Apr-07-25 Fridrik Olafsson 
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| avenant69: Friðrik Ólafsson passed away on Aprill 4th 2025. (source: mbl.is) |
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Aug-21-24 Benony Benediktsson
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| avenant69: Despite that biblical name and his looks, there was no sadness or sorrow about this Benony, he had a fine sense of humour. Best example of this is when a couple of years after the Gudmundsson Memorial, which earned him the nickname "Rússabani" (Slayer of Russians), a fan ran into |
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Aug-20-24 Szabo vs B Benediktsson, 1968
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| avenant69: The last moves of this game were:
34. Rxf6 Bxf6
35. Rd1 Bg7
36. Ne6 Black resigns
Source: Tournament Bulletin |
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Aug-18-24 Gudjon Sigurdsson
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| avenant69: Both dates, of birth and death, are correct.
He suffered from bad health all his life, and was first hospitalized at the age of 5 and stayed there until he was 11. (my guess is tuberculosis).
His middle initial was M.: Guðjón M. Sigurðsson |
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Dec-15-23 Portoroz Interzonal (1958)
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| avenant69: It was at this tournament that Freysteinn Thorbergsson, Olafsson's second and freelance journalist, met Fischer for the first time (details on that event under his name on this website), and came probably already to the conclusion, after his protégé picked up the bad habit of ... |
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Dec-07-23 Bobby Fischer
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| avenant69: Garðar Sverrisson has come out with a revised edition of his 2015 book, Bobby Fischer the Final years.
This new edition (2023) is a big improvement on the previous one, many pertinent details which were previously omitted or skated upon, are revealed, their long discussions on ... |
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Aug-03-23 Saevar Bjarnason
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| avenant69: He passed away on 29 July 2023. |
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Dec-30-22 F Thorbergsson vs N Namzhil, 1960
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| avenant69: In his autobiography "Grettisfang" (2017), Freysteinn describes how playing in this, and some other tournaments in East-Germany, came about. He was working as a craftsman in a town in southern Sweden at the time, and with his earnings had managed to buy himself a second hand ... |
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Jul-03-22 Stefan Briem
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| avenant69: Stefán Briem died on 18 April 2022
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Jun-28-22 Freysteinn Thorbergsson
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| avenant69: This matter can be cleared up rather quickly: The relationship between Fischer and Freysteinn was not of the "friendship" type, but rather (even though the latter was only 12 years his senior) of the "father and son type", and remained so until Freysteinn's sudden death in 1974, ... |
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Mar-14-21 Fischer vs Spassky, 1972
May-22-16 E Gudmundsson vs I Stohl, 1984
Apr-19-16 Carlsen vs Harikrishna, 2016
Sep-20-15 de Firmian vs G Sigurjonsson, 1984
Apr-20-15 Reykjavik Open (2015)
Mar-03-15 K Funck vs B Halldorsson, 1971
Sep-12-14 A Gudmundsson vs Fischer, 1960
Aug-27-14 Arinbjorn Gudmundsson
Jan-21-13 F Steinthorsson vs S Fridthjofsdottir, 2012
May-08-12 Haukur Angantysson
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 Bobby Fischer
Nov-18-10 Ingi Johannsson
Feb-24-10 H Olafsson vs G Hertneck, 1992
Mar-16-06 Magnus Carlsen
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