Jón Loftur Árnason

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jón Loftur Árnason (born November 13, 1960 in Reykjavík ) is an Icelandic chess player .

In Cagnes-sur-Mer , he won the U17 World Cup in 1977 . He won the Icelandic individual championship three times: 1977, 1982 and 1988. He played for Iceland at nine chess Olympiads : 1978 to 1994 . He also took part twice in the European team championships (1992 and 2015) and once in the team world championships (1993) in Lucerne .

In 1979 he was awarded the title of International Master (IM). The title of Grand Master (GM) was awarded to him in 1986. His highest rating was 2555 in July 1987. Since 2014 he has held the title of FIDE coach.

Elo development

Web links

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 .
personal data
SURNAME Jón Loftur Árnason
BRIEF DESCRIPTION icelandic chess player
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Reykjavík