Fantastic start for Mikey G in this one...
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Apparently there were queues of Icelandic players waiting to shake his hand after, and quite rightly so! Superb! Keep it up mate!
Fantastic result!
Gudmundur Kjartansson next, and if my memory serves me correctly he's the guy who got a GM norm at the Scottish championship two or three years ago? Should be an interesting clash.
Yes Andrew you are right, Gudi got a GM norm at the Scottish in 2009. Apparently he was the world u12 number 3, and has a plus score against Carlsen but I'm sure Mikey will do the business tomorrow
Sadly, round 3 started at 5 pm local time on Saturday, and he lost.
Ah yea of course it was the double rounder!
Shame about the result, Mikey hadn't seen that line in the benoni before and unfortunately went wrong. Think he has a FM today though, another good game!
Absolutely cracking scalp from Mikey G. He did it with some style too.
On a related note, it is shaping up to be quite a busy summer abroad for Scots, so could there maybe be a "Scots Abroad" section to keep up to date with how people are doing?
Adam Bremner Wrote:On a related note, it is shaping up to be quite a busy summer abroad for Scots, so could there maybe be a "Scots Abroad" section to keep up to date with how people are doing?
Good idea. I've now created an area for this.
Anyone got a copy of the GM scalp game? 8)
[pgn][Event "Icelandic Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2013.06.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grove, Michael"]
[Black "Steingrimsson, Hedinn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2021"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Robot 6"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Bb3 b5 11. Nd5 Nbd7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qd3 h6 15. O-O-O Qc7 16. Nd2 d5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Qg6 Kh8 19. Nf3 Rac8 20. Kb1 d4 21.Bc1 Rfd8 22. h4 e4 23. Ng5 Qxc2+ 24. Ka1 Rf8 25. Ne6 Rg8 26. Nxd4 Qc7 27. g4 Qe5 28. Nf5 Ba3 29. Rd2 e3 30. fxe3 Rc7 31. Nd4 Rgc8 32. Kb1 1-0[/pgn]
Flag fell in final position.