Reykjavík Open
Iceland's international open, held since 1964 and now one of the most popular open tournaments in Europe.
- Founded
- 1964
- Held
- Annual, spring
- Where
- Harpa, Reykjavík, Iceland
- Format
- Nine-round Swiss open (a round-robin until 1980)
- Champion
- Amin Tabatabaei (2026)
History
The first Reykjavík Open, in 1964, was won by Mikhail Tal with 12½/13. It was held every two years until 2008 and has been annual since; today it is a nine-round Swiss played at the Harpa concert hall.
It regularly draws elite players alongside hundreds of amateurs. Recent winners include Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa in 2022, and three straight winners now ranked in the world top 100: Bogdan-Daniel Deac, Parham Maghsoodloo and Amin Tabatabaei.
Reykjavík Open in The Chess Herald
Winners
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Amin Tabatabaei |
| 2025 | Parham Maghsoodloo |
| 2024 | Bogdan-Daniel Deac |
| 2023 | Nils Grandelius |
| 2022 | Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa |
| 2020 | Cancelled |
| 2019 | Constantin Lupulescu |
| 2018 | Baskaran Adhiban |
| 2017 | Anish Giri |
| 2016 | Abhijeet Gupta |
Show all winners since 2012
| 2015 | Erwin l'Ami |
| 2014 | Li Chao |
| 2013 | Pavel Eljanov, Wesley So, Bassem Amin (shared) |
| 2012 | Fabiano Caruana |
Source: Wikipedia.
Page last reviewed September 29, 2026.