Crowd on the top of the Reykjavik Chess Open 2024 after six rounds

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As many as 11 players share the top of the Reykjavik Chess Open 2024 after six played rounds. With the score of 5 points, a group of 11 players emerged half a point ahead of 22 players who are trailing by half a point and closely follow the leaders.

The crowd on the top promises interesting last three rounds and it is hard to predict who could emerge as the event’s Winner. However, the best chances are in hands of GM Praveen Balakrishnan (USA, 2490), GM Vahap Sanal (Turkey, 2558), GM Emre Can (Turkey, 2551), IM Jakub Seemann (Poland, 2451), GM Gudmundur Kjartansson (Iceland, 2465), GM Jules Moussard (France, 2621), GM Sebastian Maze (France, 2551), GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (Romania, 2690), GM Alisher Suleymenov (Kazakhstan, 2506), GM Paulius Pultinevicius (Lithuania, 2575) and GM B Adhiban (India, 2541) who are sharing the first place.

14-year-old WGM Lu Miaoyi (China, 2392) continues with great performances, and currently holds the best position among women players in the field. She scores 4.5 points with better tiebreaks than GM Zhu Jiner (China, 2467).

Only three rounds left to be played in the tournament, and the 7th round is scheduled for today 16:00 GMT. Live broadcast of the games is available here.

Photos by Hallfríður Sigurðardóttir

Reykjavik Chess Open 2024 – Rankings after 6 played rounds:

Rk.		Name	Typ	sex	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	GM	Praveen Balakrishnan			USA	2490	5
2	GM	Vahap Sanal			TUR	2558	5
3	GM	Emre Can			TUR	2551	5
4	IM	Jakub Seemann	U16		POL	2451	5
5	GM	Gudmundur Kjartansson			ISL	2465	5
6	GM	Jules Moussard			FRA	2621	5
7	GM	Sebastien Maze			FRA	2551	5
8	GM	Bogdan-Daniel Deac			ROU	2690	5
9	GM	Alisher Suleymenov			KAZ	2506	5
10	GM	Paulius Pultinevicius			LTU	2575	5
11	GM	B. Adhiban			IND	2541	5
12	GM	Vladislav Nevednichy			ROU	2445	4.5
13	WGM	Miaoyi Lu	U16	w	CHN	2392	4.5
14	GM	Xiangyu Xu			CHN	2623	4.5
15	GM	Hedinn Steingrimsson			ISL	2477	4.5
16	GM	Mert Yilmazyerli			TUR	2526	4.5
17	GM	Vasyl Ivanchuk			UKR	2625	4.5
18	IM	Vladyslav Larkin			UKR	2450	4.5
19	FM	Benedikt Dauner			GER	2366	4.5
20	FM	Nicolai Kistrup			DEN	2324	4.5
21	IM	Hilmir Freyr Heimisson			ISL	2355	4.5
22	IM	Mohapatra Sidhant			IND	2379	4.5
23	IM	Amit Doshi Moksh			IND	2353	4.5
24	GM	Platon Galperin			SWE	2555	4.5
		Kamabathula Sushanth	U16		IND	1918	4.5
26	GM	Daniel Howard Fernandez			ENG	2532	4.5
27		Jimmy Mardell			SWE	2172	4.5
28	IM	Elliot Papadiamandis			FRA	2302	4.5
29	GM	Vuppala Prraneeth			IND	2506	4.5
30	GM	Jiner Zhu		w	CHN	2467	4.5
31	IM	Jan Karsten	U16		RSA	2323	4.5
32	GM	Johann Hjartarson			ISL	2460	4.5
33	GM	Hannes Stefansson			ISL	2481	4.5
34	IM	Peter G Large	S65		ENG	2262	4
35	IM	Benjamin Haldorsen			NOR	2426	4
36	IM	Matthew J Wadsworth			ENG	2450	4
37	IM	Nico Chasin			USA	2447	4
38	IM	Gunay Mammadzada		w	AZE	2449	4
39	IM	Leya Garifullina		w	FID	2413	4
40	IM	Alexander Katz			USA	2418	4
41	IM	Maximillian Lu			USA	2375	4
42	IM	Sachdev Tania		w	IND	2393	4
43	IM	Bjorn Thorfinnsson			ISL	2353	4
44	FM	Patryk Cieslak	U16		POL	2325	4
45		Yueheng Jin	U16		CHN	2404	4
	IM	Anto Cristiano Manish F			IND	2286	4
47	IM	Nurgyul Salimova		w	BUL	2426	4
48	FM	Adrian Soderstrom			SWE	2288	4
49	IM	Teodora Injac		w	SRB	2434	4
50	CM	Neeraj Harish	U16		USA	2090	4
51	FM	Mikkel Manosri Jacobsen			DEN	2367	4
		Bjorn Holm Birkisson			ISL	2140	4
53	WIM	Sheila Barth Stanford		w	NOR	2123	4
54	GM	Cem Kaan Gokerkan			TUR	2523	4
55	IM	Thibault Fantinel			FRA	2421	4
56	WFM	Rohilla Shivika		w	IND	2003	4
57	WIM	Rucha Pujari		w	IND	2147	4
58		Yngve Fossheim			NOR	2090	4
59		Bragi Halldorsson	S65		ISL	2056	4
60	WGM	Atousa Pourkashiyan		w	USA	2270	4
61		Harry Li			ENG	2107	4
62		Stephan Schliebener			GER	2088	4
63	AIM	Ethan Sanitt			ENG	1914	4
64	WCM	Bodhana Sivanandan	U16	w	ENG	2088	4
65	IM	Stephen R Mannion			SCO	2166	4
66		Joachim Beisteiner			AUT	2079	4
67	FM	Miguel Ruiz Buendia			ESP	2366	4
68		Andriy Manucharyan			GER	2080	4
69		Marcel Schroer			NED	2073	4
70		Haralambos Fanos			GRE	1872	4
71	FM	Eivind Olav Risting			NOR	2336	4
72	IM	Jan Klimkowski			POL	2532	4
		Alistair Hill			ENG	2187	4
	WGM	Dina Belenkaya		w	ISR	2164	4
75		Alexander Oliver Mai			ISL	2160	4
76	WCM	Jain Sachi	U16	w	IND	1992	4
77		Snorri Vikanes Bjarnason			NOR	1875	4
78		Gunnar Erik Gudmundsson			ISL	2009	4
79		Marijn Jansen			NED	1899	4
80	GM	Throstur Thorhallsson			ISL	2388	4
81	GM	Matthieu Cornette			FRA	2575	4
82		Jack Erskine-Pereira			ENG	1903	4
83	WGM	Lenka Ptacnikova		w	ISL	2067	4
84	FM	Boris Dimitrijeski Dr.			GER	2183	4
85		Timofei Krassel			FID	2035	4
86	WGM	Yuanyuan Xu		w	CHN	2288	3.5
87	FM	Jeevan Karamsetty			USA	2187	3.5
88	FM	Daniel L Bisby			ENG	2273	3.5
89	GM	Vignir Vatnar Stefansson			ISL	2464	3.5
90	FM	Aleksandr Domalchuk-Jonasson			ISL	2355	3.5
91	FM	Nico Stelmaszyk			GER	2347	3.5
92	FM	Ferdinand Unzicker Dr.			GER	2284	3.5
93	FM	Sigurbjorn Bjornsson			ISL	2305	3.5
94		Anton Weigand			GER	2036	3.5
95	FM	Sohum Lohia	U16		ENG	2354	3.5
96		Matthieu Loncke			BEL	2175	3.5
97		Magnus Mueller			GER	2144	3.5
		Keith Mackinnon			CAN	2142	3.5
99		Lucas Gortemaker			NED	2032	3.5
100	FM	Anna-Maja Kazarian		w	NED	2206	3.5
101		Matthew J Payne			ENG	2077	3.5
102		Magnus P. Ornolfsson			ISL	2163	3.5
103		Zachary Saine			CAN	2010	3.5
104	IM	Dagur Ragnarsson			ISL	2337	3.5
	FM	Aaron Reeve Mendes	U16		CAN	2309	3.5
106		Anton Bonsvig Wehding			DEN	2056	3.5
107		Luke Anthony Honey			ENG	1939	3.5
108		Emerson P Wong-Godfrey			USA	1799	3.5
109		Jorgen Eriksson			SWE	2154	3.5
110		Paul Niebler			GER	1955	3.5
111		Miran Alic			SUI	2033	3.5
		Anton 2006 Frank			SWE	1996	3.5
113	FM	Tim Jaksland			DEN	2076	3.5
		Hendrik Brackmann			GER	2037	3.5
115		Adrian Mensing			NED	1980	3.5
116		Arnar Milutin Heidarsson			ISL	2037	3.5
117		David Zhou			CAN	1954	3.5
118		Marius Gramb			GER	2142	3.5
119	IM	Irina Bulmaga		w	ROU	2429	3.5
120	FM	Johanna Paasikangas		w	FIN	2046	3.5
121	IM	Maxim Barth Stanford			NOR	2275	3.5
	CM	Bardur Orn Birkisson			ISL	2189	3.5
123		Adam Omarsson			ISL	1976	3.5
124	IM	Nigel E Povah	S65		ENG	2202	3.5
125		Wouter Bik			NED	1998	3.5
126		Lars Christoff Andersen	S65		DEN	1993	3.5
127		Chris Doran			ENG	1947	3.5
128		Algi Acarbay		w	TUR	1981	3.5
129		Andrea Botez		w	CAN	1825	3.5
130		Blaise Javet			SUI	1942	3.5
131		Florian Pascal Schmidt			GER	1947	3.5
132		Rattan Dhruv			IND	1831	3.5
133		Chong Hien Andrew Tan			SGP	1762	3.5
134	CM	John Stark			NZL	1947	3.5
135		Wouter Manenschijn			NED	1864	3.5
136		Lars Heppert			GER	1981	3.5
137		Alexander Potter			ENG	1782	3.5
138	GM	Marcin Krzyzanowski			POL	2524	3.5
139		Stefan Bergsson			ISL	2144	3.5
140		Ifan Rathbone-Jones			WLS	1966	3.5
141	IM	John C Pigott	S65		ENG	2326	3.5
142		Paul Tinkler	S65		USA	1872	3.5
143		Stefanus Kf Phan			SGP	2019	3.5
144		Kristjan Orn Eliasson	S65		ISL	1902	3.5
145		Gudmundur Peng Sveinsson			ISL	1620	3.5
146		Aaron Spencer			USA	1899	3.5
147		Kristinn Bjarnason			ISL	1934	3.5
148		Hrund Hauksdottir		w	ISL	1859	3.5
149		Ingvar Wu Skarphedinsson			ISL	2049	3.5
150		Gisli Magnusson			ISL	0	3.5
151		Matthias Bjorgvin Kjartansson	U16		ISL	1893	3.5
152		Veronika Steinunn Magnusdottir		w	ISL	1812	3.5
153	FM	Anees Mohamed M			IND	2271	3
154		Rani Baldursson			FAI	1989	3
155		M Parulekar Atharva			IND	1580	3
156	WFM	Alexandra Botez		w	CAN	1986	3
157		Ansgar Barthel			GER	2073	3
158		Sacha Strathmann			GER	2129	3
159		Sigurbjorn Hermannsson			ISL	1791	3
160		Gudni Petursson			ISL	1983	3
161	IM	Thanh Nha Duong			CAN	2144	3
162	FM	David George Samir	U16		EGY	2130	3
163		Maxime Muller			FRA	1961	3
164		Elmer Van Veenendaal			NED	2027	3
		Herbert Dietzsch	S65		GER	1998	3
166		Maksymilian Markuszewski			FRA	2141	3
167		Junchen He			CHN	1956	3
168	CM	Jem Gurner			JCI	1968	3
169		Kjartan Maack			ISL	2102	3
170		Nitesh Cherukuri	U16		USA	2000	3
171		Josef Omarsson	U16		ISL	1803	3
172		Konrad Hennig			GER	1946	3
173		Lars Tormod Haugen			NOR	1945	3
174		Oliver Wedenberg			SWE	1780	3
		Anton Vignir Gudjonsson			ISL	1643	3
176		Stefan Speck			GER	1921	3
177		Paul Winnubst	U16		NED	1681	3
178	FM	Gudmundur Gislason			ISL	2266	3
		Benedikt Thorisson			ISL	1992	3
180	WCM	Vikram Anishka		w	IND	1995	3
181		Tummas M. Solsker			FAI	1897	3
182		Martin Scotti			FRA	1885	3
183		Oscar Pollack			ENG	2092	3
184		Michael Carey	S65		USA	1880	3
		Nitish Arun	U16		IRL	1808	3
186		Kristjan Halldorsson			ISL	1887	3
187		Zhening Hu			CHN	1776	3
188		Pierre Pointier			ENG	1698	3
189		Burak Ozbas			TUR	1876	3
190		Markus Orri Johannsson	U16		ISL	1758	3
191		Pratyush Tripathi	U16		SWE	1905	3
192		Michael Wolff			GER	1874	3
193		Maximilian Glasschroeder			GER	1833	3
194		Olafur Gisli Jonsson	S65		ISL	1849	3
195		James Abbott			USA	1852	3
196		Aryan Banerjee	U16		SWE	1896	3
197		Oyvind Riisem			NOR	2234	3
198		Zach Cansdale			ENG	1951	3
199		Ingrid Skaslien		w	NOR	1996	3
		Stephan Heer			SUI	1987	3
		Mikael Bjarki Heidarsson	U16		ISL	1913	3
202	CM	Paul Ganta Joel			IND	1993	3
203		Robert Nirina Labruyere			BEL	0	3
204		Peter Erlbeck	S65		GER	2014	3
205		Kai Pisan	U16		USA	1897	3
		Alistair Gilbert			ENG	0	3
207		Devin Nicholson			CAN	1822	3
208		Niels Brand			NED	1891	3
209		Thomas Stenzel			GER	2175	3
210		Hanna Bugaj		w	POL	1920	3
211		Robert Lance Banta	S65		USA	1755	3
212		Vjekoslav Novak			IRL	1833	3
213		Kristjan Geirsson			ISL	1819	3
214		Rani Nolsoe	S65		FAI	1986	3
215		Frederic Reynaud			CAN	1840	3
216		Bjorgvin Jonas Hauksson			ISL	1836	3
217		Remco Jelsma			NED	1802	3
218		Arun Manukonda			IND	1974	3
		John Macarthur			USA	1962	3
220		Jay Carr			USA	1826	3
221	WCM	Alexandra Prado		w	BOL	1877	3
222		Finn Stuhr	S65		DEN	1814	3
223		Andreas Basilius Gikas			GER	2104	3
224		Jun Seop Yoon			KOR	0	3
225		Gaston Franco			ARG	2021	3
226		Michael Ferzli			LBN	1879	3
227		Uwe Arndt			GER	1951	3
228		Hilmi Mustafa Demir			TUR	1842	3
229		Birkir Isak Johannsson			ISL	2161	3
230		Stefan Wallasch			GER	1777	3
231		Alina Kononova		w	UKR	1807	3
232		Orvar Holm Brynjarsson	U16		ISL	1645	3
233		Eduard Smits			NED	1918	3
234		Magnus Kristinsson			ISL	1810	3
235	IM	Pieter Hopman			NED	2297	3
236	GM	Bragi Thorfinnsson			ISL	2397	3
237		Benedikt Briem			ISL	2102	3
238		Szymon Pozimski			POL	1999	3
239		Martin Bottema			NED	2053	3
240		Derek Adair			USA	0	3
241		Gerald Larson	S65		USA	1987	3
242		Idunn Helgadottir		w	ISL	1849	3
243		Julius Fridjonsson	S65		ISL	2070	3
244	WFM	Hallgerdur Thorsteinsdottir		w	ISL	1953	3
245		Gudrun Fanney Briem	U16	w	ISL	1806	3
246		Johann Jonsson			ISL	1875	3
247		Sigurdur Ingason			ISL	1840	3
248		Dmitriy Grigoriev			FID	1986	2.5
249	WFM	Anna Cramling Bellon		w	SWE	2115	2.5
250		Philip Reimer			GER	2095	2.5
		Julia Ostensson		w	SWE	1996	2.5
252		Andy Hill			ENG	1926	2.5
253		Alexander Smith			USA	1857	2.5
254	AFM	Nguyen Gia Bao Thieu			GER	1906	2.5
255		Benjamin Larkin			ENG	1914	2.5
256		Henry Pollitt	U16		CAN	1674	2.5
257		Lila Quinn Field	U16	w	USA	1747	2.5
258		Jens Ingemann Madsen			DEN	1945	2.5
259		Elias Petersen			FAI	1808	2.5
260		Arran Airlie			ENG	1894	2.5
261		Peter Mork			NOR	1755	2.5
262		Yvan Naudin			FRA	1912	2.5
263		Dawid Jaroszewicz			POL	1757	2.5
264	FM	Lester Van Meter	S65		USA	1906	2.5
265		Nicolas Kaser			SUI	1919	2.5
266		Timo Vollmar			GER	1809	2.5
267		Markus Orri Oskarsson	U16		ISL	1816	2.5
268		Wouter Visser			NED	1789	2.5
269		Michal Gulbinski			POL	1671	2.5
270		Rokur Davidsen	U16		FAI	1682	2.5
271		Willem Slikker			NED	1936	2.5
272		Martin Skjoldebrand			SWE	1884	2.5
273		Stefan Arnalds			ISL	1876	2.5
		Ali Imam-Sadeque			ENG	1652	2.5
275		Henry Brade			FIN	1771	2.5
276		Garth I Owen			GCI	1834	2.5
277		Fedir Dyshliuk	U16		UKR	1740	2.5
278		James I Chilton			ENG	1823	2.5
		Rahul Arun	U16		IRL	1693	2.5
280		Jan Salzmann			GER	1722	2.5
281		Johann Ragnarsson			ISL	1948	2.5
		Alex Keenan			SCO	1839	2.5
283		Jon Ulfur Hafthorsson			ISL	1738	2.5
284		Benjamin Zarriess			GER	1798	2.5
285		Henrik W. Joensen			FAI	1751	2.5
286		Huseyin Yigit Yazgi			TUR	1905	2.5
287		Asmund Gilsson			NOR	1821	2.5
288		Rogvi Heinason Olsen			FAI	1710	2.5
289		Jackson Hallahan Sidford			USA	0	2.5
290		Elis Adlerborn			SWE	1719	2.5
291		Nicolas Gonzague Henri Liagre			HKG	1698	2.5
292		Benjamin Spagnoli			FRA	1883	2.5
293		Malcolm H Cooper			ENG	1804	2.5
		Jonas Solsker			FAI	1681	2.5
295		Fynn Von Kistowski			SUI	1746	2.5
296		Panagiotis Eustratiadis			NED	1653	2.5
297		Dirk Rittmann			GER	2103	2.5
298	CM	Andre Kunz			GER	2197	2.5
299		David Kolka			ISL	2030	2.5
300		Ishaan Rajendran	U16		USA	1806	2.5
301		Isaac Vega			USA	1818	2.5
302		Dustin Tennessee Opasiak			POL	1785	2.5
303		Jurgen Snaider Molina Cruz			VEN	1708	2.5
304		Bjarni Saemundsson			ISL	1903	2.5
305		Georges Bertola	S65		SUI	2010	2.5
306		Karim Aoun			LBN	1670	2.5
307		Justin Smith			ENG	0	2.5
308	WCM	Tallulah Roberts		w	JCI	1671	2.5
309		Engilbert Vidar Eythorsson	U16		ISL	1743	2.5
310		Jesper Held			NED	1793	2.5
311		Sigurdur Freyr Jonatansson			ISL	1731	2.5
312		Rowan Soraya Field	U16	w	USA	1806	2.5
313		Wolf Becke Dr.	S65		GER	1928	2.5
314		Marloes Rogge		w	NED	1762	2.5
315		Roberto Eduardo Osorio Ferrer			VEN	1776	2
316	AFM	Sridhar Seshadri			USA	1680	2
317		Philip Clare			ENG	1607	2
318		Embla Ekeland Gronn		w	NOR	1684	2
319		Andrew Leliveld			CAN	1657	2
320		Andres Fjeldsted	S65		ISL	1795	2
321		Athanasios Mistilioglou			GRE	1772	2
322		Gilbert Mercure			CAN	1804	2
323		Helgi Hauksson			ISL	1790	2
324		Jule Wolterink		w	GER	1720	2
325		Sissel Kaergaard		w	DEN	1795	2
326		Eric Pinkau			GER	0	2
327		Gregor Beyerle			GER	1610	2
328		Justin Andrieu			NED	1720	2
329		Sigurdur Pall Gudnyjarson	U16		ISL	1789	2
		Christopher Bernard			ENG	1728	2
331		Kamabathula Hasini	U16	w	IND	1612	2
332		Petur Gardar Magnussen	U16		FAI	1727	2
333		Eric De Winter	S65		NED	1782	2
		Patrick T Schilling			USA	1633	2
335		Sara Gilsdottir		w	NOR	1667	2
336		Gaston Filippo			SUI	0	2
337		Birkir Hallmundarson	U16		ISL	1708	2
338		Theodor Eiriksson	U16		ISL	1579	2
339		Thor Saemundsson			SCO	1626	2
340		Peter Perry Jr.			USA	0	2
341		Lovis Neo Karlinder	U16		GER	1642	2
342		Aqqanaatsiaq Karl Motzfeldt Thorsen			GRL	0	2
343		Christopher Anderson			USA	0	2
344		Ottar Orn Bergmann Sigfusson			ISL	1693	2
345		Sebastian 1993 Danielsson			SWE	0	2
346		John Blewett			ENG	1668	2
		Petur Ulfar Ernisson	U16		ISL	1450	2
348		Paul Hildebrandt			GER	1679	2
349		Leon Koletzko			GER	1777	2
350		Haraldur Haraldsson	S65		ISL	1991	2
351		Eirikur Gardar Einarsson			ISL	1690	2
352		Geir Rognvaldsson	S65		ISL	1699	2
353		Wouter Doorn			NED	0	2
354		Samuel Beatty			SUI	1731	2
355		Julien Megarbane			LBN	1632	2
356		Matthew Perchard			ENG	1724	2
357		Bergmann Oli Adalsteinsson			ISL	0	2
358		Jon Oddur Jonsson			ISL	1668	2
359		Andy Proudfoot			ENG	1650	2
360		Katrin Maria Jonsdottir	U16	w	ISL	1525	2
361	AFM	Kevin Winter	S65		ENG	1758	2
362		Tristan Fannar Jonsson	U16		ISL	1540	2
363		Yves Morin			CAN	2166	2
364		Theodore Conrad-Frenkiel			FRA	0	2
365		Geofrey Tourbez			FRA	1517	1.5
366		Vitor Fernandez Y Castro			BRA	1630	1.5
367		Erlingur Arnarson			ISL	0	1.5
368		Artur Stepniewski			POL	0	1.5
369		Manuel De Castro			FRA	1603	1.5
		Maria E Leboeuf	U16	w	USA	0	1.5
371		Marie Vatneodegard		w	NOR	1575	1.5
372		Aputsiaq Mikael Kristiansen	U16		ISL	0	1.5
373		Adalsteinn Egill Asgeirsson	U16		ISL	1434	1.5
374		Glenn Mylemans			NED	0	1.5
375		Olafur Orn Olafsson			ISL	1542	1.5
376		Steven Wollkind			USA	1607	1.5
377		Emilia Embla B. Berglindardottir	U16	w	ISL	1519	1.5
378		Bastiaan Vedder			NED	0	1.5
379		Bo Top Fisker			GRL	0	1.5
380		Eyrun Eva Gunnarsdottir		w	ISL	1491	1.5
381		Thomas Kaalinnguaq Thorleifsen			GRL	0	1.5
382		Michael Pearcey			ENG	0	1.5
383		Haukur Vidis Leosson	U16		ISL	1535	1.5
384		Eirikur Orri Gudmundsson			ISL	1536	1
385		Andrew Blair Perry			USA	1654	1
386		Robin Peter Erlendsson Weinert	U16		ISL	0	1
387		Aniketh Reddy Patlolla	U16		USA	0	1
388		Pierre Bokobza			FRA	1431	1
389		Hrannar Mar Masson	U16		ISL	1520	1
390		Brian Billman			GRL	0	1
391		Milan Rajendran	U16		USA	1551	1
392		Christopher Biggs			USA	0	1
393		Petur Johannesson	S65		ISL	0	0.5
394		Dagur Sverrisson	U16		ISL	0	0.5
395		Anton Bjorn Baldursson			ISL	0	0
396	IM	Bojan Maksimovic			BIH	2497	0
	IM	Seyed Kian Poormosavi			IRI	2384	0
		Ian Avery Singh	U16		USA	1660	0
		Jermaine Jacoby			GER	1585	0
		Christian Rich			FID	0	0
		Gudmundur Ingi Valgeirsson	U16		ISL	0	0