Icelandic Chess Championship
The Icelandic Chess Championship is usually held in Reykjavík. It is organised by the Icelandic Chess Federation (ICF), the body responsible for holding national chess events and for representing Icelandic chess at the World Chess Federation (FIDE). The ICF was founded in 1925 and its main activities include the national chess championship and the annual 'Reykjavik Open' tournament.
The tournament has always been organized as a round robin with the exception of the 100th anniversary tournament in 2013, which was held as a Swiss-style open tournament.
The current Icelandic chess champion is Hannes Stefánsson (2019).
National championship winners[]
The list of Icelandic champions before 2013 is taken from the website.[1]
Note - no contest was held on the years denoted *. The incumbent champion therefore retained his title.
Women's championship winners[]
The list of women's champions before 2013 is taken from the Icelandic Chess Federation website.[3]
Notes[]
- ^ "Skákmeistarar Íslands". Skáksamband Íslands. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
- ^ a b "Guðmundur Kjartansson varð Skákmeistari Íslands 2014". Breiðablik UBK. 2014-06-04. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
- ^ "Íslandsmeistari kvenna". Skáksamband Íslands. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
References[]
- Whyld, Ken (1986), Chess: The Records, Guinness Books, pp. 102–103, ISBN 0-85112-455-0 (results through 1984)
- Crowther, Mark (22 August 2005), THE WEEK IN CHESS 563, London Chess Center
- Icelandic Championships 2006 Masters
- Crowther, Mark (5 November 2007), THE WEEK IN CHESS 678, London Chess Center
- Chess national championships
- Women's chess national championships
- Chess in Iceland
- National championships in Iceland