Magnús Sólmundarson (born 14 November 1939) is an

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chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

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 ...

medalist (1973).

Biography

From the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s Magnús Sólmundarson was one of the leading Icelandic chess players. He has regularly participated in

s, which he won silver medal in 1973 after lost play-off against

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, and Reykjavik International Chess tournaments (1964, 1972, 1974, 1982). Magnús Sólmundarson played for Iceland in the Chess Olympiads: * In 1964, at first reserve board in the

16th Chess Olympiad The 16th Chess Olympiad ( he, אולימפיאדת השחמט ה-16, ''Olimpiada ha-shachmat ha-16''), organized by FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female ...

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(+5, =3, -3), * In 1970, at first reserve board in the

19th Chess Olympiad The 19th Chess Olympiad (german: Die 19. Schacholympiade), comprising an open team tournament as well as the annual FIDE congress, took place between September 5–27, 1970, in Siegen, West Germany. The Soviet team with six Grandmasters, led by ...

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(+5, =3, -3), * In 1972, at fourth board in the

20th Chess Olympiad The 20th Chess Olympiad ( mk, 20. Шаховска олимпијада, ''20. Šahovska olimpijada''), organized by Fédération Internationale des Échecs, FIDE and comprising an open team tournament, as well as several other events designed t ...

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(+8, =4, -5), * In 1976, at fourth board in the

22nd Chess Olympiad The 22nd Chess Olympiad ( he, אולימפיאדת השחמט ה-22, ''Olimpiada ha-shachmat ha-22''), organized by Fédération Internationale des Échecs, FIDE, took place between October 26 and November 10, 1976, in Haifa, Israel. For the firs ...

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(+4, =2, -3). Magnús Sólmundarson played for Iceland in the

European Team Chess Championship The European Team Championship (often abbreviated in texts and games databases as ''ETC'') is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of European nations whose chess federations are located in zones 1.1 to 1.9. This more ...

preliminaries: * In 1983, at eighth board in the 8th European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+0, =0, -1). Magnús Sólmundarson played for Iceland in the Nordic Chess Cups: * In 1974, at fourth board in the 5th Nordic Chess Cup in

Eckernförde Eckernförde ( da, Egernførde, sometimes also , nds, Eckernför, sometimes also ) () is a German town in Schleswig-Holstein, Rendsburg-Eckernförde, on the coast of the Baltic Sea approximately 30 km north-west of Kiel. The population is ...

(+0, =4, -1) and won team bronze medal, * In 1976, at fourth board in the 7th Nordic Chess Cup in

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...

(+2, =2, -1). Also Magnús Sólmundarson has successfully participated in

correspondence chess Correspondence chess is chess played by various forms of long-distance correspondence, traditionally through the postal system. Today it is usually played through a correspondence chess server, a public internet chess forum, or email. Less common ...

tournaments and won the Icelandic Correspondence Chess Championship (1991–1993).

References

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chess games at 365chess.com 1939 births Living people Magnús Sólmundarson Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century chess players {{Iceland-chess-bio-stub