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The big winner of the tournament was Anish Giri, the top seed. One question that many did not voice but did think was whether he could score heavily enough to make it work, but he showed unwilting disposition as he even played the Najdorf Poisoned Pawn as black(!) against no less than Jobava Baadur. After repelling the Georgian's attack, he counterattacked himself in queenless middlegame, and was mating his opponent when the latter resigned.
Dmitry Andreikin was less fortunate and was persecuted mercilessly by prepubescent international masters, one who held him to a draw (Nihal Sarin), and the other he defeated in the last round (Praggnanandhaa).
A magnificent result by young Jorden Van Foreest, for a double Dutch treat at the summit. The Dutchman secured it by a key win in the last round against Indian GM Vidit Gujrathi, and ended with a 2700 performance. Take a look at his 22-move miniature in round eight.
12-year-old Nihal Sarin was not quite able to repeat his GM norm result in Norway a couple of weeks earlier, but still ended with a very respectable 2468 performance. He did hold second-seed Andreikin to a draw in round nine nonetheless.
11-year-old IM Praggnanandhaa lost his final two games, preventing him from scoring that much coverted GM norm, but it is sure to come. He finished with 6.0/10 and a 2480 performance.
Gawain Jones, who had just won the Dubai Open was possibly fatigued as he started with a supreme 5.0/6, but then faded away with 1.0/4 in the final rounds
Alexei Shirov was not at his best and played more like "Sparks on the Board" than his trademark
Still, it was not all about giant Elos, and was all about chess
A suitable way to analyze is with ski hats and large steins of beer
No less important is enjoying some time with that special person
Alina and Erwin L' Ami enjoying the chess and sightseeing together
This is the sort of majestic views one can enjoy in Iceland (click on pic for high-res)
GM Torre visits Bobby Fischer's grave
The production team did a great job with live video commentary. Here you can see Giri commenting his game live for viewers.
Ever wonder what it looks like from the other side? Now you know!
WGM Tatev Abrahamyan had an excellent event, finishing strong and within a half point of an IM norm
The top female performers: WGM Tatev Abrahamyan (2nd), GM Harika Dronavalli (1st), and IM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs (3rd)
The runners-up: Sergei Movsesian (2nd), Gupta Abhijeet (4th), Jorden Van Foreest (2nd), and Gata Kamksy (5th)
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts | TB | Perf | rtg+/- | |
| 1 | 1 | GM | Giri Anish | NED | 2771 | 8,5 | 55,0 | 2865 | 10,7 |
| 2 | 16 | GM | Van Foreest Jorden | NED | 2584 | 8,0 | 52,5 | 2699 | 15,0 |
| 3 | 6 | GM | Movsesian Sergei | ARM | 2677 | 8,0 | 52,0 | 2729 | 6,4 |
| 4 | 14 | GM | Gupta Abhijeet | IND | 2607 | 8,0 | 53,0 | 2775 | 22,8 |
| 5 | 9 | GM | Kamsky Gata | USA | 2668 | 8,0 | 52,0 | 2736 | 8,4 |
| 6 | 61 | IM | Kavutskiy Konstantin | USA | 2347 | 7,5 | 46,5 | 2505 | 43,4 |
| 7 | 22 | GM | Blomqvist Erik | SWE | 2548 | 7,5 | 45,0 | 2443 | -8,8 |
| 8 | 55 | FM | Pigott John C | ENG | 2381 | 7,5 | 46,5 | 2492 | 27,2 |
| 9 | 10 | GM | Grandelius Nils | SWE | 2641 | 7,5 | 55,0 | 2757 | 17,1 |
| 10 | 4 | GM | Almasi Zoltan | HUN | 2696 | 7,5 | 54,0 | 2746 | 6,7 |
| 11 | 17 | GM | Can Emre | TUR | 2578 | 7,0 | 49,0 | 2577 | 2,7 |
| 12 | 27 | GM | Perelshteyn Eugene | USA | 2509 | 7,0 | 48,5 | 2512 | 2,6 |
| 13 | 36 | GM | Torre Eugenio | PHI | 2455 | 7,0 | 44,5 | 2464 | 3,2 |
| 14 | 11 | GM | L'ami Erwin | NED | 2614 | 7,0 | 50,0 | 2575 | -2,2 |
| 23 | GM | Hjartarson Johann | ISL | 2536 | 7,0 | 50,0 | 2559 | 5,2 | |
| 40 | IM | Christiansen Johan-Sebastian | NOR | 2429 | 7,0 | 50,0 | 2526 | 14,5 | |
| 17 | 25 | GM | Harika Dronavalli | IND | 2521 | 7,0 | 48,5 | 2509 | 2,0 |
| 18 | 57 | WGM | Abrahamyan Tatev | USA | 2364 | 7,0 | 48,0 | 2432 | 22,4 |
| 19 | 18 | GM | Stefansson Hannes | ISL | 2566 | 7,0 | 43,5 | 2536 | -0,5 |
| 20 | 39 | IM | Hambleton Aman | CAN | 2434 | 7,0 | 53,0 | 2619 | 25,9 |
| 21 | 2 | GM | Andreikin Dmitry | RUS | 2734 | 7,0 | 51,0 | 2629 | -10,7 |
| 22 | 12 | GM | Yilmaz Mustafa | TUR | 2614 | 7,0 | 50,5 | 2602 | 0,5 |
| 23 | 15 | GM | Beliavsky Alexander G | SLO | 2597 | 7,0 | 48,5 | 2510 | -8,0 |
| 24 | 30 | GM | Kunte Abhijit | IND | 2491 | 7,0 | 47,5 | 2500 | 3,7 |
| 25 | 35 | IM | Thorfinnsson Bragi | ISL | 2457 | 7,0 | 46,0 | 2461 | 3,5 |
| 26 | 8 | GM | Vidit Santosh Gujrathi | IND | 2670 | 7,0 | 54,5 | 2689 | 5,1 |
| 27 | 20 | GM | Donchenko Alexander | GER | 2554 | 7,0 | 52,5 | 2600 | 7,8 |
| 28 | 13 | GM | Landa Konstantin | RUS | 2611 | 7,0 | 50,0 | 2595 | 0,2 |
| 29 | 26 | IM | Bailet Pierre | FRA | 2510 | 7,0 | 49,5 | 2486 | -1,0 |
| 30 | 69 | FM | Kleinman Michael | CAN | 2289 | 6,5 | 50,5 | 2489 | 51,6 |
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