L'Ami's rampage continues

by Alejandro Ramirez
3/17/2015 – He seems unstoppable! Even with a bad position today against Julio Granda, Erwin l'Ami was able to overcome the difficulties and emerge victorious. This win puts him a full point ahead of a large pack of players with 6.5/8. With only two rounds to go, things are looking good for l'Ami. In round 9 he plays Hrant Melkumyan, who still hopes to take the title. Update.

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The Reykjavik Open 2015 will be held for the 30th time from March 10th to March 18th 2015 in Harpa, the 28.000 sqm. concert hall. The 2015 tournament is expected to be very strong and will double as celebration of the 80th birthday of legendary Icelandic Grandmaster and former FIDE president, Fridrik Olafsson.

The 2014 Edition was voted the 2nd best open tournament in the world by ACP. Only Gibraltar was higher on the list.

The City of Reykjavík has sponsored the tournament since its inception in 1964, when Mikhail Tal won it with a record 12½ points out of 13. The tournament was initially held every two years, but has since 2008 taken place every year. It was closed i.n its early years, but has been an open event since the 1980s. Throughout its history the Reykjavik Open has featured many of the strongest chess players in the world at the time, including Mikhail Tal, Nona Gaprindashvili, David Bronstein, Vasili Smyslov, Bent Larsen, Friðrik Ólafsson, Mark Taimanov, Lev Polugaevsky, Jan Timman, Victor Korchnoi, Samuel Reshevsky, Anthony Miles, Nigel Short, Hikaru Nakamura, Judit Polgar, Magnus Carlsen, Alexander Grischuk, Fabiano Caruana and Hou Yifan.

Round Eight

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg
1 Granda Zuniga Julio E 2646 6 0 - 1 6½ L'ami Erwin 2605
2 Eljanov Pavel 2727 6 ½ - ½ 6 Naroditsky Daniel 2633
3 Hansen Eric 2566 6 ½ - ½ 5½ Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2756
4 Navara David 2736 5½ 0 - 1 5½ Fier Alexandr 2601
5 Melkumyan Hrant 2676 5½ 1 - 0 5½ Maze Sebastien 2564
6 Stopa Jacek 2544 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ Movsesian Sergei 2665
7 Hammer Jon Ludvig 2651 5½ 1 - 0 5½ Danielsen Henrik 2514
8 Jones Gawain C B 2642 5½ 1 - 0 5½ Idani Pouya 2496
9 Pakleza Zbigniew 2498 5½ ½ - ½ 5½ Gupta Abhijeet 2625
10 Grandelius Nils 2603 5 1 - 0 5 Galego Luis 2461
11 Abdumalik Zhansaya 2379 5 1 - 0 5 Steingrimsson Hedinn *) 2530
12 Preotu Razvan 2447 5 ½ - ½ 5 Cornette Matthieu 2585
13 Jussupow Artur 2573 5 1 - 0 5 Gunnarsson Jon Viktor 2443
14 Stefansson Hannes 2560 5 ½ - ½ 5 Esserman Marc 2426
15 Arngrimsson Dagur 2366 5 ½ - ½ 5 Gretarsson Hjorvar Steinn 2554
16 Le Roux Jean-Pierre 2548 5 0 - 1 5 Norowitz Yaacov 2422
17 Gao Rui 2533 5 ½ - ½ 5 L'ami Alina 2393
18 Rasmussen Allan Stig 2532 5 ½ - ½ 5 Khademalsharieh Sarasadat 2357
19 Grover Sahaj 2519 5 1 - 0 5 Hauge Lars Oskar 2380
20 Libiszewski Fabien 2514 5 1 - 0 5 Nguyen Thai Dai Van 2338

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What a victory for Erwin l'Ami, and one that came with sweat and suffering. Julio Granda, the Peruvian magician, was conjuring up a positional victory slowly but surely, outplaying his Dutch rival and reaching a pleasant endgame. But Granda faltered and l'Ami took advantage of it in an excellent way. He won a piece, and with this extra piece he ground down Granda in an endgame that was far from trivial.

 
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Things are looking ominous for Erwin L'Ami. He has loads of weaknesses. His c6 pawn is weak, white bishop on g2 is strongly placed and so are his rooks. All in all a long drawn defensive task lies ahead of him. Add to it the fact that his opponent is the experienced Peruvian Granda Zuniga, it might be mentally very difficult to fight in this position. But, fight, is what L'Ami did. 29...Bf7 30.Nb4! The knight jumps to b4 making use of the a-file pin to attack the c6 pawn which cannot be defended. 30.Bxc6 Could have been safer. Bxc4 31.d5 Bxd5 32.Rd3 Bxc6 33.Rxd8 But we might end with a similar position as in the game. 30...axb4!? A very interesting practical decision. 31.Rxa7 Rxd4 32.Bxc6 32.Bf1! It would have been much more tenacious to defend the c4-pawn. Bxc4? 33.Bxc4+ Rxc4 34.Rb7 c5 35.Re8 Re4 36.Rc8+- In order to save the knight, the queenside pawns will be lost and White should have excellent chances to win the endgame. 32...Rxc4 33.Ree7 Rc1+ 34.Kg2 Bc4 Very well calculated. There are no dangers to the Black king. And the Black pieces have suddenly assumed activity. Now this is especially difficult to deal with for the White player because almost for the entire game, Black had been sitting passively. This shift in the game is what Granda Zuniga was unable to deal with. 35.Ba4 35.Kh3 was a better try but it is no longer easy to find a clear path for White. 35...b3 36.Rab7 Granda Zuniga has to give back the exchange. Bd5+ 37.Kh3 37.f3 was maybe a tad safer but he might have been afraid of Rc2+ 38.Kh3! White is already winning because Bxb3+ will claim the rook. Bxf3 39.Bxb3++- 37...g5!? Taking his practical chances. Look how nicely the bishop along with the knight who is going to come to g6 combine with each other to launch a mating attack. 38.fxg5 38.Bxb3? g4+ 39.Kh4 Ng6+ 40.Kh5 Nxe7-+ is a tactic similar to the game. 38...fxg5 39.Bxb3? A very bad tactical oversight by Granda Zuniga who most probably was in time trouble. It would have been better to play 39.Rg7+ Kh8 40.Bxb3 g4+ 40...Bxb3 41.Rxg5= 41.Kh4 Bxb3 41...Ng6+? 42.Rxg6 Bxb3 42...Bxb7 43.Rg8# 43.Rb8+ 42.Rgc7= and this will most probably end in a draw. 39...g4+ 40.Kh4 Ng6+ 41.Kg5 Nxe7 A very nice geometry on the chess board. The knight defends the bishop on d5 and if White captures the knight, then the b3 bishop is left hanging. 42.Bxd5+ Nxd5 43.Kxf5 Rc2 Erwin plays this last part of the game in a very precise manner. 44.Kxg4 Rxf2 45.h3 Nf6+ 46.Kh4 Rd2 47.g4 Rd3 48.Kg5 Ne4+ 49.Kf4 Nc5 50.Rb5 Ne6+ 51.Ke5 Nf8 52.h4 Rh3 53.h5 h6 54.Kf4 Ra3 55.Rb6 55.g5 Ne6+-+ 55...Kg7 56.Rc6 56.g5? Ra4+-+ 56...Ra1 57.Rb6 Re1 58.Kf5 Rf1+ 59.Ke4 Rf6 60.Rb7+ Rf7 61.Rb6 Rf6 62.Rb7+ Kg8 63.Ra7 Nh7 64.Ke5 Rf1 65.Ra8+ Kg7 66.Ra7+ Rf7 67.Ra4 Ng5 The knight blockades the White pawns and prevents any further exchanges. It was smooth sailing from here. 68.Ra6 Rf1 69.Rg6+ Kh7 70.Ra6 Nf7+ 71.Ke4 Kg7 72.Ke3 Rf6 73.Ra7 Rb6 74.Kf4 Kf6 75.Ra4 Ng5 76.Rc4 Rb3 77.Rc6+ Ne6+ 78.Ke4 Rg3 79.Kd5 Re3 80.Ra6 Re5+ 81.Kd6 Re4 Granda Zuniga was unlucky that he botched up a very promising position but full credit to Erwin for taking his chances. He now leads the tournament with a full one point. 0–1
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Granda Zuniga,J2646L'Ami,E26050–12015A80Reykjavik Open 20158.1

Eljanov was unable to beat Naroditsky, while Hansen was held to a draw by Mamedyarov. This means that l'Ami is a full point ahead in the standings and that there is a huge contingency of people with 6.5/8 that follow him. This does not include Mamedyarov, who only has 6.0/8, or Navara, who fell to the powerful Aleaxndr Fier.

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Be3 Be7 9.f4 d6 10.Kh1 0-0 11.Qe1 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.a3 Bb7 14.Qg3 This is a very standard Sicilian Scheveningen position that arises out of the opening. You can find nearly a thousand games on this exact position. Black mainly has two plans here. One is to play Rad8-d7, Re8 and the other is Bb7-c6, Qb7. Fier chooses the latter. Bc6 14...Nxe4 15.Qxg7# is, of course, something not worth trying! 15.Rae1 Qb7 16.Bd3 b4 17.Nd1 Though this is the second most popular move in the position. For a positional player like me something doesn't feel right here. Mainly because White completely ruins his queenside pawn structure. But when great attackers like Shirov, Bacrot, Areshchenko have played it, it just means that my understanding of dynamic positions is not upto the mark! 17.axb4 Qxb4 18.Ne2 would have been my approach towards this position. 17...bxa3 18.bxa3 Rad8 19.Nf2 Qc7 Fier keeps his position flexible not committing to anything. 20.Bxa6 Navara grabs the pawn but did the a-pawn really matter? As the game shows, it only helped Black to gain activity on that file. 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.Qxg4 e5!= is just what Black wants. 20.e5 looks like a logical move. dxe5 21.Bxe5 Qb7 22.Ne4 Nh5! 23.Qh3 g6 And though Black looks pretty solid, I feel this was the right way for White to proceed. 20...Ra8 21.Bd3 Ra4! I already prefer Black. 22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.Ng4 Qe7 Threatening Bh4. 24.f5 e5 24...Bh4 would be a huge mistake due to 25.f6!+- 25.Re3 Rxa3 White's attack doesn't look threatening at all. In fact the bishop on d3 could well be the part of a very strong pawn chain! Black has all the long term trumps. 26.h4 Kh8 27.Qe1 27.Nxf6 Qxf6 28.Rb1 It was already time to forgo the attack and start playing sensibly. 27...Bxh4! Accurately calculated by Fier. 28.f6 This was obviously what Navara had under his sleeve. Bxf6! 28...Bxe1 29.fxe7+- 29.Rxf6 29.Nxf6 gxf6 doesn't really look threatening because Rg8-g7 comes pretty quickly. 30.Qh4 Rg8 31.Rh3 Better is 31.Qxf6+ Qxf6 32.Rxf6 Rg7 33.Rxd6 Rg6= 31...Rg7 29...Bd7‼ Not at all an easy move to see even when you have the position in front of you. Just imagine, Fier saw it three moves ago! Brilliant! 29...gxf6 30.Qh4+- is simply crushing. There are many threats here. One of them is Nxf6 and the other is Rh3. Both cannot be prevented. 30.Rf5 Bxf5 31.exf5 Qg5 White has two pawns and rook for two minors and dominating activity. It is very difficult to play the black position. 32.Qe2? Navara immediately goes wrong and now he loses the game. 32.Be4 Rxe3 33.Nxe3 Rb8 keeps an advantage for Black but White is very much in the game. 32...e4! 33.Bc4 33.Rxe4 Qh4+ 34.Kg1 Ra1+-+ is almost a mate! 33.Bxe4 Rxe3 34.Nxe3 Qh4+-+ drops a piece. 33...Qh4+ 34.Rh3 34.Kg1 Ra1+-+ 34...Rxh3+ 35.gxh3 Qxh3+ 36.Kg1 Qg3+ 37.Qg2 Qf4 38.Nf2 e3 39.Ne4 Ra8 40.Ng3 Ra1+ 41.Bf1 White is all tied up. I really like the next few moves made by Fier. h6! 42.c4 Kh7! White has no moves left now! 43.f6 43.Ne2 Qxf5-+ 43...g6 44.Kh2 Rxf1 44...Rxf1 45.Qxf1 Qxf1 46.Nxf1 e2-+ A beautiful game by Alexander Fier. He is really on Fier in this event. 0–1
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Navara,D2736Fier,A26010–12015B47Reykjavik Open 20158.4

Ex-World Championship candidate Artur Jussupow also played a fine game and used one of his pet lines to beat Jon Viktor Gunnarsson.

 
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Artur Jussupow continues to impress in this event. This is already his third game that I am annotating for the ChessBase reports. Today he teaches us an invaluable lesson in development. But his opponent Gunnarsson was no push over. He fought very well and till a certain point the game was evenly balanced. This makes the game even more instructive. 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 The Torre Attack is not such a dangerous opening weapon against solid players but as we already know solid is a word that we cannot associate with Jon Viktor Gunnarsson. c5 4.e3 Qb6 The most ambitious way to play, attacking the b2 pawn and showing White what exactly was his drawback of developing the bishop to g5. 5.Nbd2! I think Yusupov wouldn't have even for a moment thought about defending his pawn with Qc1 which is the main move in the position. Qxb2 6.Rb1 6.Bd3 is much more common. 6...Qc3 6...Qxa2 would be extremely greedy but then two pawns a quite a bit of investment. White has to find ways to justify his losses. 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.0-0 Well, I cannot really prove that White is better but one look at the position is enough to convince you that he has compensation. He has all his pieces in the game while Black will take at least five to six moves to do that. So according to the Russian logic of a pawn is worth three tempi, White has excellent compensation! 7.Bd3!N Continue developing! cxd4 8.0-0! Not getting distracted. Development= priority. dxe3 9.Nc4! The queen's retreat squares have been taken away from her. Has Black eaten more than he could digest? d5! Not really! Gunnarsson is not a player who can be just tricked in such complex positions. He knows that his queen is trapped but in return he is going to win truckloads of material! 10.Rb3 exf2+ 11.Kh1 11.Rxf2 was equally good as after Qxb3 12.axb3 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Bc5 is not such a great move because of 14.Bxf6! Bxf2+ 15.Kxf2 gxf6 16.Qd4 11...Qxb3 12.cxb3 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Black has a rook and a piece and three pawns for a queen. That's quite a lot of material but the basic problem of development still persists. Be7 14.Bxf6?! This looks a little dubious to me. 14.Ne5 0-0 15.Qf3 could have been the better way to continue. 14...Bxf6 15.Qd6 Artur prevents castling. Nc6 16.Rxf2 Be7 17.Qc7 Bd8?! The queen has to be dislodged from c7 in order to finish development. 17...0-0 18.Rd2 And Black will have to play Bd8 when it will transpose to the game. 18.Qf4 0-0 19.Rd2! Preventing the developing Bd7. a6 20.h4 Jussupow decides to go on the offensive. He knows that Black is on the verge of consolidation and the only way for him to gain something here is to rush his g and h pawns down the board. h6 20...b5 looked pretty logical. 21.Bd3 Bb7∞ Black has atleast been able to finish his development. 21.Qe4 Things are already difficult for Black as he cannot finish his development. Bc7 22.g4 Kh8 22...Rd8 23.Rxd8+ Bxd8 24.Bd3 I think this is extremely scary and difficult for Black to defend with his rook on a8 being miles away from coming into the game. 22...Ne7 might have been more tenacious. 23.g5! Thanks to his superior development and excellent use of g and h pawns, White has created an almost winning attack. h5 24.g6 f6 25.Qe2 The threat of Ng5 or Ne5 cannot be parried. A highly instructive game and one from which a lot could be learnt. A final look at the position will show that even though it seemed as if Black had consolidated his position, he was unable to develop his bishop on c8 and rook on a8 which was the main reason why he lost the game. 1–0
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Jussupow,A2573Gunnarsson,J24431–02015A46Reykjavik Open 20158.13

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An interesting endgame occurred in the game between Hannes Stefansson and Marc Esserman.

 
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We join this position where Black has a completely dominating advantage. The bishop on f1 is pinned and the knight, rook and the black king co-ordinate perfectly to launch an attack on the White monarch. Stefansson is in huge trouble and tries to set a final trap. 39.Ra3 Ke5! 39...Nxh3+? 40.Kh2 Rxf1 41.Rxf3+= 40.h4 A swindle but there was already nothing much Black could do against Nxh3+. Black has only one way to win this position and with less time on the clock it is very difficult to find. 40.b5 Nxh3+! 40...Kf4? 41.Ra4+ 41.Kh2 Nxf2 42.Bc4 Kf4-+ 40...Ne4? Esserman errs and Stefansson now shows his brilliant defensive idea. 40...Nh3+! was the winning move. 41.Kh2 Rxf1 42.Kxh3 42.Rxf3 Rxf2+ 43.Rxf2 Nxf2-+ The game wouldn't last too long from here. 42...Kf4-+ and it's curtains! 43.Kh2 Rxf2+ 44.Kg1 Rb2 The king enters decisively on g3 now. 41.Rxf3! Nd2 42.Rd3! Rxf1+ 43.Kg2 Now the only way to cling onto the piece is to enter an unbreakable pin! Rd1 44.b5! As the b-pawn rushes down the board, Black is helpless. His knight cannot move nor can the rook. His king is cut off the e-file and hence cannot stop the b-pawn! Kf4 45.Rd4+ Ke5 46.Rd8 Kf4 47.b6 Rb1 48.Rxd2 Kxg4 49.Rd4+ It's always nice to see such tricky defending in desperate situations. They confirm the fact that chess as a game is extremely difficult to master even for the best. ½–½
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Stefansson,H2560Esserman,M2426½–½2015A88Reykjavik Open 20158.14

 

Impressions by Alina l'Ami

The reason the night owls, alias the chess players, can
be seen during breakfast in this tournament... the view is incredible!

Expect the unexpected in Reykjavik, at least concerning the weather

Oh, did I mention the view?

A sculpture close to the playing hall

Erwin l'Ami continues on his winning streak with 7.5/8

Julio Granda from Peru

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov is 1.5 points behind the leader

Hammer won an important game and is tied for second

Alexander Fier with a huge victory with Black over Navara

Sergei Movsesian was unable to overcome Jacek Stopa

Very unusual material balances were seen in this game

Eric Hansen with a draw against the number one seed

Danya Naroditsky feeling tired after eight long rounds

Another view of the playing hall

Standings after round eight

Rk. Name FED RtgI Pts. Rp n rtg+/-
1 L'ami Erwin NED 2605 7.5 2931 8 24.1
2 Eljanov Pavel UKR 2727 6.5 2741 8 2.5
3 Fier Alexandr BRA 2601 6.5 2742 8 15.1
4 Naroditsky Daniel USA 2633 6.5 2691 8 7.2
5 Jones Gawain C B ENG 2642 6.5 2634 8 0.2
6 Hansen Eric CAN 2566 6.5 2671 8 10.8
7 Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2676 6.5 2666 8 0.7
8 Hammer Jon Ludvig NOR 2651 6.5 2609 8 -1.9
9 Stopa Jacek POL 2544 6.0 2637 8 10.8
10 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2756 6.0 2714 8 -2.2
11 Libiszewski Fabien FRA 2514 6.0 2593 6 6.9
12 Gupta Abhijeet IND 2625 6.0 2650 7 2.8
13 Granda Zuniga Julio E PER 2646 6.0 2655 7 1.8
14 Jussupow Artur GER 2573 6.0 2642 7 6.6
15 Pakleza Zbigniew POL 2498 6.0 2564 8 7.9
16 Christiansen Johan-Sebastian NOR 2351 6.0 2530 8 40.2
17 Movsesian Sergei ARM 2665 6.0 2572 8 -6.0
18 Grandelius Nils SWE 2603 6.0 2581 8 -1.1
19 Norowitz Yaacov USA 2422 6.0 2487 8 9.0
20 Abdumalik Zhansaya KAZ 2379 6.0 2525 8 33.0

Pairings Round Nine

Bo. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg
1 L'ami Erwin 2605 7½   6½ Melkumyan Hrant 2676
2 Eljanov Pavel 2727 6½   6½ Hansen Eric 2566
3 Naroditsky Daniel 2633 6½   6½ Hammer Jon Ludvig 2651
4 Fier Alexandr 2601 6½   6½ Jones Gawain C B 2642
5 Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2756 6   6 Stopa Jacek 2544
6 Movsesian Sergei 2665 6   6 Grover Sahaj 2519
7 Libiszewski Fabien 2514 6   6 Granda Zuniga Julio E 2646
8 Gupta Abhijeet 2625 6   6 Abdumalik Zhansaya 2379
9 Norowitz Yaacov 2422 6   6 Grandelius Nils 2603
10 Pakleza Zbigniew 2498 6   6 Jussupow Artur 2573
11 Steingrimsson Hedinn *) 2530 5   5 Vuilleumier Alexandre 2349
12 Cornette Matthieu 2585 5½   6 Christiansen Johan-Sebastian 2351
13 Esserman Marc 2426 5½   5½ Navara David 2736
14 Maze Sebastien 2564 5½   5½ Sequera Paolini Jose Rafael 2408
15 Tania Sachdev 2404 5½   5½ Stefansson Hannes 2560
16 Gretarsson Hjorvar Steinn 2554 5½   5½ Soors Stef 2408
17 Thorfinnsson Bjorn 2403 5½   5½ Gao Rui 2533
18 Foisor Cristina-Adela 2394 5½   5½ Rasmussen Allan Stig 2532
19 Danielsen Henrik 2514 5½   5½ L'ami Alina 2393
20 Idani Pouya 2496 5½   5½ Arngrimsson Dagur 2366

All pairings of round nine...

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1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 d5 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.e3 Be6 6.Nge2 Bd6 7.Nf4 Bxf4 8.exf4 c6 9.g3 Nd7 10.Bg2 Nb6 11.0-0 0-0 12.Qd3 Nc4 13.b3 Nd6 14.Nd1 a5 15.a4 Qb6 16.Ne3 Qa6 17.Qxa6 Rxa6 18.Rfd1 Rd8 19.Rac1 b5 20.axb5 Nxb5 21.c4 Nc7 22.Ra1 dxc4 23.bxc4 g6 24.Bf1 Bf7 25.Ra3 Ra7 26.Nc2 Ne6 27.Bg2 Be8 28.Re3 Nf8 29.Ra1 Bf7 30.Nb4 axb4 31.Rxa7 Rxd4 32.Bxc6 Rxc4 33.Ree7 Rc1+ 34.Kg2 Bc4 35.Ba4 b3 36.Rab7 Bd5+ 37.Kh3 g5 38.fxg5 fxg5 39.Bxb3 g4+ 40.Kh4 Ng6+ 41.Kg5 Nxe7 42.Bxd5+ Nxd5 43.Kxf5 Rc2 44.Kxg4 Rxf2 45.h3 Nf6+ 46.Kh4 Rd2 47.g4 Rd3 48.Kg5 Ne4+ 49.Kf4 Nc5 50.Rb5 Ne6+ 51.Ke5 Nf8 52.h4 Rh3 53.h5 h6 54.Kf4 Ra3 55.Rb6 Kg7 56.Rc6 Ra1 57.Rb6 Re1 58.Kf5 Rf1+ 59.Ke4 Rf6 60.Rb7+ Rf7 61.Rb6 Rf6 62.Rb7+ Kg8 63.Ra7 Nh7 64.Ke5 Rf1 65.Ra8+ Kg7 66.Ra7+ Rf7 67.Ra4 Ng5 68.Ra6 Rf1 69.Rg6+ Kh7 70.Ra6 Nf7+ 71.Ke4 Kg7 72.Ke3 Rf6 73.Ra7 Rb6 74.Kf4 Kf6 75.Ra4 Ng5 76.Rc4 Rb3 77.Rc6+ Ne6+ 78.Ke4 Rg3 79.Kd5 Re3 80.Ra6 Re5+ 81.Kd6 Re4 0–1
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Granda Zuniga,J2646L'Ami,E26050–12015A80Reykjavik Open 20158.1
Eljanov,P2727Naroditsky,D2633½–½2015A28Reykjavik Open 20158.2
Hansen,E2566Mamedyarov,S2756½–½2015B12Reykjavik Open 20158.3
Navara,D2736Fier,A26010–12015B47Reykjavik Open 20158.4
Melkumyan,H2676Maze,S25641–02015E60Reykjavik Open 20158.5
Stopa,J2544Movsesian,S2665½–½2015E25Reykjavik Open 20158.6
Hammer,J2651Danielsen,H25141–02015E62Reykjavik Open 20158.7
Jones,G2642Idani,P24961–02015A30Reykjavik Open 20158.8
Pakleza,Z2498Gupta,A2625½–½2015A15Reykjavik Open 20158.9
Grandelius,N2603Galego,L24611–02015B42Reykjavik Open 20158.10
Abdumalik,Z2379Steingrimsson,H25301–02015B90Reykjavik Open 20158.11
Preotu,R2447Cornette,M2585½–½2015C41Reykjavik Open 20158.12
Jussupow,A2573Gunnarsson,J24431–02015A46Reykjavik Open 20158.13
Stefansson,H2560Esserman,M2426½–½2015A88Reykjavik Open 20158.14
Arngrimsson,D2366Gretarsson,H2554½–½2015E32Reykjavik Open 20158.15
Le Roux,J2548Norowitz,Y24220–12015B12Reykjavik Open 20158.16
Gao,R2533L'Ami,A2393½–½2015B98Reykjavik Open 20158.17
Rasmussen,A2532Khademalsharieh,S2357½–½2015A18Reykjavik Open 20158.18
Grover,S2519Hauge,L23801–02015B71Reykjavik Open 20158.19
Libiszewski,F2514Nguyen,T23381–02015A28Reykjavik Open 20158.20
Christiansen,J2351Rombaldoni,A24881–02015A04Reykjavik Open 20158.21
Colovic,A2482Sarkar,J23760–12015D71Reykjavik Open 20158.22

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Grandmaster Alejandro Ramirez has been playing tournament chess since 1998. His accomplishments include qualifying for the 2004 and 2013 World Cups as well as playing for Costa Rica in the 2002, 2004 and 2008 Olympiads. He currently has a rating of 2583 and is author of a number of popular and critically acclaimed ChessBase-DVDs.

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