Spring tournament
The new April schedule is aimed at giving the players an even better chance of enjoying Iceland, with warmer temperatures when the island bursts into spring colours, allowing our guests to soak up the bright spring light and hopefully have that bit of extra energy to spend on the 64 squares.
Special deals for accommodation
On our website you can find special deals for all kinds of different accommodation! See here.
Covid-19
Up to date information about Covid-rules can always be found here:
https://www.covid.is/sub-categories/travel-to-and-within-iceland.
Current rules:
No restrictions!!
Much more than a chess tournament
As in earlier years, several chess-themed 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 Iceland. Iceland is one of the most attractive places in the world to visit and play in chess tournaments. The full 2022 side-event calendar will also include a Fischer random tournament (Chess960), Iceland vs. Rest-of-the-World Football Match, a backgammon tournament, the popular opening party and more.
Side event calendar can be found at the website.
Join the legends and be part of chess history
Through its history the Reykjavik Open has featured many of the strongest chess players in the world at the time. These include the current world champion, Magnus Carlsen as well the challenger for the title Fabiano Caruana, the 8th world champion Mikhail Tal, who won the first tournament in 1964 with a record 12½ points out of 13, as well as the 7th world champion Vasili Smyslov. It has also featured the strongest women in the world, including, Judit Polgar and world champions Hou Yifan and Nona Gaprindashvili, as well as challengers for the world title like Victor Korchnoi, David Bronstein, Nigel Short, and Jan Timman.
In recent years, the tournament has featured world class players – in addition to those mentioned earlier – like Ding Liren, Alexander Grischuk, Alexei Shirov, Hikaru Nakamura, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, and Wesley So, while earlier editions featured legends like Friðrik Ólafsson, Anthony Miles, Bent Larsen, Lev Polugaevsky, Mark Taimanov and Samuel Reshevsky.
As in previous years, the goal of organizers to is invite many of the youngest and most promising chess players in the world, as well as the strong women players.
Why not join? You can register!
Reykjavik Open – SO much more than just a chess tournament!