Gunnar Kristinn Gunnarsson (born 14 June 1933) is an

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player,

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 ...

winner (1966).

Biography

From the begin 1960s to the end of 1970s Gunnar Kristinn Gunnarsson was one of the leading Icelandic chess players. In 1967, in Vrnjačka Banja he participated in World Chess Championship Zonal Tournament. Gunnar Kristinn Gunnarsson has regularly participated in

s, which he won in 1966, and Reykjavik International Chess tournaments (1972, 1976). Gunnar Kristinn Gunnarsson played for Iceland in the Chess Olympiads: * In 1960, at third board in the

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(+5, =0, -12), * In 1966, at first reserve board in the

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(+0, =2, -5). From 1974 to 1976 and from 1982 to 1984 Gunnar Kristinn Gunnarsson was President of the Icelandic Chess Federation.

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