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The
XXI Reykjavik Open 2004 has been running in the Reykjavik City Hall
since March 7th. There are 76 players, all with a minimum rating of 2200, and
after six rounds the leaders are as shown in the table on the left.
The official web site, in elegant text-only design, bring you schedules, results, games, and general information.
The tournament will end on Tuesday, March 16, with round nine. Then things become really interesting.
The four leading players, plus the top Icelandic participant qualify for the Reykjavik Rapid 2004. This will be held from March 17 to 21, 2004. The qualifiers from the Open are joined by the following illustrious set:
| Garry Kasparov | 2831 | |
| Nigel Short | 2702 | |
| Anatoly Karpov | 2682 | |
| Alexey Dreev | 2682 | |
| Emil Sutovsky | 2666 | |
| Johann Hjartarson | 2640 | |
| Peter Heine Nielsen | 2638 | |
| Hannes Stefansson | 2572 | |
| Margeir Petursson | 2540 | |
| Helgi Olafsson | 2504 | |
| Magnus Carlsen | 2484 |
Many of the games from the Reykjavik Rapid will be covered on the Playchess.com server. We will be reporting, hopefully with pictures, on the course of the tournament on these pages.
