The 35th edition of the Reykjavik Open 2020 will be held from April 17th until April 24th, 2020 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 like open tournaments on the…
The Reykjavik Open 2020 will be held for the 35th time from April 16th till April 24th, 2020 in Harpa, the 28.000 sq. m. concert- and conference centre in downtown Reykjavik. Special deals on accommodation Our website has been updated with a host of special offers on accommodation during the 2020 Reykjavík Open! Find your deal here. Registration Join the legends…
Following negotiations with the playing venue of Harpa we can happily announce that the dates are set for the 2020 edition of the Reykjavik Open! Without further ado, if you want to play the dates you have to reserve are April 17th-24th 2020! The 1st round is on the 17th and there will be…
The Harpa Blitz had a good turnout as usual as 75 players were registered for the tournament. Some of them didn’t last very long for various reasons but all in all around 70 player showed up with their gamefaces on! As usual the tournament is supposed to be mostly for fun and due to beverages…
GAMMA Reykjavik Open was formally wrapped up with a closing ceremony in the city hall. Master of ceremonies was Pawel Bartoszek from the city council and chaiman of culture sports and leisure for Reykjavik and he presented the prices to the players along with Valdimar Ármann the president of GAMMA, our main sponsor. A remarkable 8 players…
After a topsy turvy last round we have an amazing 8 way tie for first place at the Reykjavik Open. Constantin Lupulescu, Mircea-Emilian Parligras and Gawain Jones led with half a point before the round. Lupulescu and his compatriot Parligras quickly drew on the first board which opened the door for Jones. Erwin l’Ami however…
The 2019 Reykjavik Open Pub Quiz was held on Friday, April 12th. The Quiz has become an essential part of the Open and always has a very nice turnout. Previous winners of the event include Magnus Carlsen who won with the team “MC Hammer” along with his childhood friend Jon Ludvig Hammer. The Quiz…
The 8th and penultimate round provided plenty of exciting games and drama. Before the round, Constantin Lupulescu lead with a full point ahead of several players. Gawain Jones had a chance to catch up with Lupulescu when facing hiim in the 8th round but would have to do so with the black pieces. The Grunfeld…
Constantin Lupulescu went directly into the driver’s seat with his win against Alireza Firouzja in a very exciting and complicated game where the Romanian sacrificed a piece early on. Take a look at this game, potentially the most imporant of this tournament! very impressed with Lupu’s games this tournament. The wolf is back!#ReykjavikOpen https://t.co/FMXoV8RoIb —…
Heading into the 6th round, we had four players tied at the top of the table with 4.5 points out of 5. They played individually in the 5th round with Hovhannisyan playing white against Firouzja and Lupulescu with white against Movsesian Hovhannisyan and Firouzja settled on a draw relatively early after a Najdorf fizzled out…
