avenant69 has kibitzed 21 times to chessgames   [less...]

Mar-14-21 Fischer vs Spassky, 1972    avenant69: No sweat about that confusion <AylerKupp>... I will let that Hilmar-article be for the moment, and concentrate on my commentary on game 6. It will be in two parts: first my personal impression and experience about it, and secondly the general public's. One question in the ...      May-22-16 E Gudmundsson vs I Stohl, 1984    avenant69: This game was played by Elvar Gudmundsson (player and game already in database), and the venue was Oakham (England)      Apr-19-16 Carlsen vs Harikrishna, 2016    avenant69: White had an even earlier kill, after 34...a4 with: 35. Qxd8+ Rxd8 36. Re8+ RxR 37. RxR+ Qf8 38. Bh7+ Kxh7 39. Rxf8      Sep-20-15 de Firmian vs G Sigurjonsson, 1984    avenant69: GM Gudmundur Sigurjonsson played his last competitive tournament in late 1987. Since then, he has played on and off in local competitions, and for instance, he drew with black against Sokolov in one of those about 10 years ago. (source: Helgi Olafsson) The games in the database ...      Apr-20-15 Reykjavik Open (2015)   avenant69: The player in this tournament called Gudmundur Sigurjonsson is not the well known GM, but a much younger namsake, born in 1967. The older player stopped tournament play at least 10 years ago.      Mar-03-15 K Funck vs B Halldorsson, 1971    avenant69: This game was played in the Nordic Countries Championship (Reykjavik, August 1971), category A. Masters. White is Kaj Funck (Finland) - black Bragi Halldorsson (Iceland), who is already in the database. B. Halldorsson also won the overall Blitz tournement.      Sep-12-14 A Gudmundsson vs Fischer, 1960    avenant69: Shortly before his death (on 4 Aug 2014), Gudmundsson confided in someone that he believed that 16.Qd1 would have been the best move. (Source: obituary on 10 Sept.14 in mbl.is)      Aug-27-14 Arinbjorn Gudmundsson    avenant69: Born in Iceland on 22 May 1932, emigrating to australia in 1970, Arinbjörn Guðmundsson passed away there about a month ago (exact date is not given), source mbl.is      Jan-21-13 F Steinthorsson vs S Fridthjofsdottir, 2012   avenant69: If it makes things any easier for you: both players are Icelandic, and their last names are patronymics, i.e. their father's first name, with either "son" or "daughter, dóttir" added to it. Family names exist but they are rare. Russian has both patronymics and family names, a ...      May-08-12 Haukur Angantysson    avenant69: Haukur Angantysson died on May 4th 2012.      Feb-08-12 G Gislason vs Korchnoi, 2012    Sep-30-11 L Josteinsson vs D Van Riper, 1978     May-10-11 Carlsen vs Nepomniachtchi, 2010     Apr-08-11 Robert James Fischer     Nov-18-10 Ingi Randver Johannsson    Feb-24-10 H Olafsson vs Hertneck, 1992     Mar-16-06 Magnus Carlsen

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