Six tie for first in Reykjavik

All scoring 7/9, GMs Yuriy Kuzubov, Ivan Sokolov, Vladimir Baklan, Kamil Miton, Jon Ludvig Hammer and Ilya Nyzhnyk tied for first place at the MP Reykjavik Open in Iceland. Top seeded GM Luke McShane finished half a point behind them.

The 26th MP Reykjavík Open was held from March 9 to March 16, 2011 in the City Hall in downtown Reykjavík. The tournament had 166 participants from 30 countries, including 29 GMs. Main sponsor was MP Bank, was founded by and bearing the initials of Icelandic GM Margeir Pétursson. The other main sponsor was the City of Reykjavik, which sponsored the tournament since its inception in 1964, when Mikhail Tal won it with a record 12½ points out of 13.

After four rounds GMs Stelios Halkias from Greece and Robert Hess (USA) were the only players left with a 100% score. They drew with each other the next round, allowing Luke McShane (England), Yuriy Kuzubov (Ukraine) and Kamil Miton (Poland) to join them in the lead.

There were quite a few draws on the top boards in the next rounds, but Kuzubov beat Miton and a day later Jon Ludvig Hammer from Norway won against Robert Hess. In the 8th round the most important victories were for Miton, who beat McShane, and Dutch GM Ivan Sokolov who won against Alexander Fier of Brazil.

Eventually GMs Yuriy Kuzubov, Ivan Sokolov, Vladimir Baklan, Kamil Miton, Jon Ludvig Hammer and Ilya Nyzhnyk tied for first place with Kuzubov having the best tiebreak.

Selection of games

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Reykjavik Open 2011 | Final Standings

Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	Kuzubov Yuriy	GM	UKR	2627	7.0	55.5	43.5	42.50
2	Sokolov Ivan	GM	NED	2643	7.0	52.5	41.0	40.25
3	Baklan Vladimir	GM	UKR	2602	7.0	51.5	40.5	39.50
4	Miton Kamil	GM	POL	2600	7.0	51.5	39.5	38.25
5	Hammer Jon Ludvig	GM	NOR	2606	7.0	51.0	39.0	38.25
6	Nyzhnyk Illya	GM	UKR	2563	7.0	50.5	40.0	37.50
7	McShane Luke J	GM	ENG	2683	6.5	53.0	41.0	36.75
8	Hansen Sune Berg	GM	DEN	2603	6.5	52.0	41.0	36.50
9	Jones Gawain C B	GM	ENG	2578	6.5	51.0	40.5	35.50
10	Chatalbashev Boris	GM	BUL	2602	6.5	50.5	39.0	35.25
11	Halkias Stelios	GM	GRE	2579	6.5	50.0	39.0	34.50
12	Gupta Abhijeet	GM	IND	2580	6.5	49.5	39.0	34.25
13	Pelletier Yannick	GM	SUI	2593	6.5	49.0	38.5	34.25
14	Kveinys Aloyzas	GM	LTU	2506	6.5	49.0	38.0	34.00
15	Adly Ahmed	GM	EGY	2640	6.5	48.5	38.0	34.00
16	Fier Alexandr	GM	BRA	2586	6.5	48.0	36.5	33.25
17	Stefansson Hannes	GM	ISL	2557	6.5	44.5	34.5	31.00
18	Berbatov Kiprian	IM	BUL	2454	6.0	53.5	43.0	34.00
19	Hillarp Persson Tiger	GM	SWE	2524	6.0	52.5	41.5	32.75
20	Miroshnichenko Evgenij	GM	UKR	2670	6.0	52.5	40.5	32.50
21	Sammalvuo Tapani	IM	FIN	2471	6.0	49.0	38.5	28.75
22	Gustafsson Jan	GM	GER	2647	6.0	49.0	37.5	30.75
23	Friedel Joshua E	GM	USA	2529	6.0	48.5	37.5	30.00
24	Dronavalli Harika	IM	IND	2524	6.0	46.5	36.5	29.25
25	Sveshnikov Evgeny	GM	LAT	2527	6.0	46.5	36.0	30.00
26	Thorfinnsson Bragi	IM	ISL	2417	6.0	45.5	36.5	28.25
27	Gislason Gudmundur		ISL	2291	6.0	44.0	36.0	27.25
28	Mekhitarian Krikor Sevag	GM	BRA	2529	6.0	41.5	31.5	27.00
29	Hess Robert L	GM	USA	2565	5.5	52.5	41.5	29.75
30	Williams Simon K	GM	ENG	2507	5.5	52.0	40.5	28.75
31	Ziska Helgi Dam	IM	FAI	2432	5.5	50.0	38.5	28.50
32	Carstensen Jacob	FM	DEN	2332	5.5	49.0	39.0	27.25
33	Grover Sahaj	IM	IND	2495	5.5	48.5	37.5	25.75
34	Getz Nicolai	FM	NOR	2333	5.5	47.5	37.0	24.25
35	D'amore Carlo	IM	ITA	2505	5.5	47.0	36.0	25.25
36	Danielsen Henrik	GM	ISL	2533	5.5	46.5	36.0	26.00
37	Henrichs Thomas	IM	GER	2480	5.5	46.5	35.0	26.50
38	Debashis Das	IM	IND	2398	5.5	46.0	35.5	24.75
39	Thorfinnsson Bjorn	IM	ISL	2419	5.5	44.5	35.5	24.75
40	Michalczak Thomas	FM	GER	2332	5.5	44.5	34.5	25.5

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