Reykjavik Chess Festival 2012
Fabiano Caruana survived a scare against Hou Yifan in the final round to win the Reykjavik Chess Festival 2012. Hou missed big chances in a mutual time scramble on the run up to move 40 but even had chances after that. The game ended in a draw as did the top four boards. Caruana will gain a few ratings points to help maintain his new top 10 status winning with 7.5/9. 7 players finished on 7/9 Ivan Sokolov, David Navara, Gawain Jones, Boris Avrukh, Hou Yifan (who didn't gain that many rating points), Sebastien Maze and Henrik Danielsen.
Event: Reykjavik Chess Festival 2012
Place: Reykjavik
CountryCode: ISL
StartDate: Tue 6th Mar 2012
EndDate: Tue 13th Mar 2012
Website
Reykjavik Open
Tue 6th Mar 2012
Tue 13th Mar 2012
Reykjavik
ISL
9 Rounds.
Swiss
Time Control: 90m:30m+30spm(1)
Reykjavik Open Reykjavik ISL Tue 6th Mar 2012 - Tue 13th Mar 2012
Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk Name Ti FED Rtg Pts TB1 TB2 TB3
1 Caruana Fabiano GM ITA 2767 7.5 56.0 44.0 45.50
2 Sokolov Ivan GM NED 2653 7.0 56.0 43.5 42.25
3 Navara David GM CZE 2700 7.0 55.5 44.0 42.00
4 Jones Gawain C B GM ENG 2635 7.0 53.0 41.0 39.00
5 Avrukh Boris GM ISR 2591 7.0 51.5 42.0 37.75
6 Hou Yifan GM CHN 2639 7.0 51.5 40.0 39.75
7 Maze Sebastien GM FRA 2577 7.0 50.0 39.5 38.50
8 Danielsen Henrik GM ISL 2504 7.0 48.5 38.0 38.00
9 Cheparinov Ivan GM BUL 2664 6.5 56.0 44.5 38.00
10 Hess Robert L GM USA 2635 6.5 53.5 42.0 36.50
11 L'ami Erwin GM NED 2611 6.5 52.0 40.0 36.00
12 Kryvoruchko Yuriy GM UKR 2666 6.5 51.5 40.0 36.25
13 Stefansson Hannes GM ISL 2531 6.5 50.0 39.0 34.25
14 Papin Vasily GM RUS 2575 6.5 49.5 39.5 35.00
15 Baklan Vladimir GM UKR 2612 6.5 49.5 38.0 34.00
16 Kveinys Aloyzas GM LTU 2512 6.5 49.0 38.5 34.50
17 Steingrimsson Hedinn GM ISL 2556 6.5 48.5 37.5 33.75
18 Halkias Stelios GM GRE 2588 6.5 48.5 37.5 33.50
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