ½	CM	Neeraj Harish	2127
36		Benedikt Briem	2127	½ – ½	IM	Jonah B Willow	2459
37	GM	Rainer Knaak	2455	1 – 0		Johann Ingvason	2122
38	FM	Tim Jaksland	2117	0 – 1	IM	Quentin Loiseau	2449
39	FM	Petros Trimitzios	2358	1 – 0	WFM	Anna Cramling Bellon	2066
40	IM	Fy Antenaina Rakotomaharo	2448	1 – 0	WFM	Anastasiia Hnatyshyn	2114
41	IM	Dietmar Kolbus	2273	1 – 0	WFM	Alexandra Botez	1988
42		Niels Skou	2114	0 – 1	IM	Dimitar Mardov	2445
43		Lucia Striskova	2002	0 – 1	WGM	Dina Belenkaya	2300
44		Yannick Kather	2137	0 – 1	GM	Simon K Williams	2461
45	IM	Bala Chandra Prasad Dhulipalla	2441	1 – 0		Bjorn Holm Birkisson	2110
46		Sebastian Hoffmann	2108	0 – 1	IM	Matthew J Wadsworth	2439
47	IM	Alan-Safar Ramoutar	2425	½ – ½		Matthieu Loncke	2108
48		Jukka Johansson	2106	½ – ½	FM	Shubh Jayesh Laddha	2422
49	GM	Gudmundur Kjartansson	2402	1 – 0		Ives Girardin	2104
50	CM	Nikash Vemparala	2100	0 – 1	GM	Throstur Thorhallsson	2392
51	FM	Dimitrios Ladopoulos	2391	1 – 0		Hugh W Murphy	2100
52		Indy Southcott-Moyers	2094	0 – 1	IM	Irine Kharisma Sukandar	2389
53	IM	Gellert Karacsonyi	2385	1 – 0		Alexander Doraszelski	2093
54		Tobias Becker	2085	0 – 1	IM	S Ajay Krishna	2382
55		Dmitriy Kushko	2379	1 – 0	IM	Askell O Karason	2084
56	CM	Sohum Lohia	2081	1 – 0	FM	Aron Pasti	2378
57	IM	Mohapatra Sidhant	2376	1 – 0		Alexander Deatrick	2081
58		Arnar Milutin Heidarsson	2075	0 – 1	IM	Ludvig Carlsson	2375
59	FM	Jakub Kusa	2373	0 – 1		Craig Jones	2075
60		Petur Palmi Hardarson	2069	½ – ½	IM	Bjorn Thorfinnsson	2369
61	IM	Thomas Willemze	2364	1 – 0		Bragi Halldorsson	2067
62		Yash Jayesh Laddha	2067	1 – 0	IM	John C Pigott	2361
63		Charan Sai Kalluri Hari	2066	0 – 1	IM	Eric Rosen	2357
64	FM	Tom O`Gorman	2357	0 – 1		Arun Manukonda	2061
65	FM	Gregory Markzon	2059	0 – 1	IM	Malte Colpe	2356
66	FM	Vitali Braun	2356	½ – ½	CM	Dinmukhammed Tulendinov	2048
67	WFM	Ellen Kakulidis	2046	1 – 0	FM	Eduard Miller	2354
68	IM	Hilmir Freyr Heimisson	2351	1 – 0		Jonathan Pagan	2042
69	WGM	Lenka Ptacnikova	2040	½ – ½	IM	Julien Song	2348
70	FM	Vedant Panesar	2348	1 – 0		Filip Bjorkman	2040
71		Andre Kienitz	2039	0 – 1	IM	Kyron Griffith	2342
72	IM	David Fitzsimons	2338	0 – 1		Lepu Coco Zhou	2034
73		Max Peter Bartelt	2031	0 – 1	IM	Justin Sarkar	2338
74	FM	Guillaume Camus De Solliers	2325	1 – 0		Per Fredrik Holand	2026
75		Gudni Petursson	2020	0 – 1	IM	Elliot Papadiamandis	2323
76	FM	Adrian Soderstrom	2322	1 – 0		Nicolas Maleki	2018
77		Bernd Schaefer	2018	0 – 1	WIM	Zsoka Gaal	2320
78	FM	Aleksandr Domalchuk-Jonasson	2318	0 – 1		Jules Brunier	2015
79		Dimitrios Gkogkas	2015	0 – 1	FM	Tamas Gunes Ongut	2317
80	WGM	Atousa Pourkashiyan	2313	1 – 0		Ming Yao Gavin Koh	2012
81		Kees Verweij	2010	0 – 1	WGM	Evgeniya Doluhanova	2311
82	FM	Sigurbjorn Bjornsson	2310	1 – 0		Aasef Alashtar	2007
83		Adrian Mensing	2005	0 – 1	FM	Hamish Olson	2309
84	FM	Rajaa Karthik	2302	1 – 0		David Mehlhorn	2004
85	WGM	Sarah Papp	2288	1 – 0		Alexis Langlois-Remillard	2001
86		Christian Kalla	1994	0 – 1	FM	Louis Salles	2287
87	FM	Mikkel Manosri Jacobsen	2283	1 – 0	FM	David George Samir	1993
88	WFM	Katrin Daemering	1991	0 – 1	FM	Stephen Dishman	2274
89		Andreas Skrede Hausken	1987	0 – 1	FM	Olivier Heurtebize	2269
90	WIM	Anastasiya Rakhmangulova	2266	1 – 0		Jose Raul Alfaro Guillen	1983
91		Tony Kukavica	1981	0 – 1	CM	Tobias Lang Nilsen	2265
92	FM	Varshini M Sahithi	2262	1 – 0	WFM	Hallgerdur Thorsteinsdottir	1978
93		Johanna Bjorg Johannsdottir	1974	½ – ½	FM	Benjamin Dauth	2261
94	FM	Fredrik Lindh	2259	1 – 0		Jared William Moeller	1974
95		Elmar Fuchs	1973	½ – ½	FM	Carl Cederstam	2255
96		Jeremy Hommer	2251	1 – 0		Szymon Pozimski	1972
97		Sebastian Schrodt	1972	0 – 1		Sondre Melaa	2243
98		Sigurdur Pall Gudnyjarson	1664	0 – 1		Dmitriy Grigoriev	1969
99		Martin Knudsen	1969	½ – ½		Jay Carr	1663
100		Unnar Ingvarsson	1661	0 – 1		Bart Jan Andriessen	1966
101	AGM	Ruizhi Carwyn Yeo	1963	1 – 0		Christer Andersson	1659
102		Harry Bryant	1652	½ – ½		Gunnar Erik Gudmundsson	1961
103		Christian Koschetzki	1960	1 – 0		Simon Morris	1648
104		Andrew Yu Qiu	1646	0 – 1		Philipp Biedenkopf	1959
105	AIM	Chris B Rice	1952	½ – ½		Tomer Arian	1644
106		Brian Stuart	1642	0 – 1		Uwe Arndt	1940
107		David Kolka	1940	1 – 0		Leander Eriksen	1637
108		Helgi Hauksson	1637	0 – 1		Ogmundur Kristinsson	1937
109		Johann Ragnarsson	1929	1 – 0		Idunn Helgadottir	1636
110		Miranda Vander Zwalmen	1625	½ – ½		Jesper Billeskov Jansen	1928
111		Wolfgang Hartmann Dr.	1925	1 – 0		Sebastian Lien	1618
112		Carlos Lopez Garcia	1616	0 – 1		Steve Kee	1919
113		Kay Schaefer	1919	½ – ½		George Adams	1604
114		Navid Bajoghli	1598	0 – 1		Chris Doran	1918
115		Stefan Geyler Dr.	1915	½ – ½		Eirik Texe	1592
116		Mikael Bjarki Heidarsson	1591	½ – ½		Jinghan Cameron Goh	1899
117		Avyukt Dasgupta	1896	½ – ½		Lior Yedid	1586
118		Grimur Danielsson	1570	½ – ½		Matthew Dishman	1896
119		Einar Gregersen	1894	1 – 0		Karl Saliba	1570
120		Vipin Zamvar	1569	0 – 1		Adam Omarsson	1890
121		Jonas Rempe	1887	½ – ½		Sture Westerlind	1568
122		Sanjoy K Banerjee	1566	0 – 1		Teemu Miettinen	1884
123		Haraldur Haraldsson	1882	1 – 0		Gerhard Grubauer	1564
124		Avaan Chamadia	1563	0 – 1		Ingvar Wu Skarphedinsson	1882
125		Timofei Krassel	1880	1 – 0		Kaushalya Kularatnam	1563
126		Eva Shadrina	1563	1 – 0		Annelies Cuvelier	1875
127		Johann Arnar Finnsson	1874	1 – 0		Sigurdur Freyr Jonatansson	1551
128		Fynn von Kistowski	1548	0 – 1		Stefan Arnalds	1873
129	FM	Lester Van Meter	1872	1 – 0		Odd Christoffersen	1510
130		Gudrun Fanney Briem	1503	0 – 1		Sigurjon Haraldsson	1864
131		Robert J Harnett	1861	0 – 1		Birkir Hallmundarson	1499
132		Oron Han	1496	½ – ½		Maximilian Kreutner	1860
133		Henry Adams	1859	1 – 0		Benjamin Lien	1495
134		Thorsteinn Magnusson	1485	½ – ½		Mildo Van Staden	1856
135		Juergen Kleinert	1855	1 – 0		Kristjan Ingi Smarason	1469
136		Ariv DebMisra	1457	0 – 1		Wilfred Wheatley	1854
137		Michael Carey	1852	1 – 0		Stefan Heller	1451
138	AFM	Sridhar Seshadri	1445	0 – 1		Paul Fouassier	1848
139		Akiva Notkin	1846	0 – 1		Engilbert Vidar Eythorsson	1442
140		Jon Ulfur Hafthorsson	1434	0 – 1		Thorsteinn Jakob F Thorsteinsson	1844
141		Roger Paul Dorweiler	1843	1 – 0		Niyathi Girish	1425
142		Christopher Surace	1413	½ – ½		Arthur Krumm	1843
143		Lars Tormod Haugen	1837	0 – 1		Paul Haberecht	1412
144		Ivar Endeberg	1302	0 – 1		Dagur Kjartansson	1835
145		Zain Patel	1833	1 – 0		Solvi Gudmundsson	1283
146		Sighvatur Karlsson	1270	0 – 1		Friedrich Oberschilp	1827
147		Bjarni Saemundsson	1826	1 – 0		Victor Samuel	1269
148		Kari Steinn Vidarsson	1267	1 – 0		Olafur Gisli Jonsson	1817
149	WIM	Lisseth Acevedo Mendez	1816	1 – 0		Orvar Holm Brynjarsson	1262
150		Viktor Mattias Laroy Hedman	1257	0 – 1		Kristjan Halldorsson	1809
151		Kristinn J Sigurthorsson	1808	1 – 0		Andreas Hagen	1244
152		Rao Lokeswara M	1218	0 – 1		Smari Sigurdsson	1807
153		Boris Fresow	1804	1 – 0		Daniel Garatun Rusten	1169
154		Tristan Fannar Jonsson	1164	0 – 1		Andy Hill	1802
155		Kameron Grose	1800	1 – 0		Lennik Rempe	1154
156		Olafur Orn Olafsson	1130	0 – 1		Erwin De Kleijn	1798
157		Sigurdur Eiriksson	1798	1 – 0		Emilia Embla B. Berglindardottir	1112
158		Katrin Maria Jonsdottir	1071	0 – 1		Raffaele Scoccianti	1796
159	AFM	Andreas Hipler Dr.	1780	1 – 0		Annika Abmayr	1054
160		Adalsteinn Egill Asgeirsson	1052	0 – 1		Alexander Boschmann	1779
161		Gerd Densing	1777	1 – 0		Anton Bjorn Baldursson	0
162		Robert Lance Banta	0	0 – 1		Robert Fischer	1775
163		Niklas Frost	1774	1 – 0		Pierre Bokobza	0
164		Nokkvi Holm Brynjarsson	0	0 – 1		Roman Attinger	1768
165		Malcolm H Cooper	1763	0 – 1		Eugenio Buzzoni	0
166		Aria Bjork Danielsdottir	0	0 – 1		Hafsteinn Agustsson	1762
167		Sigurdur Ingason	1756	1 – 0		Ryan Dee	0
168		Njord Eggen	0	0 – 1		Magnus Kristinsson	1756
169		Ronald Beuger	1754	1 – 0		Eirikur Gardar Einarsson	0
170		Marcus Gosling	0	½ – ½		Stefans Kasims	1753
171		Richard Hasala	1750	1 – 0		Eyrun Eva Gunnarsdottir	0
172		Hafthor Haarde Vignisson	0	0 – 1		Dustin Tennessee Opasiak	1748
173		Jon Eggert Hallsson	1747	0 – 1		Sean Horan	0
174		Allan Edward Jones	0	0 – 1		Robert Kane	1745
175		Benjamin Spagnoli	1744	1 – 0		Aidan C Kolar	0
176		Brendan Kolar	0	0 – 1		Kristjan Orn Eliasson	1737
177		Antonio Tacconi	1736	1 – 0		Lionel Lansiart	0
178		Daniel Lueck	0	0 – 1		Martin Scotti	1734
179		George Horan	1729	½ – ½		Devin R Mccleary	0
180		Oliver Montague	0	0 – 1		Peter Yong Qiu	1729
181		Benedikt Thorisson	1725	½ – ½		Jonas Mueller	0
182		Alec Christopher Newport	0	0 – 1		James I Chilton	1722
183	AIM	Jimmy Tan	1715	1 – 0		Brunth Sundar Nitish	0
184		Roberto Eduardo Osorio Ferrer	0	½ – ½		Kristjan Geirsson	1700
185		Josef Omarsson	1693	1 – 0		Alexander Potter	0
186		Xie Qiu	0	1 – 0		Eric de Winter	1687
187		Morten Hansen Hald	1687	½ – ½		Ishaan Rajendran	0
188		Milan Rajendran	0	0 – 1	AFM	Kevin Winter	1680
189		Even Hetland	1680	1 – 0		Manuel Schubert	0
190		Alan Stolyarov	0	½ – ½		Snorri Vikanes Bjarnason	1676
191		Sondre-Andreas Pedersen	1674	1 – 0		Geofrey Tourbez	0
192		Stefan Wallasch	0	½ – ½		Henry Brade	1668
193		Sissel Kaergaard	1665	0 – 1		Max Walo	0
194		Stefan Bergsson	2192	½ – ½	IM	Stephen R Mannion	2190

The competition is being followed online, with the American Twitch star Alexandra Botez broadcasting her game live with 20,000 viewers at one point. The Swedish Anna Cramling was also well followed, with 11,000 people watching her game. The participation is as high as in previous years, with over 400 competitors, smashing the previous record which was just over 270.

Overall, it was a good start to the tournament, and there were some surprising results, which adds to the excitement of the competition.