Dear US Chess Friends!
Happy new year!
Reykjavik Open will be held in Harpa, Reykjavik´s spectacular new music hall on the harbour.
In co-operation with Icelandair we offer special package for US players, who wants to participate. The package includes flight (from Boston, New York and Seattle), hotel and 25% discount of entrance fee. Please notice that flight between New York and Iceland is only 5 hours!
I would be very grateful if you could forward or publish the information so as many US chess players as possible could know about this special package which we have made for them.
There will be a strong field. Fabiano Caruana and David Navara are among more than 20 grandmasters who participate. And at least 3 American grandmasters: Robert Hess, Yuri Shulman and Maurice Ashley. Total number of players will be around 150-200.
• Tournament website: http://www.chess.is
• Direct link to special offer for US chess players: http://www.icelandair.us/offers-and-bookings/book-packages/package/item560230/Reykjavik_Open_Chess_Tournament_2012/
• Players´list: http://chess-results.com/tnr54645.aspx?lan= 1
Best regards,
Gunnar Bjornsson,
President of the Icelandic Chess Federation
Excellent deal.
I am really hoping to see many American players this time. I like to mention that is takes much shorter time to fly to Iceland than other European countries! Only 5-6 hours flight from New York and Boston! And it is actually cheap!
Regards,
Gunnar Bjornsson
President of the Icelandic Chess Federation
That is a lot more color than I saw when I visited there 35 years ago. The one great thing about that visit was that I saw Boris Spassky walking down the hall at my hotel. He was playing a match against Hort if I recall.