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Harpa Blitz 2026

SwissBlitz

153 players participated in this 11-round tournament, held on 24 Mar 2026 in Reykjavik, Iceland. 30 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2477, and top seed was Vignir Vatnar Stefansson (🇮🇸 ISL, GM, 2595).

Leon Livaic (🇭🇷 CRO, GM, 2580) won with 9.5/11, ahead of Vignir Vatnar Stefansson (9.5) and Mustafa Yilmaz (8.5). Livaic won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Aayush Daddario (1768) beat Jure Plaskan (2304), a +536-point gap.

Location
🇮🇸Reykjavik, Iceland
Dates
24 Mar 2026
Time control
Blitz: 3 minutes for game with 2 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 11 rounds
Top seed
Avg top 10
2,477
Participants
153
Titled players · 30
GM×9
IM×7
FM×4
CM×5
WGM×1
WCM×4
Federations · 8 represented
🇮🇸Iceland×48
🇺🇸United States of America×33
🇩🇪Germany×8
🇨🇦Canada×6
🇮🇪Ireland×5
🇮🇹Italy×5
🇳🇱Netherlands×5
🇸🇪Sweden×4
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 11 rounds

Tight race until R8; 2 players tied at 9.5/11, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 7 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
73
37
15
7
2
4
2
1
1
1
2
35.58.511R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11Stefansson takes lead
R9 · LEADER CHANGE24 Mar

GM Vignir Vatnar Stefansson takes the sole lead (8.0/9).

R11 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 9.5/11. Livaic takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (76.5).

R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Leon Livaic lost to GM Vignir Vatnar Stefansson (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMLeon Livaic*
0
2GMVignir Vatnar Stefansson
1
*
½
3GMEmre Can*
0
4GMNico Chasin
½
1
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9R10R11PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Livaic, LeonGM2580CRO+90B+65N=41B+20N+8B+13N+6B+3N2B+7N+9B9.576.581.568.752658+10.7
2Stefansson, Vignir VatnarGM2595ISL+81N+56B10N+86B+22N+49B+14N+9B+1N+3B=4N9.574.079.066.752636+6.8
3Yilmaz, MustafaGM2493TUR+110N+39B+18N+14B+23N=6B+4N1B+7B2N+13B8.579.583.560.502557+12.1
4Chasin, NicoGM2474USA+38B+52N+11B+31N=13B+5N3B=10N+49B+6N=2B8.577.583.562.502539+11.5
5Can, EmreGM2467TUR+84N+40B+17N=49B+19N4B18N+39B+42N+8B+15N8.572.077.058.002446+0.5
6Papasimakopoulos, AlexandrosIM2435GRE+99B+79N+12B+10N+9B=3N1N+18B=20N4B+30N8.077.081.555.752435+3.5
7Panchanathan, Magesh ChandranGM2437IND+69N+26B35N+48B+30N+17B+21N+8B3N1B+16N8.075.080.556.002417+1.0
8Domalchuk-Jonasson, AleksandrIM2282ISL+67N+73B+28N+15B1N+26B+16N7N+21B5N+22B8.074.580.054.002406+40.2
9Garifullina, LeyaIM2397FID+72N+48B+43N+80B6N+35B+23N2N+22B+20B1N8.073.078.051.002375+1.4
10Balabayeva, XeniyaWGM2229KAZ+105B+122N+2B6B+52N+15B=49N=4B=16N=11N+32B8.072.576.553.502418+55.4
11Griffith, KyronIM2210USA+115N+54B4N+68B+39N16B+37N+23B=15N=10B+20N8.070.074.050.252295+27.4
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13Xiao, Tong(QD)GM2434CHN+66N+86B+22N+35B=4N1B20N+44B+17N+24B3N7.573.578.549.252344-6.6
14Ragnarsson, DagurIM2350ISL+36B+44N+30B3N+24B+12N2B20B=37N+39B+42N7.573.079.551.252281-5.2
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