Icelandic Chess Championship
The Icelandic Chess Championship is usually held in Reykjavík. It is organised by the Icelandic Chess Federation (ICF), the body responsible for holding national chess events and for representing Icelandic chess at the World Chess Federation (FIDE). The ICF was founded in 1925 and its main activities include the national chess championship and the annual 'Reykjavik Open' tournament.
The tournament has always been organized as a round robin with the exception of the 100th anniversary tournament in 2013, which was held as a Swiss-style open tournament.
The current Icelandic chess champion is Hannes Stefánsson (2019).
National championship winners
The list of Icelandic champions before 2013 is taken from the Icelandic Chess Federation website.[1]
Note - no contest was held on the years denoted *. The incumbent champion therefore retained his title.
Women's championship winners
The list of women's champions before 2013 is taken from the Icelandic Chess Federation website.[3]
Year Winner 1975 Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir 1976 Birna Norðdahl 1977 Ólöf Þráinsdóttir 1978 Ólöf Þráinsdóttir 1979 Áslaug Kristinsdóttir 1980 Birna Norðdahl 1981 Sigurlaug Friðþjófsdóttir 1982 Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir 1983 Áslaug Kristinsdóttir 1984 Ólöf Þráinsdóttir 1985 Guðfrídur Lilja Gretarsdóttir 1986 Guðfrídur Lilja Gretarsdóttir 1987 Guðfrídur Lilja Gretarsdóttir 1988 Guðfrídur Lilja Gretarsdóttir 1989 Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir 1990 Guðfrídur Lilja Gretarsdóttir 1991 Guðfrídur Lilja Gretarsdóttir 1992 Guðfrídur Lilja Gretarsdóttir 1993 Guðfrídur Lilja Gretarsdóttir 1994 Áslaug Kristinsdóttir 1995 Ína Björg Árnadóttir 1996 Anna Björg Þorgrímsdóttir 1997 Guðfrídur Lilja Gretarsdóttir 1998 Ingibjörg Edda Birgisdóttir 1999 Ingibjörg Edda Birgisdóttir 2000 Harpa Ingólfsdóttir 2001 Guðfrídur Lilja Gretarsdóttir 2002 Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir 2003 Guðfrídur Lilja Gretarsdóttir 2004 Harpa Ingólfsdóttir 2005 Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir 2006 Lenka Ptáčníková 2007 Guðlaug Þorsteinsdóttir 2008 Hallgerður Helga Þorsteinsdóttir 2009 Lenka Ptáčníková 2010 Lenka Ptáčníková 2011 Elsa María Kristínardóttir 2012 Lenka Ptáčníková 2013 Lenka Ptáčníková 2014 Lenka Ptáčníková[2] 2015 Lenka Ptáčníková 2016 Lenka Ptáčníková 2017 Lenka Ptáčníková 2018 Lenka Ptáčníková 2019 Lenka Ptáčníková
Notes
- "Skákmeistarar Íslands". Skáksamband Íslands. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
- "Guðmundur Kjartansson varð Skákmeistari Íslands 2014". Breiðablik UBK. 2014-06-04. Archived from the original on 2015-05-18. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
- "Íslandsmeistari kvenna". Skáksamband Íslands. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
References
- Whyld, Ken (1986), Chess: The Records, Guinness Books, pp. 102–103, ISBN 0-85112-455-0 (results through 1984)
- Crowther, Mark (22 August 2005), THE WEEK IN CHESS 563, London Chess Center
- Icelandic Championships 2006 Masters
- Crowther, Mark (5 November 2007), THE WEEK IN CHESS 678, London Chess Center