REYKJAVIK CHESS FESTIVAL 2008
IN MEMORY OF ROBERT J. FISCHER
Chicago, 9 March 1943 – Reykjavik, 17 January 2008
The Reykjavik Chess Festival 2008:
The XXIII. Reykjavik Open 2008
3 March – 11 March 2008
Bobby Fischer Memorial Program
9 March 2008
A Tribute to Fischer – Closed Tournament with Fischer’s Contemporaries
10 March – 11 March 2008
Participants:
GM Pal Benkö
GM Vlastimil Hort
GM Lajos Portisch
GM Friðrik Ólafsson
Referee: Former World Champion Boris Spassky
Commentator: GM William J. Lombardy
Official website here.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Normal chess or Fischer random?
Awww…I thought Spassky would be playing. 🙁