Guðmundur Sigurjónsson

Guðmundur Sigurjónsson (born 25 September 1947) is an Icelandic chess grandmaster. He is a three-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 Guðmundur.
Guðmundur Sigurjónsson
Guðmundur (left) vs. Gennadi Sosonko (Hoogovens 1977)
Full nameGuðmundur Sigurjónsson
CountryIceland
Born25 September 1947 (1947-09-25) (age 73)
Reykjavík, Iceland
TitleGrandmaster (1975)
FIDE rating2463 (February 2021) [inactive]
Peak rating2530 (January 1976)

Chess career

Born in 1947, Guðmundur earned his international master title in 1970 and his grandmaster title in 1975. He won the Icelandic Chess Championship three times (1965, 1968 and 1972).[1] He played for Iceland in the Chess Olympiads of 1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984 and 1986.[2] His tournament successes included 1st at Reykjavík 1970, =1st at Sant Feliu de Guíxols 1974, =2nd at Hastings 1974–75, =1st at Ourense 1976, =2nd at Cienfuegos 1976 and =1st at Brighton 1982. He has a FIDE rating of 2463 as of October 2017, though he is no longer active.[3]

Notable games

References
  1. "Icelandic Chess Championships". The Icelandic Chess Federation. Archived from the original on 2004-10-04. Retrieved 2009-06-29. (in Icelandic)
  2. Bartelski, Wojciech. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Guðmundur Sigurjónsson". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  3. Staff writer(s) (October 2017). "Federations Ranking - Iceland". FIDE.
  • Sunnucks, Anne (1976). The Encyclopaedia of Chess. St. Martin's Press. p. 455. ISBN 0-7091-4697-3.
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