Gunnar Kristinn Gunnarsson

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Gunnar Kristinn Gunnarsson
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Born (1933-06-14) 14 June 1933 (age 92)
Chess career
Country Iceland

Gunnar Kristinn Gunnarsson (born 14 June 1933) is an Icelandic chess player and winner of the 1966 Icelandic Chess Championship.

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Biography

From the early 1960s to the end of the 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. [1] Gunnar Kristinn Gunnarsson has regularly participated in Icelandic Chess Championships, which he won in 1966, and Reykjavík International Chess tournaments (1972, 1976).

Gunnar Kristinn Gunnarsson played for Iceland in the Chess Olympiads: [2]

From 1974 to 1976 and from 1982 to 1984 Gunnar Kristinn Gunnarsson was President of the Icelandic Chess Federation.

References

  1. "OlimpBase :: European zonal 3, Vrnjačka Banja 1967". olimpbase.org.
  2. "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Gunnar Kristinn Gunnarsson". olimpbase.org.