Friday
Mar092012
Reykjavik Open
Friday, March 9, 2012 at 1:28PM
I mentioned in the last post that no super-events were going on, and that's true. The Reykjavik Open is an impressive open event, however, with such stars as Fabiano Caruana, David Navara and Hou Yifan participating. There's also some excellent web coverage, with a live feed and post-round commentary with GM Simon Williams, IM Bjorn Thorfinnsson and my fellow ChessVideos presenter FM Ingvar Johannesson.
tagged Reykjavik Open 2012
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There is also an open in Bad Wörishofen, Germany (last round now underway) - which doesn't have current world-top players but does have Victor Korchnoi in the main group not in the senior event. Unfortunately the homepage http://www.chessorg.de/bad_woerishofen.php is plain awful: no live games, no pgn files, no reports, just results and standings - which might explain why the event gets little if any media attention (it's mentioned by TWIC among many "other events").