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Nils Grandelius triumphs at Reykjavik Open 2023, Abhijeet Gupta third

by Shahid Ahmed - 06/04/2023

GM Nils Grandelius defeated IM Quentin Loiseau in the final round to win Reykjavik Open 2023. The Sweden no.1 scored an unbeaten 7.5/9 to win the tournament on his eleventh attempt. He finished a half point ahead of the competition. Seven players scored 7/9. Out of them, Turkey no.1 GM Mustafa Yilmaz and GM Abhijeet Gupta were placed second and third respectively according to tie-breaks. Abhijeet defeated GM Kjetil A Lie in the final round to finish third and gained a valuable 10 Elo rating points. Apart from Abhijeet, GM Pranav Venkatesh is the only other Indian to make a top ten finish. He scored 6.5/9 to finish tenth. IM Sidhant Mohapatra earned his maiden GM-norm scoring 6.5/9. Photo: Official site

Sidhant earns his maiden GM-norm

IM Sidhant Mohapatra drew with GM Sebastian Maze (FRA) in the final round to secure his maiden GM-norm. He scored an impressive 6.5/9 to finish tied eleventh with GM Emre Can (TUR). His sole loss of the event was against the eventual second runner-up GM Abhijeet Gupta. The Odisha lad is now two GM-norms and 98.3 Elo rating points away from becoming India's next Grandmaster.

Top 3 (L to R) - 2nd GM Mustafa Yilmaz (TUR), 1st GM Nils Grandelius (SWE) and 3rd GM Abhijeet Gupta | Photo: Official site

Sweden no.1 GM Nils Grandelius tweeted on his triumph

Abhijeet - Kjetil

Position after 27...Nbd7

27...Kg7 would have been fine for Black. However, 27...Nbd7 ends the game prematurely due to the fact that the f7-pawn is no longer protected by the queen. Hence, 28.e5 becomes deadly. 28... Qc7 29.g3 h6 30.Nxe6+ fxe6 31.Qxh6+ and it's over for Black.

GM Abhijeet Gupta is now at 14th place with 12.48 points in the FIDE Circuit 2023 standings | Source: FIDE Circuit

Rating category 2201-2400 (L to R): 2nd IM Ludvig Carlsson (SWE), 1st IM Sidhant Mohapatra and 3rd FM Vedant Panesar (absent) | Photo: Official site

IM Sidhant Mohapatra not only won the first prize in the rating category 2201-2400, he also earned his maiden GM-norm.

Facing Anish Giri's course with Sethu's firepower | Video: ChessBase India

IM Sidhant Mohpatra scored 6.5/9, performed at 2581 and gained 25.7 Elo rating points

IM Nisha Mohota won two prizes - third in rating category 2001-2200 and in Women's category.

Rating category 2001-2200 (L to R): 2nd CM Neeraj Harish (USA) 6/9, 1st Sebastian Hoffman (GER) 6.5/9 and 3rd IM Nisha Mohota 6/9 | Photo: Official site

Women Top 3 (L to R): 2nd WGM Sarah Papp (GER) 6/9, 1st IM Irene Kharisma Sukandar (INA) 6/9 and 3rd IM Nisha Mohota 6/9 | Photo: Official site

A total of 401 players including 34 GMs, 34 IMs, 5 WGMs and 5 WIMs took part from 45 countries across the world. The seven day nine-round Swiss League Rating tournament was organized by Icelandic Chess Federation from 29th March to 4th April 2023 at Harpa Conference Center in Reykjavik, Iceland. The time control of the tournament was 40 moves in 90 minutes + 30 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move no.1. Accelerated pairings were used in all rounds.

Replay Round 9 games

Round 9 results

Rd.Bo.No. NameRtgPts.ResultPts.NameRtg No.
9420
GMVisakh N R25386½ - ½6GMTari Aryan2649
3
955
GMGupta Abhijeet262061 - 06GMLie Kjetil A.2515
22
9918
GMMaze Sebastien25426½ - ½6IMSidhant Mohapatra2376
54
91015
GMPranav V25451 - 06IMPapadiamandis Elliot2323
73
91624
IMVignesh N R25130 - 1IMCarlsson Ludvig2375
55
91728
IMShyaamnikhil P24771 - 0WIMGaal Zsoka2320
75
91868
FMPanesar Vedant23481 - 0IMKorley Kassa2468
31
91935
GMPanchanathan Magesh Chandran24601 - 0IMSarkar Justin2338
71
93138
GMKnaak Rainer24555½ - ½5WIMSharma Isha2197
109
936106
Cornelisse John220350 - 15IMAjay Krishna S2382
51
94062
FMO`Gorman Tom235750 - 15IMMohota Nisha2177
117
94342
IMDhulipalla Bala Chandra Prasad24411 - 0WGMBelenkaya Dina2300
83
950198
Pozimski Szymon19725½ - ½5FMKarthik Rajaa2302
82
957161
Hari Charan Sai Kalluri20660 - 1FMTrimitzios Petros2358
60
96492
FMSahithi Varshini M22620 - 1FMGeorge Samir David1993
188
976120
WIMPandey Srishti21561 - 0Frank Anton 20061857
237
9154359
Lokeswara Rao M12183½ - ½3Ingason Sigurdur1756
273

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Final standings

Rk.SNo NameTypsexFEDRtgPts. TB1  TB2  TB3 RpnKrtg+/-
12
GMNils GrandeliusSWE26587,50941,526769103,7
24
GMMustafa YilmazTUR262970946,527089109,4
35
GMAbhijeet GuptaIND262070945270091010
411
GMMaxime LagardeFRA258170945271391015,7
516
GMGabor PappHUN254470941,525989107,1
613
GMMatthieu CornetteFRA256370941267191012,6
76
GMTamas BanuszHUN261670840,526488103,8
812
GMLeon LivaicCRO256970742271571010,8
91
GMVasyl IvanchukUKR26646,509452634910-1,4
1015
GMV PranavIND25456,50943,526119109,2
118
GMEmre CanTUR26006,509412577910-1
54
IMMohapatra SidhantIND23766,50941258191025,7
1318
GMSebastien MazeFRA25426,509412508910-1,6
1439
IMQuentin LoiseauFRA24496,50940250891010,8
1542
IMBala Chandra Prasad DhulipallaIND24416,50940249891010
1643
IMMatthew J WadsworthENG24396,50939,524619105,2
1740
IMFy Antenaina RakotomaharoMAD24486,5093924759105,1
1820
GMN R VisakhIND25386,5093925359101,2
1928
IMP ShyaamnikhilIND24776,50938,524719100,7
2035
GMMagesh Chandran PanchanathanIND24606,5093824979105,6
2155
IMLudvig CarlssonSWE23756,5093723679106,2
2268
FMVedant PanesarIND23486,50935238092020,4
2376
FMAleksandr Domalchuk-JonassonISL23186,509332194920-15,6
24142
Sebastian HoffmannGER21086,50932,5227792042,6
2523
GMLeon MonsGER25146,5084025268106,3

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