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Olafur Magnússon (born 1939) is an Icelandic chess player, Icelandic Chess Championship two times winner (1970, 1973).

Olafur Magnússon
Country	Iceland
Born	1939

Biography

From the begin 1960s to the mid-1970s Olafur Magnússon was one of the leading Icelandic chess players. He twice won Icelandic Chess Championships: in 1970 after play-off against Ingvar Ásmundsson (4:2) and in 1973 after play-off against Magnús Sólmundarson (5:4).

Olafur Magnússon played for Iceland in the Chess Olympiads:[1]

• In 1960, at fourth board in the 14th Chess Olympiad in Leipzig (+3, =5, -8),
• In 1970, at fourth board in the 19th Chess Olympiad in Siegen (+3, =5, -2),
• In 1972, at second reserve board in the 20th Chess Olympiad in Skopje (+5, =4, -2).

References

External links

• Olafur Magnusson player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Olafur Magnússon chess games at 365chess.com

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