ReykjavikOpenChess
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Since 1964, hosting most of the top chess players in history
Iceland
Joined February 2013
We have a winner! .Praggnanandhaa is the sole winner of the tournament after beating his countryman, Gukesh in the last round. @rpragchess finishes with an impressive 7.5 out of 9 and is the youngest sole winner in the history of the tournament! #Chess #ReykjavikOpen #Ropen22
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Three streamers in a row, all with black. @gingergm, @IM_Rosen and @DinaBelenkaya #ReykjavikOpen #Chess
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The Indian contingent always leaves their mark on the Reykjavik Open. Here are tournament regulars @TaniaSachdev @adhibanchess and @iam_abhijeet you can be sure to always find one of them among our prize winners! #Chess #ReykjavikOpen (photo: Hallfridur Sigurdardottir)
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Simon Williams, the @ginger_gm with the game of the tournament thus far, maybe a game of the year candidate, a fantastic Queen sacrifice! #ReykjavikOpen #Chess
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When Vincent Keymer was told he'd be white in the last round. he committed all the way! #EuropeanChess #EICC #ReykjavikOpen #Chess
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Loiseau resigns and @GMGrandelius wins the Reykjavik Open, 11th time is a charm! #ReykjavikOpen #Chess
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Aria Bjork Danielsdottir becomes the youngest player to win a game in Reykjavik Open history at only 6 years old!! Pictured here with her coach #ReykjavikOpen #Chess
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Reykjavik Open has offically started. GM Galperin actually played "The Cow" against @AnnaCramling ! #ReykjavikChess24
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ONLY in Iceland can you play an open tournament. look out the window and have red skies from a volcanic eruption that literally started that same night! (Photo: Hallfridur Sigurdardottir) #ReykjavikChess24 #Chess
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And we're off! 1.e4 for Gawain Jones, "best by test" and the European Championship has started @ECUonline #chess #reykjavikopen #EICC
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First huge upset of the tournament. Local hero Ármann Pétursson (1227) beat M.Wecker (2134) in a mere 12 moves, . Bb4 punishing Nf4? #chess
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The 9th and final round is underway. We are thankful for the Reykjavik Open being back to normal huge thanks to all our sponsors and especially Kvika and @FIDE_chess with their aid package #chess #ReykjavikOpen
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Due to a surprising benefactor willing to promote women's chess, we have increased the women's prize in the Reykjavik Open. Instead of 3 prizes, there are now 4 prizes! With a new €1.100 prize going for 1st and the others moving down!
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Bogdan-Daniel Deac is the winner of the 2024 Reykjavik Open, defeating Alisher Suleymenov in the Final round to claim clear first! Congratulations! #ReykjavikChess24 #Chess
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@anishgiri @MagnusCarlsen is of course always welcome to the Reykjavik Open! Seeing him defeat the 2022 Reykjavik Open winner in the World Cup final was impressive.
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Ivanchuk finishes off in style to end on a good note. Very nice demolition of the French defense by the Ukranian legend! #ReykjavikChess24
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Unreal turn of events, horribly blunder by D Gukesh, and @rpragchess is now the sole winner after he wins a completely lost game, what an unreal turnaround! #Chess #ReykjavikOpen
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The third round has started. Our photo is fron the 2nd round earlier. Icelandic clothing for both players. Yilmaz has a sweater with the Icelandic flag while Rosen has a traditional knitted wool sweater. Yilmaz is one of 34 players on 2/2 #ReykjavikOpen
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Chief Arbiter Omar Salama has conducted the drawing of lots. #1 seed Gawain Jones with the help of daughter Samaria drew the white color on board one. @ECUonline #ReykjavikOpen #Chess #EuropeanIndividualChampionship #EICC
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Playing hall starting to take shape. 404 players now with late cancellations. will we stay above 400?? #ReykjavikOpen #Chess
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In light of recent developments and the spread of the virus around the world and in Iceland the very hard decision to cancel the 2020 Reykjavik Open has been taken after a board meeting at the ICF. #reykjavikopen #chess #coronavirus
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Congrats to Canadians @amanhambleton and M.Kleinman for securing GM and IM norm respectively. @chessbrahTV doing good in Reykjavik #chess.
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The 2021 European Chess Champion, Anton Demchenko from Russia. Congratulations! @ECUonline #ReykjavikOpen #EuropeanChess
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When your name is Robert Fischer you have a lot to live up to! Seems like Robert is in today's round as he has landed a well known Bxh7 London trick known since Kamsky-Shankland #ReykjavikOpen #Chess
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Can you find which move @TaniaSachdev played here to force a resignation from white? Neat little tactic! #ReykjavikChess24 #Tactics #Chess
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53.Ne7!! and Ivanchuk resigns against IM Leya Garifullina! (@OnTheQueenside !) . was the resignation premature though? Computers only give white a small edge! #ReykjavikChess24 #Chess
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Black was struggling already but Qf6-g6 allowed white a picture perfect finish #Chess #ReykjavikOpen
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Pairings for the morning round are up, some interesting pairings as internet sensations @IM_Rosen and @irene_sukandar both play on the main stage! #Chess #ReykjavikOpen #Ropen22.
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Prize winners at the Reykjavik Open huge thanks again to our sponsors, Reykjavik City, Kvika and @FIDE_chess with their aid package! #Chess #ReykjavikOpen.
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Playing hall 80% ready for the Reykjavik Open. Organisers @GunnarBjorns and @ZibbitVideos happy with todays work!
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4th round has been opened here at the Reykjavik Open, the ceremonial first move was made on board 1 by Daníel Þór Magnússon, Funds Manager at Kvika assets management, one of our main sponsors! Ivanchuk went with 1.c4 on the top board #ReykjavikOpen #Chess
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Happy 55th birthday to Vasyl Ivancuk, one of the all-time greats and a true lover of the game of chess! #ReykjavikChess24
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The @ginger_gm ferociously attacks the exchange French and his piece sacrifice looks dangerous! #ReykjavikOpen #chess
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2nd round has started at the Reykjavik Open. Morning round on a double round day. Chucky in deep thought on board 1. #TheChessViking #Chess
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Like an evil villain, @HansMokeNiemann ruins @irene_sukandar's birthday but the finish was nice. White was winning but in time trouble the tables turned. black to move #Chess #ReykjavikOpen #ROpen22
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Round 2 has started. Top seed Gawain Jones has a wild King's Indian on the board. pawns have been sacrificed and the white king is in the center #ReykjavikOpen #EuropeanChess #EICC #Chess
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We want you and we want over 300 participants! Are you in? @chessable @ginger_gm @lularobs @TaniaSachdev @GMGrandelius #Chess #Reykjavik #Harpa.
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Few things are more beautiful than a packed playing hall at the Reykjavik Open!
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We will be back in the Harpa conference hall and we look forward to meeting you in 2022! #Chess #ChessTournament #ChessPunks #ChessCalendar #ReykjavikOpen.
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Dziuba got presented with a "puzzle rush" opportunity after his opponent's move Qf7-b3. White to move #Chess #Tactics #ReykjavikOpen
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The podium finishers at the European Championship / Reykjavik Open. Left to right: Sarana (3rd), Demchenko (1st), Keymer (2nd) @ecu #ReykjavikOpen #EuropeanChess
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The 7th round was opened by @lukaszturlej the FIDE secretary general. He played 1.e4 for Maxime Lagarde in his clash with Abhijeet Gupta on the top board. (Photo: Hallfríður Sigurðardóttir) #Chess #ReykjavikOpen
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The European Individual Championship will be played at the end of August at a historic venue in Iceland! #Chess.
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Prize winners at the Reykjavik Open Harpa Blitz. 1-2. Aryan Tari (winner on tiebreaks) and V Pranav. 3-4 Vignir Vatnar Stefansson and Maxime Lagarde. #ReykjavikOpen #Chess
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Icelandic TV show Kastljós (e. Spotlight) had a fantastic piece on chess influencers. The show is of course in Icelandic but very nice interviews in English with @DinaBelenkaya and @AnnaCramling. Great promotion for chess! (starts at 12:20 mark) #Chess.
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The 2019 GAMMA Reykjavik Open will welcome many returning regulars and special guests, looking forward to @advorkovich visiting the tournament! #Chess #ReykjavikOpen.
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We currently have just under 300 players registered for the 2024 Reykjavik Open! Currently, the 150th-ranked player is someone you might not wanna face! #Chess #ReykjavikOpen.
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Congratulations to Constantin Lupulescu who wins on tiebreak in a massive tie for first at the GAMMA Reykjavik Open. #ReykjavikOpen
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Anish Giri is the outright winner of the 2017 Reykjavik Open!
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Hjalmar, resident handyman and waterboy, making sure everybody stays hydrated, courtesy of @IcelandicWater #ReykjavikOpen
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Just recently, Vignir Vatnar Stefansson, fulfilled his final GM norm and will become Iceland's 16th Grandmaster. Before the 1st round, legendary GM Fridrik Olafsson, former FIDE president, honored him and welcomed to the GM club! #ReykjavikOpen
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There are many positives with the "streaming experience" we've been doing at the Reykjavik Open. With everything, there are pros and cons but we like the pros!.
The other day I received this message from one of my opponents in Reykjavik and it truly warmed my heart. It is amazing to be able to stream my games and share the journey with my viewers, but also being able to help others with this is so fulfilling and means so much to me ❤️🥹
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1st round starting soon, what matchup are you most looking forward to? #Chess #ReykjavikOpen.
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Arrival day behind us and the playing venue is set for tomorrow's start of the European Individual Chess Championship! #Chess #ReykjavikOpen.
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The computers like Adhiban's 13.Ndb5!! against GM Kjartansson evaluated over +1 against the Berlin. Will he be the first one to position himself nicely for the last round? #ReykjavikChess24 #Chess
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Adhiban resigns with white and GM Kjartansson keeps the local hopes alive by joining the leading pack before the last round, should have white in the last round as well! #ReykjavikChess24 #Chess
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@lularobs First games in open tournaments are always tough when you are the lower seed. For instance, on the top 25 boards, only 4 lower seeds managed a draw. all the others lost.
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You can start planning for 2018, March 6th-14th it is and as usual the great Harpa venue #chess.
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We are still not sure if they started out playing Chess960 or not on board 13!?!? #ReykjavikChess24
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Grandelius opens with 1.e4 in what could prove to be a pivotal game in deciding the winner of the Reykjavikj Open #ReykjavikOpen #Chess
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After six rounds we have 11 players with 5 points out of 6! It's going to be a big fight in the coming days to pull away from the pack! GM Kjartansson tried to keep up the local hopes! #ReykjavikChess24 #Chess
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The WOMEN seem to be taking the Reykjavik Open by storm! Check out this nice preview of things to come in Reykjavik!
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Today is a holiday in Iceland. It's called "First day of summer" . this is what it looks like!
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Congrats Deimante Cornette on securing her first GM norm at the Reykjavik Open! #reykjavikopen #chess #rvkopen.
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A girls tournament was held before todays round with @SusanPolgar here with the winners and prime minister Jakobsdottir #chess #reykjavikopen
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Mostly GM clashes on stage as round 7 has started. Who do fancy to win today?
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Heartbreak for Oscar Pollack who came so close to one of the biggest upsets of the rounds only to have momentary loss of concentration to leave his rook hanging. #ReykjavikChess24
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Opening party went well, only 3 broken glasses by the presenter! Best to get the blunders out of the way immediately! #ReykjavikOpen
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The European Open Championship dates will have to be pushed back due to the ongoing Pandemic. #Chess #ReykjavikOpen #ECU.
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The black Queen brutally checkmate in this miniature from the Reykjavik Open. Young champion of the town of Akureyri with a nice win in the 1st round in a Jobava London. #ReykjavikChess24
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The GingerGM is one of a handful of streamers who are both playing and will have streams from their games here at the #ReykjavikOpen.
I'm looking forward to pushing some wood around at this fantastic venue. Here is the players list 👇 All my games will be streamed by Blair and special guests on my twitch channel - - so tune in! 🤗.Starts tomorrow at 4pm CET.
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Lagarde doesn't fancy his chances against Ivanchuk and we have a draw faster than the speed of light. Lagarde out of thr running for the title but secures a nice top 10 finish. #ReykjavikOpen #Chess
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The dates are ready for the 2020 Reykjavik Open! Share with your chess friends! #Chess #ReykjavikOpen.
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Following the 5th roumd, all players and staff were subjected to a PCR test. We are glad to announce that all test came back negative. We urge everybody to continue observing good protocols so the tournament can finish without incidents! #reykjavikopen #europeanchess #eicc.
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Mark your calendars, March 15th-March 21st 2024 is the date for the Reykjavik Open! @ginger_gm @alexandrabotez @annacramling #Chess #ChessPunks.
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Parligras vs Lupulescu on board 1 looking like it might be peaceful. clearing the path for @GMGawain to capture the outright win! #ReykjavikOpen
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A nice turnout and a fun event as always, the Reykjavik Open pubquiz was won by a local team this year. You can test yourself, the questions are linked in the article. Icelandic victory in the pubquiz – Reykjavík Open 2023 (. #Chess #ReykjavikOpen.
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1st round recap as the upsets are few and far between. Alexandra Botez managed one of the biggest upsets! #ReykjavikChess24.
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After 36.h3 by IM Bjorn Thorfinnsson, GM Jules Moussard not believing in fortresses retreated 36. Rg8? when 36. Rxf4 was necessary and black has . Re4 with a winning pawn endgame. A few moves later, Jules had to believe in fortresses after 39.h4! #ReykjavikChess24
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That sounds like a challenge! @MagnusCarlsen the @ReykjavikOpen starts in about two weeks!.
@MagnusCarlsen Ever won Reykjavik Open, bigboy?🤣.
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Long double day ahead in Reykjavik. FM Lohia Sohum ponder his move with legend Ivanchuk watching over. 2nd round action! #ReykjavikChess24
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"Maybe one day you can beat the World Champion, who knows?" GM Fridrik Olafsson, Iceland chess legend and former FIDE president with Pragga at the 2018 Reykjavik Open. Will we see you in 2022? #Chess #ReykjavikOpen #Reykjavik
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We already have 58 players registered and we are just under 6 months away from the Reykjavik Open. The Icelanders haven't started registering yet so make sure to make plans soon as we will most likely be capped around the 400-player mark! #Chess #Reykjavik.
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Congratulations to Alireza Firouzja on winning the Fischer Random tournament at the Reykjavik Open! Alireza scored 8 out of 9! #ReykjavikOpen.
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Top seed Deac is potentially in huge trouble on board 1 as he takes a poisoned pawn on a4 and in return, black got two pawns after 18. Bxd3 19.Bxd3 Qb4+ 20.Nc3 Rxa2 when the b-pawn is doomed as well! #ReykjavikChess24 #Tactics #Chess
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Treat your loved ones like David Navara treats the chess clock. with lot of care! #ReykjavikOpen #EuropeanChess #Chess
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Pavel Eljanov is off to a winning start at the Reykjavik Open with a nice win with the black pieces. Photo @LennartOotes live commentary on #chess #reykjavikopen
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Local FM Hilmir Heimisson has Hungarian GM Tamas Banusz on the ropes with the spectacular . Nc1! #reykjavikopen #EICC #chess
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