Right 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…
The 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…
An illustrated report from Arlette Van Weersel (the smaller pictures you can click to see a bigger version): Life as a chess player has always been very good. I had the opportunity to travel a lot (and once went to Hawaii for a holiday after reading about in liveyouraloha.com), meet new people and play many…
It’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…
Today 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…
With the first round of Reykjavik Open 2014 only 4 days away, it is time to take a look at some of the things that await you there. This year’s tournament marks the 50th anniversary of the tournament, which makes it even more special, if there was any need for that! As of today, there…
On this day 50 years ago on January 14th 1964 the inaugural Reykjavik Open started. To mark this anniversary date, a contract was signed to write a book covering the history of this prestigous tournament. The author of the book will be GM Helgi Olafsson. Olafsson has followed or played in almost all of the…
The 2014 Reykjavik Open is looking like it will be a great event with already well over 150 players registered. The Reykjavik Open is an annual tournament with 10 rounds (one day with double-rounds) and the timecontrol is 90 minutes for 40 moves and then extra 30 minutes after move 40. There is a 30…
One of the most talented young chessplayers in the world, the Hungarian GM Richard Rapport will be playing in the 2014 Reykjavik Open. Rapport who is born in March in 1996 can be considered a chess prodigy and he became the fifth youngest Grandmaster in chess history and the youngest for his country breaking the…
If you needed any further encouragement to attend the 50 year anniversary edition of the Reykjavik Open, now you got it! The man himself, the 13th World Champion, Garry Kasparov will visit Iceland and the tournament on the 4th-6th of March 2014. The tournament will start on the 4th of March so we can expect…
