At the prize-giving ceremony of the Reykjavík Chess Tournament yesterday, prizes were awarded in various rating categories in addition to the main prizes of the event. The players were rewarded for their efforts, and some even got lucky in a raffle when they won a free trip to a chess tournament in Tunisia! A total…
It finally happened: someone managed to stop the Iranian super-grandmaster Amin Tabatabaei, as the English grandmaster Matthew Wadsworth held him to a draw today in the penultimate round of the Reykjavik Open in Harpa. Dagur Ragnarsson is now the top Icelandic player with 6 points, followed by three of our grandmasters on 5.5 points. Wadsworth…
Although the weather improved on Sunday, storm clouds hung over the top board at the Reykjavik Open. The whirlwind Amin Tabatabaei made it rain problems on the position of the Frenchman Marc’Andria Maurizzi and picked up his seventh win in seven games—almost unheard-of dominance at the Reykjavik Open! Guðmundur Kjartansson has taken the lead among…
Top seeded Iranian Grandmaster Amin Tabatabaei is still perfect with 6 out 6 at the Reykjavik Open after a fantastic double-round day where he beat both Vasyl Ivanchuk and Maxime Lagarde, two 2600+ Grandmasters. Tabatabaei has a perfect score and a full point lead over the field after his fantastic start to the 2026 Reykjavik…
Top seeded Grandmaster Amin Tabatabaei has moved into the sold lead after four rounds at the Reykjavik Open. Other top boards ended with draws so Tabatabaei was able to create a little bit of a tiny buffer at the top of the standings. It’s still early days and there is a large pack of players…
The annual Reykjavik Open Pub Quiz took place last night. The event has become a pretty established part of the tournament and has been held for nearly two decades! Various distinguished chess players have won the quiz over the years, including Magnus Carlsen teamed up with Jon Ludvig Hammer, and Helgi Ólafsson with Dirk Jan…
Thursday featured the Reykjavik Open’s first double-round day, with Round 2 (09:00) followed by Round 3 (16:00).during a gruelling double-round day. The day was made even tougher by very harsh weather conditions. Players had to hustle to the playing hall to bet the bad weather and despite some tough conditions close to 400 players made…
The Reykjavik Open 2026 started yesterday when the first round got under way. The president of the Icelandic Chess Federation addressed the guests and Alexandra Briem from Reykjavik City opened the tournament officially by making the first move for the number one seed, Amin Tabatabaei. Reykjavik city has sponsored the Reykjavik Open since it’s inaugural…
Here you can find link to live games and streams! Here is board 1 of Amin Tabatabaei: Games can be watched from these links: Lichess Chess.com Chessbase Europe-Echecs Streamers: Hannah Sayce Tamara Kadovic Matthew Perchard (channel of Lularobs) Simon Williams (tbd) Keti Tsatsalashvili (tbd)
Yesterday, the Reykjavik Open 2026 festivities got under way with the annual Harpa Blitz tournament. Like last year, the tournament was held the day before the start of the main tournament. Before the blitz the opening party was held and everybody was in good spirits and the 153 player blitz tournament started shortly after 19:00.…
