The Reykjavik Open 2013 will be held for the 28th time from February 19th to February 27, 2013 in Harpa, the 28.000 sqm. concert hall. The 2013 tournament is expected to be very strong. The 2012 edition included for example the Women World Champion, Hou Yifan, and world no. 7 at that time, Fabiano Caruana, who won the tournament.
In the 2012 edition 198 players from 33 countries participated, including 26 Grandmasters, 11 of which with a ELO rating of 2600 and higher. Total prizes in 2013 will be €15.000, including many special prizes for various ages and rating categories, in addition to the traditional top women prize.
Great Playing Venue for the 28th Edition
The tournament will be held in Harpa, Reykjavik’s spectacular new music hall on the harbour. Only 5 minutes walk to downtown Reykjavik, Harpa features several restaurants and concerts during evenings and weekends.
Icelandair is offering packages which include a flight from their destinations from only €650. It includes the brand new, Icelandair Hotel Marina, which is only 5 minutes walk from Harpa.
Icelandair is offering packages (flight and hotel including breakfast) from following places:
– Denmark (Copenhagen) – from only DKK 6.071
– France (Paris) – from only €687
– Germany (Frankfurt and Munich) – from only €687
– Holland (Amsterdam) – from only €737
– Norway (Oslo) – from only NOK 5.937
– Sweden (Stockholm) – from only SEK 7.238
– UK (London, Manchester and Glasgow) – from only £654
– USA (Boston, Denver, New York and Seattle) – from only $1.139
All information about the packages can be found at the website: www.reykjavikopen.com
Players using Icelandair-packages get 25% discount of the entrance fee.
Join the Legends and Be Part of Chess History
The City of Reykjavík has sponsored the tournament since its inception in 1964, when Mikhail Tal won it with a record 12½ points out of 13. The tournament was initially held every two years, but has since 2008 taken place every year. It was closed in its early years, but has been an open event since the 1980s.
Throughout its history the Reykjavik Open has featured many of the strongest chess players in the world at the time, including Mikhail Tal, Nona Gaprindashvili, David Bronstein, Vasili Smyslov, Bent Larsen, Friðrik Ólafsson, Mark Taimanov, Lev Polugaevsky, Jan Timman, Victor Korchnoi, Samuel Reshevsky, Anthony Miles, Nigel Short, Hikaru Nakamura, Judit Polgar, Magnus Carlsen, Alexander Grischuk, Fabiano Caruana and Hou Yifan.
The Reykjavík Open has enjoyed such an enviable reputation that more than 200 chess masters registered interest in participating last year and we expect be a similar number of GMs in the 2013 tournament. 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 strongest women players around.
Much More than a Chess Tournament
As in earlier years, several chess-related events will take place at the same time as the tournament, including the now famous the 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.
And given the favourable exchange rate of the Icelandic króna, Iceland is one of the most attractive places in the world to visit and play in chess tournaments.
How to register?
Limited numbers of GM’s and WGM’s will be offered conditions (flight with Icelandair + accommodation + half board). Please contact reykjavikopen2013@gmail.com.
For other interested players information about entrance fee and registration from can be found at the website: www.reykjavikopen.com.
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