Young talents galore
After three years, the Reykjavík Open has returned to the calendar of chess events. Again taking place at the impressive Harpa Conference Centre, the tournament has encouraged the participation of young players. Those born in 2006 and later got a 50% discount on their entry fees, while those born between 2002 and 2005 (much like veterans born in 1957 or earlier) got a 25% discount.
On this DVD, well-known Indian WGM Tania Sachdev shows you how to evaluate certain positions and then find the right concepts and plans on the basis of her own games.A total of 245 players registered to participate, with 59 belonging to the under-16 category. Not surprisingly, the three strongest players in the group hail from India — Gukesh (with a 2637 Elo rating), Raunak Sadhwani (2628) and Praggnanandhaa (2624).
Slightly below in the starting rank stand two rising stars from the United States. Christopher Yoo boasts a 2532 rating at 15, while Abhimanyu Mishra, the youngest-ever grandmaster in history, is the 16th highest rated in the field with 2524 at 13.
Not only for young guns — experienced Canadian FM Michael Dougherty won his first-round game with the black pieces | Photo: Thorsteinn Magnusson
Three rounds in, Hans Niemann (United States) and Lukasz Jarmula (Poland) are leading the standings table with 3 out of 3. Jarmula, aged 23, is also an author and coach, while Niemann won the 2021 US Junior Championship and has recently faced elite opposition at the Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. Niemann shared on Twitter:
Facing Abhijeet Gupta with black in round 3, Jarmula simplified into a slightly superior rook endgame from this position.
Gupta vs. Jarmula - Round 3
25...Bxe4+ 26.Nxe4 Qa8 27.Kg1 Qxe4 28.Qxe4 fxe4 29.Rxc7, and Black will get to activate his rook first.
White does have defensive resources, but Jarmula showed good technique until eventually taking down his Indian opponent. Resignation came on move 46, as White’s passer on the h-file proved to be more of a liability than an asset.
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.0-0 Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.a3 b5 9.Ba2 Bb7 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.b4 Bd6 13.Bb2 Rd8 14.Rac1 Qb8 15.Bb1 Ne5 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.f4 Bc7 18.Kh1 h5 19.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 20.Nxd1 h4 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Nf2 h3 23.Be4 hxg2+ 24.Kxg2 f5 25.Qc2 Bxe4+ 26.Nxe4 Qa8 27.Kg1 Qxe4 28.Qxe4 fxe4 29.Rxc7 Rh3 30.Rc3 Kf8 30...Ke7-+ 31.Kg2 Rf3 31.Kg2 Rf3! 32.Kg1? 32.Rc6 32...Kg7 33.Kg2 Kg6 34.Kg1 Kf5 35.Kg2 e5? 35...Kg4-+ 36.Kg1 Kf5 36.fxe5= Kxe5 37.Rc5+ Kf6 38.Rc6+? 38.h4! 38...Kg5!-+ 39.Rxa6? 39.Rc7 39...f5-+ 39...Rxe3? 40.Ra5-+ 40.Rb6 Rxe3 41.Rxb5 Rxa3 42.Rb8 Ra2+ 43.Kh3 Kf4 44.b5 Kf3 44...e3 45.Rc8 Rb2 46.Rc4+ Kf3 47.Rc5 e2 48.Rc3+ Kf2 49.Rc1 f4 50.Kg4 f3 51.h3 Rxb5 52.Rc2 Rb4+ 53.Kf5 Kf1 54.Rc3 f2 55.Re3 e1Q 56.Re5 Rb6 57.Kf4 Kg2 58.Rg5+ Kh2 59.Rg3 f1Q+ 60.Rf3 Qg2 61.Kf5 Qxf3+ 62.Kg5 Qeg3# 45.b6 Rb2 46.Kh4 f4 0–1 - Start an analysis engine:
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| Gupta,A | 2628 | Jarmula,L | 2434 | 0–1 | 2022 | D40 | Reykjavik Open 2022 | 3.4 |
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Another interesting endgame was seen in the first round, when Gukesh, the second seed in the tournament, faced his compatriot Mahitosh Dey with the black pieces.
In over 4 hours in front of the camera, Karsten Müller presents to you sensations from the world of endgames - partly reaching far beyond standard techniques and rules of thumb - and rounds off with some cases of with own examples.Mahitosh had been fighting hard from a slightly inferior position, but here failed to find 54.Kxg5 f3 55.b5, when Black will be forced to enter a rook and knight versus rook endgame in the ensuing lines — e.g. 55...Nxb5 56.Rxf3, with excellent drawing chances for White.
However, in the first diagrammed position White went for 54.h4. Gukesh, who is an excellent endgame player, seized the opportunity and got the full point six moves later.
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1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c3 Bf5 4.Qb3 Qc8 5.Bf4 e6 6.Nbd2 c5 7.e3 Nc6 8.Nh4 Be4 9.f3 Bg6 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.h3 Qd7 12.Be2 Bd6 13.Bxd6 Qxd6 14.f4 c4 15.Qc2 g5 16.0-0 gxf4 17.e4 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Qxe4 g5 20.Bxc4 0-0-0 21.a4 Rh6 22.Rad1 f5 23.Qe2 Kc7 24.Bb5 Ne7 25.Qe5 Qxe5 26.dxe5 Nd5 27.Rf2 a6 28.Bc4 Nb6 29.Rxd8 Kxd8 30.Bb3 Nd7 31.Rd2 Ke7 32.Rd6 Nxe5 33.Rb6 Nd7 34.Rxb7 e5 35.a5 Kd8 36.Ra7 Rd6 37.Bc4? 37.Ra8+ Kc7 38.Rg8 37...Nc5 37...e4 38.Ra8+ 38.Rxa6? Rd1+ 39.Kf2 Ne5-+ 38.Bxa6 Rd1+ 39.Kh2 Ne5 38...Kc7 38.Kf1 Rd2 39.b4 Ne4 40.Rxa6 Rd1+ 41.Ke2 Nxc3+ 42.Kf2 Rc1 43.Ra8+ Kc7 44.Ba6 e4 45.Rf8 e3+ 45...Kd6 46.Rxf5 Nd1+ 47.Ke2 Ne3 46.Kf3 Rc2 47.Rxf5 Rf2+ 48.Kg4 Rxg2+ 49.Kh5 e2? 49...Kd6 50.Rf7+ 50.Bxe2 Nxe2 50...Rxe2?? 51.Rc5+ 51.Rf7+ Kd6 52.a6 Nd4 53.a7 Ra2 54.Kxg5 f3 55.b5 Nxb5 56.Rxf3= 50...Kd6 51.Bxe2 Nxe2 52.a6 Nd4 53.a7 Ra2 54.h4 54.Kxg5 f3 55.b5 54...Ke6 55.Kg6 Nf3 56.Rf6+ Kd5 57.Rf5+ Ne5+ 58.Kxg5 f3 59.Kf4 Kd4 60.Rf8 Ng6+ 0–1
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| Mahitosh,D | 2233 | Gukesh,D | 2637 | 0–1 | | D02 | Kvika Reykjavik Open 2022 | 1.2 |
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Standings after round 3
| 1 |
3 |
|
GM |
Niemann Hans Moke |
|
|
|
2637 |
2637 |
3,0 |
0,0 |
3 |
2,0 |
3168 |
3 |
3 |
2,42 |
0,58 |
10 |
5,8 |
| |
25 |
|
GM |
Jarmula Lukasz |
|
|
|
2434 |
2434 |
3,0 |
0,0 |
3 |
2,0 |
3147 |
3 |
3 |
1,81 |
1,19 |
10 |
11,9 |
| 3 |
2 |
|
GM |
Gukesh D |
U16 |
|
|
2637 |
2637 |
2,5 |
0,0 |
3 |
2,0 |
2666 |
3 |
2,5 |
2,33 |
0,17 |
10 |
1,7 |
| |
4 |
|
GM |
Adhiban B. |
|
|
|
2633 |
2633 |
2,5 |
0,0 |
3 |
2,0 |
2645 |
3 |
2,5 |
2,38 |
0,12 |
10 |
1,2 |
| |
10 |
|
GM |
Fier Alexandr |
|
|
|
2573 |
2573 |
2,5 |
0,0 |
3 |
2,0 |
2582 |
3 |
2,5 |
2,43 |
0,07 |
10 |
0,7 |
| |
11 |
|
GM |
Cornette Matthieu |
|
|
|
2569 |
2569 |
2,5 |
0,0 |
3 |
2,0 |
2650 |
3 |
2,5 |
2,14 |
0,36 |
10 |
3,6 |
| |
13 |
|
GM |
Steingrimsson Hedinn |
|
|
|
2538 |
2538 |
2,5 |
0,0 |
3 |
2,0 |
2643 |
3 |
2,5 |
2,06 |
0,44 |
10 |
4,4 |
| |
15 |
|
GM |
Maze Sebastien |
|
|
|
2524 |
2524 |
2,5 |
0,0 |
3 |
2,0 |
2628 |
3 |
2,5 |
2,08 |
0,42 |
10 |
4,2 |
| 9 |
1 |
|
GM |
Idani Pouya |
|
|
|
2638 |
2638 |
2,5 |
0,0 |
3 |
1,5 |
2617 |
3 |
2,5 |
2,53 |
-0,03 |
10 |
-0,3 |
| |
5 |
|
GM |
Sadhwani Raunak |
U16 |
|
|
2628 |
2628 |
2,5 |
0,0 |
3 |
1,5 |
2598 |
3 |
2,5 |
2,53 |
-0,03 |
10 |
-0,3 |
| |
6 |
|
GM |
Praggnanandhaa R |
U16 |
|
|
2624 |
2624 |
2,5 |
0,0 |
3 |
1,5 |
2560 |
3 |
2,5 |
2,62 |
-0,12 |
10 |
-1,2 |
| |
8 |
|
GM |
Warmerdam Max |
|
|
|
2599 |
2599 |
2,5 |
0,0 |
3 |
1,5 |
2620 |
3 |
2,5 |
2,36 |
0,14 |
10 |
1,4 |
| |
9 |
|
GM |
Andersen Mads |
|
|
|
2582 |
2582 |
2,5 |
0,0 |
3 |
1,5 |
2510 |
3 |
2,5 |
2,60 |
-0,10 |
10 |
-1,0 |
| |
17 |
|
IM |
Peng Li Min |
|
|
|
2517 |
2517 |
2,5 |
0,0 |
3 |
1,5 |
2519 |
3 |
2,5 |
2,47 |
0,03 |
10 |
0,3 |
| |
19 |
|
IM |
Stefansson Vignir Vatnar |
|
|
|
2501 |
2501 |
2,5 |
0,0 |
3 |
1,5 |
2446 |
3 |
2,5 |
2,61 |
-0,11 |
10 |
-1,1 |
...245 players
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