Reykjavik Chess Festival 2011: Six tie for top slot after 9 rounds

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Here's news from another strong chess tournament in Iceland - The Reykjavik Chess Festival 2011. Six players have tied for the top slot after nine rounds. Here are the top-20 final standings.

The MP Reykjavik Open is took place from March 9th to 16th, 2011, with a total of 166 participants from 30 countries, including 29 GMs. This year's tournament was co-sponsored by Deloitte, which honors the memory of former partner and Icelandic IM Ingi R. Johannsson. The tournament was also the Nordic Championship.

Rk.	Ti.	Name	FED	Rtng	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	Perf.
1	GM	Kuzubov Yuriy	UKR	2627	7.0	55.5	43.5	42.50	2722
2	GM	Sokolov Ivan	NED	2643	7.0	52.5	41.0	40.25	2694
3	GM	Baklan Vladimir	UKR	2602	7.0	51.5	40.5	39.50	2672
4	GM	Miton Kamil	POL	2600	7.0	51.5	39.5	38.25	2672
5	GM	Hammer Jon Ludvig	NOR	2606	7.0	51.0	39.0	38.25	2662
6	GM	Nyzhnyk Illya	UKR	2563	7.0	50.5	40.0	37.50	2688
7	GM	McShane Luke J	ENG	2683	6.5	53.0	41.0	36.75	2666
8	GM	Hansen Sune Berg	DEN	2603	6.5	52.0	41.0	36.50	2622
9	GM	Jones Gawain C B	ENG	2578	6.5	51.0	40.5	35.50	2620
10	GM	Chatalbashev Boris	BUL	2602	6.5	50.5	39.0	35.25	2595
11	GM	Halkias Stelios	GRE	2579	6.5	50.0	39.0	34.50	2648
12	GM	Gupta Abhijeet	IND	2580	6.5	49.5	39.0	34.25	2603
13	GM	Pelletier Yannick	SUI	2593	6.5	49.0	38.5	34.25	2544
14	GM	Kveinys Aloyzas	LTU	2506	6.5	49.0	38.0	34.00	2565
15	GM	Adly Ahmed	EGY	2640	6.5	48.5	38.0	34.00	2591
16	GM	Fier Alexandr	BRA	2586	6.5	48.0	36.5	33.25	2541
17	GM	Stefansson Hannes	ISL	2557	6.5	44.5	34.5	31.00	2441
18	IM	Berbatov Kiprian	BUL	2454	6.0	53.5	43.0	34.00	2565
19	GM	Hillarp Persson Tiger	SWE	2524	6.0	52.5	41.5	32.75	2585
20	GM	Miroshnichenko Evgenij	UKR	2670	6.0	52.5	40.5	32.50	2592

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