Hannes Stefánsson

Hannes Stefánsson, 2008
Association	Iceland
Born	July 18, 1972 Reykjavík
title	International Master (1988) Grand Master (1993)
Current  Elo rating	2536 (August 2020)
Best Elo rating	2604 (January 2002)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Hannes Hlífar Stefánsson (born July 18, 1972 in Reykjavík ) is an Icelandic chess player .

In 1987 he won the U16 World Championship in Innsbruck . He was able to win the Icelandic individual championship several times: 1998, 1999, 2001 to 2008, 2010 and 2013. He played for Iceland in fourteen chess Olympiads : 1992 to 2018 . He also took part in the European team championships seven times (1992, 2001, 2005, 2007 and 2013 to 2017) and once in the team world championship (1993) in Lucerne . In the German Bundesliga , he played in the 2003/04 season for Bremen SG , in the Danish Skakligaen in the 2014/15 season for the Jets Mark Skakklub and in the Czech Extra League in the 2007/08 season for TJ Tatran Litovel and from 2008 to 2010 for the team from Mahrla Prague , with whom he became champions in 2009 .

At the FIDE World Chess Championship in 1999 , he beat Olexander Subarjew in the first round and was eliminated in the second round against Sergei Schipow . At the FIDE World Chess Championship 2000 , he failed in the first round to Viktor Bologan .

In 1988 he was awarded the title of International Master (IM). He was awarded the title of Grand Master (GM) in 1993.

Elo development

Web links

• Replayable chess games by Hannes Stefánsson on chesstempo.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Numbers according to FIDE Elo lists. Data sources: fide.com (period since 2001), olimpbase.org (period 1971 to 2001)

Note: Icelanders are referred to by their first name or first and last name, but not just their surname. Further information can be found under Icelandic personal name .