Reykjavik Open 2010 - Round Eight

Abhijeet Gupta and Hannes Stefansson leading prior to the final game

The traditional Reykjavik Open chess tournament is currently ongoing on Iceland, with 104 players taking participation. The 2008 World Junior Champion Abhijeet Gupta of India defeated the Bosnian GM Ivan Sokolov in the penultimate round and moved ahead to the shared first place, together with the local GM Hannes Stefansson, joint winner of the 2008 Reykjavik tournament. Six players are tied on the third place with 6.0 points each.

The tournament concludes on Wednesday, top round 9 pairings are GM Stefansson Hannes - GM Gupta Abhijeet, GM Shulman Yuri - GM Dreev Alexey, GM Sokolov Ivan - IM Lenderman Alex, GM Kuzubov Yuriy - GM Kveinys Aloyzas, GM Baklan Vladimir - IM Grandelius Nils, IM Nyzhnyk Illya - GM Ehlvest Jaan, IM Cori Jorge - GM Nataf Igor-Alexandre and IM Harika Dronavalli - GM Miezis Normunds.

Round 8 results:
GM Gupta Abhijeet - GM Sokolov Ivan 1 - 0
GM Nataf Igor-Alexandre - GM Stefansson Hannes 0 - 1
GM Kveinys Aloyzas - IM Nyzhnyk Illya 1 - 0
GM Miezis Normunds - GM Baklan Vladimir ½ - ½
GM Dreev Alexey - GM Maze Sebastien 1 - 0
GM Danielsen Henrik - GM Kuzubov Yuriy 0 - 1
IM Krush Irina - GM Shulman Yuri 0 - 1
IM Lenderman Alex - GM Ivanov Mikhail M 1 - 0
GM Ehlvest Jaan - GM Thorhallsson Throstur 1 - 0
IM Harika Dronavalli - GM Hillarp Persson Tiger 1 - 0
IM Grandelius Nils - IM Boskovic Drasko 1 - 0
IM Thorfinnsson Bragi - GM Romanishin Oleg M ½ - ½
GM Galego Luis - WGM Karavade Eesha ½ - ½
IM Kjartansson Gudmundur - IM Cori Jorge 0 - 1
FM Grover Sahaj - GM Westerinen Heikki M J 0 - 1

Round 8 standings:
1-2. GM Stefansson Hannes ISL 2574 and GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2577 - 6.5
3-8. GM Sokolov Ivan BIH 2649, GM Kuzubov Yuriy UKR 2634, GM Dreev Alexey RUS 2650, GM Shulman Yuri USA 2624, GM Kveinys Aloyzas LTU 2536 and IM Lenderman Alex USA 2560 - 6.0
9-16. GM Baklan Vladimir UKR 2654, IM Harika Dronavalli IND 2471, IM Nyzhnyk Illya UKR 2495, GM Nataf Igor-Alexandre FRA 2534, IM Cori Jorge PER 2483, GM Ehlvest Jaan USA 2600, GM Miezis Normunds LAT 2533 and IM Grandelius Nils SWE 2515 - 5.5 etc

Round 3 report