Information AboutFridrik Olafsson |
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| 1935 births | |
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He was born in Reykjavík in Iceland . Recognised as the strongst Icelandic player of his time, Ólafsson's first result of international note was shared first with Viktor Korchnoi at Hastings 1955 - 56 . He became a Grandmaster in 1958 , and his result in the Interzonal tournament at Portorož in the same year (with the same score as Bobby Fischer ) qualified him for the Candidates Tournament (the last stage to determine the challenger to the World Chess Champion ) the following year. There, however, he finished seventh of eight with 10/28. Among his best tournament results were joint third in the strong Piatigorsky Cup, Los Angeles 1963 with 7.5/14 and shared first with Ljubomir Ljubojevic at Wijk aan Zee 1976 , ahead of Mikhail Tal . In 1978 he succeeded Max Euwe as President of international chess governing body FIDE . In 1982 he was replaced by Florencio Campomanes and appointed Secretary to the Icelandic Parliament . Ólafsson continued to play occasionally into the 21st century, winning a rapid match against fellow veteran Bent Larsen in 2003 by a score of 5-3. Ólafsson usually played the Sicilian Defence against 1.e4 and the Nimzo-Indian Defence against 1.d4. With white, he usually played the English Opening , but played almost as many games with 1.d4 and 1.e4. Friðrik Ólafsson should not be confused with the Icelandic Grandmaster Helgi Ólafsson . |
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