Fridrik Olafsson, GRandmaster, which causes Icelandic chess growth, died at the age of 90

A chess grandmaster, a chess grandmaster, which is partly, including a dominant American player, including a dominant American player, died in the city’s capital Reykjavik, including a dominant American player, including a dominant American player. Was 90 years old.

Death was in a hospital declared Game management body by the International Chess Federation. The World Chess Federation was the president of an organization that has been the president of the organization since 1978-1982.

Mr. Olafsson’s rising to chess heights was unexpected; Iceland was not recognized as a chess power at that time. However, in the 1980s, there was a grossmaster that is more per capita than any other country due to its example.

Almost completely trained, Mr. Olafsson learned the game by watching his father.

In the age of 7 or 8 years old, I reminded that Mr. Olafsson reminds me of his father’s actions in a friendly match against a relative, “he said.

He played 11 years old in his first tournament. When he was 13, he was among the top 15 players in the master level and in Iceland. In 17, he won the first in the national championship, the first of six such hoods.

1953 continued to win the Scandinavian Championship and share the first place Victor KorchnoiOne of the best players in the 20th century, the Hastings International Chess Congress in 1955-56, then Hastings is one of the best tournaments in the UK.

In 1958, Portoroz, Yugoslavan interzonal tournament, met and then beat, Mr. Fischer. He and Mr. Fischer took the fifth place in accordance with the candidate tournament to choose a competitor for the World Cup. In that tournament, Mr. Olafsson, chess won the highest title in the grandmaster, which was the highest title in the world.

In 1959, he finished the seventh between the candidates tournament in Yugoslavia and eight candidates. “I was not really ready,” he said. “I just came very quickly.”

He would not compete in the tournament again.

Sometimes while continuing to compete, Mr. Olafsson began to work at the Icelandic Law Academy and Icelandic University, then to work in the Icelandic Justice Ministry.

However, in 1972, Rajavik was chosen as the place of the World Cup among Mr. Fischer Boris SpasskyChampion reigns from Russia.

Mr. Fischer is of world interest in chess, known as the “Match of the Century”. He also reassessed Mr. Olafsson’s passion for the game. He decided to take another knife to play professionally.

“I wanted to see how much I could achieve.”

The second stint was not successful, although the Netherlands, the Netherlands, the Netherlands, most players Mikhailformer world champion.

Mr. Olfsson, in 1978, was elected fourth president of the World Chess Federation. His term was prevailed in 1976 competition between the former Soviet Star Anatoly Karpov, and the competition between the former Soviet Star Anatoly Karpov.

Mr. Karpov and Mr. Korchnoi, Mr. Olafson in the history of Mr. Olafsson, Mr. Karpov lost 61 and lost five and defended 21 and lost the title.

In 1981, Mr. Korchnoi was able to face Mr Karpov in Italy this time. However, Mr. Korchnoi’s wife Bella and son Igor was rejected to leave the Soviet Union; Igor was arrested for refusing to join the Soviet army.

Mr. Olfsson asked them to release and postponed the three-month match because he went to Moscow to meet. At the end, the Soviet government agreed to release family members, but after Mr. Karpov’s easily won.

Despite the resolution, the Soviet government opposes the re-election of Mr. Olafsson, President of the Federation in 1982 Florencio Campomanesa Philippines who won his job. Mr. Olfsson retired for the second time from chess. The secretary of the Iceland parliament was appointed in 1983 and organized this task for 22 years until he retired in 2005.

He was born on January 26, 1935 in Reykjavik.

His survivors are his wife, auduusdot; Girls, Bergljot and Laughter; five grandchildren; and five grandchildren.

Mr. Olfsson on his career Mr. Fischer, Mr. Tal and Tigran PensionMr Spassky won an Armenian-Soviet player, a world champion six years ago.

In 1980, Mr Karpov in Buenos Aires, as well as in 1980 in Buenos Aires, but in the interesting situation. Mr. Olfsson, was attended by the head of the World Chess Federation when an opponent did not show; Mr. Olfsson was hired to fill the vacancy. And then then, but incredible, but incredible, but incredible, Mr Karpova took it to a match.

Mr. Olfsson, in a formal competition, became the only president of the federation to defeat the world champion.

Ash Contributing report.