The European Individual Championship 2021 will be held at the historic venue at Hotel Natura. The dates have been set and the tournament will be held between August 26th and September 5th. The Reykjavik Open festival will be headlined by this key event. The tournament will be an 11 round swiss with the European Championship…
DetailsAfter the 2nd ECU board meeting of 2021 which took place over the weekend, these are the decisions regarding the European Open Championship / Reykjavik Open. European Chess Union has exhausted all limits to organize the went in Reykjavik within the time limits set by the regulations for the FIDE World Cup 2021. Even if…
DetailsFollowing a board meeting by the ECU over the weekend (see here), the following has been decided: The European Open Championship in Reykjavik, Iceland is rescheduled for 22nd May to 2nd June 2021 as the final dates to be held to be included in the current FIDE cycle. The final decision about its conduct will be taken within February…
DetailsThe Icelandic Chess Federation will organize the European Individual Championship 2021. The tournament will be a part of the Reykjavik Open festival. Currently planned dates are April 7th-21st in Harpa concert hall and conference center, Reykjavik. Of course, there is uncertainty regarding dates due to the Corona-pandemic. The tournament will be the main event…
DetailsIt is with a heavy heart that the organizers of the 2020 Reykjavik Open have decided that it’s at this moment the best decision to cancel the Reykjavik Open 2020. This is in line with recent cancellations of high-level events in Dubai and Thailand. The continued worldwide spread and travel restrictions in connection with the…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsFollowing 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…
DetailsThe 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…
DetailsGAMMA 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…
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