{"id":12254,"date":"2022-04-12T23:32:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T23:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1090.fide.com\/?p=12254"},"modified":"2023-10-26T07:04:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T07:04:51","slug":"pragganandhaa-wins-2022-reykjavik-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/pragganandhaa-wins-2022-reykjavik-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Pragganandhaa wins 2022 Reykjavik Open"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Rameshbabu Pragganandhaa<\/strong>\u00a0emerged as the winner of 2022 Reykjavik Open after dramatic turn of events in the final round. The Indian youngster scored 7\u00bd\/9 and finished a half-point ahead of\u00a0Max Warmerdam<\/strong>,\u00a0Mads Andersen<\/strong>,\u00a0Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Abhimanyu Mishra<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

The 2022 Reykjavik Open, a nine-round Swiss tournament with classical time control (90 min for 40 moves followed by 30 min to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one), took place in Harpa Music and Conference from April 6-12 with a double-round day on April 10. The sponsors of the event with a total prize fund of \u20ac15,000 were\u00a0Kvika<\/a>, Reykjavik City, and FIDE, which supported the tournament via the FIDE Aid package.<\/p>

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Max Warmerdam, Mads Andersen, and Rameshbabu Pragganandhaa were heading into the final, ninth round as joint leaders on 6\u00bd each, with a large group of players trailing them by half-point. After Mads and Max (pictured below) made a quick draw, it looked like the door was wide open for several players to join them. Indeed,\u00a0Gukesh<\/strong>\u00a0had a considerable advantage in the game against his compatriot Pragganandhaa, while young Abhimanyu Mishra and local favourite GM Hj\u00f6rvar Steinn Gr\u00e9tarsson\u00a0<\/strong>grabbed the initiative with black pieces against\u00a0Pouya Idani<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Lukasz Jarmula<\/strong>, respectively.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

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Things changed drastically in time trouble as Gukesh ruined his overwhelming position in just two moves and missed not only a win but also a draw.\u00a0<\/p>

Gukesh D –\u00a0Pragganandhaa R<\/strong>
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35.Qe5?<\/strong>\u00a0(35.h3! parrying Black’s main threat, 35\u2026Qxa5 36.Qd2! Qa3 37.Qc2! and White wins)\u00a0Qg4<\/strong>\u00a036.Rg1??<\/strong>\u00a0(36.Be4=)\u00a0Nd1!<\/strong>\u00a0and Gukesh capitulated as the only way to avoid checkmate is to give up his queen\u00a00-1<\/strong><\/p>

This unexpected outcome helped Pragganandhaa to take clear first and pocket the first prize of \u20ac5,000.\u00a0<\/p>

Max Warmerdam, Mads Andersen, Hj\u00f6rvar Steinn Gr\u00e9tarsson, and Abhimanyu Mishra finished a half-point behind and tied for the second place.\u00a0<\/p>

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Final standings<\/strong>:<\/p>

1<\/p><\/td>

Praggnanandhaa R<\/p><\/td>

IND<\/p><\/td>

2624<\/p><\/td>

7\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2<\/p><\/td>

Warmerdam, Max<\/p><\/td>

NED<\/p><\/td>

2599<\/p><\/td>

7<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

3<\/p><\/td>

Andersen, Mads<\/p><\/td>

DEN<\/p><\/td>

2582<\/p><\/td>

7<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

4<\/p><\/td>

Gretarsson, Hjorvar<\/p><\/td>

ISL<\/p><\/td>

2542<\/p><\/td>

7<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

5<\/p><\/td>

Mishra, Abhimanyu<\/p><\/td>

USA<\/p><\/td>

2524<\/p><\/td>

7<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

6<\/p><\/td>

Fier, Alexandr<\/p><\/td>

BRA<\/p><\/td>

2573<\/p><\/td>

6\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

7<\/p><\/td>

Niemann, Hans Moke<\/p><\/td>

USA<\/p><\/td>

2637<\/p><\/td>

6\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

8<\/p><\/td>

Gupta, Abhijeet<\/p><\/td>

IND<\/p><\/td>

2616<\/p><\/td>

6\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

9<\/p><\/td>

Larkin, Vladyslav<\/p><\/td>

UKR<\/p><\/td>

2424<\/p><\/td>

6\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

10<\/p><\/td>

Korley, Kassa<\/p><\/td>

DEN<\/p><\/td>

2400<\/p><\/td>

6\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>


Photo: Thorsteinn Magnusson and Hallfr\u00ed\u00f0ur Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir<\/p>

Official website:\u00a0reykjavikopen.com\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rameshbabu Pragganandhaa\u00a0emerged as the winner of 2022 Reykjavik Open after dramatic turn of events in the final round. The Indian youngster scored 7\u00bd\/9 and finished a half-point ahead of\u00a0Max Warmerdam,\u00a0Mads Andersen,\u00a0Hjorvar Steinn Gretarsson\u00a0and\u00a0Abhimanyu Mishra.\u00a0\u00a0 The 2022 Reykjavik Open, a nine-round Swiss tournament with classical time control (90 min for 40 moves followed by 30 min to the end of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one), took place in Harpa Music and Conference from April 6-12 with a double-round day on April 10. The sponsors of the event with a total prize fund of \u20ac15,000 were\u00a0Kvika, Reykjavik City, and FIDE, which supported the tournament via the FIDE Aid package. Max Warmerdam, Mads Andersen, and Rameshbabu Pragganandhaa were heading into the final, ninth round as joint leaders on 6\u00bd each, with a large group of players trailing them by half-point. After Mads and Max (pictured below) made a quick draw, it looked like the door was wide open for several players to join them. Indeed,\u00a0Gukesh\u00a0had a considerable advantage in the game against his compatriot Pragganandhaa, while young Abhimanyu Mishra and local favourite GM Hj\u00f6rvar Steinn Gr\u00e9tarsson\u00a0grabbed the initiative with black pieces against\u00a0Pouya Idani\u00a0and\u00a0Lukasz Jarmula, respectively.\u00a0\u00a0 Things changed drastically in time trouble as Gukesh ruined his overwhelming position in just two moves and missed not only a win but also a draw.\u00a0 Gukesh D –\u00a0Pragganandhaa R 35.Qe5?\u00a0(35.h3! parrying Black’s main threat, 35\u2026Qxa5 36.Qd2! Qa3 37.Qc2! and White wins)\u00a0Qg4\u00a036.Rg1??\u00a0(36.Be4=)\u00a0Nd1!\u00a0and Gukesh capitulated as the only way to avoid checkmate is to give up his queen\u00a00-1 This unexpected outcome helped Pragganandhaa to take clear first and pocket the first prize of \u20ac5,000.\u00a0 Max Warmerdam, Mads Andersen, Hj\u00f6rvar Steinn Gr\u00e9tarsson, and Abhimanyu Mishra finished a half-point behind and tied for the second place.\u00a0 Final standings: 1 Praggnanandhaa R IND 2624 7\u00bd 2 Warmerdam, Max NED 2599 7 3 Andersen, Mads DEN 2582 7 4 Gretarsson, Hjorvar ISL 2542 7 5 Mishra, Abhimanyu USA 2524 7 6 Fier, Alexandr BRA 2573 6\u00bd 7 Niemann, Hans Moke USA 2637 6\u00bd 8 Gupta, Abhijeet IND 2616 6\u00bd 9 Larkin, Vladyslav UKR 2424 6\u00bd 10 Korley, Kassa DEN 2400 6\u00bd Photo: Thorsteinn Magnusson and Hallfr\u00ed\u00f0ur Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir Official website:\u00a0reykjavikopen.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12256,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[227,41],"regular":[],"sticky-post":[],"class_list":["post-12254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chess-news","tag-iceland","tag-tournaments"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12254"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12259,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12254\/revisions\/12259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12254"},{"taxonomy":"regular","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regular?post=12254"},{"taxonomy":"sticky-post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sticky-post?post=12254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}