Reykjavik Open: Live commentary by Nick Pert and Blair Connell

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4/3/2023 – The traditional Reykjavik Open is taking place from 29 March to 4 April at the Harpa Conference Centre in the Icelandic capital. Nicholas Pert, the 2021 British champion, is commentating a few of the rounds on Simon Williams’ Twitch channel. In rounds 6 and 8, he is joined by Blair Connell, with the duo focusing on the game of the ever-entertaining Ginger GM! | Photo: Official website
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Round 8 - Live

Chess enthusiast Gerd Densing in playing in Reykjavik and sent us a first-hand report from the beautiful playing venue. He had this to say about the organization:

As usual, the tournament is very well-organized. [...] As in previous years, an enjoyable social programme is spread over the tournament week in the form of an opening party, a pub quiz, a blitz tournament and a Golden Circle round trip.

Five rounds have been played in Iceland, and there is a fierce fight for first place. Saturday is a double-round day, with round 8 starting at 16.00 local time (18.00 CEST). Nicholas Pert, the 2021 British champion and an all-star FritzTrainer author, will be commentating along with Blair Connell on Simon William’s Twitch channel.

The duo will focus on the game of the ever-entertaining Ginger GM!

In this detailed “three-part” video series I take a look at a main line White system based on 1.d4. This series is aimed at the ambitious player who is looking to put maximum pressure on their opponent from the start of the game.

 
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Almeida-Moreno
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1.c4 2:33 e5 55 2.Nc3 4 d5 41 3.cxd5 14 Bb4 19 4.e4 2:10 Nf6 37 5.Bd3 2:37 c6 3:58 6.Nf3 4:49 Qd6 9:47 7.Qb3 4:41 Bg4 10:34 8.Nxe5 6:16 Qxe5 5:18 9.Qxb4 13 b6 5:43 10.dxc6 4:02 Nxc6 2:57 11.Bb5 19 Bd7 2:40 12.Qa4 11:39 0-0 1:45 13.Bxc6 3:28 b5 2:52 14.Qxb5 2:17 Qxb5 36 15.Bxb5 45 Bxb5 1:19 16.Nxb5 29 Nxe4 18 17.0-0 18 a6 11 18.Nc3 38 f5 2:15 19.Nxe4 29 fxe4 9 20.Re1 38 Rae8 1:16 21.Re3 39 g5 1:52 22.b4 1:06 g4 28 23.Bb2 36 h5 44 24.Rae1 14 Rf4 25 25.d3 42 h4 1:05 26.Rxe4 20 Rfxe4 59 27.Rxe4 12 Rxe4 7 28.dxe4 4 Kf7 0 29.h3 15 gxh3 47 30.gxh3 7 Ke6 19 31.Kg2 16 Kd6 10 32.Kf3 19 Kc6 9 33.Kg4 13 Kb5 7 34.Kxh4 17 Kxb4 8 35.f4 9 a5 6 36.f5 1 a4 18 37.f6 4 a3 6 38.Bxa3+ 6 Kxa3 17 39.f7 4 Kxa2 8 40.e5 9 Kb3 6 41.e6 2 Kc4 6 42.f8Q 29 Kd5 7 43.e7 6 Kd4 35 44.Qf5 7 Kc4 9 45.Qd7 8 Kc3 30 46.Qd5 5 Kb4 26 47.Qc6 12 Kb3 13 48.Qc5 10 Kb2 17 49.e8R 59:09 Kb3 14 50.Rb8+ 0 Ka4 28 51.Qa7# 0 1–0
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StWhiteEloWBlackEloBResRndid
Gomes,S1550Spinola,D15551.23420282
Abrahamyan,T2310Lee,A23863.21279479
Moreno,A1515Fortes,H-1.13420281
Silva,B1760Vera-Cruz,R17481.23420262
Reis,L1664Vaz,J19411.23420260
Pina,D-Lopes,R16251.23420259
Almeida,J1591Moreno,V14291.43420286
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