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Guðmundur Sigurjónsson

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Full name
  
Guðmundur Sigurjónsson

Title
  
Grandmaster

Peak rating
  
2530

Country
  
Iceland

FIDE rating
  
2463

Born
  
September 25, 1947 (age 69) Reykjavík (
1947-09-25
)

Guðmundur Sigurjónsson (born September 25, 1947 Reykjavík) is an Icelandic chess Grandmaster.

He became International Master in 1970, grandmaster in 1975 and has won the Icelandic Chess Championship three times (1965, 1968 and 1972). Played for Iceland in the Chess Olympiads of 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984 and 1986. His tournament successes included 1st at Reykjavík 1970, =1st at Sant Feliu de Guíxols 1974, =2nd at Hastings 1974-75, =1st at Ourense 1976, =2nd at Cienfuegos 1976 and =1st at Brighton 1982.

In the November 2009 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2463, making him Iceland's number 10.

Notable games

  • Laszlo Szabo vs Gudmundur Sigurjonsson, Reykjavík 1968, Semi-Slav Defense: Meran Variation (D47), 0-1
  • Gudmundur Sigurjonsson vs Alexandru Sorin Segal, Ybbs 1968, Budapest Defense: Adler Variation (A52), 1-0
  • Gudmundur Sigurjonsson vs Leif Ogaard, Esbjerg 1978, Sicilian Defense: Paulsen Variation (B46), 1-0
  • References

    Guðmundur Sigurjónsson Wikipedia