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Helgi Dagbjartur Áss Grétarsson (born 18 February 1977) is an Icelandic chess grandmaster. He won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1994.[1]

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Helgi.
Helgi Grétarsson
Full nameHelgi Dagbjartur Áss Grétarsson
CountryIceland
Born18 February 1977 (1977-02-18) (age 45)
Reykjavík, Iceland
TitleGrandmaster (1994)
FIDE rating2472 (June 2022)
Peak rating2563 (July 2000)

Chess career


Helgi played for the Icelandic national team in the Chess Olympiad in 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2002.[2] He tied for first place with Carsten Høi, Erling Mortensen, Nikolaj Borge and Lars Schandorff at the Politiken Cup 1997 tournament in Copenhagen. In this event, he won the prize for the best Nordic junior.[3] The following year, he competed in the FIDE World Chess Championship in Groningen. Helgi knocked out Miguel Illescas in the first round, then in round 2 he was eliminated from the competition after losing to Artur Yusupov. He won the Icelandic Open 2018, scoring 8½/10.[4] He is the No. 12 ranked Icelandic player as of September 2020.[5]


References


  1. da Nóbrega, Adaucto Wanderley. "Matinhos 1994 - 33° Campeonato Mundial Juvenil". BrasilBase. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  2. Helgi Áss Grétarsson team chess record at Olimpbase.org
  3. "The Week in Chess 141". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2017-07-08.
  4. Icelandic Open 2018 ChessResults
  5. Staff writer(s) (June 2018). "Federations Ranking – Iceland". FIDE. Archived from the original on 2017-11-24. Retrieved 2017-10-10.



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Хе́льги Да́гбьяртюр А́усс Гре́тарссон (исл. Helgi Dagbjartur Áss Grétarsson, 18 февраля 1977) — исландский шахматист, гроссмейстер (1994).


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