Invitation - Janus Open III

📅 Date and Venue

8. – 10. January 2027

Kolshøll, Eiði
Kolsvegur 8, 470 Eiði

🏆 About the Tournament

The annual Janus Open Memorial Chess Tournament will be held in Kolshøll, Eiði.

The tournament is in honour of Janus Í Løðuni, an active member of the chess club Rókur, who passed away on 6 July 2024 at the age of just 46.

📜 Format

• Open to all chess players.

• Classical games played by players rated above 2400 will not be FIDE-rated

🕒 Rounds and Schedule

Friday 8. January

• Rounds 1 – 4: 18:00

Saturday 9. January

• Round 5: 10:00

• Round 6: 14:00

Sunday 10. January

• Round 7: 13:30

• Round 8: 17:00

⏳ Time Controls

• Rounds 1 – 4: 10 minutes + 5 seconds increment per move

• Rounds 5 – 8: 60 minutes + 30 seconds increment per move

💰 Prizes

• Total prize fund: 28,000 DKK

• 1st place: 5,000 DKK

• 2nd place: 3,000 DKK

• 3rd place: 2,000 DKK

Rating group prizes (in each group): 1,000 DKK and 500 DKK

📊 Rating Groups

• Under 2200

• Under 2000

• Under 1800

• Under 1600

• No rating

• Best woman

• U12

• Girl U12

• U16

• Girl U16

• Older than 50

• Older than 65

📝 Registration

• Deadline: Thursday 7 January 2027 at 12:00

• Entry fee: 200 DKK (If you want to support the competition, you are welcome to contribute more.)

• Bank transfer: Account no. 6460-152.368.8

• Register here: Click here

• Entries so far: List of participants

The organizers reserve the right to close registration once 150 registrations have been received.

⏳ Byes

• Players may request up to 3 byes.

• Each bye gives 0.5 points.

• A bye in Round 1 must be requested in writing when registering.

• All other byes must be agreed with the arbiter before pairings are made.

• No byes can be requested for Round 8.

With chess regards,
Chess Club Rókur