Helgi Ólafsson

Helgi Ólafsson (born 15 August 1956) is an Icelandic chess grandmaster. He is a six-time Icelandic Chess Champion.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Helgi.
Helgi Ólafsson
Helgi Ólafsson, 2013
CountryIceland
Born15 August 1956 (1956-08-15) (age 64)
Heimaey, Iceland
TitleGrandmaster (1985)
FIDE rating2511 (February 2021)
Peak rating2595 (July 1990)

Chess career

A native of Heimaey, the largest and sole populated island in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago off the south coast of Iceland, Helgi was sixteen when the Bobby Fischer–Boris Spassky World Chess Championship 1972, dubbed the chess world's "Match of the Century", was held in Reykjavík. He subsequently became one of a group of Icelandic chess prodigies who emerged in its aftermath, achieving, himself, the title of grandmaster in 1985. He is the No. 5 ranked Icelandic player as of October 2017.[1]

He is author of the book Bobby Fischer Comes Home: The Final Years in Iceland, a Saga of Friendship and Lost Illusions (2014), New In Chess, ISBN 9789056914363.

References
  1. Staff writer(s) (October 2017). "Federations Ranking - Iceland". FIDE.


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