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 Hjörvar Steinn Grétarsson (2022).
National championship winners
[edit]The list of Icelandic champions before 2013 is taken from the Icelandic Chess Federation website.[1]
Year Winner 1913 Pétur Zóphóniasson 1914 Pétur Zóphóniasson (2) 1915 Pétur Zóphóniasson (3) 1916 Pétur Zóphóniasson (4) 1917 Pétur Zóphóniasson (5) 1918 Eggert Gilfer 1919 Stefán Olafsson 1920 Eggert Gilfer (2) 1921 Stefán Olafsson (2) 1922 Stefán Olafsson (3) 1923 Friman Olafsson 1924 Sigurdur Jónsson 1925 Eggert Gilfer (3) 1926 Sigurdur Jónsson (2) 1927 Eggert Gilfer (4) 1928 Einar Thorvaldsson 1929 Eggert Gilfer (5) 1930 Hannes Hafstein 1931 Ásmundur Ásgeirsson 1932 Jón Guðmundsson 1933 Ásmundur Ásgeirsson (2) 1934 Ásmundur Ásgeirsson (3) 1935 Eggert Gilfer (6) 1936 Jón Gudmundsson (2) 1937 Jón Gudmundsson (3) 1938 Baldur Möller 1939* (no championship held) 1940 Einar Thorvaldsson 1941 Baldur Möller (2) 1942 Eggert Gilfer (7) 1943 Baldur Möller (3) 1944 Ásmundur Ásgeirsson 1945 Ásmundur Ásgeirsson (2) 1946 Ásmundur Ásgeirsson (3) 1947 Baldur Möller (4) 1948 Baldur Möller (5) 1949 Guðmundur Arnlaugsson 1950 Baldur Möller (6) 1951 Lárus Johnsen 1952 Friðrik Ólafsson 1953 Friðrik Ólafsson (2) 1954 Gudmundur S Gudmundsson 1955* (no championship held) 1956 Ingi Randver Jóhannsson 1957 Friðrik Ólafsson (3) 1958 Ingi Randver Jóhannsson (2) 1959 Ingi Randver Jóhannsson (3) 1960 Freysteinn Thorbergsson 1961 Friðrik Ólafsson (4) 1962 Friðrik Ólafsson (5) 1963 Ingi Randver Jóhannsson (4) 1964 Helgi Ólafsson 1965 Guðmundur Sigurjónsson 1966 Gunnar Kristinn Gunnarsson 1967 Björn Thorsteinsson 1968 Guðmundur Sigurjónsson (2) 1969 Friðrik Ólafsson (6) 1970 Olafur Magnússon 1971 Jón Kristinsson 1972 Guðmundur Sigurjónsson (3) 1973 Olafur Magnússon (2) 1974 Jón Kristinsson (2) 1975 Björn Thorsteinsson (2) 1976 Haukur Angantýsson 1977 Jón Arnason 1978 Helgi Ólafsson (2) 1979 Ingvar Ásmundsson 1980 Jóhann Hjartarson 1981 Helgi Ólafsson (3) 1982 Jón Arnason (2) 1983 Hilmar Karlsson 1984 Jóhann Hjartarson (2) 1985 Karl Thorsteins 1986 Margeir Pétursson 1987 Margeir Pétursson (2) 1988 Jón Arnason (3) 1989 Karl Thorsteins (2) 1990 Héðinn Steingrímsson 1991 Helgi Ólafsson (4) 1992 Helgi Ólafsson (5) 1993 Helgi Ólafsson (6) 1994 Jóhann Hjartarson 1995 Jóhann Hjartarson (2) 1996 Helgi Ólafsson (7) 1997 Jóhann Hjartarson (3) 1998 Hannes Stefánsson 1999 Hannes Stefánsson (2) 2000 Jón Viktor Gunnarsson 2001 Hannes Stefánsson (3) 2002 Hannes Stefánsson (4) 2003 Hannes Stefánsson (5) 2004 Hannes Stefánsson (6) 2005 Hannes Stefánsson (7) 2006 Hannes Stefánsson (8) 2007 Hannes Stefánsson (9) 2008 Hannes Stefánsson (10) 2009 Henrik Danielsen 2010 Hannes Stefánsson (11) 2011 Héðinn Steingrímsson 2012 Thröstur Thórhallsson 2013 Hannes Stefánsson (12) 2014 Guðmundur Kjartansson[2] 2015 Héðinn Steingrímsson (2) 2016 Jóhann Hjartarson 2017 Guðmundur Kjartansson (2) 2018 Helgi Áss Grétarsson 2019 Hannes Stefánsson (13) 2020 Guðmundur Kjartansson (3) 2021 Hjörvar Steinn Grétarsson 2022 Hjörvar Steinn Grétarsson (2) 2023 Guðmundur Kjartansson (4) 2024 Helgi Áss Grétarsson (2)
Note – no contest was held on the years denoted *. The incumbent champion therefore retained his title.
Women's championship winners
[edit]The list of women's champions before 2013 is taken from the Icelandic Chess Federation website.[3]
Year Winner 1975 Guðlaug Torsteinsdóttir 1976 Birna Norðdahl 1977 Ólöf Tráinsdóttir 1978 Ólöf Tráinsdóttir (2) 1979 Áslaug Kristinsdóttir 1980 Birna Norðdahl (2) 1981 Sigurlaug Friðþjófsdóttir 1982 Guðlaug Torsteinsdóttir 1983 Áslaug Kristinsdóttir (2) 1984 Ólöf Tráinsdóttir (3) 1985 Guðfríður Lilja Grétarsdóttir 1986 Guðfrídur Lilja Gretarsdóttir (2) 1987 Guðfrídur Lilja Gretarsdóttir (3) 1988 Guðfrídur Lilja Gretarsdóttir (4) 1989 Guðlaug Torsteinsdóttir (2) 1990 Guðfrídur Lilja Gretarsdóttir (5) 1991 Guðfrídur Lilja Gretarsdóttir (6) 1992 Guðfrídur Lilja Gretarsdóttir (7) 1993 Guðfrídur Lilja Gretarsdóttir (8) 1994 Áslaug Kristinsdóttir (3) 1995 Ína Björg Árnadóttir 1996 Anna Björg Þorgrímsdóttir 1997 Guðfrídur Lilja Gretarsdóttir (9) 1998 Ingibjörg Edda Birgisdóttir 1999 Ingibjörg Edda Birgisdóttir (2) 2000 Harpa Ingólfsdóttir 2001 Guðfrídur Lilja Gretarsdóttir (10) 2002 Guðlaug Torsteinsdóttir (3) 2003 Guðfrídur Lilja Gretarsdóttir (11) 2004 Harpa Ingólfsdóttir (2) 2005 Guðlaug Torsteinsdóttir (4) 2006 Lenka Ptáčníková 2007 Guðlaug Torsteinsdóttir (5) 2008 Hallgerður Helga Þorsteinsdóttir 2009 Lenka Ptáčníková (2) 2010 Lenka Ptáčníková (3) 2011 Elsa María Kristínardóttir 2012 Lenka Ptáčníková (4) 2013 Lenka Ptáčníková (5) 2014 Lenka Ptáčníková (6)[2] 2015 Lenka Ptáčníková (7) 2016 Lenka Ptáčníková (8) 2017 Lenka Ptáčníková (9) 2018 Lenka Ptáčníková (10) 2019 Lenka Ptáčníková (11) 2020 Lenka Ptáčníková (12) 2021 Lenka Ptáčníková (13) 2022 Lenka Ptáčníková (14) 2023 Olga Prudnykova
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Skákmeistarar Íslands". Skáksamband Íslands. Retrieved 2015-05-15.
- ^ a b "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
[edit]- 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