The 2026 edition of the Reykjavík Open, one of the most established tournaments on the international chess calendar, begins today (25 March) and runs through 31 March at the Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavík, Iceland. Participation remains one of the tournament’s defining characteristics. Organizers capped the field at roughly 400 players, and registration closed early due to high demand, with a waiting list introduced—an indicator of sustained global interest. The 2026 lineup features a strong mix of elite grandmasters and ambitious young talents. The field is led by top players such as Amin Tabatabaei, Bogdan-Daniel Deac, Aryan Tari, and legendary veteran Vasyl Ivanchuk, combining established experience with rising competitive depth. Scroll down for the participants list.
Games will be live on Chessdom.com in cooperation with Lichess
Reykjavik Chess 2026 participants
1
GM
M. Amin Tabatabaei
IRI
2700
2
GM
Bogdan-Daniel Deac
ROU
2655
3
GM
Aryan Tari
NOR
2642
4
GM
Vasyl Ivanchuk
UKR
2624
5
GM
Maxime Lagarde
FRA
2618
6
GM
Marcandria Maurizzi
FRA
2614
7
GM
Jianchao Zhou
USA
2584
8
GM
Mustafa Yilmaz
TUR
2582
9
GM
Elham Amar
NOR
2581
10
GM
Max Warmerdam
NED
2575
11
GM
Leon Livaic
CRO
2571
12
GM
Mads Andersen
DEN
2562
13
GM
Tong(Qd) Xiao
CHN
2555
14
GM
Vahap Sanal
TUR
2551
15
GM
Bryce Tiglon
USA
2550
16
GM
Emre Can
TUR
2541
17
GM
Matthieu Cornette
FRA
2535
18
GM
Sebastien Maze
FRA
2530
19
GM
Alisher Suleymenov
KAZ
2523
20
IM
Nico Chasin
USA
2523
21
GM
Matthew J Wadsworth
ENG
2522
22
GM
Vuppala Prraneeth
IND
2515
23
GM
Vignir Vatnar Stefansson
ISL
2511
24
GM
Abhijeet Gupta
IND
2506
25
GM
David Brodsky
USA
2505
26
IM
Timothe Razafindratsima
FRA
2504
27
GM
Praveen Balakrishnan
USA
2496
28
IM
Carissa Yip
USA
2486
29
IM
Qi B Chen
CHN
2484
30
IM
Filip Magold
ROU
2484
31
IM
Stavroula Tsolakidou
GRE
2479
32
GM
Nino Batsiashvili
GEO
2472
33
IM
Matic Lavrencic
SLO
2472
34
IM
Zhandos Agmanov
KAZ
2463
35
GM
Christophe Sochacki
FRA
2459
36
IM
Leya Garifullina
FID
2454
37
IM
Noe Tutisani
GEO
2454
38
GM
Simon K Williams
ENG
2443
39
GM
Magesh Chandran Panchanathan
IND
2440
40
IM
Robert Baskin
GER
2435
41
IM
Irakli Akhvlediani
GEO
2429
42
IM
Rajat Makkar
FRA
2418
43
GM
Hannes Stefansson
ISL
2417
44
IM
Teodora Injac
SRB
2417
45
GM
Gudmundur Kjartansson
ISL
2416
46
IM
Kyron Griffith
USA
2415
47
FM
Sergey Sklokin
ARM
2414
48
IM
Mai Narva
EST
2413
49
IM
Anto Cristiano F Manish
IND
2384
50
IM
Oliver Kurmann
SUI
2382
51
FM
Sohan Belkaid
FRA
2379
52
GM
Bragi Thorfinnsson
ISL
2377
53
IM
Dagur Ragnarsson
ISL
2376
54
FM
Adrian Soderstrom
SWE
2374
55
IM
Axel Falkevall
SWE
2371
56
WGM
Zoey Tang
USA
2366
57
WGM
Xeniya Balabayeva
KAZ
2365
58
FM
Ethan Guo
USA
2364
59
IM
Aleksandr Domalchuk-Jonasson
ISL
2362
60
IM
Alexandros Papasimakopoulos
GRE
2360
61
FM
Vinzent Spitzl
GER
2356
62
IM
S Ajay Krishna
IND
2354
63
FM
Adam Zielonka
POL
2350
64
Siddharth Singh
USA
2342
65
IM
Bjorn Thorfinnsson
ISL
2335
66
Qibiao Wang
CHN
2332
67
FM
Piotr Brzezina
POL
2328
68
FM
Henning Holinka
GER
2324
69
WGM
Liya Kurmangaliyeva
KAZ
2319
70
IM
Jakub Roubalik
CZE
2316
71
IM
Laura Unuk
SLO
2314
72
FM
Piotr Kejna
POL
2310
73
WGM
Keti Tsatsalashvili
GEO
2305
74
FM
Alexey Kukelko
UKR
2304
75
FM
Marc Llari
FRA
2300
76
WGM
Jennifer Yu
USA
2299
77
IM
Olivier Moor
SUI
2290
78
FM
Stephen Willy
USA
2290
79
FM
Christian-Arrydan Tamas
ROU
2287
80
FM
Miguel Ruiz Buendia
ESP
2279
81
FM
Maarten De Vleeschauwer
BEL
2277
82
WIM
Bodhana Sivanandan
ENG
2268
83
Matthieu Loncke
BEL
2263
84
FM
Arno Sterck
BEL
2252
85
CM
Pawel Brzezina
POL
2248
86
Jure Plaskan
SLO
2237
87
CM
Benedikt Briem
ISL
2233
88
WIM
M Mahalakshmi
IND
2232
89
FM
Leonardo Vincenti
ITA
2226
90
FM
Vladimir Vojtek
SVK
2211
91
CM
Julius Jonas Pleschke
ESP
2208
92
Yngve Fossheim
NOR
2208
93
FM
Bardur Orn Birkisson
ISL
2207
94
IM
Stephen R Mannion
SCO
2202
95
CM
Cocoro Matsumura
JPN
2202
96
CM
Nikash Vemparala
USA
2201
97
CM
Bjorn Holm Birkisson
ISL
2200
98
CM
Maxime Marie
FRA
2193
99
FM
Tim P Wall
ENG
2189
100
Jiabao Zhang
CHN
2184
101
FM
Iren Lyutsinger
FID
2182
102
Harry Li
ENG
2181
103
IM
Oladapo Adu
NGR
2173
104
Brent Burg
NED
2169
105
WIM
Xiao Zhang
CHN
2164
106
Havard Eriksen Bech
NOR
2161
107
CM
Magnus P. Ornolfsson
ISL
2160
108
Jonathan Pagan
USA
2159
109
Gauti Pall Jonsson
ISL
2154
110
CM
Hairan Liang
CAN
2150
111
Adrian Kamp
GER
2136
112
FM
Vinjar Hammari
NOR
2135
113
CM
Jean-Fabien Decosse
FRA
2133
114
Victor Lilliehook
SWE
2128
115
CM
Neeraj Harish
USA
2121
116
Korneliusz Bartczak
IRL
2120
117
Lars Johan Brodtkorb
NOR
2118
118
FM
Andy Baert
BEL
2117
119
FM
Peter Bombek
SVK
2112
120
Per Settergren Sorensen
DEN
2110
121
IM
Askell O Karason
ISL
2109
122
Feliks Rutkowski
POL
2103
123
Arnar Milutin Heidarsson
ISL
2099
124
Ingvar Wu Skarphedinsson
ISL
2099
125
Peter Jakubek
SVK
2098
126
Stefan Erdmann
GER
2097
127
Jain Krishay
IND
2097
128
James J Marsh
USA
2096
129
Yilun Zhu
CHN
2087
130
CM
Kamabathula Sushanth
IND
2077
131
Jeffrey Quirke
USA
2075
132
CM
Jon Trausti Hardarson
ISL
2071
133
Aaron Kamp
GER
2069
134
David Kolka
ISL
2069
135
WGM
Aleksandra Dimitrijevic
ITA
2063
136
Jannis Schulz
GER
2063
137
Zain Patel
ENG
2062
138
Hendrik Brackmann
GER
2060
139
Markus Orri Oskarsson
ISL
2049
140
Magnus Digernes
NOR
2047
141
Josef Omarsson
ISL
2047
142
Adrian Mensing
NED
2044
143
WFM
Hallgerdur Thorsteinsdottir
ISL
2042
144
Markus Krischer
GER
2042
145
Martin Petry
SUI
2042
146
Benjamin Snodgrass
USA
2040
147
Jakov Jagic
IRL
2038
148
Ralph Althoff
GER
2035
149
Christian Stevens
FRA
2034
150
Matthijs Dijkstra
NED
2032
151
Romain Mariller
FRA
2031
152
Andy Hill
ENG
2030
153
Kirill Akhmetov
NED
2028
154
Carlo Janssens
BEL
2028
155
Gudni Petursson
ISL
2027
156
Jos Teeuwen
NED
2024
157
Abhinav Reddy Bathula
IND
2020
158
Emily Maton
ENG
2016
159
Bernhard Schmid
GER
2015
160
WFM
Shanshan Wang
CHN
2011
161
WFM
Lucia Striskova
SVK
2010
162
Benedikt Thorisson
ISL
2003
163
Tim Van De Steeg
NED
2002
164
CM
Deva Estevez Sacristan
ESP
2001
165
Jonatan Akeborg
SWE
2000
166
Henrik Lonnqvist
FIN
2000
167
Hursh Mehta
USA
2000
168
WCM
Arina Berezovskii
ISR
1999
169
Ogmundur Kristinsson
ISL
1996
170
WCM
Gudrun Fanney Briem
ISL
1993
171
FM
Nathan Resika
USA
1990
172
Justin Dalhouse
USA
1989
173
Snorri Vikanes Bjarnason
NOR
1988
174
Kelvin Finke
AUS
1986
175
Sebastian Hanisch Dr.
GER
1984
176
Lennart Oelschlaeger
GER
1984
177
Brian Jiang
CAN
1983
178
FM
Stein Jensen
NOR
1982
179
Stephen J Homer
ENG
1979
180
Sam Van Zeebroeck
BEL
1978
181
Edwin Zuiderweg
NED
1977
182
Lars Heppert
GER
1975
183
Nayudu Vedant
SGP
1975
184
Romualdo Vitale
ITA
1975
185
Haraldur Haraldsson
ISL
1971
186
Johann Ragnarsson
ISL
1967
187
Kurt Magnus Berg
NOR
1966
188
Rob Van Meurs
NED
1964
189
Bei Liu
CHN
1963
190
CM
Adam Omarsson
ISL
1961
191
Michael A Gilbert
USA
1960
192
Richard Braak Dr.
GER
1955
193
WFM
Maud Rodsmoen
NOR
1950
194
Birkir Hallmundarson
ISL
1949
195
Benoit Gayon
FRA
1947
196
Martin Scotti
FRA
1943
197
Maxim Dunn
ENG
1941
198
Robin Gillmeister
GER
1939
199
Wolfgang Hartmann Dr.
GER
1934
200
Oskar Vikingur Davidsson
ISL
1933
201
Michael Ferzli
LBN
1930
202
Michael Carey
USA
1929
203
Josephine Damen
NED
1928
204
Anthony Delpech
FRA
1927
205
Thomas Heyl
GER
1926
206
Mikael Bjarki Heidarsson
ISL
1925
207
Ian Broihier
USA
1922
208
Alberto Pasquale Catapano
ITA
1922
209
Aiden Emerson Bartlett
USA
1919
210
Arjan Schuurmans
NED
1913
211
Danylo Nedin
UKR
1909
212
Jan T`sas
BEL
1906
213
Mitchell Andersson
SWE
1905
214
Sam Jukes
WLS
1905
215
Lovis Neo Karlinder
GER
1903
216
Markus Orri Johannsson
ISL
1900
217
Toma Matsunaga
JPN
1900
218
Paul Tinkler
USA
1897
219
Shardul Paricharak
AHO
1895
220
Haukur Vidis Leosson
ISL
1893
221
Florian Koerner
GER
1891
222
Dereck Laureano
USA
1891
223
Benjamin Spagnoli
FRA
1890
224
Alan Stolyarov
USA
1890
225
WCM
Hannah Sayce
AUS
1889
226
Dhanesh Bajnath
NED
1889
227
AGM
David Knight
NED
1888
228
Bernardo Tino Andresson
DEN
1888
229
Dara Murphy
IRL
1888
230
Sigurbjorn Hermannsson
ISL
1887
231
FM
Lester Van Meter
USA
1882
232
Turbat Todmunkh
MGL
1880
233
Alex Geistlich
SUI
1879
234
Yorik Puffaldt
GER
1877
235
Singh Ekam
IND
1875
236
Henry Pollitt
CAN
1864
237
Juergen Kleinert
GER
1863
238
Ian Avery Singh
USA
1863
239
Soheil Gain
FRA
1862
240
Peter Jorgensen
DEN
1862
241
Runar Isleifsson
ISL
1860
242
Morris Meeuwissen
NED
1857
243
Sigurdur Pall Gudnyjarson
ISL
1856
244
WIM
Lisseth Acevedo Mendez
ISL
1855
245
Kristjan Klasinc
SLO
1853
246
Ruben Blokzijl
NED
1851
247
Gregory Hisnay
USA
1846
248
Eirik Texe
NOR
1846
249
Orvar Holm Brynjarsson
ISL
1845
250
Steve Smith
WLS
1842
251
Robert Nirina Labruyere
BEL
1836
252
Olafur Gisli Jonsson
ISL
1835
253
WCM
Idunn Helgadottir
ISL
1831
254
Hrund Hauksdottir
ISL
1830
255
AFM
Mihovil Niko Cogelja
IRL
1829
256
Karson Lu
CAN
1827
257
Michael Otto
GER
1827
258
Dale Westcott
WLS
1822
259
Alistair Gilbert
ENG
1820
260
Gisli Magnusson
ISL
1816
261
Elin Larsson
SWE
1815
262
George Lekoudis
ENG
1814
263
Elliot Mccallum
CAN
1812
264
Marc Gautier
FRA
1811
265
Samuel Stolpe
USA
1810
266
Arnar Breki Grettisson
ISL
1808
267
Jay Carr
USA
1805
268
Mikael Digernes
NOR
1805
269
Kristjan Geirsson
ISL
1805
270
Luigi Ardu
ITA
1804
271
Milan Jarabek
SVK
1804
272
Rimandas Sakinis
LTU
1804
273
Isaac Vega
USA
1803
274
Magnus Kristinsson
ISL
1801
275
Nakul Paricharak
AHO
1797
276
Michael Schimmer
GER
1797
277
ACM
Felix Mcmillan
USA
1795
278
AFM
Kevin Winter
ENG
1791
279
James I Chilton
ENG
1790
280
Antoine Dillenschneider
FRA
1787
281
Matthew Perchard
JCI
1787
282
Pedro Jose Maria Chidichimo
ESP
1786
283
Conrad Burgert
CAD
1783
284
Damirali Magzumov
KAZ
1782
285
Aayush Daddario
USA
1775
286
WCM
Abigail Zhou
USA
1771
287
Emil Jacobsen Jamil
FAI
1769
288
Maxime Bedard
CAN
1768
289
Josefina Hellstrand
SWE
1766
290
Olafur Orn Olafsson
ISL
1764
291
Eric De Winter
NED
1761
292
Theodor Eiriksson
ISL
1761
293
Gaston Filippo
SUI
1760
294
Kamabathula Hasini
IND
1760
295
Dan Bock
USA
1751
296
Nanno Rijnders
NED
1749
297
Jean-Francois Tivoly
FRA
1743
298
Andreas Muhr
AUT
1740
299
Petur Ulfar Ernisson
ISL
1738
300
Gianluca Montalti
USA
1737
301
Ata Artun Erdogan
USA
1731
302
Janosch Braun
SUI
1728
303
Asmund Gilsson
NOR
1727
304
Fynn Von Kistowski
SUI
1727
305
Joe O Hanlon
IRL
1725
306
Robert Lance Banta
USA
1724
307
AFM
Charles Frederick Frey
USA
1723
308
Philip E Rossiter
NZL
1722
309
Hermann Adalsteinsson
ISL
1719
310
Paul Butterworth
ENG
1719
311
Thormar Jonsson
ISL
1719
312
David Walshaw
ENG
1717
313
Arshia Parsheh
USA
1712
314
Veronika Steinunn Magnusdottir
ISL
1711
315
ACM
Eva Han
SWE
1710
316
Freya Austin
USA
1708
317
Nathan Mintz
USA
1708
318
Andrew Robichaud
USA
1708
319
Adam Ferenc Gulyas
ISL
1705
320
Anh Hai Tran
ISL
1705
321
Max Walo
SUI
1705
322
John Morrish
ENG
1704
323
Jacques Renaud
FRA
1704
324
Olafur Sindri Helgason
ISL
1699
325
George M Jempty
USA
1699
326
AFM
Andreas Urbaniak
GER
1697
327
Kenneth Blomkvist
SWE
1685
328
Ece Gultekin
SWE
1684
329
Sigurdur Freyr Jonatansson
ISL
1684
330
Jason Turner
USA
1684
331
Kevin Chung
USA
1681
332
Benjamin Frederick
USA
1681
333
Sara Gilsdottir
NOR
1681
334
Bill Howard Putnam
USA
1670
335
Nico Beyer
GER
1668
336
Charles B Bernstein
USA
1667
337
Iver Dagsonn Hagestad
NOR
1666
338
Gudmundur Peng Sveinsson
ISL
1664
339
AFM
Sridhar Seshadri
USA
1658
340
Emilia Embla B. Berglindardottir
ISL
1656
341
Cordelia Koppe
GER
1656
342
AFM
Jeffrey Song
USA
1653
343
Hilmar Freyr Birgisson
ISL
1651
344
Aiden Zhu
CAN
1651
345
Milosz Ulfur Olszewski
ISL
1646
346
Fabio Manuel Dos Santos
GER
1644
347
Anders Lervik
NOR
1640
348
Toma Niori
JPN
1639
349
Constantin Lorenz
GER
1637
350
Peter Markus Steiner
GER
1634
351
Samuel Beatty
SUI
1633
352
Sander Tant
BEL
1623
353
Arthur De Hart
NED
1611
354
Jakob Dufour
BEL
1609
355
Karim Aoun
LBN
1607
356
Andrew Blair Perry
USA
1604
357
Tamara Kadovic
MNE
1602
358
Caspar Mahabiersing
NED
1595
359
Halldora Jonsdottir
ISL
1593
360
ACM
Eito Nishida
JPN
1587
361
Dagur Sverrisson
ISL
1585
362
Volkmar-Dirk Hausberg Dr.
GER
1583
363
Andy Proudfoot
ENG
1580
364
ACM
Liam Maddox Schroeder
GER
1577
365
ACM
Siva Sankrithi
USA
1575
366
Stefan Barlage Dr.
GER
1571
367
Nicholas Tsai
USA
1564
368
Sebastian Endo Van Dooijeweert
JPN
1561
369
Aevar Akason
ISL
1557
370
Ruixi Xu
CHN
1550
371
Hildur Berglind Johannsdottir
ISL
1545
372
Sighvatur Karlsson
ISL
1544
373
Ryosuke Horie
JPN
1533
374
Amresh Bajnath
NED
1529
375
Ivar Orn Sigurbjornsson
ISL
1527
376
Roeland Creve
NED
1524
377
AFM
Vivaan Krishna Sankrithi
USA
1503
378
Hazel Austin
USA
1501
379
Parisa Patel
ENG
1498
380
AFM
Sarang Athreya Sankrithi
USA
1491
381
Robert Heidar Skulason
ISL
1474
382
Sigrun Tara Sigurdardottir
ISL
1470
383
Theodor Noel Schram
ISL
1460
384
Gardar Hrafn Einarsson
ISL
1456
385
Katrin Osk Tomasdottir
ISL
1449
386
Omar Jon Holm Kjartansson
ISL
1444
387
Robin Peter Erlendsson Weinert
ISL
1442
388
Emilia Sigurdardottir
ISL
1435
389
Nona Niori
JPN
1421
390
Florian Arnold
GER
0
391
Ingi Brjansson
ISL
0
392
Francisco Javier Castro Bellido
USA
0
393
Brendan Cirillo
USA
0
394
James Cotton
ENG
0
395
Ryan Dondero
USA
0
396
Chandler Forness
USA
0
397
Andre Greiner
GER
0
398
Axel Harsch
GER
0
399
Philip Hisnay
USA
0
400
Nilan Hofer
DEN
0
401
Jakob Johannes Hublitz
SUI
0
402
Eidur Jokulsson
ISL
0
403
Eythor Jovinsson
ISL
0
404
Benno Kolar
GER
0
405
Kevin Chandler Perera
USA
0
406
David Peters
ENG
0
407
Devrim Phaneuf
ENG
0
408
Patrick Quinn
USA
0
409
Thomas Renner
GER
0
410
Chris Louis Richard
USA
0
411
Renato Frederick Roscher Jr.
USA
0
412
Thomas Rosenberg
ENG
0
413
Ricky Kumar Sabhiki
USA
0
414
Levi Habid Sadr
USA
0
415
Brynjar Th Saevarsson
ISL
0
416
Gunnar Thor Thorhallsson
ISL
0
417
Emilia Klara Tomasdottir
ISL
0
418
Camill Trueeb
SUI
0
419
Jesse Vick
USA
0
420
Mateusz Sylwester Zawadzki
ISL
0