Fabiano Caruana Wins 2012 Reykjavik Open
The 19 year-old Italian star Fabiano Caruana won the 2012 Reykjavik Open with a score of 7½/9 points, half a point clear of a seven-way tie for second place.
Caruana was a strong ratings favourite for the event, but he was made to sweat in a final round battle with women's world champion Hou Yifan. Hou had chances to win the game, but let it slip in mutual time-trouble to allow a draw.
Both players gain rating points after the event - Hou is now 2646 Elo and Caruana has crept above Hikaru Nakamura to 2772 (#6 in the world rankings) on the live rating list, much to the American's chagrin.
The top standings:
| Name | Nat | Elo | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | |
| 1 | Caruana Fabiano | ITA | 2767 | 7.5 | 56.0 | 44.0 |
| 2 | Sokolov Ivan | NED | 2653 | 7.0 | 56.0 | 43.5 |
| 3 | Navara David | CZE | 2700 | 7.0 | 55.5 | 44.0 |
| 4 | Jones Gawain C B | ENG | 2635 | 7.0 | 53.0 | 41.0 |
| 5 | Avrukh Boris | ISR | 2591 | 7.0 | 51.5 | 42.0 |
| 6 | Hou Yifan | CHN | 2639 | 7.0 | 51.5 | 40.0 |
| 7 | Maze Sebastien | FRA | 2577 | 7.0 | 50.0 | 39.5 |
| 8 | Danielsen Henrik | ISL | 2504 | 7.0 | 48.5 | 38.0 |
| 9 | Cheparinov Ivan | BUL | 2664 | 6.5 | 56.0 | 44.5 |
| 10 | Hess Robert L | USA | 2635 | 6.5 | 53.5 | 42.0 |
| 11 | L'ami Erwin | NED | 2611 | 6.5 | 52.0 | 40.0 |
| 12 | Kryvoruchko Yuriy | UKR | 2666 | 6.5 | 51.5 | 40.0 |
| 13 | Stefansson Hannes | ISL | 2531 | 6.5 | 50.0 | 39.0 |
| 14 | Papin Vasily | RUS | 2575 | 6.5 | 49.5 | 39.5 |
| 15 | Baklan Vladimir | UKR | 2612 | 6.5 | 49.5 | 38.0 |
| 16 | Kveinys Aloyzas | LTU | 2512 | 6.5 | 49.0 | 38.5 |
| 17 | Steingrimsson Hedinn | ISL | 2556 | 6.5 | 48.5 | 37.5 |
| 18 | Halkias Stelios | GRE | 2588 | 6.5 | 48.5 | 37.5 |
| 19 | Akshayraj Kore | IND | 2422 | 6.0 | 52.5 | 42.5 |
| 20 | Kuzubov Yuriy | UKR | 2615 | 6.0 | 52.5 | 41.5 |
