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Bjorn Thorsteinsson

Full name

Bjorn Thorsteinsson

Born

1/1/1940 (age 84)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Iceland

Retired

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Kan, Modern Variation (1 games)

Sicilian Defense: Kan, Knight Variation (1 games)

French Defense: Winawer, Positional Variation (1 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Classical, Boleslavsky Variation (1 games)

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (1 games)

Black Pieces

Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange, Positional Line (1 games)

English Opening: Anglo-Indian, King's Indian Defense (1 games)

Giuoco Piano Game: Evans Accepted, Slow Variation, Waller Attack (1 games)

Nimzo-Indian Defense (1 games)

King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Karlsbad, Panno, Simagin Variation (1 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Bjorn Thorsteinsson (2203) Luis Galego (2463)	0-1	15	2013
Bjorn Thorsteinsson (2203) Jon L Arnason (2502)	½-½	38	2013
Bjorn Thorsteinsson (2229) Ingvar Thor Johannesson (2323)	0-1	43	2010
Bjorn Thorsteinsson (2229) Hlidar Hreinsson (2276)	½-½	51	2010
Bjorn Thorsteinsson (2229) El Gudmundsson (2314)	½-½	36	2009
Bjorn Thorsteinsson (2191) Sigurdur Sigfusson (2309)	0-1	56	2004
Bjorn Thorsteinsson (2329) H Halldorsson (2103)	½-½	41	2001
Bjorn Thorsteinsson (2325) Askell O Karason (2250)	1-0	29	1994
Bjorn Thorsteinsson (2325) David Olafsson (2270)	½-½	32	1994

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