To whom it may concern. The Government of Iceland has announced new border rules which will take effect on August 16th. In summary: If you are fully vaccinated (at least 14 days ago) or have certification of a previous infection you can enter with PCR or Antigen (not older than 72 hours…
European Individual Chess Championship 2021 – border rules To whom it may concern. According to the decision of Icelandic authorities, the following rules will apply at the border and are valid until August 15th. If you are vaccinated with approved vaccination of EU/WHO or have certification of former infection there are no restrictions on traveling…
The Icelandic Chess Federation will organize the European Individual Championship 2021. The tournament will be a part of the Reykjavik Open festival. Currently planned dates are April 7th-21st in Harpa concert hall and conference center, Reykjavik. Of course, there is uncertainty regarding dates due to the Corona-pandemic. The tournament will be the main event…
The GAMMA Reykjavík Open 2018 will be a very special event. This time the tournament will be dedicated to the CHESS – KING Bobby Fischer. An Icelandic citizen in his last years, Robert James Fischer was born on March 9th 1943. That means he would have turned 75 years old during GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018.…
The full 2017 side-event calendar is here! As in earlier years, several chess-related events will take place at the same time as the tournament, including the now famous Reykjavík Open Chess Pub Quiz and the Golden Circle sightseeing tour that includes stops at Geysir and Bobby Fischer’s final resting place in the southern part of…
The Reykjavik open 2017 will be held for the 32nd time from April 19th till April 27th, 2017 In Harpa, the 28.000 sq. m. Concert- and conference centre. The 2017 tournament is expected to be very strong. The 2016 tournament included for example Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Dimitry Andreikin and Richard Rapport. Abhijeet Gupta and Tania Sadchev from India however stole the show. Gupta as the tournament winner…
