The 2018 Faroes Open is a 9-round Swiss tournament taking place from 7-14 July 2018 in Sandavagur, the Faroe Islands. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves then 15 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1. No draw offers before move 30.
Live games with analysis will be provided daily with the best chess software competing in the Top Chess Engine Championship – Komodo, Houdini, and Stockfish.
Starting list
JOENS Gawain C B
VAVULIN Maksim
ZISKA Helgi Dam
NARAYANAN Srinath
KUNIN Vitaly
GREENFELD Alon
MIEZIS Normunds
NAKAR Eylon
NIELSEN Hogni Egilstoft
JOTIC Vladimir
KRISTIANSEN Jens
HAUBRO Martin
NIELSEN Rogvi Egilstoft
RODGAARD John
NILSSEN John Arni
NILSSEN Ellen Fredericia
SIMONSEN Hans Kristian
NIELSEN Torkil
MAROROA Sue
SPIESBERGER Gerhard
HRUBY Milan
ESTEVE SANCHEZ Sergio
FRUEHAUF Norbert
FJALLHEIM Leif Reinert
BERG Margar M.
WIBERG Ingi
HAUBRO Siv
NIELSEN Jon I Horni
DJURHUUS Arant
OLSEN Kaj
GREGERSEN Einar
JOENSEN Hans Petur
PETERSEN Gutti
NIELSEN Suni I Horni
FJALLHEIM Benjamin Reinert
TUMMASARSON Flovin M.
JACOBSEN Markus
PETERSEN Elias
Jadhav Ashish
