GM Fridrik Olafsson

Fridrik Olafsson

Full name

Fridrik Olafsson

Life

Jan 26, 1935 - Apr 4, 2025 (age 90)‎

Place of birth

Reykjavik, Iceland

Federation

Iceland

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, Amsterdam Variation (12 games)

English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (10 games)

King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto, Yugoslav, Panno System (9 games)

Réti Opening: King's Indian Attack, Symmetrical Defense (8 games)

English Opening: Nimzo-English Opening (8 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Taimanov, Bastrikov Variation (19 games)

Modern Defense with 1.e4 (9 games)

Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (9 games)

English Opening: Neo-Catalan Defense Accepted (9 games)

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (9 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Fridrik Olafsson (2377) Ulrich Koetzsch (2106)	½-½	16	2016
Juergen Dettmann Fridrik Olafsson (2377)	0-1	40	2016
Richard Jennings (1855) Fridrik Olafsson (2377)	0-1	27	2016
Valeri Semenov (2279) Fridrik Olafsson (2377)	½-½	21	2016
Fridrik Olafsson (2397) Michael Schaefer (2165)	1-0	30	2015
Fridrik Olafsson (2397) Vjacheslav Ryzhkov (2151)	1-0	29	2015
Fridrik Olafsson (2397) Maurizio Diotallevi (2037)	1-0	29	2015
Fridrik Olafsson (2392) Baris Esen (2565)	0-1	45	2015
Fridrik Olafsson (2392) Tautvydas Vedrickas (2320)	0-1	36	2015
Fridrik Olafsson (2392) Bedri Sadiku (2197)	½-½	43	2015