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Yesterday, the "Gamma Reykjavik Open 2018 Robert Fischer Memorial" (March, 6 to March 14, 2018) came to an end. After nine rounds swiss Adhiban Baskaran was the sole winner with 7½ / 9.
Maxime Lagarde and Mustafa Yilmaz shared second place with 7.0 / 9 each. The two rating-favourites Richard Rapport (2715) and Pavel Eljanov (2713) both finished with 6½ / 9 and shared places five to six on tiebreak.
But things could have been worse for Eljanov. After his short win against the Hungarian Tibor Antal in round eight he had to fight for a long time before drawing his game in round nine.
A very bearded Pavel Eljanov | Photo: Lennart Ootes
No less than 17 players finished with 6½ / 9. Eugene Perelshteyn from the US and Dutch grandmaster Erwin l'Ami were part of this large group with 6½ / 9, but had a better tie-break than Rapport and Eljanov and finished ahead of the two super-grandmasters.
Adhiban had a slow start. In round one he drew against the untitled Soham Das from India, and in round three he had to concede another draw against another Indian, Sundararajan Kidambi.
But then Adhiban won five games in a row! Particularly crucial was his win against Rapport in round eight.
In the last round, Adhiban drew against his closest rival Mustafa Yilmaz and this was enough to win the tournament and the first prize of 5,000 Euros.
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Mustafa Yilmaz and Adhiban Baskaran | Photos: Fiona Steil-Antoni
The 25-year old Mustafa Yilmaz had a good tournament. Yilmaz is currently number three on the Turkish rating list, behind Alexander Ipatov, who was born in Ukraine but plays for Turkey, and Dragan Solak, who was born in Serbia and also plays for Turkey.
In round eight he won an important game against Daniel Fernandez.
The 23-year old French player Lagarde also left a strong impression in Reykjavik and seems set to establish himself among the top players from France where he currently ranks as number nine.
Here's his nine round win against Nihal Sarin:
On top level the Berlin Defense is a popular defensive weapon but it also offers Black good chances to win if White does not proceed precisely. On this DVD Victor Bologan shows what Black can and should do if White tries to avoid the main lines of the Berlin Defense.
Nihal Sarin | Photo: Gerd Densing
Nihal Sarin was one the three top U14 talents who started in Reykjavik — the other two were Praagnanandhaa and Nodirbek Abdusattorov. Of these three, Nihal Sarin had the biggest success in Reykjavik, though he scored the least points. Sarin finished with 6.0 / 9, but after five rounds he had led the field with 4½ / 5. The strong opposition he faced helped him to score a GM norm, his second.
Praggnanandhaa would have liked to have become the youngest grandmaster of all time, but could not score his last GM norm in time. In Reykjavik, he finished with 6½ / 9, his opponents were not strong enough for that to suffice. Abdusattorov also finished with 6½ / 9 — without a single loss.
Nodirbek Abdusattorov | Photo: Gerd Densing
The prize for the best woman in the field went to Deimante Cornette. She scored 6½ / 9 and on tiebreak finished two places ahead of her husband Matthieu Cornette who also had 6½ / 9.
Daimante Cornette | Photo: Gerd Densing
| Bo. | No. | Name | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | No. |
| 1 | 9 | Yilmaz Mustafa | 6½ | ½ - ½ | 7 | Adhiban B. | 4 |
| 2 | 1 | Rapport Richard | 6 | ½ - ½ | 6 | Stefansson Hannes | 21 |
| 3 | 17 | Vaibhav Suri | 6 | ½ - ½ | 6 | Eljanov Pavel | 2 |
| 4 | 33 | Sundararajan Kidambi | 6 | ½ - ½ | 6 | Cornette Matthieu | 8 |
| 5 | 31 | Cornette Deimante | 6 | ½ - ½ | 6 | Landa Konstantin | 10 |
| 6 | 13 | Lagarde Maxime | 6 | 1 - 0 | 6 | Sarin Nihal | 20 |
| 7 | 15 | Ramirez Alejandro | 6 | ½ - ½ | 6 | Perelshteyn Eugene | 24 |
| 8 | 3 | Kamsky Gata | 5½ | 1 - 0 | 5½ | Bick Gabriel | 38 |
| 9 | 29 | Christiansen Johan-Sebastian | 5½ | 1 - 0 | 5½ | Adly Ahmed | 5 |
| 10 | 6 | l'Ami Erwin | 5½ | 1 - 0 | 5½ | Loiseau Quentin | 34 |
| 11 | 37 | Antal Tibor Kende | 5½ | 0 - 1 | 5½ | Can Emre | 11 |
| 12 | 42 | Thavandiran Shiyam | 5½ | ½ - ½ | 5½ | Grigoriants Sergey | 14 |
| 13 | 45 | Abrahamyan Tatev | 5½ | ½ - ½ | 5½ | Brunello Sabino | 18 |
| 14 | 19 | Moradiabadi Elshan | 5½ | 1 - 0 | 5½ | Dravid Shailesh | 70 |
| 15 | 49 | Bisby Daniel L | 5½ | 0 - 1 | 5½ | Abdusattorov Nodirbek | 22 |
| 1 | 4 |
|
GM | Adhiban B. | IND | 2650 | 7,5 | 6 | 5 | 2736 | 9 | 7,5 | ||
| 2 | 13 |
|
GM | Lagarde Maxime | FRA | 2587 | 7,0 | 6 | 4 | 2686 | 9 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 9 |
|
GM | Yilmaz Mustafa | TUR | 2619 | 7,0 | 5 | 4 | 2730 | 9 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 24 |
|
GM | Perelshteyn Eugene | USA | 2513 | 6,5 | 6 | 5 | 2567 | 9 | 6,5 | ||
| 5 | 6 |
|
GM | l'Ami Erwin | NED | 2634 | 6,5 | 6 | 4 | 2554 | 9 | 6,5 | ||
| 6 | 2 |
|
GM | Eljanov Pavel | UKR | 2713 | 6,5 | 5 | 5 | 2584 | 9 | 6,5 | ||
| 7 | 1 |
|
GM | Rapport Richard | HUN | 2715 | 6,5 | 5 | 4 | 2687 | 9 | 6,5 | ||
| 8 | 17 |
|
GM | Vaibhav Suri | IND | 2544 | 6,5 | 5 | 4 | 2637 | 9 | 6,5 | ||
| 9 | 15 |
|
GM | Ramirez Alejandro | USA | 2568 | 6,5 | 5 | 4 | 2595 | 8 | 6 | ||
| 10 | 27 |
|
IM | Praggnanandhaa R | U14 | IND | 2507 | 6,5 | 5 | 4 | 2579 | 9 | 6,5 | |
| 11 | 19 |
|
GM | Moradiabadi Elshan | USA | 2535 | 6,5 | 5 | 4 | 2533 | 9 | 6,5 | ||
| 31 |
|
IM | Cornette Deimante | w | LTU | 2447 | 6,5 | 5 | 4 | 2593 | 9 | 6,5 | ||
| 13 | 29 |
|
IM | Christiansen Johan-Sebastian | U20 | NOR | 2486 | 6,5 | 5 | 4 | 2584 | 8 | 5,5 | |
| 14 | 8 |
|
GM | Cornette Matthieu | FRA | 2620 | 6,5 | 4 | 5 | 2589 | 9 | 6,5 | ||
| 15 | 11 |
|
GM | Can Emre | TUR | 2603 | 6,5 | 4 | 5 | 2615 | 9 | 6,5 | ||
| 16 | 10 |
|
GM | Landa Konstantin | RUS | 2613 | 6,5 | 4 | 5 | 2557 | 9 | 6,5 | ||
| 17 | 22 |
|
IM | Abdusattorov Nodirbek | U14 | UZB | 2518 | 6,5 | 4 | 5 | 2619 | 9 | 6,5 | |
| 18 | 3 |
|
GM | Kamsky Gata | USA | 2677 | 6,5 | 4 | 4 | 2630 | 9 | 6,5 | ||
| 19 | 21 |
|
GM | Stefansson Hannes | ISL | 2533 | 6,5 | 4 | 4 | 2588 | 8 | 6 | ||
| 20 | 33 |
|
GM | Sundararajan Kidambi | IND | 2427 | 6,5 | 4 | 4 | 2552 | 9 | 6,5 | ||
| 21 | 30 |
|
IM | Bartholomew John | USA | 2477 | 6,0 | 6 | 5 | 2388 | 9 | 6 | ||
| 22 | 25 |
|
GM | Hamitevici Vladimir | MDA | 2512 | 6,0 | 6 | 4 | 2456 | 9 | 6 | ||
| 23 | 16 |
|
GM | Friedel Joshua | USA | 2562 | 6,0 | 5 | 5 | 2547 | 9 | 6 | ||
| 24 | 44 |
|
IM | Kavutskiy Konstantin | USA | 2383 | 6,0 | 5 | 5 | 2422 | 9 | 6 | ||
| 25 | 35 |
|
IM | Haria Ravi | U20 | ENG | 2424 | 6,0 | 5 | 4 | 2565 | 9 | 6 | |
| 26 | 23 |
|
GM | Hjartarson Johann | ISL | 2513 | 6,0 | 5 | 4 | 2518 | 9 | 6 |
...248 players
Tie Break1: Direct Encounter (The results of the players in the same point group)
Tie Break2: The greater number of victories (variable)
Tie Break3: Most black
Translation from German: Johannes Fischer
