The Harpa Blitz 2025 tournament took place on the evening of April 8th at the Harpa Conference Hall, marking an exhilarating prelude to the Reykjavik Open 2025. The event attracted a diverse group of participants, including several grandmasters and international masters, all competing in a 10-round Swiss system with a time control of 3 minutes…
DetailsIt is with great respect and deep appreciation that we mark the passing of Friðrik Ólafsson, Iceland’s first chess grandmaster, who died on April 4th, 2025, at the age of 90. Friðrik was a towering figure in Icelandic chess history, earning the nations first grandmaster title and achieving international acclaim for his performance in the…
DetailsWe’re currently experiencing a technical issue where the latest news articles are not appearing on the front page of ReykjavikOpen.com. Please note that the articles are still live and accessible via direct links and the News section. ⚠️ For example, you can still read our newest post about the 2025 tournament dates here: Dates for…
DetailsThe Icelandic Chess Federation and the organizers of the Reykjavik Open are happy to announce that we will once again be playing in the Harpa Conference Center and Music Hall for the 2025 edition of the Reykjavik Open! The finalization of dates for the tournament is currently being worked out and will be finalized in…
DetailsThe Reykjavik Open 2024 has finished. Lets get up a final summary and some pictures of the winners and the winners of the various categories! At the end of the day, Romanian tournament #1 seed Bogdan-Daniel Deac lived up to his pre-tournament ranking and emerged as the sole winner with 7.5 points out of the…
DetailsThe GAMMA Reykjavík Open 2018 will be a very special event. This time the tournament will be dedicated to the CHESS – KING Bobby Fischer. An Icelandic citizen in his last years, Robert James Fischer was born on March 9th 1943. That means he would have turned 75 years old during GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018.…
DetailsThe full 2017 side-event calendar is here! As in earlier years, several chess-related events will take place at the same time as the tournament, including the now famous Reykjavík Open Chess Pub Quiz and the Golden Circle sightseeing tour that includes stops at Geysir and Bobby Fischer’s final resting place in the southern part of…
DetailsThe Reykjavik open 2017 will be held for the 32nd time from April 19th till April 27th, 2017 In Harpa, the 28.000 sq. m. Concert- and conference centre. The 2017 tournament is expected to be very strong. The 2016 tournament included for example Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Dimitry Andreikin and Richard Rapport. Abhijeet Gupta and Tania Sadchev from India however stole the show. Gupta as the tournament winner…
DetailsA fantastic article by Ian Rogers on Magnus Carlsen and the pub quiz! Do check it out here: http://www.uschess.org/content/view/12985/806/
DetailsAlexander Colovic is back (he had a very nice GOTD last year against a young Norwegian player). Here are his 1st round impressions 🙂 http://www.alexcolovic.com/2015/03/reykjavik-open-2015-round-1.html
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