
The 28th Reykjavik Open 2013 is being held from February 19 to 27, 2012 in
Harpa, the spectacular 28,000 sqm. music hall on the harbour, just five minutes
walk to downtown Reykjavik, Iceland. The event is a ten-round Swiss with a rate
of play of 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the
game, with 30 seconds increment from move one. Total prizes are €15.000,
including many special prizes for various ages and rating categories, in addition
to the traditional top women prize.
Top standings after round seven
Impressions from Reykjavik
By Alina L'Ami

A round under progress in Reykjavik

The leaders with 4.0/4 points face each other in round five: Pavel Eljanov
vs Maxime
Vachier-Lagrave. Their Exchange Grünfeld ended after 37 moves in a draw

Round six: Ivan Cheparinov vs Pavel Eljanov, both on 4.5/5 points. Here's
what happened:
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.a4 e6 6.g3 dxc4 7.Bg2 c5 8.0-0 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Be7 10.a5 0-0 11.Nc2 Qc7 12.Be3 Bd7 13.Bb6 Qc8 14.Ne3 Bb5 15.Rc1 Nfd7 16.Na4 Bg5 17.f4 Nxb6 18.Nxb6 Qc5 19.Rf3 Bf6 20.Nxa8 Rd8 21.Qe1 Nc6 22.Nb6 Bd4 23.Kf2 e5 24.b4 Nxb4 25.fxe5 Nc6 26.Qd2? 26.Nbxc4 Bxc4 26...c3! 27.Qc2 Nxe5 28.Qf5 g6 29.Qf4 Re8 30.Nbd5 Qxd5 31.Kf1 Nxf3 0–1
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Cheparinov,I | 2709 | Eljanov,P | 2678 | 0–1 | 2013 | D15 | Reykjavik Open 2013 | 6.3 |
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In round five top seed Anish Giri beat Alexander Ipatov in a Caro-Kann in
44 moves
Chinese GM Yu Yangyi who after a great start is now at 5.5/7,
half a point behind the three leaders in the event

Spectators following the live games in Reykjavik

A young spectator has his only corner to watch the games
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