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.
Final Round
Again Sagar Shah brings us an excellent series of annotated games, including the one where the tournament victor fell prey to eventual secondplace.
True, Erwin l'Ami was not playing for much, but Pavel Eljanov (above) was playing for his prize!
Of course, first place was not the only thing being fought for in the tournament:
Finally a strong performance from the Black player, who sealed Navara's poor participation:
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov did not finish in the winner's circle. Or the next-to-winner's.
A draw inthe last rounds favoured the Brazilian player, who finished fourth
American prodigy Daniel Naroditsky drew Canadian super-star Eric Hansen
David Navara finished with a loss
Sergei Movsesian simply didn't find his groove
Commonly known as a "thinking mask"
Jon Ludvig Hammer from Norway
Unexpected top finisher: Libiszewski Fabien
Abhijeet Gupta
Tania Sachdev
Winner's circle
Closing Ceremony
Final Standings
| Rk. | Name | FED | RtgI | Pts. | rtg+/- |
| 1 | L'ami Erwin | NED | 2605 | 8.5 | 26.8 |
| 2 | Eljanov Pavel | UKR | 2727 | 8.0 | 3.7 |
| 3 | Libiszewski Fabien | FRA | 2514 | 8.0 | 20.4 |
| 4 | Fier Alexandr | BRA | 2601 | 7.5 | 16.4 |
| 5 | Naroditsky Daniel | USA | 2633 | 7.5 | 6.6 |
| 6 | Mamedyarov Shakhriyar | AZE | 2756 | 7.5 | -1.7 |
| 7 | Melkumyan Hrant | ARM | 2676 | 7.5 | -2.6 |
| 8 | Hansen Eric | CAN | 2566 | 7.5 | 13.8 |
| 9 | Hammer Jon Ludvig | NOR | 2651 | 7.5 | -2.9 |
| 10 | Gupta Abhijeet | IND | 2625 | 7.5 | 6.5 |
| 11 | Stefansson Hannes | ISL | 2560 | 7.5 | 3.6 |
| 12 | Danielsen Henrik | ISL | 2514 | 7.5 | 10.4 |
| 13 | Jussupow Artur | GER | 2573 | 7.5 | 8.7 |
| 14 | Grandelius Nils | SWE | 2603 | 7.5 | -0.7 |
| 15 | Gao Rui | CHN | 2533 | 7.0 | 6.9 |
| 16 | Granda Zuniga Julio E | PER | 2646 | 7.0 | -2.4 |
| 17 | Gretarsson Hjorvar Steinn | ISL | 2554 | 7.0 | 1.6 |
| 18 | Jones Gawain C B | ENG | 2642 | 7.0 | -7.1 |
| 19 | Maze Sebastien | FRA | 2564 | 7.0 | 7.8 |
| 20 | Norowitz Yaacov | USA | 2422 | 7.0 | 13.3 |
Don't forget you can follow the action live on our www.playchess.com server.
Photos by Alina l'Ami
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