The Reykjavik tournament is open for foreign players above 2200 FIDE and Icelandic players above 2000 FIDE. It is taking place from March 3 to March 11.

(90 min. / 40 moves + 15 minutes after 40 moves. 30 sec. increment for every move.)

Here are the top 30 players participating in the Reykjavik Open:

1 GM Wang Yue 2698
2 GM Wang Hao 2665
3 GM Victor Mikhalevski 2632
4 GM Vadim Malakhatko 2600
5 GM Fabiano Caruana 2598
6 GM Stelios Halkias 2580
7 GM Georg Meier 2570
8 GM Mohamad Al-Modiahki 2569
9 GM Goran Dizdar 2565
10 GM Hannes Hlifar Stefansson 2564
11 GM Kjetil A. Lie 2556
12 GM Normunds Miezis 2553
13 GM Igor-Alexandre Nataf 2552
14 GM Ahmed Adly 2551
15 GM Alojzije Jankovic 2541
16 GM Tiger Hillarp Persson 2539
17 GM Luis Galego 2529
18 IM Dejan Bojkov 2523
19 GM Aloyzas Kveinys 2521
20 GM Elshan Moradiabadi 2521
21 GM Henrik Danielsen 2506
22 GM Pontus Carlsson 2501
23 GM Vidmantas Malisauskas 2489
24 IM Stefan Kristjansson 2476
25 IM Emil Hermansson 2472
26 IM Peter Vavrak 2472
27 GM Antoaneta Stefanova 2464
28 IM Amon Simutowe 2457
29 IM Ketevan Arakhmia-Grant 2457
30 IM Jon Ludvig Hammer 2441

Here is the Official website.

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