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The XXIII Reykjavik Open 2008 took place from March 3rd-11th, 2008. The tournament was open for foreign players above 2200 FIDE and Icelandic players above 2000 FIDE. Rate of play: 90 min. / 40 moves + 15 minutes after 40 moves. 30 sec. increment for every move.
In round five the game between Greek GM Stelios Halkias (2580) and the current world Junior Champion GM Ahmed Adly (2551, EGY) had ended in draw. When Ahmed left the playing hall and switched on his mobile phone he immediately saw a bunch of SMS from friends allover the world with the same content: the move 40....f5 wins on the spot.
Roses are red and violets are blue, and I'm going to miss a win against
you
Halkias,Stelios (2580) - Adly,Ahmed (2551) [A00]
Reykjavik Open 2008 Reykjavik (5.2), 07.03.2008
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Qd2
Bb4 9.Rc1 h6 10.Bh4 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Ba3 12.Rb1 e5 13.Bd3 0-0 14.0-0 Re8 15.Qc2
Bd6 16.c4 exd4 17.exd4 Nf8 18.c5 Bf4 19.Bg3 Qc7 20.Ne5 Bxg3 21.fxg3 Be6 22.Nc4
Re7 23.Nd6 b6 24.Kh1 Rd8 25.Rbe1 Bd5 26.Qf2 Rxd6 27.cxd6 Qxd6 28.Qf4 Qa3 29.Rxe7
Qxe7 30.Qf2 Qb4 31.g4 a5 32.Bb1 b5 33.h4 a4 34.g5 hxg5 35.hxg5 Qd6 36.Re1 Qd7
37.Qg3 b4
This is a virtually even postion, but for some reason the Greek GM gives up the a-pawn: 38.Be4?! Bxa2 39.Qb8? A second pawn will fall. 39...Qxd4 40.g6
Halkias has been chasing ghosts, Black has indeed a simple win with 40....f5. But now it is Adly's turn to see ghosts: 40...Qf2? Black has thrown away the win. 41.Qxb4 c5 42.Qc3 a3 43.Re3 Qf1+ 44.Kh2 Qf4+ 45.Kg1 f5 46.Bc2 Bc4 47.Qxa3 Qf1+ 48.Kh2 Qf4+ 49.Kg1 Qf1+ 50.Kh2 Qf4+ 51.Kg1 ½-½.
Remembering Fischer: the portrait of the 1972 match dominates the
playing hall
On March 9th, before the start of round seven, there was a minute of silence for Bobby Fischer, who would have turned 65 on this day.
The ultimate winner, Wang Hao, playing Swedish GM Hillarp Persson in round
six
| Rk. | Ti. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | Rp |
| 1 | GM | Wang Hao | CHN | 2665 | 7.0 | 40.0 | 42.0 | 2721 |
| 2 | GM | Stefansson Hannes | ISL | 2564 | 7.0 | 38.5 | 41.0 | 2679 |
| 3 | GM | Wang Yue | CHN | 2698 | 7.0 | 38.0 | 41.0 | 2684 |
| 4 | GM | Kveinys Aloyzas | LTU | 2521 | 6.5 | 39.5 | 41.0 | 2664 |
| 5 | GM | Caruana Fabiano | ITA | 2598 | 6.5 | 38.5 | 41.5 | 2679 |
| 6 | GM | Meier Georg | GER | 2570 | 6.5 | 35.0 | 37.0 | 2583 |
| 7 | GM | Halkias Stelios | GRE | 2580 | 6.0 | 39.5 | 42.0 | 2629 |
| 8 | GM | Mikhalevski Victor | ISR | 2632 | 6.0 | 39.0 | 41.0 | 2603 |
| 9 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | BUL | 2464 | 6.0 | 37.5 | 40.5 | 2550 |
| 10 | GM | Malakhatko Vadim | BEL | 2600 | 6.0 | 37.0 | 38.5 | 2601 |
| 11 | GM | Lie Kjetil A | NOR | 2556 | 6.0 | 36.0 | 38.0 | 2568 |
| 12 | GM | Dizdar Goran | CRO | 2564 | 6.0 | 36.0 | 37.0 | 2557 |
| 13 | FM | Grover Sahaj | IND | 2242 | 6.0 | 34.0 | 36.0 | 2478 |
| 14 | FM | Thorfinnsson Bjorn | ISL | 2364 | 6.0 | 33.0 | 35.5 | 2562 |
| 15 | GM | Danielsen Henrik | ISL | 2506 | 6.0 | 32.5 | 34.0 | 2483 |
| 16 | IM | Thorfinnsson Bragi | ISL | 2406 | 6.0 | 31.0 | 33.0 | 2469 |
| 17 | GM | Carlsson Pontus | SWE | 2501 | 5.5 | 37.5 | 40.5 | 2517 |
| 18 | IM | Gaponenko Inna | UKR | 2422 | 5.5 | 37.5 | 39.0 | 2587 |
| 19 | GM | Al-Modiahki Mohamad | QAT | 2569 | 5.5 | 35.5 | 38.5 | 2481 |
| 20 | IM | Lie Espen | NOR | 2428 | 5.5 | 34.5 | 37.0 | 2597 |
| 21 | FM | Nyzhnyk Illya | UKR | 2405 | 5.5 | 34.0 | 36.5 | 2424 |
| 22 | IM | Gunnarsson Jon Viktor | ISL | 2429 | 5.5 | 34.0 | 35.5 | 2499 |
| 23 | IM | Kristjansson Stefan | ISL | 2476 | 5.5 | 33.5 | 36.5 | 2434 |
| 24 | IM | Tania Sachdev | IND | 2417 | 5.0 | 36.5 | 38.0 | 2487 |
| 25 | IM | Simutowe Amon | ZAM | 2457 | 5.0 | 36.0 | 39.0 | 2424 |
| 26 | FM | Robson Ray | USA | 2389 | 5.0 | 36.0 | 37.5 | 2470 |
| 27 | GM | Hillarp Persson Tiger | SWE | 2535 | 5.0 | 35.5 | 39.0 | 2481 |
| 28 | IM | Paehtz Elisabeth | GER | 2420 | 5.0 | 35.5 | 38.0 | 2500 |
| 29 | GM | Jankovic Alojzije | CRO | 2541 | 5.0 | 34.5 | 36.0 | 2416 |
| 30 | GM | Malisauskas Vidmantas | LTU | 2489 | 5.0 | 34.0 | 37.5 | 2397 |
| 31 | FM | Grandelius Nils | SWE | 2371 | 5.0 | 33.5 | 36.5 | 2439 |
| 32 | GM | Moradiabadi Elshan | IRI | 2506 | 5.0 | 33.0 | 34.5 | 2414 |
| 33 | IM | Hammer Jon Ludvig | NOR | 2441 | 5.0 | 32.5 | 35.5 | 2412 |
| 34 | FM | Arngrimsson Dagur | ISL | 2359 | 5.0 | 30.0 | 33.5 | 2312 |
| 35 | FM | Lagerman Robert | ISL | 2348 | 5.0 | 30.0 | 32.5 | 2355 |
| 36 | FM | Thomassen Joachim | NOR | 2308 | 5.0 | 29.5 | 33.5 | 2426 |
| 37 | WIM | Nemcova Katerina | CZE | 2342 | 5.0 | 29.5 | 32.5 | 2325 |
| 38 | FM | Bergsson Snorri | ISL | 2333 | 5.0 | 29.5 | 32.0 | 2388 |
| 39 | FM | Kjartansson David | ISL | 2288 | 5.0 | 27.5 | 30.0 | 2368 |
In memoriam: GMs Pal Benkö, Boris Spassky, with wife Marina and the
President of the Icelandic Chess Federation, Lilia Grettarsdottir gather to
honor the late Bobby Fischer
Reuters reports that Boris Spassky visited his former rival's grave at a small cemetery near the capital. Clearly moved he bent and dusted snow off the grave and laid flowers before straightening up and wiping his eyes. "Do you think the spot next to him is available," he joked to reporters afterward. Spassky has offered few comments about his former rival in the wake of Fischer's death, saying only the man was a friend. Speaking with reporters in Iceland on Sunday, Spassky said chess now was just not the same as in his day. "As for the modern chess, I am pessimistic because in my view computers killed classic chess," he said.
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