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The final rounds of the Reykjavík Open, held in Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Center, came to a conclusion yesterday afternoon.
The winner, Fabiano Caruna, scored a victory of 7.5 in 9 matches after a draw against Hou Yifan in the final round. Hou Yifan is the Women’s World Champion. Hou Yifan fought a valiant game and for a while victory could have gone either way.
Hou Yifan took second place while third place went to Henrik Danielsen, the top Icelandic chess player. Fourth place went to Bosnian Ivan Sokolov who has been one of the top players in the last two years, and fifth place to David Navara from the Czech Republic.
Sixth and seventh place went to Gawain Jones from England, and Sebastian Maze from France. Eighth place went to Boris Avrukh from Israel.
An Icelandic chess player, Hannes Hlífar Stefánsson, who has more often than not won the Reykjavík Open, scored 6.5, mbl.is reports.
Nineteen-year old Fabiano Caruna became a grand champion at the age of 14 and is the youngest man in the history of chess in Italy to win the title. Despite his Italian heritage, he has U.S. citizenship and is therefore also the youngest American to become a grand champion.
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Iceland’s northernmost island is no longer one island. In a recent surveillance excursion to the Kolbeinsey, the Icelandic Coast Guard discovered that the island is now divided in two.
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Iceland is among the top five OECD-countries where immigrants help to boost the economy and increase nation-wide production by approximately 1 percent, according to a new report from the OECD.
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Neither Prime Minister of Iceland Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson nor Minister of the Interior Hanna Birna Kristjánsdóttir have responded to Edward Snowden’s request for a political asylum in Iceland, as spokesperson for Wikileaks Kristinn Hrafnsson wrote in a letter published in Fréttablaðið today.
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The first fin whale to be hunted in Iceland this season was killed by the crew of whaling vessel Hvalur 8 yesterday evening. The vessel, which set out yesterday along with Hvalur 9, is expected to unload the catch today.
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The 2013 June-July issue of Iceland Review is out. Themed ‘We Are Young’ the magazine celebrates the arrival of summer by interviewing young energetic Icelanders who excel in art, sports, business and politics—and Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, the youngest PM in the republic’s history and the world’s youngest ruling state leader. Click here to take a look at a selection of the current issue and here to subscribe to the magazine.
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The road to Höfn, a 1,690-person harbor town by the fjord Hornafjörður, is lined with reindeer. Whole herds of the wild horned animals rest peacefully on withered pastures, grace next to sheep and horses and bounce along the road. Soon, Vatnajökull, Europe’s largest glacier and the region’s biggest attraction, comes into view. Looming over Höfn, its outlet glaciers flow down from the mountains on which the bright white icecap rests.
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Sin Fang will celebrate the release of his third album with a release concert in Iðnó on June 12. Flowers was released in February by Morr Music and has been well received by music enthusiasts and critics alike. The concert will be supported by Vök, this year’s winners of the Icelandic Music Experiments.
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