The 1st round of the GAMMA Reykjavik Open – Bobby Fischer Memorial 2018 has started. After a quick speech by the president of the Icelandic Chess Federation, Gunnar Bjornsson, and by Zurab Azmaiparashvili the president of ECU it was Líf Magneudóttir of the Reykjavik City Council made the ceremonial first move on board 1. This…
DetailsReykjavik Open – much more than a chess tournament! The GAMMA Reykjavík Open 2018 will be a very special event. This time the tournament will be dedicated to the CHESS – KING Bobby Fischer. The tournament will dedicate other events to Fischer´s chess life in many ways. There will be lectures, exhibitions and you will get…
DetailsWe already reported last week that Susan Polgar was already donating extra prizes to the Fischer Random Cup which will be held on the rest day, 9th of March during the Reykjavik Open. Susan didn’t stop there and her university program at Webster has agreed to sponsor a scholarship to the top finisher under 20…
DetailsThe 2018 GAMMA Reykjavik Open will be held in memory of Bobby Fischer. One of the highlights of the festivities will be the Fischer Random Cup which will be held on the 9th of March, the birthday of Robert James Fischer. We are thrilled and delighted to announce that Grandmaster Susan Polgar, former Women’s World…
DetailsReykjavik Fischer Random 2018 European Fischer Random Cup 2018 March 9th, 2018 We are very proud to announce that the first ever European Fischer Random Cup will take place during the 2018 GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018! It is very fitting that the tournament is held on March 9th, which is Bobby Fischer’s 75th Birthday! 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 GAMMA Reykjavik Open will keep on going strong in 2018 and we will continue playing in the beautiful Harpa venue. In 2017 we had 266 players from 40 countries with 33 GM’s and among them Super GM’s like Anish Giri and down all the way to unrated amateurs. A true chess experience like no…
DetailsThe closing ceremony was held yesterday after the tournament at the beautiful Harpa venue. Lets have a look at who won prizes in the tournament. Best performance according to rating ( rating performance minus rating ) Arnar Heiðarsson 357 Daníel Ernir Njarðarson 320 Sinan Eminov 304 Rating between 0 and 2000 Francesco Puglia 6…
DetailsThe #1 seed managed in the end to live up to the expecation and win the 2017 GAMMA Reykjavik Open outright. It wasn’t easy with two rounds to go when Anish was half a point behind the leaders and had two blacks coming up. He however showed his class beyond doubt and managed to take…
DetailsAnish Giri pulled ahead of the pack with a massive win over Baadur Jobava with the black pieces today. A great win for Giri who won his 2nd game in a row with the black pieces after falling half a point behind the leaders after round 7. A brilliant bounce back by the top seed…
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