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	Fridrik Olafsson - Chesspedia, the free chess encyclopedia Pushedpawn.org
		Fridrik Olafsson (born January 26, 1935) is a chess Grandmaster.
		Olafsson continued to play occasionally into the 21st century, winning a rapid match against fellow veteran Bent Larsen in 2003 by a score of 5-3.
		Fridrik Olafsson should not be confused with the Icelandic Grandmaster Helgi Olafsson.
	pushedpawn.org /test7/Fridrik_Olafsson.htm (256 words)

	The chess games of Fridrik Olafsson
		Fridrik rose to through the ranks in the Nordic chess world at the same time as Bent Larsen and was probably the stronger player of the two until around the early 1960.
		Fridrik was for the most part an amateur chess player and only dedicated himself to the game for a few years in the mid 70s.
		Olafsson on Bessel Kok: "He is an ideal candidate with a keen sense of entrepreneurship and integrity that is required to make this important step into a new era for chess".
	www.chessgames.com /player/fridrik_olafsson.html (994 words)

	Milk Tournament in Hotel Selfoss
		After the minor embarrassment of his loss to GM Fridrik Olafsson in their four game blitz match, the World No 18 recovered immediately to comfortably despatch local IM, the 21 year old Stefan Kristjansson.
		Olafsson, who entertained the spectators in a busy commentary room during the first round of the Selfoss tournament, will play a four game blitz match against Ivan Sokolov, currently the World No 18, top seed in the Masters and Hrokurinn´s top player.
		Olafsson´s participation in this match is surely yet another honour for both the Hrokurinn Club and all involved in the Selfoss tournament.
	www.chesscenter.com /twic/milk02.html (4283 words)

	Back To The Future Award
		In November of 2003 GM Fridrik Olafsson defeated GM Bent Larsen in an 8 game rapid match.
		This was a rematch from their 1956 encounter which Larson had won 4.5 -3.5.
		Fridrik Olafsson is an Icelandic GM, who qualified for the 1959 candidates tournament.
	www.chessreporter.com /i2003back_to_the_future_award.htm (244 words)

	Fridrik Olafsson vs Robert James Fischer (1958)
		Olafsson's 30.g4 looks fine but 30.Qxf5 Rxf5 31.e4 and 32.f5 seems to be even better.
		Can you please make sure that in the last line given that Olafsson meant to say 16.Qc1 and not 16.Rc1, because 16.Qc1 appears to be a mistake as Black can play 16...Nxd4.
		I also think it was said that he had never played this variation before which seems very risky since Olafsson was very likely thouroughly familiar with the ins and outs of the kinds of positions that could arise.
	www.chessgames.com /perl/chessgame?gid=1044472 (638 words)

	Rook House - Greatest Events - Dallas 1957
		Laszlo Szabo, Bent Larsen, and Fridrik Olafsson were at a distinct disadvantage, as they appeared at the tournament straight from their zonal qualifying tournament in the Netherlands (all three qualified for the interzonal) without much rest.
		The tournament format was a double round robin, with all participants gaining at least one victory through round seven.
		Reshevsky then took a bad loss to Yanofsky in round twelve (he was actually mated), but held on to tie with Gligoric for first place.
	www.rookhouse.com /events/dallas1957.html (231 words)

	IcelandReview - Online
		GudfrÃdur Lilja said that at the height of his career Fridrik was unquestionably one of the world's strongest chess players.
		She quoted a respected magazine which at the time proclaimed that "no big tournament could take place unless Fridrik was included".
		She said that, today, Fridrik was still one of the world's best chess players in the masters division.
	www.icelandreview.com /icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=16539&ew_0_a_id=181833 (571 words)

	Interzonal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The top three, Bobby Fischer, Samuel Reshevsky, and James Sherwin qualified to the Interzonal Tournament that was held in Portoroz in 1958.
		The top six at Portoroz, which included Mikhail Tal, Pal Benko, Fridrik Olafsson and Bobby Fischer qualified to the Candidates tournament.
		They were joined by Vasily Smyslov and Paul Keres who had been the top two at the 1956 Candidates tournament.
	pushedpawn.org /test6/Interzonal.htm (530 words)

	PRACTICAL CHESS ENDING + COMPUTER ANALYSIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Tal had secured his place in the 1959 candidates by beating Panno brilliantly in the previous round.
		He only wanted a draw to come 1st in the tournament but Olafsson found himself in a good position in this Rook and pawn ending so he wasn't interested in sharing the point.
		Their plan worked and so Tal came 1st, but Olafsson was not too disappointed with the result as he only needed a draw to secure his place in the Candidates.
	members.aol.com /brigosling/psitn322.htm (586 words)

	KORCHNOI BIDS FOR CHESS TITLE KARPOV HOLDS - New York Times
		Despite the intervention of Fridrik Olafsson, the Icelandic president of the International Chess Federation, Bella and Igor Korchnoi will not be given exit visas until next April, when Igor finishes his 2 1/2-year term in a labor camp for refusing military service.
		Had Igor done his tour of duty in the Red Army, he would not have been allowed to leave the country for 10 years.
		In response to the contention of the Korchnoi camp that their principal had received adverse rulings from the match appeals committee in every dispute in the Philippines, the International Chess Federation has commissioned Olafsson to be present for the duration of the Merano match as a final arbiter.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9902E0DC1539F932A35753C1A967948260 (724 words)

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		The flavor of the book is perhaps best conveyed by a dry recital of its contents: Pages 5-8: a half-page foreword by Keres' widow Maria, in Estonian, English, Spanish, and German.
		Pages 9-32: a 4-page preface (in Icelandic) by former FIDE president GM Fridrik Olafsson, briefly describing Keres and his career, and a two-page appendix (in Estonian, uncredited, presumably by the compiler Olde) discussing compilation of the games and thanking various contributors.
		Except for Olafsson's brief preface, there is no biographical or historical narrative, nothing to flesh out Keres as a man nor tell us any of the setting, background, or significance of any of those 1,944 games, only ten of which are annotated (and those in the robotic Informant-style).
	www.chesscafe.com /text/kerespga.txt (1048 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Icelandic GM Margeir Petursson had a fantastic result, and despite his last round loss to Kasparov, his 3/5 was good enough for second place in Group A, and a spot in Sunday's playoff.
		Tied for 3rd-4th at 2.5 points were GMs Timman, who could only manage a last round draw against Korchnoi, when he needed a win to force a playoff for 2nd, and GM Helgi Olafsson.
		5th place was taken by GM Fridrik Olafsson at 1.5, and 6th place, Korchnoi, who despite losing to the three Icelanders in the group, gave Kasparov and Timman fits, drawing both.
	www.chess.gr /tourn/2000/chess@iceland_2000/index.html (846 words)

	Polychrome Chess Tourney Home
		A playoff draw simply requires the playoff game to be played again.
		Competing were Pal Benkö, the young American Robert James Fischer, Grandmaster Svetogar Gligoric, Paul Keres, Fridrik Olafsson, Tigran Petrosian, Vassily Smyslov, and Michail Tahl.
		The 1959 tournament was ultimately won by Michail Tahl who went on to successfully capture the world title from Botvinnik.
	www.polychrome.com /invitational_05 (510 words)

	Reykjavik: Skak
		Fridrik Olafsson was the first but not the only Icelander to qualify for the candidates round of the World Championship (i.e.
		Olafsson qualified in 1959, but in the early 1990s, Johann Hjartarson also qualified.
		I think Hjartarson like Olafsson is a lawyer in Reykjavik.
	thisisreallyhappening.typepad.com /reykjavik/2004/01/skak.html (302 words)

	PRACTICAL CHESS ENDING + COMPUTER ANALYSIS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Tal had secured his place in the 1959 candidates by beating Panno brilliantly in the previous round.
		He only wanted a draw to come 1st in the tournament but Olafsson found himself in a good position in this Rook and pawn ending so he wasn't interested in sharing the point.
		Their plan worked and so Tal came 1st, but Olafsson was not too disappointed with the result as he only needed a draw to secure his place in the Candidates.
	users.aol.com /brigosling/psitn322.htm (586 words)

	ChessBase.com - Chess News - Elections 2006: Does democracy work in FIDE?
		When Euwe retired in 1978 there was a fierce three-way fight for the presidency between Rabell Mendez of Puerto Rico and two prominent grandmasters, Fridrik Olafsson of Iceland and Svetozar Gligoric of Yugoslavia.
		Rabell Mendez arrived for the election in Buenos Aires with caseloads of rum with which to celebrate his victory, for which some of the most prominent names in FIDE at that time were campaigning.
		On the first ballot Rabell Mendez scored 31, Olafsson 30 and Gligoric 29.
	www.chessbase.com /newsdetail.asp?newsid=3092 (1528 words)

	CHESS; KORCHNOI'S BLOOPERS - New York Times
		He had used up his two and a half hours but had actually played only 39 moves.
		However, he also produced some excellent chess, as one can tell from his original, imaginative attack against the Icelandic grandmaster Fridrik Olafsson in the 10th round.
		However, Korchnoi reverted to the old-fashioned 6 P-K3, P-B4; 7 B-Q3, which prevented Olafsson from getting into one of the.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=990DE2D81339F934A15750C0A965948260 (558 words)

	FIDE Online. FIDE History
		FIDE President in 1978.As Chess Grandmaster he won a number of International Tournaments, and one of his major works is the book on the Spassky — Fischer Match of 1972.
		Olafsson was appointed Secretary to the Icelandic Parliament.
		The late Max Euwe was born on the 20
	www.fide.com /home/history.asp (1223 words)

	Icelandic Chess Championships Forum - A Bravenet.com Forum
		As a child of the 70's and the Fischer-Spassky match, I've always been fascinated by chess in Iceland -- probably more players per capita then anywhere on earth (save for Russia?!).
		The stories about Fridrik Olafsson, the obsession on Grimsey Island, you name it.
		But I've been somewhat disappointed by the Iceland chess web sites (esp. for a nation almost as enthused about the internet as about chess).
	pub45.bravenet.com /forum/3789733879/fetch/98849 (282 words)

	World Chess Championship : 1998-99 World Chess Council
		The detailed offer prepared by Serge Grimaux, a Canadian entrepreneur in the field of live entertainment for more then twenty years, currently active in North America as well as in Central Europe, has received full backing of world known Chess mentors respected by the entire Chess community and headed by Mr.
		Bessel Kok, GM Fridrik Olafson (former FIDE President) and Dr. William Wirth.
		Bessel Kok, Chairman of the Organizing Committee further composed of GM Fridrik Olafsson and Dr. William Wirth stated: "This is the Championship everybody has been waiting for and which certainly will be considered as the Millennium Battle of the Minds." Sixteen games will be played.
	www.mark-weeks.com /chess/9899gkix.htm (6966 words)

	Heimasíða Hróksins (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sokolov's claims his opponent Hracek overestimated his position as White and then ran short of time. The winner was very generous with his time in the commentary room after the game, demonstrating many variations for the spectators.
		Younger players who consider this result as something of an upset can be forgiven for not recalling Olafsson´s heyday. In the 60s and 70s Fridrik can boast of many good results against contemporaries including Fischer, Tal, Petrosian and Spassky.
		The only other win in the Masters was McShane´s win with Black against Kristjansson. Luke claims Stefan didn´t have to play 12.
	www.hrokurinn.is /pistill.cfm?pis=61 (300 words)

	Free Online Chess
		Einar S Einarsson International Affairs Liaison for the Icelandic Chess Federation says they are quite concerned about the fate of former world chess champion Bobby Fischer and have formed a special, the The RJF Committee Iceland in support for his freedom from his detention in Japan.
		Members of this committee include GM Fridrik Olafsson, former Fide president, and G. Thorarinsson, chief organizer of the Fischer - Spassky match in 1972, Lilja Gretarsdottir president of ICF and more.
		On December 15th Bobby Fischer was granted a residence permit in Iceland.
	www.chessmaniac.com /2005/01/bobby-fischer-to-reside-in-iceland.php (381 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Match Bent Larsen vs. Fridrik Olafsson, 11-14 November.
		8 games match Bent Larsen vs. Fridrik Olafsson took place in Reykjavic 11th-14th November.
		The final score is 5:3 in favour of Olafsson.
	www.ruschess.com /Archive/view.php?id=228 (31 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Fridrik Olafsson.
		White to move and win except where noted.
		Olafsson vs Conel H O'D Alexander, Hastings, 1956
	www.wtharvey.com /olaf.html (96 words)

	Chessville - Keene On Chess: Robert Wade - with GM Raymond Keene, OBE
		His best results in international chess were 5th prize at Venice in 1950 and again fifth prize a quarter of a century later in the masters’ section of the Capablanca Memorial at Cienfuegos, Cuba in 1975.
		Wade established something of a reputation as a giant killer, notching the scalps of such prominent grandmasters and world title contenders as Viktor Korchnoi, Pal Benkö, Lajos Portisch, Wolfgang Uhlmann and Fridrik Olafsson.
		In match play, Wade’s most notable performance was a drawn 1950 contest against the West German grandmaster-to-be Lothar Schmid.
	www.chessville.com /Keene/Wade.htm (3289 words)

	The Week in Chess 471
		Bent Larsen and Fridrik Olafsson played an 8 game rapid match in Reykjavic 11th-14th November 2003.
		The pair first played an historic 8 game match in Reykjavik in 1956 when both were 20 years old.
		In that match Larsen led 3.5-1.5 before Olafsson came back to level the match by winning games 6 and 7.
	www.chesscenter.com /twic/twic471.html (5257 words)

	Chessville - Breaking News - Fischer Freedom Watch Part 2
		There a private jet is waiting to bring him to his new home, Iceland.
		Bobby's flight is expected to land at Reykjavik's Airport at 8.15 pm were he and his Japanese partner Miyoko Watai will be welcomed by the RJF Committee members and GM Fridrik Olafsson, honorary President of FIDE.
		By landing at Reykjavik Airport Bobby avoids to have to set foot on the NATO and US Army based Keflavik International Airport.
	www.chessville.com /News/FischerFreedomWatch2.htm (2703 words)

	Untitled Document
		Photos, memorabilia and a video will supplement reminiscences of Yanofsky's career.
		Fridrik Olafsson, secretary general of Iceland's Parliament and the first Icelandic grandmaster, will be on hand to share memories of Yanofsky.
		GM Arthur Bisguier, GM John Fedorowicz, GM Fridrik Olafsson, GM Helgi Olafsson, GM Dmitry Tyomkin, GM Kevin Spraggett!
	www.kevinspraggett.com /yanofsky/abeindex.htm (614 words)

	Vishwanathan Anand - World Chess Championship 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		We reproduce below the exact Press Release on the forthcoming World Chess Championship 1999.
		Bessel Kok, Chairman of the Organizing Committee further composed of GM Fridrik Olafsson and Dr. William Wirth stated: This is the Championship everybody has been waiting for and which certainly will be considered as the Millennnium Battle of the Minds.
		Incase of a draw GM Kasparov will retain his title.
	tnqsponsorship.com /chess1999.html (200 words)

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