Ingi Randver Jóhannsson (5 December 1936 – 30 October 2010) was an
Iceland
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ic
chess
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International Master
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(1963), and four-time
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winner (1956, 1958, 1959, 1963).
Biography
From the mid-1950s to mid-1980s, Ingi Randver Jóhannsson was also one of the leading Icelandic chess players. He won the Icelandic Chess Championship four times: 1956, 1958, 1959, and 1963.
Ingi Randver Jóhannsson played for Iceland in the
Chess Olympiad
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s:
* In 1954, at reserve board in the
11th Chess Olympiad
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in
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(+2, =4, -7),
* In 1956, at second board in the
12th Chess Olympiad
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Moscow
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(+5, =9, -4),
* In 1958, at first board in the
13th Chess Olympiad
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Munich
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(+7, =6, -3),
* In 1966, at second board in the
17th Chess Olympiad
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* In 1968, at first board in the <div class=)
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Lugano
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(+6, =4, -5),
* In 1974, at third board in the
21st Chess Olympiad
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Nice
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in
La Valletta
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(+2, =2, -0),
* In 1982, at second reserve board in the
25th Chess Olympiad
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Lucerne
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(+0, =1, -2).
Ingi Randver Jóhannsson played for Iceland in the
European Team Chess Championship
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preliminaries:
* In 1983, at seventh board (+0, =0, -3).
Ingi Randver Jóhannsson played for Iceland in the Telechess Olympiads:
* In 1978, at third board (+0, =2, -1),
* In 1982, at fifth board (+1, =0, -0).
Ingi Randver Jóhannsson played for Iceland in the Nordic Chess Cups:
* In 1973, at third board (+3, =2, -0) and won individual gold medal,
* In 1977, at second board (+1, =1, -3).
In 1963, he was awarded the
FIDE
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International Master (IM) title.
References
External links
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Ingi Randver Jóhannssonchess games at 365chess.com
1936 births
2010 deaths
Chess International Masters
Chess Olympiad competitors
20th-century Icelandic chess players
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