Reykjavik Open

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Reykjavik Open
Tournament information
Location Reykjavik, Iceland
Dates9–15 April 2025
Format9-round Swiss tournament
Purse€17,350 (2025)
Current champion
Parham Maghsoodloo

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.

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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]

The 2025 edition of this tournament was held from 9 April - 15 April 2025, at Harpa Concert Hall and Conference Center in Reykjavík, Iceland. It was won by Parham Maghsoodloo. [3]

Winners

All players finishing equal first are listed; the winner after tiebreaks is listed first. As of 2024, there have been 11 Icelandic winners of the tournament.

blue: Round-robin tournament
#YearWinner(s)
11964Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Mikhail Tal  (Soviet Union)
21966Flag of Iceland.svg  Friðrik Ólafsson  (Iceland)
31968Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Evgeny Vasiukov  (Soviet Union), Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Mark Taimanov  (Soviet Union)
41970Flag of Iceland.svg  Guðmundur Sigurjónsson  (Iceland)
51972Flag of Iceland.svg  Friðrik Ólafsson  (Iceland), Flag of Romania.svg  Florin Gheorghiu  (Romania), Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Vlastimil Hort  (Czechoslovakia)
61974Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Vassily Smyslov  (Soviet Union)
71976Flag of Iceland.svg  Friðrik Ólafsson  (Iceland), Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jan Timman  (Netherlands)
81978Flag of the United States.svg  Walter Browne  (United States)
91980Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Viktor Kupreichik  (Soviet Union)
101982Flag of the United States.svg  Lev Alburt  (United States)
111984Flag of Iceland.svg  Jóhann Hjartarson  (Iceland), Flag of Iceland.svg  Helgi Ólafsson  (Iceland), Flag of the United States.svg  Samuel Reshevsky  (United States)
121986Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Predrag Nikolić  (Yugoslavia)
131988Flag of Iceland.svg  Jón Árnason  (Iceland)
141990Flag of Iceland.svg  Helgi Ólafsson  (Iceland), Flag of Iceland.svg  Jón Árnason  (Iceland), Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Sergey Dolmatov  (Soviet Union),
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Lev Polugaevsky  (Soviet Union), Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Rafael Vaganian  (Soviet Union), Flag of the United States.svg  Yasser Seirawan  (United States),
Flag of the United States.svg  Nick de Firmian  (United States), Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yuri Razuvaev  (Soviet Union), Flag of Norway.svg  Erling Mortensen  (Norway)
151992Flag of Iceland.svg  Jóhann Hjartarson  (Iceland), Flag of Latvia.svg  Alexei Shirov  (Latvia)
161994Flag of Iceland.svg  Hannes Stefánsson  (Iceland), Flag of Russia.svg  Vadim Zvjaginsev  (Russia), Flag of Russia.svg  Evgeny Pigusov  (Russia)
171996Flag of Norway.svg  Simen Agdestein  (Norway), Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Predrag Nikolić  (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Flag of Norway.svg  Jonathan Tisdall  (Norway)
181998Flag of the United States.svg  Larry Christiansen  (United States)
192000Flag of Iceland.svg  Hannes Stefánsson  (Iceland)
202002Flag of Estonia.svg  Jaan Ehlvest  (Estonia), Flag of Russia.svg  Oleg Korneev  (Russia)
212004Flag of Russia.svg  Alexei Dreev  (Russia), Flag of Russia.svg  Vladimir Epishin  (Russia), Flag of Israel.svg  Emil Sutovsky  (Israel) ,
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Jan Timman  (Netherlands), Flag of Germany.svg  Levon Aronian  (Germany), [4] Flag of France.svg  Igor-Alexandre Nataf  (France),
Flag of Estonia.svg  Jaan Ehlvest  (Estonia), Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Robert Markuš  (Serbia and Montenegro)
222006Flag of Armenia.svg  Gabriel Sargissian  (Armenia), Flag of Egypt.svg  Ahmed Adly  (Egypt), Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov  (Azerbaijan),
Flag of France.svg  Igor-Alexandre Nataf  (France), Flag of India.svg  Pentala Harikrishna  (India)
232008Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Hao  (China), Flag of Iceland.svg  Hannes Stefánsson  (Iceland), Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wang Yue  (China)
242009Flag of Iceland.svg  Héðinn Steingrímsson  (Iceland), Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yuriy Kryvoruchko  (Ukraine), Flag of Iceland.svg  Hannes Stefánsson  (Iceland), Flag of Romania.svg  Mihail Marin  (Romania)
252010Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Ivan Sokolov  (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yuri Kuzubov  (Ukraine), Flag of India.svg  Abhijeet Gupta  (India),
Flag of Iceland.svg  Hannes Stefánsson  (Iceland)
262011Flag of Ukraine.svg  Yuri Kuzubov  (Ukraine), Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Ivan Sokolov  (Netherlands), Flag of Ukraine.svg  Vladimir Baklan  (Ukraine),
Flag of Poland.svg  Kamil Miton  (Poland), Flag of Norway.svg  Jon Ludvig Hammer  (Norway), Flag of Ukraine.svg  Illia Nyzhnyk  (Ukraine)
272012Flag of Italy.svg  Fabiano Caruana  (Italy)
282013Flag of Ukraine.svg  Pavel Eljanov  (Ukraine), Flag of the Philippines.svg  Wesley So  (Philippines), Flag of Egypt.svg  Bassem Amin  (Egypt)
292014Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Chao  (China)
302015Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Erwin l'Ami  (Netherlands)
312016Flag of India.svg  Abhijeet Gupta  (India)
322017Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Anish Giri  (Netherlands)
332018Flag of India.svg  Baskaran Adhiban  (India)
342019Flag of Romania.svg  Constantin Lupulescu  (Romania)
352020The 2020 event was cancelled due to the coronavirus epidemic. [5]
372022Flag of India.svg  Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa  (India) [6]
382023Flag of Sweden.svg  Nils Grandelius  (Sweden) [7]
392024Flag of Romania.svg  Bogdan-Daniel Deac  (Romania) [8]
402025Flag of Iran.svg  Parham Maghsoodloo  (Iran) [9]

References

  1. ↑ "50 years since first Reykjavik Open". reykjavikopen.com. 2014-01-14. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
  2. ↑ "London Candidates Tournament of the Year 2013". ACP. 2014-05-02. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "Maghsoodloo Wins In Reykjavik". chess.com. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "Reykjavik Open 2004 July 2004 Iceland FIDE Chess Tournament report".
  5. ↑ https://www.reykjavikopen.com/cancellation-of-the-2020-reykjavik-open/ Cancellation of the 2020 Reykjavik Open
  6. ↑ "Indian GM Praggnanandhaa wins Reykjavik Open chess". Moneycontrol. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
  7. ↑ Olafsson, Helgi (2023-04-05). "Grandelius sigurvegari í elleftu tilraun". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic).
  8. ↑ "Bogdan-Daniel Deac wins the Reykjavik Open 2024". 3 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "Iran's Maghsoodloo wins 2025 Reykjavik Open". 16 April 2025.
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