The Reykjavik Open is an annual chess tournament that takes place in the capital city of Iceland. It was held every two years up to 2008, currently it runs annually. The first edition was held in 1964 and was won by Mikhail Tal with a score of 12.5 points out of 13.[1]
The tournament is currently played with the Swiss system, while from 1964 to 1980 and in 1992 it was a round-robin tournament.
The 2013 edition was voted the second best open tournament of the year in the world by the Association of Chess Professionals, behind Gibraltar Chess Festival.[2]
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^"London Candidates Tournament of the Year 2013". ACP. 2014-05-02. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
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