The Reykjavik Open is one of the bigger chess events held around the world. It is organised as one big swiss, and with 400 players entered, accelerating the pairings for the 9 round event makes some sense. This also means that the 1st round games are a little more interesting than non accelerated events. Board 2 saw just such a game in round 1 where GM Nils Grandellius launched a brutal sacrificial attack against IM Peter Large. If you are taking notes at home, the sacrifice on h6 was based on having 3 attackers versus 1 defender on the kingside.
Reykjavik Open 2023 Reykjavik (1.2), 29.03.2023
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. d4 e6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 Be7 9. Qc2 Na6 10. Nc3 d5 11. Ne5 Qc8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 c5 14. Rfd1 cxd4 15. Rxd4 Nc5 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qb7+ 19. f3 Rac8 20. Qe2 Ne8 21. Rd2 Nf6 22. Rad1 h6 23. Rd4 Rfe8 24. Qe3 Kh7 25. Bxh6 gxh6 26. Rh4 Ng8 27. Ng4 Qe7 28. Rxh6+ Kg7 29. Rd4 Kf8 30. Rh8 f5 31. Nh6 Qf6 32. Rxg8+ Ke7 33. Rg7+ 1-0
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