The Nordic girl chess championship started today in Reykjavík, Iceland.
The tournament is played in three age categories, A, B, and C respectively. With forty players from the Nordic countries this certainly will be a very exciting event.
The players and accompanying persons joined at dinner before the first round.
The vice president of the Icelandic Chess Federation, Jóhanna Björg Jóhannsdóttir, opened the tournament with a short speech and with that said all 20 games began. All the games are broadcasted live online, with a 15-minute delay.
Class A
No real upsets in Class A. Two players, Susanne Wiggen Larsson and Lidiia Soboleva, managed to get draws against higher rated opponents. Other results were according to rating points.
Class B
All the results in Class B were according to the rating points, other than Josefina Hellstrand who drew her game against higher rated Leia Andries.
Class C
Halldóra Jónsdóttir won her game against higher rated Silja Rún Jónsdóttir. In all the other games higher rated opponents won their games.
Round 2 will start at 9:00 Saturday morning.
