The Reykjavik Open 2023 is taking place from March 29th – April 4th. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move, starting from move one. This is a 9- round Swiss System tournament.
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The event broke the participation record with 408 entries and the top-seeds are: GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (UKR, 2664), GM Nils Grandelius (SWE, 2658), GM Aryan Tari (NOR, 2656), GM Mustafa Yilmaz (TUR, 2629), GM Abjhijeet Gupta (IND, 2620), GM Banusz Tamas (HUN, 2616), GM Alexandr Fier (BRA, 2606), GM Emre Can (TUR, 2600), and GM Viktor Erdos (HUN, 2587).

The tournament will be played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with time control of 90 min for 40 moves + 30 minutes after move 40. Increment of 30 sec. for every move starting from move one. The total prize fund of the event is 16.250 EUR, with 5.000 EUR reserved for the tournament Winner.
The total prize fund is 16,000 EUR as follow:
Main prizes | 1 | € 5,000 |
2 | € 2,000 | |
3 | € 1,250 | |
4 | € 800 | |
5 | € 600 | |
6 | € 450 | |
7 | € 350 | |
8 | € 350 | |
9 | € 350 | |
10 | € 350 | |
Total | € 11,500 |
with special prizes for different categories:
2201-2400 | € 250 |
€ 150 | |
€ 100 | |
2001-2200 | € 250 |
€ 150 | |
€ 100 | |
0-2000 | € 250 |
€ 150 | |
€ 100 | |
Juniors (u16) | € 250 |
€ 150 | |
€ 100 | |
Senior (65+) | € 400 |
€ 200 | |
€ 150 | |
Women | € 750 |
€ 450 | |
€ 300 | |
Rpf | € 250 |
€ 150 | |
€ 100 |
LIst of players (as of 04.03.2023):
No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
1 | GM | Vasyl Ivanchuk | UKR | 2664 |
2 | GM | Nils Grandelius | SWE | 2658 |
3 | GM | Mustafa Yilmaz | TUR | 2629 |
4 | GM | Abhijeet Gupta | IND | 2620 |
5 | GM | Tamas Banusz | HUN | 2616 |
6 | GM | Harsha Bharathakoti | IND | 2608 |
7 | GM | ARYAN CHOPRA | IND | 2607 |
8 | GM | Alexandr Fier | BRA | 2606 |
9 | GM | Emre Can | TUR | 2600 |
10 | GM | Viktor Erdos | HUN | 2587 |
11 | GM | Grzegorz Gajewski | POL | 2587 |
12 | GM | Maxime Lagarde | FRA | 2581 |
13 | GM | Leon Livaic | CRO | 2569 |
14 | GM | Matthieu Cornette | FRA | 2563 |
15 | GM | Marcin Dziuba | POL | 2554 |
16 | GM | V Pranav | IND | 2545 |
17 | GM | Rohit Lalit Babu Musunuri | IND | 2544 |
18 | GM | Gabor Papp | HUN | 2544 |
19 | GM | Sebastien Maze | FRA | 2542 |
20 | GM | Visakh NR | IND | 2538 |
21 | IM | Bardiya Daneshvar | IRI | 2535 |
22 | GM | Danyyil Dvirnyy | ITA | 2531 |
23 | IM | Elham Abdrlauf | NOR | 2518 |
24 | GM | Karthik Venkataraman | IND | 2516 |
25 | GM | Kjetil A. Lie | NOR | 2515 |
26 | GM | Leon Mons | GER | 2514 |
27 | IM | Vignesh N.R | IND | 2513 |
28 | IM | ADITYA MITTAL | IND | 2505 |
29 | IM | Bryce Tiglon | USA | 2502 |
30 | GM | Fabien Libiszewski | FRA | 2499 |
31 | IM | Jung Min Seo | SWE | 2499 |
32 | GM | Johann Hjartarson | ISL | 2480 |
33 | IM | Shyaamnikhil P | IND | 2477 |
34 | GM | Adrien Demuth | FRA | 2475 |
35 | IM | Evgenios Ioannidis | GRE | 2473 |
36 | GM | Michael Richter | GER | 2466 |
37 | IM | Vignir Vatnar Stefansson | ISL | 2461 |
38 | GM | Simon K Williams | ENG | 2461 |
39 | GM | Magesh Panchanathan | IND | 2460 |
40 | IM | Jonah Willow | ENG | 2459 |
41 | GM | Lev Yankelevich | GER | 2459 |
42 | FM | Jubin Jimmy | IND | 2455 |
43 | GM | Rainer Knaak | GER | 2455 |
44 | IM | Quentin Loiseau | FRA | 2449 |
45 | IM | Fy Antenaina Rakotomaharo | MAD | 2448 |
46 | IM | Bala Chandra Prasad Dhulipalla | IND | 2441 |
47 | IM | Matthew Wadsworth | ENG | 2439 |
48 | IM | Dinara Saduakassova | KAZ | 2434 |
49 | IM | Vuppala Prraneeth | IND | 2433 |
50 | IM | Alan-Safar Ramoutar | TTO | 2425 |
51 | ILAMPARTHI A R | IND | 2423 | |
52 | FM | SHUBH JAYESH LADDHA | USA | 2422 |
53 | JINAN JOMON | IND | 2421 | |
54 | IM | Seyedkian Pourmousavi kani | IRI | 2415 |
55 | WIM | Savitha Shri B | IND | 2411 |
56 | FM | Dimitrios Ladopoulos | GRE | 2391 |
57 | GM | Throstur Thorhallsson | ISL | 2390 |
58 | IM | Irine Kharisma Sukandar | INA | 2389 |
59 | IM | Gellert Karacsonyi | HUN | 2385 |
60 | IM | Ajay Krishna S | IND | 2382 |
61 | IM | Nitin Senthilvel | IND | 2381 |
62 | FM | Áron Pásti | HUN | 2378 |
63 | IM | SIDHANT MOHAPATRA | IND | 2376 |
64 | IM | Ludvig Carlsson | SWE | 2375 |
65 | FM | Jakub Kůsa | CZE | 2373 |
66 | IM | Bjorn Thorfinnsson | ISL | 2369 |
67 | WGM | Carissa Yip | USA | 2369 |
68 | IM | Thomas Willemze | NED | 2364 |
69 | IM | John Pigott | ENG | 2361 |
70 | FM | Tom O’Gorman | IRL | 2357 |
71 | FM | Trimitzios Petros | GRE | 2357 |
72 | IM | Eric Rosen | USA | 2357 |
73 | FM | Vitali Braun | GER | 2356 |
74 | IM | Malte Colpe | GER | 2356 |
75 | FM | Eduard Miller | GER | 2354 |
76 | IM | Hilmir Freyr Heimisson | ISL | 2350 |
77 | IM | Julien Song | FRA | 2348 |
78 | IM | Kyron Griffith | USA | 2342 |
79 | IM | David Fitzsimons | IRL | 2338 |
80 | IM | Justin J Sarkar | USA | 2338 |
81 | FM | Guillaume Camus | FRA | 2325 |
82 | IM | Elliot Papadiamandis | FRA | 2323 |
83 | CM | Adrian Söderström | SWE | 2322 |
84 | WGM | Mobina Alinasab | IRI | 2321 |
85 | WIM | Zsoka Gaal | HUN | 2320 |
86 | FM | Aleksandr Domalchuk-Jonasson | ISL | 2318 |
87 | FM | Ongut Tamas Gunes | HUN | 2317 |
88 | GM | Lothar Vogt | GER | 2315 |
89 | WGM | Atousa Pourkashiyan | USA | 2313 |
90 | WGM | Evgeniya Doluhanova | UKR | 2311 |
91 | FM | Sigurbjörn Björnsson | ISL | 2310 |
92 | FM | Ferdinand Unzicker | GER | 2310 |
93 | FM | Hamish Olson | SCO | 2309 |
94 | FM | Aradhya Garg | IND | 2305 |
95 | WGM | Keti Tsatsalashvili | GEO | 2303 |
96 | FM | Karthik Rajaa | IND | 2302 |
97 | Aditya Varun Gampa | IND | 2299 | |
98 | FM | Mikkel Manosri Jacobsen | DEN | 2297 |
99 | WGM | Sarah Papp | GER | 2288 |
100 | FM | Louis Salles | FRA | 2287 |
101 | Arhan Chethan Anand | IND | 2285 | |
102 | FM | steve Dishman | ENG | 2274 |
103 | IM | Dietmar Kolbus | IOM | 2273 |
104 | FM | olivier HEURTEBIZE | FRA | 2269 |
105 | WIM | Anastasiya Rakhmangulova | UKR | 2266 |
106 | CM | Tobias Lang Nilsen | NOR | 2265 |
107 | WIM | Varshini M Sahithi | IND | 2262 |
108 | FM | Benjamin Dauth | GER | 2261 |
109 | CM | Adithya A Chullikkad | IND | 2259 |
110 | FM | Fredrik Lindh | SWE | 2259 |
111 | FM | Carl Cederstam | SWE | 2255 |
112 | Jeremy Hommer | GER | 2251 | |
113 | Sondre Melaa | NOR | 2243 | |
114 | CM | Aayush Bhattacherjee | IND | 2236 |
115 | FM | Baasansuren Erdene | MGL | 2232 |
116 | IM | Peter Large | ENG | 2227 |
117 | FM | Thorsteinn Thorsteinsson | ISL | 2227 |
118 | FM | DIEU Bruno | FRA | 2219 |
119 | FM | Todd Andrews | USA | 2217 |
120 | FM | Eugene Rebers | NED | 2213 |
121 | Paul Townsend | ENG | 2209 | |
122 | Patryk Cieslak | POL | 2207 | |
123 | NM | Jeevan Karamsetty | USA | 2206 |
124 | John Cornelisse | NED | 2203 | |
125 | FM | Andre Nielsen | NOR | 2201 |
126 | CM | Lukas Melzner | GER | 2199 |
127 | WIM | Isha Sharma | IND | 2197 |
128 | Timo Leonard | GER | 2196 | |
129 | IM | Stephen R Mannion | SCO | 2190 |
130 | FM | Stephan Bruchmann | GER | 2185 |
131 | FM | Andrew Mack | ENG | 2183 |
132 | FM | Ashvin Sivakumar | SGP | 2181 |
133 | MK | Artyom Bogdanov | KAZ | 2180 |
134 | IM | Nisha Mohota | IND | 2177 |
135 | FM | Miguel Ruiz Buendia | ESP | 2172 |
136 | Birkir Jóhannsson | ISL | 2171 | |
137 | Marcel Juegel | GER | 2169 | |
138 | Vitaly Garbuz | GER | 2155 | |
139 | FM | Laurence Webb | ENG | 2152 |
140 | Raphael Kracht | GER | 2145 | |
141 | NM | Matias Shundi | USA | 2145 |
142 | Martin Wecker | GER | 2144 | |
143 | IM | Raymond Kaufman | CAN | 2143 |
144 | CM | Bárður Örn Birkisson | ISL | 2142 |
145 | Stephan Briem | ISL | 2142 | |
146 | Nils Heldenbergh | BEL | 2141 | |
147 | Alexander Oliver Mai | ISL | 2141 | |
148 | Andre Kunz | GER | 2140 | |
149 | Yannick Kather | GER | 2137 | |
150 | Wessel Van Kessel | BEL | 2137 |
