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Arinbjörn Guðmundsson
Arinbjörn Guðmundsson (22 May 1932 – 2014) was an Icelandic and Australian chess player. He is a Chess Olympiad individual medalist (1960). Biography Arinbjörn Guðmundsson learned to play chess late, at the age of seventeen. However, he achieved good results in chess tournaments and was one of Icelandic leading chess players from 1955 to 1970. In 1954, together with Friðrik Ólafsson and other Icelandic chess players, Arinbjörn Guðmundsson founded the first chess magazine in the country. He regularly participated in Icelandic Chess Championships and Reykjavík International Chess tournaments (1955, 1957, 1960, 1964). Arinbjörn Guðmundsson played for Iceland in the Chess Olympiads: * In 1956, at second reserve board in the 12th Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+3, =1, -1), * In 1958, at first reserve board in the 13th Chess Olympiad in Munich (+1, =6, -4), * In 1960, at second board in the 14th Chess Olympiad in Leipzig (+7, =9, -0) and won individual silver medal, * In 1962, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the region's westernmost and most list of countries and dependencies by population density, sparsely populated country. Its Capital city, capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which is home to about 36% of the country's roughly 380,000 residents (excluding nearby towns/suburbs, which are separate municipalities). The official language of the country is Icelandic language, Icelandic. Iceland is on a rift between Plate tectonics, tectonic plates, and its geologic activity includes geysers and frequent Types of volcanic eruptions, volcanic eruptions. The interior consists of a volcanic plateau with sand and lava fields, mountains and glaciers, and many Glacial stream, glacial rivers flow to the sea through the Upland and lowland, lowlands. Iceland i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |