The Reykjavik Open is an annual chess tournament that takes place in the capital city of Iceland. It was held every two years up to 2008, currently it runs annually. The first edition was held in 1964 and was won by Mikhail Tal with a score of 12.5 points out of 13.[1] The tournament is currently played with the Swiss system, while from 1964 to 1980 and in 1992 it was a round-robin tournament.
The 2013 edition was voted the second best open tournament of the year in the world by the Association of Chess Professionals, behind Gibraltar Chess Festival.[2]
Winners
editAll players finishing equal first are listed; the winner after tiebreaks is listed first.
| blue | : Round-robin tournament |
| # | Year | Winner(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1964 | |
| 2 | 1966 | |
| 3 | 1968 | |
| 4 | 1970 | |
| 5 | 1972 | |
| 6 | 1974 | |
| 7 | 1976 | |
| 8 | 1978 | |
| 9 | 1980 | |
| 10 | 1982 | |
| 11 | 1984 | |
| 12 | 1986 | |
| 13 | 1988 | |
| 14 | 1990 | |
| 15 | 1992 | |
| 16 | 1994 | |
| 17 | 1996 | |
| 18 | 1998 | |
| 19 | 2000 | |
| 20 | 2002 | |
| 21 | 2004 | |
| 22 | 2006 | |
| 23 | 2008 | |
| 24 | 2009 | |
| 25 | 2010 | |
| 26 | 2011 | |
| 27 | 2012 | |
| 28 | 2013 | |
| 29 | 2014 | |
| 30 | 2015 | |
| 31 | 2016 | |
| 32 | 2017 | |
| 33 | 2018 | |
| 34 | 2019 | |
| 35 | 2020 | The 2020 event was cancelled due to the coronavirus epidemic.[4] |
| 37 | 2022 | |
| 38 | 2023 | |
| 39 | 2024 |
References
edit- ^ "50 years since first Reykjavik Open". reykjavikopen.com. 2014-01-14. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
- ^ "London Candidates Tournament of the Year 2013". ACP. 2014-05-02. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ "Reykjavik Open 2004 July 2004 Iceland FIDE Chess Tournament report".
- ^ https://www.reykjavikopen.com/cancellation-of-the-2020-reykjavik-open/ Cancellation of the 2020 Reykjavik Open
- ^ "Indian GM Praggnanandhaa wins Reykjavik Open chess". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- ^ Olafsson, Helgi (2023-04-05). "Grandelius sigurvegari í elleftu tilraun". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic).
- ^ "Bogdan-Daniel Deac wins the Reykjavik Open 2024". 3 August 2024.