Four decades at the table

The tournament was first held in 1982, when the Icelandic Bridge Federation, Reykjavík Bridgeclub and Icelandair combined their forces and started an annual bridge festival — the Icelandair Open. That first year, 36 pairs and 6 teams took part, with teams from Norway among the invited guests. Alan Sontag and Peter Weichel took the pairs title, and Karl Sigurhjartarson's team won the teams event.