2018-03-06

GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018




The 33rd GAMMA Reykjavik Open is a 9-round Swiss tournament taking place in the Harpa Concert Hall in the Icelandic capital from 6-14 March 2018. The event gathers together around 250 players, including 2700 players Pavel Eljanov and Richard Rapport. The top prize is €5,000.

The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves then 30 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1. Draws offers are not allowed until move 30. Players can take one or two half-point byes in the first seven rounds.

Schedule: (UTC)
Round 1    Mar 6, 2018      15:00
Round 2    Mar 7, 2018      09:00 
Round 3    Mar 7, 2018      17:00 
Round 4    Mar 8, 2018      17:00 
Round 5    Mar 10, 2018    15:00 
Round 6    Mar 11, 2018    15:00 
Round 7    Mar 12, 2018    15:00 
Round 8    Mar 13, 2018    15:00 
Round 9    Mar 14, 2018    11:00

GM Adhiban B. (IND) won  GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018!  GM Yilmaz Mustafa (TUR) is second and IM Deimante (LTU) is third. Congratulations!


Watch the games of the GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018 with computer analysis on ChessBomb.

The Reykjavik Open is an annual chess tournament that takes place in the capital city of Iceland. The first edition was held in 1964 and was won by Mikhail Tal.  From 1964 to 1980 and in 1992 it was a round-robin tournament, currently its played with the Swiss system.

You can see games from previous issues of the tournament with computer analysis at ChessBomb:
Reykjavik Open 2017 (Winner Anish Giri)
Reykjavik Open 2016 (Winner Abhijeet Gupta)
Reykjavik Open 2015 (Winner Erwin l'Ami)
Reykjavik Open 2014 (Winner Li Chao b)


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