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…
If you are thinking about playing in the Reykjavik Open or are already registered, please make sure to take care of your registration before the 15th of March! If you are registered on chess-results you need to confirm your participation by paying the entry fee or otherwise send us assurance of your arrival. Same for…
The 37th edition of the Reykjavik Open will be held from March 29th until April 4th, 2023 in Harpa, the 28.000 sq. m. concert- and conference hall in downtown Reykjavik. The tournament has been the flagship of Icelandic chess for many years and one of the most prestigious and well-liked open tournaments on the calendar…
The Reykjavik Open will continue to be played at the popular Harpa music and conference center in 2023. The dates are set, and the tournament will be played from the 29th of March until the 4th of April. We will play 9 rounds in 7 days! This format was used last year as well. The last…
The 2023 edition of the Reykjavik Open will be held from March 29th till April 4th. Our venue will still be in Harpa conference hall. Like last year, we will play two days of double rounds, the 2nd and the 4th day. The 2022 tournament was nice, “returning to normal”, but now we want to…
An eventful Kvika Reykjavik Open came to an end yesterday as 245 players from 39 countries played their final moves of the event. The Indian sensation Praggnanandhaa was the soler winner clocking in with an impressive 7½ pionts in the 9 rounds. The prize giving ceremony was held at the Reykjavik Ciy Hall and Pawel Bartoszek,…
There was no shortage of drama in the final round of the Reykjavik Open. Before the round, Max Warmerdam, Mads Andersen, and Pragganandhaa were leading with 6,5 points. Mads and Max made a relatively short draw. For a long while, this looked like it opened the door for several players to join the leader, including…
Three players tie for the lead for what projects to be an exciting final round at the Reykjavik Open. Before the round, Max Warmerdamn as the sole leader. He settled on a draw with white in his game against Iranian GM Idani Pouya. Perhaps Max could have played on with his bishop pair and slight…
