Olafur Magnússon Explained

Olafur Magnússon
Country:	Iceland
Birth Date:	1939
Fideid:	2306670

Olafur Magnússon (born 1939) is an Icelandic chess player, Icelandic Chess Championship two times winner (1970, 1973).

Biography

From the begin 1960s to the mid-1970s Olafur Magnússon was one of the leading Icelandic chess players. He twice won Icelandic Chess Championships: in 1970 after play-off against Ingvar Ásmundsson (4:2) and in 1973 after play-off against Magnús Sólmundarson (5:4).

Olafur Magnússon played for Iceland in the Chess Olympiads:^[1]

• In 1960, at fourth board in the 14th Chess Olympiad in Leipzig (+3, =5, -8),
• In 1970, at fourth board in the 19th Chess Olympiad in Siegen (+3, =5, -2),
• In 1972, at second reserve board in the 20th Chess Olympiad in Skopje (+5, =4, -2).

External links

• • Olafur Magnússon chess games at 365chess.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Ólafur Magnússon. www.olimpbase.org.