Reykjavik (1957) |
Reykjavik, Iceland, 12-29 September 1957 Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Ólafsson 22 • ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8½
2 Benkö 29 ½ • ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 8
=3 Ståhlberg 49 ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 7½
=3 Pilnik 43 ½ 0 ½ • ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7½
5 Pálmason 29 0 ½ ½ ½ • 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 6½
6 Jóhannsson 20 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 • ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 6
=7 Gudmundsson G 44 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ • 1 0 1 ½ ½ 5
=7 Ásmundsson 23 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 • ½ 1 ½ 1 5
9 Gudmundsson A 25 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ • 0 1 0 3½
=10 Jóhannesson 27 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 • 1 ½ 3
=10 Ágústsson 40 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 • ½ 3
12 Gunnarsson 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ • 2½
————————————————————————————————————————————————— Generous schedule with eleven rounds in 18 days, starting on Thursday 12 September. Rest days 14, 17, 20, 21, 24, 27 and 28 September (66 games). Ólafsson won with 8.5/11.Sources
Friðrik Ólafsson website (in 2020) (https://web.archive.org/web/2020080...)
Icelandic newspapers (available at https://timarit.is/?lang=is)
About 40 games from ChessBase Big Database 2006
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. B Johannesson vs G Gudmundsson |
| 0-1 | 50 | 1957 | Reykjavik | D67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line |
2. G Palmason vs I Asmundsson |
| ½-½ | 20 | 1957 | Reykjavik | E60 King's Indian Defense |
3. I Johannsson vs A Gudmundsson |
| ½-½ | 14 | 1957 | Reykjavik | B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical |
4. G Gunnarsson vs F Olafsson |
| 0-1 | 35 | 1957 | Reykjavik | B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer |
5. Benko vs Stahlberg |
| ½-½ | 26 | 1957 | Reykjavik | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
6. Pilnik vs G Agustsson |
| 1-0 | 36 | 1957 | Reykjavik | B71 Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation |
7. I Asmundsson vs B Johannesson |
| 1-0 | 58 | 1957 | Reykjavik | E70 King's Indian |
8. A Gudmundsson vs Stahlberg |
| 0-1 | 30 | 1957 | Reykjavik | D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted |
9. G Agustsson vs G Gunnarsson |
| ½-½ | 35 | 1957 | Reykjavik | C48 Four Knights |
10. I Johannsson vs G Palmason |
| 1-0 | 44 | 1957 | Reykjavik | A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6 |
11. F Olafsson vs Benko |
| ½-½ | 18 | 1957 | Reykjavik | A05 Reti Opening |
12. G Gudmundsson vs Pilnik |
| ½-½ | 37 | 1957 | Reykjavik | E95 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, 8.Re1 |
13. Benko vs G Agustsson |
| 1-0 | 37 | 1957 | Reykjavik | D83 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit |
14. Stahlberg vs F Olafsson |
| ½-½ | 35 | 1957 | Reykjavik | A97 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky |
15. G Palmason vs A Gudmundsson |
| 1-0 | 36 | 1957 | Reykjavik | E60 King's Indian Defense |
16. Pilnik vs I Asmundsson |
| 1-0 | 23 | 1957 | Reykjavik | B32 Sicilian |
17. B Johannesson vs I Johannsson |
| 0-1 | 43 | 1957 | Reykjavik | B23 Sicilian, Closed |
18. G Gunnarsson vs G Gudmundsson |
| ½-½ | 45 | 1957 | Reykjavik | C47 Four Knights |
19. I Johannsson vs Pilnik |
| ½-½ | 44 | 1957 | Reykjavik | C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack |
20. G Palmason vs B Johannesson |
| 1-0 | 27 | 1957 | Reykjavik | D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 |
21. G Gudmundsson vs Benko |
| 0-1 | 43 | 1957 | Reykjavik | A48 King's Indian |
22. G Agustsson vs Stahlberg |
| ½-½ | 43 | 1957 | Reykjavik | A07 King's Indian Attack |
23. I Asmundsson vs G Gunnarsson |
 | 1-0 | 28 | 1957 | Reykjavik | A65 Benoni, 6.e4 |
24. A Gudmundsson vs F Olafsson |
| 0-1 | 51 | 1957 | Reykjavik | E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 |
25. B Johannesson vs A Gudmundsson |
| 1-0 | 48 | 1957 | Reykjavik | B08 Pirc, Classical |
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