D Harika leads in Reykjavik Open 2010

Reykjavik Open 2010, started on 24^th  with the seasons heaviest Snow Fall in the Capitol City of Iceland However the Freezing Cold did not dithered the ongoing games in the City Hall where  6 Indian chess players are competing for the coveted Prizes in this strong Tournament having more that  20 Grandmasters amongst 102 players from  20 countries.

 

The first two rounds were quite easy for GM Abhijeet Gupta who scored stunning victories however in the 3^rd Round he lost to a lower rated IM Thorbjorn Bromann.  D HARIKA  had a difficut time playing against a much higher rated Grandmaster Yuri Shulman but she played with confidence and defeated her opponent. WGM Esha Karwade and IM Vishal Sareen   also won their games while Tania Sachdev  and Sahej Grover held  French Grandmaster Sabestian Maze and GM Hannes Stefansson

 

With Three Points from 3 games Dronnavalli Harika is jointly leading with 4 others.

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