List of Icelandic chess players

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The then FIDE President Friðrik Ólafsson won a tournament game against the reigning world champion in 1980.

The list of Icelandic chess players contains chess players who are or were eligible to play for the Icelandic Chess Federation and who meet at least one of the following conditions:

General

In local chess, 13 grandmasters, 12 international masters, one female grandmaster and two international female champions are eligible to play for the Icelandic Chess Federation. One grandmaster and two international masters have already passed away.

In correspondence chess, two Icelandic players have earned the title of Grand Master, four that of an Honored International Master and seven that of an International Master. Daði Örn Jónsson won the 69th European Correspondence Chess Championship from 2013 to 2015.

The Icelandic individual championship was played 104 times, the Icelandic women's championship 42 times. The record champion is Hannes Stefánsson with twelve titles, the women’s competition was won by Guðfríður Lilja Grétarsdóttir with eleven titles the most.

Another Icelandic player had a historic Elo rating of over 2,499 before June 1971.

list

The following table contains this information:

  • Name : gives the name of the player.
  • Life data : states the year of birth and, if applicable, the year of death of the player.
  • FIDE : Names the player's highest FIDE title (GM = Grand Master, IM = International Master, WGM = Women's Grand Master, FM = FIDE Master , WIM = International Women's Master, WFM = FIDE Women's Master)
  • Year : Name the year the title was awarded
  • ICCF : Calls the player's highest ICCF title (GM = Grand Master, SIM = Honored International Master, IM = International Master).
  • Year : Name the year the title was awarded.
  • Title : States the number of Icelandic individual championships won.
  • Title (women) : The number of Icelandic individual championships won by women.
  • Historical Elo : Calls for players who have neither FIDE nor ICCF titles and have never won an Icelandic championship the highest historical Elo number achieved before July 1971 , provided that it is at least 2500.
  • Other associations : For players who were sooner or later eligible to play for at least one other association, this indicates these associations with the periods of eligibility to play (if known).

The list is current as of April 8, 2020. Since Icelandic personal names usually do not contain a family name, but consist of a first name and a father's name (less often a mother's name), the list is sorted by first name.

Surname Life dates FIDE year ICCF year title Title (women) historical Elo other associations
Anna Björg Þorgrímsdóttir 1978 0 1
Arnar Gunnarsson 1978 IN THE 2005 0 0
Árni H. Kristjánsson 1961 IN THE 2012 0 0
Áskell Örn Kárason 1953 IN THE 2018 SIM 2002 0 0
Áslaug Kristinsdóttir 1961 0 3
Ásmundur Ásgeirsson 1906-1986 6th 0
Baldur Möller 1914-1999 7th 0
Birna Norðdahl 1919-2004 0 2
Björgvin Jónsson 1964 IN THE 1993 0 0
Björn Þorfinnsson 1979 IN THE 2009 0 0
Björn Þorsteinsson 1940 2 0
Bragi Kristjánsson 1945 FM 1997 IN THE 1984 0 0
Bragi þorbergsson GM 1997 0 0
Bragi Þorfinnsson 1981 GM 2018 0 0
Daði Örn Jónsson SIM 2015 0 0
Dagur Arngrímsson 1987 IN THE 2009 0 0
Davíð Kjartansson 1982 IN THE 2019 0 0
Eggert Gilfer 1892-1960 7th 0
Eggert Ísólfsson 1961 IN THE 2015 0 0
Einar Þorvaldsson 1902-1967 2 0
Einar Hjalti Jensson 1980 IN THE 2015 0 0
Elsa María Kristínardóttir 1989 0 1
Frank Kristinn Herlufsen IN THE 1989 0 0
Freysteinn Þorbergsson 1931-1974 1 0
Friðrik Ólafsson 1935 GM 1958 6th 0
Frímann Óskarsson 1 0
Gísli Gunnlaugsson 1942 IN THE 2000 0 0
Guðbjartur Guðmundsson 1926-2007 0 0 2570
Guðfríður Lilja Grétarsdóttir 1972 WIM 2004 0 11
Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir 1961 WFM 2006 0 6th
Guðmundur Arnlaugsson 1913-1996 1 0
Guðmundur Guðmundsson 1918-1974 2 0
Guðmundur Kjartansson 1988 IN THE 2009 1 0
Guðmundur Sigurjónsson 1947 GM 1975 3 0
Gunnar Kristinn Gunnarsson 1933 1 0
Hallgerður Helga Þorsteinsdóttir 1992 0 1
Hannes Hafstein 1 0
Hannes Ólafsson GM 1994 0 0
Hannes Stefánsson 1972 GM 1993 12 0
Haraldur Haraldsson IN THE 2006 0 0
Harpa Ingólfsdóttir 1981 0 2
Haukur Angantýsson 1948-2012 IN THE 1981 1 0
Héðinn Steingrímsson 1975 GM 2007 3 0
Helgi Ólafsson 1956 GM 1985 6th 0
Helgi Ólafsson Sr. 1 0
Helgi Áss Grétarsson 1977 GM 1994 0 0
Henrik Danielsen 1966 GM 1996 1 0 Denmark (until 2006)
Hilmar Karlsson 1957-1987 1 0
Hjörvar Steinn Grétarsson 1993 GM 2013 0 0
Ína Björg Árnadóttir 0 1
Ingi Randver Jóhannsson 1936-2010 IN THE 1963 4th 0
Ingibjörg Edda Birgisdóttir 1984 0 2
Ingvar Ásmundsson 1934-2007 FM 1987 1 0
Jóhann Hjartarson 1963 GM 1985 6th 0
Jón Guðmundsson 1904-1980 3 0
Jón Kristinsson 1942 IN THE 1993 2 0
Jón Adólf Pálsson 1930 SIM 1999 0 0
Jón Árni Halldórsson 1962 SIM 1999 0 0
Jón Garðar Viðarsson 1962 IN THE 2002 0 0
Jón Loftur Árnason 1960 GM 1986 3 0
Jón Viktor Gunnarsson 1980 IN THE 1998 1 0
Karl Þorsteins 1964 IN THE 1985 2 0
Lárus Johnsen 1923-2006 1 0
Lenka Ptáčníková 1976 WGM 2000 0 8th Czech Republic (until 2004)
Lisseth Acevedo Méndez 1993 WIM 2017 0 0 Costa Rica (until 2019)
Margeir Pétursson 1960 GM 1986 2 0
Ólafur Magnússon 1938 2 0
Ólöf Þráinsdóttir 1945 0 3
Pétur Zóphóníasson 1879-1946 5 0
Sævar Bjarnason 1954 IN THE 1985 0 0
Sigurdur Jónsson 2 0
Sigurlaug Friðþjófsdóttir 1961 0 1
Stefán Kristjánsson 1982-2018 GM 2011 0 0
Stefán Ólafsson 3 0
Þröstur Þórhallsson 1969 GM 1996 1 0

See also

Web links

Commons : Icelandic Chess Players  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lenka Ptáčníková also won the Czech women's championship twice.