Three players still have a full house after three rounds at the GAMMA Reykjavik Open. It’s clear though that the accelerated pairings are already affecting the tournament a lot as that number is much smaller than in recent years. Mustafa Yilmaz (2619) was the first player to get to 3 out of 3 when he…
Already the accelerated pairings in the Reykjavik Open seem to be having a big effect. In the 2nd round, already only two of the top eight seeds managed to get through the round with a full house! The top seed Richard Rapport (2715) managed to win his game on board one with the black pieces…
The 1st round of the 2018 GAMMA Reykjavik Open went relatively upset free for the top seeds. As usual the first round of a swiss brings some unevenly matched games but nontheless the pairings were much more evenly matched than in recent years because of the use of accelerated swiss pairings meaning that the top…
The 1st round of the GAMMA Reykjavik Open – Bobby Fischer Memorial 2018 has started. After a quick speech by the president of the Icelandic Chess Federation, Gunnar Bjornsson, and by Zurab Azmaiparashvili the president of ECU it was Líf Magneudóttir of the Reykjavik City Council made the ceremonial first move on board 1. This…
Reykjavik Open – much more than a chess tournament! The GAMMA Reykjavík Open 2018 will be a very special event. This time the tournament will be dedicated to the CHESS – KING Bobby Fischer. The tournament will dedicate other events to Fischer´s chess life in many ways. There will be lectures, exhibitions and you will get…
We already reported last week that Susan Polgar was already donating extra prizes to the Fischer Random Cup which will be held on the rest day, 9th of March during the Reykjavik Open. Susan didn’t stop there and her university program at Webster has agreed to sponsor a scholarship to the top finisher under 20…
The 2018 GAMMA Reykjavik Open will be held in memory of Bobby Fischer. One of the highlights of the festivities will be the Fischer Random Cup which will be held on the 9th of March, the birthday of Robert James Fischer. We are thrilled and delighted to announce that Grandmaster Susan Polgar, former Women’s World…
Reykjavik Fischer Random 2018 European Fischer Random Cup 2018 March 9th, 2018 We are very proud to announce that the first ever European Fischer Random Cup will take place during the 2018 GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018! It is very fitting that the tournament is held on March 9th, which is Bobby Fischer’s 75th Birthday! The…
The GAMMA Reykjavik Open will keep on going strong in 2018 and we will continue playing in the beautiful Harpa venue. In 2017 we had 266 players from 40 countries with 33 GM’s and among them Super GM’s like Anish Giri and down all the way to unrated amateurs. A true chess experience like no…
The closing ceremony was held yesterday after the tournament at the beautiful Harpa venue. Lets have a look at who won prizes in the tournament. Best performance according to rating ( rating performance minus rating ) Arnar Heiðarsson 357 Daníel Ernir Njarðarson 320 Sinan Eminov 304 Rating between 0 and 2000 Francesco Puglia 6…
