Daily Archives: March 17, 2024

Icelandic win at the Pub Quiz

The yearly Pub Qui here at the Reykjavik Open was held yesterday at the playing hall in Harpa. The Quizmaster as he has been for over a decade was FM Ingvar Thor Johannesson 30 questions were on the agenda about various chess themes, from players, positions, Olympiads etc.   The winning team named itself “Diettmar…

Premature eruption?

After 3 rounds out of 9, you wouldn’t expect a premature eruption…unless you are in Iceland! After three rounds we had a volcanic eruption on the south-west coast of Iceland. For most of the chess players, an eruption at this point is premature….so we must ponder is it too early to have 3 out of…