Round 4 of the Reykjavik Open was played yesterday and we saw many exciting and decisive games on the top boards. On board 1 we had a small upset as Canadian GM Eric Hansen outplayed third seed GM Ferenc Berkes in a very nice game. On board 2 Richard Rapport scored yet another victory (over…
Today was the double round here at Reykjavik Open and what an eventful day that was… This morning at around 11 o’clock, while most games were only just getting out of the opening phase, the fire alarm went off and the whole Harpa building had to be evacuated! Seeing around 300 people waiting just outside…
[wp_bannerize group=”toppur-forsida” random=”1″ limit=”1″] The 29th edition of Reykjavik Open got under way this afternoon at Harpa, Reykjavik’s spectacular concert hall. There are finally 255 players (a new record!) from 35 countries taking part and with as many as 91 titled players this promises to be an extremely exciting and hard-fought tournament! As expected, there…
An illustrated report from Arlette Van Weersel (the smaller pictures you can click to see a bigger version): Life as a chess player has always been very good. I had the opportunity to travel a lot (and once went to Hawaii for a holiday after reading about in liveyouraloha.com), meet new people and play many…
With the first round of Reykjavik Open 2014 only 4 days away, it is time to take a look at some of the things that await you there. This year’s tournament marks the 50th anniversary of the tournament, which makes it even more special, if there was any need for that! As of today, there…
On this day 50 years ago on January 14th 1964 the inaugural Reykjavik Open started. To mark this anniversary date, a contract was signed to write a book covering the history of this prestigous tournament. The author of the book will be GM Helgi Olafsson. Olafsson has followed or played in almost all of the…
The 2014 Reykjavik Open is looking like it will be a great event with already well over 150 players registered. The Reykjavik Open is an annual tournament with 10 rounds (one day with double-rounds) and the timecontrol is 90 minutes for 40 moves and then extra 30 minutes after move 40. There is a 30…
One of the most talented young chessplayers in the world, the Hungarian GM Richard Rapport will be playing in the 2014 Reykjavik Open. Rapport who is born in March in 1996 can be considered a chess prodigy and he became the fifth youngest Grandmaster in chess history and the youngest for his country breaking the…
If you needed any further encouragement to attend the 50 year anniversary edition of the Reykjavik Open, now you got it! The man himself, the 13th World Champion, Garry Kasparov will visit Iceland and the tournament on the 4th-6th of March 2014. The tournament will start on the 4th of March so we can expect…
The 2014 edition of the Reykjavik Open will take place March 4th-March 12th. Once again the tournament will be held in the beautiful Harpa concert hall by the Reykjavik harbour. The 2014 Reykjavik Open will celebrate a 50 year anniversary of the tournament. The organisers will do their best to make this 50 year anniversary…
