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Max Warmerdam entered round 8 as the sole leader of the Reykjavik Open. Playing white against top seed Pouya Idani, he decided to save some energy after a gruelling double round on Sunday by agreeing to a draw after 19 moves. The half point meant Warmerdam would at least go into the final round sharing the lead.
Idani was one of the five players in the chasing pack. The other four played each other on boards 2 and 3. Both games finished decisively, allowing the winners — Praggnanandhaa and Mads Andersen — to climb to shared first place on 6½ out of 8 points.
With three players sharing the lead and seven players standing a half point behind, we are likely to see a tie for first place in the final standings. In that case, the result in a direct encounter (or encounters, if more than two players are involved) is the first tiebreak criterion. If that is not applicable, the number of games played (byes were allowed in the event) and Median Buchholz are the next criteria that would break the tie.
In the deciding round, Andersen will have the white pieces against Warmerdam, while Pragg will face his compatriot Gukesh with black. Gukesh is one of seven players currently standing a half point behind the leaders.
| Bo. | No. | Name | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | No. |
| 1 | 9 | Andersen Mads | 6½ | 6½ | Warmerdam Max | 8 | |
| 2 | 2 | Gukesh D | 6 | 6½ | Praggnanandhaa R | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | Idani Pouya | 6 | 6 | Mishra Abhimanyu | 16 | |
| 4 | 10 | Fier Alexandr | 6 | 6 | Libiszewski Fabien | 18 | |
| 5 | 25 | Jarmula Lukasz | 6 | 6 | Gretarsson Hjorvar Steinn | 12 |
On Monday, Pragg scored a remarkable victory over Matthieu Cornette. The Frenchman, playing black, was overly ambitious with his 13th move. Pragg immediately grabbed his chance, sacrificing a knight to get a crushing attack on the kingside.
A beautiful shot | Photo: Thorsteinn Magnusson
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | RtgI | Pts. | TB1 | ||
| 1 |
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GM | Praggnanandhaa R | 2624 | 2624 | 6,5 | 0,0 |
| 2 |
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GM | Warmerdam Max | 2599 | 2599 | 6,5 | 0,0 |
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GM | Andersen Mads | 2582 | 2582 | 6,5 | 0,0 | |
| 4 |
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GM | Jarmula Lukasz | 2434 | 2434 | 6,0 | 0,0 |
| 5 |
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GM | Fier Alexandr | 2573 | 2573 | 6,0 | 0,0 |
| 6 |
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GM | Gukesh D | 2637 | 2637 | 6,0 | 0,0 |
| 7 |
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GM | Idani Pouya | 2638 | 2638 | 6,0 | 0,0 |
| 8 |
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GM | Gretarsson Hjorvar Steinn | 2542 | 2542 | 6,0 | 0,0 |
| 9 |
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GM | Mishra Abhimanyu | 2524 | 2524 | 6,0 | 0,0 |
| 10 |
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GM | Libiszewski Fabien | 2510 | 2510 | 6,0 | 0,0 |
| 11 |
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GM | Maze Sebastien | 2524 | 2524 | 5,5 | 0,0 |
| 12 |
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GM | Niemann Hans Moke | 2637 | 2637 | 5,5 | 0,0 |
| 13 |
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IM | Beerdsen Thomas | 2496 | 2496 | 5,5 | 0,0 |
| 14 |
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IM | Korley Kassa | 2400 | 2400 | 5,5 | 0,0 |
| 15 |
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IM | Laurent-Paoli Pierre | 2487 | 2487 | 5,5 | 0,0 |
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