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GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2019
April 2, 2019
The GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2019 will be held for the 34th time from April 8th until April 16th , 2019 in Harpa, the 28.000 sq. m. concert- and conference centre in downtown Reykjavik.
Many world class players have taken part in the GAMMA Reykjavik Open in recent years, including Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Anish Giri, Baadur Jobava, Richard Rapport, Pavel Eljanov, Alexei Shirov, the Indian prodigies Nihal Sarin and Praggananandhaa and their fellow countryman Baskaran Adihiban, who was the winner of the 2018 event.
In the 2018 tournament, which was also The Bobby Fischer Memorial Tournament, 248 players from 34 countries participated, including 27 grandmasters, 12 of which had an ELO-rating of 2600 or higher.
The total prize-fund in the 2019 edition will be €15.000, including many special prizes for various age- and rating categories, in addition to the traditional top women’s prize.
The Reykjavik Open has in recent years always been voted one of the best open tournaments in the world by ACP.
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 colour, allowing our guests to soak up the bright spring light and hopefully having that bit of extra energy to spend on the 64 squares.
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 2019 side-event calendar will also include a Fischer random tournament (Chess960), the Harpa Blitz Tournament, Iceland vs. Rest-of-the-World Football Match, a backgammon tournament, the popular opening party and more.
Join the legends and be part of chess history
Throughout 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 as his current 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 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. 2019 promises to be as big and diverse as previous editions!
https://www.reykjavikopen.com/the-ga...vik-open-2019/
Participants
Starting rank
No. Name FED Rtg
1 GM Jones Gawain C B ENG 2698
2 GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2687
3 GM Firouzja Alireza IRI 2669
4 GM Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2669
5 GM L Ami Erwin NED 2647
6 GM Movsesian Sergei ARM 2637
7 GM Lupulescu Constantin ROU 2634
8 GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian ROU 2633
9 GM Hovhannisyan Robert ARM 2630
10 GM Tari Aryan NOR 2615
11 GM Lagarde Maxime FRA 2612
12 GM Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2605
13 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2602
14 GM Van Foreest Jorden NED 2598
15 GM Potkin Vladimir RUS 2597
16 GM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian NOR 2571
17 GM Gretarsson Hjorvar Steinn ISL 2571
18 GM Fier Alexandr BRA 2570
19 GM Djukic Nikola MNE 2566
20 GM Stefansson Hannes ISL 2558
21 GM Cornette Matthieu FRA 2556
22 GM Praggnanandhaa R IND 2537
23 IM Dommaraju Gukesh IND 2536
24 GM Brunello Sabino ITA 2534
25 GM Sadzikowski Daniel POL 2523
26 IM Gholami Arian IRI 2520
27 GM Hjartarson Johann ISL 2520
28 GM Kanarek Marcel POL 2505
29 GM Tang Andrew USA 2501
30 GM Salomon Johan NOR 2495
31 GM Libiszewski Fabien FRA 2488
32 GM Hambleton Aman CAN 2484
33 IM Sadhwani Raunak IND 2475
34 IM Loiseau Quentin FRA 2461
35 IM Saduakassova Dinara KAZ 2461
36 IM Peng Li Min UKR 2452
37 IM Kevlishvili Robby NED 2451
38 IM Korley Kassa DEN 2440
39 GM Thorfinnsson Bragi ISL 2436
40 IM Suleymenov Alisher KAZ 2431
Canadian Participants
Aman Hambleton 2484
David Cummings 2338
Tanraj Sohal 2280
Leon Piasetski 2222
Michael Dougherty 2183
Daniel Abrahams 2143
Alexandra Botez 2033
Michael McDonald 1714
http://chess-results.com/tnr374902.aspx?lan=1
April 2, 2019
The GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2019 will be held for the 34th time from April 8th until April 16th , 2019 in Harpa, the 28.000 sq. m. concert- and conference centre in downtown Reykjavik.
Many world class players have taken part in the GAMMA Reykjavik Open in recent years, including Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Anish Giri, Baadur Jobava, Richard Rapport, Pavel Eljanov, Alexei Shirov, the Indian prodigies Nihal Sarin and Praggananandhaa and their fellow countryman Baskaran Adihiban, who was the winner of the 2018 event.
In the 2018 tournament, which was also The Bobby Fischer Memorial Tournament, 248 players from 34 countries participated, including 27 grandmasters, 12 of which had an ELO-rating of 2600 or higher.
The total prize-fund in the 2019 edition will be €15.000, including many special prizes for various age- and rating categories, in addition to the traditional top women’s prize.
The Reykjavik Open has in recent years always been voted one of the best open tournaments in the world by ACP.
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 colour, allowing our guests to soak up the bright spring light and hopefully having that bit of extra energy to spend on the 64 squares.
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 2019 side-event calendar will also include a Fischer random tournament (Chess960), the Harpa Blitz Tournament, Iceland vs. Rest-of-the-World Football Match, a backgammon tournament, the popular opening party and more.
Join the legends and be part of chess history
Throughout 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 as his current 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 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. 2019 promises to be as big and diverse as previous editions!
https://www.reykjavikopen.com/the-ga...vik-open-2019/
Participants
Starting rank
No. Name FED Rtg
1 GM Jones Gawain C B ENG 2698
2 GM Grandelius Nils SWE 2687
3 GM Firouzja Alireza IRI 2669
4 GM Maghsoodloo Parham IRI 2669
5 GM L Ami Erwin NED 2647
6 GM Movsesian Sergei ARM 2637
7 GM Lupulescu Constantin ROU 2634
8 GM Parligras Mircea-Emilian ROU 2633
9 GM Hovhannisyan Robert ARM 2630
10 GM Tari Aryan NOR 2615
11 GM Lagarde Maxime FRA 2612
12 GM Petrosian Tigran L. ARM 2605
13 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2602
14 GM Van Foreest Jorden NED 2598
15 GM Potkin Vladimir RUS 2597
16 GM Christiansen Johan-Sebastian NOR 2571
17 GM Gretarsson Hjorvar Steinn ISL 2571
18 GM Fier Alexandr BRA 2570
19 GM Djukic Nikola MNE 2566
20 GM Stefansson Hannes ISL 2558
21 GM Cornette Matthieu FRA 2556
22 GM Praggnanandhaa R IND 2537
23 IM Dommaraju Gukesh IND 2536
24 GM Brunello Sabino ITA 2534
25 GM Sadzikowski Daniel POL 2523
26 IM Gholami Arian IRI 2520
27 GM Hjartarson Johann ISL 2520
28 GM Kanarek Marcel POL 2505
29 GM Tang Andrew USA 2501
30 GM Salomon Johan NOR 2495
31 GM Libiszewski Fabien FRA 2488
32 GM Hambleton Aman CAN 2484
33 IM Sadhwani Raunak IND 2475
34 IM Loiseau Quentin FRA 2461
35 IM Saduakassova Dinara KAZ 2461
36 IM Peng Li Min UKR 2452
37 IM Kevlishvili Robby NED 2451
38 IM Korley Kassa DEN 2440
39 GM Thorfinnsson Bragi ISL 2436
40 IM Suleymenov Alisher KAZ 2431
Canadian Participants
Aman Hambleton 2484
David Cummings 2338
Tanraj Sohal 2280
Leon Piasetski 2222
Michael Dougherty 2183
Daniel Abrahams 2143
Alexandra Botez 2033
Michael McDonald 1714
http://chess-results.com/tnr374902.aspx?lan=1
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