With registered participants already over 100 the Reykjavik Open is yet again getting an invasion from our Nordic viking friends in Norway. The countries share a history going hundreds of years back with some of the first settlers in Iceland coming from Norway around the year 860! It seems like they still like coming here…
DetailsDear Chess friends! With the 2016 Reykjavik Open approaching we thought we’d give you a little help in finding a play to stay. Here is a short overview of some hotels that are offering deals to chess players. Center Hotels Please check out: http://www.centerhotels.com/reykjavikopen for Hotel deals for the 2016 Reykjavik Open be quick though since offers…
DetailsIt is a great pleasure for the organisation of the Reykjavik Open to welcome the participation of Armenian legend Gabriel Sargissian. Sargissian just recently won a board medal at the 2015 European Team Championship and has been a very important part of a successful Armenian team over the years. Sargissian seems to do well on…
DetailsIf you are looking to plan your vacation in 2016 we can tell you that we have just reached an agreement with the great venue Harpan once again and we will be playing March 8th-16th in 2016! 2015 was a great success and ran incredibly smoothly. We keep getting praise for the organisation and we…
DetailsAnd this year’s Reykjavik Open is done and dusted… Erwin l’Ami absolutely stole the show as he stormed to an incredible 8.5/9 after winning a 6-hour marathon game that had everyone on the edge of their seats against Melkumyan. The Dutchman thus won the Reykjavik Open with a round to go- a simply amazing…
DetailsFinal round report along with a video from the closing ceremony in the City Hall. Once again video by Vijay Kumar and narration by Vishal Sareen.
Leaders in various categories before the last round Players born 1998 and later Rank SNo. Name Rtg Type Gr Pts BH. 17 46 IM Yiye Wang 2433 U16 Y 6½ 51 33 67 FM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen 2351 U16 Y 6 51 36 62 WGM Zhansaya Abdumalik F 2379 U14 Y 6 50 37 61 FM…
DetailsThe decisive 9th round video, short by Vijay Kumar as before an narrated by Vishal Sareen.
Quite remarkably with a round to go we already have a winner of the 2015 Reykjavik Open. The 11th seed, Erwin L’Ami, has left everybody in the dust and leads the field with 1,5 points. So far Erwin has only allowed one draw but has managed to win all his other games and most of…
DetailsRanking Crosstable after Round 8 Young players born 1998 and later Rank SNo. Name Rtg Type Gr Pts BH. 16 67 FM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen 2351 U16 Y 6 39 20 62 WGM Zhansaya Abdumalik F 2379 U14 Y 6 37½ 28 46 IM Yiye Wang 2433 U16 Y 5½ 41 39 42 IM Razvan Preotu…
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