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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.

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