More blogging from our Canadian visitors….please scroll down to see the latest blogging from them: http://annexchessclub.com/2014/03/toronto-players-in-reykjavik/ I also saw that Alex Colovic had a nice blog about his experience and his deja-vu Norweigan matchups: http://www.alexcolovic.com/ Both of these cover the Golden Circle trip which so many of our guests took. Finally I would like to point out…
DetailsHave a look at this nice blog post by Tyler Longo from the Annex Chess Club in Canada who is travelling and playing here with several of his fellow Canadians: http://annexchessclub.com/2014/03/toronto-players-in-reykjavik/
DetailsAfter a totally grueling double round day we have 13 players on 3 out of 3. After a rather smooth first round for most of the higher rated players, rounds two and three presented some bigger challenges for the titled players in this tournament. In round 2 most of the top seeds won in clinical…
DetailsDue to the unusual delay because of the fire alarm evacuation the 3rd round today will be pushed back half an hour. At this time we don’t know if there was an actual fire but if there was it was a very small one, probably kitchen or something of that sort. In any case, players…
DetailsRight now we actually have about 200 people outside the Harpa playing hall because the building had to be evacuated because of a fire alarm and probably a real small fire in the house. Most likely we will return soon but the house has to follow protocol and evacuate while the situation is being taken…
DetailsThe opening ceremony is in roughly 3 hours away and we will start the tournament and the live broadcast shortly after that. Registration is going well, most of the players showing up and looks like we will have 250+ players from 40+ countries. Let Peter tell you all about it in this news article on…
DetailsIt’s safe to say that people are looking forward to the 2014 Reykjavik Open which will open its 50 year anniversary edition tomorrow! Today the organisers and some volunteers were busy setting up the tournament hall in the lovely playing hall of the Harpa playing venue. Players were showing up and this year we have…
DetailsToday we got some late additions to the tournament. In an older news piece on the actual 50 year anniversary day of the first Reykjavik Open we told you about a game Mikhail Tal played against a local master when instead of succumbing to a repetition he sacrificed his queen for two pieces! Well guess…
DetailsIf you haven’t already…do check out this illustrated tournament report by Alina L’Ami http://www.chessbase.com/Home/TabId/211/PostId/4009075/the-chinese-are-coming-the-chinese-are-coming-080313.aspx
DetailsWorld Junior Champion Alexander Ipatov has written an article about his Reykjavik Open 2013. He also played in 2012 so he can make some comparisons. He was very happy with his time here and praises the organisation and gives credit to some of the people working really hard on the tournament, ICF President Gunnar Bjornsson…
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