The 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
DetailsHave a look at what Eric has to see in his first installement: http://www.chess.com/blog/erichansen/reykjavik-open-2014
DetailsA participant or somebody accompanying a participant shot this during the fire evacuation:
Yesterday the Even Steven blitz tournament was held. This is the 2nd year that we try this format for a blitz tournament and in general people seem to be happy with it. The format is a time handicap so that the stronger player in some cases has to play with 1 minute vs 9 minutes…
DetailsMore 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/
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