Nils Grandelius wins Reykjavik Open 2023
GM Nils Grandelius emerged as the winner of the 2023 Reykjavik Open. A tournament regular, the Swedish GM won this event on his 11th attempt! The 9-round Swiss tournament supported by the FIDE Aid Package took place from 29 March to 4 April 2023 in the capital of Iceland. With many strong GMs participating, it was a very close competition that came down to the wire. Suffice it to say that only after Round 5 there was the sole leader in the event – Abhijeet Gupta of India, who scored 5/5. Coming into the final round, as many as five players shared the first place on 6.5/8, but only Grandelius pulled out a so-much-needed victory over IM Quentin Loiseau to finish clear first as all other leaders drew their games. A large group of participants tied for second place, with GMs Mustafa Yilmaz and Abhijeet Gupta taking second and third prizes, respectively, thanks to superior Buchholz. Final standings: 1 Nils Grandelius SWE 2658 7½ €5,000 2 Mustafa Yilmaz TUR 2629 7 €1,414 3 Abhijeet Gupta IND 2620 7 €1,039 4 Maxime Lagarde FRA 2581 7 €814 5 Gabor Papp HUN 2544 7 €714 6 Matthieu Cornette FRA 2563 7 €639 7 Tamas Banusz HUN 2616 7 €589 8 Leon Livaic CRO 2569 7 €589 9 Vasyl Ivanchuk UKR 2664 6½ €350 10 V Pranav IND 2545 6½ €350 The prizes were also awarded in the following categories: 0-2000, 2001-2200, 2201-2400, Seniors 65+, Juniors U16 and Women (pictured below). L-R: WGM Sarah Papp (2), IM Irene Kharisma Sukandar (1) and Nisha Mohota (3) The top eight finishers of the Reykjavik Open 2023 earned FIDE Circuit race points based on the final standings: 1 Nils Grandelius 13,03 2 Mustafa Yilmaz 8,47 3 Abhijeet Gupta 7,82 4 Maxime Lagarde 7,16 5 Gabor Papp 6,51 6 Matthieu Cornette 5,86 7 Tamas Banusz 5,21 8 Leon Livaic 4,56 The following norms were completed at the tournament. GM norm – Sidhant Mohaptra IM norm – Sahithi Varshini and Patryk Cieslak Photo: Hallfríður Sigurðardóttir and official website Official website: reykjavikopen.com/