The Reykjavik Open will once again be held in the Harpa concert hall and conference center in the heart of downtown Reykjavík, Iceland. The dates March 15th-21st have been negotiated with the venue. The playing schedule itself is still pending but obviously, there will be two double-round days like this year and all the exciting…
The closing ceremony of the Reykjavik Open was held in the Reykjavik City Hall. Þórdís Lóa Þórhallsdóttir, head of city council welcomed the guests. Geert van der Walde, CEO of Chessable, one of the main sponsors of the tournament, handed out the prizes with president of ICF Gunnar Bjornsson and vice-president Johanna Björg Jóhannsdóttir Prize…
Five chess players are tied for first place going into the final round of the Reykjavik Open in Harpa. There was a draw at the top board between Mustafa Yilmaz and Maxime Lagarde, which meant that three other players were able to catch up to them with wins. Swedish grandmaster Nils Grandelius, who has played…
The last few rounds will have all to play for as we now have a three-way tie for first at the Reykjavik Open after the 7th round. Abhijeet Gupta and Maxime Lagarde were tied before the round but played each other and drew their game. Lukasz Turlej, FIDE secretary general made the ceremonial first move on…
The Reykjavik Open Pubquiz has become a mainstay at the tournament and a popular side event. On Friday, several players showed up to form teams and play the quiz, 30 chess related questions to test their chess knowledge, knowledge of history and current events. The pubquiz and blitz side events this year are run by…
Abhijeet Gupta from India and Maxime Lagarde from France are in good shape with 5,5 points after the first 6 rounds at the Reykjavik Open. Gupta won his first five games but finally conceded a draw in the 6th round. Gupta seems to like the Icelandic air or something as he is already a two…
With four rounds in the books, the only players with a full house after those rounds are Indian. One-time joint winner and one-time sole winner, Abhijeet Gupta seems to always bring his A-game in Reykjavik. This year doesn’t seem like an exception. The only player joining Gupta in the lead is fellow Indian GM V…
The highlights of a long and tough double-round day was the amount of Queen sacrifices on offer and potentially being missed! The Chess World quickly noticed an absolutely insane game played by Simon Williams in the morning round. Something tells us Simon isn’t a morning person but that didn’t stop him. He sacrificed a pawn for…
The International Reykjavik Open Chess Tournament, sponsored by Kvika and Brim, has begun at Harpa conference center at the heart of Reykjavik, Iceland. Before beginning proceeding, GM-elect Vignir Vatnar Stefánsson was celebrated as the newest grandmaster of Iceland by Friðrik Ólafsson, and in the aftermath, Dagur B. Eggertsson played the first move of the…
The Reykjavik Open will get underway today. The pairings for the first rounds have already been live for a few hours. The pairings can be found on CHESS-RESULTS Erdene Baasansuren from Mongolia gets the honors on board 1 and has the white pieces against Vasyl Ivanchuk. The players list ended with 399 participants…
