Reykjavik Open 2013
The 2013 Reykjavik Open is underway in Iceland, featuring more than 30 Grandmasters in a 10-round Open Swiss competition.
The top seed is the young Dutch star Anish Giri, followed by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France and David Navara of the Czech Republic.
Round 1 is already underway at the spectacular Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Centre.
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The top 30 players (out of 229) are:
| # | Name | Fed | Elo |
| 1 | Giri Anish | NED | 2722 |
| 2 | Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA | 2715 |
| 3 | Navara David | CZE | 2710 |
| 4 | Cheparinov Ivan | BUL | 2709 |
| 5 | Ding Liren | CHN | 2709 |
| 6 | Yu Yangyi | CHN | 2688 |
| 7 | So Wesley | PHI | 2684 |
| 8 | Eljanov Pavel | UKR | 2678 |
| 9 | Bu Xiangzhi | CHN | 2675 |
| 10 | Gajewski Grzegorz | POL | 2644 |
| 11 | Sokolov Ivan | NED | 2644 |
| 12 | Socko Bartosz | POL | 2643 |
| 13 | Jones Gawain C B | ENG | 2637 |
| 14 | Amin Bassem | EGY | 2631 |
| 15 | Kuzubov Yuriy | UKR | 2622 |
| 16 | L'ami Erwin | NED | 2622 |
| 17 | Baklan Vladimir | UKR | 2609 |
| 18 | Solak Dragan | TUR | 2603 |
| 19 | Dziuba Marcin | POL | 2602 |
| 20 | Ipatov Alexander | TUR | 2569 |
| 21 | Oleksienko Mikhailo | UKR | 2568 |
| 22 | Grandelius Nils | SWE | 2566 |
| 23 | Halkias Stelios | GRE | 2566 |
| 24 | Esen Baris | TUR | 2565 |
| 25 | Shulman Yury | USA | 2563 |
| 26 | Maze Sebastien | FRA | 2556 |
| 27 | Kveinys Aloyzas | LTU | 2533 |
| 28 | Yilmaz Mustafa | TUR | 2531 |
| 29 | Xiu Deshun | CHN | 2530 |
| 30 | Gretarsson Hjorvar Steinn | ISL | 2509 |
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The playing schedule is (local times = GMT):
| February 19th | Tuesday | 16:30 | 1st round |
| February 20th | Wednesday | 09:30 | 2nd round |
| February 20th | Wednesday | 16:30 | 3rd round |
| February 21st | Thursday | 16:30 | 4th round |
| February 22nd | Friday | 16:30 | 5th round |
| February 23th | Saturday | 13:00 | 6th round |
| February 24th | Sunday | 13:00 | 7th round |
| February 25th | Monday | 16:30 | 8th round |
| February 26th | Tuesday | 16:30 | 9th round |
| February 27th | Wednesday | 12:00 | 10th round |
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The time control is 40 moves in 90 minutes followed by 30 minutes to finish with a 30 second increment from the start. Some early completed games are below.
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The official website with live games and more information is here.
Games via TWIC.
