Margeir Pétursson

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Otto Borik versus Margeir Pétursson (front right), (Germany - Iceland 1980, Chess Olympiad in Malta )

Margeir Pétursson (born February 15, 1960 in Reykjavík ) is an Icelandic chess player and businessman who lives in Ukraine .

Margeir Pétursson received the title of International Master from FIDE in 1978 , then the title of Grand Master in 1986 . He won the Icelandic championship in 1986 and 1987.

His Elo rating is 2512 (as of August 2016), which puts him in sixth place in the Icelandic ranking.

Chess career

Tournament successes

  • Zone tournament Gausdal 1985: 1./2. space
  • Reykjavík 1985: 2nd place
  • Hastings chess tournament 1985/86: 1st place (probably his best-known success, but the traditional Hastings tournament was no longer so strong at this time)
  • Tórshavn 1987: 1st place
  • Akureyri 1988: 3rd place
  • Reykjavík 1989: 2nd place
  • Lugano Open 1989: 1./2. Place with a strong 8 out of 9 points (together with Kortschnoi , the winner after fine evaluation; 184 participants, including Huebner , Larsen , Lautier , Miles , Hort , Piket , Nunn , Seirawan , Sax , Nikolic , E. Torre )
  • Zone tournament Espoo 1989: 2nd – 4th Place (2nd place after playoff with qualification for the interzonal tournament in Manila 1990)
  • Icelandic Championship Gardabaer 1991: 1st – 3rd space
  • Aarhus 1993: 1st place
  • Valby 1994: 1st place
  • K41 Copenhagen 1995: 1st place
  • Olafsson Reykjavík 1995: 2nd place

National team

Margeir Pétursson took part with the Icelandic national team in all eleven chess Olympiads from 1976 to 1996 , also in the team world championship in 1993 and in the European team championships in 1992 and 2015 (in the second team).

societies

Margeir Pétursson played in the 1980s and 1990s for the team from Taflfélag Reykjavíkur , which won 21 Icelandic team championships between 1977 and 1998. With this he took part in the European Club Cup five times and reached the semi-finals as the greatest success in 1990.

Publications

In 1996 a book by Margeir Péturssons on the Awerbach system with the title King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation was published by the publisher Cadogan chess books.

Business career

MP Bank , founded by Margeir Pétursson, is the only commercial bank in Iceland that did not collapse during Iceland's financial crisis of 2008-2011 . In 2005 he bought a bank in Lviv, Ukraine . Margeir has had his permanent residence there since 2011.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Margeir Pétursson's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  2. ↑ Margeir Péturssons results at team world championships on olimpbase.org (English)
  3. ↑ Margeir Péturssons results at European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
  4. ↑ List of Icelandic team champions at the Icelandic Chess Federation (Icelandic)
  5. ↑ Margeir Péturssons results at European Club Cups on olimpbase.org (English)
  6. ^ Dylan Loeb McClain: Caution Kept Icelandic Bank Clear of the Worst ( English ) In: The New York Times . July 3, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  7. ↑ Yaroslava Kutsai: Margeir Pétursson: “Things I like about the Ukrainians the most is your sense of humor and dignity” ( English ) In: The Ukrainian Week . October 24, 2016. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
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 Margeir Pétursson
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pétursson, Margeir; Petursson, Margeir (FIDE)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Icelandic chess grandmaster
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Reykjavík