In its the first year in first division, the Viking Chess Club became Chess Club Champion of Iceland, thus breaking TB four year domination of the title.
Having won promotion in the last 3 previous years – from 4th division to 1st division – the Viking Chess Club exactly repeated the success achieved by the Hrokurinn chess club at the turn of the millennium.
The Viking Chess Club became clear first, 3.5 points clear of the old and prestigious TR (Reykjavik Chess Club). The winners of the past 4 years had to settle for third place.
The team composition of the Viking Chess Club was the following:
GM Pavel Eljanov, GM Bartosz Socko, GM Grzegorz Gajewski, GM Marcin Dziuba, GM Hannes Hlífar Stefánsson, GM Stefán Kristjánsson, IM Björn Thorfinsson, FM Magnús Örn Úlfarsson and FM Davíð Kjartansson.
Final Standings:
1 | Víkingaklúbburinn A | 41.5 | 11 |
2 | Taflfélag Reykjavíkur A | 38.0 | 12 |
3 | Taflfélag Bolungarvíkur A | 36.5 | 12 |
4 | Taflfélag Vestmannaeyja A | 34.5 | 7 |
5 | Goðinn-Mátar A | 25.5 | 7 |
6 | Hellir A | 23.0 | 5 |
7 | Skákfélag Akureyrar A | 17.0 | 2 |
8 | Taflfélag Bolungarvíkur B | 8.0 | 0 |
The winning team:
Games | Points | |||||
1 | GM | Eljanov Pavel | 2681 | UKR | 5.0 | 7 |
2 | GM | Socko Bartosz | 2619 | POL | 5.5 | 7 |
3 | GM | Gajewski Grzegorz | 2635 | POL | 5.5 | 7 |
4 | GM | Dziuba Marcin | 2598 | POL | 6.0 | 7 |
5 | GM | Stefánsson Hannes H | 2510 | ISL | 5.5 | 7 |
6 | GM | Kristjánsson Stefán | 2473 | ISL | 6.5 | 7 |
7 | IM | Þorfinnsson Björn | 2391 | ISL | 2.5 | 7 |
8 | FM | Úlfarsson Magnús Örn | 2388 | ISL | 4.0 | 6 |
9 | FM | Kjartansson Davíð | 2329 | ISL | 1.0 | 1 |
Is he back to 2700?