From 31.01 to 03.02
in famous Harpa
The Reykjavik Bridge Festival 2019 will be held in Harpa Concert hall on 31st of January through 3rd of February. The tournament is organized by the Bridge Federation Iceland. Please direct all questions to bridge@bridge.is
Competition will be held in both Open Pairs and Open Teams.
Registration fees are:
Open Pairs – 22.000 ISK per pair
Open Teams – 45.000 ISK per team
After registration, payment should be sent to the following bank account.
Please contact bridge@bridge.is for international payments.
115 – 26 – 5431
kt: 480169-4769
Payments should be made before 25th of January.
SCHEDULE
Open pairs
THURSDAY | January 31st
19.00 – 19.15 | Opening
19.15 – 23.30 | Rounds 1 – 8
FRIDAY | February 1st
11.00 – 13.45 | Rounds 9 – 13
13.45 – 15.00 | Lunch
15.00 – 16.35 | Rounds 14 – 16
16.35 – 18.45 | Rounds 17 – 20
SCHEDULE
Open teams
SATURDAY | February 2nd
11.00 – 12.15 | Round 1
12.30 – 13.45 | Round 2
13.45 – 14.45 | Lunch
14.45 – 16.00 | Round 3
16.15 – 17.30 | Round 4
17.45 – 19.00 | Round 5
19.15 – 20.30 | Round 6
SUNDAY | February 3rd
11.00 – 12.15 | Round 7
12.30 – 13.45 | Round 8
13.45 – 14.45 | Lunch
14.45 – 16.00 | Round 9
16.30 – 17.45 | Round 10
PAIRS REGISTRATION
TEAMS REGISTRATION
History
The tournament was first held in 1982. Icelandic Bridge Federation, Reykjavík Bridgeclub and Icelandair combined their forces and decided to start an annual BridgeFestival, Icelandair Open. That year 36 pairs and 6 teams participated. Alan Sontag and Peter Weichel won the pairs tournament and Karl Sigurhjartarson (Karl, Ásmundur Pálsson, Þórir Sigurðsson, Hörður Blöndal, Hjalti Elíasson og Guðmundur Pétursson) won the teams tournament. Team from Norway was invited 1982.
Prize money
Pairs
1. ISK 200.000
2. ISK 150.000
3. ISK 100.000
4. ISK 70.000
5. ISK 60.000
6. ISK 50.000
7. ISK 40.000
8. ISK 30.000
9. ISK 30.000
10. ISK 20.000
Teams
1. ISK 300.000
2. ISK 200.000
3. ISK 100.000
4. ISK 80.000
5. ISK 60.000